Philadelphia: Henry Perkins, 1836. First Edition. Octavo; 20th-century library cloth, gilt-lettered spine; 222pp.; engraved frontispiece. Ex-Mercantile Library of Philadelphia with their rubberstamps throughout textblock, later ownership rubberstamp to front pastedown, textblock rather toned, frontispiece especially so. A Good copy overall in sturdy binding. Posthumously-published collection of essays and..... More
Cleveland, OH: [Sam. Briggs / Short & Forman], 1891. Octavo; publisher's green cloth, printed paper spine label; 490pp.; frontispiece, five leaves of plates including folding facsimile and map, text illus. throughout. Light scuffing to cloth extremities, spine label rather toned and dust-soiled, front hinge cracked but holding, textblock uniformly toned..... More
New Brunswick: Rutgers Press / Terhune & Letson Printers, 1830. First Edition. Octavo; removed self-wrappers; 34pp. Foxed but in stable, Very Good condition. Address by William Wirt (lawyer, orator, and presidential candidate) addressing to two Rutgers student societies on education. SABIN 104869; AMERICAN IMPRINTS 5513. More
Manchester: George Simms, 1853. First Edition. Octavo; removed; 16pp. Light wear and toning, otherwise in clean, stable condition, Very Good. Pamphlet on the need for education reform and advocating for the development of a national education system in 19th century Britain. More
London: F. and C. Rivington, 1804. First Edition. Octavo; removed; 48pp. Light wear and foxing, otherwise in sound and Very Good condition. Correspondences between John Bowles and a Mr. Adam expounding Bowles' fierce disapproval of the late Duke of Bedford (mainly for not displaying model Christian observance to Bowles'..... More