Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blakiston, 1848. Offprint. Octavo (23cm.); publisher's tan wrappers printed within decorative border; 24pp. Upper cover separated and rather chipped along extremities, lacking rear wrapper; Good only, though internally sound. Article first published in the "Medical Examiner," March, 1848. Quite uncommon, OCLC locates two copies as of June..... More

Albany: W.C. Little, 1832. First Edition. Early work on the reconciliation of Covenanters with the American government, arguing that "Covenanters can, in consistency with their principles, and their position as settled by judicial acts, incorporate the government, and enjoy all privileges of citizenship" ("The Reformed Presbyterian and Covenanter" (1876), p...... More

[New York: American Tract Society, ca. 1840s]. 12mo (19cm.); stitched self-wrappers; 8pp. Light foxing and soil else Very Good and sound. More

London: Chapman and Hall, 1887. First Edition. Anthropological study of the Twi people of the Gold Coast (now Guinea), based on Ellis's observations as a British army officer during and after the Third Anglo-Ashanti War (1873-1874). Octavo. Publisher's maroon cloth boards, lettered in gilt on spine; floral endpapers; vii,[1]-343pp; map..... More

London: Home & Van Thal, [1948]. First Edition. Small octavo (19cm.); publisher's cloth in green price-clipped dust jacket printed in black and brown; [8],124pp. Outer jacket panels rather faded, especially spine, textblock a bit shaken in binding, else Very Good and sound overall. "A tale of mischief, moor & moonshine"..... More

London: Jonathan Cape, [1967]. First U.K. Edition. Octavo (19.5cm.); publisher's boards in pictorial dust jacket, black topstain; 189pp. Light wear and a few chips to jacket extremities, spine a bit toned and cocked and corners gently bumped, else Very Good and sound. Collection of short stories by the young East..... More

New York: Charles Partridge, 1866. Reprint. Description of the afterlife using fictional elements by Ohio Spiritualist Hudson Tuttle (1836-1910), first written and published in 1855 when the author was just twenty years old. The present title foreshadows the importance Tuttle later assumed in the Spiritualist community of the latter half..... More

Detroit: Broadside Press, 1967. First Edition. Single poem by the Norfolk, VA poet and educator, the senior editor of the Lotus Press. Issued as Broadside No.11 by Dudley Randall's Broadside Press, which issued nearly 100 poems (roughly one per month) in its Broadside Series. Broadside, with text printed in black..... More

Detroit: Broadside Press, 1969. First Edition. An early work by the Atlanta-born author, father to actress Nia Long, collecting two poems which precede his first book (Black Love Black Hope, 1971). Issued as Broadside No.32 by Dudley Randall's Broadside Press, which issued nearly 100 poems (roughly one per month) in..... More

Detroit: Broadside Press, 1968. First Edition. Issued as Broadside No.29 by Dudley Randall's Broadside Press, which issued nearly 100 poems (roughly one per month) in its Broadside Series. Broadside, with text printed in black on white cardstock, measuring 6 5/8" x 11". Hint of dustiness and toning to extremities, else..... More

Boston: Benjamin B. Mussey, 1854. First Edition. One of a series of sermons on the spiritual development of the human race by the Unitarian minister and abolitionist Theodore Parker (1810-1860). Parker himself never reached "old age," though here he speaks of the elderly in sweeping terms: "His affections now are..... More

Boston: Robert F. Wallcut, 1853. First Edition. Important sermon by the abolitionist Unitarian minister, whose orations converted many of his listeners, among them Julia Ward Howe, to the cause, and Parker numbered among those who secretly funded John Brown (anb.org). From the Preface: "The following Sermon is part of a...... More

New-York: G. & C. & H. Carvill, 1830. First Edition. Short biographical notes on various illustrious Columbia graduates, including Alexander Hamilton, a founding member of the society that would eventually be known as the Philolexian Society; John Jay; Gouverneur Morris; and even DeWitt Clinton, the orator's professional enemy. Missed by..... More