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Some Account of the Life and Religious Labours of Sarah Grubb
by Lindley Murray
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Dublin: R. Jackson, 1792 . First edition. Leather. Very Good. 8" by 5". None. The scarce first edition of this biographical account of the life of Sarah Tuke Grubb, a Quaker minister, writer and founder of a girls' school in Ireland. The scarce first edition of this work, attributed to the prominent Quaker educator Lindley Murray.Sarah Tuke Grubb started preaching in Quaker congregations at age twenty-two, and after marrying travelled extensively in Europe, as missionaries.Grubb and her husband started a girls' finishing school in Clonmel, Ireland. The school was called the Suir Island School, and later known as the Clonmel School.Grubb died unexpectedly at age thirty-four.ESTC Citation No. T83492. This first edition appeared in two variants with no priority stated. This variant has contents to recto and errata to verso of the leaf following the introduction.With the bookplate of lawyer and book collector David Stather to the front pastedown.A smart copy of this biography of a prominent Irish Quaker. In half calf bindings, with marbled paper covered boards. Fading to back strip, with rubbing to boards. Paper label to spine tail. Head and tail of front joint starting, with boards holding firm. Bookplate to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean, with only the odd spot. Very Good
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 857F5
- Title
- Some Account of the Life and Religious Labours of Sarah Grubb
- Author
- Lindley Murray
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- R. Jackson
- Place of Publication
- Dublin
- Date Published
- 1792
- Size
- 8" by 5"
- Keywords
- john stather sarah grubb Sarah Tuke Grubb quakers sarah grubb
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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