New York: A. J. White, [1887]. One of the promotional Shaker Family Almanacs published by Andrew Judson White in New York, which advertised popular Shaker herbal medicines such as Kaskine, Shaker Extract of Roots, Seigel's Curative Syrup, etc. Although primarily peppered with testimonials, adverts, and articles on the curative effects..... More
San Francisco: Performing Arts Social Society, Inc., 1987-1991. A ten issue run of this quarterly Kerista periodical, which began as Utopian Classroom, changed names to Utopian Psychology, and then was superseded by RockHEAD in Fall 1988. Utopian Classroom/Psychology focused on the group's psychological approach and its brand of gestalt therapy..... More
San Francisco: Alternatives Foundation, 1972. A collection of in-depth interviews with members of various European communes conducted by Dick Fairfield of the Alternatives Foundation. Includes sections on English communes (the longest), Belgium, France, Spain & Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Holland, and Denmark. Copies of this and other Fairfield titles in the..... More
n.p. n.p., [190-?]. A scarce document that includes the background, beliefs and purpose, Constitution, rules and regulations of the Worlds Comrades, a Tribe, a freethought utopian group, that according to the front wrapper was founded by a William Hetrick. The first half of the document contains a lengthy message from..... More
Shaker Village, N. H. N. A. Briggs, 1878. An issue of this monthly Shaker magazine featuring an article on the supernatural by Antoinette Doolittle, "Our Social Relations" by O. C. Hampton, "Rational Funerals" by Elder F. W. Evans, "Waiting" by Lizzie Dore, "Indians No. 4" by James S. Prescott, "The..... More
Millville, Minn. North Country Anvil, 1975. An issue of this literary-leftist magazine, which often focused on alternative energy, co-ops, and decentralized power. This issue features poetry, book reviews, and articles on the siege at Pine Ridge and the legal cases of Wounded Knee defendants, alternative energy sources, threshing in Wisconsin..... More
Oslo: The Norwegian Co-operative Union and Wholesale Society, [1964]. The author provides the history, development, and organization of the NKL (Norwegian Kooperative Landsforening). In English. Stapled, photo-illustrated wrappers, 32 pp., seven black & white photographs, one architectural rendering. Wilcox Collection stamp to the top of the front wrapper, else a...... More
n.p. Co-Operative College, Manchester, 1938. First edition. Quarto-size. Side-stapled & glued, illustrated tan wrappers; 144 mimeographed pages with text on recto only. Scarce issue of the magazine of the Co-Operative College located in Manchester, England, which was founded in 1919 and still operating today. A Very Good+ copy with a...... More
South Bend, Indiana: Published by the author, 1923. First Edition. Three essays (The Flowers of Democracy, For “Sports” Only and The Powers That Be) proposing new social forms, conventions and movements to help individuals flourish and self-actualize. The old structure based on aristocracy, enslavement, and exploitation must be replaced with..... More