New York: J. S. Ogilvie, (1923). First edition, an ex-library copy with a small ink stamp at the head of the wrapper and a small marginal pencil notation on one page. Small 8vo, original printed wrappers, [32] pages. A presentation copy, inscribed in ink on the verso of the title... More
[Kennebec]: Kennebec Journal Print Shop, 1940. First edition. 8vo, original wrappers, 123 pages. 16 pages of illus., 3 folding maps. Later leaf relating to the state YMCA conference in Augusta, Me., in 1943, mounted onto the half-title. More
[N. p. n. p.], 1938. First edition. 8vo, original pictorial wrappers, 91, [24] pages. Illus. Published in conjunction with the Northwest Territory celebration. With the story of westward migration, Burr's conspiracy, descriptions of Greek revival architecture and regional paper manufacture, and one anecdote of a small-town swindle involving the alleged... More
Sandusky: Stephens Printing Company, (1941). First edition, wrappers issue. 8vo, original pictorial wrappers, 129 pages. 10 inserted plates, one folding map. Midget City in Milan merits a photo but no mention in the historical sketch of the town. More
New York: Modern Age Books, (1938). First edition. 8vo, original pictorial gray cloth, 244, [5] pages. Frontis, illus., folding map mounted to the rear paste-down. Original dust jacket. More
Minneapolis: The Northland Press, (1904). First edition. 8vo, original red cloth, gilt lettering. Frontis by the author. With an eight-line poem entitled "Snowfall" inscribed in ink on the front free endpaper and signed by Anderson. 13 stories by this Minnesota author, generally set in that state, and aimed perhaps at... More
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1940. First edition. 8vo, original patterned red buckram, 254 pages. Illus. by Ann Kelley of the Tennessee Art Project. Original pictorial dust jacket. Tall-tales and folklore of Tennessee, with much in the way of regional vernacular and color. More
Cerro Gordo, Illinois: J. O. Barnhart, 1926. First edition, signed by the author on the verso of the frontispiece. 8vo, original printed wrappers, 86 pages. Frontis portrait, two plates, illus. The Brethren minister from Cerro Gordo (a small town east of Decatur, Ill.) here weighs in with verses on a.... More
Rivas, Nicaragua: Tipografia Comercial, 1923. First edition. 12mo, printed wrappers (spine renewed, endpapers inserted, later rear wrapper supplied), 74 pages. Inserted portrait (fore-edge neatly repaired). With a preface from Enrique Aquino and a poem from Julio Linares Cerda. More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1925. First American edition, published the same year as the London edition. 8vo, original pink-stamped green cloth, gilt lettering, 306 pages. Travel accounts, including the author's honeymoon trip across the U.S. in a Ford automobile, from the English-born traveler and novelist who wrote much on... More
Bell, California: Published by the Author, 1930. Stated fourth edition, reset and expanded from the 12-page third edition. Small 8vo, original printed green wrappers, 16 pages. California poems from this Los Angeles-area author and evident amateur press operator. 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
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1909. First edition. Large 8vo, original decorated blue cloth, gilt lettering, xiii, [1], 287 pages, plus 4 pages ads. Frontis, 74 color plates, one folding map. With a gift inscription signed Helen Georgiana Baddeley, Castle Hale, 9 July 1910, at the head of the title... More
Burbank: Health Science Church, (1937). First edition. Small 8vo, original printed orange wrappers, 62 pages, illus. The well-known advocate of unprocessed foods and the theoretician behind the ascendancy of Jack La Lanne here presents the religious and nutritional foundations behind his system of healthy diet and other esoteric practices (he... More
(Lansing, Mich. Press of Robert Smith Printing, 1902). Likely first edition, one of two published dated 1902; OCLC also notes one with a Chicago imprint. 8vo, original green cloth, gilt lettering, 170 pages. Inscribed and signed by Bronson on the front free endpaper. A lengthy allegorical verse tale, replete with... More
Anderson, Ind., Kansas City, Mo. Gospel Trumpet Company, (1919). First edition. 16mo, original printed wrappers, 63, [1] pages. From the publishing branch of the Church of God, the expected biblical evidence brought to bear against Mrs. Eddy and her church, "in doctrine very like the heresies of ancient times." More
New York: Liveright Publishing Corporation, (1938). First edition. 8vo, original red cloth, 412 pages. Frontis portrait. Lacks dust jacket. More
[Ashland, Oregon]: (Ashland Tidings Printers), 1918. First edition. 8vo, original printed brown wrappers, [64] pages, wire stitched. The James Whitcomb Riley variety of dialect poem evidently travels well; Campbell here collects his newspaper verses of the homespun variety. With occasional mention of local figures; in one pleasing instance, Campbell attributes... More
Pickering [Ont.]: Printed at the News' Book and Job Office, [1911]. First edition. Small 8vo, original printed blue wrappers, 33 pages. The minutes would suggest this was a fairly stable period for Canadian Friends; the monthly meetings report that most Friends are avoiding detraction, are clear of complying with military... More
[New York:]: Committee for Christian Science Activities, World's Fair 1964-1965 Inc., [1964]. 28 postcard-sized cards, original pictorial box, text in English, Spanish and French. A nice visual relic of Christian Science outreach at the New York World's Fair, with views of the pavilion, displays, curious passersby, the Landscaping Features Park, etc. More
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Coldwater: W. C. Bailey, Printer, [1904]. 8vo, original printed orange wrappers, [28] pages, entirely of ads. A souvenir program for the Coldwater Mid-Summer Carnival, with numerous ads for local businesses (including views of local buildings and businessmen), as well as a few ads for some of the attractions at the... More
[Towanda, Penna. n. p., ca. 1954]. First edition. Oblong 12mo, stapled into original printed stiff wrappers, 74 pages. When in Towanda, expect good times at a church dinner for 50: the 25 pounds of ham, 15 pounds of yams, and 4 40 oz. packages of frozen lima beans are but... More
Los Angeles: Edwin J. Des Moineaux, 1924. First edition. 8vo, original printed brown wrappers, [36] pages. Facsimiles in the text. What purports to be a reasoned and rational analysis of an alleged Shakespeare manuscript at the British Museum, though De Moineaux makes his position on the Bacon-Shakespeare controversy fairly clear... More
