CAPTAIN Of The ELEVEN.
Chicago: Goldsmith Publishing, (1933). 251 pp, Sm. 8vo. Red cloth with black lettering. All American Sports Series. More
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An ADDRESS DELIVERED At The LAYING Of The CORNER STONE Of The BUNKER HILL MONUMENT.
Boston: Published by Cummings, Hilliard, and Company. 1825. 1st printing (American Imprints 23265). 40 pp. 8vo. 8-3/8" x 5-1/4". 19th C. plain brown wrappers. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. A popular publication, going through 5 editions in 1825 alone. More
JACK BROWN In PRISON; or, The Pitcher never goes so often to the Well but it is broke at last.; Being the Fourth Part of the History of TWO SHOEMAKERS. Cheap Repository.
London / Bath: Sold by J. Marshall (Printer to the Cheap Repository for Moral and Religious Tracts) ... and R. White, Piccadilly, London ... By. S. Hazard, at Bath ... [1796]. 1st printing (Spinney 57). 23, [1] pp. "Z" p. 21. "The Prodigal Son" pp. 22 - 23. Untrimmed. Last..... More
The CHEAPSIDE APPRENTICE; or, The History of Mr. Francis H****.; Fulling setting forth the Danger of Playing with Edge Tools. Cheap Repository.
London / Bath: Sold by J. Marshall (Printer to the Cheap Repository...) ... and R. White, Picadilly, London ... By. S. Hazard ... [1796]. 1st printing (Spinney 62). 16 pp. Untrimmed. Signed "S" at conclusion of text [cf. Spinney, p. 310]. Woodcut vignette [2-1/2" x 2-7/8"] on title page. 8vo..... More
The BOY SCOUTS On STURGEON ISLAND or Marooned Among the Game-Fish Poachers. The Boy Scout Series #7.
New York: A. L. Burt Company, (1914). Early, if not first, printing. 250, [6] pp. Adverts last 6 pages. Frontispiece on coated paper. 12mo. Tan cloth binding with decorative cover stemped in white, red & black (binding variant #1). White paper dust jacket, printed in red, orange, brown & black..... More
The BOY ALLIES On The NORTH SEA PATROL or Striking the First Blow at the German Fleet. The Boy Allies With The Navy Series #1.
New York: A. L. Burt Company, (1915). Early, if not first, printing, ca 1915. 235, [21] pp. 16 pages of publisher adverts at rear. Frontispiece on coated paper. 12mo. Blue cloth binding with orange, red & black stamping. White paper dust jacket printed in red, orange & black, duplicating binding..... More
The BOY ALLIES In The BALKAN CAMPAIGN or The Struggle to Save a Nation. The Boy Allies of the Army Series #6.
New York: A. L. Burt, (1916). Early, if not first, printing, ca 1915. 249, [7] pp. 6 pp of publisher adverts at rear. Frontis on coated paper. 12mo. Pale blue cloth with black, red & orange lettering/pictorial (Mattson Style #1). White dust jacket, printed in orange & black, duplicating binding..... More
CAPTAIN JACK LORIMER or The Young Athletes of Millvale High. Jack Lorimer Series #1.
New York: A. L. Burt Company, (1906). Reprint, ca 1914. 1st published by L. C. Page in 1906. x, 296, [16] pp. 10 pages off publisher adverts follow text. Frontispiece on coated paper. 12mo. Green cloth with pictorial cover. Dust jacket. More
The BRONCHO RIDER BOYS DOWN In ARIZONA or A Struggle for the Great Copper Load. The Broncho Rider Boys Series #2.
New York: A. L. Burt Company, (1914). Early, if not first, printing, ca 1914. Part of a breeder set? 249, [7] pp. 6 pages of adverts at rear. Frontispiece on coated paper. 12mo. Tan decorative cloth binding stamped in brown, black & orange (Mattson Style 1). White dust jacket, printed..... More
The OUTDOOR CHUMS. The Outdoor Chums Series #1.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1911). iv, 229 + 12 pp adverts at rear. 12mo. Green cloth binding with red & black pictorial front (Matttson Style 1). White dust jacket, printed in red & green, which recplicates binding design (Mattson Style 1). More
The BRONCHO RIDER BOYS With The TEXAS RANGERS or The Capture of the Smugglers on the Rio Grande. The Broncho Rider Boys Series #5.
New York: A. L. Burt Company, (1915). First printing, ca 1915. 249, [7] pp. Adverts last 6 pages. Frontispiece on coated paper. 12mo. Pale green cloth binding wtih decorative cover (binding variant #1). Dust jacket replicates binding design. All adverts list prior published titles. More
The HISTORY Of MR. FANTOM, The New-Fashioned Philosopher, and His Man William.; Cheap Repository.
Smithfield / London / Bath: Sold by J. Evans and Co., Printers to the Cheap Repository... and J. Hatchard ... By S. Hazard, (n. d.). 1st printing thus, i.e., with Evans as the primary printer (ESTC T167661), ca 1800. 24 pp. Untrimmed. Signed "Z" at the end of p. 24..... More
The BLACK SCHOONER. The Mystery Story for Boys Series #6.
Chicago: Reilly & Lee, (1923). Later printing, ca 1931. 250 pp. 12mo. Red cloth binding with black stamped lettering. Dust jacket. More
The BEGGARLY BOY, A Parable.; Cheap Repository.
Smithfield / London / Bath: Sold by J. Evans, Printer to the Cheap Repository... and J. Hatchard ... By S. Hazard, [n. d.]. 1st printing thus, issue with trade price schedule & Evans as primary printer (ESTC N505684), ca 1798. 15, [1] pp. Last page a list of tracts offered..... More
BLACK GILES the Poacher; With some Account of a Family who had rather live by their Wits than their Work. Part I.; Cheap Repository.
London / Bath: Sold by J. Marshall (Printer to the Cheap Repository...), R. White..., S. Hazard. [1796]. 1st printing (Spinney 77). 16 pp. Untrimmed. Signed "Z" at text end, p. 16. Woodcut vignette, 2-1/2" x 2-7/8", to center of title page. 8vo. 7-1/4" x 5". Printed self-wrappers, sewn. Now housed..... More
OUR NEW WAY ROUND The WORLD.
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, (1869). Early printing. xviii, 524 pp. Errata slip tipped in after p. 524. Illustrated, including frontispiece of Yosemite Falls. 8vo. Purple decorative cloth lettered in gilt, with elaborate gilt stamped oxen cart to front board. The author's round-the-world trip includes much in China, as..... More
POTBOY SOLDIER. WHEN The MOON Is On The WATERS.
7 Dials, [London]: E. Hodges (from Pitt's Wholesale Toy & Marble Warehouse), (n. d.). Ca 1840s / 1850s. Broadside, printed two columns, with typographical border between. Woodcut, 1-1/2" x 2", at top of right column. 9-1/2" x 6=5/8". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Rare songster from the era..... More
SORROWFUL SAM; or, The Two Blacksmiths.; Cheap Repository.
Smithfield / London / Bath: Sold by J. Evans and Co., Printers to the Cheap Repository... and J. Hatchard ... By S. Hazard, [n. d.]. 1st printing (ESTC T155709), ca 1800. 16 pp. Untrimmed. Woodcut vignette to title page. 8vo. 7-1/2" x 5". Self-wrappers, sewn. "Price One Penny" Now housed..... More
THE PARROT.; Written for the American Sunday-school Union, and revised by the Committee of Publication.
Philadelphia. American Sunday-School Union. (n.d.). c. early to mid 1800s. 8 pp. Six engravings throughout. 4-3/8" x 2-3/4". Original publishers, yellow printed wrappers, sewn. Printed in black. More
The TWO ARROWS.; Revised by the Committee of Publication of the American Sunday-School Union.
Philadelphia. American Sunday-School Union. (n.d.). c. early to mid 1800s. 8 pp. Three small engravings, hand colored. 4-3/8" x 2-3/4". Original publishers green wrappers, sewn. Printed in black. More
The PICTURE ALPHABET.; In Prose and Verse.
New York. American Tract Society, (n.d.). c. 1880s. 32 pp. Illustrated with engravings. 4-1/4" x 2-3/4". Original publishers brown, decorative wrappers, sewn. Printed in red and green. Illustrated on nearly every page, text in black and red. AEG. More
Die SEHR GUTE UHR (The VERY FINE CLOCK).
Zürich: Dogenes Verlag, (1971). 1st Swiss edition (Toledano B40d). Unpaginated, though 32 pp. Drawings by Edward Gorey. Oblong 8vo. Black paper wrapped covers. Pictorial eps. Dust jacket. More
TOM SWIFT And His ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE or Two Miles a Minute on the Rails. Tom Swift Sr. Series #25.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1922). Later printing, ca 1925. iv, 212, [8 (adverts)] pp. Frontis. 12mo. Mustard cloth binding with 4 quadrant vignette cover. Color pictorial dust jacket. More
ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR SKETCH Of SOOTY, The BEAR.; Holograph caption: "S/S Pagett 13"
Ca 1960s. 6-3/4" x 6-3/8". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Harry Corbett was an English puppeteer, magician and television and stage presenter, who is best known as the creator, in 1948, of the glove puppet character Sooty. In this original art, Sooty is pictured in a play room, standing..... More
PETITE SUZANNE.
Garden City: Doubleday Doran & Company, Inc., 1941. Later printing. Unpaginated, ~ 100 pages. Illustrated by the author, with some drawings in color. 8vo. Black cloth spine over color pictorial paper wrapped boards. Yellow pictorial eps. Dust jacket. More