AN INTELLECTUAL ARITHMETIC UPON THE INDUCTIVE METHOD, WITH AN INTRODUCTION TO WRITTEN ARITHMETIC.
Boston: Thompson, Brown & Company, 1874. 176 pages. 6 3/4 x 4 1/4 inches. Cloth backed pictorial boards; spine chipped at head. More
19th c. American Imprints
![A SERMON PREACHED AT NORFOLK, CONNECTICUT, [JUNE] 18, 1816. THE FIRST SABBATH AFTER HIS ORDINATION. Ralph Emerson.](/pictures/thumb/2333.jpg?v=1543347802)
A SERMON PREACHED AT NORFOLK, CONNECTICUT, [JUNE] 18, 1816. THE FIRST SABBATH AFTER HIS ORDINATION.
Hartford: George Goodwin and Sons, 1817. 31 pages. Octavo, 9 x 6 inches. Self wrappers, sewn, with title on cover. With ink notations and the signature of "Colo. Jonathan Pettibone, Limsbury." Second edition, originally published the previous year. The word May on the title is inked out and corrected to... More
SPEECH OF THE HON. JAMES EMOTT, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE U. STATES, FEBRUARY 6, 1811, IN RELATION TO THE NON-INTERCOURSE.
(Washington: 1811). 37 pages. Octavo, self wrappers; uncut and unopened. Commercial restrictions were an early weapon in American Foreign policy. During the first decade of the nineteenth century there were four bills restricting trade with European powers. Here, James Emott, Federalist congressman from New York, argues that the present laws... More
DRAUGHTSMAN'S ALPHABETS. A SERIES OF PLAIN AND ORNAMENTAL ALPHABETS DESIGNED ESPECIALLY FOR ENGINEERS, ARCHITECTS, DRAUGHTSMEN, ENGRAVERS, PAINTERS, ETC.
New York: Keufell & Esser, 1877. Title page + 31 plates of various alphabets, printed on recto only .7 x 10 1/2 inches. Red cloth with gilt printing. Some light staining on cover. Third edition of this successful Alphabet book. Signed on the free endpaper, "J. Clarence Ogden, Clifton Hights, Del. Co." More
A CONCISE ACCOUNT OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS, COMMONLY CALLED QUAKERS.
Philadelphia: Friends' Book Store, 1856. 136 pages. 12mo, brown publishers cloth; minor staining. First edition. By the noted exponent of the orthodox branch of the Society of Friends. See DAB. SABIN 23188. More
AN EXPOSITION OF THE FAITH OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS, COMMONLY CALLED QUAKERS... SELECTED FROM TEHIR EARLY WRITINGS.
Philadelphia: Kimber & Sharpless, 1828. 342 pages. 9 1/4 x 5 3/4 inches. Original cloth backed boards; wear to binding at spine and front hinge; minor foxing. Early inscriptions on free endpapers. First edition. In 1827, within the Society of Friends, a major schism occurred, reating the two bodies called... More
EULOGY ON LAFAYETTE. DELIVERED IN FANEUIL HALL, AT THE REQUEST OF THE YOUNG MEN OF BOSTON, SEPTEMBER 6, 1834.
Boston: Nathan Hale, 1934. 104 pages. 10 x 6 inches. Uncut. Original printed wrappers; chipping on spine. Second edition, as noted on the wrapper. An attractive copy. More
PLACES THAT OUR LORD LOVED.
Boston: L. Prang & Co., 1891. Illustrated in chromolithograph from watercolor sketches and pen drawings by F. Schuyler Mathews. Oblong octavo (7 1/4 x 10 inches). Cream pebbled boards with large chromolithograph paper paste-down. A beautiful copy of a lovely Prang book. F. Schuyler Mathew (1854 - 1938) was a.... More
THE BUNTING BALL: A GRAECO-AMERICAN PLAY.
New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1885. 154 pages + book ads. Illustrated from drawings by C. D. Weldon. Octavo, 8 x 6 inches; gilt-pictorial brown cloth; light rubbing. With the bookplate of Horace White. Includes the tipped-in pink slip offering $1,000 for the first person to guess the name of... More
THE AMATEUR'S MANUAL; OR, SPECIFIC MATING OF THOROUGH-BRED FOWLS.
Boston: Boston Photo-Electrotype Co., 1877. 110 pages + 16 pages of poultry advertisements. Frontispiece wood-engraved portrait of the author. Twelvemo, 7 x 4 1/2 inches. Green cloth backed printed boards; covers well rubbed but sound. The author's first book. Isaac Kimbal Felch (1834 - 1918) was an early American poultry... More
THE CUSTOMS OF NEW ENGLAND.
Boston: Press of T.R. Marvin, 1853. 208 pages. 8vo, half-calf; rubbed. Ex-library, with only a small hand-stamp on title and first leaf, plus a paper number on spine. First edition. The first section describes furniture and household accessories in colonial New England. The second lists fashions of dress. A useful... More
BANNER OF BEAUTY [REVISED].
Cincinnati: Fillmore Bros. 1889. 192 pages. Oblong 8vo, (6 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches); cloth backed printed green boards. A nice clean copy. "A Book of Rudiments, Exercises and Graded Music for Singing Schools, Musical Conventions and Concerts." More
OUTLINE OF PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY.
New York: Ivison & Phinney, 1860. 225 pages + ads. Illustrated with wood-engravings + six double-page hand-colored maps. Octavo, 8 x 5 inches; brown cloth with binding wear at head and foot of spine. With the stencil bookmark of E. C. Silliman, a Civil War soldier from Illinois. Tenth large... More
PROCEEDINGS ON THE DEATH OF HON. SOLOMON FOOT, INCLUDING THE ADDRESSES DELIVERED IN THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Washington: government Printing Office, 1866. 120 pages. 8vo, flexible black cloth. Starting in 1843 Foot represented Vermont in the House and than in the Senate, till his death in 1866. He was chairman of important committees and was president pro tempe of the senate during part of the 36th and... More
THE ILLUSTRATED SELF-INSTRUCTOR IN PHRENOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY, WITH ONE HUNDRED ENGRAVINGS AND A CHART OF THE CHARACTER...
New York: Fowler and Wells, 1857. 134 pages + book ads. 7 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches. Publishers embossed black cloth with gilt lettering; wear to binding, head of spine chipped. A popular phrenology study, this copy was owned by Thomas H. Williams of Portsmouth, Virginia, whose chart is filled... More
HOW TO READ CHARACTER: A NEW ILLUSTRATED HAND-BOOK OF PHRENOLOGY AND PHYSIOGNOMY.
New York: Fowler & Wells Co., 1896. 191 pages. Illustrated from wood-engravings. 7 1/2 x 5 inches. Brick red pictorial cloth; head of spine chipped. A later printing of Dr. Fowler's classic. More
THE PSALMIST: A NEW COLLECTION OF HYMNS FOR THE USE OF BAPTIST CHURCHES. WITH A SUPPLEMENT.
Boston: Gould and Lincoln, (1847). 752 pages. Thick sixteenmo, 4 3/4 x 2 3/4 inches. Full black calf with gilt panels; all edges gilt, spine starting. An attractive copy, containing the words for 1180 Hymns plus supplemental material. More
A PRACTICAL SYSTEM OF BOOK-KEEPING BY SINGLE AND DOUBLE ENTRY... ADAPTED FOR THE USE OF THE FARMER, MECHANIC, MERCHANT, AND PROFESSIONAL MAN.
New York: A. S. Barnes & Co., 1855. 296 pages + book advertisements. Cloth backed publishers cloth; gilt spine; half-inch hole on spine. Seventh edition, originally published in 1848. Bentley. Bibliography of Works on Accounting by American Authors. Vol. 1., page 33. More
SCRIPTURE BIOGRAPHY FOR THE YOUNG, WITH CRITICAL ILLUSTRATIONS AND PRACTICAL REMARKS. ADAM TO JACOB.
New York: American Tract Society, 1838. 200 pages. With six finely executed wood engraved plates. 6 x 4 inches. brown leather backed boards; wear to spine. With an 1849 inscription on the flyleaf. An early work by Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, the father of education for the deaf. More
AN ADDRESS ON FEMALE EDUCATION, DELIVERED, NOV. 21ST, 1827, AT THE OPENING OF THE EDIFICE ERECTED FOR THE ACCOMMODATION OF THE HARTFORD FEMALE SEMINARY.
Hartford: H & F. J. Huntington, 1828. 34 pages. Octavo, 8 1/4 x 5 inches. Extracted. First edition. Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet (1787 - 1851) was an early advocate of education for the deaf. His work was not confined the the education of the deaf and as stated in the D.A.B.... More
GARFIELD ALBUM.
circa 1885. Folding litho-tint album with twelve panes showing scenes from President Garfield's life, including the room where he was shot, his room in the White House and the Francklyn Cottage in Elberon, N.J. were he died. A fresh, bright copy. More
GEMS FROM THE CORAL ISLANDS, OR INCIDENTS OF CONTRAST BETWEEN SAVAGE CHRISTIAN LIFE OF THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDERS... EASTERN POLYNESIA.
Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, c. 1856. 285 pages. Illustrated from wood-engravings. 7 1/2 x 5 inches. Brown embossed cloth with pictorial gilt title; ex-library with remnants of spine label, remounts of library rules mounted inside cover and a hand stamp on title. A tight, attractive copy aside from the markings. More
PEN AND INK SKETCHES OF YALE NOTABLES.
St. Louis: Soule, Thomas and Winsor, 1872. Title + 12 lithographed plates. 12 x 9 1/2 inches. Green pictorial cloth and cloth spine; cover's chipped; loose in case. First edition of these biting caricatures. Accompanied by a 1977 reprint, buy Sam'l and Carrie Arnold, published in 1977, identifying the individuals in the plates. More
A HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
Hartford: H. F. Sumner & Co., 1834. 540 pages. With 48 small wood engravings. Contemporary calf; spine gilt; rubbed. More
THE FAMILY TOURIST: OR A VISIT TO THE PRINCIPAL CITIES OF THE WESTERN CONTINENT... WITH SKETCHES OF EVENTS, CONNECTED WITH THEIR MILITARY HISTORY.
Hartford: Philemon Canfield, 1839. 552 pages. With 18 woodcut plates, many being city views. 7 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches. Contemporary calf with gilt decorated spine; lightly rubbed with some light foxing. First edition. Goodrich was a Congregational clergyman, brother of Samuel Griswold Goodrich ( 'Peter Parley' ), and author... More