Indianapolis: Nature Publishing Company, 1906. First edition. 8vo, original green cloth, gilt lettering, 230 pages. Frontis, nine plates. Astute and thoughtful essays on nature and life in Indiana (with references to Thoreau). Besides the expected reveries on woodland flora and fauna, includes a look at the Indiana dunes. Blatchley wrote... More about Boulder Reveries
[Fort Wayne? n.p., 1884]. First edition, an ex-library copy with a small early ink library stamp on the front wrapper and small ink number above that. 8vo, original printed blue wrappers, 8 pages, double columns. Edgerton takes this opportunity to defend at length the Free Common School system against contemporary... More about Address of A. P. Edgerton, President of the Board of School Trustees (City of Fort Wayne,...
Cincinnati, March 13, 1833. 4 pages, 9-3/4 x 8 inches, integral address, approx. 1250 words. One gets some sense from this letter of the preoccupations of the era, as well as a hint at the tension between religion and progressive thought; Frances writes to her long-silent brother, “We heard thro’... More about Autograph letter, signed, to her brother Jerome Lanphear and her sister-in-law Melina in...
New Castle, Ind. Pleas Bros.; Indianapolis: Bowen, Stewart & Co.; Richmond, Ind.: Nicholson & Bro. (1871). First edition. 8vo, original green cloth, 154, [4] pages. The first of several collections of verse from the Indiana native Parker (1833-1911), a long-time resident of New Castle, Indiana. Includes a number of pieces... More about The Lesson; and Other Poems
[Richmond, Ind.? n. p., 1882]. First edition. 8vo, original pictorial wrappers printed in red and black, 8 pages. Illus., including a striking full-page view on the inside front wrapper of a Richmond Champion Grain Drill in action. An attractive trade catalogue for this manufacturer of agricultural machinery. The testimonials from... More about Wayne Agricultural Co. Richmond, Ind., Manufacturers of the Richmond Champion Grain Drill,...
