New York: published by J. S. Redfield, [137 Nassau Street], n.d., [ca. 1845]. 32mo, approx. 3½" x 2¼", vignette title page, 5 wood-engraved illustrations (4 full-page); original orange printed wrappers; spine half-way cracked; all else very good. Back wrapper contains Redfield advertisements. Issued as Second Series, no. 9 in their..... More
New York: H. Dayton, 107 Nassau-St. Indianapolis, Ind.: Dayton & Asher, 1859. First edition under this title, 8vo, pp. vii, [2], 10-66, vii, [2], 76-136; added title page: Ladies' domestic economy and housekeepers' guide: containing a selection of valuable family recipes, many of which have never been before published. By..... More
Windsor, VT: Chronicle Press, [1832]. 8vo, pp. 16; original brown printed wrappers, nicely preserved; light foxing, small closed tear to covers cut by the binding string, very good. Only one copy found in OCLC, at the AAS. American Imprints 14061. Bibliography of Vermont p. 187. More
Boston: J. H. Buckhingham, 1839. 8vo, pp. 111, [1]; removed from binding, light toning to title and final pages, else clean and sound. Concerning a law allowing only purchase of liquor at 15 gallons or above. It was criticized as unfairly privileging the rich, who could buy in such quantities..... More
London, New York, [etc.]: Cassell and Company, Ltd., [1926]. Large 8vo, 2 vols.; frontispieces and 14 plates; original blue cloth, gilt title on spine, light wear to top of spines, front free endpaper of vol. 2 partially excised, front free endpaper of vol. 1 removed completely, text clean and sound..... More
Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo & Co., 1853. 8vo, pp. 420, [24] (ads); frontispiece and 154 text illustrations; brown cloth, blind stamped covers, gilt title on spine; light wear and foxing, very good. More
Cambridge: printed at the Riverside Press, 1897. 8vo, pp. [8], 153, [1]; original green cloth, decorated in gilt and black, gilt title on spine, t.e.g.; textblock cocked, light rubbing, near fine. Presentation copy from Prentiss to "Miss Raynes, for helping make the book." On the relationship between the Jeannette's expedition..... More
[West Branch, Iowa]: Coffee House Press, [1984]. Edition limited to 425 copies signed by Lavoie and Schanilec, approx. 11" x 4½", pp. [4], 3-panel accordian fold, [2]; frontispiece illustration by Gaylord Schanilec; dark blue paper wrappers printed in black; issued as Morning Coffee Chapbook no. 3, designed and printed by..... More
[Minneapolis]: Evening Coffee Editions at Minnesota Center for Book Arts, 1986. Edition limited to200 copies signed by the author an illustrator, oblong 8vo, approx.8½" x 10", 4 wood engravings printed in blue by Bryan; original blue cloth-backed blue cloth lettered in silver on the upper cover. More
West Branch, [Iowa]: Coffee House Press, 1985. Edition limited to 500 copies signed by the author and illustrator; 11" x 5½", pp. [24]; illustrations by Ann Mikolowski; stitched, as issued, in pictorial tan wrappers; fine. Morning Coffee Chapbook 12. More
West Branch, Iowa: Toothpaste Press, July, 1980. Edition limited to 1,150 copies, this being one of 1,000 copies in wrappers and usigned; 8vo, pp. [3]-57, [1]; fine in original pictorial wrappers. Cover drawing of Allan Kornblum by Phyllis Kornblum. More
West Branch, Iowa: Toothpaste Press, 1982. Edition limited to 375 copies signed by the poet and illsutrator; 8vo, pp. [12]; original black wrappers, printed paper label on the upper wrapper; fine. Designed and printed by Allan Kornblum. More
West Branch, Iowa: The Toothpaste Press, [1980]. Edition limited to 1450 copies, this one of 150 printed on Rives, numbered and signed by Robert Bly, in green cloth over boards; approx. 8" x 4½", pp. [20]; designed and printed by Allan Kornblum. More
West Branch, Iowa: The Toothpaste Press, [1980]. Edition limited to 1450 copies, this one of 1300 printed on Rives and in original green printed wrappers; approx. 8" x 4½", designed and printed by Allan Kornblum. More
[West Branch, Iowa]: Toothpaste Press, [1983]. Edition limited to 975 numbered copies, this one of 875 in wrappers; approx. 9¾" x 4½", pp. [5]-40, [4]; 6 drawings by Ann Mikolowski, 1 repeated on the cover; original orange pictorial wrappers; fine. More
Cambridge: Hilliard and Brown, 1831. pp. [4], 116; 13 plates, one folding; tan boards, brown cloth spine; partially perished spine label, some gatherings heavily foxed, plates only lightly spotted, binding sound; owner's signature of William O. Loomis. On the use of gesture in rhetoric and public speaking. Distilled from the..... More
New York: published at 128 Nassau-Street, 1852. First edition, 8vo, pp. [11], 8-72, [1], 8-48, [1], 122-138; large wood engraving on copyright page; publisher's brown cloth, gilt spine, upper hinge and joint split; light foxing. The whacky pagination is borne out by three separate tables of contents. Laid in is..... More
Boston: T. H. Carter, 1838. 8vo, pp. [2], 140; engraved frontispiece depicting women doing various household tasks; text illustrations, one portion of the memoranda section filled out in a neat hand, outlining a recipe for dying yarn; original pink printed paper-covered boards backed in brown cloth; some foxing, boards toned..... More
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1860. First American edition, 8vo, pp. 140, [4] (ads); original brown cloth, gilt lettering on upper cover; slight fraying at ends of spine, ex-Sturgis Library, Barnstable, MA (release confirmed) with title and shelf mark on spine, small rubberstamp on the title page, and a...... More
New York: The H. W. Wilson Company, 1937. First edition, folio, pp. ii-xvi, [8], 791, [14]; brown cloth, gilt spine; light rubbing, Grolier Club bookplate, text clean and sound. More
Philadelphia and New York: Bradford and Inskeep, 1809. 8vo, pp. 552, consisting of the Prospectus for The Port Folio, and vol. 1, no. 1 - no. 6; 6 engraved plates, one folding; contemporary half sheep over boards, 2 morocco labels on spine, edges stained yellow; lower board nearly detached, upper..... More
Philadelphia: Edward L. Wilson, 1878. Second edition, 8vo, pp. viii, [13]-220; mounted albumen photograph frontispiece, in this copy of a standing woman, by G. M. Elton of Palmyra, NY; text illustrations throughout; original blue cloth gilt; ex-library with spine labels, stamping, and pocket residue on lower endpaper, portion of lower..... More
Boston and New York: Lee and Shepard, and Charles T. Dillingham, 1877. First edition, square 12mo, pp. 227, [1], [12] ads; original printed paper wrappers, paper on spine split and chipped, binding skewed, contemporary owner's signature on cover and dedication page; uncommon in original wrappers. Denison was a prolific author..... More
Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott Company, [1918]. Small 8vo, pp. 143, [1]; lexicon in double column; 70 plates, 12 full-page charts, text illustrations, ads on endpapers and flyleaves; original brown cloth, lettered in black on upper cover and spine; edges and corners rubbed, else very good and sound. Previous..... More
London: John Camden Hotten, [1871]. First British edition, 8vo, pp. 140, [2], [30] (ads); 8 text illustrations and 2 leaves of folding music using the first few lines of the poem as lyrics; original burgundy cloth, gilt-lettered spine; light wear, upper board unevenly faded, upper hinge starting. With a short..... More
