New-London: W. & J. Bolles, 1831. Hardcover. 2 1/8 x 1 7/8 inches, full leather, very good, most minor wear, ink stamp on rear page of Gratia Ann Pelton (1823-1869), text very good, 192 pp, illustrated with woodcut plates. Sharp copy of this miniature.
New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1854. New Edition. Hardcover. 1854. New edition. Hardcover, 24mo. in black cloth, all edges gilt. 198pp, with engraved frontis. Very good. Blunting to spine ends and board corners. Contemporary signature to front flyleaf, and ownership signature to front endpaper. Light foxing, else internally clean.....
New York: American Tract Society, ca. 1840s. Hardcover. Miniature book, measures 2 by 2.5 inches, in brown cloth boards. 128pp. Very good. Light mottling to boards, lacks front endpapers, contemporary writing to contents. Clean and complete.
New York: American Tract Society, 1846. First edition thus. Hardcover. 1846 taupe cloth 16mo, multiple paginations. Blind embosed boards with gilt spine, illustrations throughout the text. In good condition with slight fading to boards, nuding/wear to corners and spine ends including slight loss to spinehead. Lacking front flyleaf. Contents are.....
New Haven, CT: S. Babcock, 1844. First edition. Paperback. 1844. Paperback, measures 3.5 by 2.5 inches, in tan engraved wraps. 16pp. illustrated with engravings. Very good. Foxing to wraps. contemporary ownership signatures to front pastedown. faint stain to upper right corner of contents, some internal foxing. Contents remain complete and.....
Concord, NH: Boyd and White/ Atwood and Brown, 1839. Later printing. Paperback. 1839. Later printing. printed wraps, 16mo. measures 2.5 by 4 inches. 16pp. illustrated with engravings. Very good. light chipping, edgewear to wraps, foxing to contents. Internally complete, clean, and unmarked. 19th c. miniature toy book.
Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union, 1825. Paperback. 1825. Paperback, measures 4 by 2.5 inches, in illustrated wraps. 8pp. Very good. Former owner's signature on front wrap. Wraps begining to sepertae from pages but currently still intact.
Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union, ca. 1850. Paperback. ca. 1850. Paperback, measures 4 by 3 in. 16pp. with woodcut frontis. Very good. Light wear to wraps. Only six listed on OCLC.
Boston: Sabbath School Society, 1844. Hardcover. 1844. Hardcover, measures 4.5 by 3 inches, in quarter leather with marbled boards. 32ppwith engraved frontis. Good. Upper corner of boards and pages heavily foxed. Evidence of bookplate removal on pastedown. No copies listed currently on OCLC. Digital images available upon request.
York: J. Kendrew, ca. 1820s. Paperback. ca. 1820s Softcover 16mo, 30pp. Illustrated with nice woodcuts. Very good copy. Contents are clean and unmarked.
ca. 1930. Paperback. Tijuana Bible / Jo-Jo BookSoftcover oblong 24mo, 3 x 4.5 inches, 8p. Stapled booklet featuring erotic parody of popular cartoon characters originally created by George McManus and Russ Westover. This episode features Jiggs occupying himself with Tillie until Maggie comes home. In good condition with handling to.....
Augsburg: ben Boh. Rep. Stnr. 1795. Hardcover. Original embossed calf 24mo, 142pp. 4.25x2.75", All edges gilt. With engraved frontispiece and titlepage (with small abrasion), decorative border on each page. Old signature, dated 1802, on a preliminary blank. Generally very good with rubbing to extremeties, discoloration to flyleafs. Binding remains firm.....
Laguna Beach: Die Peirche Press, 1996. Limited edition. Hardcover. Signed by artist Christopher Karl on the rear endpaper. Limited number 36 of 100 signed copies. Hardcover, measues 2 by 3.5 inches, in cloth backed paper boards. 24 unnumbered leaves, some folding out, with illustrations and two dried plants under wax.....
Seattle: Tabula Rosa, 1992. No. 120 / 200 signed. Miniature book in cloth and boards, fine. About 2 1/4 inches tall. 30 suggestions for titles for blank books, starting with To Hell with Dante and ending with The Introduction of the Slug to Haute Cuisine.
Concord, NH: Rufus Merrill, 1848. Paperback. 1848. Paperback, measures 4 by 3 in. in yellow wraps. 16pp. with lovely engraved illustrations throughout. Very good. Chipping and light soiling to wraps. Name of former owner on inside front wrap. Only 13 on OCLC.
New York: American Tract Society, 1878F. First printing. Hardcover. Presumed first, 1878. Green cloth 24mo, 64pp. With color frontis, gilt stamped boards. About very good with bumping to corners, light shelfwear. Pencil scribble to one spread, contents otherwise clean. Scarce Tract Society publication, from the 'Books for Bright Eyes' series.....
New York: D. Appleton, 1855. Hardcover. 3.5 x 2.25 inches, cloth with clasp, very good, some lot spottiness and discoloration to covers, contents very good, 1861 pen inscription on flyleaf. 356 pp. in a miniscule font.
New York: American Tract Society, 1850s. Hardcover. No date, ca. 1850-1860 based on binding style. 2.125 x 1.5 inches, russet cloth, 128 pp, pious extracts from Scripture for each day of the year. About fine clean crisp copy.
New York: American Tract Society, 1850s. Hardcover. No date, ca. 1850-1860 based on binding style. 2.125 x 1.5 inches, russet cloth, 128 pp, pious extracts from Scripture for each day of the year. Very good clean crisp copy with just a touch of wear.
New York: American Tract Society, 1850s. Hardcover. No date, ca. 1850-1860 based on binding style. 2.125 x 1.5 inches, russet cloth, 128 pp, pious extracts from Scripture for each day of the year. Very good bright copy, touch of wear and foxing.
New York: American Tract Society, 1850s. Hardcover. No date, ca. 1850-1860 based on binding style. 2.125 x 1.5 inches, light brown cloth, 128 pp, pious extracts from Scripture for each day of the year. Very good copy with faint mottling to cloth, a bit of wear, spine dull.
Baltimore: T. Newton Kurtz, 1856. Hardcover. 3.125 x 2.875 inches, cloth gilt, good copy, light wear, some tanning and foxing to first blank and title page, most pages bright, old inscription on flyleaf. 95 pp.
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New York: Amerikaniscen Traktatgesellschaft [AmericanTract Society], Ca. 1860s. Hardcover. 2.2 x 1.5 inches, cloth gilt, very good crisp bright copy, but for a bit of insect damage to a number of pages in the middle of the book. 128 pp. German edition of the popular "Dewdrops" miniatures of the period.....
New York: Lane & Sanford, 1842. Paperback. 1842. Paperback, measures 4 by 3 in. 12pp.with three engravings. Good. Lacks back wrap. Former owner's name in pencil on front wrap and last page. Dog earing to corners. Rare, with only one listed on OCLC.
New York: American Tract Society, 1846. First edition thus. Hardcover. 1846 taupe cloth 16mo, multiple paginations. Blind embosed boards with gilt spine, illustrations throughout the text. In very good condition with slight fading to boards, nuding/wear to corners and spine ends including a small split ot the upper rear joint.....