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FREE THOUGHT. Stewart John aka "Walking Stewart".ABAA

A sammelband of early American editions of works from the eccentric English pedestrian-philosopher Walking Stewart 1747-1822.

1841Best.-Nr. 20011Julius Rubens Ames and Gilbert Vale compilers. The Bible of Nature and Substance of Virtue. Albany: C. Van Benthuysen 1842. Bound with: The Bible of Nature Comprising the Moral State of Nations the Revelation of Nature and the Substance of the Essay on Materialism and Extract from the Lectures and Discourses and from a Translation of the Philosophy of Nature by John Stewart the Pedestrian Philosopher. Albany: C. Van Benthuysen 1842. Bound with: The Moral State of Nations or Travels over the Most Interesting Parts of the Globe . . . Granville Middletown N. J.: Printed by George H. Evans 1840. Bound with: The Revelation of Nature . . . London: Printed for J. Ridgway 1790; from the original edition revised and re-printed by G. Evans 1835. Bound with: Opus Maximum an Essay on Materialism . . . by John Stewart the Pedestrian Philosopher. New-York: n. p. 1841. 5 vols bound into contemporary cloth 7.25 x 4.63 inches frontispiece 202; 2; vii-viii ix-xxv 1; 4; frontispiece 4 126; 122; 74 pages. Excised leaf of an advertisement also laid in. First American editions of the Bible of Nature and of the Opus Maximum. An interesting example of an early American radical book publishing consortium. Pedestrian Stewart 1742-1822 was by all accounts a brilliant eccentric who had traveled across Europe and England and large chunks of North America on foot all in an attempt to reform both men and their minds; his ideas tended toward the radical if perhaps at times unreadable. See the DNB. The two volumes here of The Bible of Nature were published together by a consortium of free thought and radical publishers including expatriate English free thought emigrants Gilbert Vale and George Evans and by J. P. Mendum; the second volume as collected here appears either to be fragmentary or published solely as an introduction to stereotype editions of the Evans editions of Moral State of Nations and the Revelation of Nature. Something of a bibliographical tangle given that the stereotype plates were evidently available free to the asking for American radical publishers of the period and completeness of the second part of the Bible of Nature is unclear and may have been included here simply as a sort of table of contents to the volumes that here follow; whether this sammelband is as published and sold by the radical reformer George Henry Evans or had collected by an early reader is unclear. The New-York edition of Opus Maxium not located in OCLC. Somewhat rubbed bumped and a trifle shaken; some foxing and light staining; a good copy. [v. p.] books

Garrett Scott, Bookseller (ABAA) · Vereinigte Staaten750,00 $≈ 668,75 €

MARCH FREDRIC FLORENCE ELDRIDGE RUSSELL W. DAVENPORTABAA

My Country - A Poem of American - By Russell W. Davenport

1944Best.-Nr. 14708JNew York: Simon & Schuster 1944. Two copies of this book one belonging to Fredric March and the other to his wife Florence Eldridge. The poem was written during World War II and was presented in adapted dramatic form several times over the NBC radio network. The copy belonging to Fredric March is a second printing and is signed by him in pencil on the flyleaf - Fredric March November 1944. With some pencil notes by him referring to the text. At a later date the author has inscribed the book to his friend - For Fred March - Concerning whose reading of this poem words fail me - Russell Davenport. On the death of President Franklin Roosevelt in April 1945 the NBC Radio Network had March give a dramatic reading of the poem as part of its tribute to the fallen wartime President. The first printing copy belonging to Florence Eldridge is heavily annotated by her in pencil for an earlier radio reading in which she acted. Her copy is a first printing and inscribed by the author - For Florence Affectionately Russell Nov 30 / 44 And don’t for Dec 11!. There is an Autograph Letter Signed by Russell Davenport to Eldridge taped to the front pastedown tape browned dated December 12 1944 written after her radio reading - Dear Florence- This is just a little note wholly inadequate to express my appreciation for all your effort and care in the reading of My Country. You gave a superb performance. If there is ever anything that an unlikely scrivener can do in return you know where to come. Let me see you soon. Affectionately Russ. Both books are enclosed together in a custom clamshell box. Russell Davenport 1899-1954 was a very interesting man and close friend of the Marchs. As Wikipedia notes he “.served with the U.S. Army in World War I and received the Croix de Guerre. He enrolled at Yale University and graduated in 1923 where he was classmate of Henry Luce and Briton Hadden who founded Time magazine. While at Yale he became a member of the secret society Skull and Bones. In 1929 he married the writer Marcia Davenport; they divorced in 1944. He joined the editorial staff of Fortune magazine in 1930 and became managing editor in 1937. At age forty-one he turned to politics and became a personal and political advisor to Wendell Willkie. Willkie was the Republican nominee for the 1940 presidential election and lost the election to Franklin D. Roosevelt. After Willkie's death in 1944 Davenport became a defacto leader of the internationalist Republicans. Following World War II he was on the staff of Life and Time until 1952.” Simon & Schuster unknown books

James Pepper Rare Books, Inc. · Vereinigte Staaten650,00 $≈ 579,58 €

SPENCE HARTZELL FREDERIC MARCH MARTHA SCOTT NORMAN VINCENT PEALEABAA

One Foot in Heaven. The Life of a Practical Parson by Hartzell Spence. Signed by Thirty Memeber of the Cast and Crew of the Film. With Four B&W Production Stills from the Film

1941Best.-Nr. 19801ENew York & Los Angeles: Whittlesey House / Warner Bros 1941. Later printing. Signed by thirty members of the cast and crew for the Oscar nominated film One Foot in Heaven to the young actress Carlotta Jelm who played the character Eileen Spence the daughter of William and Hope Spence played by Frederic March and Martha Scott in the film and whose signed inscriptions read: “All happiness to Carlotta Frederic March.” and “To my daughter Eileen - my best wishes always Martha Scott.” The book is also signed by Norman Vincent Peale who served as a technical advisor for the film “To Carlotta with best wishes Norman Vincent Peale.” With signatures of director Irving Rapper cinematographer Charles Rosher assistant director Jesse Hibbs Peter Caldwell who played her brother “It was good being your brother Peter Caldwell.” and others. Near fine copy with a trace of use in a very good lightly used and dust soiled dust jacket with thin tape repaired splits to the spine folds and a few small chips and tears. With four production stills: two of Frederic March and Martha Scott on their wedding day posed in front of an oversized prop of the book; one of Fredric March Martha Scott Carlotta Jelm and Peter Caldwell the young actor playing the son and the book’s author Hartzell Spence all posed as if for a formal family portrait and one of Frederic March and Peter Caldwell sitting in an audience as March gives the boy a stern look. All stills are in fine condition and three have binder punch holes. The book and film tell the true story of a happy family headed by a warm and dedicated pastor who with his wife and children moved from one parish to another serving each community with dedication wisdom and humor. The fil also starred Beulah Bondi as a wealthy member of his congregation Gene Lockhart as a member whose wife sings poorly in the choir Grant Mitchell as the architect of the church improvements and a skeptic played by Jerome Cowan. Whittlesey House / Warner Bros unknown books

James Pepper Rare Books, Inc. · Vereinigte Staaten1.500,00 $≈ 1.337,49 €

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