Homestead, Florida: Edward Leedskalnin, (1936) [but ca. 1951]. A later edition. Original pictorial stiff cream wrappers, 7.13 x 5 inches, 33 leaves (some printed one side only: “Reader, if you for any reason do not like the things I say in this little book, I left just as much space..... More
Prescott, Arizona Territory, August 14, 1867. 3.5 pages, lined foolscap folio, 12.5 x 7.88 inches, approx. 1000 words. With interpolations and revisions in the text. The perils of boom times in the Arizona Territory, Frederick Hyde composes a report of a visit beginning August 9, 1867 to the company’s twelve..... More
Providence: Printed by B. Wheeler, 1802. First edition. Original marbled wrappers, 6.88 x 4.5 inches, 13, [1], [1], [1] pages, stitched. “In this assembly, I behold hearts throbbing with sensibility, and countenances brightening with benevolence.” The president of Union College here outlines (in fairly lush language for the pulpit) the..... More
Huntsville, Ala. 8 - 4 - 1903. 14 pages of ink autograph on 7 leaves of lined stock, 8 x 5 inches, approx. 1300 words. Major William Augustus Battle (1825-1909), Alabama planter, Virginia Law School class of 1849, and Confederate veteran, here in the autumn of his years pens an..... More
[N.p., but Boston: n. p., 1847]. First edition. Unbound pamphlet, stitched as issued, 7.5 x 4.63 inches, 11, [1] pages. A detailed program with the lyrics to 21 songs from a two part vocal concert extravaganza that Johnson had mounted in Boston in 1847; a puff in the Boston Musical..... More
New-York: Sold by J. Tiebout & Sons, 1817. First edition. Original printed gray boards, 9.13 x 5.75 inches, [2], 2, [iii]-vii, [1], 161, [1] pages. Partially unopened. “I hope that this compilation may contribute to eradicate from the minds of some Republicans in this Country their incorrect ideas respecting the..... More
Philadelphia: George W. Mentz & Son, 1835. First edition. Original printed blue wrappers, 8.38 x 5.25 inches, 20 pages. “The same tendency [to riot] is seen in what are technically termed STRIKES, when combinations are formed by men who refuse to labour, and a parade of physical force is made..... More
[Hatford?]: Wells, Printer, [1850]. First edition. Unbound brochure on thin wove paper, 8 x 5 inches, [4] pages. An ephemeral and typographically exuberant program for a vocal performance from a founding member of the Hutchinson Family Singers (American popular entertainment pioneers), here in concert in Chicopee and performing characteristic ballads..... More
Weston-Super-Mare: Robbins and Scotney; London: Hamilton, Adams, & Co., [1866]. First edition. Original printed drab wrappers, 7.19 x 4.25 inches, 12 pages. “So again, ‘Can..Gode-*kep,*’ in a list of ministries, means that Canning and Goderich held the office of Premier *in succession* in the year 1827; whereas ‘Straffo, Laud-*sek,*’ (with..... More
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Ipswich [Massachusetts]: [Gray & Smith], 1838. First edition. Broadside, scant 12 x 5.81 inches, elaborate decorative type border. An ephemeral, attractive, and witty carrier’s address for the patrons of this coastal Massachusetts newspaper, making much of the populist appeal of newspapers: “For patronage our gratitude / Is due to all..... More
New York: Published by Falstaff Press, Inc., (1938). First edition. 6 volumes (all published), wire-stitched pamphlets in self-wrappers, 6.38 x 3.25 inches, 16 pages each. Illus. Aurelle, S. H. Sex Physique Averages. Keller, David H. The Truth About “Self-Abuse.” Pugh, Winfield Scott and David H. Keller. Unsuccessful Husbands. Pugh, Winfield..... More
[Philadelphia? n. p.], October 6, 1842. Printed check measuring approx. 2.13 x 6.13 inches, signed “J. Fenimore Cooper.”. A check perhaps cashed to settle up accounts after Cooper’s return home from an extended stay in Philadelphia, where he had been at work completing his naval novel Wing-and-Wing; or Le Feu-Follet..... More
[Colophon:] Boston: Printed by Green & Russell, 1761. First edition. Unbound stitched pamphlet, 8.25 x 6.75 inches, 24 pages, untrimmed. Unopened. “This Answer was concise, and not much stuft with Arguments.” Perhaps more entertaining than one might expect in a controversial pamphlet about ecclesiastic polity (though seeing any pamphleteer flexing..... More
Lowell: Leonard Huntress, Printer, 1841. First edition. Unbound stitched pamphlet, 9 x 5.63 inches, 24 pages. The former mayor of Lowell answers attacks on the labor and social conditions of the factory girls in the mills in Lowell, with much on the systems and laws in place to insure education..... More
New York: Published at 128 Nassau-Street, 1851 [1850], Second edition? 8vo, original blind-stamped and gilt-stamped rose cloth, [1]-72, [1]-48, [121]-136 pages, as published. Title page vignette of a cow on the second title. A vade mecum of domestic life, entertaining even without the subtle suggestion in the title that a...... More
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(Chicago: Robert Smith Printing Co.), [1906]. First edition. Original tan pictorial wrappers, wire stitched, 5.75 x 3.75 inches, 52 pages. Illus. A detailed trade catalog of wholesale secondhand industrial fixtures and furniture (sinks, anvils, safes, roofing material, jack screws, conductor pipes, library tables, paint, etc.) noted in the introductory matter..... More
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[Boston]: Boston Chemical Printing Company, [ca. 1830-1840?]. First edition thus. Broadside kerchief printed in black ink on white muslin, 11.75 x 11 inches. Decorative borders. This example of printing on cloth not found in OCLC or the AAS catalog, likely intended for a Sabbath-School audience; AAS notes other juvenile titles..... More
New York: [n. p], 1850. A new printing from the plates of the 1847 first edition. 12mo, original discreet blind-stamped unlettered black cloth, xiii, [1], 238 pages. “In France, and on the Continent of Europe generally, a covering (used by the male), called a *baudruche* (known as the French Secret)..... More
Burlington [Vt.]: Chauncey Goodrich, 1854. First edition. Original printed drab wrappers, 10.25 x 6.25 inches, 202, [1], [1] pages, untrimmed. Unopened. A well-known attack on contemporary Spiritualism, densely (even impenetrably) allusive and making extensive reference to classical writings on commerce with the spirits and various ancient mysteries; as is often..... More
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[Lexington? n. p., 1867]. First edition. Printed one-page circular on a two leaf folio, autograph address cover to a New Hampshire correspondent with four hand-canceled 3-cent Washington stamps. Large vignette illustration of the Lexington House, the primary school building. An uncommon promotional circular for the upcoming 1867 fall term for..... More
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[Keene, N.H. n. p., 1869]. First edition. Broadside, 13 x 8.69 inches. “The citizens of Keene and vicinity, without regard to sex, color, or previous condition, propose to celebrate this important and thrilling event, on or about the first day of October next, in the following appropriate manner.” A satiric..... More
Geneva, New York: November 18, 1829. First edition of the circular. 4 page folio (one page printed, two inside pages in autograph ink), 9.88 x 8 inches, plus integral address franked in red ink for six cents postage, Perry Center, N. Y., Nov. 18. An early ephemeral publication from the..... More
Mansfield, Ohio: L. D. Meyers & Brother, Book and Job Printers, 1874. Second edition. “I commenced the investigation with the confident hope of finding Mr. Beecher guiltless. Had such been the result of my examination, the verdict of acquittal would have been a pleasant one, and the task of upholding..... More
New York: W. B. Taylor, Printer, 16 Spruce-st. [ca. 1850-1851]. First edition. Broadside, scant 16.25 x 11.75 inches. List of muscial publications in four columns. Decorative border. With an advertisement at the foot of the broadsheet for The Message Bird: A National Journal of Music and Literature, published by M...... More
[Flemingsburg, Kentucky], August 4, 1815. 3 pages on a laid paper folio with an integral address to Cook, franked by the postmaster in red ink for 30 cents postage from “Fleming CH” [Fleming Court House], Aug. 5. Approx. 400 words. On the perils of travel and illness: “I am just..... More
