Milledgeville, GA: Boughton, Nisbet, Barnes & Moore, Printers, 1865. First edition. 8vo. 72 pp. Romance set in Georgia during the Civil War. Wright II, 1531 ("LC copy lacks all after page 16"). Parrish & Willingham 6402 (Library of Congress, North Carolina, Western Reserve), calling for "16 pp." Crandall 3100 ("16... More
Richmond, VA: West & Johnston (Strother & Marcum, Printers, Raleigh, N.C.), 1861. "Twentieth Thousand" (six printings are known; this, the "20th thousand," was printed in Raleigh, all the others were printed in Richmond; another 1861 edition was published in Raleigh). 12mo. (2), ii, [5]-96 pp. Cover title: "The Volunteer's Hand-Book... More
New York: The translator, 1866-1872. First American edition and first edition in English (first published Paris, 1744), 1/25 large paper copies. Folio (13 inches). Six volumes: (4), 286, (1); (6), 284, (1); (4), v, (1), 11-312; (2), 308, (1); 311; 256, (1) pp. Illustrated, 18 maps, 15 plates, four facsimiles... More
Boston, (MA): De l'imprimerie de J. T. Buckingham, 1810. First American edition of a complete translation of the New Testament into French. 8vo. 2 volumes: 403; 326, (1, errata) pp. With the half-titles. American Imprints 19531. Finotti "Catholica Americana," pp. 39-43 (a long entry, including material related to Jean-Louis Lefebvre... More
United States of Columbia. Worcester, MA: Printed by Isaiah Thomas, 1799. Thomas's "standing" edition of 1797, with a new title page. 12mo. [792] pp. Collation: A-2K 12. Text printed double-column; separate title page for the New Testament. Sabin 5181. Evans 35189. Hills 67. OCLC locates but nine copies of this... More
America [Boston]: Printed [by Bartholomew Green]. Sold by N. Boone at the sign of the Bible in Corn-hill, Boston, 1711 [or 1710?]. 8vo (unsigned, 6 x 3 3/4 inches). (16) pp. [AAS cataloguing calls for an additional two leaves of ads, but at least half the copies we have located... More
[Birmingham, AL]: The compiler, under the auspices of the Birmingham Police Relief Association (City Paper Co. Printers, Birmingham), 1902. First edition. Oblong folio. 69, (7) pp. [printed double-column, in part]. Illustrated from photographs, city buildings, police vehicles, portraits of individual police officials and officers, group photos of policemen; ads for... More
(New York: Pickens & Teackle, "Advertising that Advertises"), nd [ca. 1900]. First edition (?). Oblong folio (12 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches). 12 leaves printing 14 illustrations from photographs [rectos only], 11 of the images full-page (6 x 8 inches), the other plate with a triptych (each illustration 2 5/8... More
Denver: The Kendrick Book & Stationery Co., 1906. Large folding map, 73 x 100 cm., on an 80 x 105 cm. sheet, backed with linen and folded into gilt stamped brown cloth folder (wear and chipping to spine, short split at head of front board). Cover title: "Nell's Map of... More
Boston: Fields, Osgood, & Co., 1869. First edition. 8vo. viii, 408 pp. Rust cloth binding with gilt stamping on spine. Very good. Inscribed to D. C. Holder with (J.) ? J. May's respects Sep. 1869 on flyleaf. They were principals in May & Co. in Boston with Samuel May Jr. More
London: printed for J. Wilkie, at the Bible, in St. Paul's Churchyard, 1759. First edition. 22cm. 184 pp. Frontis. folding engraved map by T[homas] Jefferys: "A Map of the Province of Pensylvania [sic]. intended chiefly to Illustrate the Account of the Several Indian Purchases made by the Proprietaries of the... More
NP: np, nd. Broadside, 49 x 33 cm., on buff paper, printed in various sizes and styles of type, including the title in large boldface letters. Old fold lines, a small separation or two along a fold, else a very nice example. The "author" declares he has "become fully aware... More
NY & Washington, D.C. Charles Magnus, 12 Frankfort St., NY; 520 7th St., Washington, D.C., 1863. Lithograph, 23 x 43 cm., on a 37 x 56 cm. sheet, depicting the grounds of the Soldier's Home in Washington, D.C. An American flag flies from a flag pole at the center of... More
Chicago, Ill. The Bible House, nd [ca.1899]. Single sheet, 56 x 41 cm., 2pp. of text printed in various sizes and styles of type, interspersed with illustrations from the book which this promotional calls "the Greatest Book of the Century." Advertising "All the Fascinating Stories of Our Late Wars Told... More
[Miami, FL: Consolidated Tours, Inc., nd] (1930s-1950s). Advertisement, 38 x 15 cm., single sheet of manila paper printed in red on both sides in various sizes and styles of type. Small photo illustration of a tour boat, 5 x 9 cm., also printed in red, on one side. A handful... More
NP: Sherwood & Co., Printers, nd [ca.1863]. Broadside, 60 x 48 cm., printed in various sizes and styles of type. Text in three columns, the whole contained within a decorative border. The center column has two illustrations, each measuring 12 x 19 cm. One, by the engraver J.W. Orr of... More
NY: Lith. of Wm. Endicott & Co., nd [ca.1850?]. Broadside, 65 x 43 cm., depicting Robert Mills' original design for the Washington Monument, including a terrace and pantheon around its base, C.G. Crehen (lithographer?). A horse-drawn chariot decorates the pantheon's terrace roof, the obelisk is decorated with a painting and... More
NP [New York?]: np [Charles Magnus?], nd [1864?]. Map, 37 x 37 cm., on a 47 x 48 cm. sheet, trimmed to the borders on two sides. Identical image printed on both sides, one in black & white, the other hand colored with a pale watercolor wash. Some shallow chipping... More
Lake Andes, S.D. E. Frank Peterson, Publisher of the Illustrated Historical Atlas of South Dakota. Huronite Printing Co., Huron, S.D., 1906. Map, 40 x 47 cm., on a 43 x 56 cm. sheet. State, counties, and Indian reservations outlined in red; railway lines shown. Text in margins printed in red... More
Hartford [CT]: Calhoun Print, nd [1900]. Broadside, 67 x 99 cm., on a 74 x 104 cm. sheet. A chromolithograph artistic rendering of a prosperous looking small town set in a valley, factories with smoke stacks, church steeples, and domed buildings interspersed with houses. In the fore-ground are stakes marking... More
Boston [MA]: Henry Bowen's Chemical Print, nd [1830s]. Poetry broadside, 28 x 32 cm., printed on cloth in three columns within a decorative border. Verse of thirty-two stanzas, in two parts; first line: "Why, Phebe, are you come so soon?" The story of a young girl who hoped to sell... More
[New York: 1822-25]. Folio manuscript copybook, bound in leather, worn and rubbed at edges, spine mostly perished. 38 cm. 539pp., plus an alphabetical index of names at rear. A detailed record of Hubbard's business activities in the city of New York between Jan. 3, 1822 - November 30, 1825, near... More
New York: W. B. Smith & Co., 1882. Second edition. 8vo. [7], 8 - 201 pp. Green cloth with decorative black and gold illus. on spine and front board. Slightly rubbed corners, else very good. More
Washington City, (DC): Published by Franck Taylor, (J. Crissy, Printer), 1837. Revised and expanded edition (first published in 1822 with 138 pp.). Thick 12mo. xii, 310 pp. Diagrams, five plates, folding map; ad leaf. Elliot's first guide to Washington appeared in 1822. Howes E-101. Sabin 22249. Owner's name on front... More
Hartford, CT: American Publishing Co., 1872. First edition, intermediate state B (lacking three words in lines 20-21, p. 242). Thick 8vo. 591, (1, ad) pp. Illustrated from wood engravings, plates, two frontispieces, in-text illustrations. Howes C-481: "Valuable as an autobiographical chapter in the author's life and as a vivid portrayal... More
