New Lebanon, N. Y. [Charles Van Benthuysen & Sons, Printer, Albany], 1867. Fourth edition. 12mo, original printed yellow wrappers stitched, 192 pages. Stated fourth edition at the head of the title. The title page and ads are reset, otherwise printed from the identical plates of the first edition published by... More

(New York: E. S. Dodge Printing Co., 1879). A new edition of the 1871 edition of this standard Shaker text. 8vo, original printed wrappers, 32 pages. Per Richmond quoting the Shaker Manifesto (January 1879), “The last editions having been exhausted, and in consideration of the great sale of the work... More

[Portland, Me.]: (The Yellow Kid Press), [1972]. First edition, one of 100 copies. 16mo, original printed green wrappers, 4 pages. With original green envelope. From an eventual Shaker fellow traveler and the proprietor of the Yellow Kid Press, on arriving at Sabbathday Lake Shaker community on May 30, 1972 and... More

Harvard [Mass.]: Published by the United Society, 1853. First edition. Original printed blue wrappers, 7.38 x 4.5 inches, 88 pages. “As the Believers in Christ’s second appearing hold all things in common, and enter into a Christian compact of full consecration, in all things, temporal as well as spiritual, we... More

Albany: Printed by C. Van Benthuysen, 1848. Second edition. 8vo, original sheep, black leather spine label, gilt rules and lettering, vii, [1], 384 pages. An account meant to explain the views and practices of the Shakers to the world at large, with a section omitted from the 1823 first edition... More

[Watervliet, N.Y. n. p., ca. 1850]. Single leaf of white stock, printed recto only, approx. 1 x 1.63 inches. Decorative type border. An attractive medicinal herb label produced for the Watervliet (N.Y.) Shaker communal society. More

[New Lebanon, N. Y. n. p., ca. 1850?]. Single leaf printed recto only on blue stock, 2.38 x 4 inches. Decorative typographical border. An attractive herbal label from the communal society Shaker village at Mount Lebanon, N. Y. Two spots of mounting adhesive on the blank verso of the label. More

[Harvard, Mass. n. p., ca. 1850?]. Single leaf of white stock, printed recto only, 3.25 x scant 4.5 inches. Decorative border. An attractive bit of design and a nice food label from the Harvard Shaker Village communal society in Massachusetts. Traces of four small neat bits of black paper from... More

[Canterbury, N. H. n. p., n. d.]. First edition. Text to one page of a pearl-colored bifolium, 7.5 x 5.25 inches. An uncut label (perhaps a proof or sample?) for Shaker herbs, likely mid-late 19th century; the digitized example at Hamilton College has been trimmed to approx. 2.75 inches square. More

[Harvard, Mass. n. p., ca. 1850?]. Single leaf printed recto only on yellow stock, approx. 1.13 x 3 inches. Decorative border to the upper and lower edge. An attractive little herb label from the Harvard, Mass. Shaker village communal society. Two faint traces of mounting hinges or adhesive on the blank verso. More