Philadelphia: 1830. 12mo, pp. 47, [1]; 17 engraved plates including frontispiece of the tree of shorthand; original cloth backed boards; light soiling and foxing, owner's signature, a good, sound copy. "Gould's system is taken chiefly from Harding's Taylor Improved" (Bibliography of Shorthand p. 47). More
New York: Andrew J. Graham, [1857]. 12mo, pp. 76; original black cloth gilt, marbled endpapers, minor wear to head and tail of spine, duplicate stamp on endpaper, else fine. Mostly a reform of spelling, but with some advice on improving the economy of longhand letter forms as well. Graham was..... More
New York: Phonetic Depot, [1860]. 12mo, pp. 82, [2]; lithograph title page and text in lithographed phonography; original cloth, decorative gilt title on upper cover, marbled edges; light wear, textblock split, half title or flyleaf lacking, very good and sound. Next to the Pitman brothers Graham was one of the..... More
New York: Andrew Graham, 1879. 12mo, pp. 22, iv, [3]-39, [1], 11, [1], iv; original brown blindstamped cloth, near fine. The Graham system was an adaptation of Pitman. More
New York and Cincinnati: Newman and Ivison, and Moore & Anderson, 1853. Fortieth edition, 12mo, pp. 452, [4]; 118 woodcuts in text; full calf, gilt ruled spine, black title label, marbled edges; upper board cracked, lower starting, spine chipped, boards rubbed, contemporary owner's signature on free endpaper with scattered marginalia..... More
Easton, Pa. printed by T. M. D. Forsman, 1841. 8vo, pp. 18; removed from binding, wrappers wanting; all else very good. American Imprints 41-2248. More
[Rochester, NY]: 1915. Square 8vo, pp. 45, [3]; original brown paper printed wrappers, owner's signature on cover and title page, near fine. A series of lessons on English derivatives of Latin and Greek. More
Gardiner: printed for the author by A.M.C. Heath, 1858. First edition, square 8vo, pp. 24; drab stiff back wrapper, front wrapper perished; old inscription on the flyleaf: "Sophronia B. Tracy by my father, Durham, 1858." Trinity, Michigan, and the Library Co. only in OCLC. More
London: J. F. & C. Rivington, T. Longman [et al], 1791. 16mo, pp. viii, 123, [1]; 26 woodcuts in the text; original brown buckram; previous owner's name in ink on upper cover and front pastedown (with a date of July 1794), moderate wear and some relatively minor staining; a good..... More
Philadelphia: M. Carey, 1806. 12mo, pp. vii, [1], 123, [1]; vignette title page and pictorial woodcut headers for each section; full speckled calf; spine rebacked with japanese tissue; light tidestains; good copy. A popular school text by the surmaster of St. Paul's School who also compiled an English grammar. The..... More
Boston: printed for J. Douglass M'Dougall, 1779. 8vo, pp. 48; stitched, as issued; untrimmed; edges tattered; moderate dampstaining; paper toned. Dr. John Gregory (1724-1773) was a Scottish physician who wrote this tract for his daughters, giving them advice on religion, courtship, and marriage. The text was wildly successful and issued..... More
Baltimore & London: The Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, [1989.]. First edition, 8vo, pp. xxii, [1], 477, [3]; illus.; fine in original red cloth, dust-jacket. The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science 107th Series (1989). "Based on an exhaustive study of original textbooks, teachers' manuals, and archival documents..... More
Boston etc. Pearson Addison Wesley, [2004]. Fifth edition, 4to, pp. xix, [1], 833, [1], 32, 91, [1], 24; blue paper covered boards; corners bumped, some question numbers circled in pen, text otherwise clean, very good. More
New York: Philsophical Library, 1950. 8vo, pp. v, [1], 160; original cloth in grey printed mylar-protected dust jacket, jacket a bit worn, spine browned; a very good, sound copy. "Shows howt he multiple derivation of the English vocabulary--Teutonic, Greek, Latin and French--erects a barrier more effective than wealth and status..... More
Providence: [printed by Snow & Farnham], 1897. Published by subscription, edition limited, small 4to, pp. [4], 631, [1]; 10 portraits and 3 plates; very good in original tan cloth, gilt lettering on spine. The work originally appeared in two separately published works in 1864 and 1867, and are now here..... More
Salem: Foote & Browne, Court Street, 1829. 12mo, pp. vii, [1], 67, [1]; original cloth-backed printed paper-covered boards; slight dampstain at the bottom of the upper cover; all else very good and sound. First American edition. The American preface is signed "J. B." This copy inscribed "For the Rev. W...... More
Boston: Richardson, Lord and Holbrook, 1831. First edition, 12mo, pp. vi, 3-140; contemporary quarter sheep over boards; boards neatly reattached, light foxing. Elementary chemistry in simple language, with simple experiments, for the benefit of teachers in their instruction of students. American Imprints 7435. More
Philadelphia: Jas. B. Rodgers Co., 1872. First edition, 8vo, pp. 14, [2]; self-wrappers, removed from binding; prior old fold, text clean and sound, very good. Henry Hartshorne "was a strong advocate of the rights of women to study medicine" (DAB). The Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania was the second medical..... More
[Cambridge, Mass. 1839.]. Broadside, approx. 10¼" x 8¼", the "Ode" comprising 10 quatrains and sung to the tune of "Auld Lang Syne" occupies the bottom half; the whole within a typographical border; attached is a bill for $110.77 to a "Mr. Baker" for "Absence, Omission of Exercises and Duties," printed..... More
[Cambridge]: June, 1861. Wright, J. Edward, class secretary. To Members of the Class of Sixty-one. Cambridge, March 25, 1861. Bifolium, 8vo, pp. [3]; a printed letter to the class regarding their submissions for the class year book ("Pedigree on your father's side, tracing back the origin of your family as..... More
Providence: [Phi Beta Kappa Society, printed by the William Byrd Press Inc., Richmond, VA], 1955. First edition, 8vo, pp. vii, [3], 249, [1]; partially unopened; original gray cloth, gilt lettered spine; near fine. This copy with a special presentation leaf giving this copy to Stuart C. Sherman, long-time librarian at..... More
Wrentham, (Mass.): printed and sold by the author; sold also by D. Heaton, Providence..., Jan. 1801. 12mo, pp. iv, [5]-156; orig. sheep-backed paper-covered boards; some light staining, else good or better. Among the "approved authors" are Addison, the Revs. Blair and Tillotson, Franklin, Johnson, Dwight, and Chastellux who contributes the..... More
Long Beach: The California State University, 1983. First edition, 8vo, pp. x, 195; black and white photographic portrait frontispiece; original red printed wrappers; fine. Presentation slip from the University laid in. Cover and spine title: "From the beginning." More
Stockholm: Marquardska Tryckeriet, 1816. First edition, 8vo, [5]-144pp., contemporary quarter calf and yellow speckled paper-covered boards; fine. German grammar and reader, in Swedish. From the library of George Stephens. More
Chicago: Newberry Library, 1942. First edition, 8vo, pp. ix, [1], 161, [1]; near fine in orig. brick red cloth, gilt-stamped on upper cover, blue morocco label on spine. Over 1500 items, indexed, and with occasional annotation. More
