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
![Item #13770 Rhymes a la Mode [H. Rider Haggard's Copy]. A. Lang, Andrew](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/13770.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1659446935)
London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1885. Second Edition. 12mo; publisher's green pictorial cloth stamped in gilt, top edge gilt, housed in custom linen slipcase; [2],x,139pp.; frontispiece (tissue guard). Very discreet evidence of color touch-ups to cloth extremities, corners gently bumped, else a Very Good copy overall. Provenance..... 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
London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1895. First Edition in book form. Small octavo. 76 pp. + advertisements. Black and white photographs and illustrations; fold-out of Thaumatrope laid in. Publisher's red cloth decorated in black, gray, and gilt; floral endpapers. Slightly ex-library with bookplate of University of Oxford's Laboratory of..... More
![Item #9426 Mémoires sur la famille des légumineuses [Articles on the Legume Family]. A P. de...](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/9426.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1619620911)
Lehre: J. Cramer, 1966. First Thus of reprint edition in facsimile of volume published in Paris in 1825. Octavo (28x20x3.5cm); [ii] + vi + 525pp + 2 fold-out geographical distribution tables + 70 full-page plates. The copper engraving plates reproduce the botanical drawings by Jean-Christophe [Kumpfler] Heyland. [Entirely in French..... More
Evansville: Antes Press, [n.d., but 1928]. First Thus. Large, slim octavo; publisher's blue blind-ruled cloth, gilt-lettered spine; 127pp. A few tiny surface scratches to boards, else Fine. Letters by the 19th-century Austrian Catholic missionary in Utica, New York, and Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin territory, translated from the original German. First..... 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
London: Whittaker and Co., 1861. Second Edition, Revised, Corrected, and Enlarged. Octavo; publisher's brown blind-embossed cloth, gilt-lettered spine; xl,656pp. Cloth scuffed with exposure at corners and loss at spine ends as well as mid-spine, dust-soil to textblock edges, contemporary ownership rubberstamp of an. F.J.R. Bentley to front pastedown and textblock..... More
N.p.: ca. 1900. 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 in a later hand with ballpoint pen. Boards a bit bowed, minor soil to binding and interior, otherwise..... More
Hardcover. Leominster: Salmon Wilder for Isaiah Thomas, September 1810. Octavo (17x10cm); 148 pp. Marbled paper over boards with leather binding on spine. Substantial wear to corners and edges. Front and back hinges are starting, but binding remains sound. Bookplate for previous owner (Hugo Storm) on front pastedown. Name..... More
Washington, D.C. and Heilbronn: Historical Society of Washington, D.C. and Stadtarchiv Heilbronn, 2005. First Edition. Quarto (29.5x24x2.5cm); 184pp, including chronology; list of Cluss buildings, and index. Documentary and photographic illustrations throughout. Photographic sepia card covers with French flaps; rear flap unfolds to a map of Washington, D.C. in the..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1894. Reprint with "Fifteenth Thousand" to copyright page. Octavo. 511 pp. Maroon boards decorated in gilt; top edge gilt. Light wear to extremities with brief exposure. Binding is sound. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown and pages unmarked. More
London: Leonard Smithers, 1896. First Thus. Octavo. 47 pp. "Embroidered" with nine drawings by Beardsley, including frontispiece, complete. Beveled green boards decorated in gilt. Housed in custom-made slipcase. Boards slightly warped and rubbed at extremities, edges and corners bumped, and spine ends nudged. Gilt at front rubbed with some..... More
![Item #25701 Dreamthorp: A Book of essays written in the country [Limited Edition]. Alexander Smith](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/25701.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1677076735)
Portland, ME: Thomas Bird Mosher, 1913. First Thus, Limited to 700 copies. Octavo; publisher's parchment over boards in original white dust jacket, paper-covered slipcase; xxxv,[1],295pp. Minor wear to jacket extremities including a few small chips and closed tears, spine panel a shade toned, slipcase even more so toned at extremities..... More
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1865. First American Edition. Small octavo; publisher's green blind-embossed cloth, gilt-lettered spine, brown glazed endpapers; iv,423pp. General shelf wear, most notably at spine ends, old black crayon price to front free endpaper, contemporary gift inscription to flyleaf, else a Very Good copy, internally clean and sound..... More
London: Folio Society, 2001. First Folio Society Editions. Three volumes; large octavos; uniformly bound in publisher's brown pictorial cloth stamped in black, cream, and gilt, housed in original individual paper-covered slipcases; illus. throughout. Some minor surface scratches to slipcase extremities, else a Near Fine set. More
Oxford: Clarendon Press / Oxford University Press, 1963. Second Edition. Octavo; publisher's navy blue cloth, gilt-lettered spine; xxiv,353pp. Minor shelf wear, textblock extremities a bit dust-soiled, contemporary ownership ink signature and brief pencil notes to front free endpaper, else a Very Good copy. 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 #8516 Comédies & Proverbes [Vols. I & II only]. Alfred de Musset](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/8516.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1614362448)
Paris: Charpentier et Cie., 1876. Two volumes (of three); 32mo (11.5cm.); publisher's blue morocco-backed marbled boards, elaborate gilt spines in five compartments, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers; [4],493; [4],461pp.; engraved frontispieces by Alphonse Leroy and Alphonse Lamothe, and two eaux-fortes Lalauze. Some scuffing to boards and spine ends, corners bumped..... More
New York: Leavitt & Allen Bros., 1870. Second Edition. 12mo (17.5cm.); publisher's plum blind-embossed cloth, gilt-lettered spine; 224,[14](ads)pp.; frontispiece. Cloth quite scuffed and rubbed at extremities with exposure at corners and spine ends, front joint starting, spine rather toned and gilt entirely effaced, faint contemporary manuscript library inscription to front..... More
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, & Co. Ltd., 1894. First UK Edition. Octavo. 346 pp. + 56 pp. of publisher's advertisements. Blue cloth with spine stamped in gilt; charcoal endpapers. Boards show light wear to extremities with brief exposure; spine toned; light general smudging. Split to front hinge..... More
London: Blackie & Son, Limited, Old Bailey, E.C., 1899. First Edition. Octavo. 208 pp. + 34 pp. publisher's advertisements. Black and white illustrations. Publisher's blue cloth boards decorated in green, gilt, and white, designed by Talwin Morris. Gray endpapers. Light rubbing to extremities. Boards slightly bowed, but binding..... More
Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, [1845]. First Edition. 12mo; publisher's navy blue sheep over marbled paper-covered boards, gilt-lettered spine; 35pp.; woodcut frontispiece. Boards rather worn with large loss of marbled paper from rear cover, corners exposed, repaired loss along bottom of pp. 23/4 affecting text with brief loss of meaning, textblock..... More
Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, 1829. First U.S. Edition. 12mo. 252 pp. Bound in contemporary green morocco over marbled boards with gilt stamping to spine; edges stained yellow. Light wear to edges and joints; mild soiling to spine; chip to base of spine; corners bumped with brief exposure. Binding is sound..... More