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[N. p., but U.S.A.? n. p, ca. 1920]. Five cotton 48-star flags (approx. 4 x 6 inches) on black-painted sticks, plus the enameled red, white, and blue shield mount and all the original hardware. In the original printed pictorial carton. Childe Hassam run through the Duchamp grinder and patted into... More about “Flags for Auto Radiators” [carton title
[Houghton-le-Spring? n. p., ca. 1880-1900?]. Original black and white gelatin print, 1.5 x 2.25 inch image on a mount measuring 4.13 x 2.5 inches, mount with scalloped edges. 8-line autograph manuscript poem captioning the image. A clear, crisp, striking image of men standing in front of structures (including smokestacks) at... More about Carte de visite (CDV) sized view of the Houghton Pit, the County Durham coal mine that was active...
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[Tallahassee, Florida Territory? n. p., 1835]. First edition. Broadside, 19.25 x 11.75 inches, printed in three columns, three marginal corrections in contemporary autograph ink. Signed in type at the foot of the text, N. W. Walker, Chair’n. “In pursuance of public notice, a very large meeting of the citizens of... More about The Shell Point Meeting . . . [caption title
Boston: [n. p.], 1834. First edition. Unbound pamphlet, stitched as issued, 9.25 x 5.5 inches, 14, [2] pages, untrimmed. The anarchist reformer’s first book, with the expected iconoclastic themes against Christianity, the Gospel, and the divinity of Jesus. Includes the final blank. American Imprints 26898. More about The Deist’s Immortality; and, An Essay on Man’s Accountability for his Belief
Waterloo, Iowa: Van Metre & Wilson, Printers, 1882. First edition. 8vo, original printed blue wrappers, 19 pages. “Even in so-called enlightened nations, and in modern times—even in our own country where Church and State are said to be forever divorced—where it is said with bursts of oratorical boasting, that in..... More about The Sabbath. A Series of Articles Originally Published in the “Bremer County Independent,” at...
Worcester: Published by Henry J. Howland, 1846. First edition. Original printed wrappers, 4.38 x 2.88 inches, 96 pages. Frontis. “He is a most devoted Peace-man, and would not be willing to shed the blood even of a woodchuck without necessity.” A collection of characteristic reform writings from the pacifist autodidact... More about Sparks from the Anvil
London: Printed for Charles Green, [1747]. First edition. Removed pamphlet glued into later wrappers, 7.5 x 4.88 inches, [4], 78, [2] pages. An object lesson in affairs of the heart from this notorious bigamist and MP, the public and at times fairly explicit defense of a rather sordid affair: Creswell... More about A Narrative of the Affair Between Mr. Creswell, and Miss Sc - - - e, Address’d to G - - v - - e...
Amsterdam: W. Versluys, [1894]. First edition. Original printed blue-green wrappers, 7.75 x 5.25 inches, 62 pages. Anonymous socialist utopian fiction from the Dutch physician Rutgers (1850-1924), who became the great advocate of contraception, and of social and sexual reform in the Netherlands, sometime secretary of the Nieuw-Malthusiaansche Bond. Though evidently... More about Anno: 1999
(Kansas City, Mo. H. L. Giles, M.D.), [ca. 1920-1930]. Stated fifth edition. Original printed wrappers, 4.5 x 3 inches, 32 pages. Illus. A typical advertising booklet for a physician with a practice treating male diseases and a handy street guide to Kansas City, from this established popular surgeon who seems... More about Record Book, Street Guide and Useful Medical Receipts. Facts for Men. Do Not Throw it Away. Fifth...
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(n. p. n. p., 1940). First edition. Unbound pamphlet, 11 x 8.5 inches, [8] pages. Illus. A handsome pitch book or souvenir booklet for one of the great Ringing Brothers exhibitions, no doubt published for sale at the circus, the lfe and personality of a captive lowland gorilla with a.... More about The Strange Story of Gargantua [wrapper title
[Wrapper imprint:] Pittsburgh: J. B. Butler, Printer, 1822. First edition. Original printed blue wrappers, stitched as issued, 8.63 x 5.25 inches, 16 pages, untrimmed. A foundation document for Case Western Reserve, a committee of western Presbyterians issues a clarion call for a homegrown institution of higher learning in Ohio and... More about An Address to the Public, the Patrons of Literature and Religion, on the Subject of Establishing...
Impresa en Filadelfia y reimpresa en México: Mariano Ontiveros, 1822. Second edition; first Mexican edition. 16mo, 19th century black sheep spine, marbled boards, gilt lettering, 150 pages. “Ya es tiempo de que hagamos nuestra entrada solemne en el universo, de que México obtenga el lugar distinguido que corresponde al pais..... More about Memoria Politico-Instructiva, Enviada desde Filadelfia en Agosto de 1821 a los Gefes Indepentes...
[Batavia, N. Y.?]: Printed for the Author, 1827. Stated second edition. Pamphlet in contemporary rough wrappers, 9 x 5.25 inches, 92 pages, partially untrimmed. “In the absence of the author, or rather compiler of the following work, who was kidnapped and carried away from the village of Batavia, on the... More about Illustrations of Masonry, by One of the Fraternity, Who has devoted 30 years to the subject . . ....
[Philadelphia: n. p.], Sep. 1808. First edition. Removed pamphlet (no wrappers), 8.88 x 5.5 inches, 28 pages. An early instance of opposition research in politics, an attack on the important early Pennsylvania Federalist (and Western Pennsylvania land speculator) James Ross (1762-1847); the publication of this former Pittsburgh resident’s allegations that... More about The Case of Jane Marie, Exhibiting the Cruelty and Barbarous Conduct of James Ross, to a...
Canterbury, N. H. n. p., 1842. First edition. Original blue wrappers, scant 6.5 x 4.13 inches, 35, [1] pages, stitched. “The following is a communication from Holy Mother Wisdom to the Elders of the First Order, at the Holy Mount of God; brought by a holy and swift-winged angel, belonging... More about The Youth’s Guide in Zion, and Holy Mother’s Promises. Given by Inspiration at New Lebanon,...
Dover, N. H. John Mann, 1812. Second edition; the first appeared in 1771. Early (original?) blue wrappers, 7 x 4.25 inches, 21, [3] pages, stitched. Per the prefatory editor’s note, “Though the author’s name is not prefixed to this address, it is known to have been written by Dr. Jeremy... More about A Plain and Earnest Address from a Minister to a Parishioner, on the Neglect of the Public...
Buffalo: Published by Oliver G. Steele; Charles Faxon, Printer, 1834. Second edition; the first under this title. 12mo, original rose quarter cloth, printed blue-green boards, 90, 2 pages. “The tide of emigration is setting towards the south-western part of the [Michigan] Territory, and northwestern part of Ohio, and portions of... More about The Western Guide Book, and Emigrant’s Directory; Containing General Descriptions of Different...
Oxford, Ohio: Printed at the Societies’ Press, 1830. First edition. 12mo, contemporary calf spine, marbled boards, iv, 109 pages. A rare pioneer work of American philosophy, from the first president of Miami University in Ohio, R. H. Bishop (1777-1855); see Coyle, page 60. This copy with a pencil inscription on... More about A Manual of Logic
Boston: July 1, 1781. Broadside, 11.63 x 10.88 inches, signed in full “John Hancock.” Paper seal intact. Docketed on the verso by Dana, March 10, 1783, attesting to the “faithfull performance of the office to which he is appointed by this Commission,” signed Stephen Dana. A handsome, characteristic signature from... More about Partially printed form, commission for William Hammond as Captain, Seventh Company, First...
Harrisburg, Pa. Gedruckt und zu haben bey Gustav S. Peters, 1832. A later edition. 12mo, original black sheep spine, decorated paper boards, 58 pages. Illus. One of the great visual works of Protestant religious persuasion, derived from an 1812 German adaptation of an earlier emblem book, and which appeared in... More about Das Herz des Menschen, ein Tempel Gottes oder eine Werkstätte des Satans. In zehn Figuren...
Montpelier: Printed by Carlos C. Darling, 1807. First edition thus. Original blue sugar-paper wrappers, stitched (likely later), 8 x 4.75 inches, 12 pages, untrimmed. Unopened. A cheap edition of the Faust story, compressed for maximum thrills and with hints at the dark arts, etc., and perhaps worth considering as an... More about The Devil and Doctor Faustus. Containing the history of the wicked life and horrid death of...
(Philadelphia: n. p., 1799). First edition. Unbound pamphlet, 9 x 6 inches, 7, [1] pages, untrimmed, A proposal in two sections (each signed in type at the foot with Latrobe’s name and dated March 2, 1799), a fairly early American project from the architect and important scheme to pump Philadelphia’s... More about An Answer to the Joint Committee of the Select and Common Councils of Philadelphia, on the...
New York: T. Holman, Printer, 1868. First edition. Original printed self-wrappers, 8.88 x 5.88 inches, [83]-130 pages, as published. “When the matter of our earth was started into motion round its axis, the forces to cause the tides were generated. The centrifugal force to cause the rise, and the centripetal... More about A New Resolution of the Diameters and Distances of the Heavenly Bodies by Common Arithmetic....
London: Charles Griffin and Company, 1895. First edition. 8vo, original pebbled maroon cloth over flexible heavy card-stock wrappers, gilt lettering, vii, [1], 51, [1], 32 pages. Color frontispiece, illus. Inserted folding table. “The subject being one which concerns the general public as well as its scientific and technical members, the... More about Kitchen Boiler Explosions: Why they Occur, and How to Prevent Their Occurrence
London: S. Bagster and Sons; Bath: Isaac Pitman, 1845. First edition. 8vo, contemporary (original?) rose linen spine, blue green boards, [4], v, [3], 194 pages. Two folding leaves with tables, included in the pagination. These sheets with stab-holes and an added two preliminary leaves, suggesting the gathered sheets of the... More about The Alphabet of Nature; or, Contributions Towards a More Accurate Analysis and Symbolization of...
