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

New York: AMS, n.d., ca. 1980s. 12mo (18cm.); publisher's teal blind-ruled cloth, spine lettered in silver foil; [2],367pp.; frontispiece. Fine condition. Facsimile reprint of the original 1890 edition of this classic anti-capitalist utopian novel, forming part of the "Communal Societies in America" reprint series. More

Paris: A la Librairie Sociétaire, 1846 [but 1848]. Second Edition. French dyer's proposal of Fourierist principles of organization for the working class, making the argument that certain points could be adopted by contemporary employers. Briancourt's publication could be considered one of a number of unsuccessful attempts to inspire the founding..... More

Nimes: Bureaux de "L'Emancipation" 1896. First Edition. Octavo (25cm). Printed paper wrappers; 136pp. Mild wear, with age-darkening to text; pages unopened; Very Good. Study of the social projects of Robert Owen, including his utopian communities in the U.S. and his industrial experiments at New Lanark. Fabre (1839-1922) was a prominent..... More

Dallas: H.L. Hunt Press, 1960. First Edition. The poker player-turned-oil tycoon's right-wing utopian fantasy, in which the ideal society would function on a graduated scale of suffrage, the oldest, richest, and most ambitious citizens getting the most votes. Thus, according to the author, "Self-government will at last be an actuality..... More

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1946. Third impression. Octavo. Cloth hardcover; 318pp, 8pp publisher's catalog. Mild external wear; ownership signature to front endpaper; Very Good. In the publisher's series "International Library of Psychology Philosophy and Scientific Method." 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