The Slave: Or, Memoirs of Archy Moore by [Richard Hildreth] - 1840

Boston: Small, Maynard & Company. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, bookseller label on front . pastedown, top corner of front free endpaper removed, 1902 owner signature . on front flyleaf.. 1899. Later Edition. Hardcover. Green cloth with decorative torch design stamped in gilt on front boards, signed with initials "MP". Titles stamped in gilt on spine. Top edges gilt. Frontispiece photogravure portrait of the author by H. G. Rogers. xiii, 217 pp. Originally published in 1893 when she was still married to her first husband, Charles Walter Stetson, this is Charlotte Perkins Gilman's first published book of poems. She later became renowned for her feminist writings, most notably, her much reprinted short story "The Yellow Wallpaper".; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

Boston: W. B. Clarke. Fair with no dust jacket; Library stamps and markings, boards heavily . worn, Vols. I and III waterstained, some chipping to spines. Reading . copies only.. 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. Gray cloth bindings with printed paper spine labels. Top edges gilt. Each volume contains over 500 pages. Howes S1186. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Boston: Ticknor & Fields. Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, 1/2 inch tear at bottom of front . hinge, rear hinge cracked, 1872 owner signature on front flyleaf, owner . name stamped on rear flyleaf with offset to facing page, pages toned, a . few dog-eared pages.. 1868. Hardcover. Green ruled cloth. Titles stamped in gilt on spine. A collection of ten condensed versions of Dickens' works, taken from his wildly popular dramatic reading tours of Great Britain and the United States. This book contains ten stories, each with its own title page: A Christmas Carol, Bardell and Pickwick, David Copperfield, Mr. Bob Sawyer's Party, The Story of Little Dombey, Nicholas Nickleby (at the Yorkshire School) , Boots at the Holly-Tree Inn, Dr. Marigold, Nicholas Nickleby (Short Reading) , and Mrs. Gamp. Each story has a frontispiece illustration by S. Eytinge, Jr, except for the first Nicholas Nickleby tale and Boots at the Holly-Tree Inn. Two pages of publisher advertisements precede… Read More

Boston: Dutton and Wentworth. Very Good with no dust jacket; Minor wear to boards, pages toned.. 1856. First Edition. Hardcover. A married set of first editions with Volume One bound in brown blindstamped cloth and Volume Two bound in maroon blindstamped cloth. 350 pp; 351-698 pp, index. Vol. I bears armorial bookplate of T. Bigelow Lawrence on front pastedown and has engraved frontispiece of man at desk with books and engraved title page featuring man digging in graveyard. A collection of essays, previously published in the Boston Evening Transcript, which discuss burial and funeral practices of various cultures and eras, his opinions and prejudices about various ethnic groups, criminal justice, Boston society, ghosts, literature, and social history. Gilt titles on spines. Sabin 77004. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

NY: Freeman Hunt & Co.. Good with no dust jacket; Boards stained and worn, endpapers foxed and scattered foxing in text.. 1836. First Edition. Hardcover. 209pp + 6pp of publisher's ads. Original brown blindstamped cloth titled in gilt on spine. 6x4 inches. Sabin 33849. Travel essays about towns up and down New York's Hudson River, including Poughkeepsie, Peekskill, Tarrytown, Troy, Fort Edward, Albany, West Point, and Saratoga Springs. Penciled owner name (Eliza Warren, Saratoga Springs) on front free endpaper and title page. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall .

Boston: Small, Maynard & Company. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, bookseller label on front . pastedown, top corner of front free endpaper removed, 1902 owner signature . on front flyleaf.. 1899. Later Edition. Hardcover. Green cloth with decorative torch design stamped in gilt on front boards, signed with initials "MP". Titles stamped in gilt on spine. Top edges gilt. Frontispiece photogravure portrait of the author by H. G. Rogers. xiii, 217 pp. Originally published in 1893 when she was still married to her first husband, Charles Walter Stetson, this is Charlotte Perkins Gilman's first published book of poems. She later became renowned for her feminist writings, most notably, her much reprinted short story "The Yellow Wallpaper".; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

NY: Andrews' Printer, (38 Chatham St. ). Very Good; Some light creasing and toning. Faint penciled name (A. M. . Catton? ) on top border.. N.D.. Ephemera. Circa 1858 handbill. Printed song lyrics with decorative border. Printed on 9.5 x 6 inch sheet on verso only. New lyrics to the old nursery rhyme with references to Queen Victoria, Battle of Sebastopol, Napoleon, and the prohibition law passed in the State of Maine. Last verse reads: “Mayor Wood has put the rumsellers through, The Maine Law’s a sad evil, We cannot get our toddy now; Pop goes the weazle. ”A nearly identical version of this ditty, with the “z” in weazel replaced with an “s”, can be found in Beadle’s Dime Song Book, A Collection of New and Popular Comic and Sentimental Songs (1857). According to Grosvenor Library Bulletin: An Indexed Catalogue of Books in the Department of Local History and Genealogy (Mar. 1900) : Volume 1, Mayor Wood refers to New York City Mayor Fernando Wood,… Read More

Philadelphia: John Watts. Good; Homemade but rather effective repairs to front hinge with leather . strips and paper, waterstain, bookplate remnants, and initials “DS” on . front pastedown, light foxing throughout, penciled page numbers at top of . first and last several leaves.. 1806. First American Edition. Hardcover. Original brown marbled calf. Lettering piece and gilt designs to spine largely perished. xii, 306 pp + [1] page of publisher’s advertisements. An early poetry collection by the Irish writer containing some of his impressions from travels in America and the Caribbean. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall .

New Haven, CT: Press of the Tuttle, Morehouse and Taylor Co.. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, light foxing to photographic . plates.. 1914. Limited Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Brown pebbled cloth with front title in gilt. 80 pages + 1 page ad. Black and white frontispiece map, black and white maps and illustrations, and black and white photographs. Facts, historical incidents, and data gleaned from original manuscripts, pamphlets, and records of the early history of the area's original white settlers, Revolutionary War patriots, Civil War soldiers, and historical essays by local residents. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall .

Boston: Munroe and Francis. Good with no dust jacket; Two 1861 gift inscriptions written in elegant . hand on two blank flyleaves, and another 19th century gift inscription on . rear flyleaf. Musty, boards worn, several soiled pages, waterstain at heel . and lower gutter of rear 20 pages.. 1827. Later Printing. Hardcover. Green printed paper-covered boards with burgundy leather spine with titles and fleuron stamped in gilt. [x], 180 pp., including three pages of publisher's ads. Frontispiece engraving after H. Courbould of kneeling woman providing her "solemn afseveration that she was innocent" to"her Ladyship". Front flyleaf engraved page with two vignettes of flying doves and Cupid with dog and dove noting that this book was originally presented as a "tribute of regard, presented by Your Affectionate Friend, A. M. Wells, Feb 22, 1830. Front board printed with engraving of Boston State House. Measures 15 x 9 cm. According to the Dictionary of National Biography,… Read More