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173048552London: Printed by A Moore for the Ghost of Phil. Horneck at the Sign of Dr. Hermodactyll's Head 1730. 1st printing ESTC T106069. Disbound now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Age-toning. Bit of soiling to outer leaves. Prior owner marginal notes identifying individuals discussed in the text. Overall Very Good. 28 pp. Lacks half-title leaf. T.p. printer's device. Headpiece. Decorative initial capital letter. 7-3/8" x 4-3/4" <br/><br/>A political satire of the times; the imprint is false. Printed by A Moore, for the Ghost of Phil. Horneck, at the Sign of Dr. Hermodactyll's Head unknown books
1910001861Los Angeles CA / Independence Iowa: Unique Novelty Co. Mfrs. and Jobbers 1910. Softcover. First edition presumed n. d. ca 1910; 10 wooden blocks with carvings of a car a bridge etc. one piece replaced else original squares and rectangles approx. 1 1/2 x 3/4; dark red box with a green engraved label pasted-on 4 x 3; instructions to top half verso; box with a few chips and rubbed spots to edges; two of the corners with short splits; very good- condition. A mystery game most probably created shortly after the Panic of 1907 it proclaims: "Getting the first $1000 in the bank is a problem. It seems a long rough road with mountains ahead and many amusements and other temptations. Yet it is possible." The bottom half of the box has a diagram drawn with shapes matching those of the wooden blocks. After removing the block marked "Remove this Bridge" the rest of the blocks are to be slid around without being lifted until the "First $1000" block could land on the diagram square marked "Bank." It requires 55 moves. Los Angeles, CA / Independence, Iowa: Unique Novelty Co., Mfrs. and Jobbers paperback books
1850005268Indianapolis IN: E. Chamberlain 1850. RARE. Third Edition 1850. In the original Full Calf binding 440 pp. 25 engravings throughout black leather spine label with gilt title. Good title page missing large section bottom right corner leather boards worn particularly at spine ends light foxing throughout period prior owner names front end pages. Contents clean and unmarked rear board detached. Contains 2 parts "A General View of the State" and "Topography and Statistics". Third Edition. Full Calf. Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo. E. Chamberlain Hardcover books
181228303Yarmouth: Printed and Sold by M. Alexander; Sold Also by Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Brown and Johnson London 1812 1812. First and only edition. Colbert; COPAC records four copies BL Cambridge Durham and V. & A.; OCLC adds Boston Athenaeum and New England Historic Genealogical Society. Wrappers a little worn; very good copy. Small 8vo contemporary marbled wrappers 62 pages. Five of six woodcut plates. A pocket-size stranger's guide to Lowestoft a coastal town on the North Sea about 110 miles northeast of London which had by the beginning of the 19th century begun to attract tourists for its ruins and evidence of early settlement by the Vikings Romans and Anglo-Saxons. The "Lady" author - who states in French on the title-page that she writes for the foreigner - gives a general history of the town followed by a walking tour of its famous buildings and monuments. Alas this copy lacks the frontispiece but has the other five attractive Bewickesque woodcut views of Lowestoft landmarks. <br/><br/> Yarmouth: Printed and Sold by M. Alexander; Sold Also by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, and Johnson, London, 1812 unknown books
1920002662S. l. Germany: s. n. 1920. First Edition. Very good. Board game n. d. ca 1920; card stock box with a lithographed illustration - 9 1/2 x 7 1/4; lithographed card stock playing board - 8 3/4 x 13; 5 of 6 wooden cylindrical playing pieces; one wooden dice; directions affixed to top verso; playing board with a few light spots to lower margin - very good or better condition; box with rubbed spots and small loss of paper to corners - good condition. An adorable and apparently-unrecorded early-20th century "Mother Goose" game it was produced in Germany and identified only with the number 2225. It was a variation of "Chutes & Ladders" but the twist in this one was a fox at the end of game where "50 is caught by a fox at the goal and receives the first prize." s. n. unknown books
1828WRCLIT55491London: John Murray 1828. xi1100pp. Octavo. Extracted from pamphlet volume. Title dusty and a bit tanned with small early ownership signature faint old stamps of a defunct mercantile library otherwise a very good copy. First edition. A sequence of nineteen letters presented as written from "Bally___ Corkshire" on the issues surrounding Catholic Emancipation. Ascription of authorship of this work seems to have proven elusive for Bradshaw NSTC and other references. BRADSHAW 7906. John Murray unknown books
1796005264no place listed: No publisher listed 1796. Book. Very good condition. Paperback. First presumed edition. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. 8 pages of text. Disbound from larger volume. The word "Christian's" in the title is misspelled "Chistian's." Title page is illustrated with two woodcuts. Paper is slightly foxed with minor browning to fore-edge of final leaf. Gives four or eight lines of advice "When you first awake" When arising from your Bed" Putting on your Cloaths" Leaving the Room" "Washing yourself" "At Breakfast" Going to School or Labour" " At Labour" "Returning from Labour at Noon" "Before Dinner" "After Dinner" "Returning to Labour" "At Labour" "Returning from Work" "Having got home" "In the evening" "Before Supper" "At Supper" "Entering your Bed-Chamber" "Undressing" "Lying down in Bed" and "Waking in the Night." The final page is a hymn of 24 lines the first two of which are "Awake my Soul awake and cry To God that reigns on high." An uncommon chapbook; religious devotional tract; ephemeral item; possibly Scottish. No publisher listed Paperback books
1838WRCLIT72875London: J. Ridgway and Son. 1838. 128pp. Octavo. Extracted from nonce pamphlet volume. Faint old stamps of a defunct mercantile library title neatly detached a few foxmarks; good. First edition. Inscribed in the top margin of the first page of text: "From the Writer to W. Hayward Esqr." OCLC/Worldcat offers no author attribution and locates five copies only Trinity Yale Newberry Villanova and NLI. OCLC: 34098272. J. Ridgway and Son. unknown books
193321064New York: The Macaulay Company 1933. Second printing. Hardcover. Very good/good. 8vo. Dark brown cloth with maroon titles and illustration stamped to front board and spine. In original pictorial dust jacket. A very good copy in a good DJ. 1.25" tall chip to jacket front panel. Some creasing and chipping to top and bottom of jacket especially at spine; price clipped. Boards a bit rubbed with a thin layer of soil. Front hinge repaired. Clean throughout. 307pp. <br/><br/>Sensational novel of two OB-GYN doctors and their patients. Despite the book's "completely frank medical vocabulary" and use of a "simple and easily understandable glossary" a contemporary review in the Journal of the American Medical Association summed up the work thus: "The book is neither fish nor fowl neither fiction nor science neither essay nor poetry. It is just an attempt to capitalize the public's morbid interest in obstetrics gynecology and abortions." The Macaulay Company hardcover books
1709WRCLIT41620London: Printed in the Year 1709. 8pp. Modern cloth and boards. Browned with some marginal nicks and small chips and a few discolorations in lower third. Just a good intact copy. One of two editions noted in Foxon this being one of the copies with 'some' as the last word on 3:1. An anti-Marlborough poem attributed by Nichols to William King though Foxon doubts that attribution. FOXON B125. ESTC T21437. Printed in the Year hardcover books
183219734New York: American Tract Society 1832. First edition. Small faint stain along the upper edge of the first leaf; some light waving and toning; a very good copy. Unbound pamphlet 6.75 x 4.25 inches 8 pages. Many and awful are the national sins that may have drawn down upon us this visitation. The highest privileges ever granted to a people have been by multitudes neglected and scorned. Obscene impurities drunkenness profaneness and infidelity prevail among us to a fearful extent. Iniquity runs down our streets like a river." Likely the single best-known orthodox statement on the first cholera epidemic in the United States casting it as both a judgment and an opportunity for repentance; the American Tract Society in part was making hay with President Jackson's refusal to appoint a day for a national fast and the tract was distributed in some 160000 copies over the course of a few weeks Rosenberg 50. Imprint from the colophon; ast the head of the title of this tract "Occasional. 4." Per the AAS catalog entry "Listed as a 'new tract' in the American tract magazine Aug. 1832 replacing 'To a guardian' as Occasional tract no. 4." See Rosenberg Charles E. The Cholera Years: The United States in 1832 1849 and 1866. With a New Afterword. Chicago: University of Chicago Press 1987. OCLC 5/2020 notes six scattered holdings for this title. American Tract Society, unknown books
183561089bdPhiladelphia: Turner & Fisher n.d. ca. 1835. Turner & Fisher’s Edition. The preceeding information from the title page / inside wrapper. An apparent later wrapper has been added: Dame Crump. Philadelphia: Fisher & Brother n.d. ca. 1850. Fisher & Brother’s Golden Toys - 12 Kinds. 16mo illustrated wrappers 8 pp. with second wrapper 12 pp. Both titles and each page illustrated with wood engravings. Good; former-owner signature illustrations amateurishly colored spine amateurishly sewn. Turner & Fisher, n.d. [ca. 1835]. Turner & Fisher’s Edition. The preceeding information from the title page / inside wrappe unknown books
186930385Mexico: No publisher/printer 1869. Small 8vo 21 cm; . 28 pp. <br><br>A poem set in a dream garden of an afternoon when all of Mexico City's A-List are out strolling meeting greeting and interacting: Justo Sierra Ricardo Lasquetti Leonicia Cobarrubias Manuel Iturbe Manuela Zambrazo Lupita Maya and many many others.<br>Â Â Â Â We locate only two copies in U.S. libraries. Original plain yellow wrappers; wrappers dust-soiled. No publisher/printer unknown books
18634103bdLondon: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge Committee of General Literature and Education n.d. ca. 1863. Duodecimo decorated yellow wrappers 48 pp. Twelve color plates by William Dickes in the Baxter Process. The contents include: Germans French Spaniards Portuguese Swedes Greeks and Turks. Good; spine badly chipped some wear. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, Committee of General Literature and Education, n.d., [ca. 1863]. unknown books
1714TB25672London 1714. First Edition. Second Impression with additional characters. Good in a 19th century binding of 1/2 leather and pebbled cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. A 12mo measuring 7 1/2" by 4 1/2" with the front and rear hinges and joints about to separate. The pages remain tightly bound with only the front and rear pages showing any age toning and foxing. 43 pages of text. Although described as a "Second Impression" on the title page this may be a revised edition and possibly a piracy. Foxon W157/8. hardcover books
199821864No Place: Thousand Islands Spit Fire Bananna Peal Appealling Apple Press 1998. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Beautifully constructed hand-made artist book. Authors unstated. The author's poetic reminiscenses of a visit to upstate New York in 1998 to visit the bucolic home of poets Bernadette Mayer and partner Philip Good. Includes reproductions of grainy black and white photographs. Unpaginated. Small 8 1/2 x 6" tall oblong stapled wrappers. Laid in to this copy is a small hand-written note with lines from a poem entitled Skylands by Good and Mayer. Very good condition. <br/><br/> Thousand Islands Spit Fire Bananna Peal Appealling Apple Press paperback books
1715WRCLIT65807London: Printed for Richard Smith 1715. 52pp. Quarto. Extracted from pamphlet volume. Tanned a bit creased and dusty along untrimmed lower edges but a good copy. First and only edition. Authorship is not attributed in ESTC where only three copies are located in North America Folger Lilly and UT. ESTC N30311. Printed for Richard Smith unknown books
1797WRCLIT72915London: Printed for John Stockdale 1797. 702pp. Octavo. Extracted from nonce pamphlet volume untrimmed. Manuscript '7' on title leaf some dustsoiling at edges and to title otherwise a very good copy. First edition. Observations on naval impressment domestic financial policy peace negotiations with France universal suffrage and other current matters including reference to Adam Smith in a footnote. ESTC includes two entries for this title one for a single copy lacking the advert leaf and locates a total of ten copies. OCLC/Worldcat locates eight copies spread across three entries ESTC N1307 & T148317. GOLDSMITHS 16901. OCLC: 228758936; 17313149; and 612540379. Printed for John Stockdale unknown books
19796269Center City Minn: Hazelden 1979. Hardcover. Near Fine. 28th printing. This copy from the library of Henry Miller inscribed to him: "To my dear friend Henry Miller with much love Kathy. 11/19/1979." In the foreword it is noted: "Twenty-Four Hours a Day is intended for members of Alcoholics Anonymous as a help in their program of living one day at a time." <br/><br/> Hazelden hardcover books
1978160929002Port Glasgow: Bratach Dubh Publications 1978 1978. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. First edition. Publication date of February 1978 on bottom of last page second volume in Bratach Dubh series listed as "in preparation" on back cover. 28 pp. Stapled red wraps. Very Good. Original price of 30 p on front cover with sticker shadow. Pages toned with age light shelf wear and tiny stain on back cover. The rare first appearance of a Left-wing compilation of official communiques from the group and a chronology of their actions. Bratach Dubh Publications, 1978 paperback books
1923002235Chicago: P. F. Volland Co. 1923. Softcover. Twelve die-cuts seven different designs in all; illustrated card stock; 4 1/2" in diameter; circular gilt frame; die-cut ladies' figures in various outfits and hats; tabs at the bottom and on verso to be folded in such a way that the figures would stay up none folded; very minor wear to a few; near fine or better condition.A fabulous collection of presumably advertising pieces although similar ones by the same company had been printed on verso to be used as bridge tally cards they all showcased the splendor of Art Deco printing of the 1920s. The publisher P. F. Volland Co. was well known for their beautiful children's books greeting cards games and calendars as well as for publishing significant authors and writers. Chicago: P. F. Volland Co. paperback books
18901312223New York: The Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co 1890. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 130 pages; G; fully bound in green cloth front cover has gilt tooling and lettering binding has rubbing on both covers has wear along the top and bottom edges and along the spine with fraying at the top of the spine and bumping on the fore edge corners; pages have age toning and dust build up along the top edge; shelved case 13. 1312223. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. The Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co hardcover books
1943001867Chicago: Montgomery Ward & Co. Inc. 1943. Softcover. First edition; 9 x 7 1/2; pp. 1 4-84; illustrated wraps; small loss of paper to head of spine; thin cut to bottom edge; lower corner of several of the leaves clipped as published; very good condition. A wartime edition with a caveat added that: "Wallpaper Books use valuable dyes inks and paper stock - the Government has issued a limitation order to conserve these critical materials for war use.This Wallpaper Sample Book will undoubtedly be the only edition that we can offer to our customers for the duration. Will you therefore please co-operate with us by returning this Catalog after it has served your purpose so that other Ward customers may share the use of it with you" The mail order company was founded by Aaron Montgomery Ward in 1872 and is still in existence today. Despite the war restrictions the catalog contained a dazzling array of wallpaper sheets - embossed painted gilded and textured. Also fittingly "patriotic colors in stripes" were offered. Chicago: Montgomery Ward & Co., Inc. paperback books
18492984671849. unbound. Herbarium with manuscript notes. White card with specimen 4 5/8 x 3 5/8 inches on scrap book sheet 6 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches. Some toning but in good condition.<br/><br/> Delicate and charming pressed crab apple specimen on hand made sheet by an accomplished hand mounted on scrap book paper. The herbarium is comparable to a library of preserved plants with the specimens and labels providing all the information. In fact the label and specimen are equally important.<br/><br/> unknown books
18492984691849. unbound. Herbarium with manuscript notes. White card with specimen 3 5/8 x 4 inches on sheet 6 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. in good condition with a few chips to the secondary sheet.<br/><br/> Delicate and charming pressed plant specimen on hand made sheet by an accomplished hand mounted on scrap book paper. The herbarium is comparable to a library of preserved plants this one notes April 1849 in manuscript.<br/><br/> unknown books
