Concord, New Hampshire: Rufus Merrill, circa 1850. Wraps. Chapbook. Approximately 2.5” x 4”. Complete. Cover shows two top-hatted Brazilian hunters with rifles, dogs, and game (bird, monkey, and lizard). Collection of short essays on South America, Mexico, “Exquimaux Indians,” and the United States. No repairs, just a little light wear... More
Reading, Massachusetts: 1769 – 1813. Unbound. Each of these two-page indentures measures approximately 8” x 13”. All were prepared under the authority of “Overseers of the Poor of the Town of Reading,” and all have official rhomboid seals attached. One indenture is dated 1769, one 1770, one 1786, one 1804... More
New York: Mahlon Day, 1833. Wraps. Chapbook. Approximately 2.5” x 4”. Complete. Cover features a cow with a bird on its back. Wood engravings throughout. Short illustrated essays on the horse, the ox, the goat, the cat, the mastiff, the pointer, the spaniel, the hog, the reindeer, the Arabian camel... More
Concord, New Hampshire: John E. Brown. Wraps. Chapbook. Approximately 3.75” x 4.75”. Complete. Cover and title page feature an illustration of a school teacher and students. Wood engravings throughout. An early primer with some interesting illustrated aphorisms, e.g., “Youth forward slips, Death soonest nips,” illustrated by a graveyard picture of... More
Concord, New Hampshire: Rufus Merrill, 1852 on the cover and 1853 on the title page. Wraps. Complete with original buff cover and 24 pages. The title page features an illustration of the ship Essex. Wood engravings throughout. Tiny “VtHi discard” stamp at the bottom margin of the first text page... More
New Haven: S. Babcock, [Undated but 1840]. Wraps. Chapbook. Approximately 1.75” x 2.75”. Complete. Cover features a young boy about to throw a ball. Internal wood engravings of children with hoops (title page), blowing bubbles, playing cricket, walking on stilts, and archery. Old re-sewn spine repair. Light wear and soiling... More
New York: Mahlon Day, 1831. Wraps. Approximately 2.25” x 3.75”. Complete. Cover features shoppers returning home from the market, carrying their purchases. Wood engravings throughout. An informative essay about the streets of old New York and the stalls at the Fulton Fish and Country Markets: butchers “whetting their long knives... More
Philadelphia: C. G. Henderson & Co., 1856. _. Paper Covered Boards. 24mo. Early printing. Complete with 44 pages, alternating illustrations and blanks. Cover has some edgewear. Lightly soiled pages. 24 hand-colored plates (some repeated) including three different North American Indians images, Chillians, Mexicans, Mexican Indians, Haytians, Tupinambas, Botocuodos, Brazilians, Brazilian... More
Chicago: Reilly & Lee, Copyright 1906. Enright, Maginal Wright. _. Pictorial Cover. 12mo. Binding type A with no blurb on rear cover. (The first edition was by Reilly & Britton; any Reilly & Lee publication is a later printing.) 64 pages. 15 full-page color illustrations as well as a color... More
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Company, 1932. Neil, John R. _. Soft Cover. 16mo. Complete set of all four Little Wizard volumes issued as Jell-O premiums. Jell-O advertisements appear on the title page and page [30] of each volume. Jell-O recipes are printed inside the rear covers, and the back... More
Chicago and New York: Geo. M. Hill Co., 1900. Denslow, W. W. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo. First edition, Second (corrected) State, Binding C. Meets all points specified in Bienvenue and Hanff. Collated and complete including all 24 colored plates. Expertly reset in its original binding with light wear and... More
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1952. Szyk, Arthur. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. 4to. Four-volume set (two volumes of text/illustrations plus two volumes of notes), Limited edition, #309 of 1500. 60 multi-color illustrations. Black linen covers with gilt decoration. Housed in two black slipcases. Includes the original advertisement and newsletter. Sound... More
New Market, Virginia: Salomon Henkel's Druckerey, 1819. Boards. Second edition. 36 pages. 3.5” x 5.5”. Woodcut title page vignette and other woodcut illustrations throughout. Original cloth-backed, paper-covered boards decorated with woodcuts including a large example of the famous Henkel rooster on the rear cover. An exceptionally nice example. This scarce... More
Carte De Visite. Blank reverse. An uncommon youthful portrait of the famous American author best known for his short stories, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle." More
New York: Century, Circa 1918. Cox, Palmer. Hard Cover. 4to. Mrs. L. Palmer Cox's address label is inside the front cover. Complete. Sound binding. Clean pages. Light cover wear. Dust jacket has some minor edge wear, heaviest at spine ends. Number 5 in the Brownies series. Eleven Brownies titles in... More
Hartford, Connecticut: Hale & Hosme, 1814. Wraps. Chapbook. Approximately 2.75” x 4”. Complete, but for its front cover. Woodcuts throughout. A wonderful moralistic tale in which young “mischievous” Frank nearly kills his father with a stolen explosive charge while trying to scare farmers heading home for supper. Old re-sewn spine... More
New York: Dodd, Mead, and Company, 1907. Wylie, Charles (photographer). First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Oblong 8vo. Wonderful early Teddy Bear book illustrated with photographs and featuring two Steiff stuffed bears. Includes photos of tin houses, toy soldiers, a soft monkey, and lots of dolls. Full-page photographs alternate with text pages... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1948. Gramatky, Hardie. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo. Complete. First edition with $2.25 on dust jacket. Inscribed by Gramatky on the title page, "For my very fine friends / -The Kollikers / with all good / wishes / Hardie Gramatky / 1948". Sound binding... More
Chicago: Scott Foresman, Copyright 1960. Johnson, Gordon. Posters. Complete set of 12 giant (18" x 21") Dick, Jane, and Sally poster cards for classroom display. Includes the original shipping sleeve. Generally clean with occasional light soiling and finger smudges. Minor wear. Two of the cards have edge tears; one extends... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1881. Church, Frederick S. and James H. Moser. First Edition, 1st State. Hard Cover. 12mo. Meets all BAL 7100 first state points. 232 pages. 8 pp. advertisements. Frontispiece and 7 plates inserted; other illustrations in text. Last line of p. 9 shows the word... More
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1939. Hogan, Inez. First Edition, 1st Printing. Hard Cover. 12mo. Complete with dust jacket. Sound binding with intact hinges. Clean pages. Cover has light wear and soiling; a split along the spine is just starting. Minor wear to most of the dust jacket, but missing about... More
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1946. First Edition. Paper Covered Boards. Oblong 16vo. Very nice movable book requiring the reader to catch loose dogs and put them in the correct beds. All six dogs (poodle, collie, terrier, scottie, spaniel, and dachshund) and dog beds are present. Both fire department... More
Allahabad, India: A. H. Wheeler & Company, 1889. First Published Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo. All published as part of the Indian Railway Library and bound together in a buckram binding with original wrappers and advertisements. City of Dreadful Night (1891) is the first published edition with "Printed at the 'Pioneer'... More
Oldenburg, Germany: Verlag Gerhard Stalling, 1930. Wenz-Vietor, Else. First Edition. Hard Cover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Complete. Text in German (Sutterlin typeface). Striking color illustrations throughout; seven of them are full-page. Sound binding; front hinge starting to crack. No names or other writing. Clean pages with a.... More
New York and London: E.P Dutton & Co. and Longmans, Green and Co., [1884]. Doyle, Richard. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. 8vo. Complete with 56 pages and all 25 color illustrations (two are double-page) and 31 sepia illustrations. Illustrated endpapers. Sound binding; neatly mended front hinge, rear hinge just starting to... More
