Boston: Briggs, 1855. First edition of the author's first book. 12mo, pp. (i-ii), 182.Illustrated with six wood engravings.Library ownership notation on the end paper, and former owner's bookplate on the paste down. Bound in green/grey cloth stamped in blind and gilt. The cloth is a little dust marked, spine faded..... More about FLOWER FABLES.; With 6 wood engravings
NY: Scribner's, (1905). Jessie Wilcox Smith. First edition, thus. Large 8vo, pp. 105. 12 color plates by Jessie Wilcox Smith. Black cloth, with some worn pictorial label covering front, front hinge loose, a good copy. Nudelman 22. More about A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES
NY: Scribner's, 1904. Maxfield Parrish. First Edition, thus but without the Scribner's seal. Large 8vo, pp. 199. Illustrated by Maxfield Parrish, with a frontispiece and 7 additional colored plates. front hinge starting, illustrated cover, no gilt on the top edge of the leaves, a good/very good copy. More about POEMS OF CHILDHOOD
Boston: Page, 1917. First Edition. Large 8vo, pp. 412. Illustrated in black and white and color. Bound in cloth backed illustrated boards, a good copy. A magazine for kids. More about CHATTERBOX FOR 1917
NY: Harcourt, 1942. First American edn, probably the second printing. 8vo, pp. 157. Spine faded, a VG tight copy. Kirkpatrick A27b. Only 1500 copies were printed. More about THE DEATH OF THE MOTH; and other essays
Pittsfield: City of Pittsfield, 1957. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 519 + a large fold-out map in the rear. Name on end paper, a near fine copy. More about THE HISTORY OF PITTSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS; 1916-1955
NY: Harcourt Brace, 1938. First American edn. 8vo, pp. 329. A very good copy. Kirkpatrick A23b. More about THREE GUINEAS
NY: G. W. Carlton, London: S. Low, 1889. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 303. Bound in bright green cloth stamped in black and gilt., closde cut to tje foredge of the title page, several signatures starting the pull, a very good copy. Tales of 19th century banking from the pen of... More about OUR CASHIER'S SCRAP-BOOK;; being bank notes, new and old, for general circulation, a portfolio of...
NY: Viking, 1942. First Edition, second issue (Haddon Craftman). 8vo, pp. 188. Blue cloth. Edges slightly rubbed, o/w a VG tight copy in price-clipped dj. More about THE MOON IS DOWN; A novel
Philadelphia: Lippincott, (1941). First Edition. 8vo, pp. 436. Bookplate, illustrated. A near fine copy. More about MEN AND VOLTS; The story of General Electric
London: Printed by and for John Hunt, 1822. 8vo, pp. 164. BOUND WITH: ELGIN, (Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin and 11th Earl of Kincardine by Anton Graff (around 1788). The Earl of ... LETTER TO THE EDITOR OF THE EDINBURGH REVIEW, on the subject of an Article in no... More about THE LIBERAL. Verse and prose from the south. Volume the first. Includes the first printing of...
London: Kerby & Endean, NY: The "Hub" 1877. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 152, iv. Bound in some rubbed brown cloth stamped in black and gilt, bookplate, a very good copy. With an engraved frontispiece and illustrations on 38 plates & in the text. Rittenhouse, Carriage Hundred 86. "Highly rated by... More about THE HISTORY OF COACHES; With numerou illustrations
BostonReprint: B Wilkins, 1895. First Edition. Large 8vo, pp. 548. Hinges loose in the front, Stamped cloth, Illustrated throughout with portraits of nurses, and Civil War sites, a very good copy. Interesting first person biographical narratives. Holland was an army nurse. Includes the narratives of Dorothea Dix, Mary A Livermore... More about OUR ARMY NURSES.; Interesting sketches, addresses and photographs of nearly 100 of the noble...
London: Longman et.al. 1822. Second edn. 8vo, pp. x, 483 Bound in modern full cloth. Name stamp on end paper. Former owner's name on the titlepage: "James Bowley". A very good tight copy. Not in Lande; See Howes D-74, Sabin 18640, Clark II, 16. Scarce. Lacks the map. Accompanied by... More about VIEWS OF SOCIETY AND MANNERS IN AMERICA;; in a series of letters from that country to a friend in...
NY: Putnams, 1894. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 236. Rubbed and little soiled brown cloth, front hinge tender, name on title page. Lacks the front free endpaper leaf: "Questions of the day, a good copy. Scarce. Krichmar 1754. Dr. Putnam-Jacobi was the leading woman physician in the US (NAW) and published... More about COMMON SENSE applied to woman suffrage.; A statement of the reasons which justify the demand to...
NY: Putnams, 1894. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 236. Rubbed and little soiled brown cloth, front "Questions of the day leaf chipped, front hinge reglued, a good copy. Scarce. Krichmar 1754. Dr. Putnam-Jacobi was the leading woman physician in the US (NAW) and published numerous medical papers. She was active in... More about COMMON SENSE applied to woman suffrage.; A statement of the reasons which justify the demand to...
Philadelphia: Henry Perkins, Boston: Perkins & Marvin, 1837. First Edition. Small, 8vo, pp. 152. Bound in little rubbed, stained and rippled green cloth, a good copy in the original binding.Tipped in is the signature of John Brown Francis, former Governor of Rhode Island and member of the US Senate. Rare... More about AN ESSAY ON SLAVERY AND ABOLITIONISM; with references to the duty of American Females
NY: Harper, 1850. Third edition. 8vo, pp. 306 plus 24, (7) publisher's ads. Original blind-stamped black cloth with gilt spine titles. Some foxing throughout, cover scuffed, faded, and worn at corners and spine, front hinge tender, o/w VG. Bitting 32. Cagle 75 cites another edition; Lowenstein 557. An influential work... More about MISS BEECHER'S DOMESTIC RECEIPT BOOK:; Designed as a supplement to her Treatise on Domestic Economy
Boston: George W Light, 1838. Second stereotype edition. 8vo, pp. 424. Original blind-stamped black cloth, Little worn, some light foxing, VG tight copy. Scarce. Lowenstein 230. Bitting 6. Cagle 14-17 cites earlier edition. Longone Bicentennieal 1838. A very early vegetarian and natural foods book. In addition to discussing his principles... More about THE YOUNG HOUSEKEEPER; Or, thoughts on food and cookery
NY: Wallis & Co., for the author, 1823. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 288. Includes a single folding table and an advertisement for Dye Stuffs being sold by Partridge at his store in New York. Bound in chipped full calf, front cover loose, some knawing to the lower foredge of the... More about A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON DYING OF WOOLEN, COTTON, AND SKEIN SILK,; The manufacturing of Broadcloth...
Boston: Scarborough, 1903. Original Folding Map (39 x 56 inches) printed on cloth, that is bound into a folding accordion-style hardcover bds in brown cloth measuring. Printed in color, very good. More about SCARBOROUGH'S TOPOGRAPHIC MAP OF MASSACHUSETTS; showing the Railroads, Electric Railways, steam...
London: J. Tonson, 1732. First Edition. 8vo, pp. [xiv], 350; [viii], 358. Tipped to the front blank is an engraved portrait of the author by Aveline. There is an ownership signature of "Twells" in the right margin of each title-page and the note: "Given by the author" in a contemporary... More about ALCIPHRON; or, the minute philosopher. In seven dialogues. Containing an apology for the...
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[Boston: S. Kneeland, by the order of his Excellency the Governor, Council and House of Representatives, 1761. First Edition. Folio, pp. 397-403. A single fasicile, some foxing but a very good copy. Evans, American Bibliography 8913. Chap IV of this act provides for the naming of Berkshire County: "An act... More about Anno Regni Regis GEORGE III. Primo, 1761. Lord's-Day] AN ACT PASSED BY THE GREAT AND GENERAL...
Paris: Imp. Dubuisson et Cie, [Juin 1877]. First Edition. Large 4to, pp. 120, text in double columns,aper little toned, a very good copy bound in contemporary leather backed marble boards. LeQuilles, Bibliographie de la Commune # 3948. The Review of France was edited by Leonce Dumont and here reprints the... More about ACTES DU GOUVERNEMENT REVOLUTIONNAIRE DE PARIS; Decrets, Ordes, Proclamations, Rapports Militaire...
University Park PA: Pennsylvania State Univ P, (2000). First Edition. 4to, pp. 393 + illustrations. A fine copy in dj. Fron the dj flap: Ludovico, Agostino and Annibale Carracci played leading roles in bringing about the changes in style and outlook that transformed the art of painting around 1600. Working... More about MALVASIA'S LIFE OF THE CARRACCI; Commentary and Tranlaton
