Boston: Printed by Haskell & Moore, No. 4 Washington street, 1846. Second edition. Unbound stitched pamphlet (5.25 x 3.5 inches), 12 pages. “To find the ruins of the Ursuline Convent, (which convent was demolished by a mob in 1834,) let the eye rest upon the first little eminence to the..... More
Pottsville [Penna.]: Published for the Editor, by B. Bannan, 1848. First edition. 12mo (5.88 x 3.75 inches), publisher’s black sheep spine lettered in gilt, marbled boards, [i]-viii, [v]-viii, [9]-124 pages. “It having been the privilege of the editor for some time past to be connected with a Sunday school, he..... More
Concord [N. H.]: Printed for Nathaniel K. Hardy, June, 1812. Second edition. Pamphlet restitched into later early drab wrappers, scant 6 x 3.5 inches, 12 pages. “On the 19th of February, at evening, she was in great distress of mind, so that she screamed, not uttering words that could be..... More
Salem: Printed at the Office of "To-Day," Oct. 31, 1870. First edition. 8vo, original pictorial glazed white wrappers, 15 pages. Pictorial title page, illus. "If you ask the touris why he visits Salem, he will tell you that he has four reasons: to see the old houses, to feel the..... More
London: Printed and sold by J. Evans and Son, No. 42, Long-lane, [between 1814-1820]. Likely a later edition. 8vo, removed pamphlet, 8 pages. Wood-engraved title page vignette of a woman leaning out of a window with flames burning around her and a ladder just out of reach. With the additional..... More
[N. p., but Rhode Island?, ca. 1840]. Blank book in black half sheep and marbled boards, 9.88 x 7.75 inches, [2], 195 [i.e., 196] pages, including 8 leaves inserted with wax wafers and numbered consecutively. An extensive anthology of verse, with a substantial portion devoted to the deaths of infants..... More
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(Boston: n. p., 1857). First edition. 8vo, unbound pamphlet removed from a nonce volume, 12 pages. A lively, vituperative and uncommon attack on the financial policies that led to the Panic of 1857, with much in the way of sectional attacks on the South. Includes flings against former Mississippi senator..... More
[N. p.]: In der Europaeischen Curiositaets-Societaet benahmt [benamt] Rarino, 1720. 4to (8 x 6.75 inches) on rough paper, 19th century pebbled cloth spine and marbled boards, autograph label to the upper board, [40] pages. Woodcut ornaments. Evidently a critical account of occult lore for a popular market, published under the..... More
