New York: John Day, 1971. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (22cm). Three-piece binding in pink cloth backed in purple, stamped in white, blue, and pink; [xvi],365,[1]pp. Review slip dated September 1, 1971, laid in at front. Pushed at head and tail, else Near Fine. Jacket unclipped (priced $8.95), rubbed at..... More

Anand, India: Charotar Book Stall, 1968. First Edition. The back-to-the-land agrarian theorist's definition of the three categories of possession "which cannot be morally treated as property" under "trusterty"--human beings, natural resources, and legal grants. The author defines "trusterty" as a substitute for land ownership based on the early Christian rejection..... More

[New York]: Saturday Review Press, [1973]. Large octavo (24cm). Blue cloth in pictorial dust jacket, with blue topstain; 329,[3]pp; black and white illustrations throughout. A square copy, slightly pushed at spine ends, with mild spotting to fore-edge, else Very Good or better. Jacket unclipped (priced 8.95), lightly rubbed, spine-sunned, with..... More

New York: Edward O. Jenkins, 1851. Reprint edition. Octavo (19.5cm). Stab-sewn pamphlet in white printed paper wraps; 30pp. Spine reinforced; ownership markings at top of title page in ink and pencil; rubbed at edges, overall: Good. With a list of 18 existing Shaker communities. First written to contest a bill..... More

Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1852. First American Edition. First printing, with the copyright notices lower on the page, and the capital O in the spine imprint. Brown cloth stamped in blind, titled in gilt on spine; pale yellow endpapers; [i]-viii [9]-288pp; 4pp publisher's catalogue dated April 1852 laid in..... More

New York: Vintage, [1971]. Quarto (28cm). Tan paper wrappers; [7],193,[20]pp; line drawings througout, with an entirely calligraphic text. Firm and straight, slightly rubbed, with minor dust and occasional marks to wrappers, internally clean: Very Good. Described by Laurel as "a handwritten guide to bohemian country living illustrated with line drawings,"..... More

Putney, VT: Office of the Spiritual Magazine, 1847. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (23cm). Brown cloth, blindstamped, titled in gilt on spine; pale green endpapers; [i]-viii [9]-504pp. With an undated extra number from the Perfectionist tipped in at rear, containing an article on "The Origin of Evil." Marks of the..... More

Oneida, NY: Office of Oneida Circular, 1875. Full disclosure: Lorne Bair Rare Books is in possession of a substantial remainder of this title. Octavo (22cm). Stab-sewn pamphlet in printed tan paper wraps; 48pp; 3pp of publisher's ads at rear, with ad for the Oneida Circular to rear wrapper; errata slip..... More

Oneida, NY: Oneida Community, 1876. Single octavo issue (36cm). 8pp, with ads for community publications and products. Whole, with sewing holes, browned: Good or better. From the newspaper of the Oneida Community, with articles on arctic exploration, the acquisition at Wallingford of a Turkish bath, community news, jokes about the..... More

[n.p.]: [Oneida Community], [n.d.]. First Edition. Full disclosure: Lorne Bair Rare Books is in possession of a substantial remainder of this title. First printing. 32mo (12.5cm). Pamphlet with title cover; [8]pp. Gently rubbed and toned at edges, else clean: Very Good. Along with seventeen arguments about the Second Coming, the..... More

New York: Holton Publishing Co., [n.d.]. Full disclosure: Lorne Bair Rare Books is in possession of a substantial remainder of this title. Second and Abridged Edition. Octavo (24cm). Original orange paper wraps, printed on front; 8pp. Complete as issued, though text ends mid-sentence. A whole and sound copy, bumped at..... More

Putney, VT: 1843-45. Bi-monthly organ of Noyes's community of Bible Communists, a successor publication to The Witness. The paper was primarily an outlet for Noyes's peculiar brand of theocratic philosophy, which incorporated a blend of Free Love and so-called "male-continence" (i.e., intercourse without ejaculation); The Perfectionist was distributed nationally and..... More

[Oneida, NY]: Oneida Community, 1874. Second Edition. Full disclosure: Lorne Bair Rare Books is in possession of a substantial remainder of this title. Octavo (22cm). Stab-sewn pamphlet in light brown paper wraps; 39, [1]pp; list of Oneida publications on rear cover. Wrappers heavily toned at margins, one or two tiny..... More