Paris: Hachette, 1865. First Edition. Octavo. Contemporary gilt-decorated morocco over marbled boards, spine in six compartments; 424 (2)pp. Bookplate, private shelf label and ownership signature of Thomas Jefferson Coolidge, Thomas Jefferson's great-grandson and minister plenipotentiary to France from 1892-1893. Slight rubbing to board edges; sun-darkening to spine, with a bit..... More

N.p. [London, ca 1985?]. Universal calendar points to 1985 being the most likely date of creation for this vivid and graphically inspired poster, advertising a meeting of American radicals at the famed Conway Hall, long-time meeting place for radicals and intellectual center of the Conway Hall Ethical Society, thought to..... More

Sydney: NSW Rationalist Association, 1968. Staple-bound printed wrappers; 20pp. Light dusting to covers; Near Fine. More

Denver: Jane Kathryn Conrad, 1976. First Edition. Octavo (22cm.); pictorial staplebound self-wrappers; 33pp. A hint of toning, else Fine. The author answers such questions as: Do Atheists believe in the afterlife? How does an Atheist view the bible? Do atheists believe in marriage? More

Boston: Committee of One Hundred, 1890. First Edition. 12mo (17.5cm.); disbound from larger volume; 15pp. Slightly ex-library with contemporary rubberstamp and brief red pencil note to upper cover, else Near Very Good. Uncommon pamphlet issued by the Committee of One Hundred, an organization devoted to the separation of ecclesiastical influence..... More

London: The University Press, Ltd, [1898]. First Edition. Two works, the first a satirical play, the second a scholarly essay, attacking British censorship laws and the suppression of public speech. The University Press (sometimes calling itself the "Watford University Press") was a project of Rowland de Villiers, a freethought and..... More

London: Freethought Publishing Company, 1883-1886. First Edition. Sizeable collection of this early proto-Fabian publication, edited by the notable socialist and women's rights activist Annie Besant (1847-1933). Contents include serialized biographies and novels, poetry, puzzles (both word and picture), and a "Young Folks Corner." Among the columns featured in each issue..... More

London: Grant Richards, 1902. First Edition. Third in Davidson's series of "Testaments," issued between 1901 and 1908 in an attempt to put into verse his rather idiosyncratic personal philosophy which, though staunchly Materialist, rejected the mechanistic precepts of Darwinism. In his later career (beginning with these Testaments) Davidson became an..... More

Girard, KS: Haldeman-Julius, 1949. First Edition. Card covers; 32pp. Pasted-on stamp of the Truth Seeker Co. (later distributor); brief ownership signature; text slightly tanned. Very Good. More

London: The West London Ethical Society, 1913. First Edition. The first volume consists of meditations and homilies chosen from both clerical and secular sources, intended to illustrate the non-religious principles of Ethical Culture. The second volume, edited by Charles Kennedy Scott, is a compilation of secular hymns for use in..... More

Ahmenabad: Navajivan Publishing House, 1958. Second printing. 12mo. Printed thick paper wrappers, french flaps; 60pp. Mild dusting, faint corner-crease, else Near Fine. A well-preserved copy. Originally published in 1951 in an edition of 2,000 copies; this is the second printing of 1958 (3,000 copies). More

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1872. Robert Dale Owen (1801-1877) was the eldest son of English social reformer Robert Owen, and co-founder with Frances Wright of the experimental community at Nashoba, Tennessee. His interest in spiritualism, dating from the 1850s, led to two book-length works: "Footfalls" and "The Debatable Land..... More

New York: The Truth Seeking Company. Staple-bound pamphlet; 37pp. Publisher stamp to cover sunned along edges, bottom left corner creased, else very good. More