Münster: Aschendorffsche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1913. First Edition. Slim octavo; drab wrappers, printed remnant of original binding mounted to front cover; [4],59pp. Wrappers rather toned and brittle due to poor paper quality, later ownership signature to front free endpaper; a Good copy overall. Forms part of the series Beiträge zur Geschichte der..... More
![Item #14646 The Mimiambs of Herondas [Limited Edition]. Herondas, Jack Lindsay, Alan Odle, Brian...](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/14646.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1670418037)
London: Fanfrolico Press, n.d. [1929]. First Thus, Limited to 375 copies of which this is no. 39. Large, slim quarto; publisher's green cloth over Japanese floral patterned paper boards, gilt-lettered spine, housed in custom cloth slipcase; [80]pp.; text illus. throughout, some full-paged. Light shelf wear, very brief spotting to upper..... More
London: Marcus Ward & Company Limited, [ca. 1888]. Presumed First Trade Edition. Two quarto volumes bound in one. [102], [4], 66 pp. Illustrations and decorations in terra cotta and black by Crane throughout first volume; sheet music to volume II. Bound in publisher's cloth decorated in gilt and red. Leather..... More
![Item #13360 The Odyssey of Homer [Limited Edition, Signed by Moser and Wilson]. Homer, Lawrence...](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/13360.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1657222884)
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1981. Limited Edition of 2000 copies signed by Barry Moser and Jeremy M. Wilson, this being #432. Large octavo. 300 pp. Wood engravings by Moser. Glassine dust jacket. Bound in earth-brown natural-finish cloth, stamped in crimson. Publisher's prospectus and monthly newsletter laid in at..... More
Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1952. First Edition. Octavo. 358 pp. Dark blue boards stamped in gilt. No dust jacket. Boards show light bumping along edges, some rippling to cloth, and some staining and rubbing to spine. Binding is sound. Front and back free endpapers toned. Ownership inscription on front..... More
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1997. First Edition. Octavo. 270 pp. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. No dust jacket. Light edgewear to boards with some glue remnants to front joint. Binding is sound. Ownership inscription to front free endpaper, but pages otherwise unmarked. More
Cambridge: M.I.T. Press, [1968]. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's red cloth, black spine titling; xv,[1],360pp. Minor shelf wear, spine rather sunned, extensive marginalia and underlining to early leaves, contemporary ownership signature to front free endpaper. A Very Good reading copy overall. More
Paris: F. Patris, 1805. First Thus. Four volumes; 12mo (17cm.); contemporary full mottled sheep, gilt spines with red gilt onlays. Leather rather scuffed with significant worm-holing (not affecting text); neat and legible ownership annotations to rear flyleaf of Vol. I; though externally less than ideal, internally quite clean and sound;..... More
Los Angeles, CA: The John Henry and Mary Louisa Dunn Bryant Foundation, 1970. Fifth printing. Slim octavo. 31-57 pp, with pagination beginning on 31, as indicated in table of contents. Black and white illustrations. Illustrated wraps. Edgewear to wraps with staining and discoloration to front and rear. Chip..... More
Amstelaedami [Amsterdam]: Henricum Wetstenium, 1684. Editio Nova. Thick octavo (20cm.); full contemporary parchment ruled in gilt and embossed with large gilt emblem on both boards captioned "Hagae Comitis," contemporary manuscript spine titling, all edges speckled red; [46],525,[95],112,[18]pp. (a-c8 A-2P8 2Q6 A-H8 I2, collated and complete); engraved added title page, woodcut..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1953. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. 294 pp. Blue cloth boards with spine lettered in gilt. Lacks dust jacket. Light wear to edges and joints with some very mild spotting. Binding is sound. Ownership inscription to front free endpaper, but pages otherwise unmarked... More
New York: International Publishers, 1925. Octavo. 480 pp. Blue cloth with spine lettered in gilt; dark topstain. No dust jacket. General rubbing and scuffing to boards with bumping and light wear to edges. Binding is sound. Previous owner's address label and ownership inscription in pencil to front free..... More
Geneve: Vandoeuvres, 1956. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's blue cloth, gilt-lettered spine; [6],300pp. Corners rather bumped, bookseller ticket to front pastedown and slightly later ownership signature to front free endpaper, else Very Good, internally clean and sound. Collection of seven papers in German, French, and English, issued as "Entretiens sur..... More
London: Published for R. Bonwick, J. Tonson, W. Freeman, Tim. Goodwin, J. Walthoe, M. Wotton, J. Nicholson, B. Tooke, S. Manship, R. Parker, and R. Smith, 1713. Seventh and Fifth Edition, respectively. Two octavo volumes. Vol I: [22],452,[20] pp.; Vol II: [14],560,[8] pp. Frontispiece to each volume and title page..... More
Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1970. First Edition. Octavo. 211 pp. Light brown boards stamped in gilt. No dust jacket. Boards show light shelfwear, with gilt along spine a bit dulled. Binding is sound. Ownership inscription and brief pencil inscription to front free endpaper, else pages unmarked. More
![Item #26601 The History of Anti-Semitism [Vols. I & II only]. Leon Poliakov, Richard Howard,...](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/26601.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1684875159)
New York: Vanguard Press, [1965-1973]. First American Editions. Two volumes; octavos; publisher's cloth in white decorative dust jackets retaining original prices ($7.50 and $15 respectively), bright yellow topstains; ix,[3],340; xiii,[3],399pp. Jacket margins quite chipped, especially Vol. I, scuffing to Vol. I cloth extremities with brief exposure at corners, remnants of..... More
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1959. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's olive cloth, gilt-lettered spine; viii,[2],229pp.; map in text. Cloth rather sunned and lightly soiled, contemporary ownership signature to front free endpaper, else Very Good, internally clean and sound. More
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1925. First Thus. Quarto; publisher's cream pictorial cloth stamped in gilt; 199pp.; color frontispiece, fifteen leaves of plates of which eleven are in color. Spine cloth and board extremities a shade toned, light to moderate foxing along top edges of first 30 or so pages, occasionally overlapping..... More
Paris: Guy le Prat, n.d., ca. 1947. First Edition. Slim quarto (28cm.); publisher's limp tan boards printed in brown; [2],110pp.; photographic illus. throughout. A bit of toning to boards and textblock, bump to top edge of rear cover, small chip to top fore-edge corner of upper cover, else Very Good..... More
Paris: Imprimerie Imperiale, 1863. First Edition. Octavo. 339 pages. 4 fold-out maps to rear. Ex-library copy with usual markings. Green cloth over marbled paper covered boards. Spine stamped in gilt. Moderate wear to boards; cracked at bottom corners and spine ends. Cracked at hinge but binding is sound..... More
![Item #14209 The Thoughts of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus [Limited Edition]. Marcus...](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/14209.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1664204864)
London: Philip Lee Warner / Medici Society Ltd., 1909. First Thus, Limited to 500 copies of which this is no. 187. Quarto; recent half blue-green morocco over cloth, gilt-lettered spine in six compartments, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, matching cloth slipcase; [8],108pp.; color frontispiece and eleven plates tipped in, tissue..... More
Milano: Nicolò Bettoni, 1828. Two volumes in one; 24mo (12.5cm.); contemporary sheep-backed marbled boards, elaborately gilt-tooled spine, all edges speckled; 163, 141pp. Light wear to spine edges with tiny chips at crown, small early 20th-century private library spine label, faint foxing to preliminaries, else a Very Good, internally fresh copy..... More
New York: Biblo and Tannen, 1971. Second Revised Edition. Octavo. 656 pp. Black and white illustrations. Purple cloth boards. No dust jacket. Ex-library with usual markings. Rubbing to extremities and library call number to spine. Binding is sound. Institutional markings to endpapers with subsequent paper flaw to rear..... More
Savage, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1992. First Edition, Paperback Issue. Octavo; publisher's glossy pictorial card wrappers; ix,[1],233pp. Moderate wear from handling, corners rubbed, spine sunned, ownership signature to half title with no other interior markings, Very Good and sound overall. More
Amsterdam: Philo Press, 1966. Quarto. 268 pp. Green cloth stamped in gilt. No dust jacket. Text in German, Arabic, and Hebrew. Spine lightly toned and a few minor scuffs to boards. Binding sound, ownership inscription to front free endpaper, but pages otherwise unmarked. A Very Good or better copy. More