[Suffern, N. Y. School of Living, ca. 1945]. First edition. Unbound pamphlet, approx. 8.25 x 5.5 inches, [4] pages. Vignette portrait. The standard dominant narrative of postwar America is that of the flight to suburban conformity; Ralph Borsodi and the School of Living had instead for a number of years... More about School of Living, Suffern, New York Announces a Lecture Tour by Ralph Borsodi On the Subject of...

Benton Harbor, Mich. Published by the Israelite House of David as Re-organized by Mary Purnell, [after 1970]. First City of David edition. Original printed green wrappers, 5.88 x 4.25 inches, 11, [1] pages. A separately-published sermon from Jezreel, the Sixth Messenger—generally taken as the source for Benjamin Purnell’s authority as... More about Vision of the Cellar [wrapper title; caption title:] Vision of the Cellar . . . a Vision of James...

New York: Rinehart & Company, Inc., (1955). First edition. 8vo, original black cloth spine, cream boards, white lettering, [viii], 305 pages. Original printed dust jacket. A presentation copy, inscribed in ink on the front free endpaper, "Saul -- who if he agrees will I trust help spread my dream since... More about Utopia 1976

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1859. First edition. 12mo, original brown cloth, gilt lettering, 189 pages. Prepared by Evans, Calvin Green, and Giles Avery, a good overview of the history and beliefs of the Shakers up to this period. A minor variant on the binding title noted in Richmond. Richmond 646; Sabin 23152. More about Shakers. Compendium of the Origin, History, Principles, Rules and Regulations, Government, and...

Albany: Printed by Packard & Van Benthuysen, 1823. First edition. 12mo, contemporary tree calf, blue morocco label, gilt rules and lettering, xvi, 320 pages. An account meant to explain the views and practices of the Shakers to the world at large. Early bookplate of the Wesleyan Academy, Wilbraham, Mass., on... More about A Summary View of the Millennial Church of the United Society of Believers, (Commonly Called...

Americus, Georgia: Koinonia Partners, 1976. 8vo, original self-wrappers, 16 pages, illus.; 8vo, original self-wrappers, 16 pages, illus.; 6 leaves (unbound, unstapled, but mailed folded together), approx. 8.5 x 11 inches, illus. The newsletter gives broad outlines of the contemporary workings of the community (and includes order forms for various calico... More about Koinonia Products from the Farm. Spring 1976 [wrapper title; with:] Koinonia Partners. We must...

[Benton Harbor, Mich. n. p., ca. 1930-1940?]. Blue felt printed in gilt, approx. 14.75 inches long with a 5-inch base. Aimed at the tourist trade for this Israelite Adventist communal group, the City of David the colony led by Benjamin Purnell’s widow, Mary Purnell, after she and her followers separated..... More about City of David Benton Har. Mich. [original souvenir pennant for the communal religious colony

Cincinnati, March 13, 1833. 4 pages, 9-3/4 x 8 inches, integral address, approx. 1250 words. One gets some sense from this letter of the preoccupations of the era, as well as a hint at the tension between religion and progressive thought; Frances writes to her long-silent brother, “We heard thro’... More about Autograph letter, signed, to her brother Jerome Lanphear and her sister-in-law Melina in...

Oneida Reserve, N.Y. (Leonard and Company, Printers), June 28, 1851. 8vo, unbound, eight leaves, [241]-256 pages, untrimmed. The weekly newspaper of the perfectionist utopian Oneida Community and its leader John Humphrey Noyes, edited by Noyes' sister Harriet. This issue includes a lengthy nine page account of the beginnings and the... More about The Free Church Circular . . . Vol. IV. No. 16 [caption title

Oneida Reserve, N.Y. (Leonard and Company, Printers), March 13, 1851. 8vo, unbound, eight leaves, [49]-64 pages, untrimmed. Two old stab holes. The weekly newspaper of the perfectionist utopian Oneida Community and its leader John Humphrey Noyes. With one of Noyes' lengthy Home-Talks (on killing off the mercantile spirit of bargaining)... More about The Free Church Circular . . . Vol. IV. No. 4 [caption title

[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 about A Shaker Lunch . . . [wrapper title

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 about A Summary View of the Millennial Church of the United Society of Believers, Commonly Called...

[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 about Black Henbane, Hyoscyamus niger. D. M. & Co., Watervliet, N. Y