Sketch of a Plan and Method of Education...
Philadelphia: Printed for the Author, 1808. Read More about Sketch of a Plan and Method of Education, Founded on an Analysis of the Human Faculties, and...
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Rare books and first editions on Social Thought, primarily on law, economics, education, and women such as the works by Susan B. Anthony.
Philadelphia: Printed for the Author, 1808. Read More about Sketch of a Plan and Method of Education, Founded on an Analysis of the Human Faculties, and...
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[Philadelphia]: Pennsylvania Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage, 1913. Mrs. A.J. George of Brookline, Massachusetts argues against woman suffrage on the grounds that the majority of women do not wish to vote and that enfranchise them will upset traditional gender roles. An amusing account in Woman's Journal of Mrs. George's testimony..... Read More about Speech of Mrs. A.J. George before the Committee on Woman Suffrage, United States Senate 1913...
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[Southbury, CT: Gretchen E. Engel], 1971. First Edition. Very unusual in hardcover. Inscribed to Bill Wigton by the author. Read More about Though Memory Plays Me False. A Story of Anticosti. The St. Lawrence River Isle of Enchantment,...
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Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1841. First edition. A Nice Association Copy. Nathan Appleton (1779-1861) was an American merchant and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1831-1833 and again in 1842. He was one of the founders of the Merrimack Manufacturing Company. He..... Read More about Remarks on Currency and Banking; Having Refference [sic] to the Present Derangement of the...
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N.p. [Paris?]: 1748. Building Code, Paris 1748. Read More about Les Loix des Bâtiments, suivant la Coutume de Paris, Traitant de ce qui concerne les Servitudes...
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London: Hogarth Press, 1938. First edition. Read More about The Bankers of London
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London: Hogarth Press, 1938. First edition. Read More about The Bankers of London
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Paris: Charles Carrington, 1898. One of 500 copies. Read More about Sophie Arnould Actress and Wit
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London: Published by the Author 10 Soho Square, 1828. ETON ATLAS. With 4pp. of 8vo ads for Arrowsmith tipped in at back. With this book advertised as "Speedily will be published" crossed out and "just published" supplied in pen with " Pr. 2..2..0" supplied in ink as well. Read More about Orbis Terrarum Veteribus Noti. A Comparative Atlas of Ancient and Modern Geography from Original...
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London: John Murray, 1878. Life on Ascension Island with her husband Scottish Astronomer David Gill to measure the solar parallax-the distance between the Earth and the Sun-by observing Mars, which was then the closest to Earth than it had been for a century. Read More about Six Months in Ascension. A Unscientific Account of a Scientific Expedition
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New York: April 6 1832. Olcott was the president of the Mechanics and Farmers' Bank of Albany, N.Y. and a prominent figure in New York State politics and finance. Reads in part: " I have your letter of 4st & regret---not get the loan of 1200$..." Read More about ALS. To Thomas W. Olcott. About a loan
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Newburyport, Massachusetts: Newburyport Herald Press, [1920]. First Edition. History of the landlocked salmon fishery and town in Maine, including two chapters on fishing. Read More about Hinckley Township or Grand Lake Stream Plantation
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London: Macmillan; Cambridge: Macmillan, 1897. First edition. Read More about Cambridge Described & Illustrated Being a Short History of the Town and the University
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1934 1936. GROTON SCHOOL. A photographic chronicle of the first two decades in the life of Gordon Auchincloss from infancy to college. Highlights include the Groton School 50th Anniversary, June, 1934 with Fraklin D. Roosevelt pictured seated in the center of the porch, the Groton Football team of which Gordon..... Read More about 2 Photograph Albums of Gordon Auchincloss including images from his years at the Groton School...
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New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1931. First edition. Inscribed to Judge [Harold R.] Medina. Read More about De Lancey Nicoll. An Appreciation
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London: J.M. Dent and Company at Aldine House in Great Eastern Street, 1895-1896. Later editions. Read More about Jane Austen's Novels. Edited by Reginald Brimley Johnson
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London: George Allen Ruskin House 156 Charing Cross Road, [March, 1895]. Thomson, Hugh. Reprint of the 1894 edition. Thomson's Iconic Binding in Immaculate Condition. In the late 1880's and through the 90's, a remarkable illustrator made his appearance on the London scene: Hugh Thomson (1860-1920), perhaps the pre-eminent representative of..... Read More about Pride and Prejudice with a Preface by George Saintsbury
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Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1906. First edition. Novel about Shepherds in the San Joaquin Valley. Read More about The Flock
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London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street, 1833. First Edition. Founder of the “New Colonization System”. Following imprisonment, Wakefield began to study colonial affairs of Australia with an eye towards immigration. Recognizing that the depressed condition of Australian affairs was due to a lack of efficiency and sensible handling he gathered..... Read More about England and America. A Comparison of the Social and Politcal State of Both Nations
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London: Richard Bentley, 1833. First edition. Founder of the “New Colonization System”. Following imprisonment, Wakefield began to study colonial affairs of Australia with an eye towards immigration. Recognizing that the depressed condition of Australian affairs was due to a lack of efficiency and sensible handling he gathered his theories for..... Read More about England and America. A Comparison of the Social and Political State of Both Nations
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Waltham, MA: Metz Company, 1916. First edition. 1916 Metz Car Advertising Broadside. In 1893 C.H. Metz began working for Waltham Company, early auto manufacturers; in 1909 he bought the company and instituted a plan whereby the public could buy 14 separate packages and build their own car. This approach was..... Read More about Metz 1916 Touring Car and Roadster Models: printed advertising broadside
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Philadelphia: Printed for the Subscribers, by Robert Bell, 1773. First edition under this title, and the third American edition overall. SIGNER JOSHUA BABCOCK'S COPY. This work originally appeared in 1772 as a fifth volume to Bell’s edition of Blackstone, under the title An Interesting Appendix to Sir William Blackstone’s Commentaries..... Read More about The Palladium of Conscience or, The Foundation of Religious Liberty Displayed, Asserted, and...
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N.P. [Hollywood]: n.d. [ca. 1950]. Young Man with a Camera: Bacall & Douglas. Bacall & Douglas starred together in YOUNG MAN WITH A HORN (1950), in which Douglas plays a jazz trumpeter involved with the strange and beautiful (and possibly lesbian) Amy, played Bacall. The inscription is reproduced in EISENSTAEDT'S..... Read More about Autograph Inscriptions Signed ("Best Always, Lauren Bacall" and "to Alfred...
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New York: William Wood & Co., Publishers, 1868. First Edition. Read More about “Spinal Irritation;” or, the Causes of Back-Ache Among American Women
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München: Mit churfürstlich akademische Schriften, [1776]. German edition of Bailey's Advancement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce with 55 plates in Volume II. Read More about Die Beförderung der Künste, der Manufacturen und der Handelschaft oder Beschreibungen der...
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London: Printed for Longmans, Green, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1823. First edition. IN BOARDS, UNCUT. Subscriber's list (p. ix-xliv) includes The King, Duke of York. Alexander Boyd who took 10 copies (as marked in pen), Sir Walter Scott (10 copies), James Watt, et al This book was published to get..... Read More about A Collection of Poems, Chiefly Manuscript, and from Living Authors
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