Philadelphie: J. J. Negrin, Octobre 7, 1809 - 25 Mai, 1810. 8vo, consisting of 21 issues of the first (of only two) volumes: nos. 1, 3-18, 20, 22, 23, and 25; several issues are bound together (as issued?); all cream and blue printed wrappers are present; worn, with tears and... More about L'hémisphere, journal politique, commercial, et littéraire
New York: Harper & Bros. 1835. 2 volumes, large 8vo, pp. [2], viii, [13]-562, [2]; iv, [5]-587, [1]; engraved frontispiece portrait and vignette title-page in volume I, unusual publisher's ripple-grain green cloth stamped in gilt on spines; a bit of fading at the edges and spines, slight wear and cracking... More about The works ... First complete American edition
Boston: S. G. Snelling, 1809. First edition, 12mo, pp. 16, 4 engraved plates, 1 folding; original marbled paper wrappers with manuscript title on upper cover; owner's signature on flyleaf, near fine. This piracy of the Taylor shorthand system was the first American edition of Taylor Shorthand and the first book... More about Stenography, or the art of short hand perfected
Cincinnati: Phonographic Institute, [1860]. 12mo, pp. 104, [31], 130-136, 7, [1]; printed partly by relief copper plate; original black cloth blind- and gilt-stamped, marbled edges; corners bumped, gilt worn, about fine. A much expanded and rearranged edition of the American Pitman manual. Benn moved to Cincinnati soon after arriving in... More about The manual of phonography
St. Paul: J. W. McClung, 1866. 8vo, pp. [8] ads, 284; front endpaper with ads on blue paper; rear endpaper with ads on pink paper; prelims also with ads on pink and blue paper; original brown diaper-pattern cloth with ads on blue paper pasted on top, as issued; with other... More about McClung's St. Paul directory and statistical record for 1866
New York: Hanry M. Parkhurst, 1878. 16mo (6" x 4.25") consisting of bound issues from vol. XXIV no. 61 to Vol. XXIX no. 89, each issue consisting of 8 pages, with persistent pagination through the volume. pp. [4], 240, 10, 2; text in "reform spelling" characters; portrait frontispiece; original black... More about The plowshare 1872 to 1877. An exemplification of spelling reform
New York: Andrew Graham, 1879. 12mo, pp. 22, iv, [3]-39, [1], 11, [1], iv; original brown blindstamped cloth, near fine. The Graham system was an adaptation of Pitman. More about The synopsis of standard-phonography. New and improved edition
[New York: J.W. Amerman, 1862-5.]. 8vo, pp. 4; 32; 16; 32; 16; 34; 27; 36; 24; contemporary half brown morocco, marbled boards; scuffed and rubbed, but sound. A series of papers designed to explain various rituals, doctrines, positions, attitudes and controversies involving the Russo-Greek Church with the Catholic Church and... More about Papers of the Russo-Greek Committee. Proposal, plus Papers nos. 1-4, and 6-9
Boston: Frank Wood, Printer, 1883. 12mo, pp. 43, [5]; original blue printed paper wrappers, small closed tear to foreedge of first dozen leaves, not affecting text, toned edges, very good. An interesting snapshot of stenography in the late 19th century with individuals listed alphabetically, and when known the method they... More about Stenographers' directory: containing the names and addresses of stenographers in the United...
Cincinnati: Phonographic Institute, [1857]. First American edition, 12mo, pp. [68], [8] (ads); original black roan boards stamped in blind and gilt, marbled edges; lithographed shorthand text throughout; spine mostly perished, text foxed, binding sound. An earlier transcription of psalms into Pitman was published in London in 1853 by Benn's brother... More about The book of psalms in phonetic shorthand
Philadelphia: printed for the author, 1818. 8vo, pp. 48; copper-engraved frontispiece (trimmed close at the top); removed from binding, wrappers wanting; very good. Includes: I. The accomplished Dr. Theodore Wilson, (Delaware) who for seducing Mrs. Nancy Wiley had his brains blown out by her husband; and, II. The elegant James... More about God's revenge against adultery, awfully exemplified in the following cases of American crim. con....
New York: Andrew J. Graham, [1857]. 12mo, pp. 76; original black cloth gilt, marbled endpapers, minor wear to head and tail of spine, duplicate stamp on endpaper, else fine. Mostly a reform of spelling, but with some advice on improving the economy of longhand letter forms as well. Graham was... More about Brief longhand: system of longhand contractions, by means of which the principal advantages of...
[Philadelphia?]: printed for the author, 1818. 8vo, pp. 63, [1]; copper-engraved frontispiece, 13 wood engravings in the text; removed from binding, wrappers wanting; very good. The wood-engravings, which appear here for the first time, have been attributed to William Mason, said to be the first wood engraver in Philadelphia; one... More about The drunkard's looking glass reflecting a faithful likeness of the drunkard, in sundry very...
Buffalo: A. G. Wilgus, 1843. First edition, 12mo, pp. vi, [7]-356; engraved frontisppiece and a folding map; contemporary calf-backed cloth, spine quite worn, with small loss, joints cracked; folding portion of map lacking, but essentially complete, moderate foxing. The author was imprisoned for activities leading up to the Rebellion of... More about Letters from Van Dieman's Land, written during four years imprisonment for political offences...
Boston: Elam Bliss, for R. M'Dermut, 1810. Third edition, 12mo, pp. 16, 5 engraved plates, 1 folding; original printed paper wrappers; covers toned and spotted, spine perished with string repair, corner of lower cover perished and corner of last plate worn but with no loss to print, plates foxed, good... More about Stenography, or the art of short hand perfected
Reading: Johann Ritter, 1830. First edition, 12mo, pp. pp. viii, 315, [1]; 8 engraved plates (2 folding, 1 loose and torn, but no loss); contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, red morocco label on spine; rubbed and worn, but sound. American Imprints 5328; Arndt & Eck 3140; Seidensticker, p. 248. More about Vollständige Erklärung des Calenders, mit einem fasslichen Unterricht über die Himmelskörper,...
Cincinnati: Phonographic Institute, 1856. 12mo, pp. 92, [30], 7, [1]; lithograph title page and lithographic plates of shorthand throughout; original black cloth blind- and gilt-stamped, marbled edges; last 30 pages dampstained, discoloration on lower cover, good and sound. An early (possibly second) edition of Benn Pitman's American shorthand manuals. Benn... More about The phonographic manual
Cincinnati: Phonographic Institute, 1856. 12mo, pp. 92, [40]; lithograph title page and lithographic plates of shorthand throughout; original black calf blind- and gilt-stamped, marbled edges; textblock shaken edges worn, good and sound. An early (possibly second) edition of Benn Pitman's American shorthand manuals. Benn moved to Cincinnati soon after arriving... More about The phonographic manual
[Boston]: S. P. Andrews, 1845. Stereotype broadside, 7.5" x 10"; printed on blue paper, chart of shorthand forms, transcription of psalm 100, and a brief overview of the Pittman system, meant to introduce readers to it and to advertise shorthand publications. Light creases from previous folds, near fine. An early... More about Pitman's phonography. (first and second styles
[Cincinnati: Press of C. J. Krehbiel & Co., 1902]. First edition, 8vo, pp. 201, [1]; portrait frontispiece, engraved title page, original brown cloth gilt, fine. A laudatory biography written and designed by Pitman's brother, with much on Isaac's work on shorthand and spelling reform. More about Sir Isaac Pitman: his life and labors
Cambridge, Mass. Museum of Comparative Zoology, 1891. 8vo bifolium; cover title, 2 pages of text, the final page blank; a couple of short tears in the gutter margin; very good. Nothing to do with lobster as a food, but rather reprodictive and anatomical questions. 2 copies in OCLC, both at Harvard. More about Report on the lobster
Boston: Hilliard, Gray & Co., 1832. Small broadside, approx. 10" x 8"; previous folds, a few small chips at the edges not affecting and letterpress; very good. AAS, Concord Free Library and the NE Genealolgical Society in OCLC. More about Proposals for publishing by subscription The History of the Town of Concord, Middlesex County,...
London: published for the Florence Press by Chatto & Windus, 1909. Edition limited to 662 copies, this one of 650 on hand-made paper (no. 307); small 4to, pp. ix, [1], 209, [3]; initials printed in red; original full limp vellum lettered in gilt on the upper cover and spine, green... More about Songs before sunrise
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Nyingpo: n.p., 1852. Stabstitched book printed xylographically, 7.5" x 5"; pp. [2], 9, [1]; Bound with: Gough, Frederick Foster. Ih-pe tsiu.[= A cup of wine] Nyingpo: n.p. 1852. Pp. [2], 12; original paper wrappers with owner's signature and annotation on upper cover; stitching loosening, near fine. "Didactic narratives written in... More about Lu hyiao-ts [= Frank Lucas
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[Philadelphia: L. A. Godey & Co., n.d., 1831]. 4to, bifolium, text in a single column under the running head, on the recto of the first leaf only; with an address and postmark on the verso of the second leaf. Previous folds from mailing, knife slice (no loss) at the top... More about The Lady's Book. A card [drop title
