New York: Vanguard Press, [1969]. First English-Language Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in white decorative dust jacket retaining original price ($6.95); [8],405pp. Ex-Upper St. Clair Library with usual markings, jacket a bit wrinkled, corners bumped with brief exposure, later ownership signature to front free endpaper, else a Good to Very Good..... More
New York: Modern Library, [copyright 1938 but ca. 1948 printing]. Thick octavo; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket, black topstain; xii,1026,[2]pp. Light wear to jacket extremities, contemporary ownership rubberstamp to front free endpaper, else a Near Fine copy in Very Good jacket. Splendid copy of this Modern Library Giant..... More
New York: Modern Library, [ca. 1960]. 12mo; publisher's cloth in white dust jacket by Edward McKnight Kauffer retaining original price ($1.95), green topstain; ix,[3],418pp. Very minor wear and tiny closed tears to jacket margins, corners bumped, topstain a bit faded, else Very Good or better. Superlative copy of this..... More
[Bogotá]: Editorial la Oveja Negra, [1981]. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's boards in pictorial dust jacket; 156pp. Boards and jacket extremities rather rubbed with a number of short closed tears to jacket margins briefly touching text, partly removed old price sticker to rear panel as well as small paper abrasion affecting..... More
Coatepec, Mexico: Imprenta de A.M. Rebolledo, 1875. First Edition. 32mo (12.5cm.); publisher's blue wrappers printed within decorative border; 31,[1]pp. Tiny chips to wrapper margins, spine ends starting to split, brief soil to upper cover, else Very Good, internally clean and sound. Apparently unrecorded publication of a story read aloud..... 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 a 2" split to front joint at head..... More
London: Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers), Ltd., 1926. First Edition, later issue with no additional printings listed, 7/6 net price to jacket, but lacking publisher's ads to rear. C. Morse-illustrated dust jacket. Red grain cloth lettered in black. Dust jacket heavily restored by prior owner with archival tissue backing..... More
![Item #27497 Presents [Signed Limited Edition]. Donald Barthelme](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/27497.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1695753254)
Dallas, TX: Pressworks, 1980. Limited Edition of 376 copies, this copy signed out of series by Barthelme on colophon. Slim octavo; 22pp. collage frontis and three plates by the author laid in. Cloth-backed marbled boards with gilt lettering. Boards are sturdy and square with faint shelfwear and a slight cock..... More
Philadelphia: Henry Perkins, 1836. First Edition. Octavo; 20th-century library cloth, gilt-lettered spine; 222pp.; engraved frontispiece. Ex-Mercantile Library of Philadelphia with their rubberstamps throughout textblock, later ownership rubberstamp to front pastedown, textblock rather toned, frontispiece especially so. A Good copy overall in sturdy binding. Posthumously-published collection of essays and..... More
[New York]: New-Jersey Historical Society, 1846. First Edition. Octavo; early 20th-century library cloth, black and red spine labels lettered in gilt; viii,[2],341pp.; engraved frontispiece, folding map plate. Cloth lightly rubbed and rather dust-soiled, spine toned, ownership ex libris of A. Van Doren Honeyman (1849-1936) to front pastedown, else a Very..... More
![Item #27473 An Antient Promise Improved, in a sermon preached at the instalment [sic] of the Rev....](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/27473.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1695759519)
Boston: Printed and Sold by Kneeland and Adams, in Milk-Street, 1769. First Edition. Octavo; stitched self-wrappers; 21,[3]pp. ([A]-C4, collated complete with half title page). Dark dampstain affecting first and final two leaves, small square clipped from top margin of half title not affecting text, faint contemporary ownership signatures to the..... More
Boston: Printed and Sold by Edes and Gill, next to the Prison, in Queen-Street, 1756. First Edition. Octavo; removed, remnants of old sheep along spine edge; 32pp. ([A]^2-4 B-D^4, lacking half title otherwise collated complete). Dampstain along bottom margin affecting entire textblock, stock uniformly toned and a bit foxed, long..... More
New York: Popular Library, [1964]. First Popular Library Edition. 12mo; publisher's pictorial card wrappers, all edges stained red; 191pp. Moderate wear to wrapper extremities including tiny loss at bottom fore-edge corner of upper cover, spine slightly cocked, contemporary bookseller rubberstamp to first leaf, textblock uniformly toned due to inferior paper..... More
London: Henry Greenwood & Co., 1920. First Edition. Small, thick octavo; publisher's dark green cloth, upper cover embossed in gilt; 912pp.; illus. throughout, including color advertisements. Light shelf-wear to cloth extremities, brief soiling to upper cover, gilt dulled, rear hinge repaired and a bit tight, textblock toned due to inferior..... More
New York: Dial Press, 1963. Seventh (May, 1963) Printing. Octavo; publisher's cloth in dust jacket retaining original price ($3.50), red topstain; 120pp. Moderate wear and rubbing to jacket extremities and spine folds, cloth very slightly toned at extremities, else a Very Good, unfaded copy overall. More
![Item #27467 The Giver [With Signed Bookplate]. Lois Lowry](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/27467.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1695759143)
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, [1993]. Later printing. Octavo; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($13.95), Newbery Medal present on front panel; [10],180pp. Jacket extremities moderately rubbed, verso rather foxed as is top textblock edge, previous owner's bookplate partly obscuring bookplate signed by the author affixed to front..... More
New York: Seven Stories Press, [2005]. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo; publisher's boards in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($24.95); 317pp. Ex-Harris County Public Library with usual markings including jacket flaps affixed to pastedowns, corners bumped, else a Good, internally clean and sound copy. Uncommon first printing of..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., 1936. First Edition. Octavo. 272 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Black cloth stamped in gilt. Price-clipped dust jacket chipped along edges with neat but amateur tape repair to verso; general soiling. Boards show light shelfwear with general rubbing and scuffing. Slight..... More
[Rio de Janeiro]: Edição FUNARTE, 1980. First Edition. Slim oblong quarto; publisher's cream pictorial card wrappers, French flaps; 125pp.; photographic illus. throughout. Moderate wear and dust-soil, else Very Good, internally clean and sound. Uncommon exposition on nineteenth-century Brazilian photography, generously illustrated. Text entirely in Brazilian Portuguese. More
New Haven: Yale University Press, [2001]. First Edition. Quarto; publisher's simulated cloth in pictorial dust jacket; ix,[1],254pp.; illus. throughout, some in color. Moderate wear to jacket extremities including brief split to bottom inch of front jacket flap fold, verso tape repaired, very minor spine lean, else Very Good, internally clean..... More
New York: Drawing Center, 2004. First Edition. Quarto; publisher's cloth-backed pictorial paper-covered boards, 288pp.; color illus. throughout. Very light shelf wear and spine lean, else a Very Good to Near Fine copy. Beautifully-produced catalog to accompany an exhibition of the same title, featuring books, photography, original drawings and..... More
London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1859. "Thirty-Seventh Edition, much enlarged." Thick octavo; full contemporary gilt-ruled calf, gilt spine in six compartments, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers; vi,[7]-554pp.; engraved frontispiece, twenty-two (22) leaves of plates including folding map. Leather extremities a bit scuffed and rubbed, spine rather cocked and crown pulled..... More
Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, [1991]. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's paper-covered boards; xi,[1],235pp.; illus. throughout. Very light soil to boards, spine a shade sunned, else Very Good to Near Fine. Collection of essays on the scientific mores of the 19th century, the final three chapters devoted to the output..... More
[Paris]: Librairie Gründ, 1976. "Nouvelle Édition, entièrement refondue, revue et corrigée sour la direction des héritiers de E. Bénézit." Ten volumes (complete); octavos; publisher's blue gilt-lettered cloth. Cloth margins a bit rubbed, spines unevenly sunned, light dust-soil to textblock extremities, else a Very Good, internally clean and sound set. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1950. Presumed later printing though final page has been torn out (presumably by Scarry's nephew) and we have been unable to determine the printing. Octavo. Publisher's pictorial paper-covered boards; Unpaginated; color illus. throughout. Light edgewear and tear along bottom fifth of spine; general soiling. Binding..... More