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LYRICS OF QUAKERISM and OTHER POEMS. Hardcover - 1895

by Roberts, Ellwood

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Morgan R. Wills, Publisher, Norristown, PA: ., 1895 pp. 273 + 14 leaves of photographic plates. Small 8vo. 210 mm. Top edge gilt; other edges untrimmed. Original full aqua cloth binding, lettered and decorated in gold gilt. Some soiling on the front cover. The photos, showing people and scenes in and around Norristown and Philadelphia, were mainly taken by Jesse G. Butterfield, with a couple by William H. Richardson and Frank C. Parker. They were printed here by the Electro-Tint Engraving Co., Philadelphia. The photos are especially interesting as they show many of the Quaker Meeting Houses in the area. Hardbound. Very good+. Ellwood Roberts (born in 1846) was a famous and productive Pennsylvania historian, whose main work: 'Biographical Annals of Montgomery County' (1904) is still consulted with profit. PA 58 Language: eng. Hardcover. Very Good.
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