Harper's New Edition of Dickens' Complete Works in Thirty Volumes
New York: Harper and Brothers, Circa 1890s. 12mo, 16pp. Book prospectus. Rubbing and toning to covers, slight chipping to corners.
New York: Harper and Brothers, Circa 1890s. 12mo, 16pp. Book prospectus. Rubbing and toning to covers, slight chipping to corners.
Cambridge: Welch, Bigelow, and Company, 1873. 7.75 x 5”, blue printed wrappers, 72 pp. An outline of the Harvard Examinations for Women, a series of tests offered by the Woman’s Education Association beginning in 1874 that were graded by Harvard professors. The tests were similar to the Harvard entrance examinations.....
Honolulu: Mercantile Press, [1920s]. 8vo, folding brochure with 16 printed panels, printing photographic illustrations, promotional text, and room rates for the historic Hawaiian hotel. Some soiling and creasing, very good.
Honolulu: The Print Shop Co, 1930. 8vo, tan wrappers, 93pp. First edition of three papers on the early history of Hawaii written in honor of Captain Cook, by Judge Howay, Frank Golder, and George Verne Blue. An excellent copy, pages a bit toned.
London: Printed For Subscribers from the plates of the Original Edition issued by Bradbury, Agnew & Co, Circa 1892. 9.25 x 6.25", red cloth with gilt illustration and lettering, [14], 265, 30, 30 pp, black and white and color illustration plates by H.K. Browne (Phiz) and W.T. Maud. Subscription edition.....
Berlin, Wisconsin: Heaney Magic Co, 1924. Two illustrated catalogs issued by the Heaney Magic Company. Includes catalog no. 24, stapled softcover, 9 x 6", 96 pp, titled "Heaney's Professional Catalog of Wonders Magical Goods Illusions Stage Acts." Together with catalog no. 25, 6.25 x 4.25", 222 pp, pictorial wrappers, titled.....
New York: McLoughlin Brothers, Circa 1880s. 10.5 x 9", pink illustrated wrappers, [12] pp, six color plates, stitched binding. A lavishly illustrated children's book adapted from the famous nursery rhyme. Part of Aunt Louisa's Big Picture Series. A good copy with staining to covers, bit of foxing to pages, slight.....
Rochester: William Alling, 1841. FIfth Edition. 6 x 4", brown cloth with gilt, 130, [2] pp. A 19th century American pictorial bible for children. Wear to corners and spine ends, area of staining to front cover, toning and foxing to pages, early owner inscriptions to front endpaper, half-title, and preface.....
New York: Leavitt & Allen, 1857. 5.75 x 4.75", cloth wrappers with gilt, 132 pp. Lavishly illustrated bible for children, making use of illustrations in place of words. Lacking pages 15-16 and 65-66, foxing to pages, staining to covers and some pages, front hinge cracked, wear to covers along edges.....
London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1687. Large 8vo, [6], 145, [1] pp, half 20th century library binding preserving the original marbled boards, new endpapers. "Second Edition" stated to title page. This copy inscribed by Alexander R. Stephens of Augusta, Georgia on the last page; once in a 19th century hand.....
Greenwood, South Carolina: Connie Maxwell Orphanage Print, 1904. 8vo, 19pp, brown printed wrappes. History of a Baptist church in Greenwood, S.C. printing its constitution as well as a sketch of a Reverend who lived in Texas between 1857 and 1868 and served in the Confederate Army. Printed at a local.....
Edinburgh: Johnstone & Hunter, 1850. 5.25 x 3.25", black leather binding with gilt decoration, brass clasp, text block edges gilt, unpaginated. Antique bible in a lovely leather clasp binding. A nice copy with bowing and wear to covers.
New York: American Bible Society, 1865. 6.25 x 4.5", embossed black morocco leather binding with gilt spine lettering, text block edges gilt. A lovely 19th century American bible. A few keepsakes (antique ribbon, a flower, etc) laid in. Wear to binding, especially spine, damp staining to margins of first and.....
New York: Printed By D. Fanshaw For The American Bible Society, 1842. 8.25 x 5.25", original leather binding with gilt bands to spine, morocco and gilt spine label, 852 pp. Owner inscription to front endpaper together with the note "used at the table during the revival of 1878 march C.W.B.".....
Little Rock, Arkansas/Roanoke, Virginia: Circa 1940. 8vo, stapled booklet, 9 pp. Collection of recipes to be prepared in a pressure cooker, by a Southern manufacturer of the "Dixie Steam Pressure Cooker". Mild creasing and soiling, very good.
[Connecticut]: 1838. Broadside measuring 8 x 7.5", notifying shareholders in the Housatonic railroad company about an upcoming payment. Signed in type by company treasurer Daniel Thatcher. In very good condition, toned and foxed.
Philadelphia: J. Thomas Huey & Co, 1871. 7.75 x 5.25”, original brown cloth with gilt spine lettering, “Presented By William Conway, 316 South Second St., Philadelphia” gilt stamped to front cover, [4], 158, [10] pp plus numerous pages of ads for Philadelphia businesses and eight color plates, four depicting food.....
New Orleans: Penick & Ford, 1920s-30s. Square 8vo, [36] pp, pictorial wrappers. The first 21 pages tell the story cultivation of sugar cane from the perspective of Brer Rabbit, from the crop's ancient roots in India, through its colonial history in the Caribbean, and ending up in plantation era Louisiana.....
Toronto: W. Bryce, 1887. Octavo, 278pp, flexible leather covers with gilt lettering, text block edges stained red. First Canadian editon of this popular handbook on marriage first published two years earlier in London. The author, a Northern Ireland born Army chaplain, covers many aspects of marriage, including parenthood (i.e. a......
New Haven: Ideal Mfg. Co, [1890s]. 4to, printed circular, 2pp, two engraved illustrations to verso. Promotional circular for bullet making devices produced by the Ideal Manufacturing Co, including the Ideal Universal Powder Measure and the Ideal Dipper. Toning, creasing, and soiling, good overall.
San Francisco: James H. Barry, Printer, 1897. First Edition. 7.5 x 5.25", black cloth wrappers lettered in gilt, 92 pp. A very good copy with owner inscription to upper corner of title page, mild staining to covers, rear endpapers, and lower margin of pages, rear cover detached from staples but.....
Chicago: Hull House, 1931. Well illustrated annual for the women's home founded by Jane Addams in 1889, in original wrappers. Very good, soiling and spotting to covers.
London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1918. 12mo, 31pp, green cloth wrappers. Scarce African language hymnal, Not in OCLC. Ownership inscription to front endpaper, toning to pages, minor wear and creasing to covers.
New York: American Tract Society, 1840. 12mo, 468 pp, unusual red morocco binding decorated with gilt. Foxing to pages, ink inscription to front endpaper, rubbing and scuffing to binding.
New York: Carlton & Phillips, 1854. Revised Edition. 3.5 x 2.5", brown leather binding with gilt and morocco spine label, 714, 48 pp. Miniature Methodist hymn book. Spine rolled, tear or chips to margin of a couple leaves, foxing to pages, wear to covers, lacking rear endpaper.