Search Results: Authors starting with W from Capitol Hill Books, ABAA

Philadelphia: C. Sherman, 1854. Hardcover. Very Good. J.S. Storer; John Greig. Philadelphia: C. Sherman, 1854. Octavo (8" x 5.5"); 167p. 16 plates including frontis with tissue guards, all present. Publisher's blindstamped blue cloth with gilt lettering. Covers bumped at corners and spine ends, with a 1.5" split at bottom back joint and some fraying at tail. Front free endpaper torn out along gutter. Opens easily to between gatherings, but binding is holding soundly. Pages unmarked.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1899. Very Good. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1899. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. 412 pp. Black and white photographs and illustrations; map of islands detached but present and laid in at rear. Blue cloth decorated in gilt. Ex-library with usual markings. Boards show light edgewear; call number label to spine. Binding is sound. Institutional plate to front pastedown; signature of Professor of Music Waldo S. Pratt to front free endpaper; institutional stamps; pages otherwise unmarked. Overall Very Good.

New Haven: J.W. Barber, 1831. Very Good. New Haven: J.W. Barber, 1831. First Edition. 12mo (20cm.); publisher's tan cloth, black gilt-lettered leather spine label; 120pp.; hand-colored map frontispiece, six leaves of hand-colored plates (tissue guards), woodcut vignettes throughout. Corners bumped, spine a bit cocked and leather label scuffed, light foxing throughout textblock, else a Very Good, sound copy overall. Addenda cancel tipped in to p. 9 dated 1832. HOWES B125; SABIN 3323.

Gaithersburg, MD: Butternut Press, 1983. Very Good. Gaithersburg, MD: Butternut Press, 1983. Reprint. Large octavo. 371 pp. + index and publisher's advertisements. Blue-gray cloth stamped in black and silver. Dark green endpapers. No dust jacket, presumably as issued. Light edgewear to boards and joints with some faint rippling to spine. Binding is sound and pages unmarked.

Chicago: M.A. Donohue & Co, 1913. Very Good -. Chicago: M.A. Donohue & Co., [ca. 1913?] Reprint. Octavo. [8 unnumbered pages, including covers.] Covor illustrations by Denslow; interior b&w illustrations by unknown artist. Linen wraps and pages. Wraps edgeworn and spotted. Gatherings loose, but still attached at bottom staple. Pages unmarked. Abridged reprint copy of one of Denslow's "Picture Books for Children," originally published in 1903 by Dillingham.

Detroit, MI: Berry Brothers, 1909. Very Good. Detroit, MI: Berry Brothers, 1909. First Edition. Oblong octavo. Illustrated wraps. Unpaginated. Color illustrations and cover illustrations by Denslow. Side-stapled wraps. Housed in a custom-made clamshell case. Stain to bottom edge of wraps, ghost of a sticker to rear, wraps a bit loose, but holding. Pages unmarked. Detroit advertising pamphlet in which a group of children tours the world (riddled with national and racial stereotypes) in a wheeled "Berry Box," from Berry Brothers, a Detroit and Ontario-based varnish manufacturer.

Chicago: M.A. Donohue & Co, 1913. Very Good. Chicago: M.A. Donohue & Co. [ca. 1913]. Reprint. Quarto. 16 pages, including covers. Stiff pictorial wrappers. Edgewear to wraps with exposure to spine including to bottom 2". Dampstaining with a touch of rippling to rear wrap, inside of rear cover, and inside of front cover. Pages otherwise legible throughout and illustrations remain bright. Reprint edition of a title from Denslow's successful Picture Books for Children series, originally published in 1903. [Greene & Hearn 29L].

San Diego, CA: Hungry Tiger Press, 2006. Very Good. San Diego, CA: Hungry Tiger Press, 2006. Reprint. Octavo. 137 pp. + advertisements. Black and white illustrations. Glossy illustrated boards. No dust jacket as issued. Boards gently worn at extremities and front board bows slightly. Binding is sound and pages unmarked.

St. Louis: Press of Perrin & Smith, 1909. Very Good. St. Louis: Press of Perrin & Smith, 1909. First Edition. Octavo (7" x 5.25"); 155p. Red cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering. Covers bumped at corners and spine ends, with some scuffing down joints and a small dampstain to back. Opens easily to between gatherings, but binding is holding soundly. Pages unmarked. Library of Congress stamps dated in the publication year on copyright, dedication page, and on slip attached to back free endpaper indicating the book was received and purged as a duplicate. Somewhat uncommon, with fewer than ten copies in institutions and none found in the trade or auction record at time of listing. Waddell asserts in his preface that of all the races that have been "oppressed by the white race, this is the only case where a race was destroyed," and says of the book to come "*This* is not a Government report." What follows is a sympathetic (though still occasionally and expectedly problematic) account of the history,… Read More

New York: Stellar Publishing Corporation / A Gernsback Publication, 1932. Very Good +. New York: Stellar Publishing Corporation, 1932. First Edition. Octavo. 24 pp. Printed paper wraps. Toning to edges of wraps. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Wellman's first book and number 15 in Hugo Gernsback's "Science Fiction Series." [Bleiler Early Years 1978].

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1863. Very Good. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1863. First Edition, first issue with November 1863 ads at back listing this title as "Nearly ready" vs. priced as in later examples. Octavo (8.5cm); publisher's textured green cloth (no priority established among colors) with gilt lettering to spine; [viii],225pp+22ads; tipped-in vignette title page with tissue guard; gilt top edges. Boards edgeworn with bumping and some exposure at corners and spine ends; rather heavy soiling and smudging to cloth with dulling to spine lettering. Spine a bit cocked. Marginal dampstain to flyleaf; tissue guard heavily foxed and vignette title moderately so. Shallow chipping along edges of advert catalog at back as if roughly opened. Christmas 1863 gift inscription on flyleaf, else interior unmarked.. Binding is sound. Collection of poems framed as a group at the Wayside Inn in Sudbury, Massachusetts telling stories of real-life figures. Includes "The Landlord's Tale: Paul Revere's Ride"… Read More

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1862. Very Good. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1862. Stated Fifteenth Edition. From the library of journalist and language expert William Safire. Octavo; 159 pp. Blind-stamped brown cloth binding with lettering stamped in gold on spine.Yellow endpapers. Cover frayed on edges and rubbed. Spine slightly rolled. Manuscript note on on front free endpaper states: "Henry Brown / Key West / Dec 5 1863 / U.S.S. Powhatan West India Squadron." Pages toned from age with some markings in pencil in margins. Front and rear hinges starting, but binding still feels secure.

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1858. Very Good. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1858. First Edition, first issue with October 1858 ads at back, "treacherous wine" on p.124, and Waverly Novels advert tipped in at front. Small octavo (19cm); 215pp+[12]ads. Publisher's blindstamped brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Boards rubbed at corners, with some scuffs and spotting to cloth; spine slightly cocked and chipped at ends. Front hinge starting; opens easily to after first few gatherings, but binding is holding. Chip at top of p.119 with flattened dog-ears to a few corners. Ownership inscriptions of W.A. Scott on full title and "Robt. N. Scott U.S.A." on flyleaf, likely the Reverend William Anderson Scott (1813-1885) and his son Union Army Lieutenant Colonel Robert Nicholson Scott (1838-1887), along with a few scattered pencil brackets in margins and a brief pencil note on recto of final blank, else interior unmarked. First book appearance of the eponymous poem, which recounts the story of Mayflower… Read More

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1855. Very Good. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1855. First Edition, first printing with all textual errors present. Octavo. 316 pp. + [12] pp. publisher's catalog dated November 1855. Brown blindstamped cloth; yellow endpapers. Boards edgeworn with minor loss and fraying to extremities; dampstaining to front and rear boards final 15 pages, with some stiffening and discoloration. Binding sound. Contemporary ownership inscription of an Edward M. Field to front pastedown; pencil notes and marginalia to text, generally a few notes or scribbles every few pages. Still a Very Good first printing copy.

Omaha, NB: W.D. Poessnecker, 1914. Very Good. Omaha, NE: W.D. Poessnecker, 1914. First Edition. Octavo. 82 pp. Black and white illustrations including frontis portrait, complete. Limp leather boards stamped in gilt with metallic endpapers. Boards rather worn with chipping along edges. Binding is sound, ownership inscription to front flyleaf but pages otherwise unmarked. Scarce fictionalized story of the Civil War and includes some racist content.

Woodbridge Suffolk (England) and Winterthur (Delaware): Antique Collectors' Club and The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, 2007. Very Good/Very Good. Woodbridge Suffolk (England) and Winterthur (Delaware): Antique Collectors' Club and The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, 2007. First Edition. Signed on titlepage by both authors. Quarto (30x24.5x3cm); 287pp including appendices with firm marks, genealogies, bibliography and index. Richly illustrated throughout with photographs of exceptional pieces in the Winterthur collection and historical background documentation. Photographic dustjacket; boards in brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front panel. Very slight signs of shelving pressure on panel corners and edges, without any signs of perusal. No tarnish in sight.

San Francisco: Harr Wagner Publishing Company, 1927. Very Good. San Francisco: Harr Wagner Publishing Company, 1927. First Edition. Signed by Wagner on front free endpaper without dedication "With sincere good wishes to 'a soul remembering a good friend.' Harr Wagner, Dec. 17, 27." Octavo; 406pp. Two mounted color illustrations (including frontis) with 16 black and white plates, all present. Publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Boards rubbed with bumping at corners and spine ends, a vertical crease to cloth down center of spine, and a light, inward bow to both at fore-edge. A few pages towards rear dog-eared. Cracks just starting to rear hinge, and textblock opens easily between a few gatherings, but binding is holding soundly. Pages unmarked. Biography of the Arizona Governor, California Senator, explorer, and military officer. [COWAN & COWAN p. 38].

Paris: Societe d'Edition d'Enseignement Superieur / SEDES, 1956. Very Good-. Paris: Société d'Édition d'Enseignement Supérieur / SEDES, 1956. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's card wrappers printed in purple and green; 257pp. Wrapper extremities and textblock quite toned due to inferior paper quality, slightly later (1964) ownership signature to front half title, else a Good to Very Good, internally clean and sound copy. Text entirely in French.

New York: Pantheon Books, a Division of Random House, 1967. Very Good +/Very Good +. New York: Pantheon Books, a Division of Random House, 1967. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. 212 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with "$4.50" price present. Green boards decorated in blue, yellow, and red; purple topstain. Most likely ex-library though with markings removed (more info below). Dust jacket rubbed and lightly creased along edges; no institutional markings to dust jacket. Boards show ghost of tape strips to front and rear; minor fraying to top interior edge of rear board. Binding is sound. Evidence of removal of (presumably institutional) markings to endpapers, title page, and bottom edge of text block; glue stain to rear endpapers; interior otherwise unmarked. Overall a Very Good or better copy of the first book in the Martin Beck series.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1986. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1986. First Edition. Signed by Walcott with brief inscription to previous owner at front free endpaper. Octavo. 312 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $22.50 price intact. Light brown and beige boards stamped in gilt. Jacket is crisp with very faint shelfwear and brief smudging to rear panel. Boards are sturdy and square. Binding is sound and pages unmarked.