London: Printed for Scatcherd and Letterman [et al.], 1824. 12mo, later 19th century pebbled brown half calf, marbled boards, gilt decorated spine, 260 pages, untrimmed. Frontis portrait. Ink ownership signature at the head of the title for Theodore F. Field, with the additional ink inscription on a front blank from... More

Huntingdon, Pa., July 10, 1879. 1 page, letterhead in green and pink, 9 x 5.5 inches, approx. 45 words. What this country needs is a good machine to punch holes in sermons for tape binding—or such anyway is what Robinson seeks from an unnamed correspondent, preferably one able to do... More

Paris: C. & N. Hage Chahine, 1996. First edition. 4to, original blue cloth, inlaid pictorial paper label, silver lettering, xii, 339, [4] pages. Per the publisher’s promotional brochure laid in, “This Guide de Livre Orientaliste (Orientalist Book Guide), complete with 5337 notices, thousands of additional references and 7 indexes, has... More

London: Dulau & Company, (1932). First edition. 8vo, original printed gray wrappers, 59 pages. A bookseller's catalogue of 480 items relating to typography or books from famous presses. Includes a brief essay from Moira Gibbings on the Golden Cockerel Press and the text of a letter from Francis Meynell regarding the Nonesuch Press. More

Lipsiae [Leipzig]: Laurentii Sigismundi Cörneri, Bibliopolae Impendiis, Literis Christiani Michaelis, 1669. First edition. 4to, somewhat later (perhaps later 18th century) vellum spine lettered in autograph ink, sprinkled drab boards, [12], 306, [82] pages. Engraved title page, including a view of a scholar working at a table amid a library of... More

London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1885. Stated tenth edition. 12mo, original green cloth, gilt lettering, xi, [1], 146, [1] pages. Frontis portrait after Millais. An attractive edition of Locker-Lampson’s verses, printed by Whittington at the Chiswick Press. Locker-Lampson is perhaps better remembered today for his Rowfant Library rather than... More

Boston: Massachusetts Sabbath School Society, 1854. First edition of this periodic publication. 12mo, unbound wrapper with rose paper spine (almost certainly as published), 83, [1] pages. Illus. A deep dive into juvenile literature of the period, a detailed catalog of over 3000 titles; the early Sabbath School movement saw a.... More

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1903. First edition, one of 330 numbered copies. Small folio, original brown quarter buckram, marbled boards, printed paper label, xii, 171, [1] pages, untrimmed. 28 plates of mounted facsimiles. An excellent discursive description of one of the great American cookery collections (assembled... More

New York: May 26, 1869. 2 pages on a bifolium of 8 x 5 inches, approx. 135 words, the bifolium including on page [3] a printed series of quotations gathered by professional indexer Allibone under the caption title, “Let no Book lack and Alphabetical Index,” touting the value of indices... More

Boston: Office of the Daily Advertiser; London: Office of the Author, March, 1870. First edition. 16mo, original blue cloth, gilt lettering, 32 pages. A presentation copy, inscribed in ink on a front blank, "The Lord Houghton from The Author. 4 Trafalgar Square, July 15, 1870." Henry Stevens "of Vermont" was... More

Philadelphia: [Irvin Daniel Wolf], ca. 1931. 10 pieces of various sizes, ranging from business card to a 9 x 6 inch handbill, various colors and vignettes. As Mr. Wolf so eloquently puts in on his promotional calendar card, "The Cry of the Wolf is 'More Printing.'" Wolf advertises his services... More