Stuttgart: Verlag von J.H.W. Dietz, 1890. First Edition. German-language biography of the French utopian socialist and inventor of the Phalanstère, a building design for an intentional community. August Bebel was co-founder of the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Germany (1869) and acted as chairman of the Social Democratic Party of..... 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

N.p., n.d. [Boston?: 1838]. Broadside, 53cm x 39cm. Text in five columns beneath headline. Issued without imprint, but introduced as follows: "To the Members of the Legislature of Massachusetts, now in Session..." Old folds; a few thin splits, with no loss to text; complete and Good. A large and substantial..... More

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, [1935]. First American Edition. Thick octavo (20.75cm.); original cloth in the yellow second issue dust jacket printed in red and black; [2],877pp. Jacket rather dust-soiled with a few tiny chips to extremities, else Very Good and sound overall. Second issue dust jacket with the extensive blurb by..... More

Brooklyn: Writers' Publishing Co., [1915]. A popular history of the laboring class, here personified in the figure of "Dennis Hathnaught." Composed by MacCarthy in order that the reader, presumably of the working class, "may be taught to judge more intelligently of his own time and its problems if he has..... More

Oneida, NY: Office of the American Socialist, 1877. Third edition (though stated second). Octavo (22cm). Printed pale green wrappers; 32pp. A fresh, apparently uncirculated copy, Near Fine. A singular aspect of Noyes's Pefectionist philosophy, as practiced by his followers at the Oneida commune, was the sanctification of the human sexual..... More

[NY]: [Oneida Community], [n.d. but ca 1886]. Full disclosure: Lorne Bair Rare Books is in possession of a substantial remainder of this title. Single sheet (20x13cm) steel engraving. Slightly rubbed with minor dirt to extremities: Very Good. Vignetted head-and-shoulders portrait of John Humphrey Noyes (1811-1886), founder of the Oneida Community..... More

[n.p.]: Manawatu Herald, 1908. Full disclosure: Lorne Bair Rare Books is in possession of a substantial remainder of this title. Broadside (22x14cm). Printed on one side of white paper. Rubbed, with small creases and tiny tears at edges: Very Good. Anecdotes about "Father Noyes," founder of the Oneida Community in..... 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, et al. Oneida Community, 1839-1879. First Edition. A substantial (albeit incomplete) run of public-facing periodicals produced by John H. Noyes and the Oneida and Putney Communities from 1839 to 1876. Though this collection includes some lacunae, it provides a detailed history of Noyes' theology and doctrines, and of..... More

[n.p.]: [Oneida Community], [n.d., but ca. 1889]. Octavo (21cm). Stapled pamphlet without wraps; 8pp. Minor discoloration around staple, occasional spots of foxing, gently rubbed, but overall: Very Good. An account of a visit to the Oneida Community's Mansion House after its transition to a Joint Stock Company in 1881, including..... More

Oneida, NY: Oneida Community, 1861. First Edition. Single folio issue (46cm). 4pp; ads on p.1 for Community products and publications; wood engraving of the Community Dwelling at Oneida. Whole, though rubbed, browned, and chipped at edges: Very Good. Special issue describing the Community's structure, habits, and doctrines, for questioners. Includes..... More

Putney, VT: 1844-45. First Edition. Folio (40cm). Bound volume in blue card wraps, backed in sheep, with printed label to front; 96pp. Minor wear and rubbing to binding, minor dampstains to boards, internally lightly browned, largely clean aside from dampstain to upper corner of first third of textblock, and crisp..... More