Hardcover. Blue/grey boards, lightly faded/stained. Wear at spine edges and corners. previous owner's name and sticker on front left endpaper. Name and scratched-out pen marking on front right endpaper. Also, front right endpaper is tanned, as though a newspaper clipping had been stored against it. Same on back left endpaper..... More
Hardcover. Black boards with green lettering on front board and spine, wear to edges, especially corners and spine edges. Light soiling to endpapers and page tips, pages lightly tanned. More
Hardcover. Scarce copy of this children's book. Colored front boards with wear to extremities. Hinges weakening and several pages in the front and throughout book are loose. Previuos owner's name in pencil on front right endpaper. Pages tanning with some small nicks and tears, very fragile. 190 pages. More
Canvas tote featuring original Capitol Hill Books store drawing by artist, former CHB bookslinger, and all-around great human Nora Simon. (We miss you, Nora!) Specs: - 11oz., 100% canvas cotton - 14.75" height x 18.5" width x 4.75" depth - 10.25' handle height Note: Packages containing hats..... More
Soft cover. Rare copy. Published in conjunction with exhibition Sept. 13-Nov. 24, 1974. Yellow softcover, pages clean and unmarked, first couple pages coming loose in binding. More
Second Edition. Soft cover. Second edition softcover, spine slightly creased, no tears to cover. Previous owner's name on half title page, otherwise, pages clean and unmarked. More
First Edition. Hardcover. Philadelphia: H.C. Peck & Theo Bliss, 1855. Small octavo (3.75" x 4.5"); 96p. Illustrated throughout. Publisher's blindstamped blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Covers edgeworn with fraying along fore-edge and spine ends, along with a dampstain along spine and bottom back edge. Hinges cracked. Dampstain down..... More
First Edition. Hardcover. First printing stated. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering, tight and square. Previous owner's nameplate on front left endpaper; otherwise, endpapers and pages clean and unmarked, tight in binding. Small dot/stain on top of page edges. DJ unclipped, covered in protective mylar. No tears. More
Catherine Barnes. Hardcover. Scarce copy, reprinted in 1947 from 1945 original. Boards tight and square, light scuffing to edges. Pages lightly tanned, but no marks or writing. Tight in binding. More
Thomas Nast. First Edition. Hardcover. Rare copy, first edition. 33 illustrations. Brick-colored boards with gilt lettering, light rubbing/wear to corners and spine edges. A couple scuffs/scratches on boards. Endpapers and pages clean except for light foxing. Pages tight in binding. More
Hardcover. Scarce copy. Brick-colored boards with gilt lettering; still tight and square. Light wear to corners and spine edges. Renmnats of a sticker/paste on front left endpaper. Light foxing and tanning to pages, but no marks, and tight in binding. More
First Edition. Hardcover. Scarce copy. Burgandy boards, water damage to bottom with some warping. Light wear to corners and spine edges, spine slightly faded. Previous owner's bookplate on front left endpaper. Water mark visible on bottom of pages throughout most of book. Pages clean and unmarked, tight in binding... More
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Allendale, MI: WIB, 1979. Newsprint (17 x 11.25 inches); [8] pp. each except for Vol. 2, No. 11., which is 4 pages. Newsprint toned with minor edgewear. Feminist student newspaper covering abortion rights, custody rights for lesbian parents, birth control, and sexual harassment. Vol. 2... More
Allendale, MI: WIB, 1979. Newsprint (17 x 11.25 inches); [8] pp. Toned with minor edgewear, but sound. Feminist student newspaper. This issue covers the Detroit City Council voting out outlaw discrimination against gay and lesbian individuals in 1979. Other articles address pornography, Planned Parenthood resources, and custody rights..... More
Hardcover. Scarce copy, Volume III. Book belonged to an editor of the publication, Eugene Rostow, who later served as dean of Yale Law School and Under Secretary of State for President Johnson. His name is written on top right endpaper. Also, a piece of letterhead stationery from Alistair Cook is..... More
Hardcover. Scarce copy of this book, in German, about the Villard family, including photos and a booklet within the book, in English, called "A Journey to Alaska," by Henry Villard. A couple book reviews are pasted into the front endpapers. Previous owner's name on title page. Navy boards with gilt..... More
Ann Arbor: Her-Self, Inc. June 1972. Newsprint periodical (11.5 x 8.5 inches); [16] pp. Black and white illustrations. Minor edgewear. Unfolds to tabloid format. Second-wave feminist newspaper featuring articles about contraception, women and credit cards, profiles of local women, ERA updates, and instructions for how to change a fuse. More
Hardcover. London: Henry G. Bohn, [ca. 1850]. Octavo; unpaginated. Rebacked with original cloth retained to front and back, with new endpapers. Covers edgeworn with bumping to corners, nudging to spine ends, and some general smudging and a few runs to cloth. Pages lightly to moderately foxed, but unmarked. Binding is..... More
Hardcover. Rare copy. Orange boards with red cloth spine. Lightly soiled, with slight wear to corners and spine edges. Previous owner's name on front right endpaper and light tanning of front and back endpapers, as though newspaper articles had been stored there. Pages clean and unmarked, tight in binding... More
First Edition. Soft cover. Press copy with press letter inside. No tears or marks. More
M.B. de Monvel. Hardcover. Scarce copy of this beautifully illustrated children's book, undated. Brown decorative boards. worn at spine and corners. Starting to loosen at front and back hinges; some pages loose in binding but still attached. Pages slightly tanned. Previous owner's name and bookplate on front right endpaper. More
Paris: Baillieu Libraire and Lille: Imprimerie de Horemans, [1862]. Reprint by Baillieu/Horemans following the original text of the first, 1486, edition, with illustrations reprinted from the original 15th-century woodcuts. Quarto; [vi] + 67pp. Broché. Chartreuse wraps printed in black front and back, with Baillieu device on cover incorporating..... More
London: T. Boys, 1826. First Edition. Two volumes in one. 24mo; 360pp. Two engraved title pages with engraved five-portrait frontispieces opposite. Marbled paper-covered boards with leather spine and corner tips with leather title card to spine. Marbled page edges. Boards a bit bumped at corners and spine ends, with some..... More
Soft cover. Scarce copy, softcover/stapled cover. No tears or marks, beautiful condition. More