The Northern Shepherd, Being a Report of the Kennebec County Agricultural Society, Upon the Diseases and Mangement of Sheep.
by [HOLMES, Ezekial.]
Winthrop: William Noyes, 1835. Book. 12mo, orig plain paper boards, leather spine. Pp. 132; illus. Running stain at the rear; a very good copy. Sole edition. Written to encourage sheep and wool manufacture in Maine, in part in response to epidemics that had destroyed numerous flocks in 1832. A rare Maine imprint. Imprints (under Kennebec) 32449; (DNAL, MB and MeU); Williamson 4599..
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The Vocal Companion; containing a concise introduction to the practice of music, and a set of tunes of various metres, arranged progressively for the use of learners.
by HOLYOKE, Samuel, Compiler.
Exeter, N.H.: Music Press of Norris & Sawyer, 1807. Book. Oblong 8vo, orig. boards, sheep spine. Pp. 174, (2.) Boards quite worn, splits repaired with early stitching; lightly browned throughout; very good. First edition. Samuel Holyoke's only specifically didactic work, consisting of 9 "Lessons for the Exercise of the Voice," followed by a compilation of 136 compositions, of which 53 are identified by Lowens as first American printings, and 35 are traced to... Read More
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Little Odes to Great Folks; with a dedicatory dithyrambic to Sir R-ch-rd Ph-ll-ps, Knight. By Pindar Minimus. With notes, critical and explanatory, by Sextus Sciblerus [sic],
by [HOOD, Thomas, Attrib. Author.]
London: Printed By W. Lewis, 1808. Book. 8vo, orig. plain boards. Pp. xii, 107, half-title; uncut. Folding engraved frontis. Spine lacking, threads secure; a fine copy within. First edition. A series of satirical squibs, the longest of which is the opening poem on Sir Richard Philips, the Jacobin publisher and vegetarian follower of Ritson, recently knighted; this is illustrated with the grimly memorable frontispiece, an infernal scene showing hungry authors and imps poised with forks and knives, ready to feast... Read More
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The Anatomist's Vade-Mecum: Containing the Anatomy and Physiology of the Human Body. Second American, From the Third London, Edition.
by HOOPER, Robert
Windsor: Preston Merrifield, 1809. Book. 12mo, contemp . calf, morocco label, spine ruled in gilt. Pp. 264. Top of spine worn, label chipped, otherwise a very good, sound copy; with the ticket of Charleston SC bookseller John Mill. Austin 932; McCorison 1083; Imprints 17771..
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Crosstown Stroll. An Operetta in Three Movements for Soprano and Contralto.
by Hopkins, Edward.
Book. New York: [Edwin Hopkins, 1947.] Folio, printed wrappers. Pp. 36. Wrappers lightly soiled, fine within. First edition, inscribed "To Miss Una Clayton, with the compliments of the composer, Edwin Hopkins, November 24, 1947." Interesting minor period piece in three movements: 8th Avenue, 9th Avenue and 10th Avenue. Two women are stood up by their dates, pick up a couple of sailors, and wax wistful about domestic bliss in New Jersey..
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L'Art de Juger du Charactere des Hommes sur Leur Ecriture.
by Hoquart, Edouard Auguste Patrice.]
Book. Paris: Chez Saintin, 1816. Sq 12mo, later marbled boards, cloth spine, preserving original blue paper wrappers. Pp. 78, uncut; half title. Colored engraved frontis. and 22 enraved plates of handwriting samples. Second edition. Early work on graphology, first published in 1812, with engraved autograph samples of Racine, Marie Antoinette, Madame Maintenon and Sevigne, Voltaire, etc. Also that of Franklin, whose hand is said to exhibit "la douceur, l'aménité, le calme, et une certain delicatesse dans le gout." The title... Read More
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The Book of Perennials.
by Hottes, Alfred C.
New York, 1930 Book. Sm. 8vo, cloth w/ DJ; pp. 200, illus. Very slight soiling..
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Wild Flowers. Three Hundred and Sixty-Four Full-Color Illustrations with Complete Descriptive Text.
by House, Homer D.
New York:: Macmillan,, 1934. Book. Large 4to, original cloth; pp. 362, illus with full-page photographic plates in color. An excellent copy..
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ALs, 1 page, Nov. 15, 1919. To Corporal Ira J. Friedman, U. S. General Hospital # 41, Staten Island, NY.
by HOWELLS, William Dean
Book. On The Saint Hubert Hotel stationery, with integral blank, and with original addressed envelope. A warm letter, written 6 months before Howells' death, to a wounded doughboy recuperating in a Staten Island military hospital. "I am sending you a book of mine which I hope you wil accept; but I am sorry I cannot give you a list of my hundred big and little books. You will find this with the dates of each in 'Who's Who,' English... Read More
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Pair of ALs, March 15, 1834; June 27 1844.
by Howitt, William, quaker poet and writer.
Book. 12mo, 1 and 3 pp. respectively, with integral address leaves, both addressed "To the Editor of the York Herald".Two letters reflecting Howitt's involvement with liberal politics. The first presents "a copy of the third edition of a work [probably Howitt's History of the Priestcraft in All Ages and Nations] for which your able & effective criticism has already done so much. Allow me to call your attention to the new matter by which the department of the English Church... Read More
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Woman's Work. Being an Inquiry and an Assumption.
by HUBBARD, Alice
East Aurora, New York: The Roycrofters, 1908. Book. 4to, original decorated boards, linen spine titled in gilt. Pp. 157, (2), uncut; brown silk marking ribbon. Sepia portrait of the author. A fine copy. First edition. A handsome Roycrofter production, printed in mustard yellow and green throughout, the title page, ornaments and initials designed by Dard Hunter. A nice copy..
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An Essay On Music. Pronounced Before the Middlesex Musical Society, Sept. 9, A.D. 1807, at Dunstable, (Mass.)
by HUBBARD, John.
Boston: Manning & Loring, 1808. Book. 4to; a pretty copy in the original marbled wraps. Pp.19. A little foxed; fine. Sole edition of an erudite early American contribution to music criticism, by a Dartmouth professor of mathematics. Hubbard examines the elements of melody, harmony, expr ession and accent, citing examples from Haendel. He takes American church composers to task for their predilection for fugues, attacking the practice for its obscuring sense in words and thus discouraging devotion. Imprints 15276..
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The American Penman, Comprising the Art of Writing, Plain and Ornamental. Designed as a standard work, for the use of schools. Second edition.
by Huntington, Eleazer.
Hartford: Eleazer Huntington, 1825. Book. Hartford: Eleazer Huntington, 1825. Oblong 8vo, original illustrated paper boards, calf spine. Pp. 14; 20 engraved plates, including extra engraved title, dated 1824. Paper on boards, chipped at edges, rear board detatched with paper half gone. Scarce work, a worn but complete copy, with the the handsome cover woodcut intact, showing a classroom scene with a tutor and his pupils. Nash 97..
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The Gods and Other Lectures.
by Ingersoll, Robert G.
Peoria, Illnois, 1874. Book. 8vo, orig cloth. Pp. 253. First Edition; scarce. A very good, bright copy. One satirical plate..
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An Authentic Account of the Shaksperean Manuscripts, &c.
by IRELAND, William Henry
London: For J. Debrett, 1796. Book. 8vo, removed. Pp. 43. Title repaired, marginal tears, occasional foxing. First edition of Ireland's confession of the Shakespearian forgeries..
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A History of Furniture. Edited by Mrs. Bury Palliser.
by Jacquemart, Albert.
London: Chapman & Hall,, 1878. Book. Lg. 8vo, half calf, marbled boards, marbled endpapers, raised dentelles, gilt spine. Pp. xvii, 470, profusely illustrated. Edges and outer hinges rubbed; nevertheless, an excellent copy..
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The Republican; or, A Series of Essays on the Principles and Policy of Free States. Having a particular reference to the United States of America and individual states.
by JARVIS, William Charles
Pittsfield [Mass.]:: Printed By Phineas Allen, 1820. Book. 8vo, orig. printed boards, rebacked with new endpapers, printed label.368, (1) licensing leaf. Boards singed at top edge, lightly browned and foxed. A very good, uncut copy. First edition. A collection of essays examining the workings of a democratic government, the rights and duties of its citizenry, its financial, military and legal institutions, etc. Jarvis (d. 1836) was a Pittsfield lawyer who ran for lieutenant governor in 1827. Imprints 1783..
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Trial of David F. Mayberry, for the Murder of Andrew Alger... Containing Arguments of the Attorneys, and a Full and Correct Account of His Death By a Mob.
by JENKS, Ira C.
Janesville, Wis.: Baker, Burnett & Hall, 1855. Book. 8vo, orig. printed green title wrappers. Pp. 48. Corner and margins of wrappers chipped, otherwise fine. Sole edition. Full account of a murder and lynching of the murderer in Wisconsin, where capital punishment had been abolished. McDade 674..
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A Forty Years' Fight with the Drink Demon, or A History of Temperance Reform as I Have Seen It, and of My Labor in Connection Therewith.
by JEWETT, Charles
New York: National Temperance Society and Publishing House, 1872. Book. 8vo, orig. green cloth. Pp. 407. Very slight dampstain to first few leaves, a very good copy. First edition..
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Agricultural Chemistry for Young Farmers.
by Johnson, Cuthbert.
Book. London: James Ridgeway, [1843]. 12mo, original illustrated wrappers. Pp. 92, uncut. A fine copy. Sole edition of a rare little work, by the respected agricultural authority and author of the popular Farmer's Encyclopedia. A choice copy. Not in the NUC..
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De L'Origine des Diverse Variétés ou Espéces D'Arbres Fruitiers et Autres Végétaux Généralement Cultivés, é Pour les Besoins de L'Homme.
by JORDAN, Alexis
Paris: J.B. Bailliére, 1853. Book. Large 8vo, later boards, cloth spine, with original printed wrapper mounted on front. Pp. 97. One corner bumped, occ. foxing. Sole edition, a presentation copy inscribed by Jordan to fellow botanist and author Paul Antoine Sagot. With extensive later marginal notations in pencil..
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English Decoration and Furniture of the Early Renaissance, 1500-1650. An Account of Its Development and Characteristic Forms.
by Jourdain, M.
London: B.T.Batsford, Ltd. Book. (1924.) Vol. 1 of the Library of the "Library of Decorative Art." Folio, red blind-stamped cloth, gilt spine. Pp. xvii, 304, profusely illustrated with full-page plates and charts. Minor foxing to first few and last few leaves; otherwise near fine..
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"Three Years as a Negro Minstrel." [in] The Atlantic Monthly. July 1869.
by KEELER, Ralph Olmstead.]
Boston: Fields, Osgood & Co, 1869. Book. 8vo, original wrappers, stitched. Pp. 71-85 of 128. A fine, uncut copy. First appearance of Keeler's famous account, a preliminary excerpt from his memoir Vagabond Adventures (1870). The noted journalist and author (1840-1873) ran away from home at the age of eleven, and soon discovered a talent for dancing Juba and playing the banjo. He toured the country with several troupes until he was fifteen, when he gave up show business for college..... Read More
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Proverbs of All Nations, Compared, Explained and Illustrated.
by Kelly, Walter.
London: Kent & Co., 1859. Book. Small 8vo, orig cloth, gilt spine (faded). Pp. vii, 238 + 32pp. ads. A very good copy..
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Gentians For Your Garden.
by Klaber, Doretta.
New York: M. Barrows,, 1964. Book. 8vo, cloth. Pp. 141, illus. with drawings by the author. A very good copy in browned dust jacket..
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