Charity and Power in Early Modern Italy. Benefactors and their motives in Turin, 1541-1789
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards; 280pp. Fine and unmarked; no dustwrapper, probably as issued. More
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Backward Glances. Exploring Italy, Reinterpreting America (1831-1866)
Madison, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1996. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 115pp. Fine copy in dustjacket, small nick to top of jacket spine, else Fine. More
Life of Robert Marquis of Salisbury. By His Daughter [...]. Vol 1: 1830-1868. Vol 2: 1868-1880
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1922. First Edition. Two octavo volumes. Blue cloth, with printed paper spine labels; 351+390pp. Previous owner's generic bookplate to each volume; minor external wear and toning to text; Very Good. An attractive set. More
The Wellington Watersiders. The story of their industrial organisation
[Wellington, NZ: Wellington Branch of the New Zealand Waterside Workers' Union, 1948]. Octavo. Cloth boards; 155pp. Shelf label to upper corner of front cover; defaced library stamp to front endpaper; text clean, tight and unmarked. A solid, Good reading copy. More
Imperial Washington. The story of American public life from 1870 to 1920
Chicago: Charles H. Kerr, (1922). First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards; 441pp. Straight, tight, VG copy. Embossed ownership stamp of Ohio Governor James M. Cox (1870-1957) to first TOC page, with his private library shelf number very faint at base of spine. More
Scientific Religion; or, Higher Possibilities of Life and Practice Through the Operation of Natural Forces. With an Appendix by a Clergyman of the Church of England. Authorized American Edition
Buffalo: Charles A. Wenborne, 1889. First American Edition. A mystical treatise on religion and sexuality; much of the work is purported to be directly transposed from the spirit-communications of the author's late wife. Oliphant (1829-1888), a South-African born English mystic Zionist and sexual reformer, and acolyte of the California charismatic..... More
Duties Payable on Goods, Wares, and Merchandize, Imported Into the United States of America, From and After the 30th June, 1800. The duties of tonnage, rates of fees, drawbacks, &c. with the necessary forms for the direction of merchants, masters of vessels, and others, doing business at the customs-house
New-York: James Oram, 1803. First Edition. Detailed list of import taxes ranging from ale and beer (8% for American ships, 8 4/5% for foreign); hair powder; thirteen individual listings for various teas; and composition for teeth and gums (duty free). SHAW & SHOEMAKER 4120 and 5289. Octavo (ca. 20cm.); disbound;..... More
The Lepers of Molokai
Notre Dame, IN: "Ave Maria" Press, [1886]. First Edition. 12mo. Printed blue laid-paper wrappers; 80pp. Small chips to wrapper edges; neat ownership signature to front cover; Very Good. Blanck's (probable) "B" state of the copyright page, with "Rev. D.E. Hudson, C.S.C." set 1-3/4" wide. BAL 18994. The work originally appeared..... More
Tea and Coffee: their physical, intellectual, and moral effects on the human system
Stoke-Upon-Trent: G. Turner, 1859. Later edition. 12mo. Printed wrappers; 28pp. Removed; cover wraps lacking; text lightly toned; Good or better. Later British printing of this much-reprinted pamphlet, originally published in 1836. OCLC gives three locations for this Stoke-on-Trent printing. More
Crimes and Criminals of the American Army. Read before the Pittsburgh Prison Congress, October 13th, 1891
[N.p.: 1891]. Octavo. Sewn pamphlet; (2),12pp. Ink pressure stamp to margin of title page ("Withdrawn / New Church Theological School"), else Near Fine. A sketch of military justice in the U.S. Army. Includes a brief description and history of the prison at Ft. Leavenworth, of which Pope was Commandant. Uncommon..... More
Report made to The Committee of the Citizens of Elmira (Tioga County,) on the Tioga Coal & Iron Mines, Situated on the Tioga River
Albany: Printed by John B. Van Steenbergh, 1829. First Edition. Geological report presented to a committee of private citizens of Elmira, NY by George W. Hughes, a West Point-trained mineral engineer, regarding the mineral potential of the Tioga Coal & Iron Mines, located about 20 miles to the south along..... More
Speeches of Maximilien Robespierre with a Biographical Sketch [Voices of Revolt Vol. 1]
New York: International Publishers, [1927]. First Thus. Small, slim octavo (ca. 19cm.); publisher's pictorial paper-covered boards; 93pp. Light shelf wear and a bit of toning and dust-soil to boards, mid-20th century ex libris to front pastedown, else Very Good and sound. This copy belonged to the Proletarian Library of the..... More
Oration on the Life and Character of Gen. George H. Thomas, delivered before the Society of the Army of the Cumberland by Gen. James A. Garfield at the Fourth Annual Reunion, Cleveland, November 25, 1870
Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co., 1871. First Edition. Octavo. Printed blue card wrappers; 52pp. Pencil notation to front wrapper; small chip to base of rear wrapper, with flaking to paper at spine; still a clean, attractive, VG copy of this somewhat uncommon Garfield work, a memorial address for the recently-decesased..... More
Sharing the Wealth: Nature's Own Law of Distribution
Babson Park, FL: Nidar Book Co., [1937]. First Edition. Proto-libertarian treatise by the Norwegian-born American politican. Rustgard began his career at the age of fifteen as a cabin boy aboard a ship, after which he immigrated to Minnesota, working as a farmhand before attending the University of Minnesota. From 1900..... More
Making Democracy Work: Civic Traditions in Modern Italy
Princeton: Princeton University Press, [1993]. First Edition. Octavo (ca. 25cm.); publisher's cloth in decorative dust jacket; [2],xv,[1],258pp.; maps in text. Old price sticker to front jacket flap, boards a bit bowed, front hinge slightly pulled, else Very Good or better. More
[Text in Russian] Proval Operatsii "Tsitadel'" (Razgrom Nemetsko-Fashistskikh Polchishch v Bitve na Kurskoi Duge)
Moskva: Izdatel'stvo Politicheskoi Literatury, 1965. First Edition. Octavo (21cm.); publisher's photo-montaged wrappers, French flaps; 261pp.; eight leaves of photographic illus. printed on rectos and versos. Wrappers a bit rubbed at extremities, spine slightly cocked, textblock uniformly toned, else Very Good and sound. Text entirely in Russian. Account of the German..... More
The Unknown Lenin: From the Secret Archive
New Haven: Yale University Press, [1996]. First American Edition. Octavo (ca. 24cm.); publisher's cloth-backed boards in photo-illustrated dust jacket; xix,[1],204pp.; four leaves of photographic illus. printed on rectos and versos. Light shelf wear and a bit of dust-soil, spine very slightly cocked, old price sticker to rear jacket panel, else..... More
The East Village Other - Vol.3, No.34 (July 26, 1968)
New York: The East Village Other, Inc., 1968. First Edition. Contents include contributions by D.A. Latimer, Lennox Raphael, Jaakov Kohn, Allen Katzman, Eugene Schoenfeld, Lita Eliscu, Abdul Sean de la Villeneuve, Bob Rudnick, Dennis Frawley, Wilmer Lucas, and others. With comix by Kim Deitch and Spain Rodriguez, and a Junkwaffel..... More
History of the United States, or Republic of America: Exhibited in Connexion with its Chronology & Progressive Geography; by Means of a Series of Maps ... designed for schools and private libraries [text volume only]
New York: Gallaher & White, 1828. First Edition. Willard, an ardent spokesperson for women's rights and especially the right of women to receive a practical secondary education, was the founder (in 1821) of the Troy Female Seminary (now the Emma Willard School), the first institution of higher learning for women..... More
The East Village Other - Vol.3, No.26 (May 31, 1968)
New York: The East Village Other, Inc., 1968. First Edition. Contents include contributions by Lil Picard, Lennox Raphael, Allan Katzman, Lita Eliscu, Joseph Nalven, Stanley Fisher, Rob Rudnick, Dennis Frawley, and others, including comix by Kim Deitch, the Declaration of Cultural Evolution, and cover art by Baby Jerry. Tabloid (43.5cm);..... More
The East Village Other - Vol.3, No.20 (April 19-25, 1968)
New York: The East Village Other, Inc., 1968. First Edition. Contents include contributions by Gary Snyder, Allan Katzman, Dick Preston, Don Katzman, W.F. Lucas, Douglas Blazek, Jules Freemond, Lita Eliscu, Joel Deutsch, and others. With a Spain Rodriguez centerfold, comix by R. Crumb, and a superb cover by John Thompson..... More
The East Village Other - Vol.3, No.11 (February 16-22, 1968)
New York: The East Village Other, Inc., 1968. First Edition. Contents include contributions by George Montgomery, Stanley Fisher, Irving Shushnick, Walter Gutman, Allan Katzman, W.F. Lucas, Alan Asnen, and others. Comix throughout by R. Crumb ("Mr. Natural Meets God" and "Gail Snail") and Spain Rodriguez. Tabloid (43.5cm); photo-illustrated newsprint wrappers;..... More
The East Village Other - Vol.2, No.10 (April 15-May 1, 1967)
New York: The East Village Other, Inc., 1967. First Edition. Much of this issue is dedicated to Walter Bowart's lengthy "Love Experiment in the Haight," with additional contributions by Allan Katzman, Lionel H. Mitchell, Kenneth Gatland, and others. Rear wrapper features a full-page James Bond spoof poster, titled "Join the..... More
The East Village Other - Vol.2, No.9 (April 1-15, 1967)
New York: The East Village Other, Inc., 1967. First Edition. Contents include contributions by Lil Picard, Walter Bowart, Philip Proctor, Dean Lattimer, Kevin O'Flaherty McCool, Emmett Lake, Paul Krassner, and others. Includes comix by Kim Deitch, and a full-page illustrated collaboration between Kenward Elmslie and Joe Brainard. Tabloid (42.25cm); photo-illustrated..... More
The East Village Other - Vol.1, No.18 (August 15-September 1, 1966)
New York: The East Village Other, Inc., 1966. First Edition. Contents include contributions by Stan Cohen, Irving Shusnick, John Wilcock, Sheri Martinelli, Brian Dobbyn, Allan Katzman, Carolee Schneeman, Lenny Bruce, and others. Includes articles on Black Power by Ishmael Reed, a poem by Yoko Ono ("Cannon Piece"), and an interview..... More