Simple Passion
New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, [1993]. Early Printing. Slim octavo; [10],64pp. Jacket a bit soiled, contemporary ownership signature to p. [i], else a Near Fine copy in Very Good jacket. More
Fiction
About the Murder of the Circus Queen: A Thatcher Colt Detective Mystery
New York: Covici-Friede, 1932. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's yellow cloth lettered in red; xi,[1],275pp. Cloth a bit rubbed at corners and spine ends with brief exposure, the whole rather soiled, faint ring stain to front cover and brief spot of white residue to rear, spine toned, faint foxing to textblock..... More
The Alamut Ambush
London: Victor Gollancz, 1971. First Edition. Octavo. 192 pp. Printed dust jacket. Red boards with spine stamped in gilt. Unclipped dust jacket shows light rubbing and toning along edges with creasing along spine. Boards shelfworn and front board bowed. Moderate lean to boards but binding is sound. Mild..... More
![Item #13514 Here Be Monsters [Limited Edition, Signed by Author]. Anthony Price](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/13514.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1657215247)
Here Be Monsters [Limited Edition, Signed by Author]
New York: The Mysterious Press, 1986. Limited First Edition of 250 copies signed by Price, this being #13. Octavo. 255 pp. Red cloth boards stamped in gilt. Housed in publisher's slipcase. No dust jacket as issued. Boards sturdy and square. Pages unmarked. Slipcase shows light wear to corners..... More
![Item #9591 The Warden [Signed by Illustrator]. Anthony Trollope, Fritz Kredel](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/9591.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1620935927)
The Warden [Signed by Illustrator]
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1955. Limited Edition signed by the illustrator and numbered 969 of 1500 copies on colophon at back. Octavo; 261pp. Original glassine dust jacket over illustrated blue paper-covered boards with darker, gilt-lettered blue cloth backing. Blue-speckled page edges. Housed in blue paper-covered slipcase. Glassine jacket..... More
The Metamorphosis, or Golden Ass, of Apuleius
Birmingham: W.J. Cosby / Universal Press, 1893. Re-issue of the 1822 Triphook and Rodd Edition, limited to 600 copies (one of 500 on antique paper). Octavo (9" x 6.35"); xix, 213p +5p "Passages Suppressed" addendum. Rebound by Whitman Bennett, N.Y. in dark green leather with blindstamped branch decoration..... More
The Bright Island
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1925. First American Edition. Octavo (19.5cm.); publisher's grey boards, printed paper spine label, in pale grey printed dust jacket; viii,[9]-126pp. Jacket a bit rubbed and significantly dust-soiled, two-inch vertical split along bottom of spine panel, textblock extremities speckled, corners a bit bumped, else Very..... More
Lord Raingo
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1926. First American Edition. Octavo (20cm.); publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket; viii,[9]-393pp. Shallow chips and a few short closed tears to jacket extremities, rear panel a bit foxed, spine slightly cocked, contemporary bookseller ticket to front free endpaper, else Very Good and sound..... More
Arnold Bennett: A Portrait Done at Home Together with 170 Letters from A.B.
New York: Claude Kendall & Willoughby Sharp Inc., 1935. First American Edition. Octavo (21cm.); publisher's cloth in photo-illustrated dust jacket, blue topstain; 350pp.; facsimile plates. Shallow chipping and a few short closed tears to jacket extremities, notably at spine crown, cloth spine and topstain sunned, minor offsetting to endpapers, else..... More
![Item #9632 Beyond the Fall of Night [Signed Bookplate Laid in]. Arthur C. Clarke, Gregory Benford](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/9632.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1621355330)
Beyond the Fall of Night [Signed Bookplate Laid in]
New York: Ace Putnam / G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1990. First Edition. Bookplate signed by Clarke loosely laid in at front. Octavo. 298 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Blue and black boards stamped in gilt. Dust jacket gently rubbed along edges with some toning to verso. Light surface scratching and..... More
Beyond the City
Chicago: E.A. Weeks & Company, [ca. 1893-1895]. 16mo (6.25" x 4.25"); 180pp. Brick cloth with silver lettering and border. Boards lightly rubbed at corners and spine ends, with a few faint scuffs and smudges to surface and some darkening to spine. Pages toning, moreso along edges. Opens a bit easily..... More
The Lost World
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
The Gladiators: A Novel - The Danube Edition
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1967. First thus. Octavo. 319 pages. Printed dust jacket. Green boards stamped in gilt. Koestler's first book, originally published in 1939, is the story of Spartacus and the slave revolt of 73-71 BCE. First in Koestler's political trilogy of idealism gone wrong, along..... More
The Chronicles of Clemendy; Or, The History of the Ix. Joyous Journeys. In Which Are Contained the Amorous Inventions and Facetious Tales of Master Gervase Perrot, Gent., Now for the First Time Done Into English [Limited Edition, Signed by Machen]
[N.p.]: Privately Printed / Carbonnek, 1923. Limited Edition of 1050 copies signed by Machen, this being #942. Octavo. 331 pp. Black and white illustration following text. Publisher's vellum backed boards with gilt lettering to spine. Blue endpapers. Boards edgeworn with bumping and brief exposure at corners; spine..... More
The Horns of Ramadan
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1928. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($2.00); [12],291pp. A few small chips and closed tears to jacket extremities occasionally touching text without loss of meaning, spine panel rather toned with two small spots of blue paint (?), faint..... More
By Advice of Counsel, Being Adventures of the Celebrated Firm of Tutt & Tutt, Attorney & Counsellors at Law
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1921. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's green pictorial cloth stamped in black; [6],267pp.; frontispiece. Some light shelf wear with brief exposure at spine ends and corners, spine a bit toned, else Very Good and sound. More
![Item #8337 The Fencing Master [Signed Bookplate Laid in]. Arturo Perez-Reverte, Margaret Jull...](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/8337.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1609875801)
The Fencing Master [Signed Bookplate Laid in]
London: The Harvill Press, 1999. First UK Edition. Bookplate signed by Perez-Reverte loosely laid in at front. Octavo. 212 pages. Illustrated dust jacket. Black boards stamped in gilt. Unclipped dust jacket is gently rubbed at edges. Boards show just a trace of wear at spine ends. Binding is sound..... More
![Item #13839 The Confession of a Fool [alt. title: Defence of a Fool]. August Strindberg, Ellie...](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/13839.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1660079434)
The Confession of a Fool [alt. title: Defence of a Fool]
New York: Viking Press, 1925. Later Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in pale grey decorative dust jacket printed in red and black; 327pp. Jacket extremities and spine panel rather toned with tiny chips along margins and a hint of soil, corners bumped, top textblock edge rather dusty, else a Very Good..... More
The Survivors of the Crossing
Toronto: McClelland and Stewart Limited, 1964. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's boards in yellow pictorial dust jacket; [6],202pp. Minor shelf wear to jacket and board extremities, brief soil to rear jacket panel and front free endpaper, unobtrusive tape repair to jacket verso, else a Very Good, still quite attractive copy... More
The Prime Minister
Don Mills, CA: General Publishing Co. Limited, 1977. Stated First Printing. Octavo. 191 pages. Illustrated dust jacket. Dark blue boards stamped in gilt. Light wear to edges of unclipped dust jacket with a couple short closed tears. Boards show light shelfwear. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. More
Camden's Eyes
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company / Paris Review Editions, 1969. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket; 336pp. Moderate wear to jacket extremities including tiny closed tear to top margin of upper panel, light dust-soil affecting white portions of jacket, corners tapped else a Near Fine copy..... More
The Great Madness
Haifa, Israel: Or-Ron Publishing House Ltd., 1984. Octavo (23.5cm.); publisher's simulated cloth in black pictorial dust jacket; [6],vi,280pp.; photo-illustrated endpapers. Light shelf wear, brief shallow biopredation along bottom margin of jacket spine not approaching text, corners bumped, some occasional pencil marginalia and highlighting to early leaves; overall Good to Very..... More
The Fountainhead
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1943. Early Printing, with "refrred" on p. 321, smaller "G" on p. 381, "Domininque" on p. 480," and "weight" on p. 651. Page number on p. 9 complete and unbroken. Octavo; 753pp. Second-issue dust jacket with $3.00 price intact and author photo with blurbs on back. Bound..... More
The Adventures of Kirsten Downey
New Castle, PA: The Peace Makers, 1995. First Edition. Tall octavo. 242 pages plus advertisements. Comb-bound wrappers. Black and white illustrations. A collection of Sherlock Holmes pastiches written, "out of disgust for some of the excruciatingly awful ripoffs I've read over the past few years." Nicolls would follow up..... More
The Memoirs of Kirsten Downey
New Castle, PA: The Peace Makers, 1996. First Edition. Tall octavo. 274 pages. Comb-bound wrappers. Purple card stock title pages for each story. Black and white illustrations. A collection of Sherlock Holmes pastiches written, "out of disgust for some of the excruciatingly awful ripoffs I've read over the past..... More