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Washington, D.C.: Religious Liberty Association, 1911. "Revised & Enlarged Edition" edited by Willard Allen Colcord." Octavo (8.75" x 6"), 800 pages. Publisher's gilt-lettered dark maroon cloth.
Binding rubbed, spine gilt dull, modest wear at spine extremities & corners, front hinge started (still secure), previous owner's name & place at front pastedown, sporadic foxing & toning, a good or better copy.
Originally published in 1890. Provides a state by state review of compulsory piety rules, "Legislative, Executive, & Judicial."
"A perusal of the early Sunday laws of the American colonies will demonstrate how little acquainted were the first settlers of this country with the genuine principles of religious libert and separation of church and state." ~from the Introduction.

[London]: "In the Savoy, Printed by E and R Nutt for Thomas Harris, at the Looking-Glass and Bible on London Bridge," 1741. "Third Edition, carefully corrected," this copy with the ownership signature of John G.C. Brainard at the first blank page. 16mo (65" x 425"), [2], 348, & [16] pp, two parts bound in one volume. Contemporary full sheep, the spine in six compartments separated by raised bands, with a gilt-lettered maroon spine label in one compartment ESTC N44455. OCLC finds 9 copies under 4 accession numbers.
Binding rubbed & scuffed, joints & hinges cracked, gilt dull at spine label, ownership signatures of John G.C. Brainard & Rich. Hayes, Jr in old ink at front blanks, couple of leaves with short tears in the margins (text unaffected), several page corners turned, text tanned & foxed, a good or better copy.
Originally published in 1733 with additional printings in 1734, 1739, 1741, & 1766. This copy, the "third edition carefully corrected," with the ownership signature of John Gardiner… Read More

No place, 1932 Autograph in ink on plain card stock measuring 2.25 inches by 4.5 inches, with annotation in ink in a different hand at the bottom of the sheet: "1932." Removed from a scrapbook leaving minor remnants of glue residue on the verso, otherwise Very Good. The authenticity of Chief Justice Hughes' signature is unconditionally guaranteed.

Staunton, Virginia: Stoneburner & Prufer, Publishers, 1900. First edition. 8vo, 18 pp. Original printed paper wraps, stapled.
Moderately tanned, slight edge wear, otherwise very good.
Decrying Henry George, Edward Bellamy & others, Gordon writes in conclusion, "And yet, however far the mighty vessel that bears us all, may seem of late to have veered from her course, because that I do believe in the ultimate saving common sense and patriotism of the plain American citizen, I look with confidence to some future day for her safe return to her charted and certain path."

Boston: Chipman Law Publishing Company, 1922. First edition. Octavo (8.25" x 5.5"), xii & [1] - 117 pages. Publisher's maroon cloth lettered in gilt on the spine.
Slight shelf wear, endpapers & pastedowns browned, occasional foxing, otherwise very good. Considers the "problems which faced the court during the first years of the new government, when, without even a rule of court or a single precedent to guide, those courageous pioneers who were first elevated to the Bench commenced to blaze the trail towards constitutional government and liberty..."

Pittsburgh: John S. Murray, New Series, Volume VIII, Old Series Volume XXV, numbers 1 - 52, August 22, 1877 to August 14, 1878. Folio, 52 issues, 210 pp. plus index. Contemporary one-half black calf over black cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine.
Ex-library with small stamps at the pastedowns Joints & edges rubbed, front blanks creased, a few tears, occasional stains & toning, internally generally Very Good in a serviceable binding. Fascinating content, bound to provide hours of entertainment.

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1982 First edition, this copy inscribed, signed, & dated by Bell at the ffep. 8vo, 254 pp. Publisher's gray paper over boards backed in gilt-lettered gray cloth, in dust jacket. Small stain from label removal at first blank, top edge of the text block lightly foxed, otherwise near fine in very good dust jacket with modest edge wear including a short, closed tear at the top edge of the rear panel Bell was attorney general in the Carter administration, known among other things for the indictment of former Acting FBI Director L Patrick Gray, Mark Felt and former FBI Assistant Director Edward Miller for authorizing break-ins of New York City radical political activists.

No place, no publisher, no date (circa 1927). Quarto (11.75" x 9"), 16 pages. Publisher's stapled paper wraps, page one featuring a manipulated image from a photograph depicting the happy couple with goose. Text in three columns. Not found in OCLC as of 1/19/2024.
Folded once horizontally, browned, brittle, edge wear including short tears without loss, otherwise good or better.
Peaches Browning, nee Frances Belle Heenan, met real estate developer Edward West Browning when she was 15 & he was 51. With the permission of both her parents, the pair married on her 16th birthday. Just six months later, Peaches left the marital home & pursued a divorce which at the time was granted only for adultery. Alternatively, she sought legal separation & cited cruelty on the part of her husband as the cause. "Daddy" Browning responded with a counter-claim of abandonment. Peaches provided titillating details & seemed particularly disturbed that her husband kept a honking African goose in their bedroom. Ultimately, the… Read More