Washington, [D.C.]: [press of J.H. Furst Co., Baltimore], 1910. First edition, signed by Henry Adams at the end of the introductory letter; 12mo, pp. vi, 214, [2]; original green cloth, spine a bit sunned and with a small snag in the cloth (not effecting any lettering), otherwise very good. "In..... More
Boston: Light & Stearns, 1836. First edition, 12mo, pp. 336 (the last 2 leaves being Light & Stearns ads); added engraved title page; original brown floral-patterned cloth, gilt-lettered direct on spine; light dampstaining in the bottom margins of the last 20 leaves or so, spine lightly sunned; otherwise near fine..... More
Burlington, N.J. printed by John S. Meehan, 1815. First edition, 12mo, 16 & unpaginated lexicon in double column, a nice copy in full original sheep, wavy blindstamped fillets on spine. This copy with an early inscription: "This book is the property of Niram Pruden bought July 4th 1820 price 8¢."..... More
Burlington, N.J. printed by John S. Meehan, 1815. First edition, 12mo, 16 & unpaginated lexicon in double column, original full mottled calf, black morocco label on spine; lightly foxed, front joint cracked, cords holding; all else very good and the binding structure is sound. Bookplate of Robert Leaming Montgomery. Montgomery..... More
New York: Modern Language Association of America, 1993. First edition, 8vo, pp. xi, [1], 152; as new in original wrappers. More
New York: Modern Language Association of America, 1993. First edition, 8vo, pp. xi, [1], 152; as new in original gray cloth lettered in purple on spine. More
Andover [Mass.]: Flagg and Gould, [1815]. 12mo, pp. 12; removed from binding, wrappers lacking; final leaf nearly loose, good. The school was established as a reaction to the Harvard board appointing a liberal to the Hollis Chair of Divinity. Notable alumni listed include Adoniram Judson, an early foreign missionary who..... More
Boston: Phonographic institution, 1845. First edition, 12mo, pp. 132; printed paper boards backed in reverse calf, spine chipped, hinges starting, some offsetting on endpapers; a good, sound copy. "Especially intended as a school book, and to afford the fullest instruction to those who have not the assistance of the living..... More
Boston: Phonographic Institute, [1845]. First edition, 12mo, 36 engraved plates of text in Pitman shorthand, intended for use along with the authors' Complete phonographic class book; original paper covers, manuscript shorthand note on upper cover, covers spotted, last inch of spine perished, text sound though a later impression. Andrews was..... More
Boston: Phonographic Institute, 1846. Second edition, 12mo, pp. 60; printed paper boards backed in reverse calf, spine chipped, joints and textblock split, light foxing and contemporary pencil annotation. A popular American textbook, with over a dozen editions published over about 5 years. Westby-Gibson p. 7. More
Boston: Gould, Kendall & Lincoln, 1847. First edition, 12mo, pp. 35, [1]; original printed wrappers; spine partially perished, water stain on upper cover, shallow nibbling on top edge, text clean, good and sound. A children's phonographic reader, using Pitman's Phonotypic Alphabet. It was meant to be preceded by the Beginner's..... More
London: Longmans, [et. al.], 1868. 2 volumes, royal 8vo; ex-library copy with usual markings, small cracks in upper hinges, spines and joints rubbed, small cracks in spine ends, else good or better in contemporary quarter brown morocco gilt over blue cloth. These two volumes contain documents from the thirteenth to..... More
Oxford: Oxford Historical Society, 1898. First edition, 8vo, 2 vols., pp. xlix, [3], 336; [6], [337]-725, [1]; 15 facsimiles (some double-page) bound in at the back; fine set in orig. blue cloth. More
Evanston and Chicago: Northwestern University, [c1959]. First edition, 8vo, pp. xiv, 495; illustrations in text throughout; a fine copy in the dustjacket with small tear at upper edge of back panel and some rubbing. More
Washington: J. & G. S. Gideon, printers, 1843. First edition, 8vo, pp. 16; original pink printed wrappers, mild soiling and foxing, very good and sound. Plans for a 5-year course of instruction, terms, testimonials, etc. The proprietors insist that they are engaged in education as a first choice, and not..... More
Mexico [City]: 1930. Folio, pp. 75, [5]; 32 full-page illustrations (some mounted, many in color), historiated initials; contemporary half black morocco, gilt-stamped spine; library pocket on front free endpaper, old stamp on title page, front joint starting, the whole lightly rubbed; all else very good. More
London: printed for T. Davis and J. Dodsley, n.d., [1767]. First edition, second issue, 4to, pp. [2], 4, [4], xvi, 395; recent brown calf-backed marbled boards; very good and sound. John Ryland's copy, with his dated (1768) signature on the title page, and with a one-and-a-quarter-page quarto manuscript account by..... More
London: printed for T. Davis and J. Dodsley, n.d., [1767]. First edition, second issue, 4to, pp. [2], 4, [4], 395; full contemporary speckled calf, red morocco label; upper joint neatly reinforced, lower joint starting, spine ends chipped level with text block, lower headband gone, extremities rubbed, minor spotting, else a...... More
London: Benj. Tooke, 1711. 8vo, pp. [12], xiii, [1], 212, [2], 40, [4] ads; 1 full-page engraved illustration; removed from binding; a very good copy. See Printing and the Mind of Man, 90: "In 1553 [Ascham] began the work which has made him famous, The Scholemaster. The book was occasioned..... More
Pontsa Delgada {Azores): typ. A. Das Letras Acoriuanas [et al.], 1861-67. 7 annual volumes, pagination varies from 10 to 25 pages, original gray, blue, pink, yellow, green, and white wrappers; modest wear, the issue for 1862 with loss to the corner of the front wrapper and next 2 leaves but..... More
Cincinnati: printed by F. S. Benton, 1835. First edition, 12mo, pp. 25, [1]; removed from binding; wrappers wanting; very good. Aydelott (1795-1880) wrote a dozen or so books on education, temperance, ethics and theology. Of this OCLC notes: "A speech given by Rev. Benjamin Parham Aydelott, educator and former rector..... More
London: William Pickering, 1838. First Pickering edition, small 8vo, pp. xvi, 350; Pickering anchor & dolphin device on title page; contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards, red leather label on spine, marbled edges and endpapers; lightly rubbed at extremities; generally good and sound. Bookplate of Amos Tuck French, Tuxedo Park..... More
New Britain, Conn. The Record Press, 1908. Edition limited to 250 copies, 8vo, pp. 205; black and white photographic frontispiece, 5 plates; later limp blue cloth, gilt lettering on upper cover, manuscript paper spine label; ex-Minnesota Historical Society with usual markings, gift bookplate from the University; general light shelf wear..... More
Philadelphia: [Philadelphia Inquirer], 1884. 8vo, pp. 3, [1]; self wrappers; fine. Last page provides list of the economic papers published by Baird; this pamphlet a reprint of a letter written to the editor of the Philadelphia Inquirer, April 30, 1884. Scarce, only one copy in OCLC, at the American Philosophical..... More
Hartford: printed by Peter B, Gleason & Co., 1825. 8vo, pp. 26, [2]; stitched, as issued; very good. Founded as Washington College in 1823, it is the second-oldest college in Connecticut, after Yale. It was renamed Trinity College in 1845. Like many of his Yale alumni, Baldwin declines to support..... More
