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Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

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Hardback. New.

Hardback. New.

Gale ECCO, Print Editions. paperback. New. 7x1x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

Gale ECCO, Print Editions. paperback. New. 7x1x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

London: Luke Hinde. Volume 2 only. Worn and badly scuffed leather, chipped and peeling, covers detached, first three pages, including title page, detached. Leather over spine cracked and chipped. Paper moderately browned with foxing scattered throughout. Title continues, "From the Time of Their Being First Distinguished by that Name in the Year 1650, to the Time of the Act, Commonly Called the Act of Toleration, Granted to Protestant Dissenters in the First Year of the Reign of King William the Third and Queen Mary, in the Year 1689. Taken From Original Records and Other Authentick Accounts." 638 pages, including index and list of names, plus table of contents and errata. . Fair-. Full Leather. 1753.

Luke Hinde: London. Volume 2 only. Worn and badly scuffed leather, covers and last few pages detached. Leather over spine cracked and ends chipped. Bookplate from collection of Quaker author and scholar, Rufus M Jones. Single library stamp "Haverford Collebe Rufus M. Jones Study." Foxing to the first few pages, else pages clean and unmarked, only slightly yellowed. Title continues, "From the Time of Their Being First Distinguished by that Name in the Year 1650, to the Time of the Act, Commonly Called the Act of Toleration, Granted to Protestant Dissenters in the First Year of the Reign of King William the Third and Queen Mary, in the Year 1689. Taken From Original Records and Other Authentick Accounts." 638 pages, including index and list of names, plus table of contents and errata. Photographs and more detailed description happily provided upon request. . Good-. Full Leather. 1753.

London : Luke Hinde, 1753-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 2 volume set. Folios. Bound in contemporary full calf. Gilt ruled. Joints cracked. Some rubbing to cover. lv, (1) 767 (1), (2) 638 (10)pp. Embossed library stamps. Joseph Besse was an English Quaker and controversialist writer from Colchester. Besse's "most important work is the Sufferings of the Quakers, a laborious compilation. The cases of persecution &c are under the several counties followed by New England, Barbadoes, Nevis, Bermudas, Antigua, Maryland, Jamaica, Europe and Asia, Isle of Malta, Hungary and Austria, Dantzig, Hamburg, Germany, Ireland, and Scotland. The use of the work is further facilitated by copious though somewhat peculiar indexes. " - Smith's Descriptive Catalogue of Books, 1867. His son immigrated to Pennsylvania. Sabin 66921. Early signature of Joseph Neave.

London: Luke Hinde, 1753. 1st Edition. . Book Book Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. London: Luke Hinde, 1753. 1st Edition . Very Good/No Jacket. Complete in two volumes. Foolscap folio-sized books, which are in a sturdy Nottingham Reference Library binding, with library bookplate to front pastedowns, but no other signs of markings. New endpapers, but the original fly leaves have been retained. Small labels of the Library of the Meeting of Friends of Nottingham to verso of title-pages; the books were later presented to the Reference library. Near-contemporary inscription: 'Belongs to the Mo. Meeting at Nottingham No.1/No.2'to fly leaf of both volumes. Bindings are in very good condition, with some wear and rubbing, and are well suited for the secure handling of such large books. Internally the pages are age-toned but clean, and the bindings are tight. lv, 767; 638,[10] pages. This is a very heavy set and so will incur extra overseas postage; please enquire for rates, or if you require any photos.