Bononiæ [Bologna]: Typographia Instituti Scientiarum, 1788. 16mo (6" x 3.5"); 430pp. Stained brown paper-covered boards with green paper spine. Boards lightly warped with a number of chips and scrapes to paper. Front hinge cracked and book falls open easily to between a few gatherings, with binding feeling as if it's..... More
Rossville, [OH]: J.M. Christy, Printer, 1843. First Edition. Octavo. Removed. 23 pages. Evidently separately published but likely also collected in a larger set of proceedings from the University, as the signatures present are D and E. A wide ranging address, Junkin concludes by assessing the fluctuations..... More
Gettysburg, PA: Thomas Publications, 2001. First Edition. Slim quarto; publisher's grey pictorial card wrappers; 128pp.; photographic illus. throughout. A hint of shelf wear, else Fine. More
Dublin: E. Lynch, G. Burnet, P. Wogan, et al., 1792. Volume III only. Octavo. 361 p. + 21 p constituting "The Table." Full leather with floral decoration to front and rear and red leather spine label lettered in gilt. Boards are chipped with loss at top of spine..... More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1953. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in tan price-clipped dust jacket printed in red and black; ix,[5],296pp. Jacket extremities toned and rather chipped with shallow losses at spine ends, corners bumped with minor fraying, contemporary ink ownership signature and note to front pastedown and free endpaper..... More
Paris: Barbou, 1770. First Thus. 12mo (17cm.); contemporary sheep, gilt spine in six compartments, marbled endpapers; xii,455pp.; engraved folding view, woodcut head- and tail-pieces. Binding quite worn with long shallow exposure at extremities, joints cracked leaving front cover nearly separated, lacking front free endpaper; a Good only, albeit internally sound..... More
Lipsiae: Jo. Friderici Gleiditschii B. Filium, 1725. Edition Novissima. Thick quarto (25cm.); full contemporary parchment, manuscript spine title, all edges stained red; [4],31,[17]pp. & 2138 columns & [104]pp. (a2 [but a3] b-h4 A-7I4, a2 repeated, collated complete); engraved portrait frontispiece, title page printed in red and black. Upper cover fore-edge..... More
London: Sold for the Author, 1804. Second Edition. Octavo (20cm.); full contemporary gilt-ruled calf (sadly lacking upper cover), spine in six compartments, red gilt spine onlay, gilt dentelles, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers; vii,[8]-170pp. Spine rather scuffed, mid 20th century bookseller description tipped to front free endpaper; a Good, internally..... More
[Boston], Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Printed by T. and J. Fleet, and J. Gill. First Edition. Octavo. [4], 55 pp. Stitched into modern marbled wrappers, with half title. Half-title trimmed along fore-edge, contemporary gift inscription, sparse foxing, else a Very Good and well-preserved copy. John Adams was the principal..... More
![Item #26041 Animadvesions [i.e. Animadversions] on Mr. Hart's Late Dialogue; in a letter to a...](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/26041.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1679922905)
New-London: T. Green, 1770. First Edition. Octavo; modern blue wrappers to style; 31,[1]pp.; woodcut head- and tail-pieces. Margins trimmed, slightly affecting contemporary manuscript price at top fore-edge corner of title page, else Very Good and sound. Response to William Hart's pamphlet "Brief Remarks on a Number of False Propositions,"..... More
London: W. Strahan for A. Millar, T. Longman, J. Dodsley, et al, 1765. Third Edition. Two Volumes. Folios (16.75" x 10.5"). Modern binding in black leather with blindstamped bordering, gilt embellishments and red and green title backgrounds on spines. Ownership signature of a James Hay at top of each title..... More
London: Printed for John Stockdale, Piccadilly, 1788. Octavo; [x] + 556pp + 2pp of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary calf with morocco label and gilt rules on spine. Panel edges tooled in gilt. Spine now illegible due to leather surface darkening and crackling; gilt rules still present. Leather erosion..... More
![Item #6742 Rasselas: A Tale by Dr. Johnson [and] Dinarbas: A Tale Being a Continuation of...](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/6742.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1595417510)
London: C. and J. Rivington [et al.], 1823. 12mo; 266pp. Two full-page engravings, one for each of the tales. Original printed publisher's boards with paper spine label and advertising list on back. Textblock untrimmed, but all pages opened. About 2/3 of spine label in place, the bared crown and..... More
Watertown: Benjamin Edes, 1775. First Edition. Octavo (20cm.); modern blue cloth over marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine; 29,[1]pp. Lacking half title page and final blank, very minor spotting to a few leaves, else a Very Good copy in a fine new binding. Election day sermon delivered by Congregationalist minister and..... More
Cincinnati: Wm. Dodge / J. Harper, 1859. "Reprinted from the Boston Edition of 1726, with a Memoir, Notes, and Appendix." Quarto; publisher's brown blind-embossed cloth, gilt-lettered spine; 138,36pp.; occasional text illus., title page printed in red and black. Cloth a bit scuffed at extremities, small loss at spine ends, light..... More
Boston: Re printed by Rogers and Fowle, for J. Edwards in Cornhill, 1746. First American Edition. Small octavo (14.5cm.); removed, remnants of old sheep to spine; xviii,[19]-176pp. (A-L8); decorative head- and tail-pieces. Extremities rather toned, front free endpaper present but rather chipped and brittle, occasional soiling throughout textblock, else a...... More
Boston: S. Kneeland, Printer to the Honourable House of Representatives, for D. Henchman, 1733. First Edition. Octavo; 20th century cloth tape over stiff marbled card, typescript label mounted to upper cover; [2],36pp. [[A]-E4]; typographically decorative initials, head- and tail-pieces. Lacking half title page, textblock lightly toned and foxed, ownership rubberstamp..... More
![Item #26523 The Memoirs of Sir James Melvil [alt. spelling Melville] of Halhill: Containing an...](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/26523.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1684073390)
Edinburgh: Published by T. and W. Ruddimans. Sold by G. Hamilton, A. Martin, and other Booksellers in Town, 1735. The second edition corrected. Octavo. 408; 26 pp. index and glossary. Full calf, possibly 19th century, ruled in gilt; five raised bands; leather title label and gilt decoration to spine; all..... More
London: Randal Minshull, 1722. 12mo. (16x10cm); 328 [10]pp. Misnumbering 198 as 196, 199 as 197, and 255 as 245. Bound in brown calf with simple gold decoration on edges. Raised cords on spine with lettering stamped in gold on red band. Edges rubbed, corners bumped. Front and back..... More
Boston: Printed by Rogers and Fowle, for D. Henchman, 1744. First Edition. Small quarto (19.5cm.); recent stiff blue card wrappers, manuscript spine label; [4],151,[1]pp.; typographically decorative initials, head- and tail-pieces. Renewed endpapers, light soil to title page gutter, else Very Good in a fine, serviceable new binding. Collection of..... More
Albany: B.D. Packard / R. Packard, Printer, 1811. Later Edition. Two volumes in one; 12mo (17.5cm.); full contemporary calf, red gilt-lettered spine label; iv,[5]-248; 148pp. Faint surface scratches to leather, corners softened, textblock uniformly toned and a bit soiled, contemporary ownership signature to front free endpaper and title page, else..... More
London: Printed for Lockyer Davis, 1781. First Thus; unauthorized translation. Octavo. 181 pp., [2] pp. publisher's advertisements. Bound in 20th century black cloth with spine lettered in gilt; floral endpapers. Light rubbing and scuffing to boards and binding is sound. Ownership inscription (1907) facing title; patch of dampstaining..... More
Boston: Printed by William M'Alpine, for the Rev. Mr. Williams, of Windham, 1774. Presumed First American Edition. 16mo; full contemporary calf, unadorned spine in six compartments; xvii,[1],xviii,vi,[i.e. vii],8-339,[1]pp. (B8 2B8 C-P8 Q4 R-2A8, collated complete). Leather a bit scuffed at extremities, a few surface scratches to boards, lacking endpapers, contemporary..... More
New-York: Printed and Sold by Samuel Wood, No. 362, Pearl-Street, 1808. First Edition. Octavo; full contemporary flame calf, gilt-lettered spine; 556pp. Discreet repair to joints, minor scuffing to extremities, contemporary ownership ex libris and inscription of the Salem Library Company to front pastedown, along with 20th century ownership rubberstamp; overall..... More
Second Edition. Dublin: P. Wogan, P. Byrne, W. Sleater. J. Moore, J. Jones, A. Grueber, W. Jones, R. Weite, J. Rice, and R. M'Allister, 1791. Second Edition. Part 1 (all published). Octavo; viii, 366 p. [A]5 B-2A8. Leaf 2A8 [blank] removed. Lacks fold-out chart of Constitution. Contemporary mottled calf with..... More