London: Printed for C. Henderson... 1765. First edition. Folding engraved plate "A Specimen of a Chart of Biography", woodcut initials. Front hinge a bit rubbed, but a very good copy. Contemporary calf, covers and spine ruled in gilt, burgundy morocco label. Octavo. . [4], iii, [1], 213, [1], [10] pp.....

Pasadena: Grant Dahlstom, The Castle Press, [n.d., but circa 1966]. first edition. Black and white photographically reproduced frontisportrait of Jake Zeitlin. A fine copy. Self-wrapper printed in red and black. Paged untrimmed. 8 1/2" x 5 3/4." iv, [12] pp. During the Summer of 1956 I was asked to participate.....

New York: J.W. Schermerhorn & Co., 1867. First edition of this textbook on etiquette, character, and how to learn, study, and think. Endpapers with publisher’s ads. Some sunning. Stain to corner of one board. Light toning inside. Inscribed by pioneering educator Mary H. Clark (1813 – 1875): “To Miss Anne.....

[Bremen, Maine, and New York City:]: Red Angel Press, 2013. Title-page vignette in green, three colored woodcut plates. Printed in Bembo type, set by hand and printed on dampened Fabriano Ingres paper. A fine copy. Full green cloth with title in black on spine, and title-page vignette repeated on front.....

Edinburgh & London: T.N. Foulis, 1908. First edition. Tipped-in black and white frontispiece and title-page by Guthrie; twenty-eight black and white additional illustrations tipped in. Slight soiling to boards, but a fine copy overall. Original gray boards with a printed Guthrie-designed paper label on front cover. Small quarto. [6], [56].....

London: Edward Stanford, 1884. First edition, later printing of this introduction to biology for children that is “grounded in evolutionary theory” and employs a whimsical and “highly imaginative” writing style to engage its young audience (Oxford DNB). First published in 1880. It went through several other editions. With a frontispiece.....

New York: 1924-1926.]. The Woman Citizen was one of the most influential women’s publications of the early twentieth century. Carrie Chapman Catt founded the periodical in 1917 by merging the suffrage publications The Woman’s Journal (founded in 1870), The National Suffrage News, and Woman Voter. The initial funding for the.....

London: Dean & Munday, [ca. 1820s]. First edition? There is also a twenty-four-page Derby edition from T. Richardson. We have been unable to establish priority. Both editions are scarce: OCLC records only three copies of this edition (UCLA, the Huntington, Princeton) and three of the T. Richardson (University of Alberta.....

[ Portland, Oregon: ]: Terrace Yarn Shop, 1949. The Terrace Yarn Shop issued the Terrace Textures guidebooks beginning in 1949. OCLC records two similar titles, a 1957 issue at the Smithsonian and an undated issue at San Francisco State, and a series of issues (1949 – 1954) at Surrey Public.....

London: Grant and Griffith, 1855. First edition of this collection of didactic stories for children. With a frontispiece and three other engraved plates. Binding is bright and attractive. Pale yellow endpapers. Minor foxing. A very good copy of the first book written collaboratively by sisters Mary and Elizabeth Kirby. Original.....

Claremont, California: Scripps College Press, 2003. One of ninety copies. Signed by Kitty Maryatt and the seven students who contributed to the project. Color-illustrated on almost every page using a combination of linoleum block printing, ink, pochoir, and colored pencil, along with mounted fabric. Printed on Zerkall Book Laid paper.....

[ Sherman Oaks, California:]: Ninja Press, 2001. One of one hundred numbered copies signed, numbered, and ink stamped by the poet. Twelve letters hors commerce copies were also produced. With three platinum print photographs taken by Carolee Campbell and printed by Gordon Mark. Hand-set Meridien printed by Campbell on Moulin.....

London: George Philip & Son, 1890. First edition. OCLC records only four copies of this edition, all in the UK: Cambridge, BL, National Library of Scotland, University of Newcastle. Wear and soiling to cloth. Contemporary ink ownership signature of the Montreal Infant School to front flyleaf. Some dustsoiling. A decent.....