Boston / New-York: Crocker and Brewster / Jonathan Leavitt, 1833. 3rd edition (American Imprints 17225). viii, [13] - 164 pp. 12mo, signed in 6s. 7-1/2" x 4-5/8". Original publishers green cloth spine over drab paper boards, with printed paper title label to spine. Abbott, a well-known Congregational clergyman, as well as author of books for children. More

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1931). 11th Impression of the 3rd Revised Edition. xiv, [2], 404 pp (including Index). Illustrated. 8vo. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. Pictorial eps. Dark green topstain. Dust jacket. More

London: 1891. Single sheet of Nightingale's "10, South Street" stationery, with black border. Stationery: 7" x 4-3/8". ANs housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Nightingale inquires about her brother-in-law making a "contribution of Ten Guineas to your congress", i.e., International Congress Hygiene & Demography. More

[Boston]: Published for the Proprietor, 1854. 4th edition [stated]. 264, 12 pp. Appendix last 12 pages. Primary text within ornamental box in center of page. 12mo. 7-1/4" x 4-3/4". Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine & front board. AEG. Pale peach eps. A somewhat uncommon mid-19th... More

Brooklyn, N. Y. C. H. Jordan, 485 Fulton Street, (n. d.). Ca late 1890s. Image portrays the nurse standing next to a small table, on which is found a jar of tonic, and a glass with pipette. Photograph: 5-7/16" x 4-1/8". Card: 6-1/2" x 4-3/16". Albumen photograph mounted on dark... More

(n. p.): 1865. Single sheet, mss handwriting both sides, 43 lines, ~ 6 words per line, ~ 250 words. Includes a prior owner typewritten transcription of the letter [with, regrettably, some inaccuracies, e.g., Mrs DePew called DePen]. 7-7/8" x 4-7/8". Envelope: 3" x 5-1/4". Envelope with Atlanta June 9th postmark... More

Edinburgh and London: E. & S. Livingstone Ltd., 1959. 1st Edition. viii, 167, [1] pp (including Index). Extensively illustrated with 94 drawings detailing the many divers tray / trolley layout configurations. 12mo. 5-1/2" x 4-3/8". Original publisher's maroon faux leather flexible covers with gilt stamped lettering. A popular, oft published... More

[Worcester]: 1956. 1st edition thus. 15 leaves of mylar covered mounting paper, with 7 pages of text: "Dedication" [1 p], "History of The Class of 1956A" [2 pp], "Class Last Will and Testament" [2 pp] & "Class Prophecy" [2 pp]. 21 portrait photographs [5" x 3-3/4"]: 4 faculty & 17... More

(n. p.): (n. d.). 1st printing (presumed), ca late 1887 / early 1888. 24 pp. 12mo. 7-13/16" x 4-13/16". Printed pale green paper covers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Dix, now known as a social reformer, was born to a poor family in Hampden, Maine, and as... More

(n. p.): (n. d.). Ca early 20th C. The black & white albumen photograph depicts a seated Barton slightly oriented to the viewer's left, face forward, hand on chin, dressed in typical feminine garb of the period. Facsimile signature of Barton's underneath image. Photograph: 5" x 3-3/8". Mount: 6-1/2" x.... More

London: Cassell and Company, Limited, 1899. 2nd printing of the Revised edition. First published in 1892. 154, [12 (publisher catalogue)] pp. Index concludes text. Illustratedw with a few cuts. 12mo. 7-3/8" x 4-7/8". Original publisher's blue cloth binding, with gilt stamped spine lettering. More

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1905. 1st printing of the 4th "Revised and Enlarged" Edition. vii, [1], 330, [6] pp. 4 pages of adverts follow text. 7-3/4" x 5-1/4". Original publisher's grey cloth binding, with black stamped lettering to spine & front board. 4th edition of this popular title originally published in 1890. More