Ellen Saito, bookseller
Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin, 1897. Hardcover. 8vo (7.5 in, 19.1 cm). [i-viii], [1] 2-406 [4] pp; frontis. Riverside Press. First edition: Prominent author, philanthropist, suffragist, abolitionist, and reformer, Annie Adams Fields (1834-1915) opened many charities including coffeehouses serving inexpensive, nutritious meals and a safe, affordable residence for unmarried..... More
Chicago: Belford, Clarke & Co., 1883. Cloth. 16mo (6.9 in, 17.6 cm). [4] 5-160 pp. Donahue & Henneberry, printers and binders, Chicago. First edition: specified publisher. Well-read, Ella Wheeler (1850-1919) wrote her first novel at nine, published an essay at fifteen, and made a substantial living as a writer by..... More
[Boston?]: [Tolman & White Printers?], [1880]. 8vo (9.5", 23.5 cm). [2] ff. (printed on recto and verso). Perhaps the first printing of the association's constitution. Ex-American Antiquarian Society Copy with its embossed stamp. Top edge tattered with loss of blank paper, age-toned, some dog-earing. More
Boston: Dutton and Wentworth, State Printers, 1848. Pamphlet. 8vo (9.4 x 6 in, 23.9 x 15.2 cm). 71 [blank] pp. First edition: John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) was the son of second President John Adams and Abigail Adams. He was ambassador for President George Washington and President James Madison. He was..... More
New York: J. B. Ford, 1869. Hardcover. 8vo (8 in, 20.3 cm). [6] xii,13-500 [12 adv.] pp.; illus. Second printing: Catharine E. Beecher (1800-1878) was the eldest of nine siblings including Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896), the famous abolitionist who authored Uncle Tom's Cabin. American educator, women's rights activist, and author..... More
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1842. Full leather. 16mo (6.4 in, 16.3 cm). [2 blanks] i-viii, 1-280 [2 blanks] pp. Eighth edition. Notes at end. Best known work of Isaac Taylor (1787-1865). Originally published anonymously in 1829, Natural History of Enthusiasm detailed the dangers of false piety with chapter titles such..... More
London: John Sharpe, 1819. Full calf. 16mo (6 1/2 in tall); xiii 215 pp. Printed by Charles Whittingham at the Chiswick Press. Originally printed in 1730, this famous poem by James Thomson (1700-1748) includes four parts, one for each season. Highly influential, these four seasons are the original inspiration for..... More
Albany: Weed, Parsons & Company, printers, 1876. 8vo (22 cm, 8.5"). 54 pp. Devereux and Andersen's report on hospitals for the sick and insane in New York state occupies the first eight pages and Wilbur's highly important account of "the management of the insane in Great Britain" fills pages 11..... More
New York: George Routledge, 1885. Hardcover. 13 volumes. 12mo (4.8 in, 12.2 cm). circa 1885. 4919 pp. 11 in, 27.9 cm shelf length. William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was a poet and playwright, though his date of birth, spelling of his name, and countenance are not known. There is ample evidence of..... More
[Tokyo]: N.p., [1919]. Hardcover. 8vo (19 cm, 7.5"). [4], 28 pp., ill. English. Madame Hirooka (1865-1919) was a noted businessperson, educator, and social activist. She saved the family coal business from bankruptcy and used the profits to open businesses including a bank and an insurance company. Hirooka was one of..... More
London: John Murray, 1833. Full sheepskin. 8vo (8.3 in, 21.1 cm). xv [xvi], 244 [4] pp. First edition: Physician to the king of Scotland, John Abercrombie (1780-1844) was particularly interested in pathologies of the mind. His treatise was well-regarded with ten English editions produced in a decade and was used..... More
N.p. N.p., N.d. Vellum. Sm 4to (9.2 in, 23.4 cm). Unpaginated; 77 [279 blanks] pp. Commonplace Book: "Personal notebook [often manuscript] in which the owner copied passages of interest from the writings and speeches of others, or in which he wrote his own compositions." - Glaister 107. "Notes 1852" written..... More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1932. Hardcover. 8vo (7.6 in, 19.2 cm). xxii, 300 [1 advert.] [1]; tables, fold. maps. Introduction by Ernest W. Burgess. The University of Chicago Sociological Series. First edition: No date on title page and publication date on copyright page. This Depression-era study of the notorious..... More
New York: Grossman, 1966. Hardcover. 8vo (8.8 in, 22.4 cm). [vi], 185 [1]; illus. First edition signed: Deming's first published book. Lesbian activist, Barbara Deming (1917-1984) practiced feminist nonviolence to support human and civil rights. As an author, Deming had a devoted following. "This is the very personal account of..... More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1929. Hardcover. 8vo (7.6 in, 19.2 cm). xi, [xii blank], 267, [268 blank] pp. The University of Chicago Sociological Series. Index. First edition: No date on title-page and publication date on copyright page. American teacher turned sociologist, Frances R. Donovan (1880-1965) published The Woman who..... More
Chicago: University of Chicago, 1940. Hardcover. Small 8vo (7.8 in, 19.8 cm). [i-vi] vii-xxiii [blank], 1-313 [3 blanks] pp. University of Chicago Sociological Series. First edition: No date on title page and publication date on copyright page. Helen MacGill Hughes (1903-1992), was a member of the prominent Chicago School of..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1886. Hardcover. 8vo (8.1 in, 20.6 cm). [2] xvi, 471 [1] [8 ads] [2] pp. First edition: William Addison Phillips (1824-1893) "became conspicuous as a radical anti-slavery journalist and politician." In Labor, Land and Law, Phillips "presented a program including: a graduated land tax for..... More
N.p. N.p., N.d. 1/2 Leather. Sm 4to (9.3 in, 23.5 cm). 51 hand-paginated [52-89] [2 blanks] [90-128] [4 blanks] [129-139] [1 blank] [140-145] [1 blank] pp. Commonplace Book: "Personal notebook [often manuscript] in which the owner copied passages of interest from the writings and speeches of others, or in which..... More
Providence, RI: Office of the Investigator, 1828. Hardcover. 12mo (7.3 in, 18.5 cm). [blank] vi, 7-132 [blank] pp. J.B. Yerrington, Printer. Preface by Z. Tobey. First edition: Abel Thornton (1799-1827) was an itinerant preacher of Christianity in New England as a member of the Rhode Island Quarterly Meeting. After his..... More
London: Hogarth Press, 1955. Hardcover. 12mo (7.8 in, 19.8 cm). 159 [1] pp. First edition: Sir Laurens Van der Post (1906-1996) was a prolific African writer outspoken against apartheid. "In The Dark Eye he explores the tension between the white and black people in Africa in a dimension we truly..... More
New York: James Miller, 1870. Full calf. 2 volumes in 1. 12mo (7.4 in, 18.8 cm). [2] [ii], [1-4] 5-139 [1]; [3-433 [1] [2] pp.; frontis, ports. N.d.; ©1870; circa 1870. Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1801-61) authored works to challenge the female stereotype. "Political and didactic, these works emphasized the right..... More
New York: Viking, 1964. Hardcover. 8vo (8.5 in, 21.6 cm). [viii], 180 pp. First edition: "Historically, it had been a significant achievement. But what had it been like for the Student Heroes?" - front flap. "Calvin Trillin is a staff writer for The New Yorker... Mr. Trillin spent a year..... More
London: Hatchard & Son, 1853. 8vo. 12 pp. NSTC 2B32948. Removed from a nonce volume. Spine rebacked with tissue. A little shallow chipping, not touching impression. Lightly age-toned with some fine spotting and traces of soiling. More
Philadelphia: Whitmore Publishing, 1970. Hardcover. 8vo (8.3 in, 21.1 cm). xv [1 blank], 1-334 [2 blanks] pp. First edition: Signed by author Boyd Ellsworth Payton (1908-1084), vice president of the Textile Workers Union, on front free endpaper in 1970. Scapegoat tells the complete story of the ugly labor strike, of..... More
Boston: Fields, Osgood, 1870. Hardcover. 12mo (7 in, 17.8 cm). [viii], 482 [4] pp. Third or later printing, year of first edition: The famed abolitionist who authored Uncle Tom's Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) sets out her purpose, "I made it in defence [sic] of a beloved, revered friend, whose..... More