A Universal and Critical Dictionary of the English Language: to which are added Walker's Key to the pronunciation of Classical and Scripture proper names, much enlarged and improved; and a pronouncing vocabulary of modern geographical names by Worcester, Joseph E - 1847

New York: S. Campbell, 1794. Hardcover. Good. 237, [3], 98 p.: frontispiece; 14 cm. Signatures: A-U6; A-H6 I6(-I2-6) (12mo). Contemporary calf with modern archival spine and hinge repair. Remains of gilt-tooled spine label with title: Cain and Abel. Two unnumbered pages of publisher's advertisements follow text. Early Am. Imprints, ser. I (Evans), 27049; Rosenbach, Children's Books, 174. Bound with: Mary Collyer's The Death of Cain: in Five Books; After the Manner of The Death of Abel by a Lady (New York: S. Campbell, 1794). Published anonymously; attributed to Mary Collyer by Halkett & Laing. Early Am. Imprints, ser. I (Evans) 26858. Former owners' inscriptions on front endpapers and title page of The Death of Cain for Samuel Worrall (1806) and Lydia Worrall (1809). Extremely scarce. The Death of Cain lacks final 20 pages (pp. 99-119); otherwise in Good Condition: cover is worn; lacking 3x2 cm. of frontispiece; pp. xi-xii is detached but present; lower corner of pp.… Read More

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1949. Hardcover. Near Fine. Three volumes in one slipcase. Saint George & the Dragon; Retold by William H. G. Kingston and illustrated by Edward Shenton. 75, [3] p.: in-text color illustrations; 31 cm. Light grey cloth with red spine and cover titles; color illustrated pastedown on front cover. Illustrated endpapers. Dick Whittington & His Cat; Retold and Illustrated by Robert Lawson. 37, [1] p.: in-text color illustrations; 31 cm. Red cloth with purple spine and cover titles, and cover illustration. Illustrated endpapers. Beauty and the Beast by Mme. Le Prince de Beaumont; Translated from the French by P. H. Muire and Illustrated by Edy Legrand. 45, [1] p.: color pastedowns; 31 cm. Blue cloth with red spine and cover titles and decoration. Red slipcase with printed brown spine label. This is number 631 of a limited edition of 2,500 copies printed for the Limited Editions Club; Dick Whittington & His Cat is signed by the illustrator, Robert… Read More

Paris: De l'Imprimerie Anglais, 1793. Hardcover. Good. Nouvelle Edition. [24], 264 p.; 16 cm. Contemporary half calf with marbled paper over boards. 19th-century repair of joints with dark brown linen; later repair of front joint with white linen. Small bookplate of the Lynn Public Library on front fixed endpaper; "Rules and Regulations" of the Lynn Free Public Library on front free endpaper. Embossed stamp of the Lynn Free Public Library on the French title page, which has on its verso a small label reading "Lynn Library Association, No. 224." A very scarce edition (3 copies on WorldCat) of this popular advice book by John Gregory (1724-1773), with parallel English and French texts. Much of Gregory's advice to his daughters paints a vivid picture of the lives of girls and women in comfortable circumstances in late 18th-century England; some advice is just as accurate today: "Do not marry a Fool." In Good Condition: loss of most leather over spine; old… Read More

Boston: William Andrews, 1810. Hardcover. Very Good -. The 2nd American, from the 5th English edition. Printed by T. B. Wait and Co. xviii, [1], 432, lxxvii, [9] p., frontispiece and 8 leaves of folded plates: tables; 23 cm. Modern bonded leather spine with dark brown cloth over boards. Gilt-tooled spine title. Includes index. Stamped at lower edge of title page: "Withdrawn from P.C.P. & S. Library" [Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science]. In Very Good- Condition: modern binding clean and bright; frontispiece, title page, and several following leaves have old stain; archival repair of loss in lower part of title page (no loss of printing); some foxing on folded plates; otherwise, clean and tight.

Philadelphia: G. Palmer, 1816. Hardcover. Very Good. v, [1], 354 p.; 21 cm. Contemporary calf; red leather spine label with gilt-tooled title. Includes index. Former owner's name stamped on front fixed endpaper: "B. Grimler." Contains two sections: Annals of America and Official Documents. Both relate to events in the War of 1812 that occured during 1814. Scarce. In Very Good Condition: sensitive spine repair with Japanese tissue; corners of boards rubbed; light foxing; occasional soiling; solid.

New York: S. Campbell, 1794. Hardcover. Good. 237, [3], 98 p.: frontispiece; 14 cm. Signatures: A-U6; A-H6 I6(-I2-6) (12mo). Contemporary calf with modern archival spine and hinge repair. Remains of gilt-tooled spine label with title: Cain and Abel. Two unnumbered pages of publisher's advertisements follow text. Early Am. Imprints, ser. I (Evans), 27049; Rosenbach, Children's Books, 174. Bound with: Mary Collyer's The Death of Cain: in Five Books; After the Manner of The Death of Abel by a Lady (New York: S. Campbell, 1794). Published anonymously; attributed to Mary Collyer by Halkett & Laing. Early Am. Imprints, ser. I (Evans) 26858. Former owners' inscriptions on front endpapers and title page of The Death of Cain for Samuel Worrall (1806) and Lydia Worrall (1809). Extremely scarce. The Death of Cain lacks final 20 pages (pp. 99-119); otherwise in Good Condition: cover is worn; lacking 3x2 cm. of frontispiece; pp. xi-xii is detached but present; lower corner of pp.… Read More

Philadelphia: Thomas Desilver, 1829. Hardcover. Very Good. The Ninth Edition, Revised and Improved. viii, 184 p.; 18 cm. Modern calf with gilt-tooled spine label. Inclues index. The author, James Ross (1743-1827), was a captain in the Continental Army during the American Revolution. He headed a grammar school in Carlisle, Pa., from 1780 to 1784, when he became the first faculty member of the newly founded Dickinson College. In 1792 he left Dickinson to established a school for classical learning in Chambersburg, Pa., where he wrote his popular Latin Grammar. He was professor of languages at Franklin College in Lancaster, Pa. from 18081 to 1809, when he moved to Philadelphia, where he continued to tutor students for the rest of his life. In Very Good Condition: lacking front free endpaper; closed 4-cm. tear from fore-edge of pp. 21-22; occasional soiling; light foxing; occasional marginal pencil mark; otherwise, clean and tight.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1949. Hardcover. Near Fine. Three volumes in one slipcase. Saint George & the Dragon; Retold by William H. G. Kingston and illustrated by Edward Shenton. 75, [3] p.: in-text color illustrations; 31 cm. Light grey cloth with red spine and cover titles; color illustrated pastedown on front cover. Illustrated endpapers. Dick Whittington & His Cat; Retold and Illustrated by Robert Lawson. 37, [1] p.: in-text color illustrations; 31 cm. Red cloth with purple spine and cover titles, and cover illustration. Illustrated endpapers. Beauty and the Beast by Mme. Le Prince de Beaumont; Translated from the French by P. H. Muire and Illustrated by Edy Legrand. 45, [1] p.: color pastedowns; 31 cm. Blue cloth with red spine and cover titles and decoration. Red slipcase with printed brown spine label. This is number 631 of a limited edition of 2,500 copies printed for the Limited Editions Club; Dick Whittington & His Cat is signed by the illustrator, Robert… Read More

Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Library, 1965. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. [42] p.: facsimiles; 24 cm. Hardback with facsimile of original notebook on cover. Original glassine dust jacket. One of a limited edition of 300 copies. Illustrated title page. The diary reproduced here is from 1910-1911, when its author, later known as F. Scott Fitzgerald, was 13 and 14. In Near Fine Condition: slight discoloration on endpapers; otherwise, clean and bright. Glassine dust jacket is in Very Good Condition: closed tears from upper edge of back ection; spine slightly sunned.

Boston: William Andrews, 1810. Hardcover. Very Good -. The 2nd American, from the 5th English edition. Printed by T. B. Wait and Co. xviii, [1], 432, lxxvii, [9] p., frontispiece and 8 leaves of folded plates: tables; 23 cm. Modern bonded leather spine with dark brown cloth over boards. Gilt-tooled spine title. Includes index. Stamped at lower edge of title page: "Withdrawn from P.C.P. & S. Library" [Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science]. In Very Good- Condition: modern binding clean and bright; frontispiece, title page, and several following leaves have old stain; archival repair of loss in lower part of title page (no loss of printing); some foxing on folded plates; otherwise, clean and tight.