[New York]: Printed for the Subscribers, 1860. First Edition. Octavo (20cm.); publisher's brown blind-embossed cloth, gilt-lettered spine, reddish-brown glazed endpapers; vi,[7]-368,11,[1]pp. Cloth a bit scuffed at extremities with brief exposure at corners, shallow losses at spine ends, faint horizontal repair to front pastedown and endpaper, 20th century ownership rubberstamp to..... 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
Lunenburg, VT: Printed for the Members of The Limited Editions Club at the Stinehour Press, 1975. Limited Edition of 2000 copies signed by Lynd Ward, this being #1654. Large octavo. 268 pp. Two-color wood engravings by Ward. Bound in Schumacher cloth printed with an allover multicolor Colonial pattern with the..... More
Boston: Adams and Nourse, 1784. First Edition. Octavo (20cm.); removed, remnants of old leather to spine; 24pp. ([A]4 B-C4, collated complete). Textblock rather browned and foxed, a few tiny chips to margins, else Good to Very Good overall. Early post-Revolutionary War celebratory sermon, opening with the lines "That appearance..... More
New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1856. First Edition. 12mo; publisher's blind-embossed cloth, gilt-lettered spine, brown glazed endpapers; xii,394pp.; frontispiece and added pictorial title page. A bit of scuffing to cloth corners and spine ends, 20th century ownership rubberstamp to front flyleaf, else a Very Good and sound copy, better..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1941. First edition, with "A" on copyright page. Octavo; 158pp. Pictorial two-color dust jacket with $2.00 price inatct. Green cloth with gold lettering on spine and gold stamping (title + vignette) on front panel. Unclipped jacket tanned with scuffed edges; half-inch tear at top of..... More
Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press, 1978. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's blue cloth, gilt-lettered spine; xii,183pp. Light shelf wear, spine a shade sunned, textblock a bit musty, contemporary ownership signature to front free endpaper, else a Very Good, sound copy overall. Collection of four philosophical essays on the American..... More
Boston, New-England: Printed and Sold by Thomas and John Fleet, in Cornhill; and Green & Ruslell [sic], and Edes & Gill, in Queenstreet, 1763. First Edition. Octavo (19.5cm.); removed, remnants of old sheep along spine; [4],93,[1]pp. ([A2] B4 B-M4, lacking final blank). First two gatherings separated but present, texblock a...... More
New York: Leavitt & Company, 1849. First Edition. Octavo. 268 pp.; fold-out map, "Map and Plan to Illustrated the Battle of Long Island Aug. 27th, 1776." Blind-stamped brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Boards chipped at extremities with loss; corners bumped and exposure to edges. Binding is..... More
![Item #28047 Drums [Limited Edition, Signed by Boyd and Wyeth]. James Boyd, N C. Wyeth](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/28047.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1699558146)
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1928]. First Edition, Limited to 525 copies of which this is no. 86. Large octavo; publisher's orange cloth, color pictorial paste-on to upper cover, gilt-lettered spine, pictorial endpapers; xii,409pp.; fourteen (14) leaves of color plates, color pictorial title page, facsimiles. Moderate wear and dust-soil to..... More
Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin, 1779. First Edition. Octavo (18cm.); stitched self-wrappers, removed from larger volume; 46,[2]pp. ([A]4 B-F4, collated and complete with half title and errata). First and final leaf spotted, else Very Good and sound. Revolutionary War-era election sermon delivered by the New Haven clergyman James Dana..... More
Hardcover. Philadelphia: David McKay, 1904. Boys of Liberty Library. Later Printing. Octavo (7.5" x 4.75"); 211p +viii ads. Publisher's mustard cloth with black and red illustration. Covers bumped at corners and spine ends with a small inkspot over title on front and some general smudging and soiling to cloth. Spine..... More
![Item #11781 Campaign to Valley Forge, July 1, 1777 - December 19, 1777 [Inscribed and Signed]....](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/11781.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1639688363)
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 1965. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); publisher's cloth in white pictorial dust jacket; 448pp.; portrait frontispiece, full-page illus. and maps throughout. Jacket extremities a bit chipped and rather toned, short split at bottom half inch of front jacket flap fold, spine slightly cocked, corners gently bumped with..... More
Boston: Printed by D. Kneeland ; and Sold by by Samuel Webb, in Queen-Street, 1774. First Edition. Octavo. 39 pp, with the half title. Housed in recent card wrappers. Light chipping to edges and text heavily toned though legible throughout. Usual ink correction to "Provincial" at title. About Very Good..... More
[Boston]: [Printed and sold by Rogers and Fowle in Queen-Street, next to the prison], [1743]. First U.S. Edition, though unfortunately incomplete, lacking the following: leaves A1-A2, including title and half title, top half of G2, near entirety of G3 (the final page of text) with only a small remnant remaining..... More
Philadelphia: James Crissy, 1832. Second Edition. Two octavo volumes + Atlas with maps. iv, 460 pp., 42, viii; 448 pp., 32, v, [4 pp. publisher's advertisements]; atlas unpaginated with 10 maps, all with some hand coloring. Two volumes in full contemporary calf with leather spine labels; atlas quarter morocco with..... More
Hartford: Printed for Samuel G. Goodrich, by Lincoln & Stone, 1820. First Collected Edition. Two volumes in one; octavo; full contemporary calf, red gilt spine label; 177; 235pp.; engraved portrait frontispiece at head of Vol. I, added title pages to both volumes, four leaves of plates. Textblock rather soiled throughout..... More
Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin, near the Great Bridge, 1782. First complete edition (per Sabin). Small quarto (17cm.); contemporary calf recently rebacked to match, gilt spine in six compartments; 100pp. ([A]-M4 N2). Leather a bit scuffed at extremities, most notably corners, textblock rather toned, damp staining to front free endpaper not..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1925. First publication from the manuscript from a print run of 575 copies. Octavo. 201 pp. Frontis with tissue guard. Green boards with paper label to spine. No dust jacket. Boards and joints lightly worn with very brief exposure; patch of spotting to spine. Binding is..... More
![Item #26259 Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation [Signed]. Joseph Ellis](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/26259.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1681773322)
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001. Sixth printing. Signed by Joseph Ellis with brief inscription to previous owner. Octavo. 288 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Off-white and maroon boards with spine lettered in gilt. Unclipped dust jacket rubbed along edges with some mild surface scratching. Boards show light shelfwear..... More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott and Co., 1856. First Edition. Slim octavo (22.5cm.); publisher's plum blind-embossed cloth, gilt-lettered spine; [2],60pp. Front joint crudely repaired and still quite tender, extremities and spine quite toned, else a Good copy overall, internally clean and sound. SABIN 26686. More
Point Pleasant, WV: The State Gazette, Publisher, 1909. First Edition. Tall octavo. 141 pp. Black and white illustrations. Red printed wraps. Laid in are a guide and printed description to Point Pleasant Battle Monument and Tu-Endie-Wei Park. Wraps chipped along edges and spine, general soiling, curling to edges. Binding..... More
New York: Meredith Press, 1968. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth-backed boards in cream pictorial price-clipped dust jacket; [4],213pp. General edge wear and wrinkling to jacket extremities, light soil, spine panel a shade sunned; overall a Near Fine copy in Very Good dust jacket. Bookplate signed by the author laid in..... More
New-York: M'Elrath & Bangs, 1832. Fifth Edition, "corrected by the author." Octavo; full contemporary flame calf, brown gilt-lettered spine label; xvi,[17]-443,[3],19,[3],6(ads)pp.; added engraved title page. Minor scuffing to leather extremities including a few small losses along joints and spine ends, endpapers foxed, contemporary ex libris of Thurlow Weed and 20th..... More
[Boston], Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Printed by T. and J. Fleet, and J. Gill. First Edition. Octavo. [4], 55 pp. Stitched into modern marbled wrappers, with half title. Half-title trimmed along fore-edge, contemporary gift inscription, sparse foxing, else a Very Good and well-preserved copy. John Adams was the principal..... More