Worcester: Published by Henry J. Howland, 1846. First edition. Original printed wrappers, 4.38 x 2.88 inches, 96 pages. Frontis. “He is a most devoted Peace-man, and would not be willing to shed the blood even of a woodchuck without necessity.” A collection of characteristic reform writings from the pacifist autodidact..... More

(Seattle: People for Animals), [1985?]. First edition. 8vo, original printed wrappers, [24] pages. Illus. Uncommon early item from the early days of animal liberation, a photocopied zine from the days of dot-matrix printers; the publisher also offers Marjorie Spiegel's Meat is Murder and Feminism and Animals' Rights, both published in..... More

Orléans: Editions de l’en dehors, [ca. 1924-1930?]. Stated second printing. Small 8vo, original printed wrappers, 24 pages. Wrapper vignette, illus. From the individual anarchist and free love advocate E. Armand, who here explains his theories behind revolutionary libertarian polyamory and la camaradarie amoureause. With a few shorter pieces on the..... More

New-York: Printed at the Office of the Gospel Herald, 1830. First edition. Unbound stitched pamphlet, 7.5 x 4.88 inches, 12 pages, untrimmed. “I see around me men of all sects, who, however they may differ on some points of religious belief, yet cordially unite in maintaining the equal rights of..... More

Carthage, Illinois: Published by the Author, 1912. First edition. 8vo, original printed wrappers, 16 pages. “The object of this Booklet is to show in outline that the fundamental objections of Jesus to the social order of His day are those now urged by the Socialists against Capitalism. . .... More

Ann Arbor: A Voice of the Godhead and People’s Center - Artist’s Workshop, April, 1972. Unbound sheets, folds out to approx. 36 x 23 inches, with pages of various sizes and formats. Illus. Uncommon fold-out community paper, with hints on pottery (and making a dope pipe), photography, poems, etc. Several..... More

(New York: Workers Library Publishers, 1940). First edition. 8vo, original self wrappers, 30, [2] pages. Illus. From the era of the Soviet-Nazi non-aggression pact, Communist Party agruments against U.S. entanglement in the European war and minimization of Soviet aggression in the Baltics and Poland. More

(Detroit: Committee to Free John Sinclair), [1971?]. First edition. Unbound bifold pamphlet, approx. 8.5 x 3.75 inches, [6] pages, printed in blue ink. Illus. The artist and radical activist John Sinclair (founder of the White Panther Party, manager of the MC5) had been busted for possession of two joints and..... More

New-York: John A. Gray, Printer, 1860. First edition. 16mo, original printed self-wrappers, 29 pages. In the wake of John Brown’s Harpers Ferry raid, long-time abolitionist Gerrit Smith (who had been one of the covert backers of the raid—the “Secret Six”) was evidently so horrified once he realized the scope of..... More

New York: Printed by John A. Gray, 1855. First edition. 8vo, original printed blue wrappers, 32 pages. The reformer and abolitionist presents letters and arguments against the New York Tribune's accounts of Smith's position on the Nebraska Act. "I know, that you are tempted to hope, that, by showing my..... More

Boston: n. p., [ca. 1875-1878]. First edition. Single sheet printed recto and verso, approx. 11 x 8.25 inches. A life insurance and relief scheme for this short-lived cooperative order that was something of an urban counterpart to the Grange movement; each member of the Association would pay into the fund..... More

[N. p., but Fitchburg, Mass. n. p.], April, 1852. First edition. Broadside, 11.38 x 8.63 inches. Addressed in pencil on the verso (with inked postmark of Fitchburg, May 15 and a 3-cents paid ink stamp) to lawyer Reuben Walworth, Saratoga Springs, New York. “The chief sources of alarm are these..... More

Berkeley: Berkeley Graphic Arts, [1969]. Single leaf, offset printed recto and verso, 11.25 x 8.88 inches, illus. With map of the march routes on the verso. Publicity handbill with a volunteer form, in preparation for the San Francisco segment of the Vietnam Moratorium rally (said to have drawn some 200,000..... More