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Cooperstown, [NY]: H. E. Phinney, 1838. Hardcover. 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..... More
Hartford, CT: American Publishing Co., 1876. Sm 8vo (7.6 in, 19.3 cm). vi, 7-168 pp.; frontis., 8 pl., 5 port. First edition inscribed association copy: Author A. B. Meacham (1826-1882) befriended and admired Native Americans; thus, was repeatedly tasked to move various Native American tribes from their valuable lands onto..... More
New York: For Sale by Ross & Tousey, 1861. Softcover. 8vo (8.1 in, 22.6 cm). 198 pp.; front. port. Sole edition: Gerrit Smith (1797-1874) was a leading philanthropist and abolitionist. Smith generously donated to religious charities, promoted international peace, prison reform, temperance, land reform, and supported his wife and daughter..... 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
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
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 edition: John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) was prodigiously well-educated, developed a keen, analytic mind, and authored works of historic importance. After a breakdown, Mill believed 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.; illus. 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
New York: 1835. Vol.1, no.12. Pamphlet (6 7/8 in, 17.5 cm). 9 leaves; [1], 134-144 [i-iv] pp. Printed by R.G. Williams. First edition stated. Inspired by abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison, The American Anti-Slavery Society was established in 1833 in recognition of the exploitation of black people. The society was committed..... 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
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1899. 8vo (8.9 in, 22.7 cm). [v] vi-xi [xii-xiii] xiv [xv] [blank], [3] 4-451 [blank] pp.; 2 port. pls. Edited by Mrs. Harry Coghill. Concludes with "List of Mrs. Oliphant's published works" and "Mrs. Oliphant's contributions to 'Blackwood's magazine.'" First edition: Mrs. Margaret..... More
Lowell: Oliver March; Powers & Bagley, 1842. 12mo (6 in, 15.3 cm). [8 ads] [14] 15-156 [157] [3 blank] pp.; ills. 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
Boston and New York: Riverside Press for Houghton, Mifflin, 1893. 12mo (7.2 in, 18.3 cm). (viii), [1] 2-309 [blank] [2 ad] pp. First edition: Author and naturalist, Sarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909) belonged to a community of women artists and corresponded with authors including Harriet Beecher Stowe and Willa Cather. Jewett's..... 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
New York et al. For Sale by American News Company et al. 1869. Hardcover. 8vo (9.1 in, 23.2 cm). [2] 3-132 pp. Appendix. Sole edition: Gerrit Smith (1797-1874) was a leading philanthropist and abolitionist. Smith generously donated to religious charities, promoted international peace, prison reform, temperance, land reform, and supported his..... 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 pls. Sole edition: Marianne Farningham (1834-1909) was the pseudonym of Mary Anne Hearn who described her childhood to older age in..... More
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1938. 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 Woman..... More
Boston: Issued by George Coolidge, 1867. 32mo (4.8 in, 12 cm). 159 pp.; ills. "No. 15" at head of title-page. Sole edition: The almanac opens with a poem. Each month includes a poem or brief article, sometimes maxims or a second piece, Moon Phases, and Memoranda for notations. A section..... 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
London: Printed by J. Davis for the author, 1787. 8vo (9", 22.9 cm). [2], x, 262 pp., folded plate: map. Printed by J. Davis for the author, and sold by Payne and Son, at the Mewse Gate; Cadel, in the Strand; Sewel, in Cornhill; and Flexney, in Holborn. First edition..... 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
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