1792 Life of Sarah Grubb Irish Quaker Activist

Description: Sarah Grubb was a Quaker minister, writer and founder of a girl’s school in Ireland, the Clonmel School where one of their teachers was Susanna Corder, another prominent Quaker teacher and writer. Gurbb’s father, William Tuke, helped found three Quaker schools: Ackworth School, Bootham School and Trinity Lane Quaker Girls’ School. Grubb and her husband spent several years traveling Europe as Quaker missionaries. The book is in good condition, with a cracked spine and some cracked hinges. Inside the front is a label from Joseph Brinton proclaiming his purchase of htis and 100 other volumes from Catherine Jacobs, widow of Joshua Jacob of West Chester, Pennsylvania. On the title page at the upper corner is written “R Harvey 1835”. There is some occasional foxing and light soiling from use.Good Condition: 8vo: Full Leather with red label (Journal of Sarah Grubb) on spine: crack down center of spine but not separated: cracked front hinge attached by threads: head and tail damaged with frayed stitching at headband: scuffed edges with rounded and bent corners: torn front endpaper: pencil inside front: label from Joseph Brinton: name on title page and pencil markings: doodle inside rear in pencil: foxing and light soiling at edges from handling: cracked gutters leaving uneven signatures: “Some Accounts of the Life and Religious Labours of Sarah Grubb with an Appendix containing an Account of the Schools at Ackworth And York, Observations on Christian Discipline and Extracts for Many of her Letters”: Sarah Tuke Grubb: Dublin: R. Jackson: 1792. FORN-Shelf-560-RAREB1792ABEA

Price: 100 USD

Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

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