New York: Samuel R. Wells, Publisher, No. 389 Broadway, 1870. First edition. 12mo. 149 pp., plus ad leaf. Original brown cloth, spine faded; some water spots on front cover. A Congregational minister, Thompson was a facile writer, producing a large number of books and pamphlets (see DAB). Here he takes..... More
London: John Lewis in Pater-noster-Row, 1750. First British edition (first published in Boston). 21 cm. (4), 34 pp., (2) last leaf an advertisement. Bound in later blue cloth. ESTC lists the following copies in North America: AAS, AM, Philo. Soc., Boston Athenaeum, Boston Public, Bryn Mawr, Duke, Harvard, John Carter..... More
Wheeling, WV: Prohibition Publishing Co., 1891. First edition. 8vo. 40 pp. Plate of the seminary building from a wood engraving, shorthand illustrations; laid in is a small handbill “The American System of Shorthand.” Institution affiliated with the Methodist Church. Includes lists of trustees, faculty, and students, both men and women..... More
