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Uldine Utley and Party Continue Big Revival Feb. 12—March 4, in “Bob Jones” Tabernacle . . . [caption title; with:] Season Ticket to Uldine Utley Revival [two examples; with:] Petals from the Rose of Sharon, Vol. IV, No. 8. August, 1928 [wrapper title]. Child Preacher, Uldine Mabelle Utley.

[Child Preacher]. Uldine Mabelle Utley.

Uldine Utley and Party Continue Big Revival Feb. 12—March 4, in “Bob Jones” Tabernacle . . . [caption title; with:] Season Ticket to Uldine Utley Revival [two examples; with:] Petals from the Rose of Sharon, Vol. IV, No. 8. August, 1928 [wrapper title].

New York: Edited and Published by Uldine Utley, Girl Evangelist, [1928]. Trifold brochure on white card stock, 4 x 2.5 inches, [6] pages. Vignette portrait. [With:] Unused tickets on rose card stock and tan card stock, 2.75 x 4.25 inches. Vignette portrait. [With:] Original printed white wrappers, 9.75 x 6.5... More

Price: $100.00

A Report to Physicians and the Public: Control of the Male Organ in Sexual Intercourse . . Sexual Dysfunction, Glandular Products Co.

[Sexual Dysfunction]. Glandular Products Co.

A Report to Physicians and the Public: Control of the Male Organ in Sexual Intercourse . . .

(Long Beach, California: Glandualar Products Co.), [ca. 1954]. First edition. Unbound folded brochure, 8.5 x 2.75 inches folded (8.5 x 11 unfolded), [4] pages. Illus. An attractive promotional pamphlet. Premature ejaculation cured with the topical application of Dybutol; Vita-Gland supplements for men over 40 available over the counter. Includes both... More

Price: $25.00

J. H. Andrus, Ragtime Millionaire . . . [caption title in autograph ink]. Satirical Gentility, Ragtime.

[Satirical Gentility]. [Ragtime].

J. H. Andrus, Ragtime Millionaire . . . [caption title in autograph ink].

N. p., ca. 1900-1915? Autograph ink on cream card stock, 2 x 3.5 inches. An autograph calling card or escort card, for a gentleman “Capital of $5,000,000.00 (In my dreams)” who is “Looking for some one to love. Not married and out for a good time.”. More

Price: $50.00

Read These Rules! [caption title of a placard relating to conduct at the House of David colony]. Communal, Utopian, House of David or Mary’s City of David.

[Communal]. [Utopian]. House of David or Mary’s City of David.

Read These Rules! [caption title of a placard relating to conduct at the House of David colony].

[Benton Harbor: House of David, ca. 1927?]. First edition. Broadside printed in characteristic blue ink on white card-stock, 6.75 x 11 inches. A utilitarian community sign, evocative of both the nature of authority in a celibate religious communal society and of the moderately tangled history of the famed House of... More

Price: $150.00

Catalogue of the Art Loan Exhibition of Burlington, Iowa, for the Benefit of the Church of the Good Shepherd, at Gilbert’s Block, January 12th to 17th, 1880. Exhibitions.

[Exhibitions].

Catalogue of the Art Loan Exhibition of Burlington, Iowa, for the Benefit of the Church of the Good Shepherd, at Gilbert’s Block, January 12th to 17th, 1880.

Burlington [Iowa]: Acres, Blackmar & Co. [1880]. First edition. Original printed blue wrappers, 8.5 x 5.5 inches, 63 pages. Something of a kissing cousin to the community cook book is the community exhibition, what today would be called a pop-up cabinet of curiosities—here some 2000 items ranging from Indian relics... More

Price: $250.00

A Challenge to the Clergy. The So-Called Third Temptation of Christ Critically Examined and Refuted. Free Thought, Hethen Rock.

[Free Thought]. Hethen Rock.

A Challenge to the Clergy. The So-Called Third Temptation of Christ Critically Examined and Refuted.

London: James Watson, 1853. First edition. Removed pamphlet, restitched (half-title and final blank neatly and professional reattached along the spine), with traces of adhesive along the spine), scant 8 x 5 inches, stitched, 14, [2] pages. “Here we have an account of the last of the three so-called temptations, and... More

Price: $350.00

The Loves and Lives of the Hilton Sisters [caption title; wrapper title:] Intimate Loves and Lives of the Hilton Sisters World Famous Siamese Twins. Conjoined Twins, Movie Tie-In, Daisy Hilton, Violet Hilton.

[Conjoined Twins]. [Movie Tie-In]. (Daisy Hilton and Violet Hilton).

The Loves and Lives of the Hilton Sisters [caption title; wrapper title:] Intimate Loves and Lives of the Hilton Sisters World Famous Siamese Twins.

(Hollywood: Wonder Books Co.), [ca. 1962?]. First edition? Original pictorial wrappers, 8.5 x 5.5 inches, [48] pages. Illus. A canned biography of the ex-vaudeville conjoined twins, this account itself fastened inextricably as published to a detailed novelization of the 1951 exploitation film Chained For Life—a potboiler starring the twins that... More

Price: $125.00

Stroh’s Bohemian Style Beer . . Cass Corridor, Bohemian Furniture, Readymade, Ken Mikolowski.

[Cass Corridor]. [Bohemian Furniture]. [Readymade]. Ken Mikolowski.

Stroh’s Bohemian Style Beer . . .

Detroit: Stroh’s Brewery Company, 1974. Plastic-coated printed corrugated carton with folding lids, approx. 16.5 x 11 x 9.5 inches. Despite the storied role of Cannabis as the psychoactive drug of choice and agent of historical change for the Cass Corridor scene (cf. John Sinclair’s “Ten years for two joints,” etc.)... More

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An Oration on Education . . . [caption title in autograph ink]. Women, Education, Abraham Bishop, calligrapher Michael Toppan.

[Women]. [Education]. [Abraham Bishop]. Michael Toppan, calligrapher.

An Oration on Education . . . [caption title in autograph ink].

[Newburyport, Mass.?], n. d., ca. 1800? Calligraphic transcription of a substantial portion of “An Oration Upon Female Education, Pronounced by a Member of One of the Public Schools, in Boston, September, 1791,” on laid Dutch paper with a lion watermark for Honig & Zoonen, 19.75 x 15 inches. With Federalist-style... More

Price: $2,500.00

La cryptographie devoilée; ou, Art de traduire ou de déchiffrer toutes les écritures en quelque caractère et en quelque langue que ce soit ... appliqué aux langues française, allemande, anglaise, latine, italienne, espagnole, suivi d’un precis analytique des écrites . . . par le Comte Vesin de’ Romanini. Cryptography, Charles François Vesin.

[Cryptography]. [Charles François Vesin].

La cryptographie devoilée; ou, Art de traduire ou de déchiffrer toutes les écritures en quelque caractère et en quelque langue que ce soit ... appliqué aux langues française, allemande, anglaise, latine, italienne, espagnole, suivi d’un precis analytique des écrites . . . par le Comte Vesin de’ Romanini.

Paris: Aux Frais de l’Auteur, 1857. Second edition under this title; the first appeared in 1840. 8vo, contemporary pebbled morocco gilt spine, green vellum tips, marbled boards, 259, [1] pages. Lithographic frontispiece portrait. On solving substitution ciphers, with tables of frequency for letters in different languages, lists of words of... More

Price: $500.00

Hear the Blind Male Quartette from the Union Mission, Charleston, W. Va. . . . [caption title]. Gospel Music, Disability.

[Gospel Music]. [Disability].

Hear the Blind Male Quartette from the Union Mission, Charleston, W. Va. . . . [caption title].

[Charleston, W. V.?]: n. p. [ca. 1931]. First edition. Broadside poster, approx. 12 x 8.75 inches. Halftone portrait from photo of the quartet. An ephemeral promotional poster (with blanks for performance details) for this gospel quartet of West Virginia blind men: Sam Via, John Evans, Raymond Keiffer, Frank Mease. The... More

Price: $125.00

Ladies! Have you Heard? [caption title]. Women’s Rights, Equal Rights Amendment, Pro Family Forum.

[Women’s Rights]. [Equal Rights Amendment]. Pro Family Forum.

Ladies! Have you Heard? [caption title].

(Fort Worth, Texas: Pro Family Forum), [ca. 1976]. First edition. Single leaf printed recto and verso, 14 x 8.5 inches, blue ink on pink stock. “Are you sure you want to be ‘liberated’?” Detailed attack on ERA, with reference to President Ford and a Socialist Workers Party appearance at a.... More

Price: $50.00

Reasons Humbly Offer’d for the Bill, for Ascertaining and Limiting the Time of Future Publick Mournings . . . [caption title]. Silk Manufacture, Lobbying.

[Silk Manufacture]. [Lobbying].

Reasons Humbly Offer’d for the Bill, for Ascertaining and Limiting the Time of Future Publick Mournings . . . [caption title].

[N. p., but London? n. p. 1709 or 1710?]. First edition. Single leaf, evidently extracted from a nonce volume (with traces of calf along one edge), 12.75 x 8 inches, with a printed docket title on the verso. An early example of industry lobbying, a petition to Parliament on the... More

Price: $1,000.00

Small grouping of ephemeral mimeo and photocopied pieces by the children’s illustrator (with related material), four pieces relating to parties thrown by Cuffari for a group of friends evidently known as the Foon Platoon, as well as a mechanically-reproduced and highly accomplished nine-page comic. Mix-Tape Culture, Foon Platoon, Richard Cuffari.

[Mix-Tape Culture]. [Foon Platoon]. Richard Cuffari (1925-1978)

Small grouping of ephemeral mimeo and photocopied pieces by the children’s illustrator (with related material), four pieces relating to parties thrown by Cuffari for a group of friends evidently known as the Foon Platoon, as well as a mechanically-reproduced and highly accomplished nine-page comic.

Brooklyn, ca. 1972-1973. “It’s that time again! (Not again!)” Single leaf invitation, 11 x 8.5 inches, ditto typescript with autograph facsimile on blue stock. [With:] “1972 Edition: the party program.” 5 leaves printed rectos only, 11 x 8.5 inches, ditto typescript with some illustration in the text on yellow stock... More

Price: $250.00

The Hymnal. Songs for the Congregation, on Religious and Social Occasions. Published by . . . [wrapper title; caption title:] The Hymnal. Spiritualism, Henry Aaron, H. A. Budington.

[Spiritualism]. H. A. [Henry Aaron] Budington.

The Hymnal. Songs for the Congregation, on Religious and Social Occasions. Published by . . . [wrapper title; caption title:] The Hymnal.

(Springfield, Mass. H. A. Budington), [ca. 1890]. First edition. Original printed wrappers, scant 8 inches by 5.75 inches, 24 pages. Budington was manager of the prolific Spiritualist publishing house, Star Publishing Co., in Springfield; kindred publications from Star Publishing are here advertised on the wrappers to this compilation of Spiritualist-appropriate... More

Price: $250.00

Lebensregeln der neuen naturgemässen Heilkunst so wie Anweisung zur Heilung von Wunden und Verbrennungen . . . Einundvierzigste Auflage. Popular Medicine, Arthur Lutze.

[Popular Medicine]. Lutze, Arthur.

Lebensregeln der neuen naturgemässen Heilkunst so wie Anweisung zur Heilung von Wunden und Verbrennungen . . . Einundvierzigste Auflage.

Cöthen [i.e., Köthen]: heim Verfasser, In Commission dei F. A. Gupel in Sondershausen, 1862. Stated forty-first edition. Original wrappers and string tie, 4.75 x 4 inches, iv, 92 pages. A popular pamphlet on health, including instructions on diet, from the pioneering homeopathic healer Lutze (1813-1870), published under the nominal imprint... More

Price: $300.00

The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution; or, Illustrations by Pen and Pencil, of the History, Biography, Scenery, Relics, and Traditions of the War for Independence. Benson J. Lossing.

Lossing, Benson J.

The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution; or, Illustrations by Pen and Pencil, of the History, Biography, Scenery, Relics, and Traditions of the War for Independence.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1860. A later edition. 2 vols, large 8vo, original gilt- and blind-stamped maroon-brown cloth, 783, 772 pages. Color chromo frontispiece to vol. 1, frontispiece to vol. 1, engraved title in each volume, illus. A nice-looking set of this history of the American Revolution from the... More

Price: $133.00

The Barber’s Shop . . . Illustrated by William Morton . . . Revised and Enlarged, with an Introduction, by William E. A. Axon. Richard Wright Procter.

Procter, Richard Wright.

The Barber’s Shop . . . Illustrated by William Morton . . . Revised and Enlarged, with an Introduction, by William E. A. Axon.

Manchester: Abel Heywood & Son; London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co. 1883. First edition. Substantial 8vo, original pictorial green cloth, gilt lettering, xxxii, 250 pages. Frontis, plates. Illus. Antiquarian and anecdotal history of the English barbershop, substantially revised and enlarged over the original 1856 edition and published after Procter’s death; includes... More

Price: $258.00

On the Box Seat from London to Land’s End. James John Hissey.

Hissey, James John.

On the Box Seat from London to Land’s End.

London: Richard Bentley & Son, 1886. First edition. Large 8vo, original pictorial olive-green cloth, xviii, 404 pages. Frontis, 17 plates. Partially unopened. “Railways have killed road travel, and the present generation little knows its loss. England—rural England, that is—away from busy towns, railways, and tourist-haunted regions, where big hotels abound... More

Price: $133.00

True Manhood [i.e., For Boys] A Manual for Young Men by E. R. Shepherd. Also, The White Cross: Its Origin and Progress. By B. F. De Costa, D. D. . . . New Edition. E. R. Shepherd, Benjamin Franklin De Costa, Erma A., B. F.

Shepherd, E. R. [Erma A.] and B. F. [Benjamin Franklin] De Costa.

True Manhood [i.e., For Boys] A Manual for Young Men by E. R. Shepherd. Also, The White Cross: Its Origin and Progress. By B. F. De Costa, D. D. . . . New Edition.

Chicago: Stockham Publishing Co. 1902. Stated “new edition,” copyrighted 1889. 8vo, original stamped brown cloth, gilt lettering, [i]-xvi, [6], [33]-314, [12], [4] pages (as published). Illus. A physiology for boys by Mrs. Erma A. Shepherd, from the press of the early American woman physician, suffrage activist, and New Thought writer... More

Price: $100.00

Why Ireland is Not Free: A Study of Twenty Years in Politics. Irish, Timothy Michael Healy.

(Irish). Healy, T[imothy] M[ichael].

Why Ireland is Not Free: A Study of Twenty Years in Politics.

Dublin: Printed at the ‘Nation’ Office, 1898. First edition, an ex-library copy with the early purple ink stamp of an Irish diocese library on the title page and pages 21 & 101. 8vo, original printed green wrappers (lacks rear wrapper), 187 pages. Printed in two columns, much in the way... More

Price: $75.00

Autograph manuscript, with the title in ink autograph docketed on the verso, “Address delivered in The Revd. Mr. Putnams Meeting-house, Dunbarton. February 1834.”. Temperance, M. D.? Reuben D. Mussey.

[Temperance]. [Reuben D. Mussey, M.D.?].

Autograph manuscript, with the title in ink autograph docketed on the verso, “Address delivered in The Revd. Mr. Putnams Meeting-house, Dunbarton. February 1834.”

[N. p., but New Hampshire, February, 1834]. Stitched fascicle with one inserted leaf laid in, approx. 10 x 8.5 inches, 20 pages of text. Approx. 6000 words, with corrections, deletions, and additions. “An old gentleman in my immediate neighbourhood was for years habitually intemperate. He was troubled with liver complaint... More

Price: $1,100.00

Herndon’s Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life . . . The History and Personal Recollections of Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln, William H. Herndon, Jesse William Weik.

[Lincoln]. William H. Herndon and Jesse William Weik.

Herndon’s Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life . . . The History and Personal Recollections of Abraham Lincoln.

Chicago: Belford, Clarke & Company, (1889). First edition. 3 vols, 8vo, original gilt stamped blue cloth, xx, 199, 5; [201]-418, [6]; [419]-638, [4] pages. Frontis portrait, inserted plates, illus. The celebrated account of Lincoln, from his law partner. Monaghan 1049; Howes H-440: “Based on Herndon’s intimate, first-hand knowledge, this will... More

Price: $1,000.00

The Challenge of Our Time: A Series of Essays and Addresses. John Ebenezer Clare McFarlane.

McFarlane, J[ohn] E[benezer] Clare.

The Challenge of Our Time: A Series of Essays and Addresses.

Kingston, Jamaica: New Dawn Press, 1945. First edition. 8vo, original blue cloth, [4], [iv], 213, [1] pages. Original printed dust jacket. A presentation copy, with an ink inscription signed by McFarlane and dates 21 April 1950 on the front free endpaper. A relatively early collection of essays and addresses (ranging... More

Price: $50.00

Wind, Water, and Air. Children’s Science Series Federal Writers’ Project.

Federal Writers’ Project, Children’s Science Series.

Wind, Water, and Air.

Chicago: Albert Whitman & Co. 1941. First edition. Small 8vo, original tan cloth, 47 pages. Illus. Original pictorial dust jacket. A typically attractive entry from the series of 39 elementary science books produced by the Pennsylvania Writers’ Project, all of which were published by Whitman. Most surviving copies are ex-library;... More

Price: $50.00

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