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NY: Book Collectors Associates, 1934. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 1934 reprint of the 1859 original edition that dealt with the rather quaint colonial America tradition of allowing unmarried men and women to sleep together, as long as they were fully clothed. Near fine in a near fine dustjacket with minute edgewear. Not priceclipped and no markings. (box 63)

Peter Pauper Press, 1937. Hardcover. A FINE tight copy in a NEAR FINE slipcase.

The Peter Pauper Press. Collectible - Very Good. Collectible - Very Good. Slipcase Good. Limited editon printed for the friends of the Trade Bindery, Christmas 1954. Copy #25. (Courtship, Private Press Books)

New York: Book Collectors Association, Inc, 1934 Little antique book; clean, well cared for, some fading and bumping to the cover. Pages are very tanned from age, and becoming brittle.

Reprinted, for the Enlightenment of the Present Age, by the Peter Pauper Press, of Mount Vernon, New York, 1937. Limited edition of 1,450 copies. An essay on the curious practice in early America of courting couples and other unrelated persons sharing a bed, often while fully clothed and suitably 'bundled' against impropriety. A well-researched account of that "ridiculous and pernicious" custom and its antecedents in Europe and elsewhere. First published 1869. This edition with fanciful woodcut vignettes by Herb Roth. 8vo hardcover. 95 pp., + colophon. Cloth-backed paper boards, paper spine label. VG with modest wear and signs of age.

Mount Vernon: Peter Pauper Press, [195-?]. Hardcover. Very good condition, in slipcase, gift inscription. Herb Roth (woodcuts). 88p., illus. On undercover socialization in Puritan New England. Iluus. by Herb Roth (woodcuts)

Mount Vernon: Peter Pauper Press, 1937. Hardcover. Very good condition, in slipcase. Herb Roth (woodcuts). 88p., illus. On undercover socialization in Puritan New England. Iluus. by Herb Roth (woodcuts)

Mount Vernon: Peter Pauper Press. Very Good. 1937. Hardcover. 88 pages; Contents clean and secure in original binding of patterned red boards with tan linen spine and printed paper title label at spine, in linen-look slipcase, minor wear at base of slipcase. One of a limited edition of 1450 copies, set in Janson types and printed on Aark paper, have been made at the Walpole Printing Office, Mount Vernon, New York, 1937. Woodcuts by Herb Roth. .

NY: Peter Pauper Press. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. Hardcover. In hard wrap; 8vo; 88 pages. .

Mt. Vernon: Peter Pauper Press, 1940. First Thus Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Octavo. Herb Roth. Fine in VG slipcase. Out of print. Woodcuts by Herb Roth. First thus edition. Binding is cloth boards. n.d., 1940.

NY: Peter Pauper Press. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. Hardcover. In hard wrap; 8vo; 88 pages. .

New York: Book Collectors Association, Inc., 1934 Reprint of 1871 original. Author's name is mis-spelled "Styles" on DJ. 146 numbered pp +6; HB w/ DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight, f.e. deckled; a.e. tanned, slightly cocked. Cover: dk green, gilt, titles spine; v lt shelfwear. DJ: unclipped in Brodart, white/green titles front, white titles spine, green text back; modest edge/shelfwear, a few sm chips/closed tears, head missing 1/8". Regarding "the startling custom of the Puritans which, said Washington Irving, was the cause for 'an amazing number of sturdy brats born into the state without license of the law or the benefit of clergy'."

Albany, NY: Knickerbocker Publishing, 1871 Albany: Knickerbocker Publishing, 1871. Early edition. First published 1869. A study of the curious practice in early America of courting couples and other unrelated persons sharing a bed, often while fully clothed and suitably ‘bundled’ against impropriety. A well-researched account of that "ridiculous and pernicious" custom and its antecedents in Europe and elsewhere. 12mo hardcover. 138 pp., index. Bound in textured blue cloth with gilt lettering and blind-stamped border ruling. Moderate wear and soil, but VG otherwise. Sound binding and hinges.

Mount Vernon, NY: Peter Pauper Press [no date]. Hardcover. Herb Roth. 88 pages with woodcuts by Roth. Fine in a fine example of the publisher's slipcase.

Mount Vernon, NY: Peter Pauper Press [no date]. Hardcover. Herb Roth. 88 pages with woodcuts by Roth. Fine in a fine example of the publisher's slipcase.

Mount Vernon, NY: The Peter Pauper Press. Hardcover. Good. No dust jacket as issued. In slipcase. Some soiling to slipcase and cover. Small tear to top of fep.. Roth, Herb. 88, [1] p. Includes illustrations. Footnotes. This is "Reprinted for the Enlightenment of the Present Generation. " The tedt of this edition is set in Janson Types, and printed on specially-made Peter Pauler paper.

Albany: Knickerbocker Publishing Company, 1871. First Edition. Fine in brown, pebbled cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. A 12mo of 7 1/4 by 4 1/2 inches. Without a dust jacket. 138 pages including an index, appendices and text. This is the first appearance of this title not to be confused with the reprint done by the Peter Pauper Press which only. contains 88 pages.