CM4. [Hopedale]. Ballou. History of the Hopedale Community, From its Inception to its Virtual Submergence in the Hopedale Parish. Lowell: Thompson & Hill, 1897. 415 pp. Very good with lightly faded spine. Good account by one of the founders of the Massachusetts community. $125.00.

CM6. [House of David]. House of David Art Productions. Art Gifts, 1965-66. Benton Harbor: House of David, c.1965. 12 pp. Nicely illustrated with photos of statues made at the House of David. $20.00.

CM7. [House of David]. Purnell, Benjamin. Brief Points of Benjamin’s Travels. Benton Harbor: The House of David, 1926. 30 pp. $25.00.

CM20. [House of David]. House of David, Benton Harbor, Michigan, U.S.A. [4] pp. A c.1970 edition of this pamphlet that was handed out for decades by the House of David. $20.00.

CM23. [Oneida Community]. Noyes, John. Male Continence. Oneida: Office of the American Socialist, 1877. 32 pp. Second edition. Good condition. Noyes lays out his Community’s actions to limit pregnancy among members. $175.00.

CM24. [Oneida Community]. Noyes, T.R. Report on the Health of Children in the Oneida Community. Oneida: 1878. 8 pp. Very good. Interesting report on the children produced by this free love community. $125.00.

CM26. [Oneida Community]. The Circular, Vol. 1, no.1 – Vol. 1, no.51, 1851. 208 pp. Upper right corner dogged-eared. 51 issue of a Oneida Community periodical that was edited by John Humphrey Noyes. Most issues have “Home Talks” by Noyes that give great insight into Perfectionist thought. $500.00.

CM42. [Penn-Craft]. Penn-Craft Community, Fayette County Pennsylvania. Reprinted from Bulletin no. 896 Nonprofit Housing Projects- United States Bureau of Labor Statistics. Philadelphia: American Friends Service Committee, c.1940’s. [10] pp. Good content on this Quaker supported community of poor coal miners. $25.00.

CM44. [House of David]. Mary’s Modern Motel… Benton Harbor, Mich. Unused envelope illustrated with a cut of hotel. $15.00.

CM45. [House of David]. Taylor, R. James. Portraits; The Face of a Century in Faith. The Israelite House of David, 1903 and the Reorganization by Mary Purnell, 1930. Second edition. [Benton Harbor: Mary’ City of David], 2005. 157 pp. A book of great merit and beautifully written. Produced by the talented Ron Taylor of Mary’s City of David. He reproduces rare photographs of House of David members and offers brief biographies. Also includes some poetry. A treasure. $50.00.

CM46. [Oneida Community]. Skinner, H.H. The Theodores of the Bible. A Lecture by H.H. Skinner. Delivered in the Community Hall March 1, C.B.N. [Oneida]: c.1877. 12 pp. Very good. $65.00.

CM48. [General account]. Noyes, John Humphrey. History of American Socialisms. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1870. 678 pp. Good. Ex-library. Spine faded and has a library bookplate. Noyes, the leader of the Oneida Society, surveys various American communal experiments. Groups that he discusses include the Shakers, New Harmony, Northampton, several Phalanx’s, and of course the Oneida Community. $100.00

CM49. [Bishop Hill]. Mikkelsen, Michael. The Bishop Hill Colony; A Religious Communistic Settlement in Henry County, Illinois. Baltimore: The John Hopkins Press, 1892. 80 pp. Lacking wraps but text is clean. $25.00.

CM50. [Amana]. 5 1904 snap shots of the Amana Society in Iowa. Includes a shot of a street, a view of one of the meeting houses, and one of the cemetery. The pictures are mounted on an album page. $65.00.

CM51. [Zion City]. Shiloh Tabernacle, Zion City, Ill. $10.00.

CM52. [Point Loma]. The Temple of Peace. Nice hand colored real photo. $15.00.

CM54. [House of David]. Benton Harbor Fruit and Vegetable Market, Largest in World. Used 1943. House of David cold storage building in the background. $10.00.

CM58. [House of David]. Large (9” x 6”) c.1970’s post card of Benjamin Purnell. $15.00.

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