(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

London: Printed and Sold by the Assigns of J. Sowle, 1725. Second edition in English. Folio, contemporary calf neatly rebacked with the original spine laid down and a new red cloth label lettered in gilt, corners neatly restored and endpapers renewed, [12], 699, [1], [16], [4] pages. First published in..... More

London: J. J. Stockdale, Printer, 1830. First edition. Unbound pamphlet, stitched as issued, approx. 8.5 x 5.5 inches, 16 pages. A moderately uncommon pamphlet on the growing wave of reform that attended the slow disintigration of the Duke of Wellington's government. With numerous corrections and cencelations in contemporary ink, this..... More

Paris: Izdanie gaz. “Sotsial’demokrata,” C.O.R.S.-D.R.P., 1909. First edition. Unbound pamphlet, 7.75 x 4.5 inches, 12 pages, partially unopened. By all appearances, the report of the conference convened in Paris in June, 1909 by the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party, under the auspices of a meeting of the extended editorial board..... More

[N. p. n. p., ca. 1915?]. First edition? Unbound pamphlet, approx. 7-1/2 x 5-1/2 inches, [4] pages. "When the judge enters court in his toggery, (judges and ministers and professors know the value of toggery in impressing the populace) the egoist is unterrified. He has not even any respect for..... 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

Chicago: Open Court Publishing, 1894. First edition. 8vo, original purple cloth, gilt lettering. Frontis portrait. With Trumbull’s pseudonym “Wheelbarrow” at the head of the title. Arguments on questions of national economics from the man who had worked as a railroad laborer before becoming a lawyer and state legislator: “While aspiring..... More

(New York: Workers Library Publishers Inc., 1937.). First edition. 8vo, original printed self-wrappers, 45, [3] pages. On the success of the Flint Sit-Down Strike against GM and the emergence of the UAW (and incidentally the role of the Communist party in the strike's success) from the Secretary of the Michigan..... More