Boston: Bela Marsh [Bela Marsh and Redding and Company], 1850. First Edition. "There is so much smartness and sense in this snarling tract , that one is provoked,--catching something of its irritable temper,--that it should be spoiled by petulance, bad taste, and lamentable lack of dignity" (from a contemporary review..... 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

Madras: Theosophical Publishing House, 1954. Fourth Edition. 12mo (18cm.); green printed wrappers; [4],54pp. Wrapper extremities significantly toned to tan, some old creases, three small cancels printed on green and pink stock; Very Good overall. Rather uncommon edition of two theosophical lectures by the late 19th-century freethinker and women's rights activist..... 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

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

Ridgefield, NJ: Independent Publications, 1989. Quarto (28cm.); publisher's white pictorial staplebound card wrappers; [16]pp.; illus. Light wear and toning to wrapper extremities, else Very Good and sound. Forms part of the Great Freethought Reprint Series. More

Indianapolis: H. Lieber, 1869. First English Language Edition. Uncommon tract by the German-American freethinker Karl Heinzen (1809-1880). Of this edition a contemporary reviewer wrote "The author...may claim the merit of frankness, if no other; for he boldly takes his stand as an atheist and materialist, and treats all the Christian..... More

Fitchburg, MA: Raivaajan Kirjapainossa ja Kustannuksella, [1907]. First Thus. Finnish-language edition of what appears to be portions of The Gods and Other Essays, by American orator and "Great Agnostic" Robert Ingersoll. This edition appears to have been funded by a Finnish Socialist organization, the rear wrapper advertising other available pamphlets..... More