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Smith, John. A Hebrew grammar, without points: designed to facilitate the study of the scriptures of the Old Testament, in the original.... Boston: Pr. by David Carlisle, for John West, 1803. 8vo. 56 pp.
• First edition of Smith's grammar, which was "particularly adapted to the use of those who may not have instructors." 
Uncommon. The author taught at Dartmouth.• Rosenbach, Jewish, 131; Shaw & Shoemaker 5067. Not in Singerman Judaica Americana. Contemporary quarter sheep with paper-covered paste boards; heavily worn; joints open and covers almost detached. Early ownership signatures on front and rear pastedowns. Signature torn from upper outer corner of title-page, taking upper parts of three letters. Small Library of Congress duplicate release stamp on verso of title-page.
For more HEBREW GRAMMARS,
Songs
& Meds
for the Kiddies
— Dos
a Dos!
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)
Inventions et DecouvertesSoulange, Ernest. Les curieuses origines des inventions et decouvertes. 2e edition. Tours: Mame et Cie, 1848. 12mo. [2], add. engr. t.-p., [2], 260 pp.; 3 plts. 
• Not in Von Hunersdorff, Coffee. Publisher's embossed gilt-paper binding, moderately worn with the spine and board edges a bit darkened; still a very attractive, unusual binding. Front pastedown with small bookseller's ticket and with remnants of a school prize bookplate. Pages mostly clean, with scattered hints of light foxing. (10592)
Educational
& Career
Rights for
Blacks in
the Spanish EmpireSpain.
Sovereigns, etc., 1808–33 (Ferdinand VII). Broadside.
Begins: “Don Francisco Xavier Venegas...`Exmô, Señor = La Regencia
del Reyno se ha servido dirigirme el Decreto que sigue...Deseando las Córtes
generales y extraordinarias facilitar á los súbditos Españoles,
que por qualquiera línea traigan su orígen del Africa, el estudio
de las ciencias, y el acceso á la carrera eclesiástica....’”
Mexico, 25 September 1812. Folio extra (48 cm; 17.25"). [1] p.
While Ferdinand VII remained the prisoner of Napoleon, the Regency promulgated several important human rights acts, and this was one of the most important. The Regency ratified and published it 29 January and on 31 January it was ordered distributed throughout the empire.
• Not in Medina, Mexico; not in Garritz, Impresos novohispanos;
not in Sutro. Folds from having been previously bound into a small folio volume.
Left margin irregular from removal from that volume. Revenue stamps on the
verso. Viceroy Venegas’s paraph (“rúbrica”) below
his printed name. 
A
very good copy.
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)
“Important Events . . . WhichEvery 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)
Around the World with a
LITTLE TRAVELLER Steerwell, J. The little traveller. Philadelphia: W. Marshall & Co., 1835. 16mo (17 cm, 6.7"). [7]–30 pp.; illus.
Click any interior image for an enlargement.
12 hand-colored wood engravings of Laplanders, Highlanders, Greeks, Persians, Chinese, American Indians, etc., with the first engraving signed “HB” and the rest unattributed. The section on “Negroes” notes the “cruel” and “disgraceful” nature of slave trade; the one on the Scots notes they do love their bag-pipes; we hear that the Persians “exercise great hospitality to strangers.”
Uncommon. OCLC and NUC Pre-1956 find no holdings of this Philadelphia imprint.
Provenance: Pencilled ownership note, “Miss Emily Larned.”
• Rosenbach, Early American Children's Books, 680 (for first Baltimore ed. only); not in American Imprints. Publisher's printed blue paper wrappers, showing minimal wear to corners and spine extremities, faint spotting to front wrapper, overall in excellent clean condition. Front inside wrapper with early pencilled ownership inscription. Pages clean save for light offsetting towards back of book. (24580)
BetterLISTEN
to the Old Sheep! The stray lamb. Wendell,
MA: J. Metcalf, 1830. 48mo (8.3 cm, 3.3"). 8 pp.; illus. Be
warned: This is absolutely NOT the Bible
story with the happy ending!
• Resewn; in original red wrappers; both covers illustrated. Small loss of paper to covers, lower fourth of back cover torn and re-attached to cover by threads. Dog-eared, worn copy. (4860)
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