Friends' Library
Language: English
Published by Joseph Rakestraw printed for editors, Philadelphia, 1837
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Blackwood Foundlings, Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.Blackwood Foundlings
AbeBooks seller since May 27, 2026
Condition: Used - Good
£ 920.08
Quantity: 1 available
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Complete in fourteen volumes, 1837–1850 — including the scarce final volume (1850) almost universally missing from surviving sets. Uniformly bound in full contemporary leather with raised bands and gilt spine labels; a matched set kept together since publication. The collected journals, treatises, and memoirs of the founding generation of Quakerism: William Penn, Thomas Ellwood, Thomas Story, John Fothergill, Richard Davies, and many others. Fourteen genuine antebellum Philadelphia imprints forming a primary-source history of the Society of Friends. Bindings strong and intact throughout; some separation on first volume but binding remains very tight, some top endcap damage on another but not coming apart, several inscriptions - most in pencil, some foxing - honest age-appropriate wear only. Questions are welcome. You won't run across another set like this soon. Curated by Blackwood Foundlings.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Friends' Library
- Author
- Evans, William and Thomas, eds.
- Publisher
- Joseph Rakestraw printed for editors, Philadelphia
- Publication year
- 1837
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item weight
- 18 pounds
- Dimensions
- 20 inches width by 10.5 inches height by 7 inches depth
Blackwood Foundlings
Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since May 27, 2026
Shipping rates within U.S.A.
| Item | 5 to 14 business days | 3 to 6 business days |
|---|---|---|
| First item | £ 4.67 | £ 8.22 |
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We rescue books from scatter. Attics, estate sales, shelves long emptied—the volumes we find carry the gravity of having been loved before. Specializing in antiquarian sets, fine bindings (half-calf, gilt, marbled boards), and literary curiosities from the 18th–20th centuries. Our standard: honest photography, precise description, fair pricing. Each item is singular. We do not deal in remaindered forgettables. If you believe a shelf should hold more than screens—that permanence and bound paper still matter—you are the reader and friend we simply haven't met yet. Lost libraries, found again. Welcome to Blackwood Foundlings.…
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