Boston: [n. p.], 1834. First edition. Unbound pamphlet, stitched as issued, 9.25 x 5.5 inches, 14, [2] pages, untrimmed. The anarchist reformer’s first book, with the expected iconoclastic themes against Christianity, the Gospel, and the divinity of Jesus. Includes the final blank. American Imprints 26898. More about The Deist’s Immortality; and, An Essay on Man’s Accountability for his Belief
[London: Richard Carlile, ca. 1822?]. Second edition, preceded by an undated 1819 single sheet printing. 8vo, removed pamphlet (retaining the original printed drab wrappers), 4 pages. Uncommon and somewhat deist free-thought verses (with perhaps a hint of metempsychosis) arguing against the existence of heaven or hell, evidently first published in... More about The Bosquetian; or, Rational Creed. The Human Soul Substantiated; its future progressive,...
Chicago: Ingersoll Memorial Association, 1902. First edition. Small 8vo, self-wrappers, 16 pages. The prospectus for a non-profit corporation for the purpose of commemorating the life of Ingersoll and to "advance the cause of free thought and secularism." Small violet ink vendor's stamp for C. P. Farrell, Bookseller, in New York... More about Prospectus, By-Laws, etc. of The Ingersoll Memorial Association of Chicago
London: F. Pitman; Birmingham: Robert Roberts, 1876. First edition. Original printed glazed yellow wrappers, 9.5 x 6 inches, [2], viii, 161, [1], [1] pages. An extensive debate between the Free Thought reformer Bradlaugh and the Christadelphian Roberts, who rather puts his thumb on the scale in the conclusion. (Though in... More about Is the Bible Divine? A Six Nights’ Discussion between . . . Together with a Review of the...
Indianapolis: For Sale by H. Lieber, 1882. First edition. 8vo, original printed pink wrappers, 12 pages. "Personally, we have always avoided the expression, 'Separation of State and Church,' or used it only with quotation marks. A separations points to mutual authorization, or to an equalization of two institutions or powers... More about Separation of State and Church . . . Published by the Association for the Propagation of Radical...
Keene, N. H. J. and J. W. Prentiss, 1838. A new edition; the first appeared in 1782. 8vo, original roan spine, embossed blue cloth sides, gilt rules and lettering to the spine, 312 pages. “The present work has long been out of print, though it is often sought for; and... More about A History of the Corruptions of Christianity . . in Some Parts Abridged, with Appendices, by A....
San Francisco: October 19, 1934. Typed letter, signed, approx. 11 x 8.5 inches, elaborate letterhead printed in blue ink, 1 pp. Original embossed seal. A letter conferring a degree of Doctor of Divinity on a San Francisco man. The Liberal Church, Inc. was puckish free-thought church that first incorporated in... More about Typed letter, signed by Bishop of San Francisco Henri M. Landworth on Liberal Church letterhead
Boston: Published by J. P. Mendum, Investigator Office, 1887. First edition. 12mo, original printed blue-green wrappers, 7 x 4.75 inches, 24 pages. Title page vignette. “I desire to say at the outset that I do not intend any personal criticism of Christians, and that my purpose is free from malice... More about The Followers of Jesus: An Address Delivered in Investigator Hall, Boston, Before the Ingersoll...
Boston: Printed and Published by J. Q. Adams, 1828. First edition. 12mo, original printed tan wrappers, 21 pages. An entry in a moderately convoluted pamphlet controversy, an anonymous defense of certain liberal Unitarian principles against orthodox doctrines of endless punishment, the whole prompted by Lewis Tappan's Letter from a Gentleman... More about Remarks on the Letter from a Gentleman in Boston, to a Unitarian Clergyman of that City and the...
