New York: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Publisher, 1917. Wraps. Printed wraps. 16 pages. A report drawing on a variety of statistics that chart illnesses and various diseases in the Chelsea part of New York City. The report discusses living conditions, access to health care and other subjects and was conducted..... More
Provincetown: Pagan Press, 1998. Wraps. illustrated wraps. 96 pages. A few illustrations throughout. A work looking at male homosexuality, examining its acceptance in classical antiquity and how the Christian taboo against male love influenced its non-acceptance in society. It also looks at the gay emancipation movements of the 19th and..... More
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Co, 1880. Half Leather. Half leather with marbled boards. 860 pp. Bound volume, lacking any original wrappers issued. July through December issues of the Atlantic Monthly, for 1880. Includes a piece by Mark Twain, "A Telephone Conversation;" poetry by Sarah Orne Jewett, Henry Longfellow and Celia..... More
Lucca: Salv. e Grand Marescand, printer/publisher, 1741. Vellum. Stated secdond edition, revised and corrected. Vellum. Roughly 6 by 3 ½ inches. Xx, 413 pp. MISSING leaf 167/68 and 385/86. All text in Italian. As the lengthy title indicates, this work is devoted to the many churches found in Lucca, Italy..... More
New York: The Century Co, 1882. Half Leather. Half leather with marbled boards. 960 pp. Illustrations throughout. Bound volume of this monthly magazine including a piece by John Muir on "the bee pastures of California;" "among the Thlinkits in Alaska," discussing the indigenous people and their culture; an article on..... More
New York: World View Forum, Publisher, 1992. Wraps. Illustrated wraps. 21 pages. A short work issued by the Movement for a People's Assembly, an organization formed in late 1992 to address issues of racism and poverty in the United States, among other issues. This work addresses the protests that grew..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1858. First Edition. Cloth. First edition. Brown cloth. 436 pages, with all illustrations and maps present as called for. Volume one only (out of three) of this history of early New England, with sections on the indigenous inhabitants, early explorations by European explorers, early European..... More
Philadelphia: No publisher, 1832. Full Leather. Full calf leather. 468 pages. Black and white engravings throughout. A general work discussing a variety of items including: the human anatomy and physiology; ailments, illnesses and remedies, including the use of spices; method of making wine as well as making cider rum brandy..... More
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1881. Half Leather. Half leather with marbled boards. 960 pp. Black and white illustrations throughout. Bound volume, lacking any original wrappers issued. December 1880 to May 1881 issues of Harper's Monthly. Includes a poem by Walt Whitman, "Patrolling Barnegat;" an article on Native American education..... More
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1859. Wraps. Folio. Illustrated wraps. Folio. Apparently disbound from a bound volume. Black and white photos and illustrations throughout. Single issue of this journal with the usual news, political commentary, etc. Present are two pages devoted to the work of Doctor Horace Green, who specialized..... More