![Le Mari Imprévu [La Vieille Roche]. Edmond ABOUT](/pictures/medium/35156.jpg?v=1529353804)
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 about Le Mari Imprévu [La Vieille Roche
Boston: Sarah E Holmes, 1888. The definitive edition of Andrews's most important work, regarded by James J. Martin as "the finest statement of Warrenism ever written" (Men Against the State, p. 153). This edition republishes two separate works originally published in 1851. The first had been delivered earlier as a.... More about The Science of Society. No. 1. The True Constitution of Government in the Sovereignty of the...
![Der arme Teufel [The Poor Devil]. ANARCHISM, Robert REITZEL](/pictures/medium/27204.jpg?v=1554414988)
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 about Der arme Teufel [The Poor Devil
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 about A Meeting of American Radicals The British Scene Where It's At
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 about Charles Bradlaugh: A Record of His Life and Work. With an Account of his Parliamentary Struggle...
Sydney: NSW Rationalist Association, 1968. Staple-bound printed wrappers; 20pp. Light dusting to covers; Near Fine. More about Bible Absurdities
[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 about Freethought and the Child
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 about The Non-Believer: Everything You Ought to Know About Atheism and Didn't Think to Ask!
![Anarchist Essays [with] Anarchist Poet [with] Anarchist Story-Teller. Voltairine DE CLEYRE](/pictures/medium/24574.jpg?v=1529353428)
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 about Anarchist Essays [with] Anarchist Poet [with] Anarchist Story-Teller
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 about Summary of the Second Annual Report of the Committee of One Hundred, Boston, Mass. [Committee of...
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 about Promotional Circular: Long Live the Little Red School House in America. Stand By It!
![Darwin on Trial at the Old Bailey [with] Judicial Scandals and Errors. FREETHOUGHT - DARWINISM -...](/pictures/medium/45626.jpg?v=1568326690)
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 about Darwin on Trial at the Old Bailey [with] Judicial Scandals and Errors
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 about An Open Letter To Jesus Christ
![Our Corner [Vols. 1-8]. FREETHOUGHT, Annie BESANT, ed](/pictures/medium/32508.jpg?v=1529353701)
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 about Our Corner [Vols. 1-8
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 about Testaments No. II: The Testament of a Man Forbid
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 about Testaments No. III: The Testament of an Empire-Builder
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 about Il Miracolo di San Gennaro (Riprodotto la sera del 23 febbraio 1907, al Teatro Salvini, a...
![Social Worship for Use In Families Schools & Churches [...] Issued on Behalf of the West London...](/pictures/medium/15746.jpg?v=1529353170)
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 about Social Worship for Use In Families Schools & Churches [...] Issued on Behalf of the West...
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 about Where is Hell? In Another World or in This?
Girard, KS: Haldeman-Julius Publications, [1936]. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); original grey-green staplebound wrappers; [16],31,[17]pp. Wrapper edges toned, later ownership inscription to p. [i], else Fine. Reviewer's Library no. 3. Prolific sexologist and biographer's exposition of the antisemitic hoax The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, first published in Russia in 1903. More about The So-Called "Protocols of the Elders of Zion": A definitive exposure of one of the...
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 about An Atheist With Gandhi
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 about The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors; or, Christianity Before Christ
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 about The Genius of Galilee: An Historical Novel
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 about Footfalls on the Boundary of Another World. With Narrative Illustrations
[Windsor, CT: by the Author]: 1949. Small octavo (22cm). Staple-bound pamphlet; printed paper wrappers; 50pp. Mild external soil and wear; internally fine. Freethought tract, presented in the form of a fictional dialogue between at teacher "Manly Mentor," and his students. The first part is an explication and defense of evolutionary... More about What Youth Wants to Know About the Fundamental Problems of Civilized Society
