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
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1872. Revised Edition. Ten large octavo volumes. Frontispiece, maps, plates, and numerous small illustrations throughout each volume, including "Annual Revolution of the Earth Round the Sun" to volume three. Three-quarter contemporary sheep over marbled boards; gilt lettering to spine; five raised bands. Marbled endpapers and..... More
New York: Edward Brandus & Co., 1893. First Edition. Octavo. 11 unnumbered pages. Wraps, string-tied with a yellow cord. Ex-library. Wraps worn along edges with some light chipping. General toning and one stain to front. Library marks to exterior and institutional stamp and bookplate to final page... 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
New York: Oxford University Press, 1924. Octavo. 178 pages. Burgundy boards stamped in gilt. No dust jacket. Boards are heavily dampstained along bottom edge with discoloration and warping. Rear hinge starting but binding is sound. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Bleeding along bottom edge and some pages..... 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
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
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
Philadelphia: J. & J.L. Gihon, 1852. 16mo (6" x 4"); x, 11-207pp + 12pp publisher's adverts. Full color frontis by Benson John Lossing, with engravings and illustrations throughout. Publisher's red leather with ornate gilt stamping. Gilt page edges. Boards heavily rubbed with corners exposed. Spine faded but gilding still bright..... More
Boston: Chez J.H.A. Frost, 1824. Second American Edition. 12mo. 379 pages + 3 pages advertisements. Contemporary sheep with spine lettered in gilt. Text in French, advertisements in English. Worn at extremities with exposure to edges and loss at spine ends, most significantly to top of spine with gatherings exposed..... More
New York: R.H. Russell, 1899. Small octavo; 75pp. Light blue paper-covered boards with illustrated paper title card to front. Boards lightly worn and toned along edges, with a faint outward bow to front cover. Covers have come unglued from spine but are still holding by front. Page binding is sound..... More
Softcover. Paris: French National Railways (SNCF), 1959. Quarto; 95pp. English-language. Pictorial paper wraps. Illustrated throughout, with four full page, full-color illustrations. Cover rubbed with some light spots on lower front edge and a small tear at head of spine. Spine is rolled. Binding is sound. Pages are clean and unmarked..... More
Hardcover. Volume I only. Rebound with new leather spine with raised bands, foil stamp on label. Original front and back boards and marbled endpapers. Tips of pages marbled. Very little foxing, pages clean and unmarked, tight in binding. Writing only on half title page and opposite blank page... More
Hardcover. Large format, collection of the 7th 15 issues of Rollig Stone (Sept. 16, 1971-Mar. 30, 1972) , bound by the Cardoza-James Bindery in San Francisco Front and back top corners of boards are bumped/creased, and light water stain on bottom of front board. Gilt lettering. Endpapers clean and unmarked..... More
Paris: Societe Franco-Belge De Materiel De Chemins De Fer, [1970s]. Quarto; unpaginated. Book is bound in a black presentation binder with internal metal spiral binding. Mustard yellow and white graphic cover. Full-color illustrations and diagrams throughout, some which fold-out. Text primarily in French with some portions also translated to English..... More
Dallas: Southern Methodist University, 1938. Octavo (9.25" x 6.25"); [iv], 125-240p. Printed orange paper wraps. Covers creased with numerous small tears along edges, with chipping to spine ends and a few water spots to front. Spine cocked. Opens easily to between gatherings but binding is holding soundly. Small waterspot in..... More
Dallas: Southern Methodist University, 1943. Octavo (10" x 7"); [iv], 103-214p +20p reviews. Printed orange paper covers; pages staple-bound along spine. Covers creased along edges with a number of small tears, along with some fading at edges. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Feature's Alan Lomax's "'Sinful' Songs of the..... More
Hardcover. One-of-a-kind 5-volume set of signed burgundy-bound books in slipcase. Books were presented to Honorable James L. Harrison, the Public Printer (official head) of the Government Printing Office, presumably upon his retirement; his term was 1961-1970. Each volume includes several departments, such as Engineering, Personnel, Binding, etc, with a b/w..... More
Scarce copy, small format, light wear to boards, mostly at corners and edges. Marbled page tips and endpapers. Front endpapers stuck together. Illustration opposite title page. Pages clean, secure in binding. More