Verona, IT: Oficina Bodoni / The Limited Editions Club, 1937. First Thus; Limited Edition of 1500 copies signed by Fritz Kredel, this being #725. Quarto. 302 pp. Illustrations. Printed dust jacket. Patterned cloth boards with blue leather title label to spine. Lacks publisher's slipcase, but housed in custom-made one... More
New-Haven: Joseph Barber, 1812. 12mo (18cm.); full contemporary sheep, maroon gilt spine label; 312pp. (collated complete); engraved portrait frontispiece. Leather rather rubbed and starting to peel at fore-edge margins of both covers, small loss at spine crown, textblock toned and occasionally soiled, contemporary ownership signature of a Cynthia Painter to..... More
New York: Robert Carter & Brothers, 1861. Later Printing. 16mo (6.25" x 4"); 278pp. Engraved frontis. Lavender cloth-covered boards with "Carter's Fireside Library" blindstamped to front and back panels and gilt lettering to spine. Boards heavily rubbed along edges and corners, with fading along edges, scuffing and some exposure along..... More
Cambridge: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2020. First Edition, stated First Printing. Octavo; [x], 726pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $39.95 price intact; bound ivory boards with red lettering to spine. Jacket lightly shelfworn with a small tear at top back corner over flap fold, nudging at head of..... More
![Item #26315 Army Experience of Capt. John Donaghy [Inscribed and signed]. John Donaghy](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/26315.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1682344750)
Deland, FL: E.O. Painter Printing Co., 1926. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's blue gilt-lettered cloth; 244pp.; photographic portrait frontispiece (tissue guard). Some scuffing to cloth extremities, corners tapped, light soil spotting to both boards, else Good to Very Good, internally clean and sound. Inscribed and signed by the author on title..... More
[Washington, DC]: Georgetown University Press / Sitterding Foundation, 1945. First Edition. Octavo (23.5cm.); publisher's cloth in pale grey printed dust jacket; xxiii,[3],244pp.; photographic portrait frontispiece, two leaves of plates, map endpapers. Jacket quite worn with rather large loss to spine crown affecting text, margins toned and wrinkled, top third of..... More
![Item #11283 John Gardner: An Interview [Limited Edition Signed by Gardner]. John Gardner, Joyce...](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/11283.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1634662282)
[Dallas]: New London Press, 1980. Limited First Edition, signed by Gardner and numbered 79 of 250 copies on colophon at back. Printed side-stapled paper covers. Front cover rippled vertically down middle from a (now-replaced) overly tight mylar jacket, otherwise showing just faint edge and corner wear. Binding is sound and..... More
Boston: Alexander Young, 1793. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); 20th century brown cloth, gilt-lettered spine; 80pp. (A-D4). Light wear to cloth extremities, half title present and slightly soiled, glue residue inside upper cover from previously removed ex libris replaced with ownership rubberstamp; overall, Very Good and sound. Half title: "Dr. Thacher's..... More
![Item #9002 The Imaginary Girlfriend [Signed Bookplate Laid in]. John Irving](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/9002.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1616185289)
London: Bloomsbury, 1996. First Edition. Bookplate signed by Irving loosely laid in at front. Small octavo. 148 pages + black and white photographs. Photographic dust jacket. Black boards stamped in gilt. A memoir of writing and wrestling, first published in the U.K. and incorporated into Trying to Save..... More
Edinburgh: Hugh Paton, 1842. Two volumes in four. Tall octavos. Amusing black and white caricatures throughout. Vol. I, Part I: 90 plates incl. 4 folding; Vol I, Part II: 74 plates incl. 1 folding; Vol. II, Part I: 91 plates incl. 5 folding; Vol. II, Part II: 65 plates incl..... More
![Item #26552 From Pillar to Post: Leaves from a Lecturer's Note-Book [Signed and Inscribed]. John...](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/26552.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1683914059)
New York: The Century Co., 1916. First Edition. Signed by the author on front free endpaper with inscription "To Mr & Mrs P. Maitland Grover (?), in grateful remembrance of a most charming hospitality, from their friend John Kendrick Bangs. May 20: 1920." Octavo; [x], 339pp. Illustrations throughout. Publisher's..... More
![Item #14594 Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement [Signed note laid in]. John Lewis,...](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/14594.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1669135631)
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. Note signed by John Lewis with brief inscription to previous owner on lined notebook paper loosely laid in . Large octavo. 496 pp. Photo-illustrated dust jacket. Gray boards stamped in gilt. Light rubbing to dust jacket and moderate..... More
![Item #12324 Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement [Signed]. John Lewis, Michael D'Orso](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/12324.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1644612656)
New York: Harcourt Brace & Company / A Harvest Book, 1999. Later printing. Signed by John Lewis without inscription on half title page. Octavo. 526 pp. Black and white photographs. Photographic wraps. Washington Informer sticker to inside of front cover and promotional palm card for "A Conversation with Civil Rights..... More
Baltimore, MD: Butternut and Blue, 1997. First Edition. Quarto. 564 pp. Black and white photos, maps, and illustrations. Illustrated dust jacket. Black boards stamped in red. Minor scuffing to dust jacket. Boards show just a touch of shelfwear. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. More
![Item #11972 Gideon Welles: Lincoln's Secretary of the Navy [Signed]. John Niven](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/11972.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1641429497)
New York: Oxford University Press, 1973. First Edition. Signed by Niven on front free endpaper with brief inscription to previous owner. Octavo. 676 pp. Photographic dust jacket; beige boards stamped in black and red. Blue endpapers. Price-clipped dust jacket worn along edges with some moderate general rubbing and..... More
Boston: Hale, Cushman & Flint, 1928. Stated First Impression (April 1928). Signed on front free endpaper by Sousa's daughters, Jane Priscilla Sousa and Helen Sousa Abert, with inscription "To Mary Joyce, with deep appreciation" in Jane Priscilla's hand and dated December 1954 in Helen's. Both daughters mentioned on p. 344..... More
![Item #10114 On the Wings of Tomorrow [Signed and Inscribed]. John Quincy Ames](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/10114.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1626107022)
Nappanee, IN: E.V. Publishing House, 1939. First Edition. Signed by the author on front free endpaper with inscription "January 21, 1942. To Mr. Bernard Rosen in appreciation of his courteous treatment. J. Quincy Ames." Bookplate of Adele and Bernard Rosen on front pastedown. Octavo; 307pp. Publisher's green cloth with..... More
New York: Russell & Russell Inc., 1962. Reprint. Octavo. 552 pp. Red cloth boards stamped in gilt. No dust jacket. Spine lightly sunned and boards show gently rubbing along edges. Binding sound. Ownership inscription to front free endpaper, but pages otherwise unmarked. More