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

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. Photo-illustrated wraps. General rubbing; binding sound; interior unmarked. Very Good or better. Though free of ownership markings, this copy from the collection of Television frontman Tom Verlaine.

Houston: Inprint & Fiocat Press, 2009. Very Good. Houston: Inprint & Fiocat Press, 2009. Limited Edition. Signed by the author and numbered 40 of 300 copies (with 62 proofs) on colophon at back. 12mo (6.5" x 5"); 19pp. String-bound printed red paper wraps with blue flyleaves. Covers crisp with very light corner wear and a faint thumbprint to front. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Excerpt from Alameddine's 2008 novel, made as a gift for patrons of Inprint's Poets and Writers Ball at the Houston Country Club in February 2009.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1934. Very Good/Very Good -. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [ca. 1931-1934]. Mixed printings. Ten octavo volumes. Four plates, including frontispieces, to each volume, all by Salg. Illustrated dust jackets to each volume, excepting The Clue at Skeleton Rocks and The Mystery at Dark Star Ranch. Kidnapped in the Jungle and Copperhead Trail Mystery in orange boards with black lettering to spine and silver gray lettering outlined in black; remaining volumes gray cloth with red lettering. Dust jackets chipped, rubbed, and soiled. A few with tears and the Doom of Stark House with a long tear to front flap, but remains intact. Red discoloration to flaps of several volumes. Boards worn with brief exposure to edges; abrasion with discoloration and fraying to front of Dark Star Ranch. Bindings sound. Ownership inscriptions to front of many volumes, though pages largely unmarked.

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1986. Very Good/Very Good. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1986. First Edition, stated. Octavo; [x], 178pp. Signed by the author on front free endpaper "To David, Hope you enjoyed this little slice of history. Robert J. Randisi." Illustrated dust jacket with $12.95 price intact; book in mustard cloth with black lettering to spine. Jacket lightly shelfworn, with no chips, tears, or marks. Boards are sturdy and square. Binding is sound and pages unmarked.

St. Louis, MO: William K. Bixby, 1907. Near Fine. St. Louis, MO: William K. Bixby, 1907. First Edition, Limited to 487 copies of which this is no. 212. Quarto; publisher's three-quarter calf over cloth, gilt-lettered spine, housed in original paper-covered slipcase; xxvii,[1],263pp.; frontispiece, large folding map, and thirty (30) leaves of plates, chiefly facsimiles. Slipcase rather scuffed and toned, else a Near Fine copy. Signed by Bixby on colophon, accompanied by a more extensive signed inscription on front free endpaper to an I.H. Lionberger. Laid in typescript note also addressed to Lionberger accompanying this volume with the assurance that "No part of this has ever been printed, and no copies will be offered for sale.

Boston: D. Lothrop & Co, 1883. Very Good. Boston: D. Lothrop & Co., 1883. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's blue gilt-lettered cloth; [2],281,xiii,[8]pp.; twelve (12) leaves of plates, mostly views, pictorial ads bound in rear. Minor shelf wear, corners tapped, front hinge starting, contemporary ownership ex libris and pencil inscription to front pastedown and free endpaper, very occasional pencil marginalia, else a Very Good, attractive copy overall. Part travel guide, part businessman's handbook. The title page continues: "[Mexico's] Mineral and Agricultural Resources, Cities and Towns of every State, Factories, Trade, Imports and Exports, how legally to acquire property in Mexico, how to transact business under Mexican laws, Railroads and travelling [sic] in the Republic, Tariff Regulations, Duties, &c., &c. and a Commercial Directory of the Principal Business Men in Mexico...

London: Chatto & Windus, 1958. Very Good +/Very Good +. London: Chatto & Windus, 1958. Reprint. Octavo. 333 pp. Printed dust jacket with 12s 6d net price intact. Blue boards stamped in gilt. Dust jacket shows a few nicks along the edges and toning to spine. Boards rubbed at corners and spine sunned. Off-setting to endpapers, ownership stamp to front free endpaper, and pages otherwise unmarked. A handsome reprint copy of the first entry in the Snopes Trilogy, originally published in 1940. Surprisingly scarce in retail.

Philadelphia: Printed for the Author, 1814. Very Good+. Philadelphia: Printed for the Author, 1814. The Eighth Edition. Octavo (23cm.); publisher's two-toned (white over blue) paper-covered boards; vi,[2],112pp.; eleven (11) leaves of engraved plates (text and illus. collated complete). Light foxing and wear to boards, textblock a bit browned, else a Very Good, remarkably well-preserved and untrimmed copy of a military classic. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 31362.

New York: Galerie Lelong, 1988. Very Good. New York: Galerie Lelong, 1988. First Edition. Quarto (23x23x05cm); 46pp. Twenty-one full-page close-ups of Coplans's hands, taken by himself; one three-page pull-out image. Coplans's artist's statement, as released by the gallery for the opening, is laid in. Heavy ivory card covers with deep French flaps, over sewn gatherings. Covers are clean and crisp with light shelfwear. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. This is the catalog of the John Coplans exhibition at the Galerie Lelong in New York City shown from 12 January to 11 February 1989. Coplans (1920-2003) was one of the celebrated founders and longstanding editors of Artforum.

Berkeley: University Art Museum, 1972. Very Good. Berkeley: University Art Museum, 1972. First Edition. Quarto (24x22.5x1.5cm); 192pp, including index. One hundred twenty-three catalogued images, some in color, with additional background and documentary illustrations. Glossy card wrappers with illustrated cover. Cover shows some slight tanning from age. Back cover shows a slight crimp at upper corner, now flattened. Textblock unmarred and unmarked. This is the catalog for the Berkeley show of the same name held from 28 June to 27 August 1972, after which it traveled to Washington, D.C., Dallas, and Indianapolis.

Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1945. Very Good. Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1945. Fourth printing. Quarto. 662 pp. Color fold-out map of "Indian Land Cessions 1776-1945" mounted to front pastedown. Brown cloth boards stamped in gilt; no dust jacket presumably as issued. Boards scuffed and spotted; corners bumped; bowing through center; spine sunned. Binding is sound. Ownership inscription in pen to front free endpaper and interior else unmarked. Slight musty smell. Very Good.

New York: Coward-McCann, Inc, 1943. Very Good +. New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1943. First Edition. Octavo. 216 pp. Orange boards and spine lettered in green. No dust jacket. Boards rubbed and edges, corners bumped, and light soiling to edges. Binding is sound. Off-setting to endpapers, previous owner's gift inscription to front free endpaper, and pages otherwise unmarked. [Bowden A2].

London: Constable & Co Ltd, 1941. Very Good/Very Good-. London: Constable & Co Ltd, [1941]. First Edition. Small octavo; publisher's cloth in white pictorial dust jacket retaining original price (8/6); xviii,258pp.; color frontispiece repeating illustration on upper jacket panel. Jacket margins a bit chipped and worn with a few small losses, most notably at spine crown, brief biopredation to bottom portions of jacket flaps, spine panel toned, corners tapped, a few leaves dog-eared, else a Very Good copy in a Good to Very Good copy of the jacket.

New York: Random House, 1942. Very Good. New York: Random House, 1942. First U.S. Edition, stated First Printing. Octavo. 308 pp. Gray cloth stamped in black and silver. Dark topstain. Lacks dust jacket. Boards edgeworn with brief exposure and some fraying; spine toned; faint staining along edges. Binding is sound. Toning to pages but pages otherwise unmarked.

New York: James O'Kane, 1866. Very Good. New York: James O'Kane, 1866. First Edition. 347 pages + 4 pages publisher's advertisements printed in black and red. Frontispiece by F.O.C. Darley. Three black and white plates by Nast present and complete, though publisher bound them in at wrong pages. Publisher's brown cloth stamped in gilt. Boards worn along edges with exposure. Bit of rippling along spine. Spine shows a moderate lean. Some gatherings open easily but overall binding holding soundly. Faint touch of staining along top edge of preliminaries. Pages otherwise unmarked. Dodge's second and most popular novel. A colorful portrait of Dutch life, the "Silver Skates" of the title also helped introduce the American public to the sport of speed skating.

Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1992. Very Good +. Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1992. Large octavo. 276 pages. 12 color plates by Nielsen. Full green leather with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on covers and spine. All edges gilt; yellow satin ribbon. A touch of wear to extremities and corners slightly bumped. Gilt edges of textblock scuffed in small spots at top near head of spine and briefly to fore-edge. Binding is sound.

New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1970. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1970. Stated First Printing. Octavo; 152pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $4.95 price intact; book in green cloth with dark green title squares and yellow lettering. Jacket shows a few small closed tears along edges and some foxing and toning to interior. Boards a bit bumped at corners and spine ends, with some light spotting down joints and spine. Front endpapers toned. Binding is sound and pages unmarked.

New York: Random House, 1959. Good/Very Good. New York: Random House, 1959. First Edition, First Printing with white dots present on p. [38]. Slim quarto; publisher's boards in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ("295/295"); unpaginated; color illus. throughout. Jacket rubbed with a number of closed tears to extremities occasionally touching text, light dust-soil, spine cocked, binding stitching partly perished with several gatherings separated but present, previous owner has numbered pages in black ink at bottom fore-edge corners; overall a Good copy in Very Good jacket. The first book by Dr. Seuss to be published "entirely in full color" (front jacket flap). [Younger & Hirsch 28].

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940. Very Good +/Very Good. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940. First Edition, stated. Octavo. 315 pages. Illustrated dust jacket with $2.75 price present. Oatmeal boards stamped in red and blue. Gray topstain. Dust jacket chipped along edges with some general rubbing and smudging. Corners of boards slightly bumped and a touch of toning to spine. Binding is sound and pages unmarked.

Heavy Industry Publications: Hollywood, CA, 1978. Near Fine. Hollywood, CA: Heavy Industry Publications, 1978. First Edition. 12mo. Unpaginated. Color and b&w photographs throughout. Photo-illustrated wraps. Publisher's promotional card included. Slight curling towards fore-edge. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Touch of curling and toning to edges of promotional card. A Near Fine copy of this scarce photo-novel, featuring Shelley Chamberlain, Suzanne Chandler, and Susan Haller.