![Mô-t'æ djün foh-ing Shü [= The book of Matthew]. William Armstrong Russell, trans](/pictures/thumb/53846_1.jpg?v=1558380302)
[Ningpo: American Bible Society, 1853]. Stab-stitched book, pp. 44, ending at Matthew 8:8 and lacking pp. 45-223 as is called for in Darlowe and Moule; text printed by woodblock in Latin characters, original paper wrappers with owner's signature and note on upper cover. Incomplete, but the first printing of Matthew... More about Mô-t'æ djün foh-ing Shü [= The book of Matthew
Philadelphia: L. A. Godey & Co., n.d., [1832]. 4to, bifolium, text in triple column under the running head, and on the recto of the first leaf only; with a 1832 holograph letter from the publisher to a prospective agent in Vermont on the integral leaf ("for every five dollars you... More about The Lady's Book, a monthly journal of literature, fashions and arts...at $3 per annum, payable in...
New York: Harper & Bros. 1849. First edition, 8vo, pp. xi, [2], 14-390; lacks the publisher's ads at the rear making it impossible to distinguish between first and second issues; this copy once rebound, now disbound and the text block split in two - what is now known perjoritively as... More about Redburn: his first voyage
Providence: Marshall, Brown and Co., 1835. First edition of Hazard's "first considerable publication," small 8vo, pp. 153, [1];pp., original embossed terracotta cloth, gilt-lettered spine; spine sunned, light foxing, light dampstaining on terminal leaves; all else near fine. Errata slip tipped in at p. 153. An early American work on language... More about Language: Its connexion with the present condition and future prospects of man. By a Heteroscian
New Haven: Brisban & Brannan, 1807. First edition, 12mo, 250pp., original full calf, gilt-paneled spine; light dampstaining to the first two or three leaves; all else very good and sound. Webster's goal was to lay out the principles of American English, based on its own structure, thereby discarding previous grammatical... More about A philosophical and practical grammar of the English language
New York: printed by Collins, Perkins and Co., 1807. First edition, 12mo, pp. xi, [1], 210, [2] errata; contemporary full calf, red morocco label on gilt-paneled spine; small cracks at spine extremities, ink stain to top edge but not really entering the text block; all else very good. Seventeen in... More about French homonyms, or, a collection of words similar in sound, but different in meaning and spelling
Galesburg: Wm. J. Mourer, book and job printers, 1866. First edition, small 8vo, pp. 20; text within decorative ruled border; original printed yellow wrappers; fine. Several pencil corrections in the text, "apparently in the hand of the author" (Graff). Root is perhaps best remembered today as the author of a.... More about Musical philosophy; comprising the transposition of the musical keys, in all its varied forms,...
Cleveland: Fairbanks, Benedict & Co., 1866. First edition, 8vo, pp. 54, [2]; tables and 28 figures in the text (including 5 maps and charts, and several profiles); stitched, as issued; near fine. Whittlesey, a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy, served in the Black Hawk War. Afterwards, he became assistant... More about Geology and minerals. A report of explorations in the mineral regions of Minnesota during the...
Saint Paul: U. S. Army Air Service Mechanics School, n.d., [ca. 1918-19]. 4to, 2 p.l., 67 leaves printed from typescript on rectos only; frontispiece mounted and printed in white on blue paper (Fabric Division / Air Service Mechanics School / St. Paul, Minn. / Stitches and Patches"), 30 other illustrations... More about A course of instruction for Fabric Workers Department for men in the Aviation Service
n.p., n.d. [Springfield, IL, 1930]. Broadside, approx. 11" x 8½", small mounted illustration by Lindsay at the top dated 1930; two columns of the text of his poem printed on pale green paper and within a printed rule border, and with an inscription on the verso "In love and gratitude... More about The Ezekiel Chant
Albany: printed by Packard and Van Benthuysen, 1831. First edition, 12mo, pp. 112; original cloth-backed printed boards; light wear, small crack in the front hinge, but still a very good copy. On the authority of A.G. Hollister the authorship is attributed to Seth Youngs Wells by J.P. McLean in his... More about A brief illustration of the principles of war and peace, showing the ruinous policy of the...
New York: Paine and Burgess, 1846. First edition, 2 volumes in 1, as issued; large 8vo, pp. viii, [17]-340; vi, [9]-136; errata slip tipped in at the back; 2 lithograph frontispieces (that of Pocahontas is hand-colored), 12 wood-engraved plates by F.O.C. Darley, and a facsimile letter; original brown cloth neatly... More about Memoirs, official and personal; with sketches of travels among the northern and southern indians;...
[Boston]: privately printed by [Cotter & Co., n.d., ca. 1885]. Only edition; 12mo, title leaf printed in red on recto, pp. 44; 2 line drawings of the Midas on 2 plates; original limp red cloth a little worn, but very good and sound. A journal written in the form of... More about Voyage of the Midas. 1811
Sydney: printed and published by James Reading and Co., [1876]. 8vo, pp. viii, [2], 4, [12] almanac], 376, [40] ads; colored plate of signal flags, a colored page of storm signals with a slip announcing Additional Signal Stations tipped in; 32 other printed notices to mariners slips about lights, hazards... More about Wellbank's Australian nautical almanac and coasters' guide, for the southern and eastern coasts...
New York: International Yacht Publishing Co., [1894]. 2 volumes, large 4to, pp. [8], 366; [367]-692; 87 photogravure plates of yachts by Frederiksen, Bruce, Bolles, Stebbins, and Johnson, (numbered I - LXVIII, without plate LXI which was not published); plus 13 more photogravure plates of yacht clubs, 42 half-tone portrait plates... More about The yachts and yachtsmen of America ... being a history of yachting and of yacht clubs, as well...
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931. First edition, 8vo, pp. x, [2], 360; 1 folding map, 2 double-page maps, 77 portraits, 8 other illustrations plus facsimiles and alphabets in the text; very good, sound copy in original red cloth, gilt-stamped spine. More about Linguistic science in the nineteenth century: methods and results. Authorized translation from...
Cambridge: John Bartlett, 1856. Revised and enlarged edition, 8vo, pp. vi, 508; original purple blind-stamped cloth, gilt-lettered spine; spine faded, some shelf wear, attractive early 20th-century bookplate on front pastedown; very good. Includes the slang and customs from, among others, Amherst, Bowdoin, Brown, Columbia, Dartmouth, Hamilton, Harvard, Middlebury, University of... More about A collection of college words and customs
Malden: George E. Dunbar, 1897. First edition. sm 8vo, pp. xi, [2],150; frontispiece portrait, numerous photogravure plates, illustrations in the text; a bit shaken with some loose leafs, corners lightly rubbed, else a good copy in brown cloth with pictorial gilt-stamped cover and gilt-lettered spine. More about Trip of the ancients. A memoir of events. Personal experiences, and impressions received, on the...
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1928. First edition. sm 8vo, pp. vii, [1], 205, [1], 2 (ads); preliminaries lightly toned, else near fine copy in maroon cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Issued as the English Men of Letters series, edited by J.C. Squire. More about Anthony Trollope
London: printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees [et al.], 1805. 8vo, 4 vols., frontis portrait by Heath after Reynolds and one other plate; bound without half-titles ("frequently missing" - Fleeman) in contemporary full diced calf, effectively rebacked but not brilliantly lettered in gilt; internally clean and the bindings are sound. Courtney... More about A dictionary of the English language…in four volumes. The ninth edition; corrected and revised
[San Francisco: Friends of the Earth Foundation, n.d. [ca. 1970]. Folio, pp. [1], 158, [2]; illustrated throughout from photographs, very good in original red cloth, dust-jacket. Part of The Earth's wild places, a Friends of the Earth series. More about Maui: the last Hawaiian place
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1907. First edition, 8vo, pp. [4] vii-xii, 418, [1]; map; very good in original green cloth, gilt stamped spine, t.e.g., roughly opened. ex-MHS. More about The governance of London
[New York]: Thomas Y. Crowell; and [Tokyo]: Maruzen, [1966]. Maruzen Asian Edition,"" xviii & 718pp., text in double column; but for somehat faded and worn d.j., a near fine copy. More about Dictionary of American slang...with a supplement
London: Macmillan and Co., 1883. First edition, 8vo, xxxvi, 636, plus [4]pp. ads, frontispiece portrait & 9 maps; hinges cracked, institutional book plate, small paper label on spine, else a good copy in orig. brown cloth. More about The Conquest of England
Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, [1958]. DFirst edition, 8vo, pp. [4], 62; illustrated throughout; some marginalia; a near fine copy in a slightly rubbed jacket. With a gift card from then Governor Elmer Andersen and his wife Eleanor laid in, presenting this to 'Alice and Greg, so you won't forget... More about A history of the arts in Minnesota. Music and theater by John K. Sherman, books and authors by...
