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Rare banned book on French Royal History: With manuscript notes, on the second blank, giving us a short biography of Le Grand, and informing us the the book was banned by the French censors after protests from Walpole and Stanhope at

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1780 Jean-Jacques Rousseau Heloise Julie BANNED Book: 1780 Jean-Jacques Rousseau Heloise Julie BANNED Book Philosophy Geneva 4v SET “People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.” ― Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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1777 Banned Book Les Moeurs Francois Toussaint Louis XV: 1777 Banned Book Les Moeurs Francois Toussaint Louis XV French Regicide France Shortly after the release of François-Vincent Toussaint’s ‘Les Moeurs’ in 1748, the country of France became quick

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1761 Rousseau Heloise Julie BANNED Book Philosophy: 1761 Rousseau Heloise Julie BANNED Book Philosophy French Lettres de Deux Amans “People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.” ― Jean-Jacques Roussea

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1649 The Celestial Divorce by Ferrante Pallavicino: 1649 The Celestial Divorce by Ferrante Pallavicino anti Catholic banned book Ferrante Pallavicino was a 17th-century Italian writer known for his controversial stories and satirical views. One of thes

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1951 The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger Controversy: 1951 The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger Controversial BANNED Book American “What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terr

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1775 QURAN Koran Islam Mohammed Mahomet Du Ryer BANNED: 1775 QURAN Koran Islam Mohammed Mahomet Du Ryer BANNED Muslim Alcoran MAP A rare, 17th-century printing of the Quran in French. This highly desirable Islamic text was translated by Andre du Ryer, know

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1936 1st ed Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell Civil: 1936 1st ed Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell Civil War Slavery Controversy "This is beyond doubt one of the most remarkable first novels produced by an American writer. It is also one of the best"

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1884 HORSES Jardine Naturalist Natural History Mammals: 1884 HORSES Jardine Naturalist Natural History Mammals Horses Zebra Color Illustrated Sir William Jardine was a 19th-century Scottish naturalist most known for his extensive series of books on natural

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Title: On Beyond Zebra - Banned Book

Author: Dr. Seuss

Date: 1955

Publisher: Random House, NY

Edition: early printing

Additional Info: A very early printing. Ten titles listed on the rear cover. The boards and spine are bright and square, with some rubbing at the extremities. Dr. Seuss introduces 20 heretofore unknown letters, and the bizarre words that can be spelled with them. One word, 'Spazz', forced the publisher canceled, discontinued, ban this Seuss classic work.

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