Voltaire: A Lecture [Little Blue Book No. 829]
Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius, nd. 32mo, saddle-stapled in dark pink wraps. Gibbs 829, noted variation no. 2, in the unusual LBB(2) dark pink binding. A touch of fading to extremities else fine. More
Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius, nd. 32mo, saddle-stapled in dark pink wraps. Gibbs 829, noted variation no. 2, in the unusual LBB(2) dark pink binding. A touch of fading to extremities else fine. More
Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius, nd. 32mo, saddle-stapled in wraps. Gibbs 367a, in the first noted wrapper state. Faint tidemark to upper tip throughout, some moderate fading and rubbing to wraps, but a very good example. More
Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius, 1924. 32mo, stapled wraps [2 staples]. Gibbs 520, first noted state of text, in the first noted wrapper state. One of the early works on philosophy penned by Durant and published in the Little Blue Book series. The Haldeman-Julius titles by Durant were so popular that they..... More
Seaside / Salinas, CA: Intersystems Communications, 1987. First edition. 8vo, xiv, 347pp, perfect bound in wraps designed by Heinz Von Foerster. Important work by the radical constructivist, collecting texts by the author divided here into four parts - Language and Semantics, Constructivist Epistemology, and Concepts of Number. Some minor wear..... More
Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius, 1927. 32mo, saddle-stapled [2 staples] in wraps. Gibbs 1239, in the earliest state noted, and in the earliest wrapper state noted - LBB(2) with copyright date present. A beguiling book of parlor games for the modern hostess, published just before the Great Depression. The games include some..... More
Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius, 1927. 32mo, saddle-stapled [2 staples] in wraps. Gibbs 1239, first noted variation, in the 11th wrapper variation. A beguiling book of parlor games for the modern hostess, published just before the Great Depression, in the desirable illustrated cover. The games include some for the bibliophiliac, including a...... More
Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius, 1923. 32mo, saddle-stapled in blue wraps printed in black. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Nietzsche. Gibbs 11d, noted variation 1, in the elusive Five Cent Pocket Series wraps. A fine copy, and scarce thus. More
Girard, Kansas: Appeal Publishing Company, nd. 32mo, saddle-stapled blue wraps. Gibbs 172b. A long essay on love by the Swedish feminist and suffragette, including cultural ramifications, erotic love, etc. "She will no longer be captured like a forest or hunted like a quarry; nor will she like a placid lake..... More
Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius, nd. 32mo, stapled wraps [1 staple]. Gibbs 1610, noted variation, second wrapper state. Near fine with minor toning. More
Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius, 1943. 32mo, saddle-stapled in cream wraps. Gibbs 1770, in the LBB (2) binding, the only printing recorded by Gibbs. A late, scarce title in the Little Blue Book series, written by the one-time Catholic priest turned freethought writer who was one of the most prolific contributors to..... More
Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius, [1923]. 32mo, saddle-stapled wraps (2 staples). Gibbs 19a, earliest record state of the contents, in the 8th wrapper variation. Wraps faded, with some light rubbing and creasing to extremities. Very good. More
Girard, Kansas: Appeal Publishing Company, [1924]. 32mo, saddle-stapled in wraps. Gibbs 662, first noted state, in what we believe to be the second noted wrapper state - sans serif, with Twain's name in caps. Very good with fading to wraps and minor page toning. More
Girard, Kansas: Appeal Publishing Company. 32mo, saddle-stapled in blue green wraps. Gibbs 168b, in the second noted state wrapper with circular device to front panel. Wilde's works were an important element of the LBB series. E. Haldeman-Julius credits an early reading of a pamphlet by Wilde as having been the..... More
Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius, nd. 32mo, saddle-stapled wraps (2 staples). Gibbs 59a, 7th noted variation, in the LBB(1) binding. A collection of epigrams by Wilde, thougn his name is here absent from both the contents and the wrapper. Wraps faded, with some creasing and rubbing to extremities, but very good. More