Peoria: printed by Benjamin Foster, 1855. First edition, 8vo, pp. iv, [5]-72; some foxing on the early leaves, else fine in original printed salmon wrappers. "Root was a former common-school teacher who moved to Peoria County from Ohio in the fall of 1830. He apparently became a farmer after moving..... More

New York: National Chamber of Industry and Trade, [1882]. 8vo, pp. 16, printed self-wrappers; light edgewear, corner of upper cover creased, spine splitting, good and clean. Sanial was a prominent American socialist, running for New York Mayor twice as a Socialist Labor Party candidate. More

Philadelphia: Grigg & Elliott, 1836. 8vo, pp. [8] ads, lx, [61]-488; contemporary full sheep, maroon morocco label on gilt-paneled spine; moderate foxing, spine darkened, sheep scuffed and with some peeling, historical society bookplate and with perforated stamp in bottom margin of title page; early ownership signature of Norton Asa Hulbert..... More

Jeffersonville, IN: 1863. Manuscript ledger, 10.5" x 6", pp. [205]; removed from binding, spine perished, flyleaf loose and one ledger leaf loose, assorted contract drafts laid and tipped in. The first handful of pages are simply names and values, but entries quickly become more detailed, recording the nature of each..... More

London: Griffith and Farran, 1879. First edition, 8vo, pp. viii, 484, 24-p. Griffith and Farran catalogue at the back; hinges starting, old guest house rubberstamp on first leaf of text, the whole a little shaken, but otherwise a good, bright copy in orig. blue cloth stamped in red and gilt..... More

Elgin [and Inverness]: printed by A. C. Brander [and the Inverness Journal Office], 1833. First edition, 12mo, pp. [9], 4-98, 131-170; 4 tables (2 folding, 2 double-page), and 9 table (2 double-page) bound in at the back; original green muslin, printed paper label on spine; a few small cracks and..... More

Bombay: The Times of India Press, n.d., [1943]. First edition, slim 8vo, pp. xv, [1], 200; 3 maps, 2 folding tables, 22 photographic plates; spine faded and a little spotting, else good and sound in original blue cloth. Agriculture, animal husbandry, hunting and fishing, wealth, poverty, death, the economics of..... More

[Millville, Providence, et al. 1835-1845]. Forty-nine letters, notes, receipts and other manuscript documents from the records of Preserved S. Thayer, a businessman, Justice of the Peace, Postmaster, and landlord in Millville, Mass. The documents primarily concern a business venture between Thayer; John Still of Philadelphia, who was to provide raw..... More

[Cambridge Mass.]: Cambridge Press: Metcalf, Torry, and Ballou, 1841. First edition, 8vo, pp. 51, [1]; removed from binding. More

Albany: Packard & Van Benthuysen, 1822. 8vo, pp. 38, 42, 5, [1]; original orange printed paper wrappers, wrappers sunned and edgeworn, top 2 inches of spine perished, textblock bright and sound. An appeal in favor of the Erie Canal, reprinted in celebration of the successful project with a supplement. Robert..... More

Detroit: Laurance Labadie, printers, 1933. 24mo, pp. 14, original green printed wrappers bound in brown buckram , date stamp on p. 1 and small annotation correcting an errata in ink on p. 7; very good. A paper delivered by Tucker in 1899 before a conference on trusts. More

Hanoi: Éditions en Langues Étrangères, 1967. 8vo, pp. 627; map, tables throughout; original wrappers in grey printed dust jacket, half of which has been neatly removed, part of jacket spine a bit discolored from water stain, general shelf-wear; pages uniformly toned with minor foxing. Economic conditions in North Vietnam. More

Providence: published by John E. Brown, 1837. 8vo, pp. 35, [1]; removed from binding, wrappers wanting, all else very good. The depression of 1837 was, according to Wayland, the result of God's wrath for the nation's investing its rapidly increasing wealth in leisure and licentiousness, rather than in cultivating the..... More