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Childrens [sic] March for Survival

Childrens [sic] March for Survival

Washington, D. C.: Children's March for Survival, 1972. The program for a 1972 march to "focus national attention on the plight of children in America" who "are exploited - by the government for its war, by employers for 'cheap' labor and by the death pushers of heroin." The march was held on Saturday, March 25, 1972, in Washington, D. C., and although it attracted activists and residents from other cities, a New York Times article suggests that as many as two-thirds of... Read more about this item
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£36.42
An Appeal to Tax-Payers, In Opposition to the Existing Law for the Sale of Intoxicating Liquors

An Appeal to Tax-Payers, In Opposition to the Existing Law for the Sale of Intoxicating Liquors

by William J. Mullen

Philadelphia: Printed by J. Craig, [1852]. Paginated [17]-40 pages, i.e., [23] pages. 12mo. Pamphlet; removed; without wrappers, else Very Good. Scarce Philadelphia temperance tract railing against the traffickers of alcohol. Mullen connects alcoholism to sufferers of mental illness as well as highlighting an increase of crime, sometimes leading to murder. Mullen suggests that taxpayers are being overburdened through the allowance of alcohol sales; sales that create profits, but also create unwell... Read more about this item
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£121.40
Remedy For Duelling. A Sermon, Delivered before the Presbytery of Long-Island, at the Opening of their Session, at Aquebogue, April 16, 1806. By Lyman Beecher

Remedy For Duelling. A Sermon, Delivered before the Presbytery of Long-Island, at the Opening of their Session, at Aquebogue, April 16, 1806. By Lyman Beecher

by Lyman Beecher

Sag Harbor: Printed by Alden Spooner, 1807. Small octavo, iv, [1], 6-44pp. Pamphlet removed from bound volume, without wrappers. Title-leaf and spine with expert tissue mend; toned and foxed. Jenkins: "The chief emphasis of [Beecher's] sermon is the defamation of duellists as individuals unworthy of a good Christian's vote." Harriet Beecher Stowe and Henry Ward Beecher were the children of eminent clergyman Lyman Beecher (1775-1865), at this time, the pastor of the Church in East-Hampton, Long Island.... Read more about this item
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£101.16
Gouverneur Must Serve the People

Gouverneur Must Serve the People

[New York]: [The Committee for Decent Health Care], 1973. A bilingual pamphlet issued by the Committee for Decent Health Care on behalf of patients and community members of the Lower East Side who either work or receive care at Gouverneur Hospital. The group demands the end to racist hiring practices and services, more non-professional staff representation on the hospital's advisory board, and an end to understaffing and inadequate patient care. Stapled, photo-illustrated wrappers (5 ½" x 8 ½"), 10... Read more about this item
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£60.70
Nixon-Mills Welfare Plan: Slave Jobs

Nixon-Mills Welfare Plan: Slave Jobs

National Welfare Rights Organization, 1972. A provocative poster from the National Welfare Rights Organization featuring the silhouette of a black woman scrubbing floors, a "slave job" that the NWRO accuses Richard Nixon and Wilbur Mills of promoting with their bipartisan welfare reform legislation. Printed landscape in blue and orange on a 17" x 11" sheet of thin white stock. Print slightly askew, tiny nick to the center of the top edge, but about Fine. Not found by us separately catalogued in OCLC,... Read more about this item
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£101.16
Journal of a Tour to Malta, Greece, Asia Minor, Carthage, Algiers, Port Mahon, and Spain, in 1828. To which is appended an Account of the Distribution of the Cargo of Provisions and Clothing to the Suffering Greeks, by the agents of the Greek Committee of the City of New York, sent in the brig Herald, May, 1828

Journal of a Tour to Malta, Greece, Asia Minor, Carthage, Algiers, Port Mahon, and Spain, in 1828. To which is appended an Account of the Distribution of the Cargo of Provisions and Clothing to the Suffering Greeks, by the agents of the Greek Committee of the City of New York, sent in the brig Herald, May, 1828

by Samuel Woodruff, Esq

Hartford: Cooke and Co., 1831. Twelvemo.  Lithographic frontispiece, 283pp. Publisher's quarter muslin cloth spine with printed boards and spine label. Ownership inscription of Newell Greeley. Soil to binding and light exterior wear; internally, one creased leaf; general foxing. First edition, first printing. Woodruff's journal of this travelogue and expedition to distribute food and clothing to the Greeks. Woodruff offers thorough descriptions and observations of his tour destinations, delving into... Read more about this item
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£364.18
Cabinet card photograph of Charles Sumner, abolitionist and Massachusetts senator

Cabinet card photograph of Charles Sumner, abolitionist and Massachusetts senator

by J.W. Black, Photographer

Boston: J.W. Black, Photographer, 173 Washington Street. [19th century]. Top of mount trimmed; light foxing. An original cabinet card photograph showing a seated Charles Sumner (1811-1874) of Massachusetts, renowned for his advocacy for civil rights for Black Americans during the nineteenth century. Sumner is show with a cane in his right hand and a magnifier loupe suspended from his vest.
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£28.33
Gonna Rise Again!: Economic Organizing For Hard Times

Gonna Rise Again!: Economic Organizing For Hard Times

by Resources for Community Change

Washington, D. C.: Resources for Community Change, 1976. A resource guide for community activists involved in anti-capitalist, anti-racist, pro-labor, and pro-women's rights organizing. The guide is divided into three sections: articles, which provide analysis, strategies, and an overview of the problem; groups, which provide examples of how people are working for change; and resources, which offer more extensive information and analysis than could be covered in the booklet. Stapled, illustrated... Read more about this item
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£52.60
Poems

Poems

by Henry Kent

Philadelphia: Ferris and Leach, 1906. 12mo, 104 pages. First edition. Publisher's plum-colored cloth binding. Boards discolored from old dampstaining; a majority of pages with a very thin tideline stain to upper margin. A good sound copy of a scarce book. Posthumously-published collection of poems written by the Quaker abolitionist, reformer, and poet Henry Simmons Kent (d. 1906), affiliated with the Swarthmore Friends of Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. A testimonial on p99 describes Kent's "great influence... Read more about this item
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£60.70
Cabinet card photograph of William Lloyd Garrison, abolitionist and Massachusetts social reformer and activist

Cabinet card photograph of William Lloyd Garrison, abolitionist and Massachusetts social reformer and activist

by [Unk.]

[America. N.p., n.d. 19th century]. Mount tanned; its verso is blank and lightly-skinned along its edges. Cabinet card photograph capturing William Lloyd Garrison, the influential Massachusetts activist known for his dedication to supporting Black Americans during the nineteenth century.
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£28.33
The Community Church of Boston [1963 program] [Sacco & Vanzetti interest]

The Community Church of Boston [1963 program] [Sacco & Vanzetti interest]

by LOTHROP, Rev. Donald G. (Minister)

[Boston: The Community Church of Boston], 1963. One sheet folded to make 4 pp. A program for the social justice Community Church of Boston, which at the time was presided over by the Rev. Donald G. Lothrop. The address for Sun., Nov. 3, was from white civil rights activist and novelist, Truman Nelson, and was titled, "Man and Cuba Man: Does the Revolutionary Process Transform the Human Condition?" Future addresses included those by Scott Nearing, John Ciardi, Dr. Kirtley F. Mather and Ruth... Read more about this item
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£36.42
War

War

by Tolstoy, Leo; V. Tchertkoff (editor); Emile Holarek (illustrator)

Christchurch, Hants: The Free Age Press, 1907. First Edition. A collection of realistic and allegorical illustrations by Emile Holarek representing the horrors of war and its antagonism to Christianity, with text from the writings of Leo Tolstoy and others. One of many Tolstoy publications issued by The Free Age Press, the publishing imprint established by Vladimir Chertkov in England in 1900 following his exile from Russia. With a small catalog laid in featuring a printed letter from Tolstoy to the... Read more about this item
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£161.86
Everyman, Vol. 12, No. 8, April 1918

Everyman, Vol. 12, No. 8, April 1918

by North, Luke (editor)

Los Angeles: Golden Press, 1918. An issue of Luke North's single tax journal, which began in 1908 as an organ of philosophical anarchism. This issue features many tributes to Everyman associate editor and treasurer of The Great Adventure in California, Herman Kuehn, who died on March 5, 1918. Included are a portrait of Kuehn by Barnet Braverman, a short letter from Eugene Debs, and testimonials by Luke North and other single taxers who worked with Kuehn in the Great Adventure. Other content includes two... Read more about this item
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£60.70
The National Security and the National Faith. Guaranties [sic] for the National Freedman and National Creditor. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, at the Republican State Convention, in Worcester, September 14, 1865

The National Security and the National Faith. Guaranties [sic] for the National Freedman and National Creditor. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, at the Republican State Convention, in Worcester, September 14, 1865

by Charles Sumner

Boston: Rand & Avery, 1865. 14pp. 8vo, self-wrappers, as-issued; very good. First edition? (A 21-page ed. was issued the same year in Boston by Wright & Potter). Less than six months after the Civil War had ended, Sumner's speech to the Republican State Convention warned that "Neither the Rebellion nor Slavery is yet ended. The Rebellion has been disarmed; but that is all. Slavery has been abolished in name; but that is all." He adds: "Emancipation not complete, so long as the black' code exists...... Read more about this item
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£202.33
Carte-de-visite photograph of Wendell Phillips, abolitionist and social reformer

Carte-de-visite photograph of Wendell Phillips, abolitionist and social reformer

by [Gurney & Son; Wendell Phillips]

New York: J. Gurney & Son, 707 Broadway. [19th century]. Lightly worn, identified in neatly-written pencil in two places; near fine. A nineteenth-century carte-de-visite photograph depicting Wendell Phillips (1811-1884), known for his roles as an abolitionist, orator, and advocate for women's rights, in a seated three-quarter view.
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£36.42
The Church and Tobacco

The Church and Tobacco

by M.E. Poland, M.D

Pittsburg, Pa.: The No-Tobacco Army, 1923. First edition. 184pp. One illus. Sm. 8vo. Publisher's cloth. Brief binding wear; light creases to front endpaper; some thumbed pages; Good. Uncommon title with the goal of stamping out tobacco use by explaining its deleterious effects on health ("poison of nerve cells" being but one) as well as on spirit ("evidence of spiritual loss"). The reader is instructed by the "The No-Tobacco Army" on how to become and activist and steps to take to oppose tobacco. The... Read more about this item
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£101.16
Carte-de-visite photograph of Charles Sumner, abolitionist and Massachusetts senator

Carte-de-visite photograph of Charles Sumner, abolitionist and Massachusetts senator

by Silsbee, Case & Co

Boston: Silsbee, Case & Co. 299½ Washington Street. [19th century]. With a contemporary label of Bostob's J.E. Tilton, "manufacturers of photograph albums [and] photographs of all distinguished persons." Lightly-foxed mount; near fine. A fine carte-de-visite photograph presenting a standing view of Charles Sumner (1811-1874) of Massachusetts, renowned for his advocacy for civil rights for Black Americans during the nineteenth century.
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£36.42
Vigilance (Continuing The Philanthropist), Vol. XXIII, No. 11, August, 1910

Vigilance (Continuing The Philanthropist), Vol. XXIII, No. 11, August, 1910

New York: The American Purity Alliance and National Vigilance Committee, 1910. Content for this issue includes short news items on various campaigns to halt immoral activity in cities such as Atlantic City; an article on combating the Chinese white slave trade in San Francisco; editorials on the white slave trade in New York City, the National Vigilance Committee's legislative efforts, the campaign for a safer Fourth of July holiday, a warning to parents on the moral dangers to their high school age... Read more about this item
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£40.46
Cabinet card photograph of Wendell Phillips, abolitionist and social reformer

Cabinet card photograph of Wendell Phillips, abolitionist and social reformer

by J.W. Black, Photographer

Boston: J.W. Black, Photographer, 173 Washington Street. [19th century]. Light foxing; one corner with soft bump; very good. A nineteenth-century cabinet card photograph depicting Wendell Phillips (1811-1884), known for his roles as an abolitionist, orator, and advocate for women's rights, in a side profile view.
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£28.33
La Choza de Tom ó Sea Vida de los Negros en el sur de Los Estados Unidos, Novela Escrita en Ingles por Enriqueta Beecher Stowe..

La Choza de Tom ó Sea Vida de los Negros en el sur de Los Estados Unidos, Novela Escrita en Ingles por Enriqueta Beecher Stowe..

by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Madrid: Imprenta de Ayguals de Izco Hermanos, 1852. Small quarto. 476, [4], [2, (blank)] pages. Quarter leather spine, patterned boards. Binding with general rubbing; small expert tissue mend near title-page gutter; very good. The rare first Spanish edition of Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896), published in the same year as the first American edition. This Madrid edition was published and translated by Wenceslao Ayguals de Izco, the social critic, progressive reformer, and... Read more about this item
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£2,832.55
Carte-de-visite photograph of William Lloyd Garrison, abolitionist and Massachusetts social reformer and activist

Carte-de-visite photograph of William Lloyd Garrison, abolitionist and Massachusetts social reformer and activist

by [Warren's of Boston]

Boston: Warren's, 289 Washington Street. [19th century]. Lightly worn; near fine. A fine carte-de-visite photograph capturing William Lloyd Garrison, the influential Massachusetts activist known for his dedication to supporting Black Americans during the nineteenth century. The photographer's backmark notes that Warren's was "under the establishment of Mrs. S.B. Heald."
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£68.79
W. C. T. U. Entertainment on Saturday Ev'g, April 9, '87 to be Held at Massasoit Hall, Strasburg... [opening lines of broadsheet]

W. C. T. U. Entertainment on Saturday Ev'g, April 9, '87 to be Held at Massasoit Hall, Strasburg... [opening lines of broadsheet]

by [Woman's Christian Temperance Union]

[Strasburg, Pennsylvania]: Strasburg Free Press Steam Job Print [1887]. [2]pp. Broadsheet. 9½ x 4½ inches. Ceam colored wove paper. Folds and creases; two short closed tears and minor abrasions; good. Here is a broadsheet program for an evening's entertainment at Massasoit Hall in Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania sponsored by the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. The W. C. T. U. was a women-led mass social reform movement that promoted abstinence from alcohol along with evangelical... Read more about this item
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£60.70
Perestroika. New Thinking for Our Country and the World

Perestroika. New Thinking for Our Country and the World

by Gorbachev, Mikhail

London: Collins. 1987. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. 254 pages. Gorbachev's own account of the revolution he implemented in the Soviet Union in the 1980s. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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£7.93
1849 Autograph Letter Signed by Theodore Dwight seeking recommendations for his Dwight's American Magazine

1849 Autograph Letter Signed by Theodore Dwight seeking recommendations for his Dwight's American Magazine

by Theodore Dwight (1796-1866)

N. York [New York City]. February 6, 1849. [1]p. Single ruled leaf. Folds; very good. Autograph letter signed by author, abolitionist, and newspaper editor Theodore Dwight (1796-1866) seeking the recommendation of a clergyman for his Dwight's American Magazine and Family Newspaper. Dwight hopes that with the help of New York State legislators his magazine will obtain recommendations "...to the School District Libraries of this state." "In 1833 Dwight joined his father in New York City and collaborated... Read more about this item
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£202.33
[Women's Association for the Poor and the Sick] Siebenter Bericht über die Leistungen des weiblichen Vereins für Armen und Krankenpflege..

[Women's Association for the Poor and the Sick] Siebenter Bericht über die Leistungen des weiblichen Vereins für Armen und Krankenpflege..

by Amalie Wilhelmine Sieveking (1794-1859)

Hamburg [Germany]: Langhosssche Buchdruckerei, 1839. [1], 63, [1 (blank)]pp. 8vo. Text in German. Self-titled printed wrappers. Surface soil, and stains to exterior; perimeter chips in un-printed areas to wraps; foxing; good. This pamphlet on nursing and charity work by German philanthropist and social reformer Amalie Sieveking (1794-1859) reports on the activities of the Weiblichen Vereins für Armen und Krankenpflege-the Women's Association for the Poor and the Sick. Sieveking founded this nursing and... Read more about this item
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£60.70
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