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

Detroit: Robert Reitzel, 1895-1897. Late group of issues of this prominent German-American radical literary journal. Der arme Teufel was published weekly for 14 years by Robert Reitzel, a German-born American anarchist, poet, critic and translator. The first two volumes of the journal were mainly concerned with the freethought movement, primarily... More

London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1908. Reprint. Crown octavo. Green pictorial cloth, lettered in gilt on spine; 452pp; frontispiece portrait. Spine a little darkened; ownership signature to front endpaper; Very Good. Later printing. More

New York: Converted Catholic Magazine / Christ's Mission, Inc., N.d. (ca 1951). 12mo (18cm). Staple-bound pamphlet; [20pp]. Fine. Anti-Catholic political tract from an evangelical Protestant publisher, with reference to the 1928 Presidential campaign of Al Smith. 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 (17cm.); typographically decorative self-wrappers; 15pp. Disbound from larger volume, extremities a bit toned, slightly ex-library with contemporary rubberstamp to upper cover, else a Very Good, quite fresh copy. Uncommon pamphlet on the separation of ecclesiastical influence from American public schools, Harvard's... More

Stevens Point, WI: P.A. Seguin. Printed promotion for P.A. Seguin's anti-Catholic publishing house, with brief (4-item) price list at foot. Text comprised of two poems in juxtaposition: Samuel Francis Smith's well-known patriotic hymn "America" (unattributed here) and another, apparently of Seguin's own composition, titled "The Little Red School House," attacking..... 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, 1901. First Edition. Second 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

Firenze: Libreria Rafanelli Polli, 1907. First Edition. An attack on the Church's continued teaching of miracles, with special reference to the legend of San Gennaro (St. Januarius), the patron saint of Naples, whose dried blood is said to "come to life" three times each year. Rare; no holdings noted in... More

New York: Peter Eckler Publishing Co., 1926. First Edition. Staple-bound pamphlet; 32pp. Sunning to cover, lower spine end chipped, rear cover chipped, else very good. More

San Diego: Truth Seeker Co., 1960. Octavo (21.5cm.); publisher's green spiral-bound card wrappers; [2],436,[4](ads)pp. Light wear, previous owner's manuscript spine labels and inscription to half title, else Very Good and sound. Facsimile reprint of the Sixth (1875) Edition, "Revised and Enlarged." The noted rationalist author's contribution to the Christ myth theory. 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