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
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
New York: Greeley & McElrath, Tribune Buildings..... 1843. First American edition. Disbound pamphlet. 8vo. 22 cm. [2 (title)], xx, [21]-83, [1 (publisher's ad)] pp., double column, with page numbers [v-viii] omitted (i.e. text complete). Frontispiece: "A Diagram showing the operation of the division of labor, or the principle of the..... More
[Mendota, Ill? 1861]. Small broadside, 5 5/8" x 3 1/4". Signed in type by Arny at conclusion. Lightly stained, otherwise very good. Itemizes cash received from 8 individuals (and agents?) in the Midwest totaling $191.88, but the principal source of income has been the "New York State fund" which has..... More
Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1845. First edition. 8vo. 22.5 cm. 50 pp. Original printed wrappers. Soiled with some erosion to spine, else a very good copy. The second annual address to the Society. BAL 11052. More
Providence, [R.I.]: NP, 1853. First edition. 12mo. 18 cm. 8 pp. Self wraps. Fine. Signed in type at conclusion by A. Potter, Sec'y. Incorporators include Abner Peckham, Peleg W. Gardiner, and John S. Harris. The charter was forfeited in 1878 when the bank's cashier was indicted for embezzling $30,000. More
Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers, 1866. 8vo. 23 cm. 120pp. Library withdrawal stamp on titlepage. Waterstain top of pages throughout, disbound. McDADE 774: "The Dearing family of six, plus a hired boy and woman guest were all brutally hacked to death by him." More
New York: American Family Publication Establishment, 128 Nassau Street, 1853. First edition. Second printing. 8vo. 23 cm. 136pp. Pink printed wrappers. Some chipping to spine and wrapper edges. LOWENSTEIN 570. KAGLE and STAFFORD 49. More
San Francisco: Published by Order of the Board of Directors, 1869. 12mo. 79pp. Sewn as issued, lacks wrappers. OCLC: Univ. of Rochester, CA State Lib., Univ. of So. CA, Library of Congress. More
New York: Published by Wilson & Company 162 Nassau Street. Stereotyped by Redfield and Savage, 1843. First American edition. 8vo. 21 cm. 64 pp. Disbound. Not in Imprints. Lacks portrait. More
San Francisco: Published by the California Immigrant Union, 316 California Street. Printed by A. L. Bancroft & Co., 721 Market Street, 1870. Second edition. 8vo. 64, 16pp., [30] ads etc., folding map of overland route. In text double page map of California, and double page map of San Joaquin Valley..... More
Cincinnati: 1811-1839 (bulk 1832). A group of 31 Documents, most 2.5 x 6 in. Fraying, penned x's, a few tears. Copies of cancelled checks with historical importance relating to The Second Bank of the United States (1816-1836) whose charter was signed by James Madison. Madison hoped that it would end..... More
[1867-1887]. Manuscript journal. Square 4to. 353 pp. of entries in a legible hand, approx. 65,000 words, plus an additional 80 pp. of notes, lists of officers and ships, and tables of ships coordinates. Contemporary calf backed cloth, chipping and wear to spine and edges, all page edges marbled. Bartlett's ink..... More
Narrow folio, approx. 150 pp., 10-15 entries per page, recording Laflin's numerous business transactions, including purchase and sales of gun powder casks, purchases of saltpeter and brimstone, labor costs for the powder mill, as well as sales of tobacco, hay, rye, beef, corn, winter apples, cloth, barrels of cider, planks..... More
Sharon, MA, and Fairhaven, MA: Kendall Whaling Museum and Edward J. Lefkowicz, (c1985). First edition. 8vo. ix, (6), 157 pp. Describes 854 items. Very good. Gray cloth. (10532). More
Cleveland, OH: Rowfant Club, 1904-1916. Collection of Rowfant Club ephemera. Various sizes, 12mo to folio, the three broadsides, 17 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches or larger, and including pamphlets, leaflets, cards, handbills, and broadsides, providing a rather detailed look at the month-to-month workings of an active book collectors' club; a...... More
Charlottesville, (VA): U. Press of Virginia for the Bibliographical Society of the U. of Virginia, (c1967). First edition. 8vo. xii, (2), 189 pp. Illustrated from title pages, old engravings, etc. American printers during the period and their "methods of work, equipment he used, and policies by which he conducted his..... More
Cleveland, (OH): (printed by Horace Carr) for Private Distribution, 1930. First edition, 1/250 unnumbered copies on WGM hand-made paper. 8vo. (6), 59 pp. Laid in is a nicely printed announcement of the publication of this volume indicating that a complimentary copy has been forwarded to the recipient, with original mailing..... More
Cleveland, (OH): (printed by Horace Carr) for Private Distribution, 1930. First edition, 1/250 unnumbered copies on WGM hand-made paper. 8vo. (6), 59 pp. Several entries marked “have” in light pencil, else a very good copy. Publisher's green quarter-morocco and marbled boards, gilt spine title, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, plain..... More
(Hartford, CT: Hartford Press for the Acorn Club), 1904. First edition, 1/102 copies (this #70). 4to. xv, 251 pp. Bibliography of 1741 18th-century Connecticut imprints. One pencil annotation, but a very good copy (from the "Bibliographical Library of William P. Wreden," with its bookplate). Original printed gray wrappers, with yapp..... More
