AUTHOR'S COPY
My Diary. A Trip to the East
np [London]: For private circulation, 1931. First edition. AUTHOR'S COPY. This is likely the author's own copy of... Read More about My Diary. A Trip to the East
Price: $1,500
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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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...
Price: $650
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
Price: $450
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
Price: $50
“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.”
Price: $450
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...
Price: $350
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...
Price: $250
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
Price: $150
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
US Steel Chief Blough Praises Photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt
Autograph Note Signed, n.p., n.d.
US Steel Chief Blough Praises Photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt. Roger Blough became Chairman and CEO of US Steel, then the world's largest steel company, at the age of 48, when this was still a plum job of US industry. Here, he thanks Eisenstaedt for “A pleasant hour with an unusually effective..... Read More about Autograph Note Signed, n.p., n.d
Price: $150
Author's First Book
Body of Death.
New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1923. First edition. Author's First Book. Read More about Body of Death
Price: $150
Author's First Book
Body of Death.
New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1923. First edition. Author's First Book. Read More about Body of Death
Price: $225
The Law of Tithes; shewing Their Nature, Kinds, Properties and Incidents, by whom, to whom, when and in what manner...
London: Printed by E. and R. Nutt and R. Gosling for J. Brotherton, J. Hazard, et al, 1731. Second edition, with corrections. Read More about The Law of Tithes; shewing Their Nature, Kinds, Properties and Incidents, by whom, to whom, when...
Price: $250
ANS.
Maud Ballington Booth, was an Salvation Army leader and co-founder of the Volunteers of America. Read More about ANS
Price: $75
Annual Appendix to Seventy Three Years History of the Boston Stock Market from 1870 [cover title].
Boston: Joseph G. Martin, 1871-1902. A scarce compilation of annually issued sheets of "Stock Fluctuations in Bank, Insurance, Railroad and Manufacturing stocks, Government Securities, State, City and Railroad Bonds, and other Companies sold at the Boston Broker's Board, and by Auction, with the semiannual dividends paid by each." Comprises 30..... Read More about Annual Appendix to Seventy Three Years History of the Boston Stock Market from 1870 [cover title
Price: $1,250
First American in Boards, Uncut
The Life of Samuel Johnson LLD. Comprehending an account of his Studies, and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; A Series...
Boston: Published by W[illiam] Andrews and L[emuel] Blake, Greenough and Stebbins, Printers, 1807. First American from the fifth London Edition (1807, edited by Edmund Malone). The First edition was published in 1791. First American in Boards, Uncut. John McVickar is rest recalled as an economist. He was one of the..... Read More about The Life of Samuel Johnson LLD. Comprehending an account of his Studies, and Numerous Works, in...
Price: $750