Milano: Automobilia, 1999. First Edition. Slim quarto (28.5cm); publisher's boards in glossy photo-illustrated dust jacket; 85pp.; full color photographic illus. throughout. Light shelf wear, dust jacket very slightly dust-soiled, else Very Good and sound. Trilingual contents in Italian, English, and French. More
![Item #47102 La Navegacion Aerea en Mexico [Signed]. Armando de Maria y. Campos](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/47102.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1771440228)
D.F. [Cuidad de Mexico]: Compania de Ediciones Populares, S.A., 1944. First Edition. Signed by Armando de Maria y Campos and dated year of publication at front free endpaper. Octavo; illustrated dust jacket over printed wraps; 192; [5]pp. Four b&w plates. Rubbing and light chipping to dust jacket; mild edgewear and..... More
Frankfurt, Germany: Stempel-Werk, ca. 1920. Oblong octavo; side-stapled pamphlet in pictorial card wrappers (14 cm); [20]pp.; illus. throughout. Wrappers lightly nudged at corners and rusting at staples, as expected. Clean interior. A Fine example of a scarce promotional pamphlet. Produced by the Frankfurt firm Stempel-Werk, the pamphlet is filled..... More
Westport, CT: Praeger, 2003. First Edition with full numberline. Octavo (24.2cm); illustrated dust jacket over black cloth boards with silver lettering to spine; xxiv,389pp; b&w photos. Jacket edgeworn with nudging at head of spine and a few stray smudges. Boards faded a bit at bottom edge. Spine very slightly cocked..... More
Chicago, IL: American School of Correspondence, 1918. Later Edition. Slim octavo; publisher's printed paper-covered boards; [2],67pp.; illus. throughout. Boards a bit worn at corners and chipped at spine ends, later ex libris to front pastedown, else About Very Good, internally clean and sound. Correspondence course textbook on all..... More
Chicago: Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Co., ca. 1875. Small pictorial broadside flyer. (16.5x33cm) printed in black. Stock worn, toned, and chipped, with a few instances of soiling, extensive splitting along old folds with tape repair to verso. Good only. Promotional broadside for the Chicago, Rock Island &..... More
Paris: Journal de la Marine Marchande, 1962. First Edition. Large quarto (31.5cm); publisher's grey pictorial cloth stamped in white and gilt; 349pp.; six leaves of folding ship plans on yellow paper bound in rear, halftone photographic illus. throughout. Cloth a bit soiled and toned along margins, dark dampstain at spine..... More
Westfield, MA: Westfield Manufacturing Company, [1950 & 1954]. Two printed broadsheets measuring 18x13cm and 13x21cm. Publisher’s cardstock with yellow background, decorative green borders, and black text. Each sheet hole-punched at top margin; one retaining black thread. Sheets bumped lightly along edges and corners; minor scuffing, toning, and creasing throughout. Altogether..... More
New York: Consolidated Bicycle, Hardware & Toy Co., [1940]. Quarto (28cm); publisher’s staplebound printed wraps; 34pp.; illustrations throughout. Wraps a bit wrinkled and faded; creased at bottom corner. Binding sound. Interior pages show a few instances of foxing; corners creased on pp.3–8. Overall Very Good copy of this manufacturer's catalog..... More
Boston, MA: Little, Brown & Company, 1929. First Edition. Octavo (21cm); publisher's cloth, yellow topstain, in price-clipped pictorial dust jacket; xx,337pp.; halftone plates throughout. Moderate wear and toning to jacket margins, else a Very Good or better example. More
Cheb, Czechoslovakia: Es-Ka Bicycles, [ca. 1920]. Ephemeral poster stamp (13cm). Single thin sheet with shorn top edge; some toning to front and foxing to rear. Very Good or better. First called Elite, Es-Ka Bicycles was founded in Cheb, Czechoslovakia in 1911 by Ambros Swetlik and Heinrich Kastrup. Located..... More
Illinois: Frank's Fine Art Car, n.d., ca. early 1890s. Original albumen cabinet card of a serious young woman with her multi-thong riding whip (13x10cm) affixed to card mount (16.5x11cm) captioned along bottom edge "Frank's Fine Art Car." Image and mount a bit foxed along top edge, brief peeling from mount..... More
Boston: Richard G. Badger / Gorham Press, 1911. First Edition. Slim octavo (23cm); publisher's red pictorial cloth stamped in gilt, top edge gilt; 74pp.; full-page halftone illus. throughout. Rubbing to cloth margins, brief paper scarring to front pastedown from removed ex libris, textblock uniformly toned, else a Very Good, bright..... More
St. Paul, MN?: s.i., 1895?. Land map folded into a bi-fold informational pamphlet (90x95 cm; 23x11 cm); 9 unpaginated panels. All panels generally toned and creased, as expected, with minor rubbing to extremities and one closed tear to top edge of map along middle fold. Overall a Very Good or..... More
![Item #45153 The Trolley Titans: A Mobile History of Atlanta [Signed Bookplate]. O E. Carson](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/45153.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1757599660)
Glendale, CA: Interurban Press, 1981. First Edition. Bookplate signed by O.E. (Gene) Carson mounted to front free endpaper. Quarto; 178pp. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Illustrated dust jacket; green cloth boards stamped in gilt. Unclipped dust jacket chipped along edges with general spotting and rubbing. Boards lightly worn along..... More
New York: M. W. Siebert, 1885. Single folded sheet, printed on all panels with woodcut of a ship to front. Quarto (26 cm); 4 pages, unpaginated. Empty table to last panel. Edges rubbed and a few closed tears at margins; fold to middle; previous owner tape repair to some edges..... More
Philadelphia: Philadelphia Steam Propeller Com'y, 1863. Broadside receipt (25x20cm) printed on lined paper; engraved illustration of a steamer at head of sheet, text accomplished in manuscript. Old fold lines, light ink splattering, long closed tear slightly affecting illustration without loss. Good to Very Good overall. Printer's slug of Bunce &..... More
Hollywood, CA: [ca. 1950s]. Glossy silver gelatin photograph (approx. 10.25" x 8") with typed paragraph to verso. Curled at edges and bumped at corners with minor surface marks, but relatively clean and clear. A Very Good or better example. The happy ladies are jumping on an early patented version..... More
![Item #46347 The [Motorcycle] Art of Scott Jacobs [Inscribed and Signed]. Scott Jacobs](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/46347.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1765307293)
[Allenwood, NJ: Airbrush Action, 2001.] First Edition. Quarto (31cm); publisher's boards in unclipped photo-illustrated dust jacket; 119pp.; full color photographic illus. throughout. Dust jacket and board margins rubbed and a bit wrinkled, corners and spine ends bumped, old price sticker to rear jacket panel; overall About Very Good, internally clean..... More
Pittsburgh, PA: O'Neill & Anderson, 1866. Pictorial broadside (35.5x21.5cm) printed within decorative border, an illustration of a steamboat at the head of the sheet; blanks filled in in manuscript. Previous folds and wrinkling, some scattered soiling, else Very Good, complete and sound. Rare example of a post-Civil War steamboat..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1957. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm); publisher's cloth in teal and red dust jacket retaining original price ($4.50); xii,242pp.; photographic portrait frontispiece and eleven leaves of plates printed on rectos and versos. Ubiquitous small chips and closed tears to jacket margins, 2" shallow loss at..... More
N.p.: U.P.R.R. Photograph, ca. 1880s. Small format albumen carte de visite (8.5x6cm mounted to card measuring 10x6.5cm.). Brief smudging, else Very Good to Near Fine. Portrait of a seated child, about 18 months old. Verso printed in red with an engraved reproduction of the photographer's studio, which was housed in..... More
Boston, MA: William Read & Sons, 1893. Bifolium (22.5cm); text and illustrations printed in purple. Some extensive splitting along previous folds, general wear and wrinkling from handling; a Good example only. Illustrated price list from the Boston-based manufacturers of mail cycles, advertising on the rear panel their latest..... More