Ellen Saito, bookseller
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 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: Columbia University Press, 1948. Hardcover. New York: Columbia University Press, 1948. Hardcover. 8vo (8.5 in, 21.6 cm). xvi, 387 pp. Sole 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..... More
Boston & London: George H. Ellis, 1898. Hardcover. 8vo (9 in, 22.9 cm). xvi, 517 pp.; frontis. port. Sole 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. Sole 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 Congress..... 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. 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..... More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1936. Hardcover. 8vo (7.8", 19.7 cm). 223 pp.; plates, ports. First edition: no date on title-page with date of publication on copyright page. 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..... 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
[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
[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. 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
[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
N.p. [The Hague?], 1653. Full calf. 32mo (5.1", 13 cm). 536 pp. Latin. Title: "Transformation of the English Nation, or of a change of the kings of the different, of the kingdom, and affairs of England: The work of the faith, to the most worthy of the tombs, and from..... 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..... 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..... 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
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
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
Franeker, Netherlands: Wibius Bleck, 1719. Vellum. 8vo (6.1 in, 15.5 cm). [2] [xxxii], 344 [2] pp. C. & p. Latin. First edition: Title, "About the temple and library of Palatine Apollo. Single book on two dissertations on a related theme. One: About the Apollo and its rare titles. The second..... More