New-London [Conn.]: Printed Typographically, by Samuel Green, 1811. Second edition. Oblong 8vo (5.5 x 9.5 inches), original sheep spine and sugar paper over millboard sides, [ii], 127, [1] pages. “As a psalmodist, he composed in both the indigenous New England idiom and the more florid style inspired by the English..... More

Philadelphia: P. Gutekunst, [1877]. Photographic print measures approx. 6 x 4.13 inches on a slightly larger mount. Backstamp for the Philadelphia photographer Gutekunst. Signed in ink autograph at the foot of the mount on the verso by each of the four performers and inscribed in ink autograph on the verso..... More

[N. p. n. p.], 1931. Sixth edition. 12mo (scant 7 x 5 inches), original printed pictorial wrappers, 132 pages. With numerous inserted plates (included in the pagination), illus. “This is the sixth catalogue that has been made and while with its index showing eighteen classifications and its Appendix with over..... More

Pottsville [Penna.]: Published for the Editor, by B. Bannan, 1848. First edition. 12mo (5.88 x 3.75 inches), publisher’s black sheep spine lettered in gilt, marbled boards, [i]-viii, [v]-viii, [9]-124 pages. “It having been the privilege of the editor for some time past to be connected with a Sunday school, he..... More

Boston: Published by A. N. Johnson, 86 Tremont Street, 1852. First edition. Oblong 12mo (4.63 x 7.25 inches), original sheep spine, printed orange boards, 224 pages. Printed music and words. “The arrangement of the Elementary principles, differs entirely from that of any similar work, known to the Editors. The Elementary..... More

New-York: Published by Inskeep & Bradford, 1813. First New York edition. 24mo, contemporary (likely original) dyed red sheep, gilt rules and lettering, 117, [1] pages. An early American card playing book, the standard work on the game from one of the great whist masters; a Boston edition appeared in 1812..... More

[London]: Printed by G. Woodfall, at the King’s-Arms, Charing-Cross, [1754]. First edition. 12mo, original sprinkled calf, gilt spine, red leather label, gilt lettering, xxxvi, 204 pages. One of seven annuals published by Pond between 1751 and 1757, a comprehensive tabulation of all aspects of the British turf—winning horses, handicaps, odds..... More

Seneca Falls, N. Y. n. p., ca. 1890? Print measures 5.5 x 7.75 inches on a slightly larger mount; place imprint to the mount border but no evidence of the photographer’s identity to the border or the blank verso of the mount. NB. On hold briefly on 5/31 pending a...... More

Albany, N. Y. Charles van Benthuysen & Sons, 1873. First edition. 8vo, original green cloth, gilt lettering, 316 pages. Frontis portrait of Forrest, one plate. An anecdotal account of the American theatre, with a focus on Albany; Stone includes the hoax of an apocalyptic egg ca. 1825 (the shell bore..... More

Utica: Press of the Utica Printing Co., [1914]. A later edition of this ephemeral and uncommon item. Original printed wrappers, approx. 6.5 x 5.13 inches, 12 pages. On the high ideals of Ivorite lodges, a philanthropic and Welsh-American cultural fraternal organization of the sort beloved by hyphenated Americans of the..... More