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The Sunday problem; its present day aspects, physiological, industrial, social, political, and religious. Papers presented at the International Congress on Sunday rest, Chicago, Sept. 28-30, 1893
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Boston: James H. Earle, Publisher, 1894. 5, 8-338p., wraps. 7.5 x 5 in. Edges chipped, covers dusty, otherwise Very Good. Proceedings from a conference, held in conjunction with the World's Columbian Exposition, on the topic of rest on Sundays. Includes papers on topics related to taking the day off in multiple sectors--mining, transportation, government--and on the social effects of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Three Months with the New York Herald, or Old News on Board of a Home-Ward-Bounder
by Potter, John Henry [as Capt. A. Minott Wright]
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- 1891
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$25.00
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New York: William Beverly Harison, 1891. Hardcover. [2], 222p., boards. Bound in blue cloth covered boards, block stamped in blue with a decorative title design on front board. Gilt titling on spine. Very Good. Narratives by a ship captain who turned to journalism. Item Price
$25.00
C.L. Swartz. Boot and Shoe Store, 12 South Pearl Street, Opp. Globe Hotel. Albany, N.Y.
by Swartz, Charles L.
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- 1890
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Albany, NY: Charles L. Swartz, 1890. Ephemera. 1 card, color illustrations. 4.5 x 3 in. Very Good. Chromolithographic advertising trade card depicts a boy in military dress playing with tin soldiers. Swartz shows up in a 1905 directory with a partner, Ira Levinson. Item Price
$15.00
Watchwords from John Boyle O'Reilly
by Conway, Katherine E.
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- 1891
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$35.00
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Boston: Joseph George Cupples at the Back Bay Bookstore, 1891. Hardcover. xli, [3], 60, [12]p. + 1 plate leaf in color, boards. Bound in publisher's red cloth, gilt stamped on front cover and spine. Spine faded. Biography and collection of excerpts published shortly after the poet's death. Item Price
$35.00
Confidential Talks with Young Men
by Sperry, Lyman B.
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- 1892
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$18.00
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New York: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1892. Hardcover. 179, [15]p., boards. 7.5 x 5 in. Bound in publisher's yellow cloth, block stamped title on front cover and spine. Spine soiled. Lacking dust jacket. Tear to page 55. Otherwise Very Good. Christian sexual education text. Item Price
$18.00
Science a Religious Revelation. An address delivered on September 19, 1893, before the World's Congress of Religions at Chicago, Ill
by Carus, Paul
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- 1893
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Chicago: Open Court Publishing Company, 1893. Pamphlet. 21, [1]p., wraps. 7.75 x 5.25 in. Vertical crease, covers smudged. Good. Stakes a conciliatory position to the relationship between religion and science. Item Price
$20.00
Charlie Coulson the drummer boy. A Christian hero of the American War; with a brief sketch of the author's conversion of From the synagogue to the cross
by Rossvally, M.L.
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$80.00
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Harrisburg, PA: Crysco Company. Pamphlet. 35, [1]p., illustrations, wraps. 7.25 x 4.75 in. Covers chipped, with no loss to cover illustration. Very Good. Full page illustrations depicting scenes from this popular story of religious redemption. Appended is the author's account of his conversion from Judaism to Christianity. Item Price
$80.00
Corporation rats in our national corn-crib
by Worsley, Albinus A.
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- 1895
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Chicago: Chicago Sentinel Publishing Co, 1895. Paperback. 145p. paperback, front cover with a reddish stain, paper toned. Populist attack on "bankers and bullionists" by the Arizona politician. Item Price
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Six of Them
by Perkins, Sarah M.
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- 1898
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Cleveland, OH: Mrs. S.M. Perkins, 1898. Hardcover. x, 236, [2] pages + 1 unnumbered plate leaf (author's portrait), boards. 7.25 x 5 in. Bookplate on front flyleaf. Bound in publisher's gray cloth over boards, block stamped on front cover and spine. A touch of fading to the cloth. Good. Temperance fiction. Perkins was an abolitionist, prohibitionist, author of education… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Dangers of the Hour: Speech of Matilda Joslyn Gage at the founding convention of the Woman's National Liberal Union, founded by Gage in 1890 to ensure religious freedom and the challenge the Religious Right of her day
by Gage, Matilda Joslyn; introduction by Sally Roesch Wagner
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Fayetteville, NY: The Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation, 2004. Pamphlet. vii. 25p., stapled wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches, old price sticker on rear wrap, else very good zine style reprint. The Matilda Joslyn Gage Reader Series. Item Price
$12.00
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Behind the Grill. Some Experiences of a country bank cashier
by Young, Duncan Francis
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- 1901
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New York: Abbey Press, 1901. Hardcover. 105, [1]p., boards. Bound in publisher's green cloth, stamped in silver on front cover and spine. Title page in red and black. Very Good. Author's account of his 5 years as a banker in a small town in southeastern Louisiana. With various thoughts on deposits, currency, bank cashier salaries, forged signatures, and much… Read more about this item Item Price
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Evolution and revolution. Seventh edition
by Reclus, Elisee
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- [189-?]
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London: W. Reeves, [189-?]. Pamphlet. 16p., stapled wraps, 4.75 x 7 inches, paper evenly browned, lower right corner chipped, else very good condition. Item Price
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Rosa Bonheur
by Hubbard, Elbert
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- 1897
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New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1897. Pamphlet. pp173-212, wraps, 4.5x6.75 inches, frontis. portrait of Bonheur, wraps worn and chipped at edges, dampstain along one edge through all pages, a reading copy only. Hubbard was an anarchist and the founder of the Roycroft Arts and Crafts community in East Aurora, NY. Little Journeys to the Homes of Famous Women Vol.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Charities, settlements, and social work; an inquiry into philosophy and method, 1890-1915
by Lloyd, Gary A.
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- 1971
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New Orleans: School of Social Work, Tulane University, 1971. Paperback. viii, 164p., wraps, slightly soiled from handling, else in very good condition. Tulane Studies in Social Welfare Volume XII. Item Price
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A common lot
by Penney, Kate [Mayhew] Speake
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- 1898
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$100.00
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Cincinnati, OH: The Editor Publishing Co, 1898. Hardcover. 253p., 5.5x7.5 inch pink cloth boards with titling and spine stamped in black; lacking dustjacket, spine is sunned, corners slightly bumped, faint handling soil on front, ownership signature in pencil on front free endpaper, otherwise in very good condition. Signed and inscribed by the author on the front paste-down endpaper. Temperance… Read more about this item Item Price
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Out of the Darkness
by Joynes, Bessie
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- 1894
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Manchester: Labour Press Society Limited, 1894. Pamphlet. 31, [1]p., wraps. 7 x 5.5 in. Good. Poems and vignettes about love and friendship as antidotes to loneliness. Not found in WorldCat (February 2024). Item Price
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Fabian Election Manifesto 1892
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- 1892
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London: Fabian Society, 1892. Pamphlet. 16p., wraps. 8.25 x 5.25 in. Front cover chipped; rear cover missing. Fabian tracts, 40. Item Price
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The Luxuries of the Rich-Do They Benefit the Poor? Read before the New Century Club at St. Paul November Twenty-Ninth Eighteen-Hundred and Ninety-Three
by Wilson, Louise B.
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- 1894
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St. Paul [MN]: Press of Wm. L. Banning Jr., 1894. Pamphlet. 16p., wraps. 9.5 x 6 in. Pencil underscoring throughout. Spine splitting at head and foot; edges chipped; rear wrapper torn; extremities of leaves creased; wrappers dust soiled; Good. The author argues in favor of consuming luxury goods, which, it is further claimed, help keep working classes employed and… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Plan of Campaign for Labor - Containing the Substance of the Fabian Manifesto entitled "To Your Tents, O Israel !" ("Fortnightly Review," Nov. 1893); with Practical Proposals for Labor Representation. Price Twopence
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London: The Fabian Society, 1894. Pamphlet. 33p., "self-wraps" (issued without a cover, titlepage is also cover title), plain printed alkaline paperstock in 8.5x5.5 inch staple-fastened wraps. Light penciling to cover, dust-soil and mild edgewear, shallow small bump to heel. The real problem for this item are the staples, so rusty they no longer hold several center-folded text pages -… Read more about this item Item Price
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Havana Cuba; City map of Cuba
by P. Valer, illustrations
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- 1920
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$60.00
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Havana: [E. Ortiz & Co. - Proprietors], 1920. Map. Six 4x9 inch panels; slight hint of foxing on inside, one folding crease is mildly torn along the bottom, otherwise in very good condition. Item Price
$60.00
