New York: Orange Judd & Company, 1867. New and Enlarged Edition. Octavo. 286 pp. + 2 pp. advertisements. Black and white illustrations. Blue-green cloth decorated in gilt. Boards show light general wear, corners bumped, light general spotting. Binding sound, soiling to front free endpaper, foxing along edges and..... More
Washington, DC?: Bureau of Land Management / Department of the Interior, 1978. First Edition. Slim quarto; publisher's spiral-bound printed card wrappers; [4],172pp.; bilingual text printed in double columns. Wrappers a bit foxed and dust-soiled, else Very Good. Issued as US-USSR Environmental Cooperation Project no. 02.05-31. Quite uncommon bilingual..... More
![Item #32355 [Paper bag] The Gipsy Compound Condition Powders. C H. Proctor](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/32355.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1741904554)
Marlboro, MA: C.H. Proctor, n.d., ca. 1890s. Pictorial broadside printed on front panel of unused brown paper bag (38x25.5cm.). Edges toned, a few nicks and smudges, else a Near Fine example. Paper bag promoting the condition powders "For Horses, Cattle, Poultry, and Swine" invented by C.H. Proctor of 13..... More
San Francisco, CA: Cattle Protection Board, 1918. First Edition. Thin octavo. 355; [1]pp. 245 pages of brand marks. Red cloth stamped in black. With a brand and ear mark handwritten on wood, property of a Frank Roach of Phelps Ranch. Boards worn and/or gnawed at extremities with minor fraying; a...... More
Washington, DC: The Farmers National Publishing Company, 1923. First Edition. Octavo. 218 pages. Frontis portrait. Grey cloth stamped in black. No dust jacket. Light wear to extremities. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Barrett's attempt to convince farmers of the importance of pursuing aggressive lobbying efforts to get..... More
Philadelphia: James Kay, Jun. for John Grigg, Uriah Hunt, Towar & Hoga, R.H. Small, M'Carty & Davis, Thomas de Silver, 1827. Octavo; full contemporary mottled sheep, black gilt spine label; 661pp. (collated complete). Leather a bit rubbed and dried at margins with fairly extensive surface scratches to both boards, textblock..... More
New York: Viking Press, 1945. Twentieth Anniversary Edition. Octavo; publisher's grey cloth embossed in brown and gilt, pictorial paste-on to upper cover, brown topstain, in original paper-covered slipcase; 397pp.; woodcut illus. throughout. Spine toned, slipcase rather worn with one-inch loss at bottom margin and dampstaining to the same, else a...... More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1905. First Edition with publisher's advertisements dated "10,000/9/04 - A.U.P." at bottom of p. 40. Thick octavo; publisher's blue cloth, gilt-lettered spine, top edge gilt; xii,404,40pp.; frontispiece and twenty-four (24) leaves of photographs. Spine rather toned as is top third of upper cover, small chips..... More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1905. First Trade Edition, Cloth Issue. Octavo; publisher's red cloth ruled and lettered in black; xli,[1],157pp.; photographic frontispiece (tissue guard), five leaves of plates. Upper cover cloth lightly discolored and soiled, corners bumped with very brief exposure, spine toned, else a Very Good copy, internally..... More
United States: [ca. 1960s]. Original hand-painted sign (91.5x61cm); acrylic paint and hand-made black and red decal letters on wood plank. Paint a bit chipped along margins, chicken painting starting to crack, some light soil, else Very Good. Vibrant and handsome hand-painted sign advertising Ezi's big fat chicken eggs adorned with..... More
United States? ca. 1950s. Original hand-painted double-sided wooden sign (12.5x45cm.), "Pansies" on one side, "Peas" on the other. Uniformly dust-soiled, brief damp stains and fingerprints to margins, else a Very Good example. Rather sweet mid-century hand-painted sign, most likely displayed at a nursery or farm stand. Lettering is in..... More
![Item #47997 Safety Bridle and Line [Patent with Directions]. Henry H. Stehman, Amos B. Christ](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/47997.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1778539461)
Manor Twp., Lancaster County, PA: H.H. Stehman & Co., 1866. First Edition. Folio bifolium (32cm); patent accomplished in manuscript printed within typographically decorative border on second panel, with directions on facing panel adorned with large woodcut illustration of a horse's head in the bridle with letters designating the different parts..... More
Reading, PA: Gedruckt für den Verfasser, bey Johann Ritter, 1824. First Edition. 12mo (17.5cm); publisher's sheep over decorative block-printed paper-covered boards; xi,[1],154pp. (collated complete); woodcut illus., six steel-engraved tables printed on two folding plates bound in rear. Boards a bit scuffed and rubbed, textblock a bit toned and foxed, else..... More
Rochester, NY: Geo. W. Fisher, 1883. Small octavo (13 cm); 158pp+2ad. Boards in printed paper with brown cloth spine. Interior relatively clean, excepting endsheets. Boards worn, rubbed, scuffed, and toned with board material showing. Spine rubbed and worn at hinges and ends. Binding loose but intact, with only a few..... More
![Item #48235 Growing and Handling of Cotton in Egypt [Cover title: Egyptian Cotton]. J. Planta, Co](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/48235.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1780406159)
Alexandria, Egypt: J. Planta & Co., n.d., ca. 1900. Presumed First Edition. Slim, oblong quarto (22.5x30cm); publisher's tan pictorial cloth; [16]ll., including fifteen unnumbered black and white photographic plates (collated complete). Cloth rather worn and soiled, textblock separated from binding, contemporary rubberstamp to title page of the P.T. Jackson Company..... More
London: William Smith, 1842. First Edition. Thick octavo. 730pp. Illustrations. Rebound in modern gray cloth over paper-covered marbled boards with paper title label to spine; new endpapers. Light rubbing to edges of boards and binding sound; pages unmarked; a Very Good or better set. Chock full of information on soil..... More
New York: Orange Judd and Company, [1870]. First Edition. Octavo. 190 pp. + advertisements. Black and white illustrations. Publisher's rust-colored pebbled cloth decorated in gilt. Brown endpapers. Wear to edges with brief exposure and general spotting with white discoloration to spine. Binding sound. Scuffing and moderate chipping to..... More
Londonderry, Dauphin County, PA: April 1, 1809. Original manuscript deed of indenture on parchment (54x76cm); previous folds, light soil, else Very Good or better. The verso is titled on a single panel, "Deed / John Forney & Wife to Michael Hawke for 83.45 dollars" adorned with a very handsome calligraphic..... More
London? 1740-1749. Tall, narrow folio (40.5x16.5cm.); full parchment retaining original brass clasps; [2],169,[2]ll. filled to completion with manuscript accounts, text ruled in red throughout. Parchment unevenly browned and a bit scuffed at extremities, a number of surface scratches, some cracking at head of a few gatherings, occasional finger soil to..... More
Paris: Imprimerie Impériale, 1855. First Edition. Large folio (34.5cm.); publisher's green cloth, gilt-lettered spine, decorative endpapers; [4],xxviii,[4],184pp.; eight leaves of lithographic plates bound in rear including folding maps (one hand-colored) and double-paged views. Boards quite soiled and rubbed, boards crudely reattached, joints reinforced, textblock and plates foxed, the hand-colored map..... More
New London, CT: Starr & Co., 1861. Stab-sewn small octavo (16cm); 28pp+20ads; illus. throughout. Printed self-wrappers. Extremities rubbed and chipped with foxing and dust-soiling overall. Mild water staining to interior top margins, but binding secure and tight. A Very Good example. More
[Portland, ME]: [O.K. Gerrish], n.d. [ca. 1880s]. Collection of seven broadsides, handbills, and pamphlets promoting different strains of fruit on offer by the Portland agent O.K. Gerrish, all but two adorned with woodcut illustrations. Most examples have previous folds and a few small chips, the "Russian Apricot" broadside the most..... More
Chicago: Stromberg Allen & Company [Management of the Ohio Corn Tour], 1917. Stab-stitched coupon book (6 x 15cm), Number 265. Paper wraps with 34 perforated tickets for trains, meals, hotels, and sights in Washington, DC and New York City. Paper toned with rubbing to edges. Back top corner creased. Contemporary..... More
Paris: Éditions Maurice Ponsot, 1944. First Edition, limited to 800 copies of which this is no. 633. Folio (31cm.); loose as issued in green pictorial die-cut wrappers housed in publisher's green mottled paper-covered chemise, printed paper spine label and matching slipcase; 197pp.; sixteen aquarelles plates, additional illus. throughout text printed..... More
Philadelphia: Printed by Kimber, Conrad, & Co., 1805. First Edition. Octavo; original grey wrappers; 45,[1]pp. Light wear to edges; general smudging; spine perished. Mild soiling and faint spotting, else unmarked; terminal leaves unopened; about Very Good. Detailed report on the Friends' interactions with the Oneida, Onandago, and Cayuga nations, focusing on..... More