London: Printed for R. Edwards, 1792. Apparent second edition, preceded by an undated edition assigned the publication date [1785?] by ESTC. Octavo. [2], vii, [1], 178 pp. Lacking half title and final blank leaf. Recent blue paper wrappers. Wraps chipped and toned. Light toning and spotting to pages, but overall..... More
[New York: African Mirror, 1980.] First Edition. Quarto; publisher's photo-illustrated staplebound wrappers; 80pp.; illus. throughout, chiefly photographic. Wrappers rather wrinkled from handling, brief chipping at extremities, textblock uniformly toned, else a Good to Very Good copy overall. Headlining article Alhaj Malik Shabazz's "On Islam and Social Justice." Also includes..... More
Paris: G. Charpentier, 1880. First Edition. Octavo (18cm.); contemporary brown morocco-backed marbled boards, gilt-tooled spine, marbled endpapers; [4],356pp. Some scuffing to boards with brief exposure at corners, spine leather a shade sunned, textblock uniformly toned and a bit foxed due to inferior paper stock, shallow dampstain to fore-edge of early..... More
Newburyport, MA: From the Press of E.W. Allen / for Sale at the Bookstore of Thomas & Whipple, 1804. First Edition. Octavo; removed, old remnants of spine leather; 28pp. ([A]4 B-C4 D2, collated and presumed complete); woodcut head- and tail-pieces. Brief soil to title page (serving as upper cover), occasional..... More
![Item #46082 The Papers of Alexander Hamilton [Vols. I and II]. Alexander Hamilton, Harold C....](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/46082.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1763576070)
New York: Columbia University Press, 1961. First Edition. Two volumes; large octavos (24cm); publisher's cloth in matching price-clipped pictorial dust jackets; xvii,[5],627; xi,[5],710pp.; seven leaves of plates. Dust jacket quite rubbed and worn, top half of Vol. I rear flap fold split, old faint rubber-stamp price to front free endpapers;..... More
Portland, ME: Arthur Shirley, 1822. First Edition. Octavo (21cm.); removed; 41pp. Some faint foxing to text block, contemporary ownership signature (illegible) at head of title page, neat 20th century ex libris to title page verso, else Very Good overall. Political pamphlet signed in text by Alford Richardson himself, regarding..... More
![Item #33437 [Display Placard] War Is the Health of the State. Anarchism - Black Mountain Press](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/33437.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1750870938)
Corinth, VT: Black Mountain Press? ca. 1970. Stiff card broadside placard (17.5x30cm) printed in red on yellow stock. Just a hint of wear to margins, brief ink note on verso ("Anarchist 1970"), else a Near Fine, bright example. Placard attributed to the 1970s anarchist printing house the Black Mountain..... More
London: John Lane the Bodley Head Limited, [1925]. Octavo; publisher's cloth in grey printed dust jacket; [8],157pp. Very light wear to jacket extremities, spine panel a shade toned, else a Very Good, remarkably fresh copy. Philosophical dialogue between a young officer and the older philosopher/tutor "upon the nature..... More
London: J. Owen, 1796. First Edition. Octavo; removed; [4],88pp. ([A]2 B-M4). Leather remnants along spine, title page a bit toned, else Very Good and sound. Political tract first published in an unspecified "Morning Paper" delineating a path for peace between France and England in the midst of the French..... More
London: J. Debrett, 1796. First Edition. Octavo; removed [from covers]; [4],90pp. ([A]2 B-M4 N1), half title present. Some minor toning to textblock with a few cover remnants along spine, else Very Good and sound. Oft-reprinted contemporary account of the ongoing conflict between Great Britain and France during the French..... More
New York: Third Press / Joseph Okpaku Publishing Company, 1974. First Edition, First Printing Stated. Octavo (21cm); publisher's cloth in price-clipped dust jacket; 121pp. Moderate wear and heavy foxing to jacket margins, a few small chips and closed tears; overall About Very Good. Study of civil rights in..... More
London: William Heinemann, 1909. First English Language Edition. Octavo (22cm); contemporary three-quarter brown gilt-ruled morocco over cloth boards signed with rubberstamp by Morrell, elaborate gilt spine in six compartments with repeating fleur-de-lis motif, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, original cloth bound in rear; xx,382pp.; lithograph portrait frontispiece. Occasional foxing to..... More
Minneapolis, MN: Journal Printing Company, 1902. First Edition. Quarto; modern cloth with original pictorial wrapper mounted to front cover, new endpapers; [158]pp.; chiefly cartoons. Faint stains to original wrapper element, textblock uniformly toned, else a Very Good and sound example in a sturdy new binding. More
Boston, MA: South End Press, 1981. First Edition, first printing, stated. Octavo. 205 pp. Illustrated wraps. Very minor rubbing to edges with very mild curling to corners. Front wrap curls towards fore-edge; sticker to rear; binding sound and pages unmarked. Overall a Very Good or better copy of hooks' landmark..... More
Boston: Printed by John Draper, Printer to His Excellency the Governor and the Honorable His Majesty's Council, 1761. First Edition. Octavo; removed; 72,[4]pp. (collated complete with half title). Textblock trimmed slightly affecting contemporary ownership signature at head of half title page (serving as upper wrapper), light dust-soil and chipping to..... More
![Item #6919 Church and State in Social Welfare [Inscribed and Signed]. Bernard J. Coughlin](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/6919.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1596738600)
New York: Columbia University Press, 1965. First Edition. Octavo (23cm.); publisher's cloth in brown pictorial dust jacket, black topstain; xii,[4],189pp. General shelf wear, jacket spine rather sunned and crown chipped, tiny loss at bottom of rear flyleaf, else Near Fine in Near Very Good jacket. Inscribed and signed..... More
London: Archibald Constable & Co. Ltd., 1907. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth, top edge gilt, in tan printed dust jacket; lix,[1],293pp. Chips at spine ends, the larger of the two at crown affecting author name, spine and flap folds rather toned, corners softened, else a Very Good, sound copy overall..... More
![Item #34029 President Clinton's Legacy to Africa [Signed by Hillary Rodham Clinton]. Bill,...](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/34029.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1755618749)
[Washington, DC]: African Communications Agency, [2001]. First Edition. Square quarto (26cm); publisher's boards in unclipped green photo-illustrated dust jacket; 180pp.; color photographs throughout. Jacket a bit wrinkled and worn at spine ends, brief soil to rear panel, else Very Good and sound. Ex libris of the Black Leadership Forum to..... More
New York: The Nation, 1966. First Edition. Quarto; publisher's staplebound self-wrappers printed in black and pink; [233]-263pp.; illus. throughout. Stock uniformly toned and a bit brittle, a few short closed tears at top margin of rear leaf only just touching text, old mail label to upper cover; Very Good... More
Boston: Printed by Rogers and Fowle, for Samuel Eliot in Cornhill, 1744. First Edition. Octavo; modern blue wrappers, upper cover title in calligraphic manuscript; 54,[2]pp. ([*]2 a2 B-G4, collated complete with half title and final blank). A Very Good, fresh and sound copy. From the title page: "N.B. The Things..... More
![Item #46051 Les chenes qu'on abat... [Inscribed and Signed to Charles E. Bohlen]. Charles de...](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/46051.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1764186460)
[Paris]: Gallimard, [1971]. First Trade Edition. Small octavo (18.5cm); publisher's cream card wrappers printed in red and black; 235pp. Light wear and dust-soil to wrappers, uneven discoloration to spine, else Very Good and sound. Inscribed and signed on half title: "Pour Monsieur l'Ambassadeur Charles Bohlen, avec le fidele souvenir de..... More
New-Haven: Thomas and Samuel Green, 1778. First Edition. Octavo; removed; 23,[1]pp. ([A]-C4, collated complete). Stock uniformly toned and a bit spotted throughout, top and fore-edge margins trimmed affecting gift inscription at head of half title page, "[...] Lee - The Gift of the Revd. James Dana D[...]." Very Good and..... More
![Item #46666 A Democrat Looks at His Party [Signed]. Dean Acheson](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/46666.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1767641168)
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1955. First Edition, stated. Signed by Dean Acheson without inscription at title page. Octavo; printed dust jacket with $3.00 price present; blue cloth-backed boards; 199pp. Dust jacket worn and scuffed with white stain to base of spine, obscuring imprint. Edgewear to boards; binding sound; dust..... More
Athens, GA: [s.i.], 1991. Three typed letters signed by Dean Rusk on The University of Georgia stationary. Letters are to three different recipients and dated August and September 1991 and each signed by Rusk. Folds and touch of rubbing to letters; Near Fine. While short, in each letter the former..... More
![Item #46458 And We Are Not Saved: The Elusive Quest for Racial Justice [Inscribed and Signed]....](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/46458.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1766785328)
New York: Basic Books, [1987]. First Edition with full number line. Octavo (24cm); publisher's cloth in unclipped pictorial dust jacket; xii,288pp. Light shelf wear, dust jacket and textblock edges dust-soiled, front endpapers toned from exposure to (removed) news clipping, old red pencil price to front pastedown; overall Very Good, internally..... More