New York: Beadle & Adams, 1878. Paperback. 15, [1] p.: 1 hand-colored woodcut by Nathaniel Orr; 29 cm. Wrapper included in pagination. Some pages not opened. Woodcut title at head of first page. Contains lyrics to 58 songs, without music. These include many popular songs of the time, including patriotic..... More
New York: Beadle & Adams, 1878. Paperback. 15, [1] p.: 1 hand-colored woodcut by Nathaniel Orr; 29 cm. Wrapper included in pagination. Some pages not opened. Woodcut title at head of first page. Contains lyrics to 59 songs, without music. These include many popular songs of the time, some written..... More
New York: Beadle & Adams, 1878. Paperback. 15, [1] p.: 1 hand-colored woodcut by Nathaniel Orr; 29 cm. Wrapper included in pagination. Some pages not opened. Woodcut title at head of first page. Contains lyrics to 57 songs, without music. These include many popular songs of the time, some written..... More
New York: Beadle & Adams, 1879. Paperback. 15, [1] p.: 1 hand-colored woodcut by Nathaniel Orr; 29 cm. Wrapper included in pagination. Some pages not opened. Woodcut title at head of first page. Contains lyrics to 43 songs, without music. These include many popular songs of the time, such as..... More
1806. 5 handwritten documents relating to the Bean family of Sandwich (New Hampshire?). (1) Sandwich North Class paper, Sept. 1806 -- list of members of a church class led by James Bean; the list is headed by James Bean and Peggy Bean, who are marked with a "B" for "Believer."..... More
New York: Heritage of the Graphic Arts, 1970. Broadside folded to make 4 pages on one side with a large timeline on the other: illustrations; 30 cm. (folded). Printed by the Meriden Gravure Co. Contains reproductions of 9 pages from works printed by Franklin and a timeline titled "A Franklin..... More
1825. 1 handwritten letter, dated Boston, 27 Nov. 1826, from Benjamin Rich & Sons, to Nathaniel Cushing & Co., Hanson, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts. Benjamin Rich & Sons are ordering from Nathaniel Cushing & Co. one anchor and one kedge for a new brig of Putnam and Pratt at Briggs yard..... More
New York: Nelson & Phillips, 1879. Hardcover. Imprint includes: "Cincinnati: Hitchcock & Walden." 132, [4] p.: illustrations, map; 15 cm. Brown cloth spine with light green paper over boards. "On Sale by J.B. McCullough, 1018 Arch Street, Philadelphia" -- at foot of front cover. Publisher's advertisement for Sunday-School Journal on..... More
Riga, Latvia: Latvijas Valsts Izdevnieciba, 1958. Hardcover. 161, [1] p.: illustrations; 30 cm. Blue cloth spine with dark blue spine title; illustrated blue, yellow, and red paper over boards. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrations include 8 full-page color illustrations and many in-text drawings. Gift inscription on blank page following front endpaper. Includes..... More
Portland, Maine: Thomas B. Mosher, 1897. Offered here are 11 issues of volume 3 (lacking no. 10, Oct.) of Thomas B. Mosher's late 19th-century publication The Bibelot, as issued in their original grey stiffened paper wrappers printed in red and black. [approx. 360] p.; 15 cm. Each issue contains several..... More
Middletown, DE: CreateSpace, 2015. Paperback. [2], iii, [1], 628, [2] p.; 23 cm. Paperback. Cover, title page, Preface, and Table of Contents are in English and Greek. The remainder of the text is in Greek. The Preface is signed by Kyriakos Michael Tsiappoutas and Andreas Ioannou Koraes. In Near Fine..... More
Amsterdam: Nederlandsche Bijbel-Compagnie, 1837. Hardcover. "Door last van de der Hoog Mog: Heeren Staten Generaal der Vereenigde Nederlanden en Volgens het Besluit vande Sinode Nationaal gehouden in de Jaren 1618 en 1619 te Dordrecht." 416, 132, [96], 65, [2] leaves [1422 p.]: music; 17 cm. Full contemporary calf with five..... More
Lancaster, Pa. Pennsylvania-German Society, 1908. Paperback. First published in 1893; reprinted 1908. 292 p., tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of H.L. Fisher, 1 tissue-guarded leaf of a portrait of Geo. C. Heckman: 1 full-page illustration; 25 cm. Original brown wrapper printed in black. Title page printed in red and black. Pages are..... More
London: Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Lith. 1889. 1 chromolithographed print 37 x 25 cm. by the unidentified artist who signed: Hay. Without the biographical text. The Rev. Henry Arthur Morgan (1830-1912) was a Master of Jesus College, Cambridge University, from 1885 to his death in 1912. In Near Fine-..... More
Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Co., 1937. Hardcover. 294, [3] p.: full-page illustrations; 12 cm. Color illustrated cover. #1414 in the publisher's The Big Little Book series. First printing of the first edition -- number 239 appears in illustration on p. 239. Cover artist is Henry E. Vallely; illustrator is Juanita..... More
New York: Jemima M. Mason, 1840. Hardcover. 716 p.; 23 cm. Contemporary half calf with marbled paper over boards. Six spine compartments between double gilt rules. Gilt-tooled title on red leather label in second compartment: "Blackwood's Magazine." Remains of small paper label at head of spine. Five issues bound together..... More
Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons, 1838. Hardcover. Imprint includes T. Cadell, London. [4], 850 p.; 22 cm. Contemporary half calf with marbled paper over boards. Gilt-tooled spine title "Blackwood's Magazine" and decoration; blind-tooled decoration on spine. All page edges speckled black. Marbled endpapers. Engraved bookplate on front fixed endpaper: "Library..... More
New York: Leonard Scott & Co., 1846. Hardcover. [2], 776 p.; 23 cm. Contemporary half calf with marbled paper over boards. Gilt-tooled spine title "Blackwood's Magazine"; blind-tooled decoration on spine. This volume contains fiction (including satire and horror), reviews and other nonfiction including travel, and poetry, all published anonymously, as..... More
San Francisco: Bolerium Books, 1985. Paperback. 42 p.; 22 cm. Light grey card cover printed in blue; stapled. The inside of front and back covers are included in pagination. No date of publication. Lists 844 items relating to American labor history. In Near Fine Condition: clean and bright... More
New Haven, Ct. Sidney Babcock, 1840. Anderson, Alexander. Paperback. 16 p.: 6 full-page woodcut illustrations; 11 cm. Green wrappers with elaborate borders. Front wrapper has title, imprint, and illustration of Mary, Joseph, and Jesus. Inside front and back wrapper contains decorative border and illustration, each signed with Alexander Anderson's AA..... More
Salt Lake City: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 1950. Hardcover. [10], 568 p.; 19 cm. Black faux-leather vinyl cover with yellow spine and cover title and cover illustration. Includes Synopsis of Chapters, Pronouncing Vocabulary, and Index. In Very Good- Condition: cover is lightly soiled; pages are clean and..... More
New York: Naftoli Gross, 1948. Hardcover. 335, [1] p.; 24 cm. Publisher's faux leather cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles in Hebrew. Entirely in Hebrew with Yiddish translation, except for the added English title page. Inscription in Hebrew on half title page, dated 1949. In Very Good Condition: corners..... More
Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing Co., 1938. Downs, Dorothy. Paperback. [20] p.: illustrations; 20 cm. Illustrated paper covers signed: "D + D Downs." Dorothy Downs created the cover art for many children's books published by Saalfield, as well as paper dolls published in the 1930s. Cover title. "No. 146-C" -- on..... More
New York: s.n., 1956. Paperback. [12] p.: illustrations; 30 cm. The Boy Friend ran on Broadway from Sept. 30, 1954 to Nov. 26, 1955. For the first 11 months it featured Julie Andrews as Polly, in her Broadway debut. That role was filled by Jo Ann Bayless for the final..... More
London: Charles Fox, 1883. Hardcover. [448 p.]: illustrations; 30 cm. Contemporary half calf with red cloth boards. Dark brown endpapers. Includes serial stories: Jack Rag -- Dick Whittington, Thrice Lord Mayor of London -- Lionel the Bold -- The Cruise of the Alabama by Lt. Leslie Gordon -- King Harry..... More