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TEMPERANCE
A Temperance Tale
(A
Tale of “Sad Effects”). Macneill, Hector.
The history of Will and Jean: Or, the sad effects of drunkenness. Glasgow:
Pr. for the booksellers, [1840?]. 12mo. 24 pp. 
“Porter,
Ale and British Spirits,” takes to drink and eventually
drives his wife Jean to the bottle as well. After a long separation, in which
Will goes to war in France and comes back with a wooden leg, man and wife reform
and are reunited. The title-page woodcut vignette shows a soldier in kilt, cap
and sporran leaning on a rifle by a tombstone. “[No.] 36” is printed
at the foot of the title.
• NSTC 2W21326. Removed from a nonce volume. Slightly age-toned, with very faint staining to one leaf. (24437)
Foreigners Aren't Wanted & Drunks Are Better Dead than Alive Campbell, John. The Naturalization Bill confuted, as most pernicious to these United Kingdoms. To which are annexed, some remarks upon the Geneva Act, and a new scheme proposed.... London: Pr. for the author, sold by G. Woodfall & M. Cooper, 1751. 8vo (20.3 cm, 8"). 24 pp.
Click the image for an enlargement. Scarce: A search of WorldCat and ESTC locates only two U.S. institutional holdings, and only one U.K.
• ESTC T206417. Removed from a nonce volume; upper outer corners creased, some leaves with small edge chips and/or dust-soiling, half-title with spots of staining. A very uncommon example of a particular, enduring mindset. (29928)
Rare
POLITICAL
Chapbook
Dialogue between John and Thomas on the corn laws, the charter, teetotalism, and the probable remedy for the present disstresses. Paisley [Scotland]: Printed for the Author, by G. Caldwell, 1842. 12mo. 8 pp.
Click the image for an enlargement. • Original self wrappers. Unbound; removed. Slightly darkened. Very good. (17412)
In
a Nice Green Wrapper
The
Family Christian almanac for the United States, for
the year of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ 1844 ... calculated for Boston,
New-York, Baltimore, and Charleston. Astronomical calculations, in equal or
clock time, by David Young, Hanover, New-Jersey. ; Boston, lat. 42° 21’
N. Long. 71° 4’ W. N. York, lat 40° 42’ 40". Long. 74°
1’. Baltimore, lat. 39° 17’. Long. 76° 38’. Charleston,
lat. 32° 47’. Long. 79° 57’. New York: American Tract Society;
D. Fanshaw, pr., [1843]. 12mo. 35, [1] pp.; illus., music.
Click
the image for an enlargement.
• The two wood engravings in the text are signed “Hooper” (W.W. Hooper?). Front wrapper exists in two states: State 1 has vignette of farmhouse, cart, and ship landing; state 2 has vignette of mowers in a field. This copy is of state 2.
This features tidbits on A Religious Home, The Persecuted Waldenses, the
United States Mail (a distributor of pernicious literature), Drugged
Liquors, Missions, and how to make Apple Molasses —
etc.
• Not in American Imprints?; Drake 8049. Publisher's green printed wrappers with vignette and a publisher’s catalogue. A good++ copy. (27934)
A
Temperance Tome
adapted for
AMERICANS
Grindrod, Ralph Barnes. Bacchus. An essay on the nature, causes, effects, and cure, of intemperance ... first American edition.... New York: J. & H.G. Langley, 1840. 12mo. xvi, 512 pp.
history of drinking and of “intoxicating liquors” stretching back to the Philistines, Thracians, and Babylonians, followed by discussions of the moral and physical causes of intemperance, the results of indulgence, and 
the efficacy of various means of quitting drinking. One of the final chapters contrasts the temperance and intemperance of the Hebrews with those of the primitive Christians; in this chapter, the author promotes the theory that many biblical references to wine actually meant unfermented, non-intoxicating grape juice. Grindrod (1811–83) was a well-known British “water cure” physician and temperance crusader.
Click the images for enlargements. • American Imprints 40-2804; NSTC 2G23438. This ed. not in Amerine & Borg; see entry 1599 for later, 1848 ed. Publisher's brown cloth, covers blind-stamped, spine with decorative gilt-stamped title; showing only light shelf wear. Ex–social club library: paper shelving label on spine, 19th-century bookplate and presentation plate (bequest of George Fox), call numbers on endpapers, title-page and one other rubber-stamped, no other markings. Pages lightly cockled but clean. (28182)
The Highland Piper's Advice to DrinkersUnusual Style of Vignette The Highland piper's advice to drinkers. To which are added / Home, sweet home. Wallace's lament. Connel and Flora. Here is the glen. Oh hey Johny lad, and Charlie is my darling. Airdrie [Scotland]: Printed by J. & J. Neil, Bookbinders, and Printers, [1820]. 12mo. 8 pp.
Click the image for an enlargement. The 1820 date is indicated by the Huntington Library. The Airdrie printer/booksellers Neil remark that they sell “a variety of song Toy and School Books. Cards &c.”
• Weiss, Chapbooks, 277. Original self wrappers; removed. Edges slightly darkened. Very good. (17561)
Silver Egg Cutters, Linen Doilies, & Frappé Tables: Necessary Items Lansdown, Lillian B. How to prepare and serve a meal. Interior decoration. New York: Social Culture Publications, © 1922. 8vo. 64 pp.
Click the images for enlargement.“Outside the Eighteenth Amendment,” and describes
the appropriate serving methods for various wines and liqueurs; menus are offered
for Christmas, Thanksgiving, and Lent; the last six chapters are dedicated to
general principles of home decorating.
This is the original edition andnot
a modern reprint.
• Bitting 273; Brown, Culinary Americana, 2914.
Publisher's textured paper wrappers, front wrapper with printed title; extremities
rubbed. Pages slightly age-toned, otherwise clean.A
delightfully aspirational read. (29727)
Quaker
Meditations —
A Neat CompendiumTwo
Women in the Contents —
Womanly Provenance, Too
[Law, William].
An extract from a treatise on the spirit of prayer, or the soul rising out of
the vanity of time into the riches of eternity. With some thoughts on war. Remarks
on the nature and bad effects of the use of spirituous liquors. And considerations
on slavery. Philadelphia: Joseph Crukshank, 1780. 12mo (16.3 cm, 6.45"). 84
pp. [bound with] Webb,
Elizabeth. A letter...to Anthony William Boehm, with his answer.
Philadelphia: Joseph Crukshank, 1783. 44 pp. [with]
[Benezet, Anthony]. In the life
of the lady Elizabeth Hastings... [Philadelphia: Joseph Crukshank, 1784]. 8
pp. 
Remarks on . . . Liquors, which aims to promote health and happiness rather than directly religious concerns, is attributed by ESTC to Anthony Benezet, as is the volume's last piece, the title of which is taken from its opening lines. Lady Elizabeth Hastings was the original for Aspasia in Steele's "Tatler" and a major donor to Oxford University Queen's College.
Elizabeth Webb, "an acknowledged minister among the people called Quakers," first encountered Prince George of Denmark's chaplain Boehm while on a visit to Great Britain; the missive with which she opened her subsequent correspondence with him, here, greatly inspired him and a number of his friends.
Provenance: With inscription reading "Miss Hannah Amelia Moore / Book a Present from her worthy / Friend Ruth Patton / 1789."
Men & WomenEqually Responsible for “Cultivation of the Home Sentiment” Sargent, Charles E. Our home or emanating influences of the hearthstone. Springfield, MA: King-Richardson Co., 1899. 8vo. [4], xiii–616 pp.; 8 plts.
Click the images for enlargements. 
illustrated
with eight steel-engraved plates done by A.E. Francis and C.
Etherington.
Written by a New Hampshire-born poet and educator and published by subscription, this work was originally printed in 1883 as Our Home; Or the Key to a Nobler Life; it appears here in significantly expanded form with contributions from several ministers and one physician. The wide-ranging volume includes the advice to always send your little child to bed happy (“give the dear child a warm good-night kiss as it goes to its pillow,” p. 67), and to spare the rod and develop the child's conscience and sense of honor instead. It also covers the necessity of education and equality of professional opportunity for girls and women, and offers recommendations to smile often in the home, permit only good reading materials, pursue music, provide guidance in maintaining correspondences and friendships, model Christian values and religious observance, encourage fresh air and exercise, avoid alcohol and tobacco, etc.
Binding: Publisher's dark green cloth, front cover with “silver”-stamped decorative frame and red- and “silver”-stamped “Our Home” heart design in center; spine with decorative red and “silver” title. All edges bright red.
• “Silver” stamping and extremities showing slight rubbing, front cover with a few small, unobtrusive spots of staining. Front hinge (inside) tender from the weight of this hefty work, but holding. Pages clean; a few leaves with small nick to upper edge. A pleasing example of a tenderly appealing portrayal of domestic joys. (30304)
Carbonated Drinks including“Kola Champagne” Stevenson, William, & Reginald Howell. The manufacture of aërated beverages cordials, &c. London: Stevenson & Howell, [1906]. 12mo. 122, [2] pp.
Click the image for an enlargement. • Not in Bitting, not in Cagle. Publisher's moiré plum-colored cloth, front cover with gilt-stamped title; spine and edges worn with hinges (inside) starting. Pages age-toned with occasional smudges; some corners dog-eared and one leaf with ragged edges. Recipe index with several instances of “cider” lined through in pencil and rubber-stamped “ciderette” instead. Lots and lots and lots of information and, in the format, some sense of how it was worked with. (28522)
YES: “Twinkle Twinkle” Is Here . . . Ward, Mary O. Songs for the little ones at home. New York: American Tract Society, © 1852. 12mo. 288 pp. (incl. frontis. & engr. t.-p.); illus.
Click the images for enlargements. The volume opens with a wood-engraved frontispiece and title-page, the latter done by Augustus Kinnersley; vignettes by Phinneas F. Annin, E.J. Whitney, and others are sprinkled throughout, many featuring children with birds or animals. First published in 1842.
Binding: Publisher's dark terra-cotta cloth, front cover black- and gilt-stamped, spine with gilt-stamped title, back cover with blind-stamped frame. All edges gilt.
• Bound as above; minor wear to extremities, otherwise fresh and bright. Pages gently age-toned with very few spots of light foxing. A very nice copy. (30287)
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