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The Nature and Character of the True Church of Christ Proved by Plain Evidences, and Showing Whereby in May be Known and Distinguished from All Others. Being Extracts from the Writings of . . John Dunlavy.

Dunlavy, John.

The Nature and Character of the True Church of Christ Proved by Plain Evidences, and Showing Whereby in May be Known and Distinguished from All Others. Being Extracts from the Writings of . . .

New York: Printed by George W. Wood, 1847. First edition thus, a later edition of Plain Evidences with a few omissions. 12mo, original printed wrappers, 93 pages. Extracts from the Shaker Manifesto from this important early Kentucky Shaker. Small library stamp to the upper wrapper. Later stab holes. Richmond 520. More

Price: $75.00

Shakers. Compendium of the Origin, History, Principles, Rules and Regulations, Government, and Doctrines of the United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing. With Biographies of Ann Lee . . Evans, rederick, illiam.

Evans, F[rederick] W[illiam].

Shakers. Compendium of the Origin, History, Principles, Rules and Regulations, Government, and Doctrines of the United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing. With Biographies of Ann Lee . . .

New Lebanon, N. Y. [Charles Van Benthuysen & Sons, Printer, Albany], 1867. Fourth edition. 12mo, original printed yellow wrappers stitched, 192 pages. Stated fourth edition at the head of the title. The title page and ads are reset, otherwise printed from the identical plates of the first edition published by... More

Price: $75.00

Shakers. Compendium of the Origin, History, Principles, Rules and Regulations, Government, and Doctrines of the United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing. With Biographies of Ann Lee . . Evans, rederick, illiam.

Evans, F[rederick] W[illiam].

Shakers. Compendium of the Origin, History, Principles, Rules and Regulations, Government, and Doctrines of the United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing. With Biographies of Ann Lee . . .

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1859. First edition. 12mo, original brown cloth, gilt lettering, 189 pages. Prepared by Evans, Calvin Green, and Giles Avery, a good overview of the history and beliefs of the Shakers up to this period. A minor variant on the binding title noted in Richmond. Richmond 646; Sabin 23152. More

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A Brief Exposition of the Established Principles and Regulations of the United Society of Believers, Called Shakers. Calvin and Seth Y. Wells Green.

[Green, Calvin and Seth Y. Wells].

A Brief Exposition of the Established Principles and Regulations of the United Society of Believers, Called Shakers.

(New York: E. S. Dodge Printing Co., 1879). A new edition of the 1871 edition of this standard Shaker text. 8vo, original printed wrappers, 32 pages. Per Richmond quoting the Shaker Manifesto (January 1879), “The last editions having been exhausted, and in consideration of the great sale of the work... More

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A Summary View of the Millennial Church of the United Society of Believers, (Commonly Called Shakers.) Comprising the Rise, Progress and Practical Order of the Society . . Calvin and Seth Y. Wells Green.

[Green, Calvin and Seth Y. Wells].

A Summary View of the Millennial Church of the United Society of Believers, (Commonly Called Shakers.) Comprising the Rise, Progress and Practical Order of the Society . . .

Albany: Printed by Packard & Van Benthuysen, 1823. First edition. 12mo, contemporary tree calf, blue morocco label, gilt rules and lettering, xvi, 320 pages. An account meant to explain the views and practices of the Shakers to the world at large. Early bookplate of the Wesleyan Academy, Wilbraham, Mass., on... More

Price: $150.00

Gentle Manners. A Guide to Good Morals. Shaker.

[Shaker].

Gentle Manners. A Guide to Good Morals.

East Canterbury, N. H. [Printed at Shaker Village], [1899]. Stated third edition. 12mo, wire stitched into the original blue cloth spine, printed green-gray boards, xii, [2], 79 pages. A conduct guide, originally for the students at the school at the New Lebanon, N. Y. community. Preface to the third edition... More

Price: $125.00

A Shaker Lunch . . . [wrapper title]. Shaker, David Serette.

[Shaker]. David Serette.

A Shaker Lunch . . . [wrapper title].

[Portland, Me.]: (The Yellow Kid Press), [1972]. First edition, one of 100 copies. 16mo, original printed green wrappers, 4 pages. With original green envelope. From an eventual Shaker fellow traveler and the proprietor of the Yellow Kid Press, on arriving at Sabbathday Lake Shaker community on May 30, 1972 and... More

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A Summary View of the Millennial Church of the United Society of Believers, Commonly Called Shakers. Comprising the Rise, Progress and Practical Order of the Society . . . Second Edition, Revised and Improved. Shaker, Calvin and Seth Y. Wells Green.

[Shaker]. [Green, Calvin and Seth Y. Wells].

A Summary View of the Millennial Church of the United Society of Believers, Commonly Called Shakers. Comprising the Rise, Progress and Practical Order of the Society . . . Second Edition, Revised and Improved.

Albany: Printed by C. Van Benthuysen, 1848. Second edition. 8vo, original sheep, black leather spine label, gilt rules and lettering, vii, [1], 384 pages. An account meant to explain the views and practices of the Shakers to the world at large, with a section omitted from the 1823 first edition... More

Price: $100.00

Black Henbane, Hyoscyamus niger. D. M. & Co., Watervilet, N. Y. Shaker, Labels.

[Shaker]. [Labels].

Black Henbane, Hyoscyamus niger. D. M. & Co., Watervilet, N. Y.

[Watervliet, N.Y. n. p., ca. 1850]. Single leaf of pearlblush stock, printed recto only, approx. 1 x 1.63 inches. Decorative type border. An attractive medicinal herb label produced for the Watervliet (N.Y.) Shaker communal society. More

Price: $30.00

Black Henbane, Hyoscyamus niger. D. M. & Co., Watervliet, N. Y. Shaker, Labels.

[Shaker]. [Labels].

Black Henbane, Hyoscyamus niger. D. M. & Co., Watervliet, N. Y.

[Watervliet, N.Y. n. p., ca. 1850]. Single leaf of white stock, printed recto only, approx. 1 x 1.63 inches. Decorative type border. An attractive medicinal herb label produced for the Watervliet (N.Y.) Shaker communal society. More

Price: $30.00

Extract of Horehound, Marrubium vulgare, D. M. Prepared by the United Society, New-Lebanon, N. Y. Shaker, Labels.

[Shaker]. [Labels].

Extract of Horehound, Marrubium vulgare, D. M. Prepared by the United Society, New-Lebanon, N. Y.

[New Lebanon, N. Y. n. p., ca. 1850?]. Single leaf printed recto only on yellow stock, approx. 2 x 2.88 inches. Decorative border. An attractive bright herbal label from the Shaker village communal society at New Lebanon. More

Price: $75.00

Extract of Yellow Dock, Rumex crispus, D. M. Prepared in the United Society, New-Lebanon, N. Y. Shaker, Labels.

[Shaker]. [Labels].

Extract of Yellow Dock, Rumex crispus, D. M. Prepared in the United Society, New-Lebanon, N. Y.

[New Lebanon, N. Y. n. p., ca. 1850?]. Single leaf printed recto only on blue stock, 2.38 x 4 inches. Decorative typographical border. An attractive herbal label from the communal society Shaker village at Mount Lebanon, N. Y. Two spots of mounting adhesive on the blank verso of the label. More

Price: $45.00

Feverfew. Chrysanthemum Parthenium. United Society, Harvard, Mass. Shaker, Labels.

[Shaker]. [Labels].

Feverfew. Chrysanthemum Parthenium. United Society, Harvard, Mass.

[Harvard, Mass. n. p., ca. 1850?]. Single leaf printed recto only on white stock, approx. 0.75 x 2.75 inches. Upper and lower decorative border. An attractive little herb label from the Harvard, Mass. Shaker village communal society. Two faint traces of mounting hinges or adhesive on the blank verso. More

Price: $25.00

Peach Water, Warranted to be of The Very Best Quality, For Pastrys, &c. by W. H. Sparrow, Shaker Village, Harvard, Mass. Shaker, Labels.

[Shaker]. [Labels].

Peach Water, Warranted to be of The Very Best Quality, For Pastrys, &c. by W. H. Sparrow, Shaker Village, Harvard, Mass.

[Harvard, Mass. n. p., ca. 1850?]. Single leaf of white stock, printed recto only, 3.25 x scant 4.5 inches. Decorative border. An attractive bit of design and a nice food label from the Harvard Shaker Village communal society in Massachusetts. Traces of four small neat bits of black paper from... More

Price: $75.00

Peppermint. Mentha piperita. Shaker Village, N.H. Shaker, Labels.

[Shaker]. [Labels].

Peppermint. Mentha piperita. Shaker Village, N.H.

[Canterbury, N.H. n. p., ca. 1850?]. Single leaf printed recto only on pearlblush stock, approx. 0.88 x 1.38 inches. Decorative border. An attractive label from the Shaker Village communal society in Canterbury, N.H. Trimmed a bit into the upper border during production. More

Price: $30.00

Pulverized Sage. Prepared by the Shakers. East Canterbury, N. H. Shaker, Labels.

[Shaker]. [Labels].

Pulverized Sage. Prepared by the Shakers. East Canterbury, N. H.

[Canterbury, N. H. n. p., n. d.]. First edition. Text to one page of a pearl-colored bifolium, 7.5 x 5.25 inches. An uncut label (perhaps a proof or sample?) for Shaker herbs, likely mid-late 19th century; the digitized example at Hamilton College has been trimmed to approx. 2.75 inches square. More

Price: $50.00

Rose Water D. M. Prepared in the United Society, New-Lebanon, N. Y. Shaker, Labels.

[Shaker]. [Labels].

Rose Water D. M. Prepared in the United Society, New-Lebanon, N. Y.

[New Lebanon, N.Y. n. p., ca. 1850?]. Single leaf printed recto only on yellow stock, approx. 2 x 3 inches. Decorative border. A bright attractive label from the herbal concern of the Shaker village communal society at New Lebanon. More

Price: $75.00

Spikenard Root. Aralia Racemosa. United Society, Harvard, Mass. Shaker, Labels.

[Shaker]. [Labels].

Spikenard Root. Aralia Racemosa. United Society, Harvard, Mass.

[Harvard, Mass. n. p., ca. 1850?]. Single leaf printed recto only on yellow stock, approx. 1.13 x 3 inches. Decorative border to the upper and lower edge. An attractive little herb label from the Harvard, Mass. Shaker village communal society. Two faint traces of mounting hinges or adhesive on the blank verso. More

Price: $25.00

Squaw Weed, Senecio Obovatus. United Society, Harvard, Mass. Shaker, Labels.

[Shaker]. [Labels].

Squaw Weed, Senecio Obovatus. United Society, Harvard, Mass.

[Harvard, Mass. n. p., ca. 1850?]. Single leaf printed recto only on yellow stock, approx. 0.88 x 3.13 inches. Plain rule border to the upper and lower edge. An attractive little herb label from the Harvard, Mass. Shaker village communal society. Two faint traces of mounting hinges or adhesive on... More

Price: $25.00

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