[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

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

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

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

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

(Minneapolis): Little Free Press, (1982). First edition. 16mo, original printed yellow wrappers, [1], 31 pages, dated 9/6/82 in the colophon. One of the utopian pamphlets published by the advocate of the "Priceless Society" system, the Minnesota real estate speculator turned libertarian drop-out Ernest Mann, whose long-running Little Free Press was... More

[N. p., ca. 1934-1940?]. Real photo postcard in sepia, approx. 3.38 x 5.38 inches, unused. A fine and appropriate image from the first of Eleanor Roosevelt's planned communities, intended for displaced West Virginia miners. The project eventually disbanded in 1947. More

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

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

[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

[Watervliet, N.Y. n. p., ca. 1850]. Single leaf of pearlblush 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 yellow stock, approx. 2 x 2.88 inches. Decorative border. An attractive bright herbal label from the Shaker village communal society at New Lebanon. More

[Harvard, Mass. n. p., ca. 1850?]. Single leaf printed recto only on white stock, approx. 0.75 x 2.75 inches. Upper and lower decorative border. 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