New York: William Morrow & Company, 1932. First Edition. Octavo. 280 pp. Black and white and color illustrations, collated and complete. Grey cloth boards stamped in red with new spine in sympathetic gray cloth. No dust jacket. Boards worn with brief exposure to edges; lightly soiled and spotted. Binding is..... 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
London: John M. Watkins, 1911. First Thus. Octavo. 310 & 54 pp. Facsimile reproductions of original title pages; fold-out of Philosophic Globe; chart. Green cloth stamped in gilt. No dust jacket, presumably as issued. Boards lightly worn along edges with brief exposure; corners bumped; faint spotting. Binding is sound. Pencil..... More
Philadelphia: Printed for the Editors by J. Richards, 1834. First Edition. 12mo; full contemporary sheep, gilt-lettered spine label; iv,380pp. Front cover surface a bit mottled from biopredation, spine label chipped at extremities, some light foxing throughout textblock, 20th century ownership rubberstamp to front pastedown, else a Good to Very Good..... More
Boston: Printed for S. Gerrish, at the lower end of Cornhill, 1731. First Edition. Octavo (19cm.); removed, remnants of old calf along spine; [2],66pp. ([A]-I4, lacking half title and final leaf (blank)); woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces. Small loss to bottom margin of title page not approaching text, textblock a...... More
Boston: Printed and Sold by Rogers and Fowle in Queen street, and by D. Gookin in Marlborough-Street, 1747. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); full contemporary Cambridge-style calf, unadorned spine in six compartments; [8],248pp. (A4 B-Q8 R4, collated and complete). Light wear to leather extremities, faint surface stretches to rear board, endpapers..... More
London: F. and C. Rivington, 1804. First Edition. Octavo; removed; 48pp. Light wear and foxing, otherwise in sound and Very Good condition. Correspondences between John Bowles and a Mr. Adam expounding Bowles' fierce disapproval of the late Duke of Bedford (mainly for not displaying model Christian observance to Bowles'..... More
[London]: The Nonesuch Press, 1923. Limited Edition, numbered 507 of 725 copies on limitation notice at front. Quarto (11.75" x 8");162pp. Printed in black and red on Dutch mould-made paper at the Kynoch Press, Birmingham. Brown boards with gray / beige cloth spine and small paper title card. Boards show..... More
New York: Nelson & Phillips, [ca. 1860s?]. Octavo. 154 p. + 4 p. advertisements. Black cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Ex-library with minimal institutional markings on title page verso only. Worn at extremities with brief exposure and more heavy wear and chipping to top of spine. General..... 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
Boston: J. Draper, for J. Edwards and H. Foster, 1740. Fourth Edition (First American). Small octavo (16.5cm.); recent stiff blue card wrappers; xii,[13]-86pp. (A-L4). Title page provided in facsimile, first five leaves and final leaf (blank) with neat archival repair including to coin-size loss to title page fore-edge not quite..... More
Boston: Printed by D. Kneeland ; and Sold by by Samuel Webb, in Queen-Street, 1774. First Edition. Octavo. 39 pp, with the half title. Housed in recent card wrappers. Light chipping to edges and text heavily toned though legible throughout. Usual ink correction to "Provincial" at title. About Very Good..... More
Exeter: Abel Brown, 1826. 12mo; publisher's full mottled cloth, gilt-ruled spine; ix,[10]-176pp. Boards a bit scuffed at extremities with an 3/4" superficial gouge to back, spine quite dried and darkened and gilt mostly effaced, faint pencil ownership inscription of a Solomon Allen at top of title page, endpapers a bit..... 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
Boston: Tappan and Whittemore, 1854. First Edition. Octavo (18.5cm.); publisher's reddish-brown blind stamped cloth, gilt-lettered spine; vii,[1],256pp. Ex-Library of the University of Wooster with usual markings, spine cloth a bit sunned, endpapers toned, some foxing throughout textblock; About Very Good overall. More
Zurich: Artibus Asiae Publishers, Museum Rietberg, 1999. First Edition. Quarto (30.5x24x3cm); 344pp, including appendices, bibliography, glossary, and index. Illustrated with 222 photographic images in color and B&W. Note that this is the true first edition, in hardcover, not the 2008 reprint from Paul Holberton Publishing, which bears the same ISBN..... More
London: Printed by J. Flesher, for W. Morden Bookseller in Cambridg [sic], 1660. First Edition. Quarto; full contemporary blind-tooled calf, recently rebacked with mottled calf, red gilt spine label, new endpapers; liii,[3],526,[2]pp. (¶^4 - 3¶^4 * - 3*^4 A - 3X^4, collated presumed complete with publisher's advertisements on final leaf);..... More
Chambersburg, PA: Publication Office of the German Reformed Church, 1847. First Edition. 12mo. 162 pp. Contemporary gray cloth with gilt titling to front. Fading and rippling along spine, corners bumped, and light wear and brief exposure to edges. Binding is sound. Mild foxing to interior and contemporary ownership..... More
New York: Published by James Sharan / Printed by John Low, 1816. First Edition. 12mo; contemporary calf-backed paper-covered boards, red gilt-lettered spine label; vi,[7]-301pp. Boards a bit scuffed at extremities with exposure at corners and margins, brief damp spots to upper cover, small abrasion to spine label, textblock rather heavily..... More
Andover: Flagg and Gould, 1820. First Edition. Small 12mo; full modern calf; xii,[13]-159,[3]pp. (collated complete). Old dampstain to textblock, contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper, else Very Good in a fine new binding. Compilation of contemporary sermons by John Witherspoon and Gardiner Spring, including the latter's oration on..... More
London: Printed by T. Mabb, for Joseph Nevill, and are to be sold at his Shop at the signe of the Plough in the New-Buildings in Paules Churchyard, 1660. Third Edition. 12mo. [xvi], 431, [xxi] pp. Contemporary quarter calf with gilt lettering to spine. Incomplete, lacking N1 signature... More
Ipswich, UK: East Anglican Magazine, Ltd., [ca. 1960]. First Edition. Octavo. 63 pp. Two color plates. Printed dust jacket. Dark blue boards stamped in gilt. Dust jacket chipped and rubbed along edges. Boards show light shelfwear. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Very Good. Collection of poetry, short..... More
Ipswich, UK: East Anglican Magazine, Ltd., 1959. First Edition. Octavo. 82 pp. Black and white illustrations. Dark green boards stamped in gilt. Boards show light shelfwear with a chip to center of spine near rear joint. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Very Good. Collection of poems and..... More
![Item #27494 A Point Which Moved [Signed]. Margaret G. St. John](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/27494.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1695985270)
Ipswich, UK: East Anglican Magazine, Ltd., [ca. 1960]. First Edition. Signed by Margaret G. St. John with brief inscription to previous owner at half title. Octavo. 44 pp. Black and white illustrations. Printed dust jacket. Dark blue boards stamped in gilt. Dust jacket chipped with a several closed tears along..... More
New York: Isaac Collins and Son, 1801. First Edition. Two Volumes Bound in One. Octavo. 328 p.; 248 p. Contemporary full calf decorated in gilt with red spine label and inset ownership label of Timothy Nostrand, a merchant from New York, on front. Marbled endpapers. Volume one missing..... More