BUNDLING: ITS ORIGINS, PROGRESS AND DECLINE IN AMERICA de Stiles, Henry Reed, M.D

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, New York: Peter Pauper Press, 1937. A solid spine with very light edge rubbings.. 1st Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good +/No Jacket. Illus. by Roth, Herb. 8 Vo.

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.

STILES, Henry Reed, M.D. Bundling: Its Origin, Progress and Decline in America. Orig. cloth. Albany, N.Y.: Knickerbocker Publishing Co., 1871. First edition. A general, though half-hearted, defense of the practice of "bundling" by this New Englander who concludes, "...now that we are able to get at the plain truth, it appears to be, though certainly a bad practice, not so bad as the junketing and sitting up courtships that are known elsewhere," (p. 123), including a "New Bundling Song." A fine copy.

Albany, NY: Knickerbocker Publishing Company, 1871. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Hardcover (1871,c1871) in clean red boards with gold gilt embossed titles in near fine condition, well preserved inner hinges and clean end papers without mark, 138 pages

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.