Philadelphia et al. The John C. Winston Company, 1930. 8vo, pp. xix, [1], 1491, [1]; text illustrations, color plates and 32 full-page color maps; full limp red leather, gilt title on cover and spine, a.e.g., finger tabs on fore-edge, The name of Herbert H. Jones in gilt on cover; edges..... More
Stockholm: Albert Bonniers, [1955]. First Swedish edition printed in a limited but unspecified number (this is copy no. 155), signed by Lindbergh, 8vo, pp. [8], 483, [1], [10]; photographic portrait frontispiece, 11 illustrations on rectos and versos of 3 plates, 7 pages of maps and graphs at the back; fine..... More
Oxford: Burning Water, 1966. Staplebound chapbook, 9.25 x 7 inches, pp. [3] 33; stiff paper warppers; very good with light wear to spine and back cover. Inscribed by MacAdams on title page to Israel "Izzy" Young, former owner of the Folklore Center in Greenwich Village, New York. More
Boston: Carter, Hendee, & Co., 1835. Slim 8vo, pp. viii, 9-72; contemporary and likely original black roan-backed marbled boards scuffed and rubbed, back free endpaper wanting; otherwise good and sound. First published in 1831 which edition contained the earliest appearance of "Mary Had a Little Lamb," by Sarah J. Hale..... More
Chicago & London: University of Chicago Press, 1980. 2 volumes, folio, pp. x, 118; 119-246; largely unopened; 2 folding linguistic maps laid in; original yellow and red printed wrappers; near fine throughout. "The first systematic sampling survey of usage in the Atlantic States where the chief varieties of our English..... More
Chicago & London: University of Chicago Press, 1979. First edition, 8vo, pp. xvi, 360; fine copy in the dust jacket. More
North Andover: New England Document Conservation Center and the Library of the Boston Athenaeum, 1975. 4to, pp. 351, [1]; printed from typescript; 9 full-page illustrations from photographs; original printed orange wrappers bound in black cloth lettered in gilt on spine; fine. A landmark conference, with papers by George Cunha, Peter..... More
[Northampton, Mass. Kraushar Press], 1939. Edition limited to 300 copies, "printed especially for the Association of Friends of the Cummington School ... one hundred are for sale at twenty-five cents a copy," 8vo, pp. [8]; original printed green wrappers; near fine. From the library of Kim Merker. Richmond 1. More
Boston: D. Lothrop Company, [1889]. First edition. 8vo; pp. [2], [6], 7-365; original mustard cloth lettered in gilt on the upper cover; rear hinge cracked, binding slightly skewed, light wear at spine ends. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: "In souvenir of a chance but very pleasant..... More
New Bedford, MA: The Old Dartmouth Historical Society, [1932]. First printing, "Sketch 61" in the O.D.H.S. publication series, 8vo, pp. 36 plus [2] pp. list of books of interest & [2] pp. publisher's catalogue; 16 full-page illustrations; fine in original stiff brown printed wrappers. More
[Danvers, n.d. ca. 1830s.]. Broadside (approx. 6" x 7¼"), light foxing and staining, previous folds, one short tear in the bottom margin. "All orders left at the store of Messrs. Adams & Tyler will be punctually and faithfully attended to." Benjamin Potter, Jr. (1779-1850) was born in Essex, Mass. Fowler's..... More
Port Townsend, Washington: Graywolf Press, 1977. Edition limited to 740 copies, 8vo, pp. [6], 32, [6]; orange paper wrappers with etching by Roy Nydorf printed on upper cover; near fine. A collection of 24 poems. More
Port Townsend, Washington: Graywolf Press, 1977. Edition limited to 100 copies, signed and numbered (this no.7) by the poet, out of a total edition of 740, 8vo, pp. [2], 32, [4]; signed by the author on title page, maroon cloth, orange dust jacket with etching by Roy Nydorf printed on..... More
[Cambridge, Mass.]: Harvard University, 7 Dec. 1838. Small broadside approx. 9½" x 4¾", showing 4 regulations regarding leaves of absence, and a section at the bottom showing who is to be absent, the date, and the approbationary signature of Josiah Quincy as president of Harvard. In the present case, the..... More
[Boston]: printed [at the Barta Press], but not published, for the members of the party and their friends, 1907. 8vo, pp. 87, [1]; frontispiece and 6 halftone plates; later blue cloth, gilt-lettered spine; generally fine. The Golden Eagle sails trans-Atlantic to Europe in 1907 to observe the Kiel Regatta in..... More
Middletown, Conn. from the Gazette Press by Parmelee & Greenfield, n.d., [1829]. 8vo, pp. 22, [2]; removed from binding, wrappers wanting; very good. American Imprints 40382; Sabin 78976. More
Boston: S. N. Dickinson & Co., 1847. First edition, 12mo, pp. viii, 148; original brown printed wrappers; front wrapper loosening, some staining, spine ends a little chipped; all else very good. This copy is inscribed to "Dr. Christie with the respects of William P. Spence." Includes some interesting chapters on..... More
Boston: S. N. Dickinson & Co., 1847. First edition, 12mo, pp. viii, 148; original brown printed wrappers, tape repair to spine; some staining, all else very good. Includes some interesting chapters on the London Hospitals, the Foundling Hospital, Greenwich Hospital, and English poverty. "First published in the Christian Watchman ....... More
Providence: printed at the office of the Daily Advertiser, 1832. First edition, 8vo, pp. 23, [1]; self-wrappers, stitched, as issued; light chipping and text toned; all else very good. "Sprague was a dissenting member of the [Legislative] Committee. The Committee held that Masonic secrets, such as signs, grips, words, etc...... More
Cheltenham: [1940]. 8vo, pp. 198; 93 illustrations in the text; original pale blue wrappers, joints starting, some soiling, good. Catalogue 144 from this noted firm. More
London: C. A. Stonehill, Jr., 1926. Edition limited to 325 copies; 4 volumes; 8vo; bindings loose but insides firm, cloth cracking at rear hinge of volume I; good copy in original blue cloth. Comprehensive listing of known authors of anonymous works as well as commonly used pseudonyms. More
Cincinnati: University of Cincinnati, 1959. First edition; 8vo; pp. x, 171; 2 illustrations, very good in original paper wrappers. More
[New York]: Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence, [1973]. First edition, 8vo, pp. [16], 295, [4]; frontis.; illustrated throughout by the author; very slight slant, else fine in original publisher's orange cloth stamped in gilt, in a near fine dust jacket (spine faded). Features the infamous Kilgore Trout. More
Cambridge: published by John Owen, 1837. First edition, 8vo, pp. x, 38, [2]; original brown printed wrappers; spine partially perished, light wear and soiling, stitching loosening; good or better. This copy with a presentation from Ware inscribed "H. W. J[r]. to S. Willard." S. Willard is likely Simon Willard, the..... More
Boston: Marsh, Capen & Lyon, 1833. 8vo, pp. 42; original printed tan front wrapper preserved, frontispiece and rear wrapper wanting; bound in library boards, ex-Harvard College Library (released) and with 2 or 3 small stamps; all else very good. "The advancement of civilization, by the cultivation of letters, science, and..... More
