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
Philadelphia: P. Byrne, by Fry and Kammerer, 1807. First Edition. Octavo. pp. (iv), 472, xxxiv, (xi + 1 page publisher's advertisements). Rebound in modern tan cloth with black and crimson leather spine label stamped in gilt. Ex-library [Library of Congress] with usual library markings. Boards are worn with..... More
Philadelphia, P.H. Nicklin and T. Johnson, Law Booksellers, 1830. Volume I, Third Edition. Octavo. 538 pages. Tan buckram with black leather spine label stamped in gilt. Ex-library [Library of Congress]. Ownership stamp of George S. Graham to front and rear pastedowns. Graham was a member of Congress from Pennsylvania..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1897. Fifth Edition. Octavo. 476 pp. + advertisements. Red cloth boards stamped in black and gilt; black endpapers. Boards show light general wear and scuffing; corners bumped; spine ends nudged; mild fraying to extremities. Rear hinge starting with brief exposure but binding otherwise sound. Joseph..... More
Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1971. Octavo; xlix, 196pp. Blue-gray boards with gilt lettering and emblem. Ex-Lancaster Theological Seminary with their bookplate to front pastedown and usual markings. Boards are sturdy and square with some light smudging to cloth and nudging at spine ends. Surface abrasion from removed card pocket on rear..... More
Lugduni [Lyon]: Sumptibus Anisson, & Posuel, 1720. Two volumes; folios (39.5cm.); later limp marbled boards, pink printed spine labels (Vol. II bound upside down); [24],508,[76]; [16],572,[84]pp. (collated complete); large woodcut publisher's devices to both title pages signed in image "Papillon." Ex-seminary library with old shelf labels to spine feet and..... More
Rochester, NY: Lawyers' Co-Operative Publishing Co., 1910. First Edition. Large octavo; publisher's maroon gilt-lettered cloth, grey topstain; xxiv,501pp.; photographic illus. throughout, five stereoviews printed on three leaves loosely inserted as issued in chemise mounted to rear pastedown. Some shelf wear to cloth margins, spine gilt significantly dulled, both hinges cracked..... More
Farnham, Surrey, England: Ashgate, 2009. First Edition. Thick octavo; publisher's red boards lettered in black; xxxv,[1],620pp. Moderate wear from use, light fingersoil to textblock margins, else Very Good and sound. Forms part of the International Library of Essays on Rights, this volume with special emphasis on Australian aboriginal rights. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1921. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's green pictorial cloth stamped in black; [6],267pp.; frontispiece. Some light shelf wear with brief exposure at spine ends and corners, spine a bit toned, else Very Good and sound. More
London: Printed, and Sold by E. Whitlock, near Stationers-Hall, 1696. First English Edition. Small octavo (17cm.); full contemporary speckled paneled calf, spine in five compartments; [16],134,[2]pp. (collated complete). Leather quite dried, especially at margins and spine with exposure at corners and top spine chord, textblock a bit toned and foxed..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1980. First Edition. Octavo. 205 pages. Maroon and white dust jacket over black boards with gilt lettering. Jacket shows some toning, creasing, and some light chipping along edges. Black boards are stamped in gilt. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. 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=1595445065)
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
Boston: Charles Spear, 1854. First Edition. Octavo. 289-336 pp. Pictorial wraps with portraits of English prison reformers Elizabeth Fry and John Howard to front. General wear, creasing, and smudging; ownership inscription to bottom of rear wrap. Binding sound and pages show marginal spotting else unmarked; Very Good. The Prisoners'..... More
Paris: Bernard Grasset, [1978]. First Edition. Octavo (20cm.); publisher's white photo-illustrated card wrappers; 248pp. Minor wear from handling, wrappers a bit yellowed, brief soil to rear cover, else Very Good and sound. Account of the treason trial in the Soviet Union of the Jewish oppositionist Anatoly Chtcharansky. More
New York: The New Press, 2003. First Edition. Inscribed by author on title page: "9-30-03. For Bill—Thanks for all your work for equal justice for all over the years. David Cole." Octavo; xiii + 315pp, including index. Photographic dust jacket. Gray boards with black spine and silver spine lettering... More
New York: John A. Gray & Green, Printers and Stereotypers, 1864. Octavo. 80 pages. Removed. Biopredation along edges of front and rear. Some scuffing and toning. Holding in binding. A serviceable copy. More
Lugduni [Lyon]: Sumptibus Fratrum de Tournes, 1759. Edition Novissima. Folio (35cm.); full contemporary gilt-tooled roan, tan and green gilt-lettered spine labels, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers; [8],670,[132]pp. (lacking final blank, else collated complete); large woodcut printer's device to title page signed in image "Papillon." Leather a bit rubbed and dried..... More
London: Pluto Press, 1976. First Edition. Octavo. 172 pp. + advertisements. Photographic wraps. Covers edgeworn, spine faded, bit of creasing towards edges with sticker to rear. Wraps curl slightly towards edges. Binding is sound. Black marker to fore-edge, stamp and black marker marks to half to half title..... More
Philadelphia: Press of M.D. Wood Printing Company, 1899. First Edition. Slim octavo; publisher's red textured paper-covered boards, upper cover lettered and ruled in gilt, all edges gilt; 63pp. Extremities a bit scuffed, evidence of glue residue to front endpapers from previously removed materials, rear hinge cracked but holding, mid-20th century..... More
![Item #30916 Lezioni Toscane [Three Volume Set]. Giuseppe Averani](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/30916.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1729184941)
Firenze [Florence]: Nella Stamperia di Gaetano Albizzini, 1744-1761. First Editions. Three volumes; quartos (25cm.); contemporary paste-paper card wrappers backed in decorative paper printed in bright orange and red, manuscript spine titling; Vol. II lacks final blank, else collated complete; frontispieces in earliest two volumes including folding portrait to the first..... More
[Westminster, MD: Family Line Publications, 1991]. First Edition. Octavo (21cm.); publisher's grey pictorial glossy card wrappers; vii,[1],241pp. Very light wear from handling, else Fine. More
Granville, OH: The Granville Sentinel Publishing Company, 1989. First Edition, First Printing (stated). Signed by the author to noted antitrust-turned-public-interest attorney and law professor Victor H. Kramer and his wife Solveig, with inscription "To: Victor Kramer who taught me to sail, then we were shipwrecked with me at the helm!..... More
Stockholm: Norstedts, 1947. First Edition. Octavo (21.5x15x3cm); 497pp, including index. Nearly 100 photographic and documentary illustrations. Pictorial dustjacket; volume in oat-colored true linen, with maroon, black and gilt spine titling. Gray topstain to textblock. Entirely in Swedish. Dustjacket shows minimal corner- and edgewear, with one small (1cm) closed tear..... More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1905. First Edition. Octavo. 287 pp. 12 black and white charts, all present and complete. Green cloth boards stamped in gilt. No dust jacket. Boards roughly edgeworn with chipping and exposure to extremities and split along rear joint. Spine toned with separation and..... More
Pennsylvania? Jane Alden, [2005]. Second Edition. Quarto (28cm.); publisher's comb-bound printed card wrappers; [12],314pp. Some light soil and wear from handling, else Very Good, internally clean and sound. Self-published account of the author's thirty years of experience as a crime reporter in the United Kingdom, though at the time..... More