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1837. Second Edition. London: Saunders and Otley, 1837. Second Edition. 3/4 Calf Octavos. Vol I. 364; Vol II. 369; and Vol III. 365 pages. Morocco labels with raised bands on the spine, gilt tooling used on all six spine compartments with publication date tooled onto the bottom of the spine as well. End papers are also marbled. Slight rubbing on the hinges. Minor scuffing to the front board on Volume III. Harriet Martineau (1802-1876) was a popular sociologist, traveler, philosopher and feminist. Martineau, known widely for her views on abolition and observations on societal issues, is often considered the first female sociologist. From 1834-36 Martineau travelled to America and observed American political and social institutions, which came as a result of the family textile business which had since failed. It was during this time that she met numerous abolitionist and wrote of the poor state of affairs in America for the slaves and for women, especially in the field of rights and education. This…
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SOCIETY IN AMERICA. [THREE VOLUMES]
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Sacred Music, containing a great variety of psalm and hymn tunes; selected principally, from the most eminent European authors ... To which is prefixed, a musical grammar, a musical dictionary, &c
by Ely, Seth
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Cincinati: Printed by Morgan, Lodge and Co. for the Proprietors, 1822. viii, [1], 10-320 pp. Rear free endpaper lacking. Three of the page edges are painted with watercolor paint. 7 copies located on OCLC. Imprints, 8616, Morgan, 1358.
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Samuel Osborne Janitor
by Padelford, Frederick Morgan
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Boston: LeRoy Phillips Publisher, 1913. Osborne was born enslaved, taught himself to read and eventually became a long-time janitor at Colby College. This is Ernest Marriner's Copy a long-time professor at Colby and author of a history of the College.
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Scottish Reward Broadside. 3 Guineas Reward. Whereas Several Wanton and Mischievous Trespasses Have Been Committed on the Houses and Grounds of North Tarry, by Breaking Windows, Tearing down and carrying away the wood wok of the office houses, the leaden pump, robbing the pigeon house, breaking young trees &c. A Reward of three Guineas is hereby offered..
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Arbroath, Scotland: P. Cochran, 1822. The agricultural distress that arose in the wake of the Napoleonic Wars and the introduction of machinary was at its height in 1822, the year in which Parliament conducted major hearings. Crime was rife during this period throughout Great Britain. Arbroath, in Angus County, is located on the North Sea Coast midway between Edinburgh and Aberdeen. No other copies located.
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Sentenced Without a Cause: The story of Peter Whitehead illegally certified and wrongfully detained for 12 years in mental institutions.
by David Roxan
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London: Frederick Muller Limited, 1958. 255 pp. Peter Whitehead never knew his father and was orphaned by the only person who could tell him, his mother, when he was 13 years old. He would be detained in mental institutions for the next 12 years of his life which was often common practice for children without parents at this time in England. This book recounts his experiences within the systems that were keeping him from the outside world and how he was finally released following a High Court application in 1956. Slight cracking and discoloration to dust jacket.
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Seven Issues of the Council Correspondence for Theory and Discussion, English Edition
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Chicago: United Workers'Party, 1935. 7 issues for January -May, August and October 1935. Good condition with minor discoloration and wear to the wraps.
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Seven pamphlets on the History and current issues related to Trinity Church in New York City, 1856- 1874
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1874. Seven pamphlets in good condition with minor wear and foxing. One is lacking a rear wrap. These pamphlets document ongoing legal issues facing this very wealthy and powerful New York church.
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Shaker Communism; or tests of Divine Inspiration. The Second Christian or Gentile Pentecostal Church, as Exemplified by Seventy Communities of Shakers in America
by Evans, Frederick
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London: James Burns, 1871. vii [1[, 120 pp. Good with minor chips to the wraps and a small inventory number written in on the corner of the title page. The number indicates it was once used at Canterbury. Elder Frederick Evans was born in England and joined the Shakers at New Lebanon as a young man. He was a social reformer and worked to keep Shaker beliefs relevant in a changing world. He traveled to back to England on missionary trips.
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Shaker Furniture. The Craftsmanship of an American Communal Sect
by Andrews, Edward
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New Haven: Yale University Press, 1937. 133 pp. 500 copies printed. This is a first edition of arguably the book that introduced many Americans to Shaker design. The work is illustrated with photographs by William Winter. The first edition in dust jacket is difficult to find. Light wear to the jacket. Ex-Wertkin collection.
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Shaker Medical Spring Water. It is a Cure Bright's Disease of the Kidneys, Stone in the Bladder and Kidneys, Dyspepsia, Liver Complaint, Dropsy, Salt Rheum, and Scrofulous Humors..
by Sprague, J.H.
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Boston: Shaker Agency, 1881. 4 pp. Fine and unfolded. This piece includes an analysis of the spring water sent to Brother Elijah Myrick dated Nov. 15, 1880 and this piece was probably published in early 1881 in anticipation of the opening of The Rural Home located at the former North Family of the Harvard Shaker Community. The recently constructed North Family dwelling was converted to a health resort featuring Shaker Medical Water.
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Shakers of Ohio Fugitve Papers Concerning the Shakers of Ohio, With Unpublished Manuscripts
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Columbus: F.J. Heer, 1907. 415 pp. Very good with names in pencil on the rear fly leaf. Surprising scarce with no copies currently for sale online. Inscribed to Elbert Hubbard in 1908 on the front flyleaf. This work gathers the various articles written by MacLean on the Shakers in one volume. MacLean salvaged a startling amount of Shaker material and even issued rare book catalogs to promote institutional collecting of Shaker material.
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A Shaker's Answer to the Oft-Repeated Question, "What Would Become of the World if all Become Shaker
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Ëast Canterbury, NH, Circa 188o's. 17, [1] pp. Good with wear to the spine and corners. The last edition of this work.
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The Singing Years. A Collection of Poems. Published by a Loving Father as a Tribute and Memorial to a Devoted Daughter
by Ford, Blanche Butler
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Cleveland: The Penton Press, 1913. Bound in blue pebbled morocco. Unpaginated. Illustrated with a frontis portrait. Bound in blue morocco and decorated, lined and lettered in gilt with inset of a red and green tulip in the center of the front board. Includes silk endpapers. OCLC locates 8 copies. Very good with insignificant rubbing to the binding. Limited to 100 copies and inscribed by the author's father. Ford's father Joseph Butler was an Ohio industrialist and founder of the Butler Institute for American art. Ford wrote poems about friends, family and here Ohio home. Illustrated with prints of ink drawings with one image almost certainly of the North Union Ohio Shaker stone mill in what is now Shaker Heights.
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Single Issue of the Post-Boy, and Vermont & New Hampshire Federal Courier with an Eary printing of the Constitution of Haiti
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Windsor: Nahum Mower, 1805. Complete issue for July 30, 1805. 8 pages. Foxed, folds, removed from a bound volume. One ad clipped out of the last page. Almost two complete pages printing the Constitution of the new country of Haiti.
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Sir Henry Morgan: The Buccaneer
by Howard, E.
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New York: Burgess, Stringer & Co, 1847. 138 pp. Fair condition with split at the top of the spine, interior foxed, title page is lacking a small piece on the upper left corner. Four copies located in institutions. Wolff, 3309.
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The Sketch-Book
by Irving, Washington
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Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1837. Volume 2 only With two Hallowell Maine Social Library labels with rules of the institution The boards are covered with an early heavy paper The exterior of the book is scuffed up with some damaged to the label on the front cover but the interior label is in near fine condition with a minor ink smudge A very attractive early social library label. 264 pp.
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The Smell of Burning Crosses
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Jacksonville, IL: Harris-Wolfe & Company, 1967. 208 pp. Boards a bit warped and binding lightly soiled and faded. Uncorrected first edition proof as issued for review of the press on April1st, 1967. This copy includes a two-page informational sheet stating the book would be released August 1st. Harkey (1918-2006) was a Pulitzer Prize winning reporter who purchased a small Mississippi newspaper that he turned into a equal right paper. He eventually was pushed out of the state.
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Snake Pit Attendant: The Experiences of a Mental Hospital Attendant
by Jesse Walter Dees, Jr.
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New York: Exposition Press, 1950. 144 pp. A first hand account of the brutality and incompetence in mental hospitals faced by patients and attendants alike. Jesse Walter Dees, Jr., was the head of the Sociology department at University of Tampa, Florida and spent much of his time writing about the down-trodden of society. Cracking and wear to the dust jacket.
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Some Account of the Welch Charity Schools; And of the Rise and Progress of Methodism in Wales, Through the Means of Them, under the sole Management and Direction of Griffith Jones, Clerk, Record of Llandower in Carmarthenshire...
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London: n.p., 1752. 138 pages. Leather spine over marbled boards in good condition. With bookplate of Lewis Buck of Bideford in Devon. Good content on Methodist clergy who were trying to educate poor youth in Wales.
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Some account of the system of fagging at Winchester school; With remarks, and a correspondence with Dr. Williams, head master of that school, on the ... resistance to the authority of the præfects.
by Malet, Alexander
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Has a plain front wrap but lacking rare wrap. Text soiled and foxed. Fagging involved upper classmen harassing underclassmen in British Schools. In this case Malet's brother was beaten and expelled for not following the rules of fagging.
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