N. p. [but England]: 1863. Lined account book or journal in printed paper wrappers, 6.25 x 3.88 inches, 13 pages of manuscript (16 pages total). Almanack for 1864 (including British postal rates) printed on the inside wrappers. “Do not sit dumb in company. That looks either like pride, cunning, or..... More
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[New York]: Paul von Boeckmann, 41 Union Square, [ca. 1903]. First edition? Original self-wrappers, 6.75 x 4.88 inches, [16] pages, wire stitched. Illus. A promotional pamphlet from the deep-breathing strong man and editor of VIM, advertising right breathing with a series of courses of physical exercise and respiratory conditioning with..... More
Boston: Printed for the Author, 1825. First edition. 8vo (8.38 x 5.13 inches), original sheep, 152 pages. A utilitarian book cast as a result of chemical study, promising these recipes “will prove useful, not only to the Chemical Student, but also to the Manufacturer, and to the Economist.” With much..... More
Philadelphia: William Brown, Printer, 1833. Second edition. 8vo (8.25 x 5.25 inches), original printed blue wrappers, 105, [1] pages. The 48-page first edition was published the same year, and this version includes not only national statistics and figures but is replete with ample anecdotal case studies (some quite detailed) of..... More
Boston: Published by William Denton; for Sale by William White and Company, 158 Washington Street, 1872. First edition. Original printed drab wrappers, 7.63 x 4.88 inches, 34, [1] pages. “This God may seem a very harmless fellow, since he is only a thought god or a paper god; but, admit..... More
Chicago: Wharton Publishing Co., 1930. First edition of this number. Original printed wrappers, 8.63 x 6 inches, saddle-stitched, 20 pages [i.e. 16 pages plus wrappers]. Illustrations. A fugitive trade magazine for mail order get-rich schemes, with ads for various service providers and promotions, correspondence courses (viz. the Lonk Institute of..... More
Teknonsha, Mich. Hazen A. Horton, [ca. 1915]. First edition. Trifold brochure on green coated stock, 9 x 3.75 inches, [6] pages, vignette portrait, plus a one-page spirit duplicated circular letter on Hazen A. Horton letterhead and an order blank for goods from the World Manufacturing Co. of Columbus, O. “I..... More
Boston: Published by T. Bedlington, 31, Washington-Street, 1826. A later edition, first published in 1798 in Boston. 12mo (7.5 x 4.75 inches), original white paper spine, blue boards, 100 pages, untrimmed. Publisher’s large printed paper label (with a Greek key border) on the upper board. A popular anonymous defense of..... More
Baltimore: n. p., 1842. First edition. Unbound pamphlet, 9.75 x 6 inches, stitched, 16 pages, untrimmed. A presentation copy, inscribed in ink at the head of the title, “George H. Collins, Esq. with the Author’s respects.” A detailed and scholarly examination of some of the linguistic rules governing the evolution..... More
Cincinnati: Printed by Wm. J. Ferris & Co., 1831. First edition. 8vo (7.5 x 4.63 inches), original tree sheep, brown leather spine label, gilt lettering, 258 pages, all edges stained yellow. The Cincinnati Presbyterian minister and school teacher here compiles an early American attempt at mental consolations for the chronically..... More
Boston: Printed at the Investigator Office, 1832. First edition. Removed pamphlet (no wrappers), 7 x 4 inches, 8 pages. “I doubt if Mordecai the Jew, ever gave Haman half the uneasiness while sitting in the king’s gate, that my short residence on a small farm in an obscure corner of..... More
Norwich [Conn.]: Printed by R. Hubbard, for the Author, 1813. First edition. 24mo (6.38 x 3.75 inches), original marbled wrappers, 24, [1] pages. Diagrams in the text. Masonic ceremonies for the use of American Lodges, here published by the Connecticut Mason and mathematician Sterry (1761-1817). American Imprints 29867; Sabin 91363..... More
London: Printed for T. Cadell; J. Walter; and T. Sewell, 1776 [i.e., 1777]. Stated fifth edition. Pamphlet in modern marbled wrappers, 8.13 x 5.13 inches, 132 pages. “The opinions of the modern Americans on Government, like those of their good ancestors on witchcraft, would be too ridiculous to deserve any..... More
Worcester: Printed by Wiliam Manning, [1825]. First edition. Unbound self-wrappered pamphlet, 8.5 x 5.5 inches, 22, [2] pages, early added stitching to the spine. “On an ill-fated night, and at an hour when honest industry is enjoying the refreshment of innocent sleep, unhallowed passion, grown rampant by indulgence, is stirred..... 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
Princeton, Mass. Co-operative Publishing Co., 1875. The third printing. Original printed brown wrappers, 9 x 5.63 inches, 23, [1] pages. Reform from the radical anarchist and publisher, derived in large part from Josiah Warren, and with reference to mutual banking theories from William Greene. First published by Heywood in 1874..... More
Newburgh [New York]: Printed by Parmenter & Spaulding, for the Dialectic Society, 1829. First edition. Original printed wrappers, 7 x 4.5 inches, 24 pages, stitched. “The following pages were originally written for the Dialectic Society of *West-Point,* composed of Cadets of the U. S. Military Academy, and the author had..... More
Boston: Marden & Co. Printers, 32 Congress Street, 1840. First edition of this occasional report of this early charitable organization. 24mo (6.13 x 3.81 inches), original marbled wrappers, 53 pages. A token of the importance of maritime commerce in New England, a charitable organization founded as an association of sea..... More
Carlisle [Penna.]: From the Press of A. Louden (Whitehall), 1805. First edition. 12mo (6.88 x 4.38 inches), contemporary calf, leather spine label, gilt lettering, 220 pages. “When she [Miss Oliver] was solicited to make a collection for publication, not being a ready writer herself, she dictated them to another person..... More
Boston: Printed for the Author, J. Belcher, Printer, 1809. First edition. 12mo (6.88 x 4.13), original full sheep, black leather label, gilt rules and lettering, 169, [1] pages. “As the following Poems originated in sincere and ardent love of my country, and a desire to aid the cause of truth..... More
[N. p., ca. 1890-1900]. Each photo on a mount measuring 5.5 x 4 inches. The prices for pieces in various “suits” of furniture are given: wash stands (from $4 to $4.50, up to $6 “fine”), bedsteads, frames, even the occasional whatnot shelf in ash ($8 for a plain side whatnot..... More
Cincinnati, May 15, 1913 and May 16, 1913. 2 letters, 9 pages and 10 pages (approx. 1700 words total) in pencil on rectos and versos, Remington Typewriter letterhead measuring 6.5 x 8.5 inches. With one original cover addressed to Elden’s sweetheart, Miss Grace Weeter, postmarked Cincinnati, May 15, 1913. Lively..... More
New York: Fowlers and Wells, Phrenological Cabinet, 131 Nassau Street, 1849. Stated fifth edition. 8vo (7.5 x 4.88 inches), original blind-stamped brown cloth, gilt pictorial spine, [1-6], [i]-xii, [19]-312, [4] pages. Illus. A popular physiology on phrenological principles, but also touching on water cure principles, ventilation reform, rational dress, meatless..... More
Boston: Printed by John Russell, at his Office, Quaker-Lane, [1799]. First edition. Original blue oilcloth wrappers, 7.25 x 4.5 inches, 13 pages. Title-page vignette. A handsome little publication of the articles of incorporation for this marine insurance company, presumably intended as a promotional keepsake; its oilcloth wrappers seem happily suited..... More
New York: Derby & Jackson, 119 Nassau Street, 1859. First edition. 8vo (7.5 x 5.25 inches), original brown cloth, gilt lettering, 329, [1] pages. Double frontispiece: two lithographic portraits by Sarony inserted before the title page. A popular account of travel among the Acadians of the Maritimes in eastern Canada;..... More
