Social Movements, Protest, Labor from Citation Books, ABAA/ ILAB

"John R(ebel) Peacock, Unpardoned, Unrepentant, Unreconstructed. High Point North Carolina, Confederate States of America." 
High Point, North Carolina, September 13, 1954. Typed letter signed on illustrated letterhead. Quarto (11" x 8.5"), single sheet, verso blank, with the original mailing envelope. Folded twice horizontally, slight edge wear & soiling, otherwise very good. The envelope is soiled & a bit tattered but still good. Mr.… Read more about this item

New York: Roth Horowitz LLC, 1999. First edition, one of 500 copies. Oblong octavo (7.75" x 10") 39 pages, illustrated throughout (some in color, some folding). Publisher's light gray thick boards lettered in white on the upper cover bound by red wire rings. Boards slightly soiled & toned, trace edge wear, otherwise near fine. An extremely clever catalog for the Roth Horowitz… Read more about this item

Boston: Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 1873. First edition. Octavo (9.5" x 6.5"), 12 pages including covers, with illustrations from woodcuts throughout. Publisher's pictorial paper wraps, sewn. OCLC locates 11 copies under 3 accession numbers as of 4/7/2024. Moderately toned & soiled, edge wear including shallow creasing at the corners, otherwise good or better. "This essay received the… Read more about this item

Boston: Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 1872. First edition. Duodecimo (7.5" x 5.5"), 8 pages. Publisher's pictorial paper wraps, sewn. OCLC locates 8 copies under 2 accession numbers as of 4/7/2024. Lightly toned & soiled, trace edge wear, otherwise very good. "To awaken attention to the improper use of check-reins, we wish to give a wide circulation to… Read more about this item

Boston: Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, no date (ca. 1886). First editions. Octavos (8.75" x 5.75"), single sheets folded once vertically forming 4 pages each, illustrated. OCLC records narrow holdings for numbers 1. 3, & 4 only as of 4/7/2024 Moderately toned & soiled, brief edge wear, otherwise very good. George Thorndike Angell (1823 – 1909) founded the… Read more about this item

Boston: Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, printed by Wright & Potter, April 4, 1881. First edition. Original folio broadside measuring approximately 15 inches by 9.5 inches printed recto only on medium paper. Not found in OCLC as of 3/30/2024. Old folds, Moderately toned & soiled, edge wear including creasing & a one inch tear, otherwise good or… Read more about this item

New York: George H. Doran Company, (1915). First Edition. Octavo (8.25" x 5.5"), 94 pages. Publisher's yellow cloth lettered in blue on the spine, with blue printed paper label on the upper cover providing author & title. Covers soiled, modest edge wear, foxing throughout (heavy at times), one leaf with corner crease, a good or so copy of an important book. Alice… Read more about this item

New York: Charities Publication Committee, 1911. Second printing. Octavo (8" x 5.5"), xii & 213 pages plus [4] pages of advertisements. Publisher's olive cloth lettered in gilt on the spine & upper cover. Spine dull, brief wear at extremities, binding cracked at p. 212 (still secure), text moderately toned, browning at p. 46 from removed newsclipping, text a bit toned, previous… Read more about this item

New York: Oaksmith & Co., Five issues, volume I, January to July, (omitting July as issued), 1859. Small quarto (10.25" x 7"), 664 pages, profusely illustrated from woodcuts. Publisher's gilt-lettered quarter black morocco & black pebbled cloth. Text in two columns. Ex-library with rubber-stamp of the Frank J. Basloe Library at the ffep (no other marks). Binding worn, rubbed & scuffed,… Read more about this item

[Newark, New Jersey: Bureau of Moral And Hygienic Education, Inc.], 1929 (copyright). 16mo (6.5" x 4.75"), 24 pages. Publisher's light card covers, stapled. Margins sunned, internal toning, otherwise very good. The first in a series of sex booklets for "adults only" by the prolific Dr. Krauss who was the president of the Bureau of Moral And Hygienic Education. "SEX is SEX: -… Read more about this item

No place (United Kingdom ?), no publisher, no date (ca. 1880's per OCLC). First & only edition. 12mo (7" x 5"), 76 pages. Publisher's gilt-lettered blue cloth over flexible boards. Recorded by OCLC but not located (accession number 4263946). Ex-library (deaccessioned) with call number label on the upper cover, bookplate, rubber stamped markings, etc., modest edge wear, front cover warped, cloth… Read more about this item

New York: American Tract Society, no date (circa 1850's per OCLC). 24mo (5.75" x 4"), 24 pages. Publisher's printed paper wraps, sewn. OCLC locates two copies as of 1/28/2024. Upper cover partially separated, foxed & soiled, modest edge wear including nicks & small loss at the lower corner of the rear cover, internally toned, otherwise good or better. Author John Bartholomew Gough… Read more about this item

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: [Patriotic Order Sons of America, State Camp of Pennsylvania], 1918. "Revised edition." 24mo (6" x 4.25"), 112 pages. Original stapled paper wraps. OCLC locates computer files or internet resource only for a 1925 edition as of 12/16/2023. Moderately soiled, upper wrap with a couple of tears (now reinforced with archival tissue on the verso) small chip at the lower… Read more about this item

Norfolk, Virginia: [Tidewater Klans], July 16, 1924. Broadside/ handbill, octavo (8.5" x 5"), printed in black ink on medium paper. Not found in OCLC as of 11/12/2023. Brief edge wear, folded 3 times horizontally, lightly toned & soiled, otherwise very good. The event featured an address by Dr. J.H. Hawkins, National Lecturer Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, and, of course, a… Read more about this item

[Norfolk, Virginia ?]: Tidewater Klans, July 3rd, ca. 1924. Broadside/ handbill, octavo (9,5" x 5.75"), printed in black ink on medium paper. Not found in OCLC as of 11/12/2023. Moderate edge wear including a short tear & corner creasing, folded 3 times horizontally, soiled, otherwise good or better. The celebration featured a morning session only for families and friends offering bicycle races,… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1908. "Special Philadelphia Edition with References." Sextodecimo (6.5" x 4.5"), 159 & [1] pages. Publisher's light brown/ tan cloth lettered in black on the spine & upper cover. Binding soiled, spine browned, edges lightly rubbed, brief wear at corners, text toned, Previous owner's name, address & presentation in ink & pencil at the ffep, a good or… Read more about this item

Wheaton, Illinois: Church League of America, 1965. Original illustrated broadside, folio (14" x 6.5"), single sheet printed recto only. Text in three columns. Folded once horizontally, moderate edge wear, some creasing, tiny hole affecting a letter in Shackelford's name, lightly foxed & soiled, otherwise Good or better. Reprints an article originally published in the Chicago Tribune on October 17, 1965. The Tribune,… Read more about this item

London, Edinburgh, & New York: T. Nelson & Sons, no date (1860 per OCLC). Oblong 16mo (4.25" x 6.5"), Publisher's pictorial printed wraps with "Views of the Isle of Wight as described by the Rev. Legh Richmond (16 pages, sewn) & 10 lithographs in color plus a folding panorama laid in (as issued). Wraps soiled, edge wear including a loss at… Read more about this item

New York: Office of the American Temperance Union, printed by S.W. Benedict. Lot of three issues: Volume IX New Series, Numbers 10, & 12, October 1 & December 1, 1848 & Volume X New Series, No. 1, January 1, 1849. First editions. Small folios (12.25" x 9.5"), 4 pages each, illustrated. Original newspapers, single sheets folded once vertically. Removed from… Read more about this item

Includes: Macleod, Jennifer S. & Sandra T. Silverman. "You Won't Do" What Textbooks on U.S. Government Teach High School Girls. Pittsburgh: Know, Inc., no date [1973]. First edition. Broadsheet, 4to, 2 pages printed on yellow paper, with dramatic illustration of Uncle Sam. [Newsletter] "Freedom of the Press Belongs to Those Who Own the Press." (caption title). Pittsburgh: Know, Inc., Volume 5, No.… Read more about this item