Social New York Under the Georges 1714-1776 (Two Volumes)
by Esther Singleton
Port Washington: Ira J. Friedman, 1969. Very Good. Port Washington: Ira J. Friedman, 1969. Empire State Historical Publications Series, No. 60 - Reissue of the 1902 edition. Two Volumes. Octavo; xix, 197pp, [iv], [198]-407pp. Red cloth with black title bar and gilt lettering to spines. Boards lightly shelfworn, with superficial chewing to cloth along with some scuffs and... Read More
Offered by Capitol Hill Books
Studies in Phenomenology
by Debabrata Sinha
The Hague, Netherlands: Martinus Nijhoff, 1969. Very Good +. The Hague, Netherlands: Martinus Nijhoff, 1969. First Edition. Octavo. 136 pp. Blue boards with spine lettered in gilt. No dust jacket. Light shelfwear and spine lightly sunned. Binding sound. Ownership inscription to front free endpaper, tough of off-setting to endpapers. Very Good or better.
Offered by Capitol Hill Books
Chinese Painting: Leading Masters and Principles, Vol IV
by Osvald Sirén
New York: Hacker Art Books, Inc, 1973. Very Good. New York: Hacker Art Books, Inc., 1973. Reprint Edition, Vol IV only of seven-volume set. Octavo (28.5x23x2cm); x + 240pp, including bibliography. Orange cloth with black, gray, and gold stamping. Ex-lib.-but with no internal library markings, only call number label at spine foot. Minimal shelfwear; spine label noted... Read More
Offered by Capitol Hill Books
The Common-wealth of Utopia: Containing a Learned and pleasant Discourse of the best state of a Publike-Weale, as it is found in the Government of the Ile called Utopia
by Sir Thomas Moore [More]; [Ralph Robinson] [trans.]
London: Printed by B. Alsop & T. Fawcet, and are to be sold by Wil: Sheares, at his shop in Bedford-street in Coven-garden neere the New Exchange, 1639. Very Good -. London: Printed by B. Alsop & T. Fawcet, and are to be sold by Wil: Sheares, at his shop in Bedford-street in Coven-garden neere the New Exchange,... Read More
Offered by Capitol Hill Books
How to Raise Your Batting Average and Famous Sluggers of the 1934 Season
by George Sisler
Louisville, KY: Distributed with the compliments of Hillerich & Bradsby Co. Incorporated, 1935. Very Good. Louisville, KY: Distributed with the compliments of Hillerich & Bradsby Co. Incorporated, 1935. First Edition. 12mo. Unpaginated. Illustrated wraps. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Light dust soiling to wraps with some general rubbing and chip to rear. Binding sound. Photograph... Read More
Offered by Capitol Hill Books
Soldats et Généraux des Campagnes d'Europe Occidentale, 1944-1945: Portraits et Scènes de Guerre de Siss, peintre aux armées
by Siss
Paris: P.A. Chavane & Cie, 1946. Very Good -. Paris: P.A. Chavane & Cie., 1946. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cream pictorial wrappers in original paper-covered slipcase, leaves disbound as issued; unpaginated; color illus. throughout. Wrappers lightly foxed; spine panel toned with small tear affecting text without loss of meaning; slipcase rather significantly browned, chipped, and damp stained; top... Read More
Offered by Capitol Hill Books
Before the Bombardment
by Osbert Sitwell
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1926. Very Good/Very Good. New York: George H. Doran Company, 1926. First US Edition, with GHD logo on copyright. Octavo; 344pp. Illustrated dust jacket over red cloth-covered boards with black lettering. Jacket shows shallow chipping at corners and spine ends, with spots of biopredation to front and (moreso) to front flap, with... Read More
Offered by Capitol Hill Books
![Dumb-Animal and Other Stories [Signed Limited Edition]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/006/650/1455650006.0.m.jpg)
Dumb-Animal and Other Stories [Signed Limited Edition]
by Osbert Sitwell
[London]: Duckworth, 1930. Very Good. [London]: Duckworth, 1930. Limited Edition signed by the author and numbered 39 of 110 copies. Portrait frontis by Albert Rutherston, with tissue guard. Publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Boards lightly shelfworn with a bit of fading along edges. Spine faded and soiled, with nudging to head and tail. Light foxing... Read More
Offered by Capitol Hill Books
The Lyrical and Other Minor Poems
by Robert Story; John James [sketch]
London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861. Very Good. London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861. First Edition. Octavo (19cm.); publisher's dark violet gilt-and blind-stamped cloth, all edges gilt, yellow glazed endpapers; xcv,[2],200,[10]pp.; engraved portrait frontispiece. Cloth rather scuffed and rubbed at margins with exposure at corners, spine toned to tan, slightly later (1873) ownership signature to front... Read More
Offered by Capitol Hill Books
![Enigma and Its Achilles Heel [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/277/510/1693510277.0.m.jpg)
Enigma and Its Achilles Heel [Signed]
by Hugh Skillen
Pinner, Middlesex: Hugh Skillen, 1992. Very Good/Very Good. Pinner, Middlesex: Hugh Skillen, 1992. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's boards in white photo-illustrated dust jacket; [8],225pp.; illus. Moderate wear and soil to jacket and boards, corners nudged; Very Good and sound overall. Signed by the author on title page.
Offered by Capitol Hill Books
The Boy in the Bush
by D. H. Lawrence; M. L. Skinner
London: Martin Secker, 1924. Very Good+. London: Martin Secker, 1924. Octavo (20 cm); vi, 369pp+7ads. Lacking jacket. Boards in straw-colored cloth with black stamping and decoration. Black top stain, bottom edge untrimmed. Board corners and spine ends bumped with shelfwear, fading, and dust-soiling overall. Top stain faded; endsheets offset but interior clean. A Very Good or better copy.... Read More
Offered by Capitol Hill Books
F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Last Laocoön
by [F. Scott Fitzgerald] Robert Sklar
New York: Oxford University Press, 1967. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Oxford University Press, 1967. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in white pictorial dust jacket; [8],376pp. General shallow shelf wear to jacket extremities including small chip at top margin of rear panel not approaching text, the whole rather toned and lightly dust-soiled, contemporary ownership inscription to front free... Read More
Offered by Capitol Hill Books
Bidcombe Hill, with Other Rural Poems
by Francis Skurray
London: William Miller, 1808. Good. London: William Miller, 1808. First Edition. Octavo (19cm.); contemporary gilt-tooled calf, red gilt spine label, all edges speckled, marbled endpapers; [10],153pp.; four leaves of engraved plates (collated complete). Leather significantly dried and rubbed at margins, both boards starting to separate and spine cracked; a Good copy only, though contents remain fresh and sound,... Read More
Offered by Capitol Hill Books
Causal Necessity: A Pragmatic Investigation of the Necessity of Laws
by Brian Skyrms
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1980. Very Good/Very Good. 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.
Offered by Capitol Hill Books
![Gov. Slade's Reply to Senator Phelps' Appeal [alt. title: Governor Slade's Reply]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/671/541/1360541671.0.m.jpg)
Gov. Slade's Reply to Senator Phelps' Appeal [alt. title: Governor Slade's Reply]
by William Slade
Burlington, VT: Chauncey Goodrich, 1846. Very Good+. Burlington, VT: Chauncey Goodrich, 1846. First Edition. Octavo (22.5cm.); removed; 32pp. A hint of soil, faint vertical crease, else Very Good and fresh. Forms part of one of Vermont's most acerbic pamphlet wars: "In reply to your inquiry as to the causes of Mr. Phelps' conduct, I have only to... Read More
Offered by Capitol Hill Books
![Turkish Delights [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/978/744/1598744978.0.m.jpg)
Turkish Delights [Signed]
by David R. Slavitt
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1993. Very Good/Very Good. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1993. First Edition. Signed by Slavitt without inscription at title page. Octavo. 190 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Silver boards stamped in electric blue; gray endpapers. Touch of rubbing to dust jacket; creasing to flaps; abrasion to rear flap. Boards show mild shelfwear;... Read More
Offered by Capitol Hill Books
Sloan's Handy Hints and Up-To-Date Cook Book: Choice Cooking Receipts, Valuable Hints, Useful Information, Pearls of Wisdom
by Earl S. Sloan
Boston: Published and Presented by Dr. Earl S. Sloan, 1901. Very Good. 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... Read More
Offered by Capitol Hill Books
Original Business Card for the Hotel Small, "The Most Complete Colored Hotel in the Southwest
by [African-Americana - Oklahoma] Hotel Small
Tulsa, OK, 1940. Very Good. 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, the establishment of... Read More
Offered by Capitol Hill Books
The Philosophy of Natural History
by William Smellie
Philadelphia: Printed for Robert Campbell, Bookseller, North-east Corner of Second and Chesnut Street, 1791. Very Good. Philadelphia: Printed for Robert Campbell, Bookseller, North-east Corner of Second and Chesnut Street, 1791. First American Edition. Octavo. 490pp.; [i] page publisher's advertisement. Bound in contemporary sheep with red leather title label to spine. Boards scuffed with light edgewear. Front board bowed... Read More
Offered by Capitol Hill Books
![Barn Blind [Signed Bookplate laid in]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/871/376/1614376871.0.m.jpg)
Barn Blind [Signed Bookplate laid in]
by Jane Smiley
New York: Harper & Row, 1980. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Harper & Row, 1980. First Edition, stated, with full numberline. Octavo (21.5cm); [vi], 218pp. Illustrated dust jacket; boards in blindstamped red paper-covered boards and black cloth backing with silver lettering. Price-clipped dust jacket lightly rubbed along edges and corners, with a bit of dust-soiling to surface and... Read More
Offered by Capitol Hill Books
There Are Things to Do
by Lillian E. Smith
Clayton, GA: South Today, 1943. Very Good. Clayton, GA: South Today, 1943. First Edition, reprinted from Winter Edition of South Today 1942-1943. Octavo. 12 pages. Side-stapled wraps. Covers show light toning and wear along edges. Secure in binding. Pages clean and unmarked. Smith was a critic of the Southern United States on racial and gender... Read More
Offered by Capitol Hill Books
![Ha! Ha! Houdini! [Limited Edition, signed by Patti Smith]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/152/072/1586072152.0.m.jpg)
Ha! Ha! Houdini! [Limited Edition, signed by Patti Smith]
by Patti Smith
New York: Gotham Book Mart & Gallery, 1977. Very Good +. New York: Gotham Book Mart & Gallery, 1977. First Edition, issued in a special edition of 126 copies, of which 100 are numbered and signed, this numbered 41 and signed by Patti Smith. Lacks hole punch and lock and key. Octavo. [16] pp. Black and white photographs.... Read More
Offered by Capitol Hill Books
Topper: an improbable adventure
by Thorne Smith
New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1926. Very Good. New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1926. First Edition. Octavo (20 cm); 292pp. No dust jacket. Boards full bound in maroon cloth with gilt stamping. Deckled fore-edge. Board corners and spine ends bumped, rubbed, and worn, most significantly to spine head and top inner corner of front... Read More
Offered by Capitol Hill Books
![There But For The [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/525/611/1677611525.0.m.jpg)
There But For The [Signed]
by Ali Smith
London: Hamish Hamilton, 2011. Near Fine/Near Fine. London: Hamish Hamilton, 2011. First Edition. Octavo (22 cm); 357pp. Illustrated dust jacket with price intact (£16.99/$34.00 CAN). Boards in cream cloth with silver lettering to spine. Jacket is clean and crisp with faint shelfwear. Boards are sturdy and square. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Signed by the... Read More
Offered by Capitol Hill Books
Like
by Ali Smith
London: Virago Press, 1997. Near Fine/Very Good +. London: Virago Press, 1997. First Edition. Octavo (20 cm); 344pp. Publisher's pictorial dust jacket with price intact (£12.99). Boards full bound in black cloth with silver stamping to spine. Black endsheets. Jacket generally creased and bumped with superficial scratches. Board corners and spine ends lightly bumped with toning to top... Read More
Offered by Capitol Hill Books