Westport, CT: Praeger, 1995. First Edition. Octavo. 225 pp. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Red cloth boards stamped in gilt. No dust jacket. Boards lightly rubbed at extremities with some minor smudging to front. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Near Fine. More
Philadelphia: Moses Thomas, 1815. Six volumes bound in one; octavo; contemporary morocco over marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine; [4],524,4(ads)pp.; three engraved frontispieces including two portraits, as well as added engraved title page, plus three portrait plates bound at head of separate issues, text illus. throughout. Boards rather scuffed, Ex-New Castle Library..... More
Gainesville, FL: University Press Florida, 2006. First Edition, with full numberline. Octavo. 429 pp. Black and white photographs. Illustrated dust jacket. Purple and gray boards stamped in silver. Dust jacket gently rubbed along edges, with light sunning to spine. Rear hinge sprung; spine slightly cocked. Binding is sound..... More
New York: Anson D.F. Randolph & Company, 1882. First Edition. Slim 12mo (17.5cm.); publisher's limp tan cloth stamped in blue, red, and gilt, all edges stained red, decorative endpapers; 69pp.; pictorial title page, one map in text, text printed within red rule throughout. Some wear and toning to cloth extremities..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1957. First U.S. Edition. Bookplate signed by Arhtur C. Clarke loosely laid in at front. Tall octavo. 205 pp. Color and black and white photographs. Photo-illustrated dust jacket with $5.00 price present. Blue and orange boards with spine stamped in black; illustrated endpapers... More
New York: Augustus M. Kelley, 1968. New and Revised Edition. Two octavo volumes. 264 p.; 259 p. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Photographic blue and red dust jackets. Black boards stamped in gilt. Dust jackets are creased and rubbed along edges, more heavily at spine ends. Staining..... More
Hamden, CT: Archon Books, 1979. First Edition. Octavo. 286 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Blue-green boards stamped in silver. Dust jacket rubbed with some slight chipping and toning along edges; general rubbing; ghost of a sticker along top of spine. Boards shelfworn. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. More
New York: Plenum Publishing Corporation, 1995. First Edition with full numberline. Octavo; xvi, 411pp. Photos and illustrations throughout. Illustrated paper-covered boards. No dust jacket, as issued. Boards sturdy and square with no significant signs of shelfwear. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Not ex-library. More
![Item #6546 International Law for Seagoing Officers - Fifth Edition [Signed]. Burdick H. Brittin](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/6546.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1595445066)
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1986. Fifth Edition. Signed by Brittin on title page with inscription, "For Stella Matalas - whose skill in making me be accurate in the interview will long be remembered with pleasure! Cheers, Burdick Brittin, Sept 1986." Octavo. 503 pages. Illustrated blue dust jacket over green..... More
Octavo (23.5cm.); contemporary half brown morocco over marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine; 740pp.; folding color map plates throughout. Leather a bit scuffed and dry, contemporary ownership signature to front free endpaper, else Very Good, internally clean and sound. Spine title: "Naval Operations of the War with Spain." More
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1937. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket; [12],296pp.; frontispiece, three leaves of plates, pictorial endpapers. Jacket lightly worn at extremities, external panels a bit toned and dust-soiled, corners gently bumped, else Very Good and sound overall. Biography of the American naval..... More
Boston: Published by Order of the City Council, 1896. First Edition. Tall octavo. 77 pp. Black and white photographs with tissue guards. Blindstamped dark brown boards decorated in gilt. Dark brown endpapers. Boards bumped at corners with some general scuffing and rubbing. Binding is sound and pages clean..... More
![Item #8624 The Cruise of the Vanadis [Signed by Lesage]. Edith Wharton, Claudine Lesage, ed](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/8624.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1612213539)
Amiens, FR: Sterne, 1992. First Edition. Octavo. 142 pages. Illustrated wraps. Signed by Claudine Lesage on title page and dated Juillet 1995 in Hyers-les-Palmiers, the French town where Lesage identified the Wharton manuscript diary of her 1888 Mediterranean cruise. Covers gently worn at corners and curl..... More
Cape Town: A.A. Balkema, 1958. First Edition. Small, slim octavo; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket; 128pp.; portrait frontispiece, five leaves of plates including one in color, additional text illus. throughout. Light shelf wear, jacket spine panel sunned, else Very Good or better. Inscribed and signed by Frank Bradlow to..... More
New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1863. Third Edition, revised and enlarged. Small octavo; 93pp +14pp publisher's catalog. Tables and illustrations throughout. Publisher's blindstamped blue cloth with gilt lettering and anchor ornament. Boards edgeworn, with rubbing at corners and spine ends and some general scuffing and smudging to surface. Opens widely..... More
Edinburgh: Birlinn, 2006. First Edition. Octavo. 238 pp. Black and white photographs. Illustrated dust jacket. Black boards stamped in gilt. Dust jacket gently rubbed along edges. Sturdy and square in boards with just a touch of rubbing to spine ends. Pages unmarked. More
Boston: Wright & Potter, 1868. First Edition. Octavo (23cm.); stitched self-wrappers; 15pp. Slightly ex-New York State Library with their faint rubber-stamp to upper cover, stock a bit toned and very slightly foxed, tiny loss at bottom fore-edge corner of rear two leaves not approaching text, else Good to..... More
Annapolis, MD: The United States Naval Institute, 1906. Second Edition - Revised. Octavo. 372 pages. Black and white illustrations; 18 plates at rear, some folded. Green cloth stamped in gilt. No dust jacket. Boards are worn at extremities with brief exposure. Water damage with discoloration to corners. General..... More
Newark: The University of Delaware Press, 1995. First Edition. Octavo xiii, 185pp. Illustrated dust jacket; black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Jacket lightly rubbed along edges and spine ends, with no chips, tears, or marks. Boards are sturdy and square. Binding is sound and pages unmarked... More
Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2010. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's pictorial boards, no jacket as issued; xiv,361pp.; illus. throughout, including facsimiles and satellite views. Just About Fine. Historical reconstruction of the Civil War gunboat the USS Saginaw and its shipwreck in 1870, not discovered until a research dive..... More
Cambridge, MA: Printed for the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 1904. First Edition. Octavo. [1] 246-269 pp.; nine colored plates including fold-out map. Printed wraps. Light chipping and toning to edges of wraps. Binding holding. Toning and rubbing to edges of pages, many unopened; overall a Very Good copy of 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
Boston: Little, Brown and Company / Atlantic Monthly Press Book, 1943. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in decorative dust jacket retaining original price ($1.50); xi,[1],158pp. General edge wear to jacket extremities including a few short closed tears never approaching text, corners slightly bumped, contemporary bookseller ticket to rear pastedown, else..... More
[Hamden]: Archon Books, 1968. Reprint of the 1933 Harvard University Press edition. Octavo; x, [xi-xvi], 398pp. Illustrations throughout. Jacket lightly rubbed along edges with a few shallow tears along top back and some fading and toning along spine. Boards are square with some nudging to spine ends. Binding is sound..... More
New York: Viking Press, 1938. First Edition. Octavo (20.5cm.); publisher's cloth in red pictorial dust jacket; [2],188pp.; illus., blue pictorial endpapers. General light shelf wear to jacket extremities, spine panel and spine cloth faded, old tape to both jacket flaps and pastedowns (tape yellowed and perished), else Very Good and..... More