![Way West: Stories, Essays & Verse Accounts: 1963-1993 [Signed Limited First Edition]. Edward Dorn](/pictures/thumb/6271.jpg?v=1584996282)
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1993. Limited First Edition. Signed by Dorn and numbered 96 of 125 on colophon at back. Octavo; 281 pp. Illustrated boards with brown cloth spine and paper spine label, in publisher's acetate dust jacket. Boards toned a bit along edges, with light bumping..... More
New York: Jump at the Sun / Hyperion, 1999. Stated First Edition with full numberline. Signed by Toni Morrison without inscription on full title. Quarto (11.25" x 11.25"); unpaginated. Illustrations by Giselle Potter throughout. Illustrated dust jacket with original $19.99 price intact; book in matching glossy illustrated boards..... More
New York: The Dial Press, 1963. First Edition with no additional printings listed. Signed by Baldwin on dedication page with inscription "For Stanton Peckham: godspeed. Jim Baldwin." Octavo; 120 pp. Printed black dust jacket with lettering in red and orange and original $3.50 price intact; book in off-white cloth..... More
![The Overstory [Signed First Printing]. Richard Powers](/pictures/thumb/6267.jpg?v=1584988620)
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2018. Stated First Edition with full numberline. Signed by the author without inscription on tipped-in signature page. Octavo; 502 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with original $27.95 price intact; book in brown boards with bronze lettering to spine. Jacket is crisp with a...... More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1980. Stated First American Edition with full numberline. Quarto; 236 pp. Color and black and white photos throughout. Photo-portrait dust jacket with original $25.00 price intact; book in black boards with gilt lettering to spine. Jacket crisp with very light bumping to top..... More
![Lund Studies In English. IX; Political Slang: 1750 - 1850 [From the William Safire Collection]....](/images/noimage.png)
Lund: C.W.K. Gleerup, 1941. First edition. From the personal library of journalist, White House speechwriter, and language expert William Safire. Octavo (9.5 x 6.5 inches); 314 pp. Softcover rebound in three quarter navy leather with blue marbled paper. Lettering in gilt to spine. Safire leather bookplate on front..... More
New York: The New York Public Library, 1939. First edition. From the personal library of journalist and language expert William Safire. Large octavo (10.5 x 7.5 inches), 180 pp. Safire's blue leather bookplate on front pastedown, some adhesive visible around the edges. Softcover copy rebound in three quarter navy..... More
New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1915. Reprint. Octavo. 211 pages. Black and white illustrations. Illustrated dust jacket shows general rubbing and scuffing and light chipping to spine ends and corners. Brown boards are stamped in green with black and white illustration inlay to front board. Moderate wear to..... More
George A. Douglas was the second African-American admitted to the New Jersey Bar, an alternate delegate to the 1908 GOP convention, and the first black lawyer to appear before the New Jersey Supreme Court. This archive of his late 19th and early 20th century familial and professional documents emblematizes significant..... More
Washington, DC / Washington City: McGill & Witherow, Printers and Stereotypers, 1874. 1874 Edition / Revised Annually. Duodecimo. 252 pages. Seven illustrations including two fold-out maps, the first of Washington and its surrounding areas, the second being a proper plan of the city. Limp red cloth boards stamped in gilt..... More
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1938. First Edition. Octavo. 471 pages. Three fold-out maps, two additional full-page maps. Rebound in modern green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Some general wear to edges and staining, but binding is sound. Two sections of title page have been cut out: a 1..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1938. First Edition. Octavo. 338 pages. Black and white frontis; black and white photographs. Lacks facsimile letter. Unclipped illustrated dust jacket with original "$3.00" price present. Chipped along edges and heavily chipped at corners with a handful of closed tears. Soiling to rear panel..... More
New York: Garden City Publishing Co., Inc., 1939. Two Octavo Volumes. 159 p.; 180 p. 24 color plates in each with additional vignettes by Arthur Rackham. Illustrated dust jackets are chipped and worn with dampstains along bases of spines and flaps. Additional surface loss to front panel of..... More
Canvas tote featuring original Capitol Hill Books store drawing by artist, former CHB bookslinger, and all-around great human Nora Simon. (We miss you, Nora!) Specs: - 11oz., 100% canvas cotton - 14.75" height x 18.5" width x 4.75" depth - 10.25' handle height Note: Packages containing hats..... More
![The Coral Sea [Signed]. Patti Smith](/pictures/thumb/6254.jpg?v=1584645513)
New York: W.W. Norton and Company, 1997. First Edition. Wraps. Signed by Smith on half title without inscription. Oblong Octavo. 71 pages. Black and white photographs by Robert Mapplethorpe throughout. Illustrated off-white paper wraps. Covers show general smudging and curl / splay out at fore-edge, as do pages..... More
Portland: Metropolitan Press, 1930. First Thus, one of 640 hand-set popular edition copies (160 de luxe copies were also produced). Reprint of the ca. 200 copy 1906 Holly Press edition. Octavo; xv, 170 pp. Color frontis. Beige cloth with red arrowhead illustration to front and lettering to spine. Initial..... More
![DNA: The Secret of Life [Signed]. James Watson, Andrew Berry](/pictures/thumb/6252.jpg?v=1584646192)
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003. First Edition. Signed by Watson on title page with inscription, "For Ian / from / James D. Watson." Octavo. 446 pages. Illustrations throughout. Unclipped black dust jacket with mounted lenticular illustration; book in black boards with gray lettering to spine. Jacket shows..... More
New York: The Nottingham Society, [c. 1900]. "Edition De Luxe." Octavo; Vol I: Silas Marner 186pp, Scenes of Clerical Life 377pp, The Lifted Veil 45pp, Brother Jacob 43pp; Vol II Adam Bede 544pp; Vol III The Mill on the Floss 546pp; Vol IV Romola 596pp; Vol V Felix Holt 477pp;..... More
![The Book of Mean People [Signed by Toni Morrison]. Toni Morrison, Slade Morrison, Pascal Lemaitre](/pictures/thumb/6250.jpg?v=1584558812)
New York: Hyperion Books for Children, 2002. Second Printing. Signed by Toni Morrison on title page without inscription. Octavo. Unpaginated. Color illustrations throughout. Unclipped illustrated dust jacket over illustrated boards. Jacket is lightly worn at extremities with a few minor smudges and dings to panels. Boards show some..... More
![Born Standing Up [Signed]. Steve Martin](/pictures/thumb/6248.jpg?v=1584557632)
New York: Scribner, 2007. First Edition. Signed by Martin on title page without inscription. Octavo. 209 pages. Unclipped photographic dust jacket over black boards with black cloth spine and gilt lettering. Jacket is creased at top of front flap and lightly worn at corners and spine ends, with..... More
![Love Story [Signed]. Erich Segal](/pictures/thumb/6247.jpg?v=1584556761)
New York: Harper & Row, 1970. Later Printing. Signed by Segal on front free endpaper with inscription "To Katherine B. Markwood - / with love / Erich Segal / 15 Oct 1970 / Washington, D.C." Octavo. 131 pages. Illustrated dust jacket with $4.95 price intact; book in white..... More
![Selected Stories [Signed Limited Slipcased Edition]. Alice Munro](/pictures/thumb/6245.jpg?v=1584552779)
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. Limited First Edition. Signed by the author on tipped-in flyleaf. One of an unspecified number of signed and slipcased copies issued without dust jacket in the trade binding, either concurrently or just in advance of the trade publication. (Other sellers suggest a run of..... More
![When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops? [Signed]. George Carlin](/pictures/thumb/6244.jpg?v=1584558001)
New York: Hyperion Books, 2004. First Edition. Signed twice on title page by Carlin, once without inscription and then again with inscription,"For Sean + Jean!" Octavo. 295 pages. Unclipped illustrated dust jacket over mustard paper-covered boards with red-orange spine and silver lettering. Jacket gently worn at edges. Boards..... More
London: British Museum Publications Limited, 1923-1962. Reprinted, corrected, or second editions of all volumes. Octavo; Vol I Augustus to Vitellius ccxxxi + 464pp + 64 plates; Vol II Vespasian to Domitian cv + 485pp + 83 plates; Vol III Nerva to Hadrian cxcvi + 640pp + 102 plates; Vol IV..... More
![A History of the American People [Signed]. Paul Johnson](/pictures/thumb/6238.jpg?v=1584459384)
New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1997. First Edition. Signed by Johnson without inscription on front free endpaper. Thick Octavo. 1088 pages. Unclipped graphic dust jacket over blue boards with black cloth spine and gilt lettering. Jacket shows some rubbing and smudging, but no chips or tears. Boards lightly..... More