Putney John Ed (2 results)

First Edition. Single issue. Quarto (30cm). Single issue, 8pp. Never bound. Occasional spots of soil and foxing, but largely fresh and clean: Good to Very Good. The Witness was the second periodical edited by Noyes (1811-1886), founder of perfectionist communes at Putney and later at Oneida, NY. Preceded by The Perfectionist (published from New Haven) and succeeded by The Perfectionist (published from Putney, Vermont). This issue was dedicated specifically to discussion of the "Battle Axe Letter," a private letter in which Noyes argued against marriage, which caused controversy when it was published elsewhere without his permission. WELLS (The Oneida Community Collection in the Syracuse University Library) pp.18-19. DARE 1543. Full disclosure: LBRB is in possession of a small remainder of this edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Not price clipped. Illustrated with Photographs and Drawings (illustrator). First Edition/First Printing. Some chipping to dust jacket with loss to jacket spine ends, some spotting to page block. This is a book of entertainment - a beguiling miscellany of stylish, lighthearted literary writing and pertinent pictures touching on many facets of life and leisure in and outside Britain.