Ellen Saito, bookseller
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 stated: This Depression-era study of the notorious public dance halls in Chicago includes interviews with dancers and..... More
New York: Columbia University Press, 1948. Hardcover. 8vo (8.5 in, 21.6 cm). xvi, 387 pp. First edition: Educator, leader, and civil rights proponent, Frank John Bruno (1874-1955) was among the first to call for the government to provide public assistance and social insurance. Bruno was president of the American Association..... More
Boston & London: George H. Ellis, 1898. Hardcover. 8vo (9 in, 22.9 cm). xvi, 517 pp.; frontis. port. First edition: Pioneering doctor and social reform activist, Isabel Chapin Barrows (1845-1913) was the first American woman stenographer for congressional committees. Prison reform activist, Barrows replaced her husband at the International Prison..... More
Boston & London: George H. Ellis, 1896. Hardcover. 8vo (9 in, 22.9 cm). xvi, 525 pp.; frontis. port. First edition: Pioneering doctor and social reform activist, Isabel Chapin Barrows (1845-1913) was the first American woman stenographer for congressional committees. Prison reform activist, Barrows replaced her husband at the International Prison..... More
New York & Toronto: Random House, 1961. Hardcover. 8vo (9.1 in, 23.2 cm). [x], 458 [2] pp. C. & p. First edition: First printing stated. Jane Jacobs (1916-2006) was an American-born Canadian community activist noted for her incisive observations of urban planning and design. In her landmark book, Jacobs passionately..... 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
"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." - D. Szewczyk. More
"Boston: Munroe & Francis, 1811. 12mo (8.2"). 47, [1 (blank)] pp. Sabin 28818 (note). Removed from a nonce volume, now in a Mylar folder. One signature loosening. Early ink writing (cropped out) in the top corner of title-page. A couple of faint stains and a very short tear to fore-edge of..... More
New York: Plain Wrapper Press, 1970. Loose pages in box. Folio (13.1 in, 33.3 cm). First edition: Signed and limited #39/150. "Benes was a first-generation veteran of the AIDS crisis and chronicled his own HIV+ status in Lethal Weapons, a series of works created with his own blood. This exhibit toured..... More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1936. Hardcover. 8vo (7.8", 19.7 cm). 223 pp.; plates, ports. First edition: Memoir/Autobiography. Graduate of M.I.T., instructor at Wellsley, professor and administrator at the University of Chicago, author, and co-founder of the American Association of University Women, Marion Talbot (1858-1948) dedicated herself for over thirty years..... More
London: Spottiswoode for Smith, Elder and Co., 1877. Hardcover. 3 vols. 8vo (19.7 cm, 7.8"). [v] vii [viii], [1] 441, [1 blank] pp.; frontis. (port.), ill; p. 235 as 225. [v] viii, [1] 510 pp.; frontis. (port.), ill. [iv], [1] 395 [1 blank] pp. Third edition stated: Harriet Martineau (1802-1876)..... More
London: A.H. Bullen for William Heinemann, 1915. Hardcover. 6 volumes. 8vo (19.3 cm, 7.6"). lxiii, 458 pp.; 442 pp.; 498 pp.; 422 pp.; 524 pp.; 452 pp. Edited by Montague Summers. First collected edition stated; limited edition #663 of 760. Aphra Behn (1640-1689) spied for Charles II in the Dutch..... 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
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1858. Full morocco. 8vo (11.3", 28.6 cm). [9] 10-407 [1] pp.; [17] plates. First edition: Shakespeare scholar and writer, Mary Cowden Clarke (1809-1898) was educated at home, though it was frequented by artists and poets. Mary Lamb taught her Latin. Early in her career..... More
"[Boston/]: [Tolman & White, Printers/], [1880]. Small 4to (10", 25 cm). [2] ff. (printed on rectos only). The prospectus of membership: includes a preamble, short history, aims, its constitution, and by-laws. Old folds. Else almost as issued." - D. Szewczyk. 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." - D. Szewczyk. More
"[Edinburgh]: 1717. Folio (30.5 cm, 12"). 4 pp. The battle between Ruth Pollock and the Campbells (or Calders, from their estate of Cawdor) rages on, with the Calder side strenuously denying that any legitimate marriage ever took place between her and Capt. George Campbell. Pollock, who called herself Campbell's widow..... More
"[Edinburgh]: 1718. Folio (31.5 cm, 12.4"). [2] pp. Dated February 5th 1718, this broadside was part of a protracted legal struggle between Ruth Pollock and John Campbell, grandson of Sir Hugh Campbell, thane of Cawdor. Particularly in question here are the marriage articles between Sir Alexander Campbell and Elizabeth Lort..... More
"[Edinburgh]: 1718. Folio (31.2 cm, 12.3"). [1] p. Dated July 30 1718, this broadside is a rebuttal of certain financial assertions made by Ruth Pollock in her ongoing legal battle against John Campbell over the estate of Sir Hugh Campbell, which included Cawdor Castle (although that legendary castle is not..... More
London: William Pearson for Thomas Ward, 1713. Full calf. 2 vols. 8vo (9 in, 22.9 cm). [2] [10] 23 [1] xvi, 218; [2] 221-448 [12]; copper plates: maps and plans. Map "page 305" at p.317. Vol. 1 with initial advertisement leaf, folded frontispiece, and subscribers list; Vol. 2 with index..... More
[Leyden]: [s.n.], 1653. Full calf. 32mo (5.1", 13 cm). 536 pp. Latin. First edition: Compiled and in part translated into Latin by Dutch scholar Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn (1612-1653). “Boxhorn, as a true patriot, felt the urge to defend his country when it became the victim of new foreign aggression..... More
Amsterdam: Printed by Heinricum Wetstenium, 1684. Vellum. 4to (8.1", 20.6 cm). [28], 598 40 [20] pp. Latin. Francesco Guicciardini (editor). First edition: The preeminent Swiss theologian of his time (not the 20th-century philosopher), Heidegger (1633-1698) was a professor of Hebrew, philosophy, dogmatics and ecclesiastical history, moral philosophy, and theology. This is..... More
London: Printed by J. Davis for the author, 1787. 1/4 Calf. 8vo (9", 22.9 cm). [2], x, 262 pp., folded plate: map. Printed by J. Davis for the author, and sold by Payne and Son, at the Mewse Gate; Cadel, in the Strand; Sewel, in Cornhill; and Flexney, in Holborn..... 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 as..... More
Cadiz: Imprenta Nacional, 1813. 1/4 Leather. 4to (21 cm, 8.3 in). [4], 694 pp., lacks frontis. First edition: The Spanish Inquisition was established in the 13th-century. The power of the Spanish Inquisition wavered over the centuries and was limited to the censorship of books and free speech by the early..... More