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1805374079Lancaster PA: Printed and sold by William Dickson 1805. Woodcut of Lunardi's balloon ascension on the upper cover. 40pp. 8vo. Stitched. Woodcut of Lunardi's balloon ascension on the upper cover. 40pp. 8vo. The Balloon Almanac seems to have been published in Philadelphia or Lancaster haphazardly between the years 1786 to 1806. Scarce. Drake 10702. Not in Shaw & Shoemaker Printed and sold by William Dickson unknown
183847856Te St. Truyden Sint Truiden: J.L. Milis 1838. Small 8vo 11x8 cm. Contemporary blind boards spine damaged. With large woodcut on title 36 unnumbered leaves and the first half: "Kalender Eclipsen & Voorzeggingen" interleaved with 16 blank leaves. The second half: "Prognosticatie Vermaekelijke questie Raedzel Regering der stad Uytdeeling der pryzen Reducties van Nederlandsch & van Luyksch in Fransch geld Jaer-merkten van de provintie Luyk en Limburg". - Pages age-toned spine damaged but on the whole a charming booklet rare J.L. Milis hardcover
1809345475Wilmington: Printed & Sold by Peter Brynberg 1809. Woodcut seal of the United States on the title. 48pp. Uncut. 12mo. Stitched. Woodcut seal of the United States on the title. 48pp. Uncut. 12mo. Drake 1430; Shaw 17258; Sabin 14857 Printed & Sold by Peter Brynberg unknown
18316413London: Charles Knight 1831. 3 vols. bound as 1 8vo pp. 240 240 256. Contemporary calf boards bordered with triple blind rules spine divided by raised bands red morocco label other compartments tooled in gilt edges sprinkled red. Binding a touch scratched spine lightly sunned. A nicely bound group of early issues of the information-packed miscellanies produced under the auspices of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge to accompany their own series of almanacs which had begun in 1828. Charles Knight hardcover
1803373912New York: D. Longworth at the Shakespeare Gallery 1803. 24 engraved vignette illustrations by Peter Maverick. 5-80 2pp with the calendar and memorandum pages i.e. pp. 41-64 engraved. 12mo. Original wrappers each comprised of two plates backed onto each other i.e. 4 plates in total engraved by Anderson. Publisher's red morocco gilt slipcase. 24 engraved vignette illustrations by Peter Maverick. 5-80 2pp with the calendar and memorandum pages i.e. pp. 41-64 engraved. 12mo. As least three issues of Longworth's Belles Lettres Repository were published for 1801-1803 with slightly varying titles: The American ladies & gentlemen's pocket almanac and elegant belles lettres repository. for 1801 Evans 36816; The American ladies' & gentlemen's pocket almanac and belles lettres repository for 1802 Shaw & Shoemaker 50194; and the present titled at the bottom of the front wrapper and as a caption title at the head of p. 5.<br /> <br /> An advertisement on the recto of the final leaf states: "This is the third Belles-Lettres-Repository. The two former have been done at the expense of the Publisher. this he hopes will be at the expense of lovers of neat things." At the bottom of the same page are descriptions of the plates and illustrations including the "frontispiece title-page i.e. front wrapper L'Allegro and finishing piece Il Penseroso form the cover" and the plate on the inside front wrapper being "Orpheus Eurydice and Cerberus." The vignettes by Maverick illustrate "select passages in Hayley's 'Triumphs of temper' with extracts underneath each. At the foot of each of these pages are the kalendar sic pages for 1803 and the intermediate spaces are ruled for belles-lettres selections &c. . these alternate with twelve other vignettes architectural and picturesque with ruled memorandum pages under each the whole engraved."<br /> <br /> Shaw and Shoemaker locate only the example at the Huntington which collates precisely as the present; i.e. wrappers comprised of two engraved plates mounted to each other i.e. the front wrapper being pages 1-4 and the text beginning on page 5 with a caption title at the head. An additional example with the same collation at the Hay Library Brown University confirms the work is complete as issued<br /> <br /> A scarce example in the original slipcase; American publisher's slipcases or sheaths from the 18th century are very rare. The earliest noted by Tanselle is on an 1801 edition of the American Ladies & Gentlemans Pocket Almanac Tanselle 01.01 and plate 9. Shaw 2551 dating the imprint as 1802 locating only the example at the Huntington Library ; Pomeroy J.R. Alexander Anderson 1775-1870 105. See Tanselle 01.01 D. Longworth at the Shakespeare Gallery unknown
1824ST19505cParis: Chez Marcilly fils aîné 1824. 105 x 63 mm. 4 1/8 x 2 1/2". 6 p.l. 48 pp. 12 leaves. <br/> Publisher's green paper boards with Neoclassical engraved decorations gilt edges IN THE VERY FRAGILE ORIGINAL MATCHING PULL-OFF CASE. Housed in a fine modern linen custom clamshell box green morocco label on spine. Engraved title page with vignette six engraved plates with original tissue guards engraved cover and 12 engraved vignette headpieces for the ladies' appointment calendar at rear. From the Ellen K. Morris and Edward S. Levin Collection of Publishers' Bookbindings. A hint of soiling and chafing to boards and slipcase isolated faint foxing to contents but A VERY FINE SPECIMEN WITH ALMOST NO SIGNS OF USE.<br/> <br/> This charming little almanac contains romantic poems and engravings of young lovers in addition to a calendar with saints' days and phases of the moon as well as a section unused for making notes and jotting down appointments. Our copy is remarkably well preserved down to the delicate paper pull-off case. It comes from the splendid collection of publisher's bindings assembled over three decades by Ellen K. Morris and Edward S. Levin and exhibited at the Grolier Club in 2000. In a review of the sumptuous catalogue for the exhibition written for the Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America Andrea Krupp praises the "pristine condition" of this "glittering and opulent collection." . Chez Marcilly fils aîné unknown
1820ST20124Paris: Louis Janet ca. 1820s. Necessaire: 120 x 70 mm 4 3/4 x 2 3/4". Calendar: 6 leaves; notebook: 4 leaves. <br/> Red straight-grain morocco lined with green satin containing a calendar in paper wrappers and notebook bound in matching pale green satin. Exterior decorative panel with central painted porcelain scene surrounded by wire filigree and pearls under a glass window. In a later red morocco case by Riviere & Son stamp-signed double ruled in gilt raised bands gilt-ruled compartments. Each calendar page with an engraved vignette. The necessaire additionally containing a pair of scissors with a delicately carved mother-of-pearl handle a silver mechanical pencil a small wooden pencil and an awl a tipped-in early 20th century auction listing not mentioning the latter two suggesting they are possible later additions. The notebook with the engraved bookplate of Sir David Lionel Goldsmid-Stern-Salomons dated 1908 to the front pastedown. Calendar leaves loose with fore-edges slightly creased other trivial defects but the leaves and binding fresh and quite clean. Nécessaire lightly worn from use with very short split to one tab closure; decorative panel with faint horizontal hairline crack visible only under magnification scattered losses to the paint on the porcelain panel but the fragile object surprisingly well preserved with all its components present.<br/> <br/> This charming calendar in a period nécessaire a small case for toiletries or as here personal implements provides a window into the life of a young woman during France’s Bourbon Restoration; wonderfully preserved in a custom Riviere box it was later in an important British collection. Small calendars and almanacs were popular New Years gifts for young French women starting in the late 18th century and by the second decade of the 19th century--when this calendar was likely produced--a thriving industry had grown up around their production. Louis Janet 1788-1840 who was in business as a bookseller and binder from 1810 through 1838 made much of his business in these small almanacs and keepsake books. In our charming almanac each month has an attractive engraving of a Neoclassical scene with graceful women in flowing drapery often accompanied by flitting putti. The nécessaire is similarly decorated: the central panel depicts a young female in a flowing gown leaning over a plinth inscribed with the text: "l’amilie me suffit" "friendship is enough for me". These attractive illustrations together with the contents of the nécessaire suggest its owner was a fashionable young woman. This delightful object is from the collection of David Lionel Salomons 1851-1925 whose books were chosen with notable discrimination the goal always being to obtain copies in very fine condition. The collection was particularly strong in 18th and 19th century illustrated books and attractive bindings. It is very likely given the dates of his collection that he was the owner who commissioned the pleasing Riviere & Son box in which the nécessaire currently resides. Louis Janet unknown
18116592Gottingen: chez Henri Dieterich 1811. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo 134 x 84mm. 172pp. 38pp. Supplement ii Table and advertisement leaf. Text in French. Engraved frontispiece of Antinous and 7 full-page engraved vignettes of seasons; figures in costume and views of countryside four of these by Hogarth. Later marbled paper covered boards; margins trimmed lightly browned; corners worn. Rare French Edition of the pocket Almanac of Gottingen also known as the Gottingen Taschenkalendar. Divided into two parts the first part contains the calendar genealogy of the Royal Houses of Europe and the second part has instructive and entertaining stories with the usual almanac information added at the end including a report of new inventions tables of weights and measures money rates statistics or the population of almost 350 cities. The almanac de Goettingue was one of the best illustrated almanacs of its time it was published in 37 volumes from 1776 until 1813 most of these volumes were printed in German and French editions. Gottingen is an old German city which has medieval roots dating from 1150 and 1200. It has a famous university Georg-August-Universitat which was founded in 1737. <br/><br/> chez Henri Dieterich hardcover
1804ABC_48705Paris 1804. Large 8vo ca. 19.5 x 12 cm. L.É. Testu Contemporary gold-tooled tree marbled calf with an ornamental border on both boards a richly gold-tooled spine with red calf title-label lettered in gold gilt board edges gilt edges marbled endpapers. With the engraved coat-of-arms of the First French Empire on the title page and numerous letterpress tables. 16 832 pp. Attractively bound copy of this interesting French almanac for the year 1804-1805 An XIII i.e. year 13 counted from 1792 the period running from 23 September 1804 to 22 September 1805 according to the French Republican calendar which was used from 1793 to 1805. It is the last almanac using the terminology of the French Revolution before Napoleon Bonaparte 1769-1821 was crowned Emperor of the French on 2 December 1804.This almanac contains a wealth of information concerning the organization of the administration of the French state in the first year of the First French Empire. It comprises the names of the main dignitaries in France and abroad mentioning i.a. Thomas Jefferson as President of the United States of America the public officials in Paris and in the provinces the magistracy the clergy the army officers etc. as well as the usual subjects present in most almanacs such as annual fairs stagecoaches and timetables. It is concluded with an extensive index pp. 817-824 and a supplement pp. 825-832 which is not always present in most copies we could trace.The French publisher Laurent Étienne Testu 1765-1839 worked from 1788 for the French printer François Jean Noël Debure 1743-1802 who was the son-in-law of the French printer Laurent Charles dHoury 1723-1786. The family of DHoury had started with the annual publication of the famous Almanach royal which appeared under this title from 1700 to 1792.In 1791 Testu took over Debures printing house and in 1792 the title of the almanac was turned into Almanach national de France due to the new political situation caused by the French Revolution. After Napoleons coronation to emperor in 1804 its title was subsequently changed into Almanach imperial. Testu was appointed imperial publisher to Napoleon until his abdication in 1814.With the 19th-century oval bookplate of the French military Albert Le Lorier "Sous-Intendant Militaire" mounted on the front pastedown. The head of spine is slightly chipped/damaged the corners of the boards are slightly worn. The title page is slightly stained in the outer blank margin two text leaves Oo2 and Zz5 are re-attached probably replaced and their outer blank margins are slightly shortened otherwise a beautiful binding in very good condition.l Grand-Carteret Les almanachs français no. 1433. hardcover
1853ABC_48321Schoondijke: A.J. Bronswijk volumes 2-3 printed by J.C. & W. Altorffer at Middelburg 1853. Later quarter black buckram marbled paper sides with the original front wrapper pasted to the front board. 12mo. With 5 lithographed plates 1 folding 4 full-page 1 in each in volumes 2-6. 6 volumes. Comprising:1 Cadsandria jaarboekje voor 1854.2 Cadsandria Zeeuwsch-Vlaamsch jaarboekje voor 1855.3 Cadsandria Zeeuwsch-Vlaamsch jaarboekje voor het schrikkeljaar 1856.4 Cadsandria Zeeuwsch-Vlaamsch jaarboekje voor het jaar 1857.5 Cadsandria Zeeuwsch jaarboekje voor 1858.6 Cadsandria Zeeuwsch jaarboekje voor 1859. Complete set of the original series of this historical and literary almanac for Zeelandic Flanders mainly edited by Johan Hendrik van Dale 1828-1872 schoolmaster at Sluis whose name has become immortal as the composer of the first scholarly Dutch dictionary: De grote Van Dale. Apart from some traditional elements belonging to the almanac including a preface calendar feast days birthdays of the royal family eclipses tide-tables and market days the volumes contain historical accounts of important regional figures and events descriptions of local legends and short stories and poems from local authors. The first four volumes focus exclusively on Zeelandic Flanders and the final two on all of Zeeland. The plates include views of the tower and town hall at Sluis the Church of St. Bavo at Aardenburg Castle Windenburg in Dreischoor and a portrait of Colonel Joseph Ledel.The fourth volume is of particular interest because it includes the original invoice. The volume was bought from the well-known Amsterdam bookseller Frederik Muller on May 8 1857 by the Dutch Mennonite banker and art collector Christiaan Pieter van Eeghen 1816-1889 because he was particularly interested in the first article of the work on the Mennonite minister Ghysel Hebberecht 17th century.Volume 4 with the original invoice for this volume loosely inserted and the initials of Christiaan Pieter van Eeghen in pencil on the title page a contemporary ownership annotation below the opening plate in volume 5. Some of the boards are slightly browned and stained. The leaves are somewhat browned and occasionally slightly foxed the full-page plate in volume 5 has been mounted onto the leaf. Otherwise in good condition.l Cf. Lo van Driel Een leven in woorden. J.H. van Dale schoolmeester archivaris taalkundige 2003; NNBW 1 cols. 675-676; Vaderl. Letteroef. 1855 pp. 105-107. A.J. Bronswijk (volumes 2-3 printed by J.C. & W. Altorffer at Middelburg), hardcover
18044622Offenbach: C.L. Brede 1804. Contemporary pink boards tooled in black with a floral ornament in the centre of both boards surrounded by a dotted frame paste paper pastedowns. The work is housed in a brown decorative paper slipcase. 32mo. With an engraved frontispiece an engraved title with a vignette and 8 full-page numbered engraved plates by Neubauer. Fine illustrated German almanac with a calendar and literary contributions including poetry a story in prose and several aphorisms. Most are signed only with initials but two have been signed by Von Münchausen. Each month in the calendar is accompanied by a poem. Several of these are listed at the beginning which means they were considered suitable to use in an Album Amicorum. The plates not accompanied by explanatory texts illustrate scenes from a theatre play and show Romantic scenes after paintings by Buchhöltz.The boards are slightly rubbed some discolouration at the top where the boards are not covered by the slipcase. The frontispiece and title page are detached but still present the page edges of the second half of the work are darker than those of the first half but the two halves likely belong together pencil markings on the verso of one of the plates and the last free flyleaf. Otherwise in good condition.l The children's world of learning 2484; not in Köhring; Lanckoronska-Rümann; Vandenhole. C.L. Brede, hardcover
18074625Frankfurt 1807. 32mo. In der Jägerschen Buch- Papier- und Landkartenhandlung Contemporary green boards tooled in black with a central ornament on both boards surrounded by an ornamental border gilt edges. The work is housed in a decorative paper slipcase. With an engraved frontispiece an engraved title with a view of Frankfurt and 12 full-page numbered engraved plates in the calendar 1 for each month. 32 31 1 pp. Beautifully illustrated German literary pocket almanac which is among "den reizvollsten Erscheinungen dieser Art" Lanckoronska-Rümann. It was published from 1794-1825 and included copper engravings of widely read novels of the time as well as poems and aphorisms. The attractive and romantic plates in the present volume illustrate scenes from two books by Glatz: Iduna and Minona scenes from short stories by Kotzebue and scenes from Meyer's Unsere Kaufmannstöchter which was recently published at Leipzig in 1807. Extracts from these works are added as explanation to the plates. The work starts with a Jewish calendar then follows a list of works that were suitable to gift to young women at the end of the year. The present almaanc was likely also meant as a New Years gift as the engraved title says: "Geschenk zum Neuen Jahr". After the list follows the calendar and then the short stories poems and literary excerpts. Of interest to note is that almanacs in Germany often include suitable pieces in prose or poetry to use in a friend's Album Amicorum.The boards have been slightly rubbed some discolouration at the top where the boards are not covered by the slipcase. The slipcase is somewhat rubbed with a small hole at the bottom. Otherwise in good condition.l The children's world of learning 2528; Cf. Goedeke VIII p. 107 no. 252 only vols. 1823-1827; Köhring p. 50 vols. 1823-1827 under title "Kleines Geschenk oder Kleiner Frankfurter Taschenbuch" with 8 plates each; Lanckoronska-Rümann p. 195; not in Granier; Vandenhole. hardcover
188110165New York: Published by John F. Henry & Co. 24 College Place 1881. Booklet sewn on cords 16.4 x 10 cm. 30 unnumbered leaves including the wrapper. Illustrated. Title and imprint from wrapper; date inferred from a calendar for 1882 printed on the rear wrapper panel. FIRST EDITION. A little promotional cookery almanac from the patent medicine firm of John F. Henry & Co. of New York City. Recipes are mixed with advertisements for proprietary remedies including: Oxygenated Bitters Dr. Baker's Pain Panacea and Scovill's Blood and Liver Syrup. Much of the book consists of testimonials and praise for these remedies with recipe pages here and there for Charlotte Russe Lobster Salad and the like. Internally clean and sound but for a few small spots of foxing to margins. In publisher's black & white illustrated wrappers with a wood engraving depicting a housewife working in the kitchen. Some light soiling to wrappers otherwise near fine. OCLC locates five copies of this annual issue. Published by John F. Henry & Co., 24 College Place unknown
180519106Paris: Chez Janet 1805. Contemporary gold-tooled straight-grained red morocco spine decoratively gilt decorative double borders on both boards gilt edges brocade endpapers. 32mo. With 12 full-page engraved plates showing young people talking playing and courting. Exceptionally rare edition of this charming almanac for 1805 and 1806 with a calendar for one and a half year running from September 1805 to December 1806. This was done because the work followed after almanacs that used the French Republican Calendar 1793-1805 which ran from September to September instead of from January to December. Other than the calendar the almanac includes educational songs on friendship silence family and various emotions set to popular tunes and illustrated with 12 engraved plates. Together this was intended as a "School for adolescents" teaching young people about courting and various types of relationships. On the last page the eclipses of the sun and moon for 1806 are listed including those not visible in Europe. The almanac was also published for the years 1807 1808 and 1809 but all editions are very scarce today. We have only been able to find one other copy of the present 1805/1806 edition in sales records but it has not mentioned in any of the literature nor has it been recorded in institutions.With a contemporary annotation in Dutch on the first free flyleaf "Tis niet genoeg te beminen! maar best eerst wel te vezinnen!". The head of the spine has been bumped a round black stain on the back board. The work has been bound into one quire instead of two causing errors in the pagination. Otherwise in good condition.l Cf. Bondy Miniature books p. 48; Grand-Carteret 1526 for the years 1807 and 1808; Welsh A bibliography of miniature books 6239-6240 idem; not in Gumuchian; WorldCat. Chez Janet, hardcover
1836ABC_48424Calcutta: Samuel Smith and Co. at the Bengal Hurkaru Press 1836. Contemporary gold-tooled crimson goatskin with the title and year of publication lettered in gold on the spine. 8vo. With a folding table. Rare directory describing Calcutta's inhabitants during the Company rule in India 1773-1858. It lists the members of the government civil servants and the members of the king's troops as well as schools events religious societies births marriages and deaths and the departure and arrival of ships with the ships from Calcutta further highlighted on a folding table. The work is very rare as it is only available in one library and we have not been able to find it in any sales records of the past 100 years. This seemingly exhaustive directory is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the movements of people in Bengal at the time.The leather is somewhat scratched and bumped the front joint has split at the head and foot but the board is still attached the leather on the spine is slightly cracked. With a grey stain on the fore-edge some of the text on page 25-29 has been crossed out by hand pages XI-XIV in the back are nearly detached. Otherwise in very good condition.l WorldCat 776890501 1 copy. Samuel Smith and Co. at the Bengal Hurkaru Press, unknown
1835ABC_48322Zierikzee: J. van de Velde Olivier vol.12: P. de Looze 1835. Original yellow or blue printed publisher's wrappers with the title printed on the spine and front within an ornamental border the coat of arms of arms of Zeeland on the back. 12mo. With the woodcut coat of arms of Zeeland on the title page of each volume 16 folding lithographed plates 17 full-page lithographed plates 2 leaves with musical annotations and several folding tables. 12 volumes. Original and complete series of 12 volumes of an important literary almanac. The work contains a calendar eclipses phases of the moon and sun the tides market days and fairs and postal and transportation facilities in the Province of Zealand as well as historical accounts reports and stories and poems. The folding plates include a city view Zierikzee castle Moermond near Renesse the ruins of the monastery Bethlehem near Elkerzee Castle Baarland 1840 Phases of the moon and eclipses the monastery Sion near Noordgouwe the bathhouse at Domburg and the town-hall at Hulst in the 16th century and in 1845.Many of the short stories and poems were written by well-known 18th and 19th-century Dutch authors such as Petronella Moens 1762-1843 Jacobus Bellami 1757-1786 and Carel Steven Adama van Scheltema 1815-1897. Another regular contributor was the minister Hendrik Marinus Christiaan van Oosterzee 1806-1877 who was the main editor together with J. Berman. Van Oosterzee lived at Elkerzee on the island Schouwen from 1830-1844 and later at Oirschot. In 1840 he became member of the Zeeuws Genootschap. In later years he edited the well-known yearbook Nehallennia 1849-1850 and the Jaarboek Zeeland 1852-1856.With a shelf mark label on the spine of each volume and a deaccession stamp from the Openbare bibliotheek Arnhem on the title page. The wrappers are frayed and creased with some losses the spines have been rubbed with some loss of material the 1838 1839 and 1841 issues have been rebound with the original wrappers mounted on the front board. The leaves are somewhat browned and foxed 2 of the plates are torn the spine of the 1841 issue has broken but the work is still complete the final volume is printed by a different publisher and therefore of a slightly larger size the 1837 issue still with the original prospectus leaf included. Otherwise in good condition.l Jaarb. Maatsch. Nederl. Letterk. 1878 pp. 69-1877 biography and list of his works; NNBW III col. 936; Vandenhole p. 165 only the 1845 and 1846 issues. J. van de Velde Olivier (vol.12: P. de Looze), unknown
18858891Buffalo N.Y.: Foster Milburn & Co.; G.H. Dunston Lith. 1885. Booklet stapled in wrappers 20 x 14.5 cm. 32 pages. An almanac advertising Burdock Blood Bitters with the standard calendars ephemeris testimonials and advertisements for other related products including "Dr. Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberries". With remarkable duo-tone lithograph wrappers depicting an image of an older man with a collared shirt and bald pate and bursting through the paper a young child. "At three years and at sixty" it says. "Compliments of your druggist. H.L. Pierce & Son Cavendish Vt." is printed not stamped on the rear wrapper panel. With the small ownership stamp "Chas. W. Whitcomb" at top edge of rear panel. A bit of crease to bottom right corner of rear wrapper and a few prior leaves. Very good or better. Foster Milburn & Co.; [G.H. Dunston Lith.] unknown
18677814Philadelphia: Ziegler & Smith Sole Proprietors 1867. Booklet stapled in wrappers 16.5 x 12 cm. 32 pages. Illustrated. FIRST & ONLY EDITION. While an almanac there is no evidence of other issues. A promotional almanac and recipe book for the patent medicines produced by Dr. Leon specifically his Infant Remedy and Electric Hair Renewer. The promotion of the remedies is interwoven with culinary and household recipes Soft Gingerbread Winter Herbs An Easy Method of producing Mushrooms Apple Fritters Lady Cake. Light edgewear otherwise near fine in publisher's printed pale blue wrappers. Scarce. OCLC locates just one copy and no copies of issues with other dates. Ziegler & Smith, Sole Proprietors unknown
18506787Baltimore: Published by J.W. Bond & Co. No. 44 Baltimore Street 1850. Booklet sewn on cord 20 x 17 cm. 36 pages including wrappers. Illustrated with woodcuts. Each month has a vignette and there are an additional six larger woodcuts in the text. Title and publication information from cover. Author from note on page 2 a note by the calculator "Charles F. Eagelmann". FIRST EDITION of this early American culinary almanac just the second listed in David O'Neal's catalogue of the Phelps collection. With eighty-one culinary household and medicinal recipes. Included are remarks on poultry raising the common duck the "betting dandy" dairy management fast driving of horses capture of a robber a duel between two African-Americans another duel between two Native Americans and the mode of burying lawyers in olden times. A few pages dog eared; some light soiling and fly specking to printed wrappers backed in green paper. With the blind stamp of the Western Reserve Historical Society to the front panel of wrapper. Still very good. Scarce. OCLC records one copy AAS; O'Neal's Early American Almanacs records a similar copy with the Philadelphia imprint of King & Baird; not in Drake or Lowenstein. Published by J.W. Bond & Co., No. 44 Baltimore Street unknown
18829637New York: Published by John F. Henry & Co. 24 College Place 1882. Booklet stapled in wrappers 16.4 x 12.4 cm. 16 unnumbered leaves. Illustrated. Title and imprint from chromolithograph wrapper; a calendar for 1883 is printed on the back of the wrapper. A little promotional cookery almanac from the patent medicine firm of John F. Henry & Co. of New York City. Recipes are mixed with advertisements for proprietary remedies including: Oxygenated Bitters Kellinger's Infallible Ointment and Scovill's Blood and Liver Syrup. Much of the book consists of testimonials and praise for these remedies with recipe pages here and there for Charlotte Russe and Lobster salad. Internally clean and sound but for a few small spots of foxing to margins. In publisher's color lithographed wrappers depicting a housewife working in the kitchen. Some light soiling to wrappers otherwise near fine and with a short pink cord for hanging. OCLC locates five copies of this annual issue. Published by John F. Henry & Co., 24 College Place unknown
189010187New York; Lockport N.Y.: Published by F.W. Kinsman & Co. apothecaries: Union Printing & Publishing Co 1890. Octavo stapled in wrappers 18.3 x 11 cm. 32 pages. Printed throughout in black and red. Calendars for 1890 and 1891 printed on rear panel of wrapper. Advertisements. Other titles: Kinsman's New York Cook Book. The third and final almanac promoting Adamson's Botanic Balsam and other nostrum's and remedies produced by F.W. Kinsman Apothecaries of New York. Previous issues of the almanac used New York in the title as here but the apothecary was located across the Hudson in Jersey City. Testimonials sprinkled throughout the selection of recipes. Age-toning throughout otherwise fine in typographically decorated wrappers. Scarce. OCLC locates three copies of this issue. Published by F.W. Kinsman & Co., apothecaries: Union Printing & Publishing Co unknown
18808067New York: The Centaur Co 1880. Stapled booklet 16 x 10 cm. 32 pages. Illustrated. FIRST EDITION. A small promotional cookbook in the form of an almanac from the makers of Centaur Liniments with recipes testimonials and descriptions of the applications of this miraculous cure from lands far and wide. As is typical of these books the recipes are very brief and uncredited. Short closed tear to fold of wrappers decorated in black red and yellow depicting a Near Eastern landscape with buildings and camel. Tiny pink cord to hang the booklet in the kitchen. Near fine. The Centaur Co unknown
18809608Boston: Joseph Burnett & Co.; Press of Mills Knight & Co 1880. Small octavo stapled in wrappers 17.5 x 11 cm. ~80 pages. Illustrated; wrapper printed in chromolithograph. Advertising matter of local merchants interspersed throughout. Earliest issue of this New England housekeepers' almanac and promotional cookbook issued by Joseph Burnett & Co makers of flavor extracts and additionally used to promote local businesses through a drop-in box on the front wrapper panel. In this case the additional promotion goes to Butler & Laighton Fine Groceries of Rockingham County N.H. Internally clan and sound. Small closed tear to foot of chromolithograph wrappers otherwise near fine and bright. OCLC locates four copies of this 1880 issue and eleven copies of all other issues through 1884. Joseph Burnett & Co.; Press of Mills, Knight & Co unknown
18898066Rochester N.Y.: H.H. Warner & Co. Stecher Lith Co 1889. Octavo-sized booklet stapled in wrappers 22 x cm. 51 1 pages. Illustrated. Index. Title and publication information from wrapper. FIRST EDITION of the eleventh annual almanac advertising Warner’s patent medicines with the standard elements – ephemeris glowing testimonials illustrated advertisements for the various cures including Warner’s Kidney & Liver Safe Cure Log Cabin Sarsaparilla Benton’s Hair Grower. The cooking recipes themselves an advertisement for Warner’s Safe Cook Book run along the pages as footers. Some advertisements printed on colored paper; small wire loop for hanging in the kitchen. The "Compliments of." box on the rear panel indicates "A.L. Treworgy Surry Me." In a handsome chromolithograph paper wrapper. Small 1/2 cm. stain on front wrapper panel otherwise near fine. OCLC locates six copies; Hoolihan Atwater Collection S-1419. H.H. Warner & Co. Stecher Lith Co unknown
181514232Paris: Janet 1815. Hardcover. Small almanac volume with double sided folding maps including the frontispiece of Cook's Voyages "Mappe-Monde Comprenant Les Niles. Decouvertes et les Voyages du Celebre Navigateur Cook" & "France divise en departmens" sic and "L'Europe". Australia is shown as "Terres Australes". The rear folding map shows "l'Asie" and "L'Afrique" with the verso showing "L'Amerique Septentrionale" and "L'Amerique Meridionale". 32mo 3 7/8 x 2 3/8" folding maps unpaginated aeg. Brown striated morocco with gilt floral borders at front and back covers and spine; no title. Slight wear to top edge of rear cover very small perforation at top of rear cover o/w very good. In French. OCLC only records two editions of 1812 and 1817. Janet hardcover
