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[Penn, William], SELECT WORKS OF WILLIAM PENN, TO WHICH IS PREFIXED A JOURNAL OF HIS LIFE. London: s.n.,1771. 1st ed. full calf hardcover w/titling label removed, Crown Folio (16x10"), (4), lxi, (3), (1-2), 3-862pp., binding copy/n.a., ex lib. (The Historical Society of Pennsylvania). The contemporary binding is well worn, rubbed and chipped with some loss, spine leather being dried and both boards detached, kept lacking the front end-papers and pp.853-862 being detached but present with pp. 857-862 showing tears and significant loss, but the various pieces being laid in. It is unknow if the last 5 pages are wholly complete, but appear to be at least majoritively present. This wondrous tome lives in its own custom-made clamshell box. It is a suitable candidate for rebacking/rebinding should one desire to do so, the text is remarkably clean with only a small amount of soiling mostly to the title page.
The Select Works of William Penn, published in 1771, offers insights into the thoughts and writings… Read More
