Philadelphia: Thomas T. Ash, Adam Waldie, printer, 1831. Square 16mo, pp. 170; 8 wood-engraved plates; original blue cloth, printed pink label on upper cover; 3 signatures extended and the whole slightly shaken, otherwise very good. A mother's presentation to her daughter at the top of the title page reads: "Eliza... More
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1890. First edition, 8vo, pp. 400; ex-Minnesota Historical Society library with bookplate stamped withdrawn, small white adhesive label at bottom end of spine, all else very good in contemporary half black morocco and marbled boards, light wear to extremities. The first publication by the Swiss-born... More
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: D.C. Heath and Company, 1934. Small 8vo, pp. xvi, 639; photographic frontispiece, color maps, full-page illustrations; original green cloth stamped in yellow, edges a bit rubbed; ink ownership on ffep, occasional pencil notes in margins, else very good. 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
