(Geneva): Huldrichi Fuggeri for Henri Estienne, 1560. Vellum. Two volumes in one. 32mo (5.0 in, 12.7 cm). [2] 3-576; [2] 3-hbvv432 pp. a-z aa-nn^8; A-Z, AA-DD^8. Greek and Latin on opposite pages. Vol I: "Pindar. Olympia, Pythia, Nemea, Isthmia. Eight of the rest of the lyric verse / Alcaeus, Sappho..... More

N.p. N.p., N.d. Vellum. Sm 4to (9.2 in, 23.4 cm). Unpaginated; 77 [279 blanks] pp. Commonplace Book: "Personal notebook [often manuscript] in which the owner copied passages of interest from the writings and speeches of others, or in which he wrote his own compositions." - Glaister 107. "Notes 1852" written..... More

Boston: Dutton and Wentworth, State Printers, 1848. Pamphlet. 8vo (9.4 x 6 in, 23.9 x 15.2 cm). 71 [blank] pp. First edition: John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) was the son of second President John Adams and Abigail Adams. He was ambassador for President George Washington and President James Madison. He was..... More

Boston: Printed by George B. Wilcox, 1894. Softcover. 12mo (7.1 in, 18 cm). [ii], [1-4] 5-33 [blank] pp. Colophon: "This book was printed by George B. Wilcox, 299 Washington Street, Boston, in the year 1894." Sole edition: Emma Endicott Marean (1854-1936) dedicated her book of poetry to her daughter Edith..... More

London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1929. Softcover. 12mo (7.2 in, 18.2 cm). [2], 3-35 (blank) pp. Printed in Great Britain by the Co-operative Wholesale Society, Ltd. Sole edition: A-W indicates January 1922. A pioneer of adult education, Albert Mansbridge (1876-1952) founded the Workers' Educational Association (WEA) in 1903. Self and Society..... More

New York: The Hunt Publishing Co., 1922. Hardcover. 12mo (7 in, 17.8 cm). [15] 16-111 [blank]; frontis. port. Translation by John Crosby Gordon from original Spanish [manuscript]. Sole edition: "Divided into seventeen short thematic chapters, The Color Question in the Two Americas surveyed the sociopolitical condition of Afro-Cubans and African-Americans..... More

Providence, RI: Office of the Investigator, 1828. Hardcover. 12mo (7.3 in, 18.5 cm). [blank] vi, 7-132 [blank] pp. J.B. Yerrington, Printer. Preface by Z. Tobey. First edition: Abel Thornton (1799-1827) was an itinerant preacher of Christianity in New England as a member of the Rhode Island Quarterly Meeting. After his..... More

London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1926. Hardcover. Small 8vo (7.4 in, 18.8 cm). [2 blanks] [1-10] 11-40 [41-42] [4 blanks] pp.; illus. The Westminster Press. First edition: Dorothy Violet Wellesley, duchess of Wellington (1889-1956), although privately educated, did not attend a university; she travelled widely in Egypt, India, Russia, and Persia..... More

Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press and T. Fisher Unwin, 1904. Hardcover. 3 volumes. 8vo (8.9 in, 22.6 cm). 1424 pp. First edition: George Elliott Howard (1849-1928), educator, historian, and president of the American Sociological Society in 1917, firmly believed in "the supreme function of culture to lift humanity..... More

New York: James Miller, 1870. Full calf. 2 volumes in 1. 12mo (7.4 in, 18.8 cm). [2] [ii], [1-4] 5-139 [1]; [3-433 [1] [2] pp.; frontis, ports. N.d.; ©1870; circa 1870. Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1801-61) authored works to challenge the female stereotype. "Political and didactic, these works emphasized the right..... More

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1938. Hardcover. Small 4to (9.4 in, 23.9 cm). [2], [4] 5-504 [2] pp.; frontis. Index. Tribute by Pearl Buck on jacket lower panel. First edition: Teacher, social worker, and nurse, Margaret Sanger (1879-1966) witnessed frequent pregnancies and botched abortions. Sanger founded the paper, The..... More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1886. Hardcover. 8vo (8.1 in, 20.6 cm). [2] xvi, 471 [1] [8 ads] [2] pp. First edition: William Addison Phillips (1824-1893) "became conspicuous as a radical anti-slavery journalist and politician." In Labor, Land and Law, Phillips "presented a program including: a graduated land tax for..... More

New York: Grossman, 1966. Hardcover. 8vo (8.8 in, 22.4 cm). [vi], 185 [1]; illus. First edition signed: Deming's first published book. Lesbian activist, Barbara Deming (1917-1984) practiced feminist nonviolence to support human and civil rights. As an author, Deming had a devoted following. "This is the very personal account of..... More