The A B C in verse, for young learners
New York: Kiggins & Kellogg, [before 1856]. 32mo (approx. 4¼"x 2¾"), pp. 16; wrappers wanting; 2 alphabets (small letters and capital letters), 13 wood engravings; very good. More
New York: Kiggins & Kellogg, [before 1856]. 32mo (approx. 4¼"x 2¾"), pp. 16; wrappers wanting; 2 alphabets (small letters and capital letters), 13 wood engravings; very good. More
Philadelphia: Johnson & Warner, 1812. 16mo, pp. 36; engraved title page, illustrations throughout; original stiff tan pictorial wrappers depicting on man on his horse, a shepherd tending his sheep in the background; fine. Shaw & Shoemaker 24883; Welch 104.1. More
New Haven: S. Babcock, ca. 1840s. Juvenile chapbook, 4¼ inches, pp. 16; engraved title page vignette, illustrations throughout; original blue pictorial wrappers, lacking bottom half of front wrapper, small tear on back wrapper affecting decorative border around publisher's advertisements; a few shallow tears to title page not affecting text. More
New York: New York Public Library, 1927. 12mo, pp. 15; 4 facsimiles; a very good copy in original brown printed wrappers. More
Northampton, [Mass.]: A. R. Merrifield, 1842. 32mo, approx. 4¼" x 2½", pp. 10, [2]; self-wrappers; woodcut vignettes on the front wrapper and title page, 3 full-page wood-engravings; text a bit toned, else very good. There were several editions published by John Metzger in Northampton in the 1830s. The first Merrifield..... More
London: printed for J. Harris, corner of St. Paul’s, 1814. Small square 4to, pp. 16; engraved and hand-colored frontispiece and twenty-five hand-colored and engraved plates; original printed tan wrappers, light wear and soiling, expert restoration to the foot of the spine; generally a very good copy with extraordinary hand-coloring. Many..... More
London: Griffith and Farran, 1857. First edition, 16mo, pp. [4], 26, [2]; wood-engraved frontispiece; original decorative green printed wrappers; some rubbing, and mildd staining on the lower cover; all else very good. Seven short instructional texts for children on the pronunciation of the letter H: "How high His Highness holds..... More
Boston: Edward E. Babb & Co., 1885. 8vo, pp. 72; original red printed wrappers; staple-bound; illustrated throughout; preliminary terminal leaves stained red from wrappers; all else very good. Includes engaging illustrations of classroom supplies along with prices and descriptions: desks, globes, wall maps, U.S. flags, etc. More
London: John Marshall, ca. 1808. Miniature book (51 x 45 mm.), pp. 63; woodcut illustrations; printed self wrappers (upper cover unevenly darkened); top edge closely trimmed occasionally affecting running title and page number, else very good and sound. The first of a series of 16 volumes, this consisting of an..... More
[London]: Dean & Co., Threadneedle St., n.d., [1853 or before]. First edition, 8vo, pp. [16]; self-wrappers and wrappers included in the pagination; 9 hand-colored wood engravings; original pictorial wrappers; spine skillfully renewed. Wrappers and text somewhat dust-soiled with a few tiny marginal chips; all else very good and sound. Inscription..... More
London: William Pickering, 1849. First edition, small, slim 8vo, pp. 111; engraved initials and head- and tail-pieces; title page printed in red and black; original red moire cloth (soiled) lettered in gilt on upper cover, unadorned spine, a.e.g., violet glazed endpapers; spine ends chipped, joints starting to crack, extremities rubbed;..... More
New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons, ca. 1880s. 16mo, unpaged; frontispiece, illustrations, many full-paged, throughout; original green decorative cloth stamped in black, color plate mounted to upper cover; edges a bit rubbed, front hinge cracked; contemporary gift inscription to front pastedown dated 1887; textblock very good and sound. More
Dundee, London, and Montreal: Valentine & Sons, Ltd., n.d., ca. early 1900s. Shaped book, top and fore edges cut to follow outline of car on covers, approx. 5¾" x 3¾", pp. [24]; 12 illustrations (3 in black & white, 9 in color and 1 double-page); lightly rubbed; near fine. OCLC..... More
Boston: G. W. Cottrell, [ca. late 1850s]. 32mo (approx. 3" x 2¾"), pp, x, [1], 12-191, [1]; 46 full-page wood engravings; near fine in original blindstamped green cloth, gilt lettering and decorations on spine. Includes at the back an account of the cruise of the Essex. More
Toronto: Public Library, [1975]. Reprint (and best) edition with additional corrections of vol. I; first edition of vol. II; 2 vols., 8vo, pp. xxiv, [2], 561, [1]; xii, [2], 563-1138; generally a fine set in green cloth-backed illustrated boards, gilt lettering directly on spine. More
Brooklyn: Mergenthaler Linotype Company, 1936. 8vo, pp. 99; 2-toned illustrations throughout; original yellow pictorial wrappers (light soiling at bottom right-hand corner of upper cover) printed in red, French flaps; edge wear with shallow tears along edges not affecting text, bottom half of spine cracked, head chipped, small loss to foot..... More
Philadelphia: Kimber and Conrad, ca. 1812. Thin 24mo, pp. [24];engraved title page, woodcut illustrations; original stiff tan wrappers (minor soiling to back cover), a few short chips, last quire partially unopened; about fine. The illustrations are redrawn cuts with a similar design to The Wonderful Life and Adventures of Robinson..... More
London: Religious Tract Society, ca. 1860s. Bifolium, 16mo; illustration, p. [1] printed within green decorative borders; heavy spotting, else fine. "Little Messengers No. 2" printed at bottom of p. [1]. Religious tract concerning the piety of Josiah, the "Jewish prince" More
London: R. Snagg, 1774. First edition, 12mo, pp. [4], viii, [4], 247; full contemporary blind-ruled calf, rubbed and worn with spine ends chipped away and corners showing; the spine in six compartments with raised bands, the leather flaking; the joints and hinges cracked and tender, with boards holding by threads..... More
New York: Kiggins & Kellogg, [ca. 1850s]. Juvenile chapbook, 3¼ inches, pp. 8; 6 woodcut illustrations; original pictorial wraps; a fine copy. No. 3 of the first series of Redfield's Toy Books. Publisher's advertisements printed on back wrapper. More
New York: American Tract Society, [ca. 1840s]. 32mo, pp. 16; engraved illustrations throughout; bound with: Memoir of little George; or, "It is very mean to tell lies". New York: American Tract Society, [ca. 1850s]. Together in red cloth over marble boards, gilt spine, some shelf wear, edges rubbed, a bit..... More
New York: Mahlon Day, 1827. 8vo, pp. 62, [2]; removed from binding, loose frontispiece plate of a house of refuge for female juvenile delinquents; light foxing, good and sound. A general argument for separating juveniles from adult offenders, case studies, an address by society president Cadwallader Colden, and rules and..... More
Boston: T.R. Marvin, 1861. 12mo, pp. 124; original orange printed paper-covered boards, brown cloth spine; a very good example of a Civil War-era American spelling book, each page bearing a title such as "A good boy is a public good," "Beware of bad books," and "Is Heaven to be your..... More
New Haven: printed and published by S. Babcock, n.d., [after 1840]. 32mo (approx. 4¼" x 2¾"), pp. 16; vignette title page, 10 full-page wood engravings, including 2 inside the front and back wrapper; original pictorial printed wrappers; nice copy. More
New York: International Art Publishing Co. Ltd., ca. 1897. 12mo, unpaged; color and black and white chromolithographs; original stiff pictorial wrappers; spine ends starting to crack, else a very good, bright copy. Nursery rhymes. Sunshine Series no. 5. Not in OCLC. More