Philadelphia: Benjamin Warner, 1821. Square 16mo, pp. 16; metal engraving frontispiece mounted to front pastedown, 7 plates, the last mounted to back pastedown; original stiff pink wrappers; half title detached but present, pages uniformly browned; a very good copy in fine binding. Osborne, p. 92; see Welch 215 for the..... More

c. 1830s. 8vo scrapbook, containing on 16 leaves assorted die cuts (a few quite intricate), note paper, engraved slips of commendation for students, blind embossed cards, and manuscript valentines, 15 items in all, tipped to blue and pink construction paper, which is folded and laid into a decorated embossed paper..... More

Springfield: printed by G. and C. Merriam, 1836. Pamphlet, approx 4½" x 7½", pp. 16; original printed paper wrappers; vertical fold, a touch of soiling, very good. A list of students and teachers, plus rates for room, board, and courses, textbooks, term schedule, and an inventory of "aparatuses" for scientific..... More

Tokyo: Japan Peace Museum, 2005. Eleventh printing; folio, pp. 63; text in Japanese; photographic illustrations throughout; pictorial boards, fine with dust jacket and book band. A photo story book for children depicting the fallout of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. More

London: Castell Brothers Ltd.; New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co., 1905. Oblong 8vo, pp. [28]; 14 full-page chromolithographs; original pictorial chromolithograph wrappers (not part of the textual illustration), string-bound; small scrape on the back cover; all else near fine. Text printed in cursive lettering. Kathleen Ainslie was a British illustrator..... More

Boston: Taggard & Thompson, 29 Cornhill [wrapper imprint: Thompson, Bigelow & Brown], 1863. First edition, square 12mo, pp. 32; original stiff pictorial yellow wrappers artlessly rebacked with brown paper; 8 full-page illustrations engraved and signed by W. Roberts, plus several small vignettes; front hinge cracked causing loosening to the binding..... More

Washington: J. & G. S. Gideon, printers, 1843. First edition, 8vo, pp. 16; original pink printed wrappers, mild soiling and foxing, very good and sound. Plans for a 5-year course of instruction, terms, testimonials, etc. The proprietors insist that they are engaged in education as a first choice, and not..... More

London: Seeley, Service & Co., [n.d.]. First published 1861, 8vo, 320pp., frontis. illus. in color & 8 plates, all after illustrations by H.M. Brock; a bright, near fine copy in original red cloth decorated with a floral trellis design in white, green, black, and gilt, negligible wear to extremities and..... More

London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1914]. Edition de luxe limited to 500 copies signed by Thomson (this, no. 117); large 4to, pp. 234, [1]; mounted color frontispiece and 19 plates, additional black & white text illustrations throughout; original full vellum, upper cover ruled in gilt and green with elaborate gilt-tooling within..... More

New York: Clarkson N. Potter, [1973]. First edition, oblong 4to, pp. 384; illustrated throughout from pictures by W. W. Denslow; fine in original yellow cloth, very good dust jacket with light edgewear. Introduction, notes and bibliography by Michael Patrick Hearn. Review copy with slips and related material laid in. More

Naperville: J. L. Nichols & Co., [ca. 1903]. New revised and enlarged edition, 8vo, pp. 157, [1]; each page a bible passage represented as a rebus, with 6-10 words replaced by woodcuts; publisher's purple cloth, rebus passage on upper cover; light soiling to boards, upper hinge completely separated, binding holding..... More

New York: George H. Doran Company, 1926. First edition, 8vo, pp. viii, 289; color frontispiece, text illustrations throughout by Janet Smalley; publisher's yellow pictorial cloth (soiling) stamped in dark blue; yellow map endpapers; occasional soil spots throughout, else very good and sound. More

Providence (R. Island): Carter and Wilkinson, and sold at their book and stationery store, opposite the Market, 1794. First American edition, 12mo, pp. [8], 252; lacking frontispiece, 37 woodcut vignette woodcuts by John Bewick, a few hand colored, duplicate hand-colored illustration of William and Amelia on front pastedown; full original..... More