THE COMING OF POST-INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY
Signed first edition of this prescient classic — inscribed in the year of publication to fellow sociologist George Homans.
Signed first edition of this prescient classic — inscribed in the year of publication to fellow sociologist George Homans.
First publication in book form of Doyle's fervent argument for the authenticity of Spiritualist mediumship, contact with the dead, poltergeist hauntings, and other phenomena investigated by the Society for Psychical Research.
Beautifully bound Edwardian edition of Emerson's celebrated essays, including "Self-Reliance."
Inscribed first printing of this reflection of the effects of a culture of toxic masculinity on individual men, and how that in turn shapes the American landscape.
First edition of this anthology of Locke's philosophical writings, some previously unpublished, each "directly arguing for, criticizing, or expressing a fundamental notion of race, culture, civilization, identity, or value."
First US edition, with interesting pencil marginalia by an educated 19th-century American reader – including a reference to New Jersey's little-known 18th-century laws granting women voting rights.
First edition of this cultural critique by the Columbia sociologist and popularizer of the term "New Left."
Inscribed first edition of this unlikely bestseller that made Paglia one of the most prominent and provocative cultural critics of the 1990s.
Signed second printing of this New Englander's philosophical book of manners and human nature from a cosmopolitan life, including spending much of the 1920s and '30s in Paris's Left Bank.
First printing of this groundbreaking treatise on female psychology by a pioneer in women's education.
Inscribed first edition of these classic papers on countertransference in psychoanalysis.
First US edition of "one of the most popular books of the eighteenth century" (Harper), and a title that was a formative read for a young George Washington.
First edition of this collection of essays by "distinguished scholars on political, economic and philosophical aspects of individual liberties and free enterprise," in honor of Ludwig von Mises.
First edition of Gilman's most important nonfiction work, with still-relevant arguments about the economic value of female household labor.
Mock-epic manuscript in six cantos, offering meticulously footnoted anonymous rhyming invective against the New Deal, the Nietszschian Superman, and the unappreciative American publishing industry.
Majestic Arion Press limited edition of Wittgenstein's last work, illuminated with twelve prints by Mel Bochner.