1855 Rare Antique Victorian Almanac with Mystical Gothic Esoteric Zodiac Astrology Occult Arts Binding

1855

The Boston Almanac for the Year 1855

By Damrell & Moore, and George Coolidge

Rare Antique Book ~ First Edition ~ Exquisite Mystical Victorian Decorative-Cloth Publisher’s Binding with Gold-Gilt Zodiac Symbolism

Calendars ~ Phases of the Moon ~ Eclipses ~ Masonic Temples ~ Freemason Bodies ~ Coroners ~ Cemeteries ~ Medicine ~ Folding Map ~ Trade Ads ~ Engravings ~ Lodging ~ Government ~ Streets, Roads, Avenues ~ Public Buildings, Halls, Offices ~ Railroads ~ Bus Stations ~ Wharves ~ Transportation ~ Societies ~ Militia ~ Custom Houses ~ Post Offices ~ Steamers ~ Packets ~ Amusements ~ Newspapers ~ Municipal, State, and National Register, Etc.

Victorian Advertising Including Printers, Lithographers, Engravers, Electrotypers, Draughtsman, Illustrators, Designers, Type Foundry, Hardware, Tools, Railroad Ticket Stock, Fancy Paper, Booksellers, Furnaces, Stoves, Cutlery, Lightning Rods, Scales, Clothing, Perfume, Pens, Chocolate, Cocoa, Burning Fluid, Marble, Dye, Fertilizer, Architects, Pianos, Etc.

Publisher:
Boston: John P. Jewett & Co., 1855.

Features:

• First Edition.
• Measures 5.3 x 3.3 inches.
• Original decorative-cloth publisher’s binding: Blue cloth with embossed gold-gilt stamping of branches or vines intertwined with zodiac symbols and lettering on the front, and an industrious figure on the back.
• Textblock all edges gilt.
• Folding map of Boston dated 1855 (New Map of the City of Boston Comprising the Whole City with the New Boundaries of the Wards Engraved Expressly for the Boston Almanac for 1855).
• Many business, trade, and manufacturing ads, some printed in gold on blue stock.
• Numerous engravings.
• 196 pages plus ads.

Condition:
Very Good +.
The covers are generally very clean and bright with minor scuffs and a few nearly invisible small spots to the back. The textblock is solid and square. The edge of the folding map is not quite even with the edge of the closed pages. The pages are very clean and bright. No writing or marking.

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1891–'2 Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman "Deathbed Edition" (first edition of Whitman’s final authorized version)

1891–'2
Leaves of Grass
by Walt Whitman

Including Sands at Seventy . . . 1st Annex,
Good-Bye my Fancy . . . 2d Annex,
A Backward Glance o’er Travel’d Roads,
and Portrait from Life.

First Edition Thus ~ Rare Antique Book ~ First “Deathbed Edition” with the author’s printed signature, “23 South Ninth Street” address, and “1891–’2” on the Title Page ~ Original Publisher's Binding

Publisher:
Philadelphia: David McKay, 1892.

Features:
Published two months before his death, this is the first issue of Whitman’s final authorized version of Leaves of Grass including his note on the copyright page recommending it for all future printings.

First edition thus, showing the author’s printed signature, “23 South Ninth Street” publisher address, and the date “1891–’2” on the title page.

Measures 8.6 x 6 inches.
Original publisher’s binding: Green cloth with embossed gold-gilt stamping.
Textblock top edge gilt.
One full-page plate (portrait of Whitman) with a tissue guard after page 28.
438 pages.
Pages: endpapers, 1 blank, 1–438, 2 blanks, endpapers.

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