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BLISS FORBUSH SECONDHAND, fair conditiuon no dustcover. A good biography of acontroversial Friend "There is a touching story in the Forbush biography of Hicks in which he is dying, unable to speak, and in great discomfort with his bedding. Someone finally realized that it was a cotton blanket, and, when it was replaced with a wool one, he felt the texture and relaxed."
Columbia University Press 1956 354 PP. Cloth
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Of George Fox
BY GEORGE FOX EDITED BY NORMAN PENNEY Hardback, fair condiion with slightly tatty dustjacket. Published for his tercentenary. 3 journals of George Fox, edited by Norman Penny to mark the tercentenary of Fox's birth. The Short Journal, dictated by Fox in Lancaster prison (1663-1664), records Fox's travels and the persecutions he faced between 1648 & 1663. The Itinerary Journal, compiled by John Field, contains an account of Fox's mission work, organizational activities and family life from 1681 to his death. The Haistwell Diary, written by Edward Haistwell, records Fox's activities between 1677 and 1679, including his journey across the length of England and his voyages to Holland and Germany.
Cambridge U P/Friends BookStore Phila 1925 405 PP. Cloth
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ARTHUR DORLAND SECONDHAND good condition, nice dust jacket and signed by the author. Tells of his life in Ontario and especially growing up in Prince Edward County after a brief sojourn in England. Much information on his Quaker upbringing and Quaker institutions in that area. He went on to write the definitive history of Friends in Canada.
Picton Gazette 1965 198 PP. Cloth
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ELBERT RUSSELL SECONDHAND fair condition, about half the dust jacket remains. This was the standard history of Quakerism in the 40's. Written (or intended to be) in a fairly lively style with footnotes. Interesting read.
Macmillan 1943 585 PP. Cloth
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OTELIA CROMWELL SECONDHAND fair condition, fair dust jacket. A rarely see biography of Lucretia Mott. Otelia Cromwell (April 8, 1874 - April 25, 1972) was the first African-American graduate of Smith College. The college later began the tradition of canceling afternoon and evening classes in her honor every November as a venue to talk about race and diversity. Cromwell went on to become an educator, teaching in a public school in Washington D.C. She eventually earned a master's degree from Columbia University in New York City, then went to Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut and received her Ph.D in 1926. In doing, so she was the first African-American woman to receive a Yale degree.
Harvard UP 1958 241 PP. Cloth
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BY ROBERT O BYRD DECONDHAND-good condition with dust cover. "An illuminating statement and exposition of the basic concepts, attitudes and practices that go to make up the Quaker approach to foreign policy and the problem of power." according to The Council on Foreign Relations. In a world that use Christain ethics for unchristian ends it is good to read of Quaker work since 1647 that attempts to do better.
University of Toronto 1960 239 PP. Cloth
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DAVID HINSHAW SECONDHAND fair condition, no dust jacket and signed by the author and dedicated to W L G Williams-sold to fund the Rufus Jones Study at Haverford College Library. Good biography of a remarkable man.
, G P Putnam 1951 298 PP. Cloth
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ELFRIDA VIPONT SECONDHAND, paperback with abit of fading on cover- an english printing with sewn binding. A now rare book that was apopular account of 60 of the earliest Friends and thier trials and tribulations as they ministered thier quakerism
Hamish Hamilton 1975 138 PP. Paper
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CATHERINE PEARE SECONDHAND, very good condition hardback with good dustjacket. Second printing. Not a book I have ever seen before a handsome volume. The author describes herself as a "Concerned person" and became a Quaker in 1948.
Vanguard 1954 253 PP. Cloth
BONNELYN KUNZE SECONDHAND- but in almost new condition. Now out of print and not that easy to find. Focusing on the formative period of Quakerism in seventeenth-century England and the role of one vigorous and authoritative woman, this study offers new insights into the religious, social, and family life of Margaret Fell. The book probes Fell's pivotal role, in close relation to George Fox, in the architecture of the early Quaker church order. It investigates Fell's role in the development of the Quaker women's meetings, a unique seventeenth-century Quaker institution.
Stanford UP 1994 327 PP. Cloth
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EDITED WITH INTROS AND NOTES BY HENRY CADBURY SECONDHAND, fair condition with slightly torn dustjacket. Contents: Rise of Friends, Fragmentary sources, Great journal, Letters to Margaret Fell, Concerning Passages, Lives of Friends, Sufferings, Judgements against persecutors, visions
Friends United Press 1972 248 PP. Cloth
JOHN H HOBART SECONDHAND, good condition- hardcover but no dustjacket. Beware this is not by British friend Geoffrey Hubbard but an American - or at least immigrant American of Detroit whose childhood was lived in England
McKay 1951 227 PP. Cloth
D. ELTON TRUEBLOOD SECOND HAND Good condition with cover - slight tear; A portrait of the life and times of a great Quaker intellectual leader from the 17th century by a revered Quaker religious leader from the 20th century.
Harper & Row 1968 274 PP. Cloth
RUFUS M. JONES SECOND HAND Rare book; fair condition, loose binding. Rufus Jones looks at mysticism and the Inner Light in the modern age (1904) and how he imagines it works in personality and within human interaction.
The John C. Winston Co. 1904 272 PP. Cloth
JOAN BONDURANT SECONDHAND, good condition, horrendously expensive new- $30.95! By relating what Gandhi said to what he did and by examining instances of satyagraha led by others, this book abstracts from the Indian experiments those essential elements that constitute the Gandhian technique. It explores, in terms familiar to the Western reader, its distinguishing characteristics and its far-reaching implications for social and political philosophy.
Princeton 1988 281 PP. Paper
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Gandhi And The Way To Peace
BY VINCENT SHEEAN SECONDHAND. From a large donation of books on Gandhi and his philosophy. All are well read, many are delicate, especially those printed in India. Buy for the contents not appearance or durability. An early biography of Gandhi, in good c0ndition for a 1949 book-no dustcover.
Random House 1949 374 PP. Cloth
Satyagraha
BY JAMES K MATHEWS SECONDHAND, good condition, Indian printing. In his volume Dr. Mathews shares the fruit of his Gandhian studies which have extended over many years. He claims to have read virtually everything that Gandhi wrote. The title The Matchless Weapon, comes from Gandhi's own phrase.
Bhavans Book University 2004 230 PP. Paper
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MAHATMA GANDHI SECONDHAND. From a large donation of books on Gandhi and his philosophy. All are well read, many are delicate, especially those printed in India. Buy for the contents not appearance or durability. Seemingly rare (according to google) a collection of all Gandhis writings and recorded talks on women edited and published by Anand Hingorani and dedicated to his sister Lali.
Hingorani 1946 245 PP. Paper
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SECONDHAND, big hardback in fair condition with no dust jacket. Bertrand Russell was born in 1872 and died in 1970. One of the most influential figures of the twentieth century, he transformed philosophy and can lay claim to being one of the greatest philosophers of all time. He was a Nobel Prize winner for Literature and was imprisoned several times as a result of his pacifism. His views on religion, education, sex, politics and many other topics, made him one of the most read and revered writers of the age. This, his autobiography, is one of the most compelling and vivid ever written.
Atlantic 1967 349 PP. Cloth
LONDON YEARLY MTG SECONDHAnd-various editions both paper and hardback- always looked rather grotty, but much loved as one of THE definitive Faith and Practices (Church Goverment was seperate). We will send the neatest looking copy we have if you order.Pages are not numbered but index guides you to one of 670 sections. Indexed by author, first line of quote and subject
Britain Yealy Meeting 1960 NOT NUMBERED Blank
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W H SESSIONS SECONDHAND- looks ok- but has broken spine when opened-you can still easily read all these "quaint" and ancient examples of Quaker Humour from the 30's to the 50's- and emerge with a possible chuckle.
Sessions 1966 135 PP. Cloth
NEYM SECONDHAND- has name written inside cover, with underlinings.
NEYM 276 PP. Cloth
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ELIZABETH WATSON second hand- her rufus jones lecture of 1977.
FGC 1977 22 PP. Paper
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HILL Remarkablt tatty, but still holding together paperback. Marxist Historian Hills masterful look at the turbulent period of British history in which the Society of Friends had its beginnings.
Penguin 1972 430 PP. Paper
ATHOL FUGARD A very good copy in the original orange pictorial boards, light wear to extremities, slight scuffing on rear, a clean tight example of Athol Fugard's first book.; First Edition
Simondiam Pubs 1963 130 PP. Cloth
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NICKALLS SECONDHAND- various editions in states of some decrepitude. These are acheap way to read the Nickalls edition. Not pretty, and may need careful opening to preserve binding. These are the joint British American Reprints of the 1952 Cambridge University Press edition.
RSOF 1975 786 PP. Paper
Violence Against Women Exposed
FROM IRIN/OCHA SECONDHAND Horribly topical still, fair condition large paperback. With 17 minute DVD Broken bodies broken dreams: offers a powerful testimony of the different types of gender-based violence experienced by women and girls worldwide throughout their lives, through the use of photographs, individual case studies and illustrative text. The publication is part of OCHA/IRIN's ongoing campaign to highlight the issues of violence against women through film, text and photography.
IRIN 2005 248PP+CD Paper
Hardcover
GREENLER, BOB This book describes the Quaker author's experience in the process of moving from child to physicist. Hardcover at paperback price.
Elton Wolf 2000 225 PP. Cloth
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Some Quaker Pioneers Of The 20th Century In The Usa
BY LEONARD KENWORTHY Self published paperback- buy for contents not appearance. SECONDHAND. Contents: 1. Emily Greene Balch / Leonard S. Kenworthy -- 2. Kenneth and Elise Boulding / Cynthia Kerman and Carlene Bagnall -- 3. Howard and Anna Brinton / Dan Wilson -- 4. Henry J. Cadbury / Margaret H. Bacon -- 5. Mary Steichen Calderone / David Mace -- 6. Everett L. Cattell / Donald R. Murray, Jr. -- 7. Rachel Davis DuBois / Elizabeth Cattell -- 8. Rufus M. Jones / Leonard S. Kenworthy -- 9. Thomas E. Jones / Paul A. Lacey -- 10. Thomas R. Kelly / T. Canby Jones -- 11. Frederick J. Libby / E. Raymond Wilson -- 12. Clarence E. Pickett / Lewis M. Hoskins -- 13. Bayard Rustin / Leonard S. Kenworthy -- and 5 more
,SP 1984 284 PP. Paper
EDITED KENNETH BOULDING SECONDHAND, great condition hardback, with poor dust jacket. Quaker Kenneth Boulding is one of the most prolific, provocative, and highly regarded economists of our time. Born in England in 1910, he received his M.A. at Oxford University and moved to the United States in 1937. Since then he has authored or coauthored over two dozen books and has taught at a number of leading universities. Currently he is affiliated with the Institute of Behavioral Science at the University of Colorado. In an early essay, "Is Economics Necessary?" Boulding argued that economics is important not merely as it relates to the marketplace but because it is a part of virtually all other human activities.
Transaction 1970 160 PP. Cloth
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