New York: McLoughlin Bro's. ca. 1860s. 8vo, pp. 8; illustrations throughout, later hand-coloring; original yellow pictorial wrappers (a bit soiled) printed in red and black, re-bound upside-down; a few shallow losses to edges not affecting text; publisher's advertisements printed on back wrapper. Heading title: "The history of Aladdin, or the..... 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

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: 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: 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: Baker, Crane & Day, 374 & 158 Pearl Street, n.d., [ca. 1846]. Measures slightly less than 3" tall and slightly less than 2" wide; pp. 8; without wrappers, likely as issued; 9 small woodcuts, 7 of them of quadrupeds, each with an epigram and an instructional alphabet. Perhaps..... 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

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: 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: 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

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