Inscribed
The Troll Garden
New York: McClure, Phillips & Co, 1905. First edition, second issue with Doubleday Page & Co at foot... Read More about The Troll Garden
Price: $5,500
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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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
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 in..... 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
In Original Glassine
At the Queens's Mercy.
Boston, New York and London: Lamson Wolffe and Company, 1897. First edition. Printed at the Norwood Press. In Original Glassine. Read More about At the Queens's Mercy
Price: $250
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
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
Portrait photograph of Margaret Bourke-White.
[New York: March 24, 1938]. Van Vechten, Carl. Reproduced in Mauriber's PORTRAITS (1978). Read More about Portrait photograph of Margaret Bourke-White
Price: $3,750
American Wollen Co.
Lawrence, MA: 1935 (Printed c. 1998). Number 15 of 250 prints. Bourke-White's striking image of man and machine, reminiscent of her earlier work in the Soviet Union, was published in a FORTUNE story on the Lawrence, Massachusetts textile industry. Read More about American Wollen Co
Price: $300
Out of the World.
London: Geoffrey Bles, [1935]. First edition. Capetown, Fiji, Tonga, Tahiti, New Zealand etc. Read More about Out of the World
Price: $200
The Tax-Payer's Manual; Containing the Entire Internal Revenue Laws, With the Tables of Taxation, Exemption, Stamp-Duties, &c., and a Complete...
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1866. First edition. Our first attempt at a graduated Income Tax to help finance the Civil War. Read More about The Tax-Payer's Manual; Containing the Entire Internal Revenue Laws, With the Tables of Taxation,...
Price: $300
Manual of the Bowery Savings Bank.
New York: Biglow, 1876. First edition. Inscribed on t.p. by John P. Townsend Seond Vice-President to F.B. Sanborn, Esq Franklin Benjamin Sanborn, 1831-1917, American journalist, author, and philanthropist, b. Hampton Falls, N.H., grad. Harvard, 1855. An active abolitionist, he was a friend and agent of John Brown, although he disapproved of..... Read More about Manual of the Bowery Savings Bank
Price: $150
My Farm in Lion Country.
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1933. First Edition. "The author Joyce Boyd-Moss and her husband George farmed in Tanganyika, and she recounts adventures, hartebeest and zebra [sic]. Elephants were also collected, as were additional leopards and lions that preyed on the couple's dairy herd. There is also a good..... Read More about My Farm in Lion Country
Price: $200
Gold Production and Future Prices.
New York: The Bankers Publishing Co, 1910. First edition. Read More about Gold Production and Future Prices
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Aurora Floyd.
London: Tinsley Brothers, 1863. Third edition. Read More about Aurora Floyd
Price: $450