Boston: published at the Christian Register Office. John B Russell, printer, 1824. 12mo, pp. 118, [2]; original plain paper-covered boards; spine partially perished, but otherwise generally very good. Inscribed on the flyleaf: "Given / with a wish that the little Tract / may be read in the school / It..... More
Boston: S. N. Dickinson & Co., printers, 1845. First edition, 8vo, pp. 40; removed from binding, wrappers wanting; very good. The Boston Farm School was established by a group of Boston philanthropists who purchased Thompson Island, in the North End of Boston, for $6,000. The Farm School was conceived to..... More
Philadelphia: Eldredge & Brother, 1879. 8vo, pp. vi, 7-127, [1] ads; text in double column; original leather-backed printed paper boards; covers rubbed; bookplate of C. R. Sine; else very good. Issued in the publisher's "Model Word Book" series. More
New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, [1852]. Revised by Andrew J. Graham. 12mo, pp. [2], 112, 7, [21] (ads); pictorial orange printed boards backed in green cloth, extremities rubbed, dampstain on upper board, a nice sound copy. A re-titling of Webster's Phonographic teacher, which uses the Pitman system. More
Hartford: Hudson & Goodwin, 1794. 12mo, pp. 252; front cover perished, back cover loosening; textblock a bit toned and lightly dampstained, but textually complete. Webster's Reader was first published in 1785. After but two editions the title was changed to An American Selection (Phila., 1787). Other 18th-century printings appeared in..... More
Tokyo & Osaka: various publishers, ca. 1860s to1890s. 17 volumes, 12mo and 8vo, all in original blue printed paper-covered boards backed in cloth; condition ranges from fair to near fine. All with the title (or variant title) of The Elementary Spelling-Book with the following imprints, and variations: 1) Tokio: Bookselling..... More
New York: Huntington and Savage, n.d., [1845?]. Small, square 8vo, pp. 341, [3]; full contemporary sheep, morocco label; front board loose, lower joint starting, edges foxed, fair. Skeel 644. More
Hartford: Hudson & Goodwin, 1809. 12mo, pp. [8], 208; original calf-backed paper-covered boards, page edges rounded; corners bumped; early ownership signature of Noah Platt, Saybrook, 1810; very good copy. Text contains 13 sections for study, including the rivers of the U.S., the discovery of America, Indian Wars, etc. First published..... More
Hartford: Hudson & Goodwin, 1792. 12mo, pp. 3-131 (pp.1, 2, & 132 pastedowns); original sheep-backed blue paper-covered wooden boards; leather rubbed; covers soiled; rear board split vertically, internally reinforced in the margins with surgical tape (not obscuring any lettering); pages toned and lightly soiled. Contemporary inscription on front pastedown: "Reumah..... More
New Havens: S. Babcock, 1839. First edition, small 8vo, pp. viii, [9]-248; full contemporary sheep rebacked; good, sound copy, with an important presentation, "To Professor Silliman with the author's regards." A tear through the presentation has been skillfully mended and as the inscription is written in red pencil it is..... More
Kyoto: Shobougou-shi, 1872. Small 8vo (7" x 4 3/4"), 32 leaves folded and sewn in the Japanese manner, xylographically printed throughout, inserted title page in English on yellow paper, printed paper label on upper cover, original blue mottled wrappers; and remarkably retaining the original printed sleeve (i.e. fukuro) in Japanese..... More
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Tokyo: [Binsei Kyosho], 1871. Fukurotoji, 7.25" x 4.75", 27 leaves; original blue wrappers, printed paper label on upper cover; some wear, dampstain entering text at bottom margins, but generally good or better, and preserving the original printed fukuro (paper sheath). Spelling book in English, with a Japanese translation by Yôyû..... More
Albany: Websters and Skinners, 1819. 12mo, pp. 168; 8 woodcuts illustrating 8 fables; contemporary home-made calf binding with blind geometric details, naively executed and with a few holes in the skin; nibbling to textblock corner resulting in loss of last word on 3 leaves, and again on bottom edge with..... More
New Haven: from Sidney's Press for Increase Cooke, 1806. Second edition, 12mo, pp. 224, [2] table of contents; contemporary 1/4 sheep and drab paper-covered boards, rubbed and worn at extremes, but tight and firm, text browning throughout with some spotting, overall a good, sound copy. The volume is divided into..... More
Sandbornton, N.H. Charles Lane, [ca. 1836-8]. Small 8vo, pp. 144; wood-engraved illustrations throughout; contemporary brown paper-backed blue boards (some water stains), shelf wear, wooden boards exposed in various places, 1/4-inch loss at spine head, hinges weak; foxing, pages uniformly toned; interior in over all good condition. 1817 copyright application printed..... More
Boston: I[saiah] Thomas and E[benezer] T. Andrews, 1793. Second Thomas edition, 16mo, pp. 96; original calf-backed paper-covered boards; rear joint cracked, else very good; binding remains sound. First published in 1791. Skeel 658; Evans 26451. More
Cambridge: [Harvard University], October 8, 1810. 4to, address on verso of integral leaf, wax seal, previous folds; very good. H. Weston is likely Hiram Weston who was a divinity student at Harvard in 1811 and who later became a merchant in Duxbury. He was born in Duxbury, Mass, in 1793..... More
Indianapolis: printed by S. V. B. Noel, 1843. First edition, 8vo, pp. 37, [1]; stitched, as issued; wrappers wanting, title slightly spotted; very good. Contains a long address by the president, Charles White. American Imprints 5094; Byrd & Peckham 1076. AAS & Princeton Theological only in OCLC. More
New York: Collins, Keese & Co., 1840. Oblong 4to, pp. vi, 159, [3]; lithograph frontispiece and 27 composite plates with 107 lithograph illustrations; original quarter calf over cloth, gilt title on upper cover; boards worn, stained, and fraying, cloth on lower board largely perished; textblock with mild dampstains and foxing;..... More
[New Haven, India, England and Japan: 1877-1915]. A collection of 42 items, mostly manuscript letters signed, from a variety of academics, administrators, and Yale men, to the sinologist Frederick Wells Williams (1857-1928), with a few letters from Williams' father-in-law, the theologian Hemen Lincoln Wayland, to his daughter (Williams' wife) Fanny..... More
London: printed by J. Downing, for M. Wotton at the Three Daggers near the Inner-Temple-Gate in Fleet-Street, 1704. First edition, 4to, pp. [2], 45, [1]; removed from binding; title with very slight damp, small tear in the gutter of the last leaf; good. The last leaf includes lists of books..... More
Philadelphia: Farrand, Hopkins, Zantzinger, and Co., 1812. First edition, 8vo, pp. 275, [1]; full sheep, gilt-ruled spine; boards worn, upper board neatly reattached, the occasional spotting and offsetting to text, ex-Sherburne Public Library with bookplate, pocket on rear pastedown; good. Also with what is presumably the Sherburne stamp (the letter..... More
London: J. Osborn, 1741. 12mo, pp. [10], iv, xxxvi, 257, [1]; contemporary full calf, gilt-decorated spine in 6 compartments, red morocco label in 1; slight cracking of the upper joint, but a very good, sound copy. Fundamentals of Christianity to be taught to the Indians of Georgia. De Renne I...... More
Boston: J. Howe, printer, Merchants Row, 1831. 8vo, pp. 16; removed from binding, wrappers wanting; very good. In a contemporary hand next to Windship's name on the title page, "M.D." has been added in pencil. American Imprints 10689. Can't find a tangible copy in OCLC, but there are copies at..... More
Oxonii: e theatro Sheldiano, 1674. First edition, folio, 2 parts in 1; pp. [8], 414; 447, [5]; engraved title page, engraved vignette title page, engraved and woodcut initials, engraved headpieces; lacks the folding plan; title page with perforated stamp; mild dampstain pervades the lower margin, prelimins and terminals reinserted; good..... More
