Greensboro: C. F. Thomas, Book and Job Printer, 1883. First edition. 8vo, original printed wrappers, 205, [1], [1] pages. A series of lectures on Hebrew poetry, largely Dick’s critical effusions on the verses from the Old Testament (though later poets of the diaspora are covered to a certain extent); the..... More
Harrisburg, Pa. United Evangelical Publishing House, 1909. First edition. 8vo, original blue cloth, black lettering, 199, [1] pages. Frontis portrait. Law was a state superintendent for the American Purity Federation and appears in contemporary local directories as a lecturer in Detroit; her work here avoids the sensationalist aspects of kindred..... More
(London: Spectacular Times, 1986). A new edition; first published 1983, republished here in 1986. 16mo, original color wrappers, [32] pages. Illus. Spectacular Times pocketbook series number 12, from the Situationist Larry Law. More
(London: Spectacular Times, 1997). "First published 1982. This edition 1997." 16mo, original slick color wrappers, [48] pages. Illus. A later edition of an animal rights booklet from the Situationist Larry Law, this issued as number ten in the Spectacular Times pocketbook series. More
Columbus, Ohio: The Capital Printing and Publishing Co., [1884]. First edition. 8vo, contemporary coarse full linen, red and black leather spine labels, gilt and black lettering, [4], iii, [1], 195 pages. On the constitutionality in Ohio of taxing and regulating the sale of liquor, each passed by a Republican state..... More
Trenton, N. J. Printed and Published by P. J. Gray, 1832. First edition. 8vo, original violet linen spine, drab boards, vii, [1], 167, [1], 90 pages. In 1821, the Chesterfield Preparative Meeting made a loan from its school fund to Thomas L. Shotwell, and after the meeting split in 1827..... More
Kjøbenhavn [Copenhagen]: C. A. Reitzel, 1894. First edition. 8vo, contemporary purple half sheep, black pebbled cloth boards, 168 pages. An argument for reform of mental health laws around institutionalization and consent, from a judge who had himself in 1889, at the request of his nephew, been certified insane by a...... More
Bury: Printed by J. Kay, Fleet Street, 1838. Second edition? Unbound pamphlet, approx. 6.5 x 4 inches, 8 pages, unopened. "The Kingdom to be divided into Unions for the purposes of this Act, and Guardians to be chosen for each, as the Commissioners may appoint; *provided always,* that no such..... More
London: Printed for Charles Green, [1747]. First edition. Removed pamphlet glued into later wrappers, 7.5 x 4.88 inches, [4], 78, [2] pages. An object lesson in affairs of the heart from this notorious bigamist and MP, the public and at times fairly explicit defense of a rather sordid affair: Creswell..... More
Wheeling, Va. Printed and Published by A. & E. Picket, 1831. First edition. 12mo, original black sheep spine, gray boards, gilt lettering, 140, [4] pages. A nice Wheeling, [West] Virginia imprint, and according to the preliminary advertisement in “strict conformity with the revised code of laws for 1830 & 1831.”..... More
