Cornish, Maine: Published and Sold by the Author, 1827. First edition. 12mo (gathered in nines), contemporary full calf, dark blue morocco label, gilt lettering, 216 pages. A pleasantly crudely-made anthology, largely of English poems, though Key's "Star-Spangled Banner" does make an early appearance here. Even the poems on patriotic and..... 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

Ann Arbor, Mich. Published for the University, 1890. First edition. 8vo, original printed wrappers, 248 pages. Ink signature at the head of the front wrapper, "Bertha E. Pritchard." (Per the Bentley Library, Pritchard matriculated in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, and graduated with an A.B. in 1891.)..... 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

Boston: Printed by Samuel T. Armstrong, 1819. Stated tenth edition. Original marbled wrappers, 5.5 x 3.38 inches, 72 pages. Illus. Nearly entirely Biblical in nature, which—given the title—may not be entirely a surprise. Ink autograph gift inscription to a Sabbath school at the head of the front blank, with an..... More

Keene [N.H.]: Published by John M. Putnam, 1826. An early American edition. Original blue sheep spine, marbled boards, 5.38 x 3.63 inches, 111, [1] pages. An early and popular work on early childhood education, first published in London in 1819, with an edition appearing in New York from the press..... More

Chicago: Horton & Leonard, Printers, 1865. First edition. 8vo, original printed wrappers, 60, [1] pages. A collection of speeches delivered at the inauguration of the first president of what would become Grinnell College, with addresses from Alden Robbins, the Rev. Magoun, a Latin address by Leonard F. Parker, and an..... More

New York: Published by M'Elrath, Bangs, & Co., 1834. Evidently an early reprint, the first appearing in 1833. 8vo, original printed tan boards, 129, [1] pages. A handsome book in printed boards, the key to Ostrander's Complete System of Mensuration text book. American Imprints 26093; see Karpinski, page 353. Ink..... More

Toledo: Published by the Toledo Newsboys' Association, (1905). First edition. 8vo, original gray cloth, black lettering, pictorial paper label, 291 pages. Frontis, 32 plates. An entertaining and anecdotal account of Gunckel's work among the newsboys and bootblacks of Toledo, with much on street life, as well as his efforts to..... More

Cincinnati: Printed by Kendall & Henry, 1841. First edition. 8vo, contemporary (original?) full purple muslin, 123, [1] pages. Brief reforming essays on popular education from an important early Ohio historian and writer and active citizen, perhaps best remembered for his account of early Wisconsin and of the Winnebego tribe, Remarks..... More

Oxford: W. A. Powell, Printer, Citizen Office, 1871. First edition. 8vo, original printed wrappers, 18 pages. Of more interest than the usual run of college annual reports, this volume with the wrapper title, "Western Female Seminary, Shall it be Rebuilt?" Founded in 1853 as a "daughter school" of Mount Holyoke..... More