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Boston: Arena Publishing, 1894. 1st edition. Ex-library from a Sunday School in NY state. A scarce Social Gospel novel about the meaning of Christianity. The issue is debated in the context of socialism by a Presbyterian clergyman and a retired schoolmaster in New England. The minister stakes his position with a sermon on "Socialism: Its Evils and its Cure." The schoolmaster takes the opposing view and declares, "'Socialist' is just another name for 'Christian.' Every man who loves justice, and hates tyranny, is a socialist, whether he knows it or not." (p. 247.) The minister undergoes a gradual conversion, unable to reconcile the teachings of Christ with the social inequities and problems of the day. He reconsiders his previous sermon and admits, "I made a mistake in confounding socialism with anarchy and lawlessness." (p. 255.) An interesting title from the progressive Arena press, whose mission was "Fiction of purpose, dealing with social, economic, and political problems." 8vo. Blue clothbound…
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Christ, the Socialist
by By the Author of Philip Meyer's Scheme [i.e., Archibald McCowan]
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Cyborg Feminism [Saibogu Feminizumu]
by Takayuki Tatsumi (editor); Donna Harraway, et al.
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Tokyo: Hatsubai Riburopoto, 1991. 1st edition. Signed by the editor with TLS also enclosed. Near Fine in dust jacket. A nicely designed book on cyborgs, feminism and female identity. All text is in Japanese, apart from limited titles in English. Includes Donna Harraway's important essay, "A Cyborg Manifesto: Science, Technology, and Socialist-Feminism in the Late Twentieth Century." Also includes work by Samuel R. Delany and Jessica Amanda Salmonson. Illustrated by 16 pages of photographs and artwork. Signed on the copyright page by Takayuki Tatsumi, who contributed two essays as the epilogue and prologue. A typed letter with handwritten, signed personal note is also laid in. (The one-page letter summarizes the contents of the book in English and mentions an upcoming lecture in Japan by the recipient.) 241, xvi pages. 12mo. 7.5 by 5.25 inches. Pictorial hardcover in matching dust jacket. Near Fine. Never read.
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Modern Man is Obsolete [Early Atomic Age]
by Cousins, Norman
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NY: Viking Press, 1945. 1st edition. An important essay from the dawn of the Atomic Age. First published in shorter form in the Saturday Review in August 1945, just after two A-bombs were dropped on Japan and effectively ended World War II. 59 pp., including an appendix with excerpts from the Federalist papers on the US Constitution. Slender clothbound hardcover. VG overall in the uncommon dust jacket. Sound, tight binding. Jacket is intact with moderate wear and tear. Protected by a new clear, archival cover.
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[Moral Maxims] La vie heureuse, ou l'homme content; enseignant l'art de bien vivre ...
by Jean Puget de la Serre (1594-1665)
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Paris: Paulus-du-Mesnil, 1740. Nouvelle edition. Reflections on morality and the art of living well. With moral maxims "that can serve to drive our passions, to practice virtue, & flee vices." A popular work by Jean Puget de la Serre, a prolific author and playwright who was royal librarian to Gaston, Duke of Orleans. French text. [8], 249, [6] pp. Contemporary leather binding. 16mo. Approx 16 x 10 cm. Marbled endpapers. Gilt spine lettering and ruling. Page edges dyed red. Good with moderate wear, small worm track on front cover. Old ink name on the title. Sound and intact.
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