![Item #13313 Sonnets from the Portuguese [Limited Edition]. Elizabeth Barrett Browning](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/13313.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1655142047)
London: Riccardi Press Books, 1914. Limited to 1000 copies of which this is no. 376. Slim octavo; publisher's linen-backed boards, front cover and spine lettered in gilt; 27pp.; p. [5] printed within decorative border. Vertical split spanning the length of the rear spine margin, extremities and spine cloth rather toned;..... More
Philadelphia: WM. Rutter & Co., 1875. Two Quarto Volumes. 990 p.; 1054 p. Black and white illustrations. Green cloth stamped in black and gilt. Worn at extremities; corners cracked. Rear joint of volume 1 cracked and separation at spine but binding is holding. Two inch tear to front..... More
Princeton, MA: Co-Operative Publishing Co., 1876. "Thirtieth Thousand." Octavo; publisher's pink wrappers printed within decorative border; 23,[1](ads)pp. Light wear and dust-soil to wrappers, dampstaining affecting margins of first four leaves, else Very Good and sound. Economic tract by the individualist anarchist, women's suffragist, and free love advocate Ezra H...... More
Washington: J. & G.S. Gideon, 1847. First Edition. Octavo (22.5cm); removed; 15pp. Light dustiness, title page nearly separated, bottom fore-edge corner of text block dog-eared, else Good overall, internally fresh and sound. Indiana Whig politician's attack on the Mexican War policy of the Polk administration, especially in regards..... More
Paris: Librairie Administrative de Paul Dupont, 1869. First Edition. Large Octavo. 124 pages. Original printed wrappers. A defense of the national tobacco industry from the director of the state tobacco industries. Rolland was better known as a collector of French folklore. A bit foxed and soiled;..... More
Paris: Michel Levy Freres, 1866. Two volumes; 12mo (18cm.); contemporary red cloth-backed marbled boards, gilt-lettered spines; [4],iii,[1],348; [4],384pp. Light shelf wear, spines a bit sunned, front hinge of Vol. I starting to crack but holding, else Very Good and sound. Forms part of the Oeuvres Choisies de F. de Chateaubriand..... More
New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, Publishers, [1858]. First Edition, Earliest Located Printing with all points present. Octavo; [viii] + 9-368pp + terminal 16pp of advertisements. Inserted frontispiece engraved in black and sepia, with tissue guard in place. Engravings by Avery throughout, reproducing originals by Phiz, Cruickshank, and many others. Olive..... More
Louisville, KY: Press of the Courier-Journal Job Printing Company, 1886. First Edition. Octavo (19.5cm.); publisher's dark green pictorial cloth embossed in gilt, floral endpapers; 288pp.; text illus. throughout. Corners and spine ends a bit scuffed, spine gilt quite dulled, textblock uniformly toned and slightly finger-soiled, else a Very Good, still..... More
![Item #7578 Social Customs [Inscribed]. Florence Howe Hall](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/7578.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1604069273)
Boston: Estes and Lauriat, [1887]. First Edition. Octavo (20.5cm.); publisher's blue decorative gilt-stamped cloth, top edge gilt; x,332pp. Extremities a bit scuffed, shallow loss at spine crown, spine cloth rather darkened, text block a bit soiled, else a Very Good, internally clean and sound copy. Inscribed on front free..... More
New York: Alliance Press, [1936]. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's red cloth lettered in black; 56pp.; photographic portrait frontispiece, ten leaves of plates. Pinpoint wear to extremities, else Very Good or better. Inscribed and signed on half title: "To my old time pioneer friend who knows and appreciates Indians--Homer Reams [?]..... More
Senigallia: Tipografia Lazzarini, 1837. First Edition. Octavo; [vi] + xlvi + 234pp. Engraved portrait of Arsilli as frontispiece. Quarter bound in sea-green leather with small leather corners. Boards in coordinated stone-marbled paper; textblock faintly speckled on all edges in same sea-green. Gilt lettering and ornament on spine; title set off..... More
![Item #8452 Il Volgo di Roma: Raccolta di Tradizioni e Costumanze Popolari [Vol. I only]....](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/8452.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1610742489)
Roma: Ermanno Loescher & Co., 1890. First Edition. Octavo (18.5cm.); contemporary half vellum over decorative textured boards, black gilt-lettered spine onlay, top edge stained red, decorative endpapers; 252pp.; illus. Light spotting to vellum, spine a bit toned, boards slightly bowed, endpapers and title page somewhat browned due to inferior paper..... More
New York: Printed for the Author by Houel and Macoy, 1844. First Edition. Octavo. 197 pp.; iv pp.; [38] tables. Frontis portrait; 4 large fold-outs at rear. Publisher's blind-stamped dark brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Boards edgeworn with exposure at corners and some general smudging and scuffing to..... More
London: C. Chappel, 1811. "Considerably Altered and Enlarged." Octavo (23.5cm.); publisher's paper over drab boards, contemporary manuscript spine label; viii,[224]pp. (A4 B-P8, collation complete). Boards a bit scuffed and front joint starting to crack, paper flaw at spine crown, faint damp staining to board fore-edges not bleeding into textblock, lacking..... More
![Item #13710 The Works of Francis Thompson [Vols. I & II: Poems / Vol. III: Prose]. Francis Thompson](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/13710.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1658931168)
London: Burns & Oates Ltd, 1913. First Edition. Three volumes; octavo; full contemporary polished calf by Riviere, gilt-tooled margins, gilt spines in six compartments with crimson and tan spine labels, marbled endpapers; engraved portrait frontispieces (tissue-guards). Leather rather rubbed and dried at margins, small loss at spine crown of Vol..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1884. Later Printing. 12mo; full brown morocco by Suttaby, gilt-lettered spine in six compartments, elaborate gilt dentelles, all edges gilt, floral endpapers; [12],346pp. Some foxing to preliminaries, most heavily to title page and tissue guard, 20th century ownership rubberstamp to front free endpaper, else a Very..... More
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1883. Presumed First American Edition. Octavo (24cm.); publisher's decorative blue cloth embossed in gilt, black, and silver foil, all edges gilt; vii,[8]-511pp.; chromolithographed frontispiece and added title page, four leaves of plates, more than one hundred woodcuts throughout text. Boards rather scuffed with significant..... More
First Edition. New York: Sheldon and Company, 1867. Octavo; 429 pages +2 adverts. Brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Engraved portrait frontis. Boards are rubbed and bumped at corners and spine ends, with some runs to the cloth and a few stains and smudges. Pages toned with some fingerprinting..... More
Boston: Wright & Potter, 1868. First Edition. Octavo (23cm.); stitched self-wrappers; 15pp. Slightly ex-New York State Library with their faint rubber-stamp to upper cover, stock a bit toned and very slightly foxed, tiny loss at bottom fore-edge corner of rear two leaves not approaching text, else Good to..... More
Paris: Delance et Lesueur, 1804. Nouvelle Édition. 12mo; full contemporary tree calf, gilt spine with two red onlays, marbled endpapers; [4],301pp. Boards a bit scuffed with brief exposure at corners, a few late leaves with closed horizontal tear mid-fore-edge touching text without loss of sense, else a Very Good copy..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1958. Second Printing. Quarto (27cm.); publisher's white pictorial linen stamped in blue; [6],314pp.; photographic frontispiece, illus. throughout. Corners bumped, spine rather toned, ownership rubberstamp to front pastedown, else Very Good, internally clean and sound. Extensive and quite lavishly-illustrated popular history of the Spanish-American War, published..... More
Pittsburg [sic], PA: A.R. Crum & Co., [1899]. First Edition. Slim octavo (23cm.,); publisher's green gilt-lettered cloth; 92pp. Some light shelf wear, corners a bit bumped, very faint soil, else Very Good and sound. Slightly later fraternal prize inscription to front free endpaper to a Sir Knight (illegible), "for securing..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1894. First Edition. Octavo (19.5cm.); publisher's terracotta cloth, upper cover and spine lettered in gilt; viii,275pp. Boards a bit rubbed, corners bumped, small indentation to rear cover fore-edge, some minor spotting to preliminaries, else Near Very Good, interior mostly fine. More
Paris: Émile-Paul, 1909. Cinquième Édition. Octavo (21cm.); recent calf over original cloth boards, gilt-lettered spine; [4],x,366pp.; 22 leaves of illus. including photographs. Light wear, small chip to spine crown, text block uniformly toned, else Very Good and sound overall. Biography of the French statesman the Duc de Morny (1811-1865). More
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press / Center for Great Plains Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1987. First Edition. Large quarto (28.5cm.); publisher's boards in mustard pictorial dust jacket; xiii,[1],239pp.; half-tone illus. throughout. Light shelf wear, corners bumped, light dust-soil to rear jacket panel, spine panel sunned, else Very Good and..... More