Search Results: Titles starting with B from Capitol Hill Books, ABAA

New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1922. Very Good. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1922. First Edition, Second State with "Supposing Lyte" and "any fellow human" corrections on page 49. Signed by the author without inscription on front free endpaper Octavo; 401p +6p ads. Publisher's blue and red cloth. Missing dust jacket. Discreet, professional repair to back joint. Boards edgeworn, with rubbing at corners and a few surface scuffs and smudges. Spine a bit toned and faded, with some tugging and fraying at head and tail. Toning and some foxing to endpapers. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. [Pastore #21].

Chicago: Reilly & Britton Co, 1911. Very Good -. Chicago: Reilly & Britton Co., 1911. First Thus. Large octavo; publisher's green linen-backed pictorial boards; 115,[1],[4](ads)pp.; color frontispiece and seven leaves of plates, additional text illus. throughout. Boards rather scuffed and rubbed with exposure along margins and corners, general dust-soil, especially to front cover, brief dampstain along bottom margin, small paper flaw affecting the "B" in "Babes," contemporary gift inscription to front free endpaper, else Good to Very Good, internally clean and sound. Pseudonymously published fairy tale which first appeared in 1907 under the title Policeman Bluejay. [Bienvenue & Schmidt pp. 291-2].

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1934. Very Good +/Very Good. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1934. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($2.50), orange topstain; 331pp. Some general edge wear and minor chips and closed tears to jacket extremities, orange jacket spine lettering a bit faded, corners gently tapped, else Very Good overall in quite a nice copy of the dust jacket. Romance novel of the Great Depression following the plight of young Alec as he tries to scrape together enough of a living to marry his sweetheart. "Life, meet Alec!" (front jacket panel).

London: George G. Harrap & Company Ltd, 1931. Very Good/Very Good. London: George G. Harrap & Company, Ltd., [1931]. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in blue pictorial dust jacket clipped but retaining original price (7/6 net), pictorial endpapers; 313pp.; frontispiece and thirty-one (31) leaves of plates including photographs. Jacket extremities a bit rubbed and toned, old tape repair at spine ends, spine panel a shade toned and damp-splattered, corners bumped, front hinge starting, contemporary and later ownership signature to half title, else a Very Good, internally clean and sound copy. Continuation of the author's memoirs of Bohemian Parisian culture, including an entire chapter devoted to the expat community populated by James Joyce, Anita Loos, Claude McKay, and co.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1928. Very Good +/Very Good. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1928. First Edition. Signed by Hamlin Garland at foreward page with brief inscription to Carl Van Doren. Octavo. 379 pp. Black and white illustrations. Illustrated dust jacket. Original pictorial cloth; dark topstain; illustrated endpapers. Price-clipped dust jacket lightly chipped and rubbed along edges. Boards show light shelfwear with heavier wear to top of spine. Binding is sound. Bookplate of Katherine de Berkeley Parsons to front pastedown and pages unmarked.

New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1938. Very Good. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1938. First Edition. Signed by Morse on front free endpaper with inscription, "To Mabel and Hillary, This is a true story of my pre-beach-combing days, before I learned to go to bed at 10 p.m. Frank P. Morse." Octavo. 288 pages. Black and white photographs. Beige and blue boards stamped in gilt. Lacks dust jacket. Boards are worn at extremities with exposure, faded at spine, and show general soiling. Binding gives a little but holding. Preliminaries stained.

New York: Rinehart & Company, 1956. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Rinehart & Company, 1956. First Edition with "R" on copyright page. Octavo; publisher's boards in blue pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($2.75); [8],245pp. Shelf wear to jacket and board extremities, jacket spine panel a bit toned, as is textblock, corners bumped; overall a Very Good, still quite bright and presentable copy. "A Father Shanley-Sammy Golden Mystery" (front jacket panel). Mystery in which Sergeant Sammy Golden and his sidekick Father Shanley investigate the death by acid burn of a night watchman at a chemical plant. A beautiful blonde ensues.

New York: Carroll & Graf, 2004. Near Fine. New York: Carroll & Graf, 2004. First Carroll & Graf Edition. Signed by the author without inscription on full title. Octavo; viii, 376pp. Illustrated paper wraps. Covers very faintly shelfworn, with no chips, tears, or marks. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Sequel to Barris's Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, which was adapted to the 2002 film by the same name.

London: Little, Brown and Company, 1993. Very Good +/Near Fine. London: Little, Brown and Company, 1993. First Edition. Octavo (24cm.); publisher's simulated cloth in black photo-illustrated dust jacket; [10],371pp. Light shelf wear, corners bumped, textblock a shade toned, else Very Good or better. Bookplate signed by the author laid in. The author's eighth Alex Delaware novel, preceding the first American edition by a year.

Columbia: Underwood / Miller, 1979. Very Good. Columbia: Underwood/Miller, 1979. Limited Edition (600 copies, unnumbered). Tall octavo (9.25" x 6"); [viii], 37pp. Illustrated blue paper wraps with black illustration and red. Covers are clean and crisp; spine a touch faded with a slight bump at head. Binding is sound and pages unmarked.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's simulated cloth in blue pictorial dust jacket; [8],188pp. General edge wear to jacket and board extremities including a few tiny closed tears to the former, rear jacket panel a bit toned and dust-soiled, spine rather cocked, else Very Good, internally clean and sound.

Cambridge: Sever and Francis, 1865. Very Good. Cambridge: Sever and Francis, 1865. Later printing of the 1864 Macmillan & Co First Edition. 16mo; xlvii, 397pp +8pp ads. Illustrated title page with tissue guard. Publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. Cloth splitting halfway down front joint with spine section loosening but secure. Boards otherwise sturdy with light shelfwear, nudging to spine ends, and darkening to spine. Binding is sound and pages unmarked.

London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd, 1960. Very Good/Very Good -. London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1960. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket; [6],201pp. Jacket rather worn at extremities with neat archival tape repair to verso, spine cocked, cloth faded at margins, front hinge a bit loose but holding, else a Good to Very Good copy overall. Early novel by the Scottish author and poet, describing the antics of Scottish migrant Dougal Douglas as he entwines himself in the lives of the inhabitants of the London working-class neighborhood Peckham Rye.

Portland, ME: Thomas B. Mosher, 1903. Very Good. Portland, ME: Thomas B. Mosher, 1903. First Thus, Limited to 450 copies printed on Van Gelder hand-made paper. Quarto; publisher's cream over blue paper-covered boards, printed paper spine label; xxxvi,[2],334pp.; photographic portrait frontispiece (tissue guard). Extremities lightly scuffed and rather toned, red spine lettering almost entirely effaced, later ownership rubber-stamp to front pastedown, else a Very Good copy, internally clean and sound.

Cambridge: The Limited Editions Club at the University Press, 1977. Near Fine. Cambridge: The Limited Editions Club at the University Press, 1977. First Thus; Limited Edition of 1600 copies signed by Gentleman, this being #1160. Tall octavo. 206 pp. Black and white and color illustrations. Green cloth over paper-covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. Publisher's newsletter laid in. Housed in publisher's slipcase. Light shelfwear at spine ends. Binding sound and pages unmarked. Slipcase scuffed with some toning to edges and remains structurally sound.

London: Jarrolds, 1970. Very Good/Very Good. London: Jarrolds, 1970. First Edition. Octavo; [xii], 212pp. Map endpapers, with photos and diagrams internally. Photographic green dust jacket with 30s net / £1.75 price intact; book in light blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Jacket rubbed along edges with a few tiny nicks, some toning and smudging to back, and some scuffs down joints. Some spotted fading to top edges of boards. Opens easily between gatherings, but binding is holding soundly. Pages unmarked.

London: Bodley Head, 1972. Very Good +/Very Good. London: Bodley Head, 1972. Octavo (20.5cm.); publisher's boards in pictorial unclipped dust jacket; 269pp. Light shelf wear to jacket extremities, damp stain along bottom margin of jacket foot slightly bleeding into front and rear panel though barely perceptible externally, mild bumping to corners, else a Very Good, still quite bright copy. The late Irish author's second short story collection.

Frankfort, KY: Gnomon Press, 1999. Near Fine. Frankfort, KY: Gnomon Press, 1999. First Edition, Limited Issue of 26 copies signed by Morgan at limitation, this being "Copy N." Tall octavo. 344 pp. Brown cloth over paper-covered boards with paper title label to spine; light brown endpapers. Touch of rubbing to extremities. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Near Fine.

Berlin: Verlag Ullstein, 1923. Very Good. Berlin: Verlag Ullstein, 1923. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); publisher's red cloth over pictorial boards printed in black, black spine titling; 186,[6]pp.; illus. throughout. Boards significantly toned to tan, though evidence of the board's original blue color still present to rear cover, spine rather cocked, margins rubbed with brief exposure at corners, contemporary pencil gift inscription and bookseller ticket to rear pastedown, else a Very Good, still quite attractive, clean and sound copy. First edition of the unlikely inspiration for a Disney film whose staying power has arguably surpassed the original source. "Bambi" the novel by the Austrian author, journalist, and enthusiastic hunter Felix Salten seems hardly a tale for children (though it was packaged as such), oppressed as it is by an atmosphere of violence and existential dread. The moral of the tale, ultimately, is a form of solitary self-preservation that would put a twinkle in Ayn Rand's… Read More

London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd, 1896. Very Good. London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1896. First Edition. Octavo. 224, [2] pp. advertisements. Black and white illustrations, complete; errata slips. White boards stamped in gilt; top edge gilt. Boards show light general wear and soiling. Binding sound. Mild to moderate spotting throughout interior but still a presentable, Very Good copy.