New York: A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book / Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, 1983. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. 199 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with "$12.95" price present. Red-orange and black boards with silver stamping to spine. Dust jacket lightly worn along edges with a few minor nicks and..... More
Boston in New-England: Printed for S. Gerrish at the lower end of Cornhil, 1727. First Edition. Small octavo (17.5cm.); separated; [4],v [but iv],39,[1]pp. (A-F4, collated complete with half title); title page printed within thick black rule. Faint dampstaining to textblock, else a Very Good, sound copy. Begins with a...... More
Boston: Printed and sold by Kneeland and Green, in Queenstreet, 1737. First Edition. Small octavo (18cm.); removed, remnants of old sheep along spine edge; [4],51,[1]pp. ([A] - G4, collated complete with half title); woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces. Erratum at end of p. 46. Minor soil and foxing to extremities..... More
Boston: Re printed by Rogers and Fowle, for J. Edwards in Cornhill, 1746. First American Edition. Small octavo (14.5cm.); removed, remnants of old sheep to spine; xviii,[19]-176pp. (A-L8); decorative head- and tail-pieces. Extremities rather toned, front free endpaper present but rather chipped and brittle, occasional soiling throughout textblock, else a...... More
![Item #25763 Kaddish and Other Poems 1958-1960 [Black Inside Covers]. Allen Ginsberg](/pictures/thumb/25763.jpg?v=1677088804)
San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1961. Apparent (per Dowden) intermediary between the Fifth and Sixth Printings, with black inside covers (instead of the usual white), seven-line publisher's statement on back, and no printer's statement. 16mo (6.25" x 4.75") 100pp. Printed black and white wraps with $1.50 price on back. Covers..... More
Pittsburgh, PA: Duquesne University Press, 1982. First Thus. Octavo. 106 pp. Beige boards stamped in black. No dust jacket. Spine ends lightly nudged, else sturdy and square. Ownership inscription to front free endpaper, pages otherwise unmarked. More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1986. Third Printing. Signed by Robert Parker without inscription at front free endpaper. Octavo. 261 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. White and black boards stamped in silver. Dust jacket worn with a few chips and creased along edges. Boards show light shelfwear. Binding..... More
Albany: Published & Sold by Daniel Steele, Sign of the Bible, Court-Street / E. & E. Hosford - Printers, 1812. "An Improved Edition." 12mo; full contemporary calf, tan gilt-lettered spine label; 252pp. Some scuffing to leather extremities, bottom inch of front joint cracked but holding, long closed tear to front..... More
Lancaster, MA: Carter, Andrews, and Co., 1828. Fifth Edition [First Lancaster Edition]. 12mo (bound in 9s); publisher's brown cloth over drab boards, unadorned spine; xii,81,[1]pp. Boards a bit soiled and extremities scuffed, cloth starting to split along rear spine edges, 20th century ownership rubberstamp to front pastedown, else a Very..... More
Dublin: Printed by S. Powell, for Edward Exshaw, at the Bible on Cork-hill, over-against the Old-Exchange, 1740. First Dublin Edition. Octavo; full contemporary calf, gilt-lettered spine in six compartments; xxxvi,[2],[41]-352,[6]pp. (A3 B-2X4 [2]Y2 [2]Z2, collated complete despite error in pagination). Minor scuffing to leather extremities with a few tiny chips..... More
Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin, for the Author, 1787. Second Edition. 12mo; full contemporary flame calf, black gilt-lettered spine label; xxi,[22]-258,[6]pp. (A-Y6). Leather a bit dried and scuffed along spine margins, bottom textblock edge speckled, 1802 gift inscription to front free endpaper, else a Very Good copy, internally clean and sound..... More
![Item #25743 Max: The Story of a Little Black Bear [Signed]. Mabelle Halleck St. Clair, Lee Townsend](/pictures/thumb/25743.jpg?v=1677442311)
New York: Harcourt, Brace, and Company, 1931. Presumed First Edition with no additional printings listed. Signed by Mabelle Halleck St. Clair with brief inscription to previous owner at half title. Octavo. 133 pp. Black and white illustrations. Illustrated dust jacket with "$2.00" price present. Tan boards stamped in black... More
![Item #25740 Southern Wagon Train 1976: So Your Children Can Show Their Children [wrapper title]....](/pictures/thumb/25740.jpg?v=1677778748)
[N.p.]: [s.i.], 1976. First Edition. Octavo. 32 pp. Black and white photographs throughout. Photo-illustrated wraps. Light wear and spotting to wraps with some creasing and curling to extremities. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Unrecorded photographic record of the Bicentennial Wagon Train Pilgrimage, a "year-long celebration, reversing the..... More
London: The Hogarth Press, 1937. First Edition. 16mo (6.75" x 4.25");150pp. Publisher's blue cloth with black lettering to spine. Missing dust jacket. Boards lightly shelfworn with some scuffs down joints, a couple waterspots to cloth, and general light smudging / soiling to surface. Spine darkened and a bit cocked. Light..... More
New-York: Printed and Sold by Samuel Wood, No. 362, Pearl-Street, 1808. First Edition. Octavo; full contemporary flame calf, gilt-lettered spine; 556pp. Discreet repair to joints, minor scuffing to extremities, contemporary ownership ex libris and inscription of the Salem Library Company to front pastedown, along with 20th century ownership rubberstamp; overall..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1923. First Edition. Octavo. 180 pp. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Illustrated dust jacket. with "$3.00" price present. Maroon cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Dust jacket chipped along edges, rubbed and scuffed, and damp-staining along bottom edge. Boards worn with..... More
Newport Printed / New-York: Re-printed for M. Smith and C. Davis, by William Durell, No. 19, Queen-Street, 1791. 12mo; publisher's calf over blue paper-covered boards; vii,[8]-218pp. ([A]-I4 K-T6 V10 X4). Boards a bit scuffed with tiny chips at spine crown, paper toned from exposure to leather, archival repair to front..... More
Hartford: Printed for Samuel G. Goodrich, by Lincoln & Stone, 1820. First Collected Edition. Two volumes in one; octavo; full contemporary calf, red gilt spine label; 177; 235pp.; engraved portrait frontispiece at head of Vol. I, added title pages to both volumes, four leaves of plates. Textblock rather soiled throughout..... More
![Item #25731 Alcuin: A dialogue [Limited Edition]. Charles Brockden Brown, LeRoy Elwood Kimball,...](/pictures/thumb/25731.jpg?v=1677778060)
New Haven: Carl & Margaret Rollins, 1935. First Thus, Limited to 250 copies. 12mo; publisher's pale blue-green printed card wrappers in original flexible cloth chemise and matching slipcase; xxi,[3],77pp.; portrait frontispiece and one additional plate. Rather lengthy 1958 gift inscription to half title page, later ownership rubberstamp inside upper cover..... More
Boston: Manning and Loring, 1808. 12mo; publisher's midnight blue paper-covered boards, black titling to upper cover printed within decorative rule, sadly rebacked with recent cloth tape; ix,[10]-131,[1]pp. Boards quite scuffed and black titling almost completely obscured by the dark blue of the paper, title page nearly separated, rather extensive underlining..... More
Brookfield, MA: E. & G. Merriam, 1828. 24mo; full contemporary gilt-tooled calf; xxvii,[28]-192pp. Light scuffing to leather extremities, tiny chip mid-spine, 20th century ownership rubberstamp to front pastedown, else a Very Good copy in an attractive American binding. Scarce American edition of the English Nonconformist minister's tract first published..... More
Sandisfield [but Hartford?]: Printed for, and Sold by Lieut. John Stilman, of Sandisfield, [1766]. First Edition. Octavo; 20th-century three-quarter dark green morocco over marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine; 24pp. ([A]4 B2 C4 D2); typographically decorative head- and tail-pieces. Leaves rather soiled, archivally-repaired shallow chips and losses to extremities (never touching text)..... More
W. Hanover, MA: The Christopher Publishing House, 1981. First Edition. Octavo. 281 pp. Black and white photographs. Photo-illustrated dust jacket. Beige boards stamped in gilt. Map endpapers. Publisher's promotional letter laid in at rear. Unclipped dust jacket faded at spine with chipping and wear to edges. Spine ends of..... More
Hartford: Silas Andrus, 1827. Later Edition. 12mo; publisher's calf over wooden boards, gilt-lettered spine; 136pp.; woodcut frontispiece. Binding quite worn and, assuming boards were once paper-covered, the paper has since entirely perished; shallow loss along top edge of both covers, textblock a bit soiled and worn from handling, lacking rear..... More
New-London, (Con): Printed 1710 / Bridgeport: Reprinted by Lockwood & Backus, 1810. Small 12mo; full contemporary flame calf, black gilt spine label; xii,[13]-144pp. Minor scuffing to leather extremities, tiny loss at spine foot, textblock a bit foxed and toned, else a Very Good, quite attractive copy. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 19834. More