1852 Life of William Penn by Samuel M Janney in full leather boards with selected writings
$ 31.68
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1852/William Penn/by Samuel M. Janney/full leather boards/the life, with selections from his correspondence and auto-biography Publisher: Hogan, Perkins & Co, Philadelphia 1852; early edition Hardcover; 558pp; Condition: ex-library; full-leather boards; marbled end papers; wear at spine end and corners; boards well rubbed; spine cloth cracked, with no label; front hinge cracked; binding sound but cracked in a few places; faint tanning and light foxing throughout; In the preface the author states that he had been permitted to have access to original materials which enabled him to furnish a more full and accurate account of the Founder of Pennsylvania than earlier publications. There is a list of sources at the end of the volume which identifies those materials on which he based his account. There are 42 chapters, and as was the custom in works of this vintage there is no table of contents or index. The chapters cover his birth, his relationship with Quakers, and finally his appearance. There is an engraved frontispiece. Measures: 9 1/4” x 6” x 2”; weighs 2lb 7oz; online at $51 The book will be packaged securely and shipped within 1 business day of completion of sale. Shipping charges will be reduced with multiple purchases.
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