Roseboom, Jane.
Poems on Various Subjects.
Hillsdale, Mich.: Published by the Author, 1871
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Hillsdale, Mich.: Published by the Author, 1871. Second edition; the first appeared in 1869. Front free endpaper excised. Light foxing throughout, cloth a bit bumped and rubbed; a very good copy. 8vo (8 x 5.5 inches), original green cloth, gilt lettering, 216 pages. This edition printed in Lansing by W. S. George & Co. Generally verses of piety and sentiment, with several on rural life and a few in general terms on the Civil War. Cf. Davis & Joyce 4662.
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The Wanderer: A Tale of Life’s Vicissitudes.
[Maitland, James Alexander]. New York, (1856) New York: E. D. Long, Successor to H. Long and Brother, 121 Nassau-Street, (1856). First edition. Spine faded to tan, some light rubbing and bumping; a little foxed and stained; a good to very good copy. 8vo (7.63 x 5.25 inches), original blind-stamped brown-lilac cloth, gilt pictorial spine, 377, [7] pages. Title page woodcut vignette. "He resolved to satisfy himself, and walking into the store, asked for a copy of Irving's Knickerbocker. 'I have not got it in store, sir,' replied a grey-headed spectacled old gentleman, who was seated at a desk on the farther end of the store, and who came forward as he spoke. 'You will find it at Mr. Irving's publisher, Mr. Putnam.' . . . Seeing that the old gentleman was inclined to be chatty, Gerald, after having purchased and paid for a couple of volumes, continued in the conversation, by asking the bookseller if he had been long in the business. 'More than thirty-five years,' he replied. 'I am getting very old now, and merely remain in business, for the sake of amusement. I sell but little and publish nothing at all. Young houses have sprung up into collossal [sic] magnitude, that were unheard of when I commenced business. There is the Harpersí establishment, twenty years ago it did not existónow, more books are published by that firm, than are published by any other house in America, and few in Europe exceed them in the number and variety of their publications. If they go on thus much longer, they will be the greatest publishers in the world. I could name many others. It is a sad state of things, sir, a sad state of things.' " One of several American urban novels from the 1850s by the English sailor turned American journalist Maitland, this seemingly something of a David Copperfield-inflected bildungsroman of the son of an idealistic English emigre newspaper editor who makes his fortune in London in the Indian trade and comes back to contemporary Manhattan, where he observes plenty of street life and colorful characters. (The appearance of Amos Biggin -- former publisher of The Trumpeter of Freedom newspaper -- at the Office of the Gift Penwiper Society in the Bowery is of a piece with much of the novel.) With attractive illustrated publisher's ads in the rear. Wright II, 1662.- $50
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Spermatorrhoea: Its Causes, Symptoms, Results, and Treatment.
Bartholow, Roberts. New York:, 1870. New York: William Wood & Co., 1870. Third edition, substantially revised. Spine and portions of the boards slightly sunned, some light bumping at the head and foot of the spine; the slightest hint of cracking to the coated paper along the front hinge, but quite sound; in very good condition. 12mo (7.5 x 5 inches), original purple cloth, gilt lettering, 120 pages, title stamped in gilt on the upper board but no notice of the edition. No evidence of a frontispiece. No copyright notice on the verso of the title page. "The vice of masturbation is undoubtedly the chief cause. The growth of the sexual apparatus at the period of puberty is accompanied by abundant secretion of the seminal fluid, which accumulates in the reservoirs. The sexual instinct, then fully developed, exerts a powerful influence over the mind, whilst the reason is not in a sufficiently matured state to correct the mirages of the imagination. An accidental friction of the erect organ in these moments of delirium makes the unfortunate youth acquainted with a new and voluptuous sensation. Ignorant of the dreadful consequences which must ensure from the repeated perpetration of this act, the youth perseveres in his secret pleasures until arrested by realizing some of the sad effects upon the mind and body which follow." First published in 1866 and here substantially revised (this copy includes a "Preface to the Third Edition," which notes, "the material has been rearranged, and in large part rewritten"), a serious medical work on the psychosomatic perils of seminal loss, on a sound medical basis, from the physician and surgeon known for his pioneering work in cortical stimulation. Bartholow suggests the malady has suffered from polite neglect, pushing sufferers into "the hands of advertising specialists, who excite the worst apprehensions for a mercenary purpose," and further notes in the preface to this edition, "I am, indeed, more than ever confirmed in the view that it is a neurosis, and that the treatment, to be successful, must be founded on this pathological basis." With related case studies on impotence, the risks of insanity, treatments, etc.- $125
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The Great Mogul. A Novel [bound with, as issued:] A Thorn in Heart. By Bertha M. Clay [pseud].
Myers, P. [Peter] Hamilton and an anonymous house author with Street & Smith. New York, 1878 New York: Street & Smith, Publishers, 1878. First edition. Somewhat soiled and a trifle shaken; a very good copy of a cheaply produced book. 12mo (7.13 x 5 inches), original lavender cloth stamped in black, 100, [6] pages. Illus. The first eight chapters only of each of these novels, and the closest the Great Mogul ever came to being published in book form, this version issued to promote the serialization of the two stories by Street & Smith in their New York Weekly. (The Bertha M. Clay pseudonym was used by Street & Smith as a house author for romances.) These chapters of the Myers novel were also issued by Street & Smith together with excerpts from May Agnes Fleming's Carried by Storm, which was published in its entirety in 1880. See the note to Wright III, 1900. With ads for various Street & Smith publications.- $50
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Our New West. Records of Travel between the Mississippi River and the Pacific Ocean . . . including a full description of the Pacific Railroad; and of the Life of the Mormons, Indians, and Chinese.
Bowles, Samuel. Hartford, Connecticut, 1869 Hartford, Conn.: Published by Subscription Only, Hartford Publishing Co., 1869. First edition. Light damp-stain to the lower corners of the leaves in the latter quarter of the book, some light soiling; in very good condition. 8vo (9 x 6 inches), recent half leather and marbled sides, 524 pages. Frontis, 13 plates (including a map). An account of travel in the West subsequent to the opening of the Transcontinental Railroad from the editor of the Springfield Republican, an expanded follow-up to his 1865 Across the Continent. Flake-Draper 768: "Devotes several chapters to Mormonism." Nice early ink stencil on a front blank for C. Parsons, a Saline, Mich., dry goods and clothing store.- $50
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Edwards’s Great West and her Commercial Metropolis, Embracing a General View of the West, and a Complete History of St. Louis, from the Landing of Ligueste, in 1764, to the Present Time . . .
Edwards, Richard and M. Hopewell, M. D. St. Louis, (1860) St. Louis: Published at the Office of "Edwards's Monthly," a Journal of Progress, (1860). First edition. Cloth somewhat rubbed, a few plates just a trifle shaken; a very good copy.. Large 8vo (9.5 x 6.25 inches), original blind-stamped gilt pictorial blue cloth, [49]-604, [32] pages, a.e.g. Frontispiece, plates, illustrations in the text. Midland Notes 82: "Recounts the activities of the fur-trader, Joseph Philbert (p 298 to 302), and the important Ashley-O'Fallon letters (p 333-336)," the latter of which concern the Arikara war. An extensive and interesting subscription doorstop history of St. Louis, with much information on early settlers and events. Howes E-69; Sabin 21987. This copy with the Gleason Library bookplate on the front pastedown and the characteristic small ink accession number on the verso of the title page, but no other evident library marks. With the publisher's presentation inscription to a Miss Annie Deved of Phillips Port, N. Y. on the form on the verso of the frontispiece, signed in ink by Edwards and dated Oct. 1, 64.- $125
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English Colloquial Phrases, Alphabetically Arranged, with a Free Translation into the German, a Literal Translation of the German into the English, and the Position of the German Words in English . . .
Ertheiler, Moritz. Lancaster [Penna.], 1843 Lancaster [Penna.]: Printed for the Author, 1843. First edition. Old light damp-stain and some scattered light foxing; some nibbling to the lower margin of the first several leaves; calf a bit worn and bumped; a very good copy. 8vo, contemporary tree calf, black morocco label, gilt rules and lettering, x, 198, [1] pages. A Lancaster imprint, and an extensive work meant for those trying to teach themselves German and who are desirous of avoiding tedium. With an extensive series of favorable preliminary reviews from Pennsylvania educators, the whole crowned by the endorsement from Senator James Buchanan--who in an odd moment of candor, admits "I am not sufficiently acquainted with the German language to form a judgment for myself on the merits of your 'Book of Colloquial Phrases,' yet I feel no hesitation in recommending it to public patronage." Front free endpaper excised. American Imprints 43-1746.- $75
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Probesä̈tze der Druckschriften welche in den Jahren 1898-1912 nach Entwürfen von Prof. Georg Schiller geschnitten wurden. Zusammengestellt aus Anlass der Internationalen Ausstellung für Buchgewerbe und Graphik, Leipzig 1914.
Schiller, Georg. Leipzig, 1914 Leipzig: n. p., 1914. First edition. Titling added to the spine in early ink and pencil autograph. Endpapers a bit browned, parchment binding a trifle soiled; in very good condition.. Small 8vo (6.25 x 5 inches), original embossed parchment over boards, [64] pages on laid paper, untrimmed. A presentation copy, inscribed in autograph ink in a fine hand on the dedication page and signed by Schiller.A collection of examples of types designed by Schiller (1858-1937), the sometime imperial punchcutter, commercial type designer, and instructor at the Akademie für das Buchgewerbe in Leipzig, the examples ranging from his blackletters Borussia and Lyrisch, to the 1903 typeface Germania, and his antique typeface Venetia. Includes borders and ornaments.- $125
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A Selection from the Writings of the Late . . .
Lawrence, Jonathan, Jr. New York, 1833 New York: n. p., 1833. First edition. Cloth somewhat sunned, boards a little bumped; cloth frayed at the head of the spine; some light dust-soiling; in good condition. 12mo (8 x 5 inches), original cloth, spine stamped in gilt, [viii], 172 pages. A private publication of short literary pieces (criticism, an account of a dream, imaginary dialogues) and verses, collected for the friends and family of a New York lawyer who died in April, 1833 at the age of 25. Printed by Sleight & Van Norden, who are also noted as copyright holders. American Imprints 19699.- $50
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Conversation in Heaven. A Wisdom Song.
Harris, Thomas Lake. Fountaingrove [California], 1894 Fountaingrove [California]: Privately Printed, 1894. First edition. Joints a bit cracked, some bumping and fraying of the cloth; a bit of foxing and light soil; in good condition. Large 8vo (9.5 x 6.13 inches), original maroon cloth, gilt lettering, 218 pages. Characteristic mystic verses from the Spiritualist who became the charismatic leader of the Fountain Grove communal religious colony near Santa Rose, California. Neat small contemporary card mounted as a book label on the front pastedown.- $100
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Asymmetric Typography.
Tschichold, Jan. [Ruari McLean, translator]. New York and Toronto, (1967) New York: Reinhold Publishing Corporation; Toronto: Cooper & Beatty, (1967). First edition in English. Jacket a little soiled and worn; a fine copy in a very good dust jacket. Original blue cloth (9.5 x 5.88 inches), 94 pages. Frontispiece portrait, illustrations throughout. Original printed white dust jacket. "Around the campfires of typographers Typographische Gestaltung has become the underground book of the century." The first appearance in English of the landmark 1935 book from the German designer, first published in German in Basel, this translation with a brief added prefatory note in English from Tschichold.- $50
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Behind the Scenes: A Story of the Stage. By Verity Victor [pseud].
[Wright, E. M.]. Boston, 1870 Boston: New England News Company, 1870. First edition. Spine and board edges sunned and faded completely to tan; some light soiling and wear; in good condition. 8vo (6.88 x 4.75 inches), original purple cloth, gilt lettering, 284, [4] pages. A romance of a stage acting company. The ingenue is seduced by the wiles of the theatrical manager and discarded to die--ill and forsaken (and presumably uninsured; see below)--in the green room the night of her own benefit. Wright II, 2801: "Pages 281-284 set forth the virtues of insurance." With ads in the rear for the New England Mutual Life Insurance Company and the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company.- $25
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The Old Brewery, and the New Mission House at the Five Points.
Ladies of the Mission. New York, 1854 New York: Stringer & Townsend, 1854. First edition. Spine and board edges sunned and faded; a trifle worn, some light foxing; a very good copy. 12mo (7.38 x 5 inches), original gilt pictorial blind-stamped lilac cloth, gilt lettering, 304 pages. Frontispiece view of the new mission building. Women's mission work in the Five Points neighborhood of Manhattan, with some background on the brutal conditions of life there for the poor. The Old Brewery of the title had long been a notorious tenement and headquarters for gangs (cf. Scorsese); the Methodist mission erected a new building on the site in 1850 and began their work in the area to provide jobs, schooling, and medical care in addition to their preaching. This account, from several women who give only their initials, includes the expected tales of conversion--but also provides some glimpse of the lives of urban poor blacks and Irish immigrants, including a disapproving account of an Irish wake: "I succeeded at last, much to my joy, in breaking up this strange wild scene of frantic wo[!]." With a preliminary leaf of ads, including one for "A Book for Every Protestant." Sabin 57115; Hamilton 1047.- $75
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Printing Old and New.
Taylor, Garnett, Evans & Co. Manchester [etc.], [ca. 1912] Manchester [etc.]: Taylor, Garnett, Evans & Co., Guardian Printing Works, [ca. 1912]. First edition. Boards somewhat darkened, slightly soiled and rubbed; some light foxing and soiling; a good to very good copy. 8vo (9.75 x 6.5 inches), original decorated brown glazed parchment over beveled boards, 70 pages. Mounted plates included in the pagination. A lovely and elaborate promotional work and specimen for the industrial printing firm, views of the plant and equipment, examples of illustration techniques, decorative borders in use, specimens for typefaces and ornaments, amenities for the union workers, etc.- $75
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Selections from the Writings of the Late Thomas Hedges Genin. With a Biographical Sketch. A Memorial Work.
Genin, Thomas Hedges. New York, 1869 New York: Edward O. Jenkins, Printer, 1869. First edition. Light damp-stain along the upper edge of the frontispiece and text block; some general wear and soiling; in good condition. 8vo (9/38 x 6.25 inches), original blind-stamped brown cloth neatly rebacked with the original spine laid down, gilt lettering, [i-ii], [1-4], [3]-615, [1] pages. Lithograph frontis portrait, inserted engraved plate. Midland Notes 96: "He arrived in St Clairsville, Ohio, in 1817, and became closely associated with Benjamin Lundy, in the Union Humane Society; one of the country's first anti-slavery societies; later giving financial support to Lundy's Genuis of Universal Emancipation." The biographical sketch here includes much on Genin's abolitionist efforts. This volume also collects Genin's early poetical work, the Napolead--a blank-verse epic which, in the words of William Cooper Howells (father of the novelist Wm. Dean Howells) was published because Genin "had money enough to spare in printing a book that was never to be sold." (The elder Howells was an apprentice in the St. Clairsville print shop with the original edition of the Napolead was produced.) Lib. Company. Afro-Americana 4065; Sabin 26944. With an ink presentation inscription on the front free endpaper from John N. Genin (son of the subject) on the front free endpaper. An ex-library copy, with the early label of the City of Lowell library (stamped withdrawn) on the front pastedown and their stamps and notations in the prelims, on the verso of the title page, and in the rear, with evidence of a removed circulation pocket and slip in the rear endpapers. Small shelfmark label to the spine.- $75
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Tale of a Physician: or, The Seeds and Fruits of Crime.
Davis, Andrew Jackson. Boston, 1869 Boston: William White & Company, 1869. First edition. Cloth sunned, with boards and spine nearly completely turned tan; some light wear, with fraying at the head and foot of the spine; a little light foxing; in very good condition. 8vo (7.5 x 5.13 inches), original blind-stamped purple cloth, gilt lettering on the spine, 325, [1], 8 pages. "Moreover, finally, and in short: he found that, by this mysterious and immutable law of phreno-electrotyping, so to call it, which is outwrought on the sensitive surfaces of, and by the means of the psycho-dynamical forces at work within the unborn brain, the offspring could, and absolutely does, mentally inherit a predisposition to particular vices and crimes, as easily as to be born with cross-eyes, red-hair, far-sightedness, stammering, deafness and dumbness, cutaneous diseases, scrofula, and consumption." A crime novel from the clairvoyant free-love mesmerist Davis, using the developing tropes of the detective novel to dramatize his Spiritualist-inflected ideas of influence and inheritance. Wright II, 68; Hubin, Crime Fiction, page 108.- $75
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Selections from the Writings of the Late Thomas Hedges Genin. With a Biographical Sketch. A Memorial Work.
Genin, Thomas Hedges. New York, 1869 New York: Edward O. Jenkins, Printer, 1869. First edition. A little rubbed and bumped, with the head of the spine a little frayed; in very good condition. 8vo (9/38 x 6.25 inches), original blind-stamped brown cloth, gilt lettering, [i-ii], [1-4], [3]-615, [1] pages. Lithograph frontis portrait, inserted engraved plate. Midland Notes 96: "He arrived in St Clairsville, Ohio, in 1817, and became closely associated with Benjamin Lundy, in the Union Humane Society; one of the country's first anti-slavery societies; later giving financial support to Lundy's Genuis of Universal Emancipation." The biographical sketch here includes much on Genin's abolitionist efforts. This volume also collects Genin's early poetical work, the Napolead--a blank-verse epic which, in the words of William Cooper Howells (father of the novelist Wm. Dean Howells) was published because Genin "had money enough to spare in printing a book that was never to be sold." (The elder Howells was an apprentice in the St. Clairsville print shop with the original edition of the Napolead was produced.) Lib. Company. Afro-Americana 4065; Sabin 26944. An ex-library copy, with the small Middlebury College label on the front pastedown (stamped withdrawn) and their early ink autograph accession note on the front free endpaper opposite. Shelfmark numbers added to the spine in white ink, with traces of adhesive residue, and an old circulation slip and paper strip in the rear endpapers.- $200
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The Traveller; or, Meditations on Various Subjects. Written on Board a Man of War, to which is Added, Converse with the World Unseen.
[PITTSBURGH IMPRINTS]. Meikle, James. Pittsburgh, 1818 Pittsburgh: Published by R. Patterson & Lambdin, 1818. An early Pittsburgh edition and a later American edition of this 18th century account of a Scottish surgeon's meditations aboard a British man of war. Small flaw in one leaf, with loss of several letters. Some chipping and cracking at the head of the spine, with some wear to the label and corners; foxing; a very good copy. 12mo, contemporary tree calf, red leather label, gilt rules and lettering, 254, [8] pages. This appears to be an early publication from the combined efforts of Patterson and Lambdin (the partnership dissolved in bankruptcy in 1823); Patterson had been publishing in Pittsburgh since 1810 (indeed, publishing a 266-page edition of the Meikle in 1815), and Lambdin had been publishing in Pittsburgh since 1817. After joining forces in 1818, they appear to have sunk considerable energy into reprinting Meikle, publishing separately that year five of his titles as well as a four volume edition of his works. In any event, Patterson's publishing house is perhaps best remembered today for what it did not publish--a manuscript by Solomon Spalding which later critics charged had been plundered as a source for the Book of Mormon. American Imprints 44789.- $50
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The Book of Niagara Falls . . . Third Edition. Carefully Revised, and Enlarged. Accompanied by Maps.
[Niagara Falls]. Parsons, Horatio A. Buffalo:, 1836. Buffalo: Oliver G. Steele, 1836. Stated third edition.. Spine and board edges somewhat sunned; lightly foxed throughout; a very good copy.. 12mo, original embossed deep purple or brown cloth, gilt lettering, 111, [1] pages. Folding map tipped in before the title page, approx. 12.5 x 14 inches, A discursive guidebook to the falls, evidently expanded over the 96-page edition of 1835, and first published anonymously in 1834 under the title A guide to travelers visiting the falls of Niagara. Includes travel distances and various measurements of the falls. Howes P-106: "Said to be the first guide to this resort; but see Ingraham, Joseph W., for another of same date.- $150
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Selections of Juvenile and Miscellaneous Poems, Written or Translated by . . .
Park, Roswell. Philadelphia, 1836 Philadelphia: Desilver, Thomas & Co., 1836. First edition. Cloth sunned and a bit spotted, label somewhat rubbed; some light foxing; in good to very good condition. 12mo (7.38 x 4.75 inches), original patterned rose cloth, gilt lettered leather spine label, 153, [1] pages. Many of these examples of youthful verses were written while the author was a student at West Point (including an anecdote of a classmate with a dislocated jaw), where he graduated in 1831.- $50
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Gazetteer of the State of Michigan, in Three Parts . . .
Blois, John T. Detroit, 1838 Detroit: Sydney L. Rood & Co.; New York: Robinson, Pratt and Co., 1838. First edition. Boards somewhat rubbed, some internal soiling and staining; a good to very good copy. 12mo (7.75 x 4.88 inches), contemporary sprinkled calf rebacked with a new calf spine with red leather label, the hinges reinforced with cloth and added stitching, 418 pages. Errata slip tipped in at the rear. "Every one proposing to emigrate would do well first to have a definite conception in his own mind what his wants are; for if he has an indistinct idea of what he wishes to attain, he may find himself pursuing an ignis fatuus, and at last rue his undertaking. If he wishes to make a western location merely to better his condition, as an agriculturalist, a manufacturer, or in the pursuits of commerce, he will not, if rightly informed, pass beyond Michigan." A detailed gazetteer published the first full year of statehood, with detailed accounts of the natural features, settlements, commercial developments, etc., with a history of the state and some archaeological content on the early Indigenous populations. American Imprints Inventory (Michigan) 360; Sabin 5962.- $150
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A Set of Chants Adapted to the Hymns in the Morning and Evening Prayer, and to the Communion Service, of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America.
[Wainwright, Jonathan Mayhew, compiler]. Boston, 1819 Boston: Printed by Thomas Badger, Jun., 1819. First edition. Free endpapers excised; rubbed, soiled, front joint cracking but holding; a good, sound copy only. 8vo (8.88 x 5.5 inches), early half calf, blue boards, 49, [1] pages. Primarily printed music. A work from early in the career of Wainwright (1792-1854), the eventual provisional Episcopal Bishop of New York (he was then at his first post at Christ Church in Hartford, shortly to be moved to New York) and a moderately early compilation of American sacred music for Episcopal use. Wainwight's preface acknowledges the help of Dr. G. K. Jackson for his work with the harmonies, as well as having "furnished the work with several of his own valuable compositions." The magisterial Boston organist Jackson (1745-1822) had himself published in 1816 a collection, A choice collection of chants for four voices, with a Gloria Patri & Sanctu. Small ownership stamp of musicologist Irving Lowens at the foot of the copyright page. Lacks endpapers. Later woodcut views on acidic stock of the Episcopal Church of North Haven, Conn., 1760 mounted to each pastedown. A few early ink doodles in the text.- $250
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Key to the Western Practical Arithmetic . . Containing a Solution of the Questions. Accompanied with Explanations and Illustrations, for the Benefit of Young Teachers and Private Students by the Author. Stereotyped by J. A. James.
Talbott, John L. Cincinnati, 1838 Cincinnati: Published by Ephraim Morgan and Son, 1838. First edition. Boards somewhat rubbed; slight, approx. two inch crack at the head of the front joint; a very good copy of a cheap sheep binding. 12mo, contemporary (likely original) sheep, gilt rules and gilt lettering, 196 pages. Illus. An uncommon cheat book for underprepared teachers, the solutions presumably to Joseph Stockton's popular Western Calculator; besides a key to the answers, Talbott provides occasional annotation or clarification. A nice example of the sort of popular work one might expect from Ephraim Morgan (and his later firm as here, which took his son James into partnership in 1837), who was an important early Cincinnati bookseller and publisher; the firm also later picked up the slack in the stereotyping business from J. A. James, noted by Sutton as one of "the most important Cincinnati stereotypers" (Sutton 73). Morgan and Son seems to have increased its margin by hewing to passable standards of cheap and hasty production, as here: the lower margins are trimmed closely, with loss to the occasional signature mark; the cheap sheep binding has its own rough-hewn charm, in part because of the ungainly and oversized fore-edges of the boards. Early ink annotation to the front free endpaper and pencil ownership inscription. Walter Sutton, The Western Book Trade. Columbus [O.], 1961. Morgan 3535; American Imprints 53196.- $75
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Boyville: A History of Fifteen Years’ Work Among Newsboys.
Gunckel, John E[lstner]. Toledo, (1905) Toledo: Published by the Toledo Newsboys' Association (1905). First edition. Some light spotting and soiling to the cloth; a little light damp-staining to the upper corner of leaves toward the rear; a very good copy. 8vo, original gray cloth, black lettering, pictorial paper label, 291 pages. Frontis, 32 plates. An entertaining and anecdotal account of Gunckel's work among the newsboys and bootblacks of Toledo, with much on street life, as well as his efforts to improve the behavior, care, and education of these street children; Gunckel was instrumental in pushing for the development of a national association at the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904. Early red pencil ownership signature on the front free endpaper.- $40
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The Northern Traveller: (Combined with the Northern Tour.) Containing the Routes to Niagara, Quebec, and the Springs. With the Tour of New-England, and the Route to the Coal Mines of Pennsylvania . . . Third Editions, Revised and Extended.
[Dwight, Theodore, Jr.]. New-York, 1828 New-York: Published by G. & C. Carvill, 1828. Third edition. Rubbed, front hinge quite tender; browned and foxed; a good, sound copy. 12mo, contemporary black half morocco, gilt spine, 403 pages. 19 maps (including one double-leaf map) and 11 plates. A detailed guide of a nation in transition, this revised and expanded guide includes a moderately lengthy account of the Mauch Chunk railroad (the second in the nation), which had opened in mid-1827, as well as brief accounts of factories and manufacturing in Ware Factory Village, Lowell and Chelmsford. Cf. Howes D607, noting the 1825 first edition (which had 16 maps and four plates).- $125
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