San Francisco: A. Finke's Widow, n.d. but after 1910. Pictorial receipt (17.5x21cm) printed on blue stock with printer's slug of Schmidt Lith. Co. Very slightly darkened along margins, else a Fine example. Unused receipt for the recently indicted wine distributors A. Finke's Widow, in reality the partnership of E...... More
![Item #31545 [Original Artwork] Old Quaker Hearth Baked Brittle Pretzels. Advertisement Art, New...](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/31545.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1737147259)
New Oxford, PA: n.d., ca. 1940s. Large original artwork (56x75) on plain cardstock pressure stamped on the bottom left-hand corner with the "Royal Crest" of Hurlock Drawing, Bristol; oval pen-and-ink portrait of a Quaker mounted to center of the piece. Stock toned along margins with small losses at both left-hand..... More
![Item #30094 Whisky [Limited Edition, Signed by Thomson, Morley, and publishers]. Aeneas...](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/30094.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1719429767)
Near the Cathedral, Garden City, [NY]: Henry & Longwell, Publishers in Petto, 1930. First Edition, Advanced Limited Issue of the first chapter only of Thomson's classic work on whisky. From a run of 307 copies privately printed, "300 for gainful traffic and 7 for hilarity," this being #196. Signed by..... More
Tulsa, OK: n.d. [ca. 1940]. Pictorial business card (6x10cm.) printed on pink card stock. Light toning to margins, old red wax remnants to verso, else Very Good. "Clean, Comfortable, Convenient" reads the hotel's logo. Located at 615 E. Archer St. in the heart of Tulsa's historic Greenwood neighborhood..... More
Oakland, CA: Afrikan Peoples Alliance, n.d., [ca. 1974]. First Edition. Pictorial broadside flyer (21.5x28cm) printed offset on cream stock. Previous folds, brief soiling and red dampspot to verso, else Very Good. Invitation to a fundraising dinner at the Breakfast Club on 4606 Grove St. (renamed Martin Luther King..... More
New York: Aventine Press, 1931. First Edition. Octavo. 242 pp. Black and white illustrations. Silver boards stamped in black. Light wear and mild soiling to edges of boards; corners slightly bumped. Binding sound; ownership inscription to preliminaries. A Very Good or better, attractive copy of this classic Prohibition-era cocktail book..... More
![Item #30610 Memorias de Cocina y Bodega [Inscribed and Signed]. Alfonso Reyes](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/30610.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1725241021)
[Mexico]: Tezontle, [1953]. First Edition Stated, Limited to 1000 copies. Octavo (19.5cm.); publisher's cream pictorial wrappers printed in brown and black; 177pp.; illus. Light dust-soil and toning to wrapper margins, else a Very Good to Near Fine, internally unopened copy. Inscribed and signed by the author on front free endpaper..... More
[N.p.]: [ca. 1890s]. Manuscript top-bound notebook (20x9cm), removed; 70pp. of which 40pp. filled. Remnants only of additional pages to rear; general soiling; a few printed recipes from newspapers or magazines pasted in, including "Domestic Hints" secured with a nail; Good at best. We hazard an 1890s date based on the..... More
Glendale: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1938. First Edition. Octavo; 182pp. Three illustrations including frontis. Orange buckram with black lettering and rules to spine. Missing dust jacket. Boards bumped at corners and spine ends, with dulling and soiling to spine and a few stray scuffs to cloth. Inch split between..... More
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
Garden City: Garden City Books, [1948]. First Edition. Small octavo (19.5cm.) publisher's cloth in pictorial price-clipped dust jacket; 218pp. Some light wear to jacket extremities, tiny soil spot at spine crown, spine a bit sunned, old price sticker to rear panel, else Near Fine in a Very Good, better than..... More
London: Ted Smart, 2000. Later printing of UK Edition. Signed by Anthony Bourdain without inscription at title page; also signed by French chef and friend of Bourdain Eric Ripert at front free endpaper. Octavo; 307pp. Photo-illustrated dust jacket. Black cloth boards stamped in electric red. A few pieces ephemera laid..... More
![Item #7115 Entretiens Populaires [2e Série]. Association Polytechnique, Évariste...](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/7115.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1598288714)
Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie., 1867. 2e Édition. Small octavo (17.75cm.); contemporary red cloth-backed marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine; [4],vii,[1],262pp. General shelf wear, spines a bit toned, else Very Good and sound. Forms part of a series of popular science pieces published annually. Includes a contribution by the French..... More
New York: Clarkson Potter, 2010. First Edition with full number line. Quarto (24.5cm); publisher's boards in photo-illustrated dust jacket retaining original price; 256pp.; full color photographic illus. throughout. Light shelf wear and a few faint surfaced scratches to dust jacket, else Very Good and sound. Boldly inscribed and signed by..... More
New York: John Day Company, 1931. First Edition. Octavo (19.5cm); publisher's black cloth lettered in red with pictorial paste-on to upper cover, red topstain, pictorial endpapers; vi,182pp.; illus. throughout. Rubbing to spine ends and corners, else a Very Good, bright and sound example, remnants of dust jacket only laid in..... More
Paris: Furne et Cie., n.d., ca. 1864. Octavo (18cm.); original blue pictorial wrappers; [4],294pp. Some light edge wear, small chip to spine crown and split along top third of front joint, contemporary ownership signature to upper wrapper, minor later (early 20th century?) repair to loose signature, else a Very Good..... More
Octagonal collapsible tabletop candle screen composed of white cloth over stiff card stock to which is mounted to each folding panel a 3-D cloth, silk, and hand-colored paper rendering of the Eight Immortals, accompanied by a separate octagonal card paper base. Cloth slightly foxed at extremities, perished tape repair visible..... More
New York: Harper & Row / Perennial Library, copyright 1974 but ca. 1990 printing. 12mo (17.5cm); publisher's white pictorial card wrappers; [14],171pp. Chipping with small losses along wrapper margins, textblock uniformly toned; Good to Very Good overall. Inscribed and signed by Gregory on half title page. More
New York: J. & J. Harper, 1829. First American Edition. Octavo; 212pp + 8pp of publisher's prospectuses. Two engraved humorous frontispieces—the Roman Senate contemplating a turbot, and Mr. Eatingtown being obsequious—which are repeated as illustrations later in the text. Original paper boards with cloth spine and printed spine label. Untrimmed..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1972. First Edition. Octavo; 145pp. Black and white illustrations. Illustrated dust jacket. Red cloth boards stamped in gilt. Price-clipped dust jacket rather chipped and worn with sunning to spine. Boards worn along edges; corners bumped; binding sound; ownership inscription to preliminaries, else unmarked;..... More
Philadelphia: Geo. MacLean, 1872. First Edition. Octavo. 407pp. Four plates, complete. Red cloth boards decorated in black and gilt; brown endpapers; dark topstain. Light wear to edges; general scuffing; binding sound; tear to front free endpaper; ownership inscriptions, else unmarked. A Very Good copy of a scarce title from Lewis..... More
![Item #45844 Black Hunger: Food and the Politics of U.S. Identity [Inscribed and Signed]. Doris Witt](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/images/noimage.png?auto=webp)
New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. First Edition with full number line. Octavo (24cm); publisher's boards in pictorial dust jacket; xii,292pp.; halftone illus. throughout. Light shelf wear, corners bumped, else Very Good and sound. Inscribed and signed by the author on front free endpaper. More
![Item #7701 Hunting "Blue Stripes" [Limited Edition]. E H. Ahrens](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/7701.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1616601945)
[Detroit?: E.H. Ahrens, ca. 1940.] First Edition, Limited to 65 copies. Slim 16mo (14cm); publisher's parchment over decorative paper-covered boards; 11pp. Grease pen "X" on front cover. Light soil and toning to extremities, else a Very Good, internally fine copy. Quite possibly unrecorded keepsake signed in text by E.H...... More
Boston: Published and Presented by Dr. Earl S. Sloan, 1901. First Edition. Small octavo. 48pp. Illustrated wraps with silly rebus to front. Illustrations. Light rubbing and and a few smudges to wraps. Binding sound and pages unmarked; Very Good. Scarce with no copies in retail at time of this writing..... More
![Item #7376 The Confessions of an After-Dinner Speaker [Inscribed and Signed]. Ernest Dupille, W....](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/7376.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1602100447)
Philadelphia: Mayfair Publishing Co., [1930]. First Edition. 12mo; publisher's printed paper-covered boards; 62pp.; illus. throughout. Extremities bumped and rubbed with some exposure at corners, general light soil, paper flaw to upper cover from previously removed tape; overall Good or better, internally fresh and near fine. Inscribed and signed by the..... More