[ABOLITION]
WOOLMAN, JOHN. Serious Considerations on Various Subjects of Importance. By John Woolman of Mount Holly, in the Jerseys, North America, deceased; with some of his Dying Expressions. London: Printed and sold by Mary Hinde, 1773. First edition. Contemporary calf with an early manuscript paper spine label. 7 x 4 1/2 inches (17 x 10 cm); 137, [1] pp. A fine copy internally, the joints cracked and the covers holding on cords, penciled signatures of Henry Mile and Samuel Miles, small stamp of the Sheldon Art Museum, bookplate of Henry Sheldon; Together with Minutes of the Proceedings of the Fourth Convention of Delegates from the Abolition Societies Established in different Parts of the United States... Philadelphia: Zachariah Poulson, 1797. First edition, 59 pp., disbound. Ink numeral to title; and Minutes of the Proceedings of a Special Meeting of the Fifteenth American Convention for promoting the Abolition of Slavery, and improving the Condition of the African Race... Philadelphia: Printed for the Convention by Hall & Atkinson, 1818. First edition, 68, [2], disbound, ink signature to title, partially trimmed. Sabin 82019.

The volume on Woodman is an uncommon account of this New Jersey born Quaker abolitionist. Sabin 105207. The lot 3 volumes.