November 2010

Welcome!

by Nancy on November 28, 2010

Dear Friends, Welcome to Vintage Books’ website, your best source for rare, used, and out-of-print books by and about Quakers. In the months ahead, we will add features including a catalog of the Quaker books we have for sale and, eventually, a shopping cart feature enabling you to pay directly through the site. In the [...]

Francis Howgill’s Works

by Nancy on November 16, 2010

Francis Howgill (1618-1668) was a prominent early Quaker in England. He was born in a farming community in Westmorland and made his living as a farmer and a tailor. He studied Anglican theology, but was dissatisfied with what he saw as the superstition in their teachings. He then explored the teachings of the Anabaptists, the [...]