AMERICANA
AFTER 1820
AMERICANA
AFTER 1820
Songs
& Meds
for the Kiddies
— Dos
a Dos!
(SHARP!
ADVERTISING). Songs for the little ones [bound and issued
with] New rhymes for the nursery. Boston: Seth W. Fowle & Sons, n.d. [ca.
1872]. 24mo (12.2 cm, 5.1"). [8] ff.; illus.
The two texts begin at opposite ends of the pamphlet and read towards the middle — which see, at right!
Click the images for enlargements. • Sewn; sewing loosening a bit. Paper of the spine starting to split. Lightly soiled. (5000)
American
Humor
Shillaber, B[enjamin] P[enhallow]. Mrs.
Partington’s knitting-work; and what was done by her plaguy boy Ike. A web of
many textures, as wrought by the old lady herself...with characteristic illustrations
by Hoppin. New York: William L. Allison Co., n.d. [ca. 1885]. Large 12mo. Frontis.,
408 pp.; illus.
Shillaber wrote a number of books featuring the Partingtons, popular characters who seem to have taken on a life of their own: Other Partington books were written by J.C. Derby and Samuel Putnam Avery, among others.
• Publisher’s cloth, with unobtrusive small discolorations, edges lightly worn; front black-stamped with both armorial and arabesque designs, spine both gilt- and black-stamped. Some pages dog-eared; a few spots of foxing. Pencilled gift inscription on frontispiece recto.
Cold-War
Comedy — 1957Shulman, Max. Rally round the flag, boys! New
York: Doubleday & Co., 1957. 8vo. [8], 278 pp.
• First edition: Comedy in a Connecticut suburb, involving sex, soldiers,
and missiles.
• Dust jacket slightly yellowed and showing minor wear; generally a clean, nice copy . (5031)
“Easy” Einstein?Slosson, Edwin E. Easy lessons in Einstein. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1921. 8vo. Frontis., vii, [1], 123, [1] pp.; 1 plt., illus. 
• Publisher's tan cloth, front cover and spine stamped in black; binding a bit sprung with light wear to lower edges. Pages age-toned but clean. (16724)
Compared to
Keats & Shelley in His DayHere for Ohioans Smith, Alexander. Poems. Cleveland: J.B. Cobb & Co., 1853. 8vo (18.5 cm, 7.25"). 176 pp.
The present volume is an early Cleveland imprint and an early American edition of this collection, originally published in London in the same year; it is not widely held in American institutions.
• Publisher's olive cloth, covers blind-stamped, spine with gilt-stamped title; binding slightly cocked and darkened, with edges and extremities rubbed. Foxing and some staining; page edges darkened. (23708)
The
Science
of Soap(Soapmaking
Scrapbook). Manuscript/print extracts on paper, in English.
[Northeast U.S., 1899–1902]. 8vo (20.3 cm, 8"). [106 (44 blank)] ff.
• Pebbled cloth, lightly worn. Leaves with minor cockling, some staining and offsetting. Some pages with portions excised; one leaf excised entirely.
Captivity
among the
SHAWNEESpencer, Oliver M. Indian captivity: A true narrative of the capture of the Rev. O.M. Spencer by the Indians, in the neighbourhood of Cincinnati. New York: G. Lane & P.P. Sandford (pr. by J. Collord), 1842. 16mo (15.5 cm, 6.1"). 160 pp.; 4 plts. (incl. in pagination), illus.
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A Word-Book for Children — A Bright & Clean Copy Staats, Pauline G., & Clark M. Frasier. The right word. Pupil's word book for creative writing. Boston, NY, Chicago: Allyn & Bacon, copyright 1937. 8vo. iv, [2], 371, [1] pp.; illus.
• Publisher's green cloth, front cover and spine stamped in black and orange. A clean, crisp copy. (23630)
Magic MalletStandish, Burt L. Dick Merriwell's polo team. Or, the magic mallet. New York: Street & Smith, (1906). 8vo. [4], 311, [7 (adv.)] pp.
• Publisher's printed paper wrappers, edges chipped and corners lost. Being a "pulp" novel, this is on pulp paper — pages therefore age-toned, brittle, and breaking off where the corners are sharply dog-eared. (12422)
WISCONSIN State
Historical Society of Wisconsin. Collections on the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, for the years 1877, 1878 and 1879. Vol. VIII. Madison: David Atwood, 1879. 8vo (23 cm, 9"). 511, [1] pp.; illus.
Click the images for enlargements. Provenance: Title-page with affixed presentation slip from the State Historical Society; front free endpaper with affixed envelope flap addressed to the Rev. E.A. Dalrymple of Baltimore, MD.
• Publisher’s cloth, spine with gilt-stamped title. Binding sturdy but with portion of spine cloth missing, exposing underlying material; corners bumped, extremities very lightly rubbed. Front pastedown with institutional stamp. Pages slightly age-toned, else clean.
“Important Events . . . Which
Every American Should Know”
ILLUSTRATED Steele, Joel Dorman; & Esther Baker Steele. Brief history of the United States. New York, Cincinnati, Chicago: American Book Company, (copyright 1900). 8vo. Frontis., [2], 332, l, [10 (adv.)] pp.; 1 col. double-page plt., 9 col. maps, 2 maps, illus.
Click the interior image for an enlargement. • Publisher's textured ochre cloth, front cover and spine stamped in black and gilt; spine and back cover with light dustsoiling. All edges marbled. (23191)
GREEK–AMERICANAStellakis, Leonidas N. [title in Greek, then] Sweet pumpkins. New York: Greek-American Humorous Review, 1924. 8vo. 256 pp.; illus. 
Click the middle and right image for enlargements. • Publisher's brown cloth, spine with gilt-stamped title; cloth very slightly rubbed at corners and spine extremities. Otherwise clean and unworn — a nice copy. (20034)
Profusely Illustrated &
Elegantly Bound Stieler, Karl; Hans Wachenhusen; F.W. Häcklander; et al. The Rhine from its source to the sea ... new edition, revised and corrected. Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates & Co., 1899. 8vo. 2 vols. I: vii, [1], 303, [1] pp.; 22 plts. II: vii, [1], pp.; 28 plts., 1 fold. map. 
Binding: Publisher's cream cloth, front covers and spines stamped in two shades of gilt.
• Bindings pleasingly clean and showing virtually no wear or discoloration, lacking the rarely found cloth dust jackets. Front fly-leaf of vol. I with inked gift inscription dated 1898. Hinges (inside) of vol. II cracked. Pages and plates clean. (20484)
In Defense ofGen. Andrew LewisStuart, John. Manuscript on paper, in English. “A summary account of the expidition [sic] to the Great Kanawha and the Battle of Point Pleasant. Compiled and copied chiefly from the historical memoir of Captain John Stuart...for the purpose of relieving the character of General Andrew Lewis from the unfounded and unjust charges made upon it by George Bancroft in his History of the United States.” [Virginia, U.S.?, 1869]. 8vo (25 cm, 9.8"). [1], 11, [2], 12–15, 14–19, [2] ff. 
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the image for an enlargement. • Sewn with original stitching. First and last leaves and page edges lightly age-toned; text with corrections and portions crossed out.
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You (Sho' nuf'!) Have to Have aTolerance
for Dialect Stuart, Ruth McEnery. Aunt Amity's silver wedding and other stories. New York: Century Co., 1909. 8vo. [10], 228 pp.; 14 plts.
• Publisher's green cloth, front cover stamped in gilt and light green, spine gilt-stamped; corners and spine extremities a touch rubbed, otherwise clean and bright. Front free endpaper with pencilled gift inscription dated [19]10. (12946)
Wharton as TranslatorSudermann, Hermann; Edith Wharton, trans. The joy of living (Es Lebe das Leben) a play in five acts. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1902. 8vo (19 cm, 7.7"). vii, [1], 185, [1 (blank)] pp.
• First edition, translated from the German by Edith Wharton: Sudermann’s play is about love, politics, and morality. It is not difficult to imagine Wharton’s attraction to this piece, in which one of the final lines uttered by the intelligent, sensitive, unhappily married heroine is “We are all expected to sacrifice our personal happiness to the welfare of the race!”
• Garrison A7.1.a. Publisher’s olive paper–covered boards, front cover and spine stamped in gold; lacking the now seldom-seen dustwrapper, spine very slightly darkened, extremities showing touches of wear. Top edge gilt. Front free endpaper with inked ownership inscription dated 1903. Pages clean. A good-looking copy.
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