[London]: Penguin Books in Association with the Buildings of Scotland Trust, [1992]. First Edition. Thick, narrow octavo; publisher's leatherette in photo-illustrated dust jacket; 683pp.; thirty-two (32) leaves of halftone photographs printed on rectos and versos, maps throughout text. Very minor wear and dust-soil to margins, else a Very Good or..... More
Paris: Chez Deterville, 1820. First Edition. Two volumes; large, thick quartos; contemporary half parchment over marbled paper-covered boards, contemporary manuscript spine titling, all edges stained red; [4],viii,1093,[1]; [4],1063pp.; text printed in triple column. Parchment rather grayed from dust-soil, margins scuffed, contemporary ownership signature to title pages, else a Very Good..... More
Bad Ischl: Verein zur Erarbeitung der Geschichte der Fotografie in Osterreich, 1983. First Edition. Two volumes; square quartos; publisher's white photo-illustrated card wrappers; 574; 220pp.; photographic illus. throughout, some in color. Wrapper extremities a bit shelf-worn and rather yellowed, else a Very Good, internally clean set. More
Liverpool; Thomas Brakell, 1867 [-1868]. First Edition. Octavo; removed; 14 ;14 ;20pp. Light wear, some foxing and dust soil. Very Good condition. Three bound pamphlets with identical titles of a regional archaeological society. Topics range from preservation of archaeological finds, future outlook of the field, and the impact..... More
[Pamplona?]: Gobierno de Navarra / Departamento de Educación y Cultura, [2002]. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's glossy pictorial card wrappers, French flaps; 216pp.; photographic illus. throughout. Light wear from handling, else Very Good and sound. Collected papers presented at a conference of the same title held in Pamplona, November 25-27..... More
London: Basil Montagu Pickering, 1876. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's green cloth over pictorial paper-covered boards; xii,[2],220pp. Boards a bit scuffed at extremities, smallish square white stain mid-spine as well as faint old manuscript spine titling, contemporary ownership signature to front cover and bookseller ticket to front pastedown, endpapers toned, front..... 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
Melbourne: Reeder Fine Art, [2006]. First Edition, Limited to 500 copies of which this is no. 441. Slim octavo; publisher's pictorial card wrappers; viii,64pp.; illus. throughout. Moderate shelf wear to wrapper extremities, else Very Good and sound. Inscribed and signed by the author on title page to photography historian Larry..... More
Firenze: Edizioni Tassinari, n.d. but 2003. Octavo; publisher's glossy photo-illustrated card wrappers; cx,[4],300pp.; seventeen (17) plates in rear, mostly color photographs, additional halftone text illus. throughout. Some wear to wrapper extremities from handling, light dust-soil to textblock margins, else a Very Good, internally clean and sound copy. Despite title being..... More
[Napoli]: Bibliopolis, [2006]. First Thus. Two volumes; publisher's cloth in tan printed dust jackets; 573,[1]; [574]-1085,[1]pp.; eight leaves of color illus. printed on rectos and versos, additional halftone text illus. throughout. Corners and spine ends rather bumped, else Very Good, clean and sound. The first two volumes in what would..... More
Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, [2001]. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's pictorial paper-covered boards; xi,[1],281pp.; illus. throughout. Boards a bit dust-soiled and faded, small dent to bottom edge of upper cover, else Very Good, internally clean and sound. More
Sydney: George Robertson, 1879. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's blue pictorial cloth stamped in gilt; [4],317,[1],2,[12]pp.; text printed in double columns throughout, pictorial ads bound in rear. Boards quite worn and rather soiled, spine cloth toned, textblock foxed throughout; a Good example only, though uncommon in the original cloth... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1857. First Edition. Two large octavo volumes. 576; 614 + 2 pp. advertisements. Black and white illustrations. Publisher's cloth with gilt stamping to spine; light yellow endpapers. Edges worn and corners bumped with chipping and minor fraying to extremities; spine sunned; amateur tape..... More
New York: The Baker Street Irregulars in cooperation with the New York Public Library -- Berg Collection, 2001. First Edition. Octavo; [x], 109pp. Manuscript facsimile and illustrations throughout. Illustrated dust jacket over black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Jacket clean and crisp with very faint shelfwear but no chips..... More
New York: Hodder & Stoughton / George H. Doran Company, [1915]. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. 309 pages. Frontispiece + 15 additional black and white illustrations on yellow background. Brown cloth stamped in gilt. Lacks dust jacket. Boards rubbed at corners, edges and spine ends, with darkening to spine, some soiling..... More
Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1992, 1993, 1994. First Editions. Three octavo volumes. Photo-illustrated dust jackets over publisher’s cardinal red cloth. 480pp, 574pp, 517pp; facsimiles and illustrations throughout. Vol 1 jacket bumped with dampstaining and color bleed to interior at head (not visible to exterior) and a vertical crease to..... More
![Item #27358 A History of Science, Technology, and Philosophy in the 16th & 17th Centuries [with]...](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/27358.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1695391267)
New York: Macmillan Company, 1935, 1939. First American Editions from the British sheets. Thick octavos; publisher’s cloth in printed dust jackets; Vol 1: 692pp, frontispiece, thirty-six (36) leaves of plates printed on rectos and versos, hundred of text illus. throughout; Vol 2: 813pp. frontispiece, sixty-six (66) leaves of plates &..... More
![Item #27356 The Long Goodbye [Book Club Edition]. Raymond Chandler, Walter H. Lorraine, jacket](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/27356.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1695390852)
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1954. Book Club Edition. Octavo. 316 pp. Illustrated dust jacket over orange-brown boards with green-blue lettering. Goldenrod top stain. Rear jacket panel cleanly separated along fold; jacket otherwise lightly chipped at corners with some faint creasing and rubbing along edges and spine ends. Boards..... More
New York: Covici Friede Publishers, 1932. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's royal blue cloth, black spine titling; 263pp. Soiling on spine, slightly affecting front and back boards. Light finger soil to textblock, else Very Good condition. In a hotel room in Sancerre, France, the body of one Emile..... More
![Item #27354 East and West [alt. title: Diamonds See in the Dark]. Talbot Mundy, pseud. William...](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/27354.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1694739395)
New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1937. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's goldenrod pictorial cloth stamped in red and black, in illustrated dust jacket retaining original price ($2.50); 310pp. Creasing, wear, and chipping to the top and bottom edges and corners of jacket, shallow losses to spine ends, cloth a bit dust-soiled..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1959. First Edition, stated. Octavo. 240 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with "$3.75" price present. Black boards stamped in silver. Dust jacket worn along edges with minor nicks and creasing, some general spotting and smudging, and toning to spine. Boards worn with..... More
![Item #27352 Murdered One by One [alt. title: No Fury]. Francis Beeding, pseud. John Leslie Palmer](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/27352.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1694739163)
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1937. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's black cloth with red spine titling, black lettering on a field of red to front cover; 314pp. Some fading and soiling to covers, corners tapped, light scuffing to spine ends. Light internal soil. Very Good and sound... More
Arlington, VA: Carrollton Clark, 1975. Limited Edition of 1000 copies, this being #269. Quarto. 272 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $30.00 price present. Red boards stamped black and gilt. Red topstain. Mustard slipcase. Dust jacket rubbed along edges with a few minor scuffs and faded spine. Boards show very..... More
![Item #27348 No Fury [alt. title: Murdered One by One]. Francis Beeding, pseud. John Leslie Palmer](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/27348.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1694738916)
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1936. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's light blue cloth lettered in black; 328pp.; five leaves of illus. Slightly sun faded spine, cover with some fading and soiling, tapped corners. Clean interior with sound binding and no signs of foxing. By Francis Beeding (pseud. John Leslie Palmer)..... More
Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation / Carnegie Mellon University, 1986. First Edition. Small, slim quarto (26.5cm.); publisher's white pictorial card wrappers; 167pp.; color and half-tone illus. throughout. Just a hint of soil to wrappers, else a Fine example. Inscribed and signed by co-curator Gavin Bridson to the..... More