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Facts for the People: or Every One's Book.

By: N/A

Price: $50.00

Publisher: ., S.N.:

Seller ID: 2266076

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good

Lightly foxed, last leaf a bit wrinkled. 64, [2] pp. Sewn binding, self wrappers. A domestic guide providing advice on various things. Includes tips on good behavior, personal finance, cookery, care of infants, diseases of the hair, preservation of the sight, warts and corns, canaries, etiquette of courtship and marriage, hydropathy / water cure, the art of conversation, and lists of the wealthy citizens of New York, Boston, and Philadelphia.
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The Lady's Companion, Volume XIV-XV [14-15]: A Monthly Magazine Embracing Every Department of Literature, Embellished with Original Engravings, and Music Arranged for the Piano Forte, Harp and Guitar [Ladies']

By: N/A

Price: $40.00

Publisher: New York, William W. Snowden: 1841

Seller ID: 2303052

Binding: Half-Leather

Condition: Very Good

Edges rubbed, pencil name on second blank. 1841 Half-Leather. Marbled endpapers. Engraved fashion plates and landscape scenes. Volumes XIV and XV in one volume. A Monthly Magazine Embracing Every Department of Literature, Embellished with Original Engravings, and Music Arranged for the Piano Forte, Harp and Guitar.
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What Your Neighbors Say Dream Book

By: N/A

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Buffalo, N.Y., World's Dispensary Medical Ass'n: 1920

Seller ID: 2304273

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Good

Stain. 1920 Stapled Binding. A 1920s medical pamphlet.
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Image for Ladies' Indispensable Assistant. Being a Companion for the Sister, Mother, and Wife Containing More Information for the Price Than Any Other Work Upon the Subject. Here Are the Very Best Directions for the Behavior and Etiquette of Ladies and Gentlemen, Ladies' Toilette Table, Directions for Managing Canary Birds; Also, Safe Directions for the Management of Children; Instructions for Ladies Under Various Circumstances; A Great Variety of Valuable Recipes, Forming a Complete System of Family Medicine. Thus Enabling Each Person to Become His or Her Own Physician to Which Is Added One of the Best Systems of Cookery Ever Published; Many of These Recipes are Entirely New and Should be in the Possession of Every Person in the Land.

Ladies' Indispensable Assistant. Being a Companion for the Sister, Mother, and Wife Containing More Information for the Price Than Any Other Work Upon the Subject. Here Are the Very Best Directions for the Behavior and Etiquette of Ladies and Gentlemen, Ladies' Toilette Table, Directions for Managing Canary Birds; Also, Safe Directions for the Management of Children; Instructions for Ladies Under Various Circumstances; A Great Variety of Valuable Recipes, Forming a Complete System of Family Medicine. Thus Enabling Each Person to Become His or Her Own Physician to Which Is Added One of the Best Systems of Cookery Ever Published; Many of These Recipes are Entirely New and Should be in the Possession of Every Person in the Land.

By: N/A

Price: $75.00

Publisher: New York, F.J. Dow & Co.: 1851

Seller ID: 2306352

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Fair

Wrappers loose from binding but included, multiple gatherings loose but included, stains and foxing throughout. 1851 Soft Cover. 136 pp. Contents include asthma, cancer, chicken-pock, cholera, croup, deafness, epileptic fits, measles, poisons, rattlesnake bites, rheumatism, rickets, scarlet fever, scurvy, smallpox, typhus fever, medical properties of plants, medical preparations and more.
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Far-Eastern Proverbs

By: N/A

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Mount Vernon, Peter Pauper Press: 1977

Seller ID: 2270173

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Top edge of jacket front previously mended with tape, front jacket flap clipped, jacket spine very faintly toned. 1977 Hard Cover. 62 pp. Far-Eastern proverbs covering a range of topics including: advice, business, caution, children, contention, education, friendship, honor, house, inclination, justice, labor, learning, opportunity, riches and poverty, satisfaction, sin, speech and silence, strength and power, time, virtue and piety.
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Gentle Manners: A Guide to Good Morals

By: N/A

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Canterbury, N.H., Shaker Village, Inc.: 1987

Seller ID: 2307213

Binding: Small Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

1987 fifth edition, originally published 1823. No jacket. Light stain on top page ridge. x, 80 pp. A collection of Shaker morals and manners.
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How to Protect Yourself on the Streets and In Your Home, With an Open Letter from J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the F.B.I.

By: Accas, Gene; Eckstein, John H.

Price: $5.00

Publisher: New York, Pocket Books, Inc.: 1965

Seller ID: 2280393

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Very Good

Light general wear to wrappers. 1965 Stapled Binding. 60 pp. This book contains vital information on self-protection against attackers, telephone cranks and hoodlums; tells how to travel safely on foot, by car, bus or subway; shows how to make your home safe against burglars or other intruders. This book is not intended to frighten. An interesting view of 1965 America. Included is an open letter from J. Edgar Hoover, director of the F.B.I.
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A Natural History of Love

By: Ackerman, Diane

Price: $5.00

Publisher: New York, Random House: 1994

Seller ID: 2268725

ISBN: 0679403477

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

A very nice copy. 1994 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. xxiii, 358 pp. The bestselling author of A Natural History of the Senses now explores the allure of adultery, the appeal of aphrodisiacs, and the cult of the kiss. Enchantingly written and stunningly informed, this audaciously brilliant romp through the world of romantic love (Washington Post Book World) is the next best thing to love itself.
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You Can: A Collection of Brief Talks on the Most Important Topic in the World--Your Success

By: Adams, George Matthew

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, Frederick A. Stokes Company: 1913

Seller ID: 2264279

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

2nd printing. Edges lightly rubbed, pencil name on front endpaper, front hinge starting. 1913 Hard Cover. 115 pp. An inspirational book on personal success.
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Agnes and the Little Key: or, Bereaved Parents Instructed and Comforted. By Her Father.

By: Adams, Nehemiah

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Boston, S.K. Whipple and Company: 1857

Seller ID: 2260294

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Second edition. No jacket, a few light spots to boards, ink note on front endpaper. 1857 Hard Cover. vii, 191, [4] pp. Reverend Nehemiah Adams (February 19, 1806 October 6, 1878) was an American clergyman and writer. He was born in Salem, Massachusetts,[1] in 1806 to Nehemiah Adams and Mehitabel Torrey Adams. He graduated from Harvard University in 1826, and from Andover Theological Seminary in 1829. That same year, he was ordained as co-pastor, with Abiel Holmes, of the First Congregational Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[2] In 1832, he married Martha Hooper. In 1834, he became pastor of...
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Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson

By: Albom, Mitch

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Doubleday & Company, Inc.: 1997

Seller ID: 2268450

ISBN: 0385484518

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

A very nice copy. 1997 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 192 pp. Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher, or a colleague. Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were young and searching, helped you see the world as a more profound place, gave you sound advice to help you make your way through it. For Mitch Albom, that person was Morrie Schwartz, his college professor from nearly twenty years ago. Maybe, like Mitch, you lost track of this mentor as you made your way, and the insights faded, and the world seemed colder. Wouldn't you like to see that...
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Who Am I? A Key to Your Inner Nature and Personality

By: Allardice, Pamela

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Australia, Lansdowne: 1995

Seller ID: 2300951

ISBN: 1863023739

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Second printing. Top page ridge lightly foxed. 1995 Hard Cover. 112 pp. WHO AM I? is a one-of-a-kind, multifaceted guide to personal discovery that utilizes several ancient disciplines: astrology, the Chinese horoscope, numerology, and the language of flowers and birthstones. Unlike most guides, this beautiful book offers an interdisciplinary, one-volume source for exploring one's true nature in an easy-to-use format. WHO AM I? is an affordable, all-inclusive source for gaining insight into yourself, family, and friends through the use of five time-honored methods.
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The Value of Debt: How to Manage Both Sides of a Balance Sheet to Maximize Wealth

By: Anderson, Thomas J.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Hoboken, Wiley: 2013

Seller ID: 2303952

ISBN: 1118758617

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Faint crease along top jacket edge. 2013 Hard Cover. xxiii, 247 pp. A New York Times bestseller and one of the Ten Best Business Books of 2013 by WealthManagement, this book brings a new vision of the value of debt in the management of individual and family wealth. In this groundbreaking book, author Tom Anderson argues that, despite the reflex aversion most people have to debt?an aversion that is vociferously preached by most personal finance authors?wealthy individuals and families, as well as their financial advisors, have everything to gain and nothing to lose by learning to...
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Foot Notes: A Complete Guide for the Care of Your Feet. With Special Sections for Runners and Dancers.

By: Arnot, Michelle; Crane Jack; Levine, Suzanne M.

Price: $3.00

Publisher: Garden City, New York, Dolphin Book / Doubleday: 1980

Seller ID: 2204654

ISBN: 0385149441

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

1980 Trade Paperback. xxiv, 164 pp. Corn? Bunion? Athlete's Foot? Ingrown toenail? ...Foot Notes is the practical guide that will help make your feet healthy, strong, and pain-free. Including special sections for: ATHLETES: What joggers can do about shin splints, achilles tendinitis; how to compensate for weak arches; DANCERS: How you can keep that fancy footwork going and treat or prevent common injuries; PARENTS: Explaining what to watch out for in the development of your children's feet. This comprehensive sourcebook tells you what shoes are best for you to wear and how they should fit, how...
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Our Homes. Their Cares and Duties, Joys and Sorrows

By: Arthur, T. S.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, Theodore Bliss & Co.: 1866

Seller ID: 2303245

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Good

Binding has been repaired. Edges rubbed, ink name on front frree endpaper. 1866 Full-Leather. We have more books available by this author!. 300, 4 pp. Embossed leather, page ridges gilt, engraved plates. CONTENTS: The Poor Man's Fairies; Three New Year' Eves; The Power of Kindness; Our Pet; Thanksgiving; Home; Praise among the Married; The Art of Living Easy; Oh, Sing to Me Softly, My Sister; An Evening at Home; Two Years Old; A Thimble-Full of Romance; My Mother; Music in Families; Do You Know What Your Children Read!; The Progress of Greediness; The Cradle Away Up In the Garret; The Heavenly...
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Kama Sutra Journal

By: Balmain, Julianne

Price: $5.00

Publisher: San Francisco, Chronicle Books: 2005

Seller ID: 2269475

ISBN: 0811847691

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Lock and keys missing, last few pages lightly bumped. Clean pages, not written in. 2005 Hard Cover. Inspire and be inspired with this bedside journal. Drawn from a legacy thousands of years old, this journal is your place to explore new realms of pleasure and imagination. The Kama Sutra Journal includes plenty of space to record, illustrate, and fantasize, with stimulating tips for enhancing your love life. Keep it as your own private record or leave it out in order to inspire you and your lover to nights of bliss.
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Field Notes on the Compassionate Life: A Search for the Soul of Kindness

By: Barasch, Marc Ian

Price: $7.00

Publisher: New York, Rodale: 2005

Seller ID: 2293811

ISBN: 1579547117

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Faint edge wear. 2005 Hard Cover. Marc Ian Barasch, dubbed one of today's coolest grown-ups by Interview magazine, sets out on a journey to the heart of compassion. He discovers its power to change who we are and the society we have become.
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My Faith in Immortality

By: Barton, William E.

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Indianaopolis, The Bobbs-Merrill Company: 1926

Seller ID: 2119198

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Lightly foxed, minor pencil marginalia, flaps of absent jacket laid in, ink name & address on front endpaper. 1926 Hard Cover. 281, [1] pp. 8vo. A religious study of the afterlife.
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Image for No Impact Man: The Adventures of a Guilty Liberal Who Attempts to Save the Planet, and the Discoveries He Makes About Himself and Our Way of Life in the Process

No Impact Man: The Adventures of a Guilty Liberal Who Attempts to Save the Planet, and the Discoveries He Makes About Himself and Our Way of Life in the Process

By: Beavan, Colin

Price: $6.00

Publisher: New York, Picador: 2010

Seller ID: 2291671

ISBN: 0312429835

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

An exceptional copy. 2010 Trade Paperback. 288 pp. What does it really take to live eco-effectively? For one year, Colin Beavan swore off plastic and toxins, turned off his electricity, went organic, became a bicycle nut, and tried to save the planet from environmental catastrophe while dragging his young daughter and his Prada-wearing wife along for the ride. Together they attempted to make zero impact on the environment while living right in the heart of Manhattan, and this is the sensational, funny, and consciousness-raising story of how they did it. With No Impact Man, Beavan found that no...
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Image for The Guide to Wealth; or, How to Get Rich. Containing Rare and Valuable Secrets, Money Making Inventions, and Practical Recipes. With Full Instructions for Manufacturing and Preparing Some of the Best Selling Articles of the Day.

The Guide to Wealth; or, How to Get Rich. Containing Rare and Valuable Secrets, Money Making Inventions, and Practical Recipes. With Full Instructions for Manufacturing and Preparing Some of the Best Selling Articles of the Day.

By: Bennett, A.E.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Hubbardston, Mass., A. E. Bennett:

Seller ID: 2305020

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Near Fine

Spine edge lightly toned. No chips, no tears. 16 pp. Red wrappers. Containing Rare and Valuable Secrets, Money Making Inventions, and Practical Recipes. With Full Instructions for Manufacturing and Preparing Some of the Best Selling Articles of the Day.
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The Foot Book: Healing the Body Through Reflexology

By: Berkson, Devaki; Nearing, Helen; Nearing, Scott; Graffeo, Joseph A.

Price: $3.00

Publisher: New York, Barnes & Noble Books: 1979

Seller ID: 2204653

ISBN: 0064634744

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Good

Owner's pocket to front flyleaf verso, general light wear. 1979 Trade Paperback. ix, 212 pp. Including exercises, photographs, and personalized foot charts. Shows how massage of the toes and arch of the foot affects other body organs and offers a fitness program which emphasizes foot reflexology, diet, exercise, breathing, and herbal therapy.
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VB6: Eat Vegan Before 6:00 to Lose Weight and Restore Your Health... For Good

By: Bittman, Mark; Ornish, Dean

Price: $7.00

Publisher: New York, Clarkson Potter Publishers: 2013

Seller ID: 2275575

ISBN: 0385344740

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Very minor general wear. 2013 Hard Cover. xi, 276 pp. Six years ago, an overweight, pre-diabetic Mark Bittman faced a medical directive: adopt a vegan diet or go on medication. He was no fan of a lifelong regimen of pills, but as a food writer he livedand workedto eat. So neither choice was appealing. His solution was a deal with himself. He would become a flexitarian. He adopted a diet heavy in vegetables, fruits, and grains by following a healthy vegan diet (no meat, dairy, or processed foods) all day. After 6:00 p.m. hed eat however he wanted, though mostly in moderation. Bey...
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Food for Life: The Cancer Prevention Cookbook

By: Bohannon, Richard; Wuerthner, Terri P.; Weinstock, Kathy Klett

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Chicago, Contemporary Books: 1986

Seller ID: 2264550

ISBN: 0809250292

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Jacket faintly toned. 1986 Hard Cover. 418 pp. Collects recipes for foods which reduce the risk of cancer and include French onion soup, chicken scaloppine, spinach pancakes, and pumpkin pie.
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Anxiety Makes Me Anxious

By: Brazier, Shayna

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Superior, CO, The Happiness Center: 2017

Seller ID: 2288785

ISBN: 099872470X

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

Laminate on rear wrapper creased. 2017 Trade Paperback. 91 pp. Illustrated by Jake Bush. Braziers voice is nothing short of refreshing with her new hilarious and honest approach to dealing with anxiety. Her transparency in living with anxiety provides the clearest (and funniest) picture for anyone who cant imagine what its like. Reading her stories is like watching a movie full of laughter, tears, and all the feels. Brazier has certainly breathed color into the world of anxiety with her thoughtful insights and vivid recollections. She provides tips for living with anxiety but shares personal s...
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Wedding Embassy Year Book

By: Brennig, Marie Coudert

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, The Wedding Embassy, Inc.: 1935

Seller ID: 2297689

Binding: Large Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Onion skin jacket, chipped along bottom edge of front jacket panel and top edge of rear jacket panel. 1935 Large Softcover. 96 pp. A wedding etiquette guide offered to customers of a 1930s NYC bridal boutique. Includes ads for: Tiffany & Co., Ford Motor Company; Brooks Brothers; Saks Fifth Avenue; Vogue; and Waldorf-Astoria.
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Psychotherapy with Schizophrenics (Monograph Series on Schizophrenia, No. 3)

By: Brody, Eugene B.; Redlich, Fredrick C.; Knight, Robert P.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, International Universities Press, Inc.: 1952

Seller ID: 2208422

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

2nd printing. No jacket, lettering on spine lightly rubbed, pages faintly toned. 1952 Hard Cover. 246 pp. CONTENTS: Preface by the Editors; Robert P. Knight - Introduction; Fredrick C. Redlich - The Concept of Schizophrenia and Its Implications for Therapy; Eugene B. Brody - The Treatment of Schizophrenia: A Review; Frieda Fromm-Reichmann - Some Aspects of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy with Schizophrenics; Jacob A. Arlow - Discussion of Dr. Fromm-Reichmann's Paper; David Wright - Discussion of Dr. Fromm-Reichmann's Paper; K.R. Eissler - Remarks on the Psychoanalysis of Schizophrenia; Ruth Wilma...
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The Feeling Good Handbook

By: Burns, David D.

Price: $7.00

Publisher: New York, Plume Books: 1990

Seller ID: 2306822

ISBN: 0452261740

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

8th printing. Spine slightly cocked, light crease on back corner, pages lightly toned. 1990 Trade Paperback. 587 pp. Dr. David Burns is one of the prime developers of cognitive therapy, a fast-acting, drug-free treatment for designed to help the clinically depressed. In The Feeling Good Handbook, he adapts cognitive therapy to deal with the wide range of everyday problems that plague so many (chronic nervousness, panic attacks, phobias, and feelings of stress, guilt, or inferiority). The Feeling Good Handbook teaches how to remove the mental obstacles that bar you from success--from test anxie...
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The Secret

By: Byrne, Rhonda

Price: $6.00

Publisher: New York, Atria Books: 2006

Seller ID: 2293808

ISBN: 1582701709

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Reprint. Ink inscription, faint edge wear. 2006 Hard Cover. 198 pp. Fragments of a Great Secret have been found in the oral traditions, in literature, in religions and philosophies throughout the centuries. For the first time, all the pieces of The Secret come together in an incredible revelation that will be life-transforming for all who experience it. In this book, you'll learn how to use The Secret in every aspect of your life -- money, health, relationships, happiness, and in every interaction you have in the world. You'll begin to understand the hidden, untapped power that's within you, a...
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Don't Sweat the Small Stuff with Your Family: Simple Ways to Keep Daily Responsibilities and Household Chaos from Taking Over Your Life

By: Carlson, Richard

Price: $5.00

Publisher: New York, Hyperion: 1998

Seller ID: 2307366

ISBN: 0786883375

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

4th printing. 1998 Trade Paperback. 255, [1] pp. While it's easy to allow little things to take over our lives, there are things we can do to make life around the house less stressful, writes Richard Carlson in Don't Sweat the Small Stuff with Your Family: Simple Ways to Keep Daily Responsibilities and Household Chores from Taking Over Your Life. In this collection of 98 brief essays, Carlson (author of Don't Sweat the Small Stuff ... And It's All Small Stuff) meditates on small, but meaningful ways to avoid being overwhelmed by life, particularly family life. From Number 8: Make Peace with Bi...
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Love's Coming of Age: A Series of Papers on the Relations of the Sexes

By: Carpenter, Edward

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Vanguard Press: 1926

Seller ID: 2266237

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. No jacket, pencil name on front endpaper, minor pencil underlining. 1926 Hard Cover. 178 pp. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Edward Carpenter (29 August 1844 – 28 June 1929) was an English socialist poet, philosopher, anthologist, and early activist for rights for homosexuals.[1] A poet and writer, he was a close friend of Rabindranath Tagore, and a friend of Walt Whitman.[2] He corresponded with many famous figures such as Annie Besant, Isadora Duncan, Havelock Ellis, Roger Fry, Mahatma Gandhi, Keir Hardie, J. K. Kinney, Jack London, George Merrill, E. D. Morel, William Morris, Edward R. P...
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