Early American Imprints from DogStar Books

Lancaster: Johann Bar. Very Good+. 1821. 1st Thus. Leather Bound. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 518 pages; Johann Bar, Lancaster; 1821. [4], 518, [6] p. ; 18 cm. Bound in full period calf over wooden boards with 5 raised bands at spine; brass clasps on straps intact and solid. Text printed in two columns. This was… Read more about this item

Lancaster: Johann Bar. Very Good. 1821. 1st Thus. Leather Bound. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 518 pages; 1821 Johann Bar, Lancaster; 12mo. , 18 cm. Bound in full period calf over wooden boards with 5 raised bands at spine; one brass clasp on strap intact, partial 2nd strap. Text printed in two columns. This was Bar's… Read more about this item

Boston: Thomas Badger. Good+. 1819. Leather. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 232 pages; 1819 Thomas Badger, Boston. Full period leather with red leather title label to spine. Leather scuffed and rubbed at extremities. Binding sound and contents complete. Hinges a little tender. Prior ownership oenned at front. Expected light to moderate toning and spotting to… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Thomas Dobson. Very Good-. 1811. Leather. Copper engraved plates; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 588 pages; 1811 Thomas Dobson, Philadelphia. Bound in period full marbled calf with 5 raised bands over the spine; title label at spine lost and lacking. Leather weak and splitting over the front joint but cord and endpaers sound and holding.… Read more about this item

New York: Daniel Hitt and Thomas Ware. Very Good-. 1812. 3rd American Edition. Leather. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 768 pages; 1812 Daniel Hitt and Thomas Ware, New York. 3rd American edition. Two volumes in one. Seperate title pages and pagination. 368; 400 pp. Soundly bound in full period calf with leather title label to spine. Prior ownership of Thomas… Read more about this item

New York: E. Bliss & E. White, How, Spaulding & Dwight.... Very Good-. 1822. First American Edition. Leather. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 953 pages; 1822 E. Bliss & E. White, How, Spaulding & Dwight..., NY. Printed by J. & J. Harper. Soundly bound in original full calf with raised bands and red leather title label to… Read more about this item

Lansingburgh NY: Penniman & Bliss. Very Good. 1805. First American Edition. Leather. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 368 pages; 1805 Penniman & Bliss, Lansingburgh NY. 1st American edition, after the London edition of 1799. Xxxvii; 368 pp. Full period speckled calf appears to have been artfully rebacked with original leather spine. Replaced red leather title… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Robert Campbell. Good. 1794. Leather. 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 218 pages; Full calf binding with black morocco title label to spine. Front board and first two blank detached but present. Half-title page bound in. Printer's pagination error for page 14 (41) has been corrected by a prior owner. Text block sound with moderate general… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Grigg & Elliott. Good. 1833. Second Edition. Leather. Woodcut scale notation; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 432 pages; 1833 Grigg & Elliott. 2nd edition, revised. Full original speckled calf. Leather faded and a bit dry at spine and with spine label lost; light skinning to leather at board edges. Front joint splitting with board hanging… Read more about this item

Harrisburg: Wm. Wheit & Wm. Boyer. Good. 1826. First American Edition. Leather. Copperplate engravings; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 335 pages; 1826 Wm. Wheit & Wm. Boyer, Harrisburg. 1st American edition. Bound in full calf over wood, unlettered at spine; straps and clasps lost. Shallow chipping and loss of leather at spine ends. Binding sound. First… Read more about this item

New York: Samuel Whiting. Good+. 1811. First Edition. Leather. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 371 pages; 1811 Samuel Whiting, New York. Full marbled leather with red leather title label at spine. 1st edition. Text block soundly bound and clean. Leather unfortunatley has had a varnish applied to all surfaces. Leather splitting in the joints and with… Read more about this item

Bridgeton, N. J: James M. Newell. Good. 1838. First Edition. Leather. Spine Title: Elmer's Digest; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 728 pages; 1838 James M. Newell. Large octavo in full original calf leather binding. Prior owner name, Abraham Garrison, embossed in the leather of the upper board. Front board detached and rear board tenuously attached;… Read more about this item

Baltimore: Cushing and Jewett. Good+. 1823. First Edition Thus. Leather. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 292 pages; 1st edition of this uncommon Baltimore imprint. In contemporary calf leather with morocco title label to spine. Complete and sound. 292, [52] - 62 pp. Walker's "Catalogue of Proper Names..." bound in at rear as cancels on sewn in… Read more about this item

New York: Collins & Co.. Good. 1818. Sixteenth Edition. Leather. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 252 pages; 1818 Collins & Co. 12mo in original full calf leather with red leather title label to spine. Binding is sound; boards a little concave with bruising at corners. Prior ownership of numerous hands to front endpages, includes an Elijah… Read more about this item

Middletown, CT: W. H. Niles. Good. 1831. early printing. Hardcover. Woodcut Frontis; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 168 pages; 1831 W. H. Niles Middletown, CT Early reprinting of the Webster Speller which first appeared in this form two years prior, 1829. Soundly bound in original drab blue paper covered wooden boards and quarter leather backed spine.… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Edward Parker. Fair. 1812. First Edition Thus. Leather. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 319 pages; 1812 Edward Parker, Philadelphia. Volume I only (of two). Full leather binding; both boards detached but present. Chipping and loss to top inch or two of leather at spine. Title label chipped and dulled. Geavy damp stains to endpages and… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union. Very Good-. 1833. First Edition. Hardcover. Woodcuts; 32mo 4" - 5" tall; 192 pages; 1833 American Sunday School Union. Small format HC in quarter leather backed spine and marbled paper covered boards. Title lettering and ruling in gilt to spine, a little dulled. Bound together in a single volume, the 12… Read more about this item

Otsego, N. Y.: H. & E. Phinney. Good. 1811. Leather. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 275 pages; 1811 H. & E. Phinney. Otsego, NY. Early American issue. Text block soundly bound and complete. Full calf leather covered boards withh red lether title label to spine. Leather with shallow chipped loss at spine ends; front boards barely… Read more about this item

Boston and New York: Hastings, Etheridge & Bliss and William Durell. Good+. 1811. early printing. Leather. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 1809 - 1812 Hastings, Etheridge & Bliss and William Durell. 12 volumes, mixed set from the presses of Hastings in Boston and Durell in New York. Volumes I & II by Hastings 1809 with the balance… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Gedruckt Bey G. Und D. Billmeyer. Good. 1814. Tenth Edition. Hardcover. 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 128 pages; 1814 Gedruckt Bey G. Und D. Billmeyer, Philadelphia. 10th Billmeyer printing. Leather backed spine and patterned paper boards. Prior ownership in manuscript at front and back of Jonathan Ellig (age 12) dated 1822. The Ellig's were recorded… Read more about this item