![Item #28792 A Year in Spain [Two Volume Set]. "A Young American", Alexander Slidell Mackenzie](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/28792.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1707056789)
London: John Murray, 1831. First U.K. Edition. Two volumes; 12mos; contemporary navy blue calf over marbled boards; xi,[1],413,[3]; vii,[1],377pp. Minor rubbing to leather and boards, brief occasional foxing to textblocks, else a Very Good, quite attractive set. "If, by accident, this work should find favor among his countrymen, some..... More
London: Cassell & Company, 1892. First Edition. Octavo (19cm.); publisher's dark blue cloth, gilt-lettered spine, top edge gilt; viii,[9]-256,[8](ads)pp. Boards a bit scuffed at corners and spine ends, gilt of both spine and top edge quite dulled, textblock tanned and a bit brittle, else a Very Good, sound copy overall..... More
St. Petersbourg: Imprimerie de Jul Stauff (J. Fichon), 1882 [but 1881]. First Thus. 24mo (8.25cm.); later full red morocco, bound in original peach wrappers printed within typographically decorative border; xii,72pp. Minor bumping to corners, wrappers show some light soiling and wear with general rubbing slightly effacing text without loss of..... 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
London: William Kelly, 1928. First Edition. Slim octavo; publisher's red printed card wrappers; 87pp.; illus. throughout. Light wear from handling, spine panel a bit toned, hinges starting, else Very Good and sound. Forms part of the Modern Military History Series. OCLC locates just two copies as of June..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1896. First Edition. Octavo. 224, [2] pp. advertisements. Black and white illustrations, complete; errata slips. White boards stamped in gilt; top edge gilt. Boards show light general wear and soiling. Binding sound. Mild to moderate spotting throughout interior but still a presentable, Very Good copy..... More
Boston: John P. Dale and Company, 1875. Second and Revised Edition. Thick octavo. 700 pp. + 1 page announcement. Black and white illustrations, complete. Black cloth stamped in silver. Boards edgeworn with shallow loss at base of spine, brief exposure to corners. Opens easily between gatherings but binding is holding..... More
London: Edward Bumpus, 1888. First Edition. Octavo (19cm.); publisher's blue blind-ruled cloth, gilt-lettered spine, green glazed endpapers; x,[2],260pp. Slight spine lean, corners bumped and a bit frayed, light soil, two small gouges to rear cover cloth, else Very Good, internally fine. Extensive poetry collection attributed to A.G. Rensham..... More
Philadelphia: William H. Pile's Sons, 1898. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's maroon gilt-lettered cloth; 332pp. Light shelf wear, spine rather toned with small remnant of contemporary private library spine label, faint occasional pencil marginalia, else Very Good and sound. Uncommon social novel by the author of the Yiddish-American treatise..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1897. Fifth Edition. Octavo. 476 pp. + advertisements. Red cloth boards stamped in black and gilt; black endpapers. Boards show light general wear and scuffing; corners bumped; spine ends nudged; mild fraying to extremities. Rear hinge starting with brief exposure but binding otherwise sound. Joseph..... More
New-Haven: Oliver Steele and Co., 1809. First Edition. Octavo; removed; 23,[1]pp. ([A]-C4, collated complete). External leaves a bit soiled, textblock uniformly toned, untrimmed leaves starting to curl along fore-edges, else Good to Very Good. Uncommon ordination sermon reminding the young minister that "The cold preacher of morality, and the..... More
Limoges & Paris: Librairie des Bons Livres, 1857. Quarto. 208 pp. 64 hand-colored engraved plates with tissue guard, complete; includes additional engraved title page and 63 plates of fashions and dress of the peoples of the world. Dark brown embossed cloth elaborately decorated in gilt, green, blue, and red; all..... More
Hartford: Peter B. Gleason and Co. 1819. First Edition. Octavo; modern blue wrappers; 31,[1]pp. (collated complete). Very faint foxing to title page, textblock a shade darkened, else Very Good and sound. Concludes with the "Charge" by Amos Bassett and "Right Hand of Fellowship" by Zedekiah S. Barstow. More
Middletown, CT: Clark & Lyman, 1818. First Edition. Octavo; modern blue wrappers; 27,[1]pp. Light toning to textblock, else a Very Good to Near Fine example. Uncommon ordination sermon by the Connecticut Congregationalist minister, followed by three shorter sermons from the same event: "The Charge to the Pastor, by his..... More
New York: Office of the Anti-Slavery Reporter, 1834. First Edition. 12mo. 46 pp.; wraps, removed. Light soiling and rubbing to wraps. Binding sound and pages unmarked. Very Good. James Birney was a prominent Kentucky planter and slave owner who gradually grew enamored first of the concept of colonization..... More
![Item #31279 [Print] Presidents of the United States. Abraham Lincoln, Augustus Feusier](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/31279.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1732127907)
[Philadelphia]: F. Bouclet, 1861. Original color lithograph. 68x54cm. Mounted to matte backing; marginal tears and soiling; rubbing and a few scrapes around title; colors remain bright; a Very Good copy. This large, vibrant poster, issued to commemorate Lincoln's first inauguration, depicts the first sixteen Presidents, with George Washington at top..... More
Columbus, [OH]: Follett, Foster and Company, 1860. Later printing with "2" at the bottom of the page 13 and with Crosby, Nichols, Lee & Co. imprints listed. Octavo. 268 pp. with 4 pages of advertisements preceding title; lacks front free endpaper. Publisher's blind-stamped boards gilt lettering to spine. Boards show..... More
London: J. Drury, 1821. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's plum blind-embossed textured cloth, gilt-tooled spine label; [4],224pp. (lacking errata leaf); lithographed frontispiece, thirteen plates (collated complete). Cloth expertly rebacked with original spine laid down, margins a bit scuffed with exposure at corners, brief discoloration to rear cover, remnants only of 19th-century..... More
Stuttgart-Bad Connstatt: Friedrich Frommann Verlag, 1968. Facsimile Reprint of the 1894 Edition. Octavo; publisher's grey gilt-lettered cloth; [2],viii,278pp. Cloth sunned at margins, spine slightly cocked, contemporary ownership signature to front free endpaper, else a Very Good copy overall. More
N.p.: ca. 1910, though photographs developed ca. 1950. Oblong octavo (15x21cm.); hand-made photo album of contemporary ribbon-bound linen boards; [12]ll. of stiff card stock to which are mounted twenty-four (24) cyanotype photographs measuring ca. 9.5x12cm, occasionally captioned with ballpoint pen. Boards a bit bowed, minor soil to binding and interior..... More
Boston: S.G. Simpkins, 1843. First Edition. Octavo. 202 pp. Brown boards with paper label to spine. Boards worn at extremities with bumping and chipping to corners, split with loss to crown. Binding is sound. Bookseller ticket "Kowalczyk Bros" to rear pastedown, and "1800" in title scribbled over, but pages otherwise..... More
Verona: Printed for the Members of The Limited Editions Club at the Officina Bodoni, 1951. First Thus, Limited to 1500 copies of which this is no. 332. Tall octavo (27cm.); publisher's linen over decorative paper-covered boards, grey topstain, in dust jacket and original paper-covered slipcase, xi,[3],676pp.; vignettes throughout. Jacket lightly..... More
London: Printed for Private Circulation, 1871. First Edition with a stated limitation of 156 copies. Two octavo volumes. 596 & 625 pp., with running pagination along bottom edge and individual volumes with their own pagination along top. Bound in modern black cloth with gilt stamping to spine and new endpapers..... 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
Boston: Printed by David Carlisle, 1805. Fourth Edition. Octavo. 24 pp. Self wrappers with modern stitching. Wraps a trifle worn with mild dampstaining along top edge and faint spotting. Binding sound and interior unmarked. A Very Good copy of an early reprint of the popular Hamilton eulogy. More