Providence: Printed by Bennett Wheeler, 1800. 14, [2 blanks] pp. Disbound, title leaf and final blank with some spotting, Good+. The Federal Adelphi was the first organization made up of graduates of Rhode Island College, later Brown University. The Society "had its origin in the refusal by the Harvard..... More
City of Burlington, N.J. Published by D. Allinson and Co. and Printed at the Lexicon Press. 1811. 4to. Original sheep-backed marbled paper-covered boards [quite rubbed, front hinge nearly detached, spine ends chipped]. Volume I, Nos. 1-52 [July 30, 1810 - July 22, 1811]. [2], 268, [2] pp, with a number..... More
Boston: Printed and Sold by John W. Folsom, 1798. 35, [1 blank] pp. Disbound, untrimmed, light rubberstamp, light foxing and mild wear. One small margin hole just touches a couple of letters, but does not obscure them. Good+. Austin, to whom DAB attributes authorship, graduated from Harvard in 1798. Among..... More
New York: Wilson & Company, [1842]. 4to. Original marbled paper over boards and quarter sheep. Binding rubbed and spine chipped. [4], 538 pp, as issued. Each issue 30, [2] pp [except for the final issue of December 31, which lacks page 540 and the unnumbered final leaf]. 18 weekly issues..... More
New York: Sinclair Tousey, 1863. Original printed glossy blue wrappers with wrapper title [as issued]. Disbound, rubberstamps, else a clean text and Very Good. 28pp. This poem is dedicated to all "who believe that all mankind are created with equal rights; that God is the common father, and holds men..... More
New York: Sheldon & Company, [1871]. Original printed and illustrated wrappers with wrapper title [as issued]. 47, [1] pp. Comic illustrations. Lightly spotted. Stitched, spine reinforced, Good+. The second state of the first edition, with advertisement on the copyright page. BAL 3326. More
London: Printed and Sold by J. Wilford... 1731. 12mo. [12], 46, [2 publ. advt.] pp. Widely scattered foxing, front free endpaper remargined, else Very Good, in modern cloth. Preceded by a couple of London printings in the early 1700s, this is a satire on the "Sort of People, who call..... More
London: Printed for David Ogilvy and Son, 1799. viii, [9]-110 pp. Disbound, lacking the final advertisement leaf, and torn at the corner of leaf 37-38 [several words and letters affected]. Otherwise, Good+. The book first issued from New York in 1798. This is the only other 18th century edition. "Dunlap..... More
Hartford: 1785. [8], 304, [1- errata], [1 blank] pp. Contemporary unlettered sheep [light wear]. With the errata leaf, which is "not present in all examined copies" [BAL]. The signature 'L' is present. Four leaves transposed during the original binding. Else Very Good. Dwight called this the first epic poem "to..... More
1887. [New York. 1887]. 32pp. Printed in double columns. Two staples, spine reinforced with paper tape. Top blank forecorners of all pages creased, with a few corners nearly detached]. Light uniform tanning. lght foxing and wear Good or so. OCLC lists a single location for Francis's 1876 catalogue, but not..... More
1850. [n.p., 1850?]. [2 blank], [205]-216pp [as issued]. Original plain wrappers [light wear, ink inscription on front wrap], stitched. Light scattered foxing. Very Good. Grimke tries to explain why American literature has not yet measured up to the literature of European countries. He attributes this lag "chiefly to the..... More
[Salem]: 1860. [4], 56, [4] pp. Near Fine, in contemporary marbled boards, dark spine tape, and gilt-lettered spine title. Charles W. Swasey published this periodical from his office in Salem, for the Essex Institute Fair. A short-lived paper, it contains eight parts, each seven pages. Parts 2 and 3 [at..... More
Philadelphia: Barclay & Co., [1882? 1880?]. Original printed and decorated salmon wrappers, the front wrapper illustrated with a portrait of Ms. Jewett; the rear wrapper with an illustration of the death struggle. [2], 19-77 pages. Dramatic illustrations, Very Good. One of several printings based on the true story of the..... More
Monmouth, Ills. Review Office Print. 1867. 12pp. Stitched in original printed title wrappers. Lightly worn, Very Good. The Society's purpose is "to improve those qualities with which God in his infinite wisdom has endowed us." Membership was open to students of Monmouth College-- unless an applicant received "four negative votes."..... More
[n.p. c.1899-1900]. Broadside poem, 5" x 10-1/4". 48 lines, Very Good. A humorous poem, attributed to James Whitcomb Riley, Robert Leonard Dodd, and others. An early printing in leaflet form carries the statement: "An Unpublished Poem by James Whitcomb Riley found among his manuscripts after his death." BAL attributes..... More
Winchester, Va. Brooks & Conrad. 1835. Original cloth-backed boards [spotted and rubbed]. 132pp. Lightly foxed title and endpapers. Good+. First edition of an epistolary novel set mostly in Switzerland but also in Virginia. Letters are from Switzerland, Richmond, London, New York, and Paris, although the narrative is more philosophical..... More
Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by William Spotswood, 1794. 12mo. Original leather-backed marbled paper over boards [1.5" wide horizontal piece missing from bottom front cover]. 79pp. Rubberstamp and light pencil writing on front free endpaper. Scattered light fox, light wear. Good+. According to ESTC this is the second title of..... More
New Haven: Hamlen, 1841. 48pp, Disbound, light scattered foxing. Very Good. Donald Grant Mitchell is Ik Marvel, who graduated from Yale in 1841 and was an editor of the Yale Literary Magazine. This piece, his first published work [other than whatever of his may have appeared in the Literary Magazine]..... More
Charleston: Printed by S. Babcock, 1840. [2], viii, [9]-355, [1 blank] pp. Lightly foxed, endpapers dusted, bound in modern buckram [no institutional marks]. Except as noted, Very Good. This first edition [BAL's Printing 'A'] is difficult to obtain today. Simms, as DAB describes him, "had a strong bent toward public..... More
Harrisonburg [VA]: Published by Davidson & Bourne. 1814. Original sheep [tight binding, some rubbing]. Gilt spine rules, gilt-lettered spine title on red morocco label. [2], iii, [1 blank], 265, [1- binder's instructions]. Lightly foxed, Very Good. The first American edition of this novel, originally printed in London in 1799..... More
New Haven: For Sale by E. Richardson, 1853. 24pp. Disbound with light but persistent foxing. Lower blank margin of page [2] has small institutional rubberstamp and withdrawal. Good+. "The Goat, Perch and Blue Flames" is the English translation of the first five words. "To the students of Yale college, this..... More