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London: Effingham Wilson, 1831. 8vo (8.8 in, 22.2 cm). [iii] iv-xx, [1] 2-576 pp.; frontis. Index. C. & p. In a long struggle to transfer power from a traditional elite to a broad electorate in the fight for representative democracy in an increasingly industrial Great Britain, this is the most important..... More
Philadelphia: Printed by Joseph Crukshank, 1774. 8vo (8 in, 20.4 cm). [iii] iv-xiv, [2] 436 pp. C. & p. First edition association copy: John Woolman (1720-1772) was a Quaker leader and pioneering abolitionist who advocated emancipation to Quaker enslavers. Woolman believed life's purpose was to spread benevolence, and thus, to alleviate..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1877. Sm 4to (9.3 in, 23.7 cm). [5] 6-822 [11 ad] pp.; port. front., ill., 9 pl. With a later memoir by his son, Frederick W. Seward. First edition: William Henry Seward (1801-1872) championed humanitarian causes as a governor, senator, and secretary of state. Emphatically..... More
New York et al. For Sale by American News Company et al. 1869. 8vo (9.1 in, 23.2 cm). [2] 3-132 pp. Appendix. Sole edition: Gerrit Smith (1797-1874) was a leading abolitionist and philanthropist. Smith generously donated to religious charities, promoted international peace, prison reform, land reform, and concurred with his wife..... More
New York: For Sale by Ross & Tousey, 1861. 8vo (8.1 in, 22.6 cm). 198 pp.; front. port. Sole edition: Gerrit Smith (1797-1874) was a leading abolitionist and philanthropist. Smith generously donated to religious charities, promoted international peace, prison reform, land reform, and concurred with his wife and daughter who..... More
Cooperstown, [NY]: H. E. Phinney, 1838. 12mo (7.2 in, 18.3 cm). [3] 4-192 pp. Sole edition: Successful and prolific author, James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) wrote The Last of the Mohicans and this incisive analysis of democracy. "[Liberty's] real friends ought to know that the most insidious attacks are made on it..... More
Boston: James Loring, 1838. 12mo (6.5 in, 16.5 cm). [i-iii] iv-xi [blank], [9] 10-428 pp. C. & p. First American edition: Hannah More (1745-1833) was a religious writer, a member of the Bluestockings, and was firmly anti-slavery. More and her sisters raised money for the poor by means of their religious..... More
Auburn [NY]: Alden & Parsons, 1849. Sm 8vo (7.8 in, 19.2 cm). vii [blank], [9] 10-220 pp. First edition: "It is the object of this essay to exhibit the true character of the war... the motives and the excuses for its prosecution... the evils, near and remote, of which it..... More
Lowell: Oliver March; Powers & Bagley, 1842. 12mo (6 in, 15.3 cm). [8 ads] [14] 15-156 [157] [3 blank] pp.; ill. Sole edition: When a textile mill opened in Lowell, MA in 1823, "Lowell girls" or "mill girls" were recruited from New England villages. Despite shops, religious institutions, education, and..... More
London: William Clowes and Sons for James Clarke, 1907. Sm 8vo (7.8 in, 19.8 cm). [10] 11-281 [282] [1 author ad] [blank] [32 publisher ads] pp.; frontis. port., 9 pl. Sole edition: Marianne Farningham (1834-1909) was the pseudonym of Mary Anne Hearn who described her childhood to older age in..... More
London: Richard Barrett for Charles Gilpin, 1846. 8vo (8.8 in, 22.2 cm). [iii] iv [v] vi-viii, [1] 2-493 [blank] pp. Edited by her husband Samuel Fox. First edition and inscribed by the editor. Maria Fox (1793-1844) dedicates twenty chronological chapters to her childhood, her travels in Europe, extensive travels in..... More
London: Ballantyne Press for Wm. Ibister, 1889. 2 vols. 8vo (9.3 in, 23.6 cm). [v] vi-xvii [xviiii] [blank], [1] 2-326; [v] vi-xii, [1] 2-370; front. ports.; ill. Index. Edited by Howitt's daughter Margaret Howitt. First edition: Mary Howitt (1799-1888) was a writer, poet, translator, and editor of over one hundred..... More
Bristol and London: J. W. Arrowsmith and Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Company, 1898. 12mo (7.4 in, 18.8 cm). [i-vii] viii, 9-412 [4 ad] pp. First edition presentation copy: Richard Le Gallienne (1866-1947) was a distinguished scholar, book collector, poet, and essayist. An intimate friend of Oscar Wilde, he and..... More
London: Henry Colburn, 1826. 2 vols. Sm 4to. (9.3 in, 23.5 cm). [i-iii] iv-viii, [1] 2-430; [i-iii] iv-vii [blank], [1] 2-406 pp.; frontis. port. Printed in London by S. and B. Bentley. First edition: Elizabeth Craven, Baroness Craven, later Elizabeth Margravine of Brandenburg-Anspach and Bayreuth (1750-1828) was an author of..... More
Chicago and New York: Rand, McNally & Co., 1890. 8vo (8 in, 20.3 cm). 825 pp.; frontis. port. "The Only Complete English Edition" of Journal de Marie Bashkirtseff was initially published in 1889. Marie Bashkirtseff (1860-1884) was a brilliantly multi-faceted Ukrainian-French painter who exhibited at the Paris Salon and dreamed..... More
London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1873. 8vo (8.7 in, 22 cm). vi, 313 [314] [2 pp. author's works]. Saville, Edwards and Co., printers. First issue without errata slip: John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) was prodigiously well-educated, developed a keen, analytic mind, and authored works of historic importance. After a breakdown..... More
Portland, ME: Steven Berry for self-published, 1877. Printed pamphlet. 12mo (7.3 in, 18.5 cm). 9 [blank] p. "Portland Dispensary. City Hall, Portland. Incorporated in 1854. Since the year 1854, 10,900 patients have been treated." - Medical Register for New England v.1, 1877. Three sections: 1) Officers elected on April 2..... More
Hartford, CT: American Publishing Co., 1876. Sm 8vo (7.6 in, 19.3 cm). vi, 7-168 pp.; frontis., 5 port., 8pl. First edition inscribed presentation copy: Winema Riddle (1848-1920), who married outside of her Nation, lead dangerous mediations between her Modoc people and the US government to avoid war and was awarded..... More
1913. Broadside (14.1 in, 35.9 cm). Order Brith Abraham, open to men and women, was a fraternal organization founded in 1865, as sealed on document. The main objectives were to aid members in need, to offer medical aid, to bury deceased members, to support families of deceased members, and to..... More
London: Henry Colburn, 1845. 3 vols. Sm 8vo (7.7 in, 19.5 cm). Vol. I: [vii] viii, [1] 2-315 [1]. Vol. II: [iv], [1] 2-324 Vol. III: [ii], [1] 2-326. Vol. III has no half-title as issued. C. & p. Third edition: same year as first. Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881), a brilliant..... More
(Geneva): Huldrichi Fuggeri for Henri Estienne, 1560. Two volumes in one. 32mo (5.0 in, 12.7 cm). [2] 3-576; [2] 3-432 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, Stesichorus, Ibycus..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1886. 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 the..... More
New York & Toronto: Random House, 1961. 8vo (9.1 in, 23.2 cm). [x], 458 [2] pp. C. & p. First edition: First printing stated. Jane Jacobs (1916-2006) was an American-born Canadian community activist noted for her incisive observations of urban planning and design. In her landmark book, Jacobs passionately criticizes..... More
N.p. [The Hague?], 1653. 32mo (5.1", 13 cm). 536 pp. Latin. Title: "Transformation of the English Nation, or of a change of the kings of the different, of the kingdom, and affairs of England: The work of the faith, to the most worthy of the tombs, and from the various..... More
Amsterdam: Printed by Heinricum Wetstenium, 1684. 4to (8.1", 20.6 cm). [28], 598 40 [20] pp. Latin. Francesco Guicciardini (editor). First edition: The preeminent Swiss theologian of his time, Heidegger (1633-1698) was a professor of Hebrew, philosophy, dogmatics and ecclesiastical history, moral philosophy, and theology. This is a chief example of..... More