Mexico City: Imprenta del Ciudadano Alejandro Valdes, 1833. Broadside, approximately 12.25 x 8.5 inches. Two small wormholes at left margin. Light dust soiling and toning. Scarce devotional poem, attributed to Luis Abadiano, for the veneration of depictions of the Señor de Santa Teresa and Maria Santisima de los Dolores. This..... More

Mexico City: 1874. x,311,[3]pp., plus frontispiece and two plates. Contemporary quarter sheep and marbled boards, spine gilt lettered. Spine and boards rubbed, edges worn. Some light foxing and tanning. A scarce anti-Jesuit novel. The plot is somewhat episodic, and consists of various episodes of depredations committed by the order in..... More

Santa Rosa, Ca. 1890. 76,56pp. Front cover detached, rear cover lacking; cover chipped, soiled. Ink stamp on title page. Outer leaves lightly chipped, text lightly toned. A curious volume of epic poetry, "Dictated by Conscience." The Book of Washington contains seven pieces of verse, only one of which relates to..... More

Boston: Munroe y Francis, 1827. 288pp. Original calf; rebacked with spine laid down. Some light foxing and soiling, light dampstaining to last few leaves. Some notes and annotations, particularly to endleaves. The first American printing of any of Cadalso's works. This edition was created specifically for American students, "con notas..... More

[Newport, R.I. 1893-1896]. Three pamphlets, varying sizes as described below. Generally nice condition, and all internally clean. A collection of three scarce pamphlet-style carrier's addresses issued in Newport, Rhode Island in the last decade of the 19th century. None of the three appear in OCLC searches. The details of each..... More

[Providence: General Advertiser, late 1869]. Letterpress broadside, printed in two columns, 18 x 11.5 inches. Old folds, minor foxing and creasing. An exceedingly-rare Rhode Island carrier's address whose authorship is attributed to noted transcendental poet and spiritualist Sarah Helen Whitman. The text celebrates the wealth and scenery of Providence, and..... More

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883. 624pp. Illustrated. Original brown cloth, stamped in black and gilt. Minor wear, corners lightly bumped. Small bookplate on front pastedown; contemporary ownership inscription on title page with slight offsetting to frontispiece. Small closed tear on p. 263, otherwise fresh and clean internally. First..... More

Indianapolis: McCormick & Co., 1892. 47pp. plus frontispiece portrait. 12mo. Original cream printed wrappers. Wrappers lightly soiled, contents clean. Institutional ink and perforation stamp on title page. Poetry written by this Indiana author while at Heidelberg University in Germany. Cuppy went on to be an author and editor, working at..... More

Harmony, Mn. 1907. 46pp. 12mo. Original green printed wrappers. Minor fading, small ink stamp on rear cover and inside of front cover. Internally clean. "The reason why I undertook / To write this little book, / Is, because I've found so many / unpleasant things sealed / That must be..... More

Mexico City: 1869. Four volumes in two. 339,[3]; 315,[3]; 313,[2]; 268,[2]pp. Contemporary quarter sheep and marbled boards, spine gilt. Edges and spine ends somewhat worn; boards scuffed. Even toning and occasional foxing. Scarce contemporary Spanish translation and Mexican edition of this historical novel by French author Arsène Houssaye. Despite the..... More

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1855. First Edition, First Printing. iv,316pp. plus [12]pp. publisher's ads. Original brown cloth, stamped in blind, spine gilt. Light wear to binding, small nick to cloth on front board, a few ink spots on front cover. Light toning but generally clean and fresh internally. A tight..... More

Tacoma: 1906. [8] leaves, printed rectos only. Original black wrappers, printed in gold, string-tied. Light wear and chipping to wrappers at spine edge. Small ink stamp on front flyleaf and final blank. Internally clean. With original mailing envelope. An odd production, printing eight "song poems" each of which with a...... More

Mexico City: Oficina de Valdes, 1826. [6]pp. Folio. Uncut, with half-sheet inserted, as issued. Previously folded. Light wear and creases at edges. Some toning and dust soiling, heavier at gutter and old horizontal fold. A stylized, literary commentary on the state of politics and religion in Mexico five years after..... More