Boston: Phillips, Sampson & Company, (1857). An early printing (if not the first) of this collection of Rollo stories. 16mo, original gilt-stamped blue cloth, 32 pages. Frontis, illus. From the indefatigable Abbott, a pleasing example of a Rollo title. Phillips, Sampson (the publishers here) failed in 1859, and Rollo was..... More

Worcester [Mass.]: Edward Livermore, 1847. First Livermore edition of each title. 12mo, original gilt-stamped brown cloth, 72, 72 pages. Illus. Published here in the series “Uncle Thomas’ Stories for Good Children,” an early series from the Worcester publisher Livermore (who had the book printed by Merriam & Mirick in Greenfield..... More

Newport, N. H. Wilcox & Brown, 1835. 24mo, original pictorial self-wrappers, 3.75 x 2.25 inches, [12] pages. Illus. Various issues of chapbooks and primers appeared under this title (with various or varied contents) and under different publisher’s imprints, including White & Wilcox (in Vermont) and John Wilcox in Newport in..... More

Harrisburg, Pa. Gedruckt und zu haben bey G. S. Peters, 1840 [1837]. Original printed pictorial glazed orange wrappers, 5.75 x 3.5 inches, 18 leaves printed on one side only. Fifteen color-printed illustrations. A lovely copy of an early edition of the Peters edition of the Joseph story (the first evidently..... More

[Raleigh, N.C. General Tract Agency, between 1861-1865]. First edition. 16mo, unbound pamphlet, approx. 5-1/4 x 3-3/4 inches, 8 pages. Two small pious pieces, “Noah’s Carpenters” and “Delay in Religion,” the latter signed in type “Dr. Spencer.” The first piece is signed in type “Heber”—though per the catalogue description of the..... More

New-York: Published by D. Longworth, at the Dramatic Repository, Shakespeare-Gallery, 1807. First New York edition of this stage adaptation. Unbound pamphlet, 6.25 x 3.88 inches, 12 pages, stitched. The drama opens with a scene among the gods on Mount Ida—hence the “grand allegorical” scope of this pantomime adaptation of Cinderella..... More

Chicago: Alberts Whitman & Co., 1941. First edition. 12mo, original pictorial cloth, 48 pages. Illus. An ex-library copy, with their scattered stamps and circulation pocket in the rear. Published in the Federal Writers’ Project W.P.A. series of children’s educational books. With a portion of the original dust jacket mounted to..... More

Cooperstown: Stereotyped, Printed and Sold by H. & E. Phinney, 1824. First Phinney edition. Chapbook, self-wrappers, 31, [1] pages. Illus. “She went to the Alehouse / To get him some Beer; / And when she came back / The Dog sat on a Chair.” The Harris London edition appeared in..... More

New-York: Lane and Scott, for the Sunday-School Union of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 200 Mulberry-street, 1851. Later printing. Printed pictorial yellow wrappers, 4.25 x 2.88 inches, 16 pages. Illus. A Sunday-school account of the life and work of the Moravian missionary David Zeisberger, who worked and lived among various Native..... More

Providence: Published by George P. Daniels, 1843. A later edition. Original pictorial brown wrappers, 5.5 x 3.5 inches, 24 pages. Frontis, illus. “She knew there was no absolute necessity for her becoming an accomplished woman, while an actual reason existed for her becoming a useful one.” A pious teenaged girl..... More

New-York: Published by Samuel Wood & Sons; Samuel S. Wood & Co., Baltimore, [1823]. A later edition, though with renewed copyright. Original pictorial blue wrappers, 5.25 x 3.5 inches, 32 pages. Illus. “The favorable reception which the Young Child’s A, B, C; or, First Book, and the New-York Primer, have..... More

New-York: Printed and Sold by Samuel Wood, 1814. Third Wood printing of this English work, preceded by his 1811 and 1812 editions. Original printed wrappers over stiff cardstock, 5.25 x 3.5 inches, 52 pages. Illus. “Although calculated for the latitude and meridian of Great Britain, yet on an examination of..... More

[Boston: n. p.], 1896. First edition. Broadside on yellow cardstock printed in red and gilt, with cutouts and mounted pink pledge slips. Small brass manicule hanger on the top edge. "On nickel helps the street child to learn the way of Eternal Life." Unused, visually striking, and a superb bit..... More