Since 1998, interesting books, pamphlets, manuscripts and ephemera from unusual authors. The more obscure byways of 19th century America are a specialty. Institutional customers happily accommodated and may be billed to suit their requirements; material may be held for institutions as needed until they can take delivery.
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Spermatorrhoea: Its Causes, Symptoms, Results, and Treatment.
by Bartholow, Roberts.
New York: : William Wood & Co., , 1870. (click for more details)
First Edition
Our New West. Records of Travel between the Mississippi River and the Pacific Ocean . . . including a full description of the Pacific Railroad; and of the Life of the Mormons, Indians, and Chinese.
by Bowles, Samuel.
Hartford, Connecticut : Published by Subscription Only, Hartford Publishing Co. , 1869 (click for more details)
First Edition
Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Metropolis, Embracing a General View of the West, and a Complete History of St. Louis, from the Landing of Ligueste, in 1764, to the Present Time . . .
by Edwards, Richard and M. Hopewell, M. D.
St. Louis : Published at the Office of "Edwards's Monthly," a Journal of Progress , (1860) (click for more details)
First Edition
A Selection from the Writings of the Late . . .
by Lawrence, Jonathan, Jr.
New York 1833 (click for more details)Recent Catalogs
“Avoid Romping”
37 items, ranging from sexual dysfunction manuals, to croquet, to a fragment of very early printing in Mainz.
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“In these Raggs and hungry Bowels, down, down, down”
50 items -- all either manuscript or nearly flat -- cataloged in a time of pandemic. Subjects include the joys of anti-Bell-Ringing, a lengthy letter from one of the men responsible for the creation of written vernacular Syriac, a deep dive into the history of America's most celebrated hoochie-coochie dancer, powerful letters from a woman beset by conspiracies in Regency England, and appropriate perhaps to the current mood, one will also find several Millerite items.