London: Printed for R. Edwards, 1792. Apparent second edition, preceded by an undated edition assigned the publication date [1785?] by ESTC. Octavo. [2], vii, [1], 178 pp. Lacking half title and final blank leaf. Recent blue paper wrappers. Wraps chipped and toned. Light toning and spotting to pages, but overall..... More
[New York: African Mirror, 1979.] First Edition. Quarto; publisher's photo-illustrated staplebound wrappers; 79pp.; illus. throughout, chiefly photographic. Wrappers wrinkled from handling, upper cover and first few leaves a bit dog-eared, else Very Good and sound. Headlining article by Adeyemi Ademola titled "Nation of Islam deserted?" following the death of..... More
[New York: African Mirror, 1980.] First Edition. Quarto; publisher's photo-illustrated staplebound wrappers; 80pp.; illus. throughout, chiefly photographic. Wrappers rather wrinkled from handling, brief chipping at extremities, textblock uniformly toned, else a Good to Very Good copy overall. Headlining article Alhaj Malik Shabazz's "On Islam and Social Justice." Also includes..... 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 #25186 Democracy In America [Two volume set]. Alexis De Tocqueville, Henry Reeve, trans](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/25186.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1674772390)
New York: The Colonial Press, 1900. Revised Edition. Two octavo volumes. 442 pp.; 399 pp. Black and white illustrations with tissue guards, complete. Red cloth boards with spine decorated in gilt; top edges gilt. Boards show light wear along edges with brief exposure to extremities; general scuffing and..... 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 #14070 Modern Authoritarianism: A Comparative Institutional Analysis [Inscribed and Signed]....](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/14070.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1662070250)
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1981. First Edition, with full numberline. Octavo; publisher's cloth in red pictorial dust jacket; xiv,194pp. General shelf wear to jacket extremities, spine a shade sunned, faint foxing to jacket verso, ownership signature to front free endpaper, else a Very Good, internally clean and sound copy..... More
London: J. Owen, 1796. First Edition. Octavo; removed; [4],88pp. ([A]2 B-M4). Leather remnants along spine, title page a bit toned, else Very Good and sound. Political tract first published in an unspecified "Morning Paper" delineating a path for peace between France and England in the midst of the French..... More
London: J. Debrett, 1796. First Edition. Octavo; removed [from covers]; [4],90pp. ([A]2 B-M4 N1), half title present. Some minor toning to textblock with a few cover remnants along spine, else Very Good and sound. Oft-reprinted contemporary account of the ongoing conflict between Great Britain and France during the French..... More
[London]: Mountcastle's Library, [1858]. First Edition. Octavo. Removed. 51 pages. Moderately soiled and worn; a good, sound copy. A mildly eccentric work, offering 100 suggestions for reform, a paragraph or two dedicated to each. Much dedicated to enlightened methods of industrial production (repealing the malt-tax to reduce drunkenness)..... More
[Washington, DC?: Democratic Congressional Committee? ca. 1893.] Octavo (23cm.); bifolium; 4pp. Dark shallow damp stain along top half of spine edge, stock uniformly toned and rather brittle with a few short closed tears, none quite approaching text, tiny hole mid-rear panel touching a few words without loss of meaning;..... More
![Item #6919 Church and State in Social Welfare [Inscribed and Signed]. Bernard J. Coughlin](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/6919.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1596738601)
New York: Columbia University Press, 1965. First Edition. Octavo (23cm.); publisher's cloth in brown pictorial dust jacket, black topstain; xii,[4],189pp. General shelf wear, jacket spine rather sunned and crown chipped, tiny loss at bottom of rear flyleaf, else Near Fine in Near Very Good jacket. Inscribed and signed..... More
Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 1997. First Edition. Octavo. 182 pp. Printed dust jacket. Black boards stamped in silver. Light general rubbing to dust jacket with mild creasing at extremities. Boards show light shelfwear and one stray streak in white along top edge of front..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1920. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's blue-grey cloth, front cover and spine lettered in black; 192pp. Extremities rather rubbed and corners heavily bumped, small losses at spine ends touching text without loss of meaning, spine cloth quite darkened, white soil spot to front cover;..... More
[New York: The Nation, 1966.] First Edition. Quarto; publisher's staplebound self-wrappers printed in black and pink; [233]-263pp.; illus. throughout. Stock uniformly toned and a bit brittle, a few short closed tears at top margin of rear leaf only just touching text, old mail label to upper cover; Very Good... More
![Item #6885 [Drop title] A Farmer for Congress. Carl Vrooman](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/6885.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1599767494)
[Bloomington, IL: Democratic Agricultural Committee of 17th Congressional District, n.d. but 1946.] Octavo (23cm.); bifolium. Light toning to extremities, else Near Fine. Campaign flyer supporting the (failed) congressional bid of Carl Vrooman, former Assistant Secretary of Agriculture under President Woodrow Wilson. The text is comprised of fifteen bullet points..... More
Guatemala: Editorial del Ministerio de Educación Publica, 1956. First Edition. Octavo (20cm.); publisher's white card wrappers printed in red and black; 109pp. Wrapper extremities and spine toned, paper stock equally darkened and a bit brittle due to inferior paper quality, light wear from handling, else Very Good and sound. Text..... More
New-York: I. Riley & Co., 1806. Third Edition, "with large additions." Two volumes bound in one; 12mo; 20th-century brown library cloth, gilt-lettered spine; xxiv,179,[1]; 238,[2]pp. (collated and complete). Brief repair to two leaves, final leaf of Vol. I significantly repaired, uneven spotting throughout, ownership rubberstamp to front pastedown, else a...... More
Barcelona / Fairfax: Edicions Sirocco / The Locke Institute, 1996. First Edition. Signed by the author to journalist and former Nixon speechwriter William Safire on full title with inscription "Best wishes from one 'enemy of the regime; to another! Christopher Lingle, 16 January 1996." Additional signed post-it on half title..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998. First Edition. Signed by author Yergin on front free endpaper to William Safire with inscription, "With admiration and / respect - and appreciation / for the good sense of / originality you bring / to our national life, / best wishes, / Daniel Yergin."..... More
New York: Columbia University Press, 1904. First Edition. Octavo (24.5cm.); contemporary tan library cloth, spine lettered in black, grey topstain; 334,[12](ads)pp. Ex-George C. Marshall Research Library with their markings throughout, cloth a bit finger-soiled, spine toned, else Good to Very Good. At head of title page: Studies in History, Economics..... More
New-York: Hodge, Allen, and Campbell, 1790. First Edition. Octavo; full contemporary sheep, 19th-century manuscript spine label; 348pp. (A-C4 D6 E-2T4 2U6, collated and presumed complete). Leather quite scuffed and dried, later (ca. 1868) Sutton Free Library ex libris to front pastedown with their manuscript spine label, mid-20th century ownership signature..... More
![Item #5528 The Atlantic Community: A Study in Unity and Disunity [Inscribed to Tom Wicker]. Drew...](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/5528.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1570544674)
New York: David McKay Company, Inc., 1965. First Edition. Signed by author to fellow New York Times Columnist Tom Wicker on title page with inscription, "For Tom Wicker a kind and gifted colleague, with very good wishes Drew Middleton, 10/18/65." Octavo. 303 pages. Photo-illustrated dust jacket with $5.95 price..... More
New York: Fordham University Press, 2013. Two Volumes. Stated First Edition with full numberline. Octavo (9.25" x 6.25"); I: xvi, 170p, II: xvi, [171]-995p. Illustrated dustjackets over black paper-covered boards with silver lettering to spine. Jackets bumped at corners and spine ends, but with no chips, tears, or marks. Boards..... More
Paris: Librairie Arthème Fayard, [1956]. Octavo (21.5cm.); publisher's white decorative card wrappers printed in green and white; 362pp. Light dust-soil with some bumping at tail of spine. Forms part of the series "Les Temps et les Destins." More