An Appeal in Favor of that Class of...
New York: John S. Taylor, 1836. Second edition and first edition published in New York (originally published in... Read More about An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans
Price: $9,500
Social Thought
Rare books and first editions on Social Thought, primarily on law, economics, education, and women such as the works by Susan B. Anthony.
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Sport in the Highlands of Kashmir. Being a narrative of eight months’ trip in the Baltistan and Ladak, and a....
London: Rowland Ward, 1898. First edition. Presentation Copy. A lively account of the author's adventures during an eight-month shooting trip in Baltistan, Ladakh, and Kashmir. Very scarce. A presentation copy, inscribed on the half title: “Robert Frazer from his old schoolfellow, the writer, February 1898”. Read More about Sport in the Highlands of Kashmir. Being a narrative of eight months’ trip in the Baltistan and...
Price: $1,500
Reflections on Suicide. Translated from the French of Madame de Stael by an American Lady.
Philadelphia: Edward Earle. J. Maxwell, Printer, 1816. Contemporary notes in pencil on endpapers. Read More about Reflections on Suicide. Translated from the French of Madame de Stael by an American Lady
Price: $800
The Service. Edited by F. B. Sanborn.
Boston: Charles E. Goodspeed, 1902. No. 458 of 500 copies. "an unfinished binding done by me at Miss Emily Preston's bindery, N.Y. Patty P.L. Sesler" and below in another hand J.S. Brown. Emily Preston was a Cobden-Sanderson student who ran a bindery at 223 East 17th St., NYC and was..... Read More about The Service. Edited by F. B. Sanborn
Price: $650
Among the Tibetans.
London: The Religous Tract Society, 1894. First edition. Early travels by famous woman in Tibet. Read More about Among the Tibetans
Price: $300
Unbeaten Tracks in Japan. An account of Travels in the Interior including visits to the Aborigines of Yezo and the...
London: George Newnes, 1900. First edition thus. Miss Isabella Lucy Bird, later Mrs. J.F. Bishop (1831-1904), left England to seek a better climate for her health in 1878, she returned to Japan in 1894 and 1896. She was the first woman to be elected Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society..... Read More about Unbeaten Tracks in Japan. An account of Travels in the Interior including visits to the...
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Oxford Addresses: Being the Inaugural Address, and Address to the Graduates of Miami University.
Hanover, Ind: Published by Joseph G. Monfort Hanover College Press, 1835. Read More about Oxford Addresses: Being the Inaugural Address, and Address to the Graduates of Miami University
Price: $200
Martha Washington's Letter Written from Philadelphia, June 15, 1794 to Mrs. Frances Washington [Introducation by W. K. Bixby].
Saint Louis: Privately Printed for W. K. Bixby [By D. B. Updike, The Merrymount Press], [October], 1922. One of 250 copies printed. Mrs. Frances Washington was the widow of George Augustus Washington. The original of this letter was in Bixby's fine collection. Read More about Martha Washington's Letter Written from Philadelphia, June 15, 1794 to Mrs. Frances Washington...
Price: $100
Portfolio.
Paris: Black Sun Press, 1947. Portfolio number 5. First Edition. Read More about Portfolio
Price: $350
Photograph, signed To Beryl H. Levy.
April 11, 1941. Inscribed below on mount: “To Beryl H. Levy, with admiration and good wishes — Hugo L Black April, 11, 1941.” With a TLS from Black tipped to the back of the frame, dated January 22, 1941, concerning Levy’s book Our Constitution, and inviting him to visit A...... Read More about Photograph, signed To Beryl H. Levy
Price: $1,250
An Analysis of the Laws of England.
Oxford: at the Clarendon Press, 1759. Fourth edition. Read More about An Analysis of the Laws of England
Price: $750
Commentaries on the Laws of England.
Oxford: at the Clarendon Press, printed for William Strahan, Thomas Cadell, and Daniel Prince, 1773. Fifth edition and first Oxford octavo edition. One of the cornerstones of our legal system, and still regarded as the best general history of English law. In these lectures which he gave as the first..... Read More about Commentaries on the Laws of England
Price: $1,750
Commentaries on the Laws of England.
Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press, 1765-1766-1768-1769. First edition. Without the 8-page supplement of addenda and corrigenda, often lacking. Attractive set of this classic, one of the cornerstones of the Anglo-American legal system, and still regarded as the best general history of English law. In these lectures which he gave..... Read More about Commentaries on the Laws of England
Price: $15,000
AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED, FROM ALICE STONE BLACKWELL, CONTRIBUTING MONEY TO THE CREW OF THE SHIP LINARIA, DURING THE SPANISH CIVIL...
Cambridge: March 12, 1937. Brief letter written by Alice Stone Blackwell to Mr. Paine, offering assistance to the crew of the British merchant ship Linaria, who refused to put into port in Spain during the Spanish Civil War. She writes: "Dear Mr. Paine: Here is a small contribution for the..... Read More about AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED, FROM ALICE STONE BLACKWELL, CONTRIBUTING MONEY TO THE CREW OF THE SHIP...
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Letter, Signed, from ALICE STONE BLACKWELL to REV. GEORGE L. PAINE.
Cambridge: June 23, 1949. Letter signed by suffrage leader and activist Alice Stone Blackwell, less than a year before the end of her life. The letter, to Rev. George L. Paine, simply reads: "Dear Friend: Your kind communication has wholly bewildered me. I do not know in the least what..... Read More about Letter, Signed, from ALICE STONE BLACKWELL to REV. GEORGE L. PAINE
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Songs of Russia. Rendered into English Verse.
[Chicago]: Published by the Author [Charles H. Kerr], 1906. First edition. Translation sof Russian songs by the noted suffragist, Alice Stone Blackwell. Read More about Songs of Russia. Rendered into English Verse
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“Women Do Not Want It.”.
[Harrisburg, Pa: Pennsylvania Women Suffrage Association, c. 1914]. Suffragte circular arguing that women have always been complicit in their own subjugation, citing women’s conservative reactions to Vassar College and female education in general. Blackwell aargues that the suffragists movement must persist despite the indifference or opposition of those who stand..... Read More about “Women Do Not Want It.”
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A Military Genius. Life of Anna Ella Carroll of Maryland, ("The great unrecognized member of Lincoln's Cabinet.") Compiled from Family...
Washington, D.C: Judd & Detweiler, Printers, 1891. First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed on the front endpaper to "Miss Ada C. Bradley [?] from the Author" Anna Ella Carroll (1815-1894), a descendant of Signer of the Declaration Charles Carroll and the daughter of the Governor of Maryland, became active in politics..... Read More about A Military Genius. Life of Anna Ella Carroll of Maryland, ("The great unrecognized member of...
Price: $150
With an Early American Woman's Letterpress Booklabel
Forma sacra, or, A sacred platform of natural and revealed religion; : exhibiting, a scriptural and rational account of these...
Boston: Printed by William M'Alpine, for the Rev. Mr. Williams of Windham, 1774. With an Early American Woman's Letterpress Booklabel. With the early booklabel of Jane Plumer (1748-1832). Read More about Forma sacra, or, A sacred platform of natural and revealed religion; : exhibiting, a scriptural...
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AGE 11 ON EDUCATION
"On Education" 1 page, Jonathan Blake age 11.
1817. AGE 11 ON EDUCATION. "Education will be very useful to us in all our business through life,-and if we have not an education we shall feel very unhappy..." My sentiments exactly. Read More about "On Education" 1 page, Jonathan Blake age 11
Price: $250
'Stanzas by the Countess of Blessington' and 4 Autograph Letters Signed
Collection of 4 autograph letters to various recipients and one fair copy poetical manuscript, in addition with one autograph letter...
n.p: v.d., ca. 1818-1839. 'Stanzas by the Countess of Blessington' and 4 Autograph Letters Signed. 1: “Stanza’s [sic] by The Countess of Blessington.” 1p. on folded sheet. A 16-line, 4 stanza poem opening with the line, “Like some lone Bird who in a Cage Confined …” 2: Autograph letter signed..... Read More about Collection of 4 autograph letters to various recipients and one fair copy poetical manuscript, in...
Price: $3,000
‘It Was Not Luck, But Hard Work’
Typed letter signed "Thos. D. Schall" (Thomas D. Schall) to "S.H." (Seymour Halpern) in response to Halpern's inquiry regarding the...
n.p. (Washington, D.C): Feburary 8th, 1930. ‘It Was Not Luck, But Hard Work’. A plucky letter from the first blind US Senator. Reading in part: “Through an electric shock I lost my sight. Then it was the beginning all over as a blind man to make myself into a successful..... Read More about Typed letter signed "Thos. D. Schall" (Thomas D. Schall) to "S.H." (Seymour...
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Memoirs of Eminent Blind Authors
Beauties and Achievements of the Blind.
Auburn: Published for the Authors, 1865. Memoirs of Eminent Blind Authors. Includes memoirs of several eminent blind authors including Homer, Blacklock, Holman, Wilson, Huber, Miss Alice Holmes, Miss Frances Jane Crosby, Miss Cynthia Bullock and others. There is a collection of poems by blind authors including L. V. Hall, Frances..... Read More about Beauties and Achievements of the Blind
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Composed since Blind...Tune-Power of Prayer.
np: nd. Probably Matthew Burdick of the 85th New York who was blinded in the Civil War. Read More about Composed since Blind...Tune-Power of Prayer
Price: $75