Des Moines: 1870-72. 1. Report of the Census Board on Plans for a New Capitol Building. Executive Office, Des Moines, February 1, 1870. 4 pp. 2. Report of the Committee on Building Stone to the Board of Capitol Commissioners of the State of Iowa, January 11th, 1871. Embracing the..... More
Venezia: Presso Carlo Palese, 1781. 8vo. 200 x 130 mm., [7 ¾ x 5 inches]. [10], [1], 266 pp. Title-page woodcut vignette. Contemporary marbled boards with old paper spine repair; edges of binding rubbed and a bit worn; sound copy. First edition. Includes a fourteen stanza poem entitled “Lettera..... More
London: Printed for W. Faden, 1771. 8vo. 200 x 125 mm., [8 x 5 inches. [2], iv, [2], 58 pp., plus [2] ads. Stitched as issued; wanting front blue paper wrapper, tide marks on title-page and lower wrapper, with some discoloration to the leaves. Otherwise a good, sound copy... More
Boston: Printed by Benjamin Edes and Sons, 1780. Small 4to. 185 x 120 mm., [7 ¼ x 4 ½ inches]. 35 pp., including half-title. Old library pamphlet binder. Marked “Withdrawn Bowdoin College Library” pencil mark “Dup” on paper label. First edition. The American Academy of Arts and Sciences was..... More
New York: Wynkoop and Hallenbeck, 1873. 8vo. 165 x 120 mm., [6 12 x 4 ¾ inches]. 49 pp. Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven plates. Bound in green publisher’s cloth, title in gilt on upper board, paper label on spine with title in ink. Very good copy, with a...... More
Hartford: Printed for Hudson and Co., and Cooke and Hale, 1818. 8vo. 220 x 135 mm., [8 ½ x 5 ¼ inches]. viii, [3]-424 pp. Illustrated with eight full-page plates. Contemporary tree calf, red leather label; binding lightly rubbed, but in excellent condition. First American edition published immediately after..... More
New York: Orange Judd & Company, 1867. 8vo. 190 x 120 mm., [7 ½ x 5 inches]. 276 pp., plus 12 pp. ads. Illustrated with over one-hundred woodcuts. Green publisher’s cloth, gilt image of a stem of berries on upper board, title gilt in copper ink on spine. Near Fine..... More
Brattleboro, Vt. Hall & Holmes Proprietors of the Patent, 1853. Folio. 345 x 269 mm., [13 ¾ x 10 ¼ inches]. 4 pp. Text within decorative typographical border. Folded. Very good condition. Advertising sheet touting the benefits of a newly patented butter and cream churn, designed by Orsamus R...... More
Manchester, New Hampshire: 1849. Broadside. 8vo. 215 x 175 mm., [8 ½ x 7 inches]. Text enclosed within a decorative typographical border. Folded with previous repairs to folds, small hole at center fold. Dated December 5, 1849 and signed Mary Bennet. The broadside records the rules which every..... More
Philadelphia: Crissy & Markley, Printers, 1849. 12mo. 160 x 100 mm., [6 ¼ x 4 inches]. 144 pp. Bound in contemporary sheep, rubbed, simple leather repair to lower quarter of the spine; lightly foxed. Originally published in 1842, Pedder’s book went through numerous editions well into the 1860’s. It..... More
Germantown, Pa. P. R. Freas & Co., Printers, 1832. 12mo. 160 x 120 mm., [6 ¼ x 4 inches]. 120 pp. Contemporary red leather backed marbled paper boards, leather tips; spine faded brown and rubbed, light foxing throughout, but a sound and attractive copy. Lloyd’s farming manual is filled..... More
New York: Carlton Renard, [1891]. 8vo. 175 x 130 mm., [7 x 5 ½ inches]. [2], 43 leaves. Illustrated with 18 original illustrations on card stock by Horace W. Wightman. Original decorated stiff boards, text sewn with decorative cord; upper wrapper chipped at lower corner and at spine, wrapper stock..... More
Eu Clair, Wis. Free Press, Print, 1875. 8vo. 220 x 145 mm., [8 ½ x 5 ¾ inches]. 207, plus 4 pp. ads. Terra-cotta colored publisher’s cloth, title in gilt on upper board; minor wear to tips and head of spine. Bookplate of Frank and Ella Crover. First edition..... More
New York: Haper & Brothers Publishers, 1895. 8vo. 230 x 185 mm., [9 x 6 ¼ inches]. 8 [2], 269, [2] pp. Original light brown publisher’s cloth, decored with design of a Native American being chased by a Calvary Soldier, decorated spine; binding bumped in lower edge of front board..... More
Chicago: Laird & See, 1906. 8vo. 190 x 130 mm., [7 1/4 x 5 inches]. 186 pp. Illustrated throughout with half-tone photo reproductions. Original decorated printed wrappers; edges and spine of wrappers chipped, but sound and not an unattractive copy. Profusely illustrated with characteristic pictures of the horrible..... More
G. S[alt]. L[ake]. City, U. T. Published by Authority, 1852, 1852. 8vo. 190 x 125 mm., (7 ½ x 5 inches). 48 pp. Pamphlet removed from binding. First edition printed in 1000 copies. Rare surviving Salt Lake City imprint containing the Constitution of the United States and the text..... More
Concord, N. H. Morrill, Silsby, & Co., 1841. 125 x 75 mm. (5 x 3 inches). 48 pp. Contemporary blue paper wraps. Advertisement on verso for printing and bookbinding. Toned and edge-worn. Front cover loose, but still attached. There appears on the front flyleaf the following inscription in pencil, “This..... More
New York: Mahlon Day, 1833. Chapbook. 110 x 65 mm. (4 1/4 x 2 1/2 inches). 16 pp. Paper wrappers with a list of books for sale by M. Day on the back. Illustrated with 15 woodcuts and short descriptions of domesticated animals such as the horse, the cow, and..... More
New York: Phinney, Blakeman & Mason, [1859?]. 8vo. 190 x 130 mm. (7 1/2 x 5 inches). 356 pp. Striking frontispiece engraving of a female child, her face in sharp focus with looser detail moving away from the focal point. Contemporary blind-stamped cloth binding. Toned. Corners rubbed and frayed. Some..... More
Galveston, Texas: Geo. Mason Jr. Editor and Publisher, August 26, 1894. (Baseball). The Sunday Herald, Volume 1, No 11 . . . Base Ball News on the Last Page. . . Galveston, Texas: Geo. Mason Jr., Editor and Publisher, August 26, 1894. Small 4to. 215 x 145 mm., (81/2 x...... More
Janesville, Wis. Wm. M. Doty and Brothers, Printers, 1856. 8vo. 220 x 150 mm., (8 ¾ x 5 ¾ inches). [xii], 350 pp. Illustrated with four full-page woodcuts and one advertisement, all printed on colored paper stock. Publisher’s brown cloth, gilt title and symbol of plow and wheat on spine..... More
Clinton, (Ohio): Smith & McArdle at the, 1815. 2 volumes in one. 12 mo. 180 x 105 mm., (7 x 4 inches). 170pp., 38 pp. Contemporary sheep, joints cracked and rubbed, text block brown, end leaves showing tide marks. With faults a sound and not unattractive copy. Third edition..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1860. Second Edition. 12mo. 195 x 120 mm. (7 1/2 x 4 3/4 inches). iv, 214 pp. Illustrated with 12 plates. Bound in publisher's brown cloth, blind-stamped with gilt title on spine. Corners rubbed with some fraying to head and foot of spine. Spine..... More
Bennington (VT): Printed by J. I. C. & A. S. C. Cook, 1843. 8vo. 180 x 10 mm., (7 x 4 1/4 inches). 304 pp. Full contemporary calf, a bit rubbed at spine but sound and attractive; some light foxing throughout. Ownership stamp of A. Robertson on front fly leaf..... More
Philadelphia: J. Maxwell, Printer, 1825. 11. Swaim, William. A Treatise on Swaim's Panacea: Being a Recent Discovery for the Cure of Scrofula or King's Evil, Mercurial Disease, Deep-Seated Syphilis, Rheumatism, and All Disorders Arising from a Contaminated and impure state of the Blood; with Cases Illustrating its Success. Philadelphia: J...... More
