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English
Grammar, 1855
Hallock, Edward J. A grammar of the English language. For the use of common schools, academies and seminaries...sixth edition. New York: Ivison & Phinney (pr. by Thomas B. Smith), 1855. 12mo. 250, [14 (illus. adv.)] pp. 
• Contemporary speckled sheep, spine with gilt-stamped leather title label; spine and edges lightly rubbed. Occasional pencilled marginalia and emphasis marks, confined to the first half of the work. (12103)
Harvard Library Catalogue Signed by
President Quincy Harvard University. A catalogue of the library of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Cambridge: E.W. Metcalf & Co., 1830–31. 8vo (24.8 cm, 9.8"). 4 vols. I: xvii, [3], 490 pp. II: [2], [491]–952, [2] pp. III: xii, 233, [1] pp. IV: viii, 224 pp.
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uncut and unopened in four volumes, including the Catalogue of the Maps and Charts, which was published shortly after the three main volumes.
Provenance: Inscribed to a Philadelphia social club “from the President & Fellows of Harvard University,” signed by Josiah Quincy.
• American Imprints 1772 & 7465; Sabin 30729 (vols. 1–3) & 30730 (maps). Publisher's quarter cloth and tan paper–covered sides, spines with printed paper labels; worn and soiled/stained but sound, with spines sunned and front lower outer corner of vol. I chipped. Ex–social club library: 19th-century bookplates, endpapers with call number, rubber-stamp on title-pages and a few others, no other markings. Front free endpaper of vol. I with inked inscription as above. (26904)
Popular Philosophical Dialogues Helps, Arthur, Sir. Friends in council: A series of
readings and discourse thereon. Boston & Cambridge: James Munroe & Co. (pr. by Allen &
Farnham), 1853. 8vo (18.5 cm, 7.25"2 vols. I: [2 (adv.)], viii, [2], 291, [1] pp. II: vi, [2], 271, [1]
pp.
Click the images for enlargements. Present here is an early U.S. edition of the first series; two series were published, the first in 1847–49 and the second in 1859. 
Much of the second volume of this series is dedicated to the question of slavery.
• Allibone 818. On Helps, see: Dictionary of National Biography online. Publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth, spines with gilt-stamped title; moderate rubbing most noticeable at vol. I spine head, and vol. II with strip of dark cloth tape at head of spine extending onto sides. Ex–social club library: front pastedowns with 19th-century bookplate and call-number sticker, front free endpapers lacking, title-pages pressure-stamped, no other markings. Pages age-toned, with intermittent spots of staining and light pencilled bracketing. (26412)
Sutton's
Hospital in
Charterhouse
Charterhouse
School
Herne, Samuel. Domus carthusiana: Or an account of the most noble foundation of the charter-house near Smithfield in London. Both before and since the Reformation. London: Pr. by T.R. for Richard Marriott & Henry Brome, 1677. 8vo (18.2 cm, 7.2"). Frontis., [46], 287, [1] pp.; 2 plts.
Click the images for enlargements. Provenance: Rolle family armorial bookplate.
• ESTC R10688; Wing (rev.) H1578; Allibone 813. Contemporary sheep, covers framed in blind double fillets; leather rubbed and scuffed, partially cracked along front joint. All edges marbled. Pastedowns peeled up, front pastedown with early inked inscription; inside front cover with armorial bookplate. Title-page with inked numeral in upper outer corner. (21012)
“We
should be thankful that we have
no
lions in our country”
A
History of beasts. For the use of children. Concord,
N.H.: Rufus Merrill and Co., 1843. 16mo. 16 pp., illus.
Click the images for enlargements. Provenance: Signature of Charles E. Parker inside front cover.
• American Imprints 43-2471. Publisher's brownish-green printed wrappers with small nicks to edges; a very few old spots or light stains to wrapper and first interior leaves. A sweet thing. (25745)
LOVELY
Hand-Tinted Plates History of Samuel.
Old Testament scenes and narratives. Being a second series of The Good Child's
Library. Philadelphia: John B. Perry, 1855. Square 16mo (14.8 cm, 5.8"). [6 (3
blank)], 9-60, [2 (blank)] pp.; 3 plts. (lacks frontis.).
• Sewn; in original printed yellow wrappers. One plate loose. Small loss of paper to lower spine, with covers separating just a bit (about 1" from bottom edge). Pencilled gift inscription on half-title. Some offsetting from plates, light foxing to several pages. Lacks a frontispiece — yet rare enough, and the other plates handsome enough, to be interesting despite that. (4835)
College Sermons — Presentation Copy Hoffman, Charles Frederick. Christ, the patron of all true education. New York: E. & J.B. Young & Co., 1893. 8vo. Frontis., [2], 209, [1] pp.
Provenance: With a tipped-in, printed slip reading “With the kind regards of The Author.”
• Publisher's purple cloth, front cover and spine gilt-stamped; spine and edges sunned, back cover with its double layer of cloth partially torn through the top layer (interesting, as to binding structure). Front pastedown with institutional bookplate, preliminary leaf with early inked ownership inscription and pressure-stamp of a religious institution, title-page with small rubber-stamp. Pages clean. (20829)
Marriage
of Minors
Hoffmann, Conrad Philipp. ...Schediasma de ætate juvenili, contrahendis sponsalibvs ac matrimoniis idonea, sive, Von junger Leute Heyrathen. Ut & de annis, qvibvs qvis sub poena matrimonivm inire tenetvr, sive Von Bestranfung unterlassenen Heyrathen. Regiomonti et Lipsiae: Impensis Francisci Bortoletti, 1743. Small 4to. 96 pp.
• Sometime bound in a nonce volume (removed).
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view other 18th-Century Latin-Language
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Philadelphia
“Prep”
Text — The
RARER of
Two
Horatius Flaccus, Quintus. Opera expurgata, notis anglicis illustrata: Quibus præfixum syntagma prosodiale. Cura et studio Thomæ Dugdale. Philadelphiae: Impensis Solomon W. Conrad, excud. Guilelmus Fry, 1815. 8vo. xvii, [1 (blank)], 359, [1 (blank)] pp.
Click the title-page image for an enlargement. This is the rarer of two Philadelphia editions of 1815: It is not listed in NUC Pre-1956 and Shaw and Shoemaker located only one copy (at The American Antiquarian Society); we do know of some other copies. The other edition has the imprint reading “Impensis E. Kimber.”
• Shaw & Shoemaker 34951. Original treed sheep, leather label; spine, with gilt-stamped red leather label, a little pulled at bottom. Significant degrees of browning and foxing, as expectable of the paper used. Front free endpaper missing; volume opens on title-page. An interesting volume in attractive condition. (7008)
The Boss & FamilyCelebrate Christmas at the Ranch Hotchkis, Katharine Bixby. Christmas eve at Rancho Los Alamitos. [San Francisco]: California Historical Society, 1971. 8vo. vii, [1], 23, [1] pp.; illus.
growing up on the headquarters of a working
ranch in southern California during the early 20th century,
illustrated with color-printed line drawings. This is special publication no.
47 of the California Historical Society.
• Publisher's printed paper wrappers. A clean, fresh copy. (26075)
“A Wise & Affectionate Early Education” Howitt, Mary Botham. The childhood of Mary Leeson.
Boston: Wm. Crosby & H.P. Nichols, 1849. 12mo (15.6 cm, 6.1"). Frontis., [2], 143, [1] pp.
Prize copy: Front free endpaper with inked inscription reading “Presented to Lydia Ann Beeson by Mt. Pleasant Sabbath School 1852.”
Click the images for enlargements. • Publisher's olive green rippled cloth (Krupp's style Rip1), covers panelled in blind with blind-stamped floral decorations, spine gilt extra; binding lightly rubbed, front cover with two small areas additionally of light discoloration. Front free endpaper as above. Occasional mild staining, pages mostly clean. (26754)
UncommonJuvenile
Reader
Hughs, Mary. Useful little stories. Boston: Phillips &
Sampson, [1841]. 12mo (11.5 cm, 4.5"). [2], 72 pp.; illus.
Click the images for enlargements. The tales, many of which feature interesting animals, are illustrated with six full-page wood engravings and two vignettes. The title-page vignette is signed Butler.
Uncommon: OCLC and NUC Pre-1956 locate only three U.S. holdings of this printing.
• Not in Sternick, 19th Century Children's Series Books. Publisher's printed bright yellow paper wrappers; dust-soiled, front wrapper with tear from outer margin extending into image but not spoiling it, joints starting from foot. Light foxing. (25344)
A Boy’s Verses Hunt, James Henry Leigh. Juvenilia; or, a collection of poems: Written between the ages of twelve and sixteen... Second edition. London: J. Whiting, 1801. 8vo (17 cm, 6.6"). xxxii, [2], 136 (i.e., 236) pp.; 1 fold. plt., 1 plt.
Single-click any image where the hand appears on• NCBEL, III, 1217; NSTC H3100. Recent quarter calf over marbled paper–covered sides, spine with gilt-stamped title-label and gilt-stamped decorations in compartments. Half-title with affixed advertisement for another Leigh Hunt publication; slight offsetting to two leaves from laid-in article on dance, pages otherwise clean save for very minor age-toning. Attractive.
Exam
Time in1790
Querétaro
Iturriaga, Manuel. Questiones academicas, que ofrece
reverente el rector del Real Colegio de San Francisco Xavier de la ciudad de Queretaro al Exmo.
Señor Don Juan Vicente de Guemez Pacheo de Padilla Horcasitas y Aguayo.... Mexico: Por D.
Felipe de Zuñiga y Ontiveros, 1790. 8vo (20 cm; 8"). [1] f., 12 pp., 1 plt.
Click the images for enlargements. The plate is a very fine copper engraving of the viceroy's coat of arms and is signed in the plate “Garcia.” (There is also one handsome headpiece.)
• Not in Medina, Mexico; not in CCILA; not in Catálogo Colectivo del Patrimonio Bibliográfico Español; not in Catálogo Colectivo del Patrimonio Bibliográfico Mexicano. Never bound, never stitched; irregular at the lower area of the inner margin of all leaves with rodent-gnawing visible. Light waterstaining in lower inner corners as well. Some finger soiling; light chipping along top edges. Title-page lightly dust-soiled. (26879)
“My Legs A-Bein' Queer, They Never Let Me Walk” Johnson, Maurice. Songs of a cripple. New York: Grafton Press, © 1909. 12mo (15.5 cm, 6.1"). Frontis., xi, [1], 103, [1] pp.; 5 plts.
Click the images for enlargements. Signed by the author: With tipped-in typed sheet bearing inspirational message, signed in pencil. Also tipped in is a photograph of the author inan early motorized wheelchair.
• Publisher's tan cloth, front cover with gilt-stamped title and gilt and green laurel wreath, spine with gilt-stamped title and a little sunned; touches of rubbing and some pages with light to moderate spotting. A nice copy. (26621)
One
Year's Worth ofWell-Spent Half Hours
Knight, Charles. Half-hours with the best authors.
[London: Charles Knight, 1847–48]. 8vo (22.8 cm, 9"). 4 vols. in 2. I: Frontis., engr. t.-p., [2],
312 pp., frontis., engr. t.-p., [2], 312 pp. II: Frontis., engr. t.-p., [iii]–iv, 312 pp., frontis., engr. t.-p., [iii]–iv, 316 pp.
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52 weekly issues meant to be consumed in half-hour portions, with each weekly number containing seven half-hours. (Indices and quarterly title-pages are bound in here.)
Knight, who was devoted to books and to literature from the time he was a small child, was a much-admired printer and publisher, as well as an author, reformer, and would-be educator: Many of his publishing endeavors were aimed at improving and enlightening the working class.
• NSTC 2K7731. On Knight, see: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online. On binding cloth, see: Krupp, Bookcloth, style Wav3. Publisher's textured brown cloth, covers blind-stamped with muse motif and title, spines with gilt-stamped title and blind-stamped decorations; lightly worn overall with some fading, vol. II spine head with traces of a strip of cloth tape. Ex–social club library: 19th-century bookplate, call number on endpaper, pressure-stamp on title-page, no other markings. Paper slightly embrittled (more so in second volume), with a few short edge tears. Externally ordinary; internally worthwhile. (26860)
The ESSAYS that Made Lamb's Reputation — 1st U.S. Edition Lamb, Charles. Elia. Essays which have appeared under that signature in the London Magazine. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea, & Carey (pr. by Mifflin & Parry, and J.R.A. Skerrett), 1828. 12mo (I: 18.4 cm, 7.25", II: 16.8cm, 6.6"). 2 vols. I: 292 pp. II: 230 pp. (both vols. without ads.).
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first edition of the unofficial second series, of Lamb's pseudonymously
published essays for the London Magazine. These eloquently written pieces
mingle humor and pathos as they describe the experiences of the author and his
acquaintances whileattending
boarding school, playing whist, listening to music, visiting
Quaker meetings, etc. Food is a recurring topic (“A Dissertation upon
Roast Pig”); there are two essays on Valentine's Day (one in each volume),
and several on plays and actors.
The first series made its first appearance in book form in London, 1823. The authorized second series was not published until 1833, under the title The Last Essays of Elia; the pieces selected for the unauthorized American second series offered here are different from those contained in that volume, and mistakenly include three essays written by other hands.
• Shoemaker 33813 & 33814; NCBEL, III, 1225; NSTC 2L2346. Vol. I: Uncut copy. Publisher's quarter once-red cloth and paper sides, covers printed with “Elia” within a simple frame, spine with printed paper label; binding rubbed and lightly soiled, spine sunned to yellow. Repaired tear to one leaf, touching text without loss; remarkably clean and sound. Vol. II: Contemporary speckled sheep, spine with gilt-stamped leather title-label; rubbed, and head of spine chipped with old refurbishing. Ex–social club library: 19th-century bookplate and call number ticket on front pastedown, front free endpaper with inked numerals, title-page pressure-stamped. Author's name inked on title-page; front free endpaper and title-page reinforced at fore-edge (the latter from the back). Both volumes age-toned, with intermittent spots of staining; advertisements absent. The set now housed in a quarter blue morocco and blue cloth–covered clamshell case with marbled paper–covered sides and gilt-stamped spine. (26434)
Collection
of UncommonScientific
“Catechisms”
Lewis, William
Greatheed. A catechism of hydrostatics; on a new plan ... to which
is added, an etymological and pronouncing vocabulary of the technical terms
[with 6 others as below]. London: Thomas Dolby, 1825. 12mo (13.5 cm,
5.3"). Frontis. (incl. in pagination), 60 pp.; illus. [with the same
author's] A catechism of pneumatics. London: Thomas Dolby, 1825.
12mo. Frontis., 59, [1] pp.; illus. [and] A catechism of
hydraulics. London: Thomas Dolby, 1825. 12mo. Frontis., 53, [1] pp.; illus.
[and] A catechism of optics. London: Thomas Dolby, 1825.
12mo. 72 pp.; illus. [and] A catechism of acoustics. London:
Thomas Dolby, 1825. 12mo. [2], [v]/vi, [5]– 42 pp.; illus. [and]
A catechism of magnetism. London: Thomas Dolby, 1825. 12mo. Frontis. (incl.
in pagination), 40 pp.; illus. [and] A catechism of electricity.
London: J. Robins & Co., 1827. 12mo. [2], v/vi, [5]–46, [8] pp.; illus.
Click the images for enlargements. SEVEN JUVENILE scientific textbooks from Lewis's “Catechisms of the Arts and Sciences” series, six of which areunrecorded by OCLC in any edition (the first edition of the first work is held by one U.S. institution, under the title A Cathechism [sic] of Hydrostatics). Lewis was best known in his day for his Grammar of the English Language and for his imprisonment on charges of sedition; here he freely acknowledges acting more as a compiler than an author, but proudly proclaims the originality and usefulness of the “Etymological and Pronouncing Vocabulary” found in each of these introductions to scientific topics.
In addition to the vocabularies, each work features a number of wood-engraved, in-text illustrations, and four include a frontispiece.
Provenance: Signature on front free endpaper of “Horace Adams / Lowell / Mass.”
• Not in NSTC. Contemporary quarter mottled calf and marbled paper–covered sides, spine with gilt-stamped leather title-label; moderately rubbed overall, but solid and sturdy. Front free endpaper with early inked ownership inscription. Electricity with upper outer corners of title-page and first few leaves ink-stained, occasional light offsetting elsewhere, pages otherwise clean. Some leaves closely trimmed at bottom edges. A charming compendium of scientific instruction, illustrated. (26678)
Still Thoughtful — Still Thought-ProvokingLippman, Walter. The scholar in a troubled world. An address delivered as the Phi Beta Kappa oration at the commencement exercises of Columbia University May 31, 1932. New York: Press of the Wooly Whale, 1932. 8vo. [40] pp. 
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• Metallic marbled paper-covered boards, front cover with printed paper label; clean and pleasant, in original glassine dustwrapper a little chipped at edges. (22940)
“The
Railroad Ride”
(“Hurra ho!”)
— Also “The Beggars”The little keepsake; a poetic gift for children. New York: Kiggins & Kellogg, [1857]. 16mo (8.1 cm, 3.2"). 8 pp.; illus.
Click the images for enlargements. • Publisher's printed green paper wrappers, with small spots of staining but very little wear. Pages stained. (24566)
Three
Stories
ILLUSTRATED Little stories for little children.
New York: Mahlon Day, n.d. [ca. 1830]. 48mo (8.9 cm, 3.4"). 16 pp.; illus.
Illustrated
with 11 postage stamp-size engravings. Due to a printer's error,
page 11 comes before page 10.
• Sewn; without wrappers. Soiled. Age-toned. Title-page chipped, with partial loss of title-page engraving and loss of text on opposite side of page. Very short tears in the margins of a few pages. (4861)
HarrisburgLuther-CatechismusLuther, Martin. Der kleine Catechismus des seligen D. Martin Luthers.... Harrisburg: Gedruckt und zu haben bey Jacob Baab, 1831. 12mo (14.5 cm, 5.625"). 125, [1] pp., [1 (blank)] f.
• Quarter sheep over marbled paper: chipped and rubbed; remnants of a paper title label on spine. Lightly browned with foxing/spotting as in common; dog-eared with some shallowly chipped corners resulting in no loss of text. Inked ownership inscription on recto of front free endpaper and of front fly-leaf. (The color in our image is WAY off, red-wards; we will fix this, if we get a chance!)
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