Washington DC: J. Gideon, Jr., Printer, 1840. Paperback. 168p., wraps worn soiled and chipped, text block foxed otherwise good condition. More
Cat.No: 341433
Stade: H.A. & G.E. Friedrich's Erben, 1844. Leather Bound. 16p., 592p., 112p., 112p., text in German fraktur font, heavy toning and foxing throughout, gift inscriptions, bound in worn, cracked and chipped plain leather boards. Brem and Berdiches hymnal book for use in public worship and private devotion originally published in..... More
Cat.No: 233771
San Francisco: John Howell--Books, 1971. Hardcover. xvii, 164p., 8.5x12.5 inches, very good condition. More
Cat.No: 41924
New Haven: L. Hamlen, 1846. Pamphlet. 100 pages, stab-sewn pamphlet. Former owner’s signature on front cover: “John A. Putnam.” Spine chipped and covers partially detached, leaves age toned. Good. More
Cat.No: 337007
London: Printed by George E. Eyre and A. Spottiswoode, 1846. Pamphlet. Four-panel brochure, approximately 7x8.5 inches, edgeworn, horizontal folds, some darkening at corners, apparently from smoke. Text of a prayer distributed to churches in England and Wales, to be publicly recited on May 31, 1846, thanking God for the birth..... More
Cat.No: 337011
Washington DC: Printed by C. Wendell, 1856. 34p., wraps, disbound, edges trimmed (not impacting text), scattered foxing throughout. Reports on the 1847 incident by participants. More
Cat.No: 171955
Lowell: Lowell Museum / Lowell 150, Inc., nd. [24[p., 7x10 inch staplebound, reprint edition of the nineteenth century publication, the original journals was "written, edited and published by female operatives, employed in the mills."; toning on covers, small price sticker on front, else very good. More
Cat.No: 341926
New York: AMS Press, 1972. Hardcover. 355, [v]p., 11.25x8.5 inch buckram boards, very good condition. Reprint of the utopian journal published in New York by supporters of Charles Fourier. More
Cat.No: 56557
London: George E. Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode, 1842. Pamphlet. 4 pages. Edges browned; two horizontal folds. Good. More
Cat.No: 337012
Nashua: C.P. Danforth, Printer, 1841. Pamphlet. 7 page pamphlet, plain wrappers, some dark toning at bottom of pages. The church was organized in this year by L.C. Browne. More
Cat.No: 260825
Linz: n.pub. 1948. Pamphlet. 4-panel brochure, the front cover illustrated with the Polish and Hungarian coats of arms and the dates 1848-1948. Paper evenly toned, otherwise very good; 5.75x8.25 inches; text in Polish, Hungarian, English and German. More
Cat.No: 153449
New York: American Temperance Union, 1847. Pamphlet. 48 pages, stab-sewn pamphlet. Covers browned, dampstains, otherwise Good. The report touches on the 11th anniversary of the Union as well as a Supreme Court ruling the previous year on the constitutionality of state laws prohibiting liquor sale. More
Cat.No: 340487
1847. Illustrative map with text, depicting the ravages of the earthquake that struck the Nagano region in 1847. Two woodblock prints are linked together, total dimensions 26.5x17.75 inches. Dated Kōka year 4, 28th day of the 5th month (new edition). Right side is mounted on a sheet of modern generic..... More
Cat.No: 298067
Baltimore: Metropolitan Tract Society, 1844. Pamphlet. 36p., pamphlet bound with thread, somewhat foxed, very good. Two versions of this pamphlet were published in 1844, the other a shorter tract published by M. Fithian; priority is not known to your humble cataloger. Some in Philadelphia's Protestant community, angered by the rise..... More
Cat.No: 275688
Paris: Imprimerie de Wittersheim, 1847. Pamphlet. 4p., wraps. 9 x 5.5 in. Folded once horizontally. Very Good. Brief pamphlet interpreting modern developments as the realization of Biblical prophecy. Only one location in WorldCat, at the National Library of France (as of October 2023). More
Cat.No: 310896
Paradise, CA: the quarterly, 1994. About [60]p.; Self-wraps magazine, 10.75 x 8.25 inches with a decorated unglazed cover, illustrated where possible with period photography, plats, line maps and images. Cover is possibly a trifle faded, otherwise as new. Collector's edition. Scholarly articles, this time featuring "Lookout lynching / Father MacNamara..... More
Cat.No: 99388
Paradise, CA: the quarterly, 1995. 63p., self-wraps magazine, 10.75 x 8.25 inches with a decorated unglazed cover, illustrated where possible with period photography, plats, line maps and images. Faint browning of paperstock. Collector's edition. Scholarly articles, this time featuring "John Muir and the Bidwells / Trappers at the buttes /..... More
Cat.No: 99389
Paradise, CA: the quarterly, 1995. 63p., self-wraps magazine, 10.75 x 8.25 inches with a decorated unglazed cover, illustrated where possible with period photography, plats, line maps and images. This issue is damp-rippled throughout, with two small stains (only) and no mustiness. Collector's edition. Scholarly articles, this time featuring "The Modoc..... More
Cat.No: 99419
Paradise, CA: the quarterly, 1995. [Probably] 63p., in original unopened plastic pocket; self-wraps magazine, 10.75 x 8.25 inches with a decorated unglazed cover, illustrated where possible with period photography, plats, line maps and images. Still in its mailer, should be an immaculate copy. Collector's edition. Scholarly articles, this time featuring..... More
Cat.No: 99420
Philadelphia: J. Miller M'Kim, 1846. Hardcover. 240p., preface, conclusion, ownership signature on fly-leaf, foxing, first edition, original cloth binding worn along the edges with boards exposed on some edges, worn at head and tail of spine, minor internal soiling and foxing, gilt titles on spine. Ballou was a founder of..... More
Cat.No: 96726
Moscow: Izdatel’skoe ob”edinenie "Kul’tura" 1991. Two volumes in one, hardcover, 314, 268p., very good, text in Russian. Facsimile reprint of the 1840 biographical work on Russian generals. More
Cat.No: 169966
Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1999. Hardcover. xxiii, 241p., preface, introduction, street map of San Francisco in 1850, notes, bibliography, index, very good first edition in cloth boards and unclipped dj. Personal inscription signed by the editor. More
Cat.No: 169239
Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, October, 1945. vi, 44p., 10.75x14.25 inches, decorated title page of green Monterey Cypress (with light-offset reflection from ink transfer, looks rather like the shadow of the tree!) foreword, marginal annotation, three tipped-in photo portraits of the subjects, very good first edition hardcover limited to 105..... More
Cat.No: 212841
Paris: Lehuby, 1842. 238p., presswork in handsome largepoint type and illustrated with monochrome lithography (or tint-block) overprinted with steel-engraved [?] pictures of children and adults, a dozen or so, fullpage and all in good shape. Lovely stuff a kid could actually like. Small hardcover in marbled boards with tooled red..... More
Cat.No: 229625
Washington DC: Printed at the Congressional Globe Office, 1848. Ephemera. 8pp., wraps. 10 x 6.25 in. Unbound and uncut, folding out to an entire sheet. Speech to the House of Representatives in which Brown argues against religious opinions expressed during the deliberation of a bill to establish diplomatic relations with..... More
Cat.No: 302971
