A Collection of the Works of that Ancient, Faithful Servant of Jesus Christ, Thomas Chalkley, Who departed this Life in the Island of Tortola, the Fourth Day of the Ninth Month, 1741. To which is prefixed, A Journal of his Life, Travels, and Christian Experiences, written by himself
London: James Phillips, 1791. Hardcover. The Fifth Edition. vii, [1], 601, [3] p.; 21 cm. Signatures: a4 A-2P8 (-2P7, 2P8) 8vo. Original? plain calf boards with later plain calf spine. Modern box with gilt-tooled spine title: Chalkley's Works. The Works of Thomas Chalkley has a separate title page but continous pagination and signing. Publisher's catalog on final 2 unpaginated pages. ESTC, T061338. Lengthy inscription on front free endpaper by Joseph Brinton (1754-1809), of Lancaster County, Pa., who purchased the book in 1791. He was the son of Moses and Eleanor Brinton and married Susanna Rigbee in 1784. With: two small pieces of pressed seaweed left in the book. Inscriptions on back fixed endpaper indicate that over the following century the book descended through the Brinton and Cooper families. Lacking one leaf, containing pages 369-70, which has been unobtrusively supplied. In Good Condition: leather is rubbed, with some loss; pp. 369-70 supplied, as described; pp. 495-96 has been rehinged; old dampstain along fore-edge of title page and several following leaves; occasional soiling, heavy on a few pages. Good. Item #005068
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