New Haven: Printed by S. Babcock, 1844. First edition. 8vo, original printed blue wrappers, 16 pages. Per printed note on the front wrapper, "For the Hale Munment Association," this copy with a gift inscription from the Association's secretary, "George Beach Esq. with Respects of John W. Boynton, Sec. Hale Mem..... More
[Suffern, N. Y. School of Living, ca. 1945]. First edition. Unbound pamphlet, approx. 8.25 x 5.5 inches, [4] pages. Vignette portrait. The standard dominant narrative of postwar America is that of the flight to suburban conformity; Ralph Borsodi and the School of Living had instead for a number of years..... More
Philadelphia: Printed for Johnson and Warner, 1811. First Bailey edition. 12mo, original orange boards, 72 pages. Engraved frontis. A handsome little edition, printed by Lydia Bailey. The frontispiece is engraved by Tanner after Stothard. Rosenbach 442; Nipps, Lydia Bailey, 55. Frontispiece browned. More
Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird & Co., Industrial Publishers, Booksellers and Importers, 1884. First edition. 8vo, self-wrappered pamphlet, 8 pages. An uncommon attack on Abram S. Hewitt and his theories of free trade, from the arch-protectionist Henry Carey Baird, suggesting Hewitt's philosophies aim "to sink man to the nethermost hell of..... More
Ipswich [Mass.], ca. 1834. 3 pages on a two-leaf folio measuring 9.75 x 7.88 inches on laid paper watermarked J. Green and Son 1831. Approx. 325 words in total. “Behold this Bridge of lime and stone / The like before was never known / For beauty and magnificence —— /..... More
Pittsburgh, Pa. Printed by Johnston & Stockton, 1843. First edition. 8vo, contemporary (original?) blue wrappers, twine stitching, 48 pages. The former Unitarian clergyman, a native of England who had of late been the head of the Pittsburgh Unitarian society, outlines at length his reasons for leaving his church for the..... More
New Haven: Printed by B. L. Hamlen, 1846. First edition. 8vo, original printed yellow wrappers, 28 pages. A presentation copy, inscribed in pencil at the head of the front wrapper to the Hartford State Supreme Court justice, "Hon. Thos. S. Williams, With respects of A.C.B." Moderately sordid charges and counter-charges..... More
[Edinburgh: n. p., 1875]. First edition. 8vo, removed, 16 pages. Criticism of the health implications of a proposed Edinburgh drainage scheme from the Scottish physician who had done much to reform the sanitary condition of the British armed forces (cf. the DNB). He here touches on the varied compositions of..... More
![Item #18225 The Garland of Trials [caption title]. Ballads](/pictures/thumb/18225.jpg?v=1512579395)
[London]: Printed and Sold by J. Pitts, 14 Great St. Andrew Street, Seven Dials, [between 1802 and 1819]. One of many editions of this popular ballad. Broadside, 8.5 x 13 inches. A penny ballad that seems to date at least to the mid-18th century, here printed on cheap paper, with..... More
Concord [N.H.]: Published by George Hough, Sold at his Bookstore, 1822. First edition. 8vo, removed pamphlet (lacking wrappers), 26 pages. The longtime Congregationalist minister warns Universalists of the follies of their doctrines; a typical salvo against some of the principal works of early Unitarian-Universalist (and then New Hampshire resident) Hosea..... More
Portsmouth, N.H. W. Weeks -- Printer, 1813. First edition. 12mo, contemporary calf spine, marbled boards, 179 pages. An uncommon and relatively early controversial work from one of the fathers of American Universalism, and a nice example of a Portsmouth imprint. Neat gift inscription dated 1905 on the front free endpaper..... More
Northampton, Mass. Steam Press of Gazette Printing Company, 1876. First edition. Original pictorial wrappers, 8.75 x 5.75 inches, 24 pages. Illus., including a diagram of the cashier's home. The definitive contemporary account of one the biggest bank robberies in U.S. history. The robbers--who according to witnesses referred to each other..... More
Cortland [N.Y.]: S. C. Clisbe & Co. Printers, 1847. First edition. 12mo, contemporary black morocco spine, marbled boards, 166 pages. The Baptist pastor from McGrawville argues for immersion and against loose communion churches; includes some hint of the alliance of religious sentiment and Jacksonian populism: “I am a Republican, a...... More
(Champaign County, Illinois: n. p.), [ca. 1974]. First edition. Original printed pictorial blue wrappers, 8.5 x 5.5 inches, [2], 13, [1] pages. With a label mounted to the inside from wrappers, “PREPARED BY: Marilyn Farley, 1974 IFYE Delegate to Barbados from Champaign Co., Illinois.” Likely a service project required of..... More
![Item #18104 Grimalkin, and Little Fido. [Bound with, as published:] Charles’ Journey to France...](/pictures/thumb/18104.jpg?v=1502225690)
Worcester [Mass.]: Edward Livermore, 1847. First Livermore edition of each title. 12mo, original gilt-stamped brown cloth, 72, 72 pages. Illus. Published here in the series “Uncle Thomas’ Stories for Good Children,” an early series from the Worcester publisher Livermore (who had the book printed by Merriam & Mirick in Greenfield..... More
New York: Printed by Samuel Wood and Sons, for the Trustees of Obadiah Brown's Benevolent Fund, 1827. Stated first stereotype edition of this evergreen classic of Quaker apologetics. 8vo, contemporary (likely publisher's) calf, red leather label, gilt lettering, 587 pages. Some penciled sums to the verso of the rear free..... More
Williamsburgh [Mass.]: Printed by Ephraim Whitman, 1817. First edition. 12mo, original tree sheep, brown leather spine label, gilt lettering, iv, 300 pages, all edges sprinkled. The Bard of the Berkshires, Bodman (1766-1850) was perhaps the last great efflorescence of the New England Puritan poets in the lineage of Michael Wigglesworth;..... More
[Parchment, Michigan: Kalamazoo Vegetable Parchment Company, 1931?]. First edition. 8vo, original pictorial boards, [2], 42 pages. Illus. Tipped-in price sheet to the verso of the front board. A promotional book on the many domestic uses (cooking, cleaning, writing) of the paper product of the Kalamazoo Vegetable Parchment Co. As befits..... More
New York: Sold by the Booksellers [Chez les Libraires], 1840. First edition. 2 vols in 1, 12mo, original blue cloth, gilt lettering. Title page vignettes of a viper; one folding facsimile plate. A scurrilous libel accusing Rev. Verren of poor manners, gross language and attempted seduction: "The word *libertine* burst..... More
![Item #17967 Crouse-Hinds Products: Proposal [wrapper title]. Baseball, Crouse-Hinds Company](/pictures/thumb/17967.jpg?v=1491419921)
Syracuse, N. Y. Crouse-Hinds, 1934. First edition. Brad-bound printed folder collecting 2 price lists and 26 technical bulletins dated 1932-1934 from the floodlight company (each generally 2-4 pages, though a 56-page Airport and Airway Lighting Equipment catalog with illustrated wrappers is bound in). Illus. Of especial interest among the sales..... More
[Philadelphia: Philadelphia Game Mfg. Co., 1915]. First edition. Single leaf of letterhead with a printed mimeo letter, approx. 11 x 8.5 inches, with an approx. 7x 6 order form ("1915 Line-Ups Now Ready") and an attached leaflet printed recto and verso (with halftone illus. of the game) measuring approx. 6.25..... More
[Townsend, Mass., 1913-, 1915. Original brown wrappers and brown buckram spine, lined copy book ruled to make graph paper, approx. 8.25 x 6.75 inches. 38 pages of tabulated game-by-game player statistics in pencil, three mounted carbon-copy typescripts of full-season individual and team statistics, small mounted newspaper clipping in three pieces..... More
![Item #17966 Americanisn [sic, Americanism] in Addison [caption title]. Baseball, W. E. Barron](/pictures/thumb/17966.jpg?v=1491419921)
[Addison or Elmira, N. Y.?]: n. p., [ca. 1906?]. First edition. Broadside, approx. 5.5 x 11 inches. “Great apprehension is felt by many of our best citizens for the future of our nation. Discordant and disintegrating elements are multiplying.” What poses this threat to the “foundation rock” of America? The..... More
Chicago: Gamble Hinged Music Co., (1940). First edition. Oblong 16mo, original printed wrappers, approx. 3.375 x 4.25 inches. Illus. with halftones throughout. A flipbook animation demonstrating proper technique for this baton twirling trick. With a number of ads on the versos of the illustrated pages for various models of Gamble..... More
[New York: n. p., ca. 1901]. First edition. Small 8vo, original pictorial glazed yellow wrappers, 15, [1] pages. Illus. Home battery systems, including the “20th Century Battery,” from the agency best known for its electric belts. The batteries are said to cure paralysis, rheumatism, neuralgia, etc., the whole illustrated with..... More
