![Item #27802 Close Range: Wyoming Stories [Signed by Proulx and Matthews]. Annie Proulx, William...](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/27802.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1697844533)
New York: Scribner, 1999. First Edition. Signed by Proulx and Matthews at title page without inscription. Octavo. 283 pp. Full-page watercolors by Matthews. Illustrated dust jacket. Green and black boards stamped in silver. Unclipped dust jacket with light rubbing to rear panel. Boards with mild shelfwear. Binding is sound..... More
Paris: Bossange Frères, n.d. [ca. 1825]. Presumed First French Edition. Oblong octavo (14.5 x 23 cm); publisher’s pictorial lilac paper-covered boards adorned with vignettes of two young girls, one skipping rope, the other playing badminton; iii,[4]-134pp.; six leaves of hand-colored aquatint plates. Ex-library with the early 20th-century gift bookplate to..... More
![Item #30795 The Birds [Limited Edition, Signed by Parry]. Aristophanes, Dudley Fitts, Marian...](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/30795.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1727370219)
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1959. First Thus, Limited to 1500 copies of which this is no. 1495. Slim quarto; publisher's black polished calf over decorative paper-covered boards, gilt-lettered spine, housed in glassine dust jacket and paper-covered chemise and slipcase; xii,52pp.; illus throughout. Glassine a bit toned and brittle, slipcase..... More
New York: Books of Wonder / William Morrow & Company, [1992]. First Thus, Limited to 50 copies of which this is no. 4. Octavo; publisher's brown cloth, glossy pictorial paste-on to upper cover, gilt-lettered spine, all edges gilt, in matching cloth slipcase; [12],342pp.; color frontispiece, eleven leaves of plates, original..... More
New York: George H. Doran Company, [1923]. Reprint. Octavo. 244 pp. 16 color plates by Nielsen. Illustrated dust jacket. Blue boards stamped in gilt. Pictorial endpapers. Jacket cleanly separated down front joint, with a couple small closed tears along edges, shallow chips at spine ends, and a bit..... More
La Jolla, CA: The Green Tiger Press, 1977. First Edition. Oversized folio. 12 leaves, each with a mounted color plate by Rackham. String-bound pictorial wrappers. Wraps curl and crease at edges with a few short closed tears and some light spotting. Cover wrap torn at top edge and..... More
New York: George H. Doran Company, [1923]. Reprint. Octavo. 228 pp. 16 color plates with descriptive lettering facing, complete. Red cloth boards with elaborate gilt stamping to front; gilt stamping to spine; decorative endpapers. No dust jacket. Edges and joints lightly worn. A couple scrapes with brief exposure to front..... More
[Shelburne, Ontario]: M&M / Mycroft & Moran, 1998. First Illustrated Edition. Folio; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket; [6],xiv,351pp.; illus. throughout, text in double columns. Very light wear to jacket extremities, corners bumped, else a Very Good or better copy. More
Paris: Librairie H. Cagnon, n.d., ca. 1880s. First Edition. Quarto (28cm.); slightly later brown morocco over marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine in six compartments, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers; [2]pp. + sixty leaves of engraved fashion plates (collated complete). Moderate wear to extremities with brief exposure at corners, leather spine ends..... More
Paris: Eugène Ducrocq, [n.d. but 1864]. First Edition. Quarto (30.5cm.); publisher's crimson morocco-backed paneled cloth, gilt-lettered spine in six compartments, all edges gilt, moiré endpapers; [4],204pp.; eau-forte frontispiece, thirteen leaves of plates, including five additional eaux-fortes etchings, text illus. throughout. Extremities a bit rubbed, chiefly at corners and spine crown..... More
Brusselles: Chez Jean de Smedt, a la Conversion de St. Augustin, 1705. 16mo (13cm.); full contemporary roan, gilt spine in five compartments, all edges red, marbled endpapers; [16],471,[1]pp.; engraved frontispiece and five full-page illus. signed in text by Jacobus Harrewyn. Leather rather worn and dried with shallow losses at spine..... More
Philadelphia: Johnson & Warner, No. 147 Market-Street. Brown & Merritt Printers, 24, Church-alley, 1809 [but 1821]. Small quarto (13cm.); slightly later straight-grained gilt-tooled brown morocco, marbled endpapers; 16pp.; engraved frontispiece and seven leaves of plates (collated complete). Dark tide mark affecting textblock as well as plates, stock uniformly toned due..... More
Verona, IT: Oficina Bodoni / The Limited Editions Club, 1937. First Thus; Limited Edition of 1500 copies signed by Fritz Kredel, this being #725. Quarto. 302 pp. Illustrations. Printed dust jacket. Patterned cloth boards with blue leather title label to spine. Lacks publisher's slipcase, but housed in custom-made one... More
Argenorati [i.e. Strasbourg]: Ioannem Schottum [Johann Schott], 1535. First Thus. Thick octavo (6.75" x 5"); full contemporary parchment, faint manuscript spine titling, all edges stained dark red; [26],1008 [i.e. 1009],[11]pp. ([*]8 a-z8 A-2S8 2T4).; contemporaneously hand-colored title page printed within engraved border, hand-colored full-page woodcut facing p. 804, woodcut initials..... More
![Item #27221 Four Sketchbooks and a Table of Useful Information [Signed by Griffith]. Bill...](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/27221.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1692207822)
San Francisco: Apex Novelties, 1973. First Edition. Signed by Bill Griffith without inscription on first page below printed name. Digest-sized chapbook; [24]pp. Illustrated card covers, saddle-stapled. Covers are clean and crisp with very faint rubbing at corners. Small sticker shadow inside front cover, with a small patch of..... More
San Francisco: And/Or Press, 1974. First Printing, stated. Quarto (11" x 8.5"); 127pp. Illustrated paper wraps. Covers lightly rubbed at corners and spine ends, with a faint bump at top back near spine and a bit of toning to spine and rear panel. Pages clean and unmarked. Binding is sound..... More
![Item #29466 The Two Vanrevels [Limited Edition, Signed]. Booth Tarkington, Henry Hutt](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/29466.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1713896103)
New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1902. First Edition, Limited to 500 copies "specially bound with duplicate illustrations on vellum and each copy signed by the author," of which this is no. 279. Octavo; publisher's blind-embossed art vellum, upper cover and spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt; viii,[4],351pp.; frontispiece..... More
New York: Time, 1934. First Edition. 12mo; 44pp. Illustrations throughout. Brown cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. Boards lightly shelfworn and a touch faded along edges. Spine a bit darkened and dulled. Prior owner's small bookplate at top corner of front pastedown. Binding is sound and pages unmarked... More
New York: Alcoa Steamship Company, Inc., 1949. First Edition. Folded folio sheet (14 1/2" x 13") with four color illustrations laid in. 4 color plates representing Venezuela, Trinidad, Martinique, and Jamaica. Folio sheet creased at corners with several short closed tears, general rubbing, and some soiling/discoloration. Plates themselves..... More
New York: The Junior Literary Guild and the Viking Press, 1937. Book Club Edition. Quarto (29.5x22x1cm); unpaginated [30pp]. Fourteen full-page color illustrations, with a similar number of vignettes and decorative motifs as marginalia. Illustrated dustjacket in metallic gold and three colors. Jade green boards with dark green lettering and..... More
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1992. Large octavo. 276 pages. 12 color plates by Nielsen. Full green leather with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on covers and spine. All edges gilt; yellow satin ribbon. A touch of wear to extremities and corners slightly bumped. Gilt edges of..... More
Garden City, NY: Garden City Publishing Co., 1921. Reprint. Octavo; publisher's cloth in cream pictorial dust jacket printed in dark blue and green; xiii,[14]-230pp.; frontispiece, full-page illus. throughout. Moderate wear to jacket margins including a few small chips affecting text of publisher's ads printed on jacket verso but not affecting..... More
New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1977. Limited Edition of 2000 copies signed by Hogarth on limitation page, this being #112. Elephant Folio. 154 pp. Color illustrations throughout. Gold boards stamped in black and blue. Gold slipcase stamped in blue. "Tarzan: The Deluge Strikes" poster laid in, signed by..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1953. First American Edition, stated First Printing. Octavo. 208 pp. Black and white illustrations. Dark blue cloth stamped in red. Lacks dust jacket. Very light rubbing and a few scuffs and spots to boards; corners slightly bumped. Binding sound. Bookseller ticket to front free endpaper;..... More
Chicago: Reilly & Loo Co., 1920. First Edition. Small quarto; 243pp. Eight color illustrations with tissue guards including frontis, all present. Publisher's green cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering and borders and mounted color illustration to front. Top edges gilt. Boards are clean, sturdy, and square, with light bumping at top..... More