Philadelphia [Originally printed in London]: Kimber and Conrad, No. 93 Market Street, 1814. First American edition. 8vo. 14 cm. [5], - 68pp., including frontis. and two plates. Bound in full burgundy morocco. Boards and spine stamped with gilt decoration, marbled end papers. All edges gilt. Some chipping to spine and... More
Boston: Published by Richardson and Lord. John H. A. Frost, Printer, Congress Street, 1821. First edition. 8vo. 25 cm. 360pp. Pages untrimmed, bound in original paper boards and spine with paper label. Some chipping and cracking to spine, lower corner of front board broken off, stain on lower edge of... More
New Haven: Printed by William W. Morse, [1801]. First edition. 8vo. x, [2], 274, [47]pp. of tables and errata,13 folding engraved plates. Period flame calf, gilt stamped red morocco spine label, gilt rules. Chip to head of spine, front joint split. Ex Franklin Library copy. Mansfield's work "is considered the... More
Reading, Pa: Printed by Ritter & Co, 1866. First edition. 16mo., 15.5 cm. [3], 4-264 pp. Black cloth spine with marbled boards. Mohr was a veterinary surgeon from Kutztown, Pennsylvania, so a regional practioner. Lacks front flyleaf, joints repaired, hinges reinforced. More
Philadelphia: Published by Johnson & Warner, 1812. 12mo., 13 cm. [4], 5 - 36pp., Illustrated with 11 engravings. Lacks wrappers. Bound in black leather with gilt designed borders on boards, gilt title on spine. Chipping to head of spine, front joint starting. A moral lesson of friendship and deception. This... More
New York: D. Appleton & Company, 549 & 551 Broadway, 1872. 12mo. 18.5 cm. Frontis., 123pp. Stated 'new and revised edition,' appears to be reprint of 1827 edition. Parrallel text in French and English. Viticultural practices in the south of France as adapted by the author in an unsuccessful attempt... More
Boston: Printed by John W. Folsom, No. 30, Union Street, 1798. 12 mo. 17.5 cm. v, [2], 8-360 pp. Bound in burgundy library buckram, book plate of Havard College Library. Evans names William Austin as editor. More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 346 & 348 Broadway, 1858. First Edition. 12mo. 19 cm. 316pp. Blind stamped brown cloth. Front cover edges and spine have fade, truly creating a blonde and brunette effect. Some scattered foxing. "In 1857 he founded and edited the St. Louis Leader, also a.... More
New York: Published by J. P. Peaslee, No. 49 Cedar Street, 1835. First edition. 16mo. 16.5 cm. xvi, 316pp. Publishers brown pebbled cloth with gilt stamped spine. Slight foxing mostly on endpapers. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 33773. HOWES P-440. More
Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1853. First editon.12mo. 19 cm. vii, 230pp. Embossed publisher's cloth with gilt stamping on front board and spine. Some soiling to the binding, with wear to crown of spine, corners and edges. More
Boston, [MA]: A. Williams and Company, 100, Washington Street, 1864. 8vo. 23.5 cm. 16pp. Lower outer corner of sheets trimmed away, not affecting text block, lacks wrappers. Chipping along edges. More
Hartford, [CT]: Printed by Hale & Hosmer, 1814. 16mo. 14 cm. 90 pp. Engraved frontis. of a seated woman reading a book. Contemporary calf spine with gilt rules, and marbled boards. Text lightly foxed. Very good. First American edition was printed in 1793, of which SHIPTON says no complete copy... More
[1837, 1841]. Copper tokens, printed privately and issued during the Panic of 1837. The three in this group, all somewhat worn, are printed with different messages on each side: 1) "Millions for defence not one cent for tribute. / Substitute for shin plasters." November 1837. 2) "I follow in the... More
Springfield, [MA]: Printed by Ashley & Brewer, 1800. 12mo. 17 cm. v, [5]-192 pp. Period flame calf binding with red leather label and gilt rules on spine. Fine copy. Large bookplate of Young Men's Social Library, Ipswich with rules on pastedown. Perhaps the first American edition of an English one... More
New York: Published by G. & C. Carvill, Broadway, 1829. First edition. 8vo. 21.5 cm. 40 pp. Bound in modern green cloth with leather spine label. Very good. Mostly focused on Revolutionary New York. Kent was President of the Historical Society at the time. More
July 6, 1858. Four (4) pp. ALS from C.L. Anderson to his mother. 8 x 10 in., approx. 600 words. Very good, legible. Charles writes of the interesting post-July Fourth doings in Lowell, Massachusetts: "Joe Pentlands Circus came into town on Saturday morning and remained till that evening, catching the... More
Norwich, [CT]: 1795. First American edition. 12mo. 17 cm. ii, xxii, 240 pp. Contemporary full leather binding with red leather spine label. Front joint cracked, spine ends chipped. LOWENSTEIN 10. RINK 155. SHIPTON 29243. TRUMBULL 1543. ESTC W28501. More
Boston, [MA]: Published by West & Blake, and Manning & Loring. [1810]. First American Edition, from the last London Edition. 8vo. 19.5 cm. [12], 332, [2]pp. Contemporary 3/4 leather binding with marbled boards. Leather label and rules on spine stamped in gilt. Closed tear across pages 73-78, slightly affecting text... More
Springfield, [MA]: Printed by Edward Gray, 1794. First edition. 8vo. 17 cm. ix, [2], 12-191, [9] pp. Period full leather binding, tail of spine missing. Top of flyleaf torn off perhaps to remove signature. Stitching loose but holding. More
Portland, [Maine]: Shirley and Hyde, 1829. First edition. 16mo. 18 cm. 242 pp. Contemporary three-quarter calf with marbled boards. A very nice copy. The dedication copy, inscribed in ink, "Professor Cleaveland/ Bowdoin College/ with respects of the/ Author & Publishers," with Cleaveland's bookplate. In the printed dedication, Ray calls his... More
Hagerstown, [MD]: Joh. Gruber, 1808. First edition. 16mo. 14 cm. 212 pp. Full contemporary calf, corners worn down. Translation of title: "Hymn of praise in honor of the holy and righteous in Israel, and for the edification of the people of God: as well as for use for everyone who... More
Hudson, [NY]: Published for the Author, by Stone and Corss, 1819. First edition 8vo. 20 cm. 290 pp. Original drab paper boards, paper spine with printed paper label (spine stained and cracked, chipping to ends). Untrimmed. Written in response to the author's censure by the Litchfield North Association for his... More
Bennington, [Vt.]: Anthony Haswell, 1808. 24mo. 13.5 cm. 144 pp. Contemporary calf backed boards, paper lacking from front cover exposing wood board, front joint started, lacks flyleaf. WELCH 1444.5. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 16755. McCORISON 1050. More
New York: D. Van Nostrand, Publisher, 23 Murray Street and 27 Warren Street, 1872. Third edition. 8vo. 23 cm. 27pp., 6 illustrations. Cover title: "Transmission of Power by Wire Ropes." Front wrapper with chipping, lacks rear wrapper. Disbound. OCLC lists six copies of this edition: Nioga Library Syst., Univ. of... More
Carlisle [PA]: The Press of A. Loudon, (Whitehall), 1807. First edition. 12mo. 16.5 cm. 182 pp. Contemporary calf, red leather label and gilt rules on spine. Rubbed, joints started lower two inches, spine ends worn. BRINLEY 6872: "The author was Professor of Languages in Dickinson College. The first poem in... More
