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
[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
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
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
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
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
North Wrentham [Mass.]: New-England Telegraph Press, 1834. First edition. Original printed wrappers, 8.75 x 5.63 inches, 32 pages, stitched. First published in the columns of Moses Thacher's New-England Telegraph and Eclectic Review, a religious Trojan Horse containing a small troop of early American philosophical and medical thought relating to the..... More
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
Boston: Hooten & Teprell, Printers, 1829. First edition. Original printed blue-green wrappers, 8.25 x 5.13 inches, 12 pages. “With deep interest, Free Enquiry invites religion and education to her halls of science; natural philosophy invites them; moral science, and especially the philosophy of mind invites. They will *there* learn, that..... More
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
