New York: Pathfinder Press, 1972. First Edition. Octavo. Staple-bound pamphlet; pictorial thick paper wrappers; 15pp. Slight wear; vertical crease; a few ink notes in margins; a Good reading copy. Interview, first published in the Intercontinental Press (1972). More about Hugo Blanco on Chile & Peru
London: National Minority Movement, 1928. First Edition. 12mo. Staple-bound pamphlet; 66pp. Pencil marginalia throughout; minor aging to wrappers; stamp of the Labor Research Ass'n (New York) to front cover. Very Good. More about What Is Rationalisation? The Minority Movement's contribution to a wider understanding in the...
Ephrata, PA: Jacob Ruth, [1811]. First American Edition. Arndt calls for five plates; this appears to be an unlisted variant containing both a portrait frontispiece (not called for in this edition) and an extra plate. The first printing in America of this devotional work by the Christian mystic and visionary... More about Christosophia, oder, Der Weg zu Christo. Verfasset in neun Büchlein, nun in acht, zusammen...
New York: Psychiatric Newsletter, 1948-50. First Edition. Published without editorial or authorial credits, but our colleagues at Bolerium Books (San Francisco) have produced convincing evidence that Psychiatric Newsletter was the work of Dr. John L. Simon, a Lincoln Battalion veteran of the Spanish Civil War and NYU-trained clinical psychiatrist. This... More about Psychiatric Newsletter. 26 (of 31) issues, 1948-50
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1891. First Edition. Octavo (25cm). Publisher's gilt-stamped green cloth; 80, (2)pp. Lacks front free endpaper, else a tight, Very Good copy. Engraved bookplate and a few private accession stamps from the Library of Joseph S. Shefloe [Shefloe was long-time Professor of French at Johns... More about The Bishop Hill Colony: a Religious Communistic Settlement in Henry County, Illinois [Johns...
[Oneida Creek, NY]: Oneida Community, 1867. First Edition. Small daily newsletter issued by the Bible Communist commune of Oneida Creek, New York. First founded in 1843 by John Humphrey Noyes, the group was driven out of Putney, Vermont, in 1848, and eventually transitioned from a communal society to a joint... More about The O.C. Daily -- Run of 17 Issues
Zoar, Ohio: [Publisher not identified], 1867. Second Edition. Considerably revised and expanded edition of this utopian community's official songbook, originally published in 1852. A very nicely preserved copy in the original binding. An uncommon Zoar imprint, notably scarce in commerce. Revised and expanded from the first edition of 1852. 12mo... More about Sammlung auserlesener Geistlicher Lieder, zum gemeinschaftlichen Gesang und eigenen Gebrauch in...
Bath, NY: R. L. Underwood & Co., 1844. [Second Edition]. Account of the life of Jemima Wilkinson (1752-1819), the Rhode Island-born Quaker and Evangelist who claimed after a long illness to have died and been risen from the dead. Through her preaching she became known as the "Universal Friend," creating... More about Memoir of Jemima Wilkinson, a Preacheress of the Eighteenth Century; containing an authetic...
