Detroit: Daily Free Press Printing House, 1860. 8vo, pp. 29; original printed wrappers (lightly soiled), some signs of edge wear, otherwise a very good copy. Annual report for the now long defunct Society, listing the presidents and officers of the board and addressing topics such as real estate, finances, lectures..... More
Madison, Lake County, Ohio: 1884-86. Pre-printed pocket book, 7¼" x 3" inches, titled "The American Diary for 1883," approx. 174 pages, with (mostly) chronological entries January 1884 to January 1886. Handwritten in ink, bright and legible. This closely written pocket diary was kept by a farmer who lived in the..... More
Philadelphia: Wm. G. Menz, Buchhändler, Nro. 53, Nord Dritte Strasse, n.d., [1849]. 8vo, pp. 972, 320; early 20th-century full limp black morocco, double gilt border on covers, gilt-paneled spine in 6 compartments, gilt-lettered direct in 1, a.e.g.; lightly rubbed; very good. In a cloth slipcase with one split at the..... More
Neu-Berlin, Pa. verlag von Heinrich Fischer, fur die Evangelische Gemeinschaft, 1848. 32mo, pp. [2], 286; full contemporary sheep; label wanting, else good and sound. Not found in OCLC. More
Chicago: Chicago Library Club, 1933. 8vo; pp. 160; very good copy in original orange paper wrappers, pencil annotations throughout. More
Buffalo: Foster-Milburn Co., n.d., [ca. 1922]. 20.4 cm, pp. 32; illustrated; pages browning, else near fine in original pictorial wrappers. Directory for 1923. More
London: H.M.S.O., 1939. First edition, 8vo, pp. xxviii, 195; some soiling else near fine in orig. blue printed wrappers. Issued as Miscellaneous Document No. 9 (1939). More
Somerset, Maine: East Pond Plantation, 1837. Interesting documents from 19th-century Maine chronicling the mechanization of farming. The documents concern a group of farmers from East Pond, Maine who purchased a thrashing machine for $80, in addition to some other equipment. Originally invented in Scotland in 1784, threshing machines began to..... More
New-York: John Doggett, Jr., Directory Establishment, 156 Broadway, n.d., [1846]. Fourth publication, 16mo, pp. [2], xvi, 268, 24 ads; ads also on pastedown and endpapers; text largely in double column; folding map of Manhattan and Brooklyn by H. S. Tanner (with tear at the stub), tipped-in advertisement leaf at p...... More
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1935. First edition, limited to 2000, 4to, vol. 2, pp. 5-329, [21]; original black cloth, gold lettering on spine faded, small piece of front paste-down torn away near fore-edge not affecting cloth; else near fine. Includes articles by Beatrice Warde, Lawrence Wroth, Elmer Adler, D.B...... More
Boston: May 28, 1830. Receipt for goods, signed "Dorr & Allen," narrow 8vo (approx. 7¾" x 4¼"), printed letterhead, items listed in ink. Dorr & Allen are Sullivan Dorr (1778-1858) and his uncle Crawford Allen, wealthy merchants, auctioneers, and entrepreneurs who lived in Providence, had an office in Boston, and..... More
[Providence(?): publisher not identified, 1843.]. Folio broadside (approx. 22" x 16"), text in triple column under the running head; partially split at the central fold, else fine. "This would-be Governor, the public enemy of Rhode Island, author and arch-leader of treason, sedition, and rebellion, whose bones were not left at..... More
Dover, New Hampshire: George Wadleigh, Tuesday Morning, May 21, 1844. 23" x 17", pp. [4]; 6 columns per page, removed from binding. The Auction, A Sketch of Real Life by James Rees, train schedules, mammoth cave discovered, a catechism on the tariff, shall the state be districted?, the tariff in..... More
Dover, New Hampshire: Tuesday Morning, June 6, 1854. 23" x 17", pp. [4]; 6 columns per page, removed from binding. Train schedules, renovating old grape vines, news from the legislature and congress concerning 'The Nebraska Bill and slavery', foreign news, fugitive slave cases, horrid death of a submarine diver, horse..... More
Dover, New Hampshire: Tuesday Morning, August 17, 1852. 23" x 17", pp. [4]; 6 columns per page, removed from binding. Train schedules, Letter from Isabella Flirt asking 'Consent', agricultural news, mystery of the American Lakes, Scott's fitness for the Presidency, who oppose General Scott, Whig national nominations for President: Winfield..... More
Providence: Snow & Farnham, city printers, 1892-1915. 21 volumes, small 4to, portraits and facsimiles, original terracotta cloth, printed paper spine labels; very good. The first volume is inscribed "Given to Fannie Sheldon Jencks Howe by her friend and former pastor Dr. Augustus Woodbury, and after her to become the property..... More
Cambridge: Hilliard & Metcalf, 1821. 8vo, pp. 16; original drab wrappers; title page soiled and holed at the bottom, bottom inch or two of front wrapper torn away, text a little toned; a good copy. Almost certainly for use at Harvard. Early ownership signature of E. Conant on title page..... More
V.p., v.d. as below. Format ranges from large octavo to sextodecimo, all uniformly, or nearly uniformly bound in tan buckram; red morocco labels on spines; buckram slightly discolored; otherwise mostly very good. An interesting and informative look into the reading habits, pursuits, and interests of Franklin Benjamin Sanborn (1831-1917), a...... More
Stockholm: Tryckt i Kongl. Tryckeriet, 1797. Folio broadside, approx. 21" x 17", text in triple column in Swedish, French, and English; previous folds in quarters, else near fine. A handsome folio broadside in three languages concerning the administration of the Island of St. Bartholomew, a Swedish colony between 1785 and..... More
Guadalajara: 17 Enero, 1867. Folio, approx. 18¼" x 13", pp. 4; previous folds, one small hole at a fold in the first leaf; all else very good. Contains official news from the state, editorials, legal notices, etc. The last page with a list of students in the law school, school..... More
[Providence]: printed by John Carter, [1807]. Narrow broadside (approx. 10¾" x 4½"), text in a single column; left and right margins erose, paper toned; all else very good. Likely the first notice of the Embargo Act in Rhode Island, which was passed by Congress on December 22, 1807. "The following..... More
N.p. n.d. [early 20th century]. 8vo, lined with red morocco; minor rubbing at the bottom of the upper cover, else very good. More
Franklin, NH: Peabody and Daniell, 1844. Large, thick 8vo, pp. [12], 5-82, [20] (i.e. "plates" A-T), [48] (i.e. "plates" I-XXIV), [976], 63 (index), [1], 83, [1] (concordance), [2]; 2 engraved frontispieces and 2 vignette title pages (O.T. and N.T.), 4 woodcut plates, 1 engraved plate, 2 engraved leaves of family..... More
Richmond, Virginia: Thomas Ritchie, Saturday, January 6, 1810. 20½" x 13", pp. [4]; 5 columns per page, removed from binding. Debate on the joint resolution approving the conduct of the executive in relation to the refusal to receive any further communication from Francis James Jackson, foreign news, extracts from the..... More
Allentown: Gedruckt und zu haben bey H. Ebner u. comp. 1822. 12mo, 2 parts in 1, pp. xiv, 202; 394; contemporary full unadorned calf, one brass clasp perished; extremities rubbed, spine with vertical creases; good and sound. American Imprints 8630; Bötte & Tannhof 2524; Seidensticker p. 215. More
