London: Printed and Sold by H. Hills, [n. d.]. Stated seventh edition. 8vo, removed pamphlet, [16] pages, untrimmed. Small ink number in a contemporary hand at the foot of the title page. The register of the final leaf a trifle high; the pagination may have been trimmed from the upper..... More
London: Printed by H. Hills, 1708. 2 vols in 1, 8vo, extracted from a larger nonce collection, 15 [i.e. 16] + 16 pages, untrimmed. Black-ruled border to the title page of the first item, which was published the year of Beveridge's death; Hills does not refer to Beveridge as "late"..... More
[N. p. n. p., ca. 1910?]. Approx. 3.5 x 5.5 inches, postally unused, divided back, no stamp box. An evocative image of the trio atop their various cycles--a man in evening dress on a unicycle, an ingenue upon a bicycle that would do credit to any contemporary fixie-hipster, and a...... More
(Middlebury, Vt. Printed by William Slade, 1816). First Middlebury edition. 16mo, unbound pamphlet stitched, 16, 8 pages, untrimmed. Biddulph's evergreen tract occupies the first 16 pages; the balance is taken up with the caption-titled Ubjects [sic] for Consideration. Extracted from Reynold's Compassionate Addresses. (Each has the Slade imprint at the..... More
London: Printed by G. Scott for J. Robson and B. Law, 1770. First edition in English of Bielfeld's Les premiers traits de l'erudition universelle, first published in French in Leyden in 1767. 3 vols, 8vo, contemporary calf, red morocco labels, gilt lettering, [xvi], 445; [2], ii, 443, [2] plus folding..... More
Bethlehem, Penn. Lehigh University, 1931. First edition. 8vo, original printed tan wrappers, 59 pages. Issued as vol. 5, no. 3 in the Lehigh University Publications. An addition to the literature of Shakespeariana, over 50 contemporary parallels and allusions, assembled by an independent scholar and edited by a professor at Lehigh..... More
New York: C. G. Burgoyne, [1899?]. First edition. 8vo, early library coarse full linen, leather spine labels, 1005, [1] pages. Three inserted facsimiles (two folding). The uncommon extensive proceedings (including testimony and exhibits) of an elaborate plan to blackmail the heirs of Jay Gould with claims that Mrs. Cody had..... More
Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates & Co., [between 1895-1903]. A later edition of this popular romance. 2 vols, 8vo, original gilt decorated blue cloth, 516 & 565 pages. Frontis in each volume, 49 plates. Original publisher’s gilt-printed blue oil-cloth dust jackets, gilt printed slipcase. A fancy edition of the popuar novel..... More
London: Printed for J. Debrett, 1795. Preceded by an edition dated 1789 and by earlier separate editions of the first two titles. 8vo, removed, [6], 354 pages (lacks half-title). The second baronet and High Sheriff of Northumberland proposes much in the way of detailed fiscal reform, including a proposal against..... 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
Indianapolis: Nature Publishing Company, 1906. First edition. 8vo, original green cloth, gilt lettering, 230 pages. Frontis, nine plates. Astute and thoughtful essays on nature and life in Indiana (with references to Thoreau). Besides the expected reveries on woodland flora and fauna, includes a look at the Indiana dunes. Blatchley wrote..... More
[N. p. but Halifax? n. p., ca. 1875-1885]. Broadside, approx. 13-1/2 x 5 inches. Sir Charles Frederick Fraser (1850-1925) was a Perkins Institute-trained Nova Scotia native who led the Halifax Asylum for the blind from 1873 until 1923; his institution taught among other trades musical performance. This promotional broadside slip..... More
London: Printed for Vernor and Hood, and Longman and Rees, 1802. Stated second edition, slightly expanded from the 105-page first edition published the same year. Small 8vo, contemporary green half morocco, marbled boards, gilt rules and lettering, [xii], 119 pages. Frontis portrait and 11 plates. The second book from this..... More
Philadelphia: Published by the Board, 1849. First edition. 8vo removed, 68 pages. Includes a detailed 28-page chart listing the 514 missionaries, their fields of labor, dates of commission, etc. With much on the opening of California as a new field of opportunity. More
Ann Arbor: Goodrich Press, 1991. First edition. 4to, original dark gray linen stamped in silver, [8], [84], [4] pages. Illus. Original dust jacket. 42 photos, abstractions from Greek churches and other built and natural features of the Cyclades Islands. More
London: Watts & Co., 1913. Second edition. Original printed orange wrappers, approx. 7.25 x 5 inches, vi, 122 pages. "The prosecutions for blasphemy which have taken place during the past three or four years (1908-1911) ought to make it perfectly clear that no laws can be said to be really..... More
Chicago: Published by S. C. Griggs & Co., 1851. First edition. 8vo, modern half black cloth, marbled boards, gilt lettering, 24 pages. With two pages of “Historical Notes” on the church, as well as a 3-page list of books for sale at the “Literary Emporium of the West,” S. C...... More
[Hartford: Brown & Gross, 1867]. First edition. Broadside on coated white card stock, 9.56 x 6.75 inches. Engraved portrait of Horace Wells. A rare attractive promotional placard likely intended for display in book shops, with favorable notices from three medical figures and seemingly suggesting priority for Horace Wells (1815-1848) over..... 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
Boston: Printed by Ezra Lincoln, 1821. First edition. 12mo, original blue boards, printed paper label, 156 pages, untrimmed. Frontispiece (woodcut of the Old State House), folding map. Besides directions and distances, the appendix includes a look at recent improvements in the area and suggests further drainage and reclamation projects. With..... More
Boston, June 25, 1877. 2 pages on 1 leaf, approx. 10.5 x 8.25 inches. With the original cover. The business of bourbon in the Gilded Age, a letter on the transfer of notes and sales updates and on getting security from a delinquent New Hampshire customer: "Now in regard to..... More
Fall River, Mass. Wm. S. Robertson, Steam Printer, 1877. Second edition; the 47-page first edition appeared in Irvinton, N.J., in 1848. 8vo, unbound, 40 pages. On October 28, 1858, Bourne was asked to attend Christian Chapel in Westerly, R.I., and to this request evidently "said within himself, 'I would rather..... More
[San Francisco]: San Francisco News Company, 1878. First edition. Small 8vo (6.75 x 5 inches), original purple cloth, gilt lettering, xx, 505, [1] pages. Frontis portrait, vignette illustrations in the text. The self-described Thermal-Sudatorist and Pioneer Water-Cure Physician here publishes a comprehensive hydropathic guide to health for the family, including..... More
Oxford [N.Y.]: William E. Chapman, Printer, 1841. First edition. 8vo, removed pamphlet (no wrappers), 48 pages. As the collector of autographs must guard against the multiplicity of men named John Adams who seemed to roam in packs across 18th century New England with pen in hand, so too it turns..... More
[Philadelphia? n. p., ca. late 1920s?]. A later contemporary edition. 16mo, original pictorial buff wrappers, 32 pages. Illus. with halftones from photos of McCloskey sparring with his pupil. "Every boy has a hobby, and my hobby was fighting." An entertaining promotional memoir, peddled to raise money for a blind retired..... More
