New York: North American Review Corporation, 1920. Single issue of this journal of conservative opinion and politics, edited and published by the New York railway magnate, staunch anti-Wilsonian, and Ambassador to the United Kingdom under Harding, George B.M. Harvey. Harvey's Weekly ran from 1919-1921 as a continuation of Harvey's North..... More
New York: North American Review Corporation, 1920. Single issue of this journal of conservative opinion and politics, edited and published by the New York railway magnate, staunch anti-Wilsonian, and Ambassador to the United Kingdom under Harding, George B.M. Harvey. Harvey's Weekly ran from 1919-1921 as a continuation of his North..... More
Boston: Charles H. Peirce, 1847. First Edition. Entire run (comprising six bi-monthly issues) of this short-lived magazine of moral hygiene, instruction, and literature, aimed at adolescent boys and young men. The content is generally progressive, with contributors such as Wendell Phillips, Lyman Beecher, George Tuckerman, William Ellery Channing, etc., well..... More
![Cecil's Friendly Advice to the Servants of His Parish [Occasional No. 9]. AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY](/pictures/medium/49868.jpg?v=1641872584)
New York: American Tract Society, n.d., ca. 1830s. First Edition. 12mo (17cm.); publisher's cream pictorial wrappers; 8pp. Light wear from handling, brief biopredation along fore-edge of upper cover, faint dampstain to textblock, else Very Good and sound. Among Cecil's advice to the servant class, "Beware...of the error of those, who..... More
New York: John S. Taylor, 1839. First Edition. 12mo (19cm). Publisher's brown ribbed cloth, decoratively stamped in gilt on front and rear covers, title in gilt to spine; engraved portrait frontispiece and extra-title; xix, [20]-160pp. Mild rubbing to boards and joints; scattered foxing within; still a bright, Very Good copy..... More
Hartford: Abel Brewster, 1827. First Edition. Collection of short--some less than a page long--essays on various topics, addressed to white men eligible to vote, ranging from novels, which "are extremely apt to make young people /giddy headed/"; slavery ("evidently of savage origin"); and dueling ("Most duels originate from offences, /too..... More
Hartford: L. Stebbins, 1868. Reprint. Large, thick octavo; publisher's full sheep, two black gilt-lettered morocco spine labels, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers; xvi,[17]-465,[14]pp.; engraved frontispiece and added title page, 5 leaves of plates (tissue guards), additional illus., many full-paged, throughout text. Boards rubbed and worn, upper cover starting to separate;..... More
![Prospectus for] Josiah Warren: The First American Anarchist. A Sociological Study. ANARCHISM,...](/pictures/medium/33268.jpg?v=1641872296)
[Boston: Small, Maynard and Co., 1906]. Small octavo bifolium (19.25cm.); just a hint of toning to extremities, else Fine. Prospectus provides a brief description of Josiah Warren, founder of Philosophical Anarchism in America. "It will be brought out as soon as a sufficient number of subscribers have sent in their..... More
Torino: Edizioni Era Nuova, 1949. Second edition. Octavo. Printed wrappers; 32p. Covers slightly worn and soiled; text tanned at margins; Very Good. Boschi (1871-1956) was a militant anarchist and close associate of Malatesta. We find only three institutional holdings for this uncommon Anarchist fable; the first edition was published in..... More
N.p. N.d., but ca. 1890. Small octavo (19.5cm.); sewn pamphlet; printed self-wraps; 24pp. Front cover soiled, with faint institutional hand-stamp; text clean and unmarked. An early work by the prominent Anarchist, utopian novelist, and eugenicist; a criticism of top-down social reform measures, encouraging would-be philanthropists to "repent of their crimes..... More
San Francisco: Westgate Press, 1929. First Edition. Limited to 500 copies of which this is no. 221. Slim octavo (23cm.); publisher's cloth-backed decorative boards, gilt-lettered spine in contemporary paper covered slipcase (not called for in Sheehy & Lohf); [4],34pp.; two-toned woodcuts by Gannon throughout. Tiny split to spine crown cloth..... More
Oakland: Needle Press, 1994. First Edition. Octavo pamphlet. Staple-bound, printed card wrappers; 82pp. Complete, clean and unmarked; Very Good or better. Includes special coverage of the 1994 initiative to enact the California Health Security Act single-payer healthcare plan. More
![Report by Mr. Julius Carlebach [...] The Future of Youth Aliyah. ANGLO-ISRAEL ASSOCIATION, Julius...](/pictures/medium/45997.jpg?v=1641872476)
London: Anglo-Israel Association, 1968. First Edition. Octavo. Staple-bound pamphlet; printed card wrappers; 32pp. Faint crease to front cover, else a clean, unmarked, Near fine copy. More
London: Anglo-Israel Association, 1964. First Edition. Octavo. Staple-bound pamphlet; printed card wrappers; 20pp. Clean and unmarked, Near Fine, with Association newsletter for June 26, 1964 laid in. More
[Glasgow: Strickland Press, 1943]. First Edition. 12mo (18.5cm.); illustrated staplebound self-wrappers; 55pp. Rather dust-soiled, small stain to rear wrapper, else a Very Good, partially unopened copy. Comparison of the British population after years of war-time propaganda and the behavior of the Black-Headed sea gull. OCLC locates 5 copies in the..... More
New-York: R. M'Dermut & D.D. Arden, 1815. First Edition. Octavo (19.5cm.); removed; 72pp. Stock a bit toned, else Very Good and sound. Anonymous polemical against the "London Quarterly Review" and the English people in general, covering that country's labor, educational, and moral conditions. For example, "The general system of English..... More
Boston: New England News Company, 1870. First Edition. Compilation of first-hand and contemporary accounts of the the anti-Catholic Ursuline Convent riots during which the structure was burned to the ground by a Protestant mob. Text concludes with a brief account of the fates of those involved thirty-five years after the..... More
London: Anti-Slavery and Aborigines Protection Society, 1942. First Edition. Octavo (24.5cm.); staplebound self-wrappers; [53]-66pp. Dust-soiling, edge wear from handling with very shallow separation at spine crown; about Very Good. More
Buffalo: Black Academy Press, [1970]. First Edition. Octavo (22.5cm.); original cloth in white pictorial dust jacket; viii,148pp. Mild dust-soiling, else Very Good and sound. Nigerian doctor's psychological study of a group of African students in Britain. More
![Natives in Urban Areas [title from cover: The Law relating to Natives in Urban Areas]. APARTHEID,...](/pictures/medium/50552.jpg?v=1641872610)
Johannesburg: Non-European and Native Affairs Department, 1943. First Edition. An exhaustive compilation of laws, opinions, and legal precedents related to the South African Natives (Urban Areas) Act of 1923 and the various proclamations and ordinances related to it. The Introduction identifies this as "the first exhaustive study of the Act..... More
Jackson, MS: The University Press of Mississippi, 1981. First Edition. A compilation of mining poems by Appalachian scholar and writer, James B. Goode. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Laid in is a newspaper clipping of the book review written by William Paulk. Author's 12-line note, dated 7/16/81, thanks Paulk..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, [1973]. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); original cloth in yellow photo-illustrated dust jacket; [8],151pp.; maps. A few closed tears to jacket extremities, the longest approx. 1.5" to spine crown, spine a bit faded, top textblock edge dust-soiled, else Near Fine in About Very Good jacket. Unsigned..... More
[Milano]: Edizioni di Comunità, [1968]. First Edition. 12mo (18cm.); publisher's decorative card wrappers; 158pp. Light wear, spine a bit creased, else Very Good or better. Rapporti sulle Scienze Sociali no. 1. Text entirely in Italian. More
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1974. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo (20.75cm); white cloth, with titles stamped in red and green on spine; dustjacket; xx,236pp. Subtle lean, else Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped (priced $7.95). with light wear to extremities, and some gentle sunning to the red..... More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1958. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth-backed boards; 534pp; illus; map endpapers. Tight, Near Fine copy in a homemade kraft-paper dustwrapper utilizing front and rear flaps from the original jacket. More
