[N. p., but Rhode Island?, ca. 1840]. Blann 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
New-York: Published by the American Tract Society, 150 Nassau-Street; D. Fanshaw, Printer, [between 1832 and 1846]. A later edition. Evident publisher’s adhered boards binding of a lilac linen spine, printed spine label, marbled boards, scant 6 x 3.5 inches, 159, [1] pages. The pastedowns in this copy have evidently lifted..... More
Boston: Published by R. Bannister, 1823. First edition (but see below). Contemporary half sheep, red leather label, gilt lettering, marbled sides, 7.25 x 4.25 inches, viii, 424 pages. “Young people have been suffered too much to feed their reading appetites on any trash which might come in their way.... More
Philadelphia: Gedruckt bey Conrad Zentler, Für Daniel Bräutigam, No. 193, in der Zwenten Strasse, oberhalb der Wein-Strasse, 1818. A later “improved” edition of a Zentler ABC, this one of four issues published in 1818. Contemporary drab paper spine, decorated boards, 6.75 x 4.13 inches, 32 pages (pages [1] and [32]..... More
Utica: Hastings & Tracy & W. Williams, 1832. First edition. Original dyed roan spine, green boards, 6 x 3.75 inches, 162 pages. From the preface, dated January 1832, the compilers argue for their reform approach to devotional music, moving away from folk or popular tunes: “Impenitent men, for example, who..... More
Dover [N.H.]: Published by David Marks, for the Freewill Baptist Connexion, 1834. First edition. Original sheep spine, drab boards, 5 x 3.38 inches, 156, [4] pages. “As our Connexion has become so extensive that all cannot meet and confer together on doctrine as formerly, some are at a loss to..... More
Boston: Printed by Manning & Loring, 1806-1807. First edition. Contemporary calf spine, red morocco label, marbled boards, 8.5 x 5.25 inches, [4], 378, [6] pages. An ex-library copy, with the bookplate of the Greenfield Historical Society on the front pastedown and their ink stamp to the title page. 24 numbers..... More
[Baltimore]: Published by Samuel Jerreris, 212, Baltimore-Street. Robinson, Printer, 1809. First edition. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, 6.56 x 4.13 inches, 139, [1] pages. Colophon on page [140], Jos. Robinson, Printer, Calvert-Street. Stoddard-Whitesell 902; American Imprints 18773. This copy lacking leaf L2 (pp. 113/114) and bound without the ads. More
Philadelphia: Gedruckt bey Conrad Zentler, in der Zweyten, nahe bey der Rehs-Strasse, 1810. First edition. Contemporary calf spine, blue decorated paper over pasteboard, 5.75 x 3.38 inches, 180 pages. Two woodcut vignettes. An annotated version of the Peter Canisius catechism. Arndt 1780; American Imprints 19713. More
Worcester, Massachusetts: Isaiah Thomas, 1787. The fourth American edition. Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards (neatly rebacked), 4.13 x 2.75 inches, 158, [2] pages, trimmed rather than uncut. LACKS THE WOODCUT FRONTISPIECe; woodcut illustrations in the text. Some clue to the condition of this copy might be guessed from the juvenile ink..... More
[N. p., but American, ca. 1850-1860]. Foolscap blank book in blue diced half roan, marbled sides, 13.5 x 8.25 inches, printed on blue stock. An attractive example; the sturdy heavy cord stitching in the hinges suggests readiness for steady use. More
Boston: Printed by Thomas Badger, Jr., No. 10, Merchants’s Hall, 1823. First edition. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, 10.63 x 9.13 inches, 152 pages. Printed music throughout. An attempt by the singing-school teacher (and penmanship instructor) Gould to “furnish the Public with a volume of Music, calculated for the convenience..... More
Chambersburg [Penna.]: Printed by Dover & Harper, for Mathew Carey, Philadelphia, 1796. Second American edition. Original marbled boards rebacked with white paper (with typewritten titling), 6.5 x 4 inches, 84 pages. An example of Carey’s practice of partnerships with far-flung printers, this uncommon revival of the essays of Hannah More..... More
Boston: Printed for the Proprietors, by Hosea Sprague, No. 44, Marlborough Street, [1803]. First edition, and ex-library copy. Contemporary green morocco spine, red leather label, traces of marbled paper over scaleboard, 8.13 x 5.13 inches, [4], 288 pages. “Come, ye despisers of Columbian Song, / Ye tribes of *smut, ill-nature..... More
Hartford: Printed by Hudson and Goodwin, 1801. First edition. Original marbled wrappers, 8.63 x 5.5 inches, 20, [4] pages. “Among the moderns, how have the nations of Europe revolutionized and in what torrents of blood, for several years past, have her pleasantest fields been deluged. . . . God raised..... More
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[Kensington, Berlin, Hartford County, Conn.], September 27, 1817 to May 4, 1818. Original marbled wrappers over sugar paper, blank book ruled in ink, 8.88 x 6.75 inches, 40 pages in autograph ink, stitched with twine. Two contemporary receipts or notes laid in, one pinned in. Evidently Waste Book A, the..... More
Greenfield, Mass. Printed by Ansel Phelps, And sold by him at his Book-Store—also, by S. Butler, Northampton, T. Dickman, Springfield, and Cummings & Hilliard, Boston and Cambridge, 1816. First edition. Original marbled wrappers, 5.38 x 3.38 inches, 54 pages, gathered in nines. An ex-library copy, with a small 19th century..... More
Middlebury, Vt. Printed by J. W. Copeland, 1830. Stated third edition; the first appeared in 1824 (perhaps printed in Hebron, Connecticut), followed by an 1826 Schenectady edition. Contemporary calf spine, marbled boards, 6.94 x 4.25 inches, gilt rules, 268 pages, all edges stained yellow. “*This really is one of the..... More
Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, [ca. 1833-1845?]. First edition, but presumably a later printing. Original black roan spine, marbled boards, 5.88 x 3.75 inches, 195, [1] pages. Frontispiece, illus. An account of missionary work and the eradication of native culture in Tahiti. Separately published as one of a series of three..... More
Boston: Published for T. Bedlington, No. 31, Washington-street, 1826. A later edition. 2 vols, original brown cloth spines, printed paper labels, marbled boards, 6.25 x 3.69 inches, 223, [1]; 218 pages. Engraved frontispiece and engraved title in each volume. First published in Worcester in 1807, and likely republished here with..... More
Boston: Printed by Jonathan Howe, Corner of Merchants Row and Clinton Street, [1829 or 1830]. First edition. Original roan spine, marbled boards, 4.5 x 2.88 inches, 96 pages. With the printed notice on the verso of the title page, “I tender my thanks to the gentlemen who have presented me..... More
New-York: Stereotyped and Printed by J. Watts & Co., for Whiting & Watson, Theological and Classical Booksellers, June, 1813. First edition. Contemporary calf spine, marbled boards, 7 x 4.25 inches, [2], 142 pages. The first book printed in America from American stereotype plates: “The Philadelphia Bible Society had imported a...... More
New-York: Printed and Sold by Collins and Perkins, No. 189 Pearl-Street, 1810. Second edition. Original white paper spine, marbled boards, 7.5 x 4.5 inches, 164, [1] pages, untrimmed. Three plates. “How many years will roll away before the sheep of Europe and America are converted into Merinos? . .... More
Baltimore: Published by Edward J. Coale; and by Eastburn, Kirk, & Co., New-York; and Mathew Carey, Philadelphia. P Mauro, Printer, 1814. First American edition. 2 vols in 1, contemporary (likely original) red calf spine and dark calf corners, marbled boards, 7.25 x 4.25 inches, 140, [2]; 156, [2] pages. A..... More
[New London, Conn.]: Printed for the Author, 1823. First edition. Original blue calf spine, marbled wrappers, 7.75 x 4.88 inches, 12, [2] pages. Engraved title, nine plates. An early example of an American shorthand, though Dodge here in his text refers to a contemporary American adaptation of Taylor’s system by..... More
