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
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
Sydney: NSW Rationalist Association, 1968. Staple-bound printed wrappers; 20pp. Light dusting to covers; Near Fine. 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
[London]: Pioneer Press, n.d., ca. 1930. First Edition. 12mo (18.5cm.); stitched self-wrappers; 15pp. Later address label of The Truth Seeker Co. Inc., San Diego, with their price sticker to upper cover, obscuring original price and imprint; otherwise Very Good to Near Fine. Pamphlets for the People, no. 14. 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
San Francisco: Cobden Press, ca. 1980s. First thus. 3 volumes; octavo (approx. 21 to 21.5cm.); all in pictorial wrappers adorned with repeating photographic author portrait. Ownership pressure stamp of a Christopher A. Roell on each title page, else a Fine set. Modern reprint of selected works of freethinker and "anarchist... 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
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
New York: The Truth Seeker Company, N.d. (ca 1950). Reprint. A well-known freethought tract, first published in 1875. This reprint undated, but rear wrapper advertises a number of Truth Seeker publications, including two with publication dates in 1949-50. Octavo (20cm). Staple-bound yellow wrappers, printed in black; 27pp. Light wear 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, 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
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
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
Philadelphia: David McKay, 1893. First, Limited Edition. Significant association copy of this posthumous collection of Whitman's miscellaneous works, most reprinted from earlier sources but a few original to this volume. Among the original works is the brief essay "Immortality," which recounts a conversation between Whitman and Robert G. Ingersoll at... 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
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
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
Chicago: Charles H. Kerr & Company, 1891. First Edition. Small, thick octavo (18.75cm.); publisher's brown gilt-lettered cloth; viii,[9]-507pp. Some light wear to extremities, corners bumped, original owner's manuscript notes to front pastedowns, additional gift inscription to front free endpaper, rear hinge cracked but holding. Near Very Good overall. Upper cover..... 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
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
St. Louis: The Rationalist Association, N.d. (after 1956). First Edition. 12mo. Staple-bound pamphlet; pictorial paper wrappers; 11pp. Toned at margins, else Very Good, free of markings or significant wear. Bruno as Freethought martyr. No publication date, but after 1956 based on adverts. Uncommon. More
New York: Freethought Press Association, 1933. First Edition. Octavo. Purple cloth boards, lettered in yellow on spine and front cover; 96pp. Signed by the author on front endpaper. Boards slightly bowed, bit of sun-fading to cloth along upper edge, still a tight, VG copy lacking the dustwrapper. A brief tour... More
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