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

Sunbury: Charles Collett, 1862. Stated second edition, one of 25 copies; according to the author’s note, the privately printed first edition of 1861 was suppressed before publication. 8vo, contemporary (likely original) blue half roan, marbled boards, gilt lettering, 24 pages, a.e.g. “Although our modern literature is thoroughly purified from the... More

Washington: Library of Congress, 1984. First edition. 2 vols, 4to, original black cloth, gilt lettering, xl, 1-780 & xl, 781-1671, [2] pages. Illustrated endpapers. An extensive bibliography. More

Gettysburg, Penna. Brethren Heritage Press, (1986). First edition. 4to, original cream linen, red lettering, 205 pages. An excellent reference. More

Detroit: R. D. S. Tyler & Co., Publishers, 1875. First edition. 8vo, original decorated terra cotta cloth, 480 pages. Frontis, engraved title, illus., plates. A collection of humorous squibs and essays from the Michigan newspaper humorist Charles Bertrand Lewis (better known by his pseudonym M. Quad), including the humorous firsthand... More

[San Francisco: n. p. 1857]. First edition. Unbound leaflet, 1 page printed on a green bifolium, approx. 8.25 x 5.5 inches, printed "Independent Ticket" slate (approx. 8.25 x 3.75 inches) leaf laid in. Stirring campaign literature for the officers and board of this early San Francisco library (established in 1854)... 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

(Madison: Carpenter & Hyer, Printers, 1859). First edition. 8vo, original printed drab wrappers, 191 pages. Color frontispiece, illus. Collects the first three years of Proceedings for this Wisconsin newspaper association, an interesting volume full of much in the way of printing history (with local information) and occasional cuts of presses... 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