Lawrence: Division of Continuing Education, University of Kansas, 1975. 8vo, pp. 40; printed from scripted text; original tan pictorial wrappers; near fine. Publication based on an independent study made by a group of students at the University who taught beginning Latin in the Eudora, Kansas public school system. "Since the... More
Boston: Samuel H. Parker, 1827. Second edition, 8vo., pp. 15; stitched, as issued, uncut; light soiling at the extremities of the margins, otherwise a very nice copy. First published in Philadelphia in 1826. One of the earliest tracts written by Philander Chase, pioneering the establishment of religion and education in... More
[Minneapolis: Indian Education Department, Minneapolis Public Schools, 1995?]. 4to, pp. iii, 15, [1]; illustrations; original grey pictorial wrappers; some wear from handling. More
London: Charles Hitch, 1740. 12mo, pp. [4], 222, [2] ads; recent polished brown calf-backed boards, red morocco label on gilt paneled spine; some spotting of the text; overall appearance is fine. Clarke (1687-1734), a classical scholar, was head master of the Hull Grammar School, and later of the Gloucester Grammar... More
Laramie, Wyoming: Laramie Printing Company, 1937. 8vo, pp. 199; one plate of black and white photographic illustrations; original brown gilt-tooled cloth; ex-Minnesota Historical Society with usual markings, cover gilt partially rubbed away, else a near fine copy. More
Philadelphia: Desilver & Thomas; Lewiston, PA: J. H. Hickok & Co., 1836. 24mo, pp. viii, [9]-216; original printed pink paper-covered boards backed in maroon straight-grain morocco; worn and soiled, but generally good and sound. First published in 1832. American Imprints 36750. More
New York: Harper & Bros. 1850. Stereotyped edition, very small 16mo (87 x 56 mm.), pp. 832; double ruled margins throughout, within which are printed aphorisms, original brown cloth gilt lettered spine within fancy gilt frame; imperceptibly rebacked with old spine laid down; gilt bright, text not foxed; but for... More
Amstelodami: Danielem Elzevirium, 1665. Small 8vo, pp. [22], 266, 238; title page printed in red and black; woodcut printer's device and initials; full contemporary calf (dampstained), gilt spine in 6 compartments, all edges speckled red; 18th- or early 19th-century owner's notes on recto and verso of front free endpaper, ownership... More
N.p. 1928. Slim 8vo, unpaged; folded sheets printed on rectos and versos only; original black morocco, gilt-lettered spine and upper cover; edges and corners quite scuffed, else very good, interior fine. Although not a graduate of Andover, Coolidge's commmorative address covers the founding of the school in 1778, drawing parallels... More
Hanoi: Imprimerie Classique & Moderne, Tan-Dan Thu-Quan, [ca. 1930s]. First edition, 8vo, pp. 113; pages toned, else good in original green printed wrappers, spine perished, small loss to upper cover not affecting text, faint contemporary pencil notes throughout. A primary course ("1ere. année") with 102 short passages in both Vietnamese... More
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1869. 4to, pp. 95, [1]; wood-engraved illustrations throughout, 16 full-p. color maps and 2 double-p. color maps; childish pencil scribble on endpapers, 1 internal page with clean tear; original pictorial boards rubbed and worn, but the binding is sound. A good copy. More
Cambridge [Mass,]: University Press….Hilliard and Metcalf, 1817. First edition, 8vo, pp. 32; sewn and untrimmed in self wrappers, pages 1 and 32 a little darkened and foxed, but all else clean and bright. Crafts (1787-1926), a Harvard grad, enjoyed renown as a poet, lawyer, orator, and statesman from Charleston, South... More
New York: Stockholder Job Printing Office, 1867. First edition, 8vo, pp. 7; original terracotta printed wrappers, removed from old paper wrappers; very good. OCLC locates only the Geological Survey Office copy. KVK locates another in Germany. More
Chapel Hill and London: The University of North Carolina Press, 1986. First edition, 8vo, pp. xiii, [1], 303, [1]; 2 plates; near fine in dust jacket (old price sticker on rear cover). Full-length critical study of the full range of material in Johnson's Dictionary. "Although the Dictionary is primarily a.... More
Berkeley & LA: Univ. of California press, 1952. First edition, 8vo, xiv-[xvi] & 232pp., 12 illus. on rectos and versos of 4 plates, bottom inch of first flyleaf clipped, else a fine copy in the jacket. The author was vice president and provost emeritus of UCAL and here ""sets forth... More
New Haven: Issued as a supplement to the obituary record, 1913. 8vo, pp. 411; original blue cloth (a bit soiled), gilt-stamped University emblem on upper cover, gilt lettering on spine, decorative endpapers; ex-Minnesota Historical Society with usual markings, gift book plate from Yale University; general light shelf wear, interior near fine. More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1885-1912. 6 volumes, large 8vo, pp. viii, 788; 793; 726; 752; 815; 844; publisher's blue cloth, University emblem stamped in gilt on upper covers, gilt-lettering on spines; all volumes except volume 5 presentation copies; ex-Minnesota Historical Society with usual markings, gift bookplates from the... More
Springfield, O[hio]: Ruralist Publishing Company, 1859. Small 8vo, pp. xxvi, 382; engraved portrait frontispiece; original brown, blind-tooled cloth, gilt-lettering on spine, blue endpapers; ex-Minnesota Historical Society with usual markings, small loss at spine foot, head a bit frayed, corners bumped and rubbed; interior near fine. More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1915. Reprinted; small 8vo, pp. vi, 340, [4]; original blue printed cloth (some soiling), edge wear, spine lettering almost completely worn away; interior mostly fine. 4 pages of publisher's advertisements at the end. 8 copies in OCLC. Includes chapters on electro-therapeutics and radiology, mineral waters, and unclassified drugs. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932. First edition, 8vo, pp. 223; very good in original blue cloth, spine gilt-lettered. More
Cambridge: University Press, 1921. First edition, 8vo, pp. viii, 143; original tan cloth; mild shelf wear, else near fine. Forms part of the Cambridge Guide to Modern Languages. More
Philadelphia: Samuel F. Bradford, 1805. 8vo, pp. vi, 348; lacking the map; contemporary full mottled calf, rubbed, worm holes, one of which measures approximately 2" x 1/2" on back board; bottom of spine detaching; flyleaves soiled and torn, top inch of back flyleaf has been neatly excised; black wax spill... More
Cedar Rapids, IA: privately printed for the friends of the Torch Press, 1939. Edition limited to 400 copies, small 8vo, pp. 55; portrait frontispiece of the author; original red cloth-backed orange boards (a bit soiled), paper spine and cover labels printed in red and black; contemporary pencil inscription and signature... More
Lincoln: The University Publishing Company, 1929. Small 8vo, pp. x, 302; text charts; original olive cloth (a bit soiled), upper cover and spine lettered in gilt, extremities lightly worn, spine lettering quite faded; contemporary pencil marginal notes on p. ix, else interior fine. Contemporary typescript leaf titled "Teaching English in... More
New York: The Alumnae Association, 1944. First edition, 8vo, pp. xi, 210; color frontispiece of the Post-Graduate Hospital pin, 28 black and white mostly photograph plates; original red gilt-stamped cloth, fine; previous owner's inscription on front free endpaper, else fine. Appendix 12 provides list of the graduates, 1885-1935. More
