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

New York: Vantage Press, 1971. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Vantage Press, 1971. First Edition. Signed by John Bizzelle with brief inscription to previous owner at front free endpaper. Octavo. 230 pp. Frontis. Illustrated dust jacket. Green boards stamped in silver; light green endpapers. Dust jacket worn and chipped along edges with some mild wrinkling. Boards with mild shelfwear and slightly bowed through center. Binding sound and pages unmarked. Very Good.

Philadelphia: Dorrance & Company, 1974. Very Good/Very Good. Philadelphia: Dorrance & Company, 1974. First Edition. Signed by the author on full title with brief inscription "especially for The [?], Dick Emmet, 1975." Oblong octavo (5.75" x 8.5"); [49pp]. Uncredited illustrations throughout. Illustrated dust jacket over gray cloth board with black lettering to spine. Jacket is rubbed along edges, but with no chips or tears. Boards a a bit spotted, but sturdy and sound. Pages unmarked. Emmet was a lawyer moonlighting as a love poet. Vanity press offering with occasionally racy illustrations.

Philadelphia and New York: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and Universe Publishing, 1993. Very Good. Philadelphia and New York: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and Universe Publishing, 1993. Quarto (28x22x1.5cm); xiii + 210pp, including chronology, list of known works, bibliography, and index. Color art reproductions and B&W documentary photographs throughout. Illustrated card covers. Both covers and textblock clean and crisp; card spine uncreased and uncracked. Horace Pippin (1888-1946) was the most prominent, and, in many views, the most important, Black painter on the mid-20th century American scene. In World War I, Pippin had served in the now celebrated Harlem Hellfighters battalion, made up predominantly of Black soldiers. The hell they fought was not just the enemy, but discrimination within the American military, until they were finally turned over to the command of the French to protect them from their fellow American soldiers. That experience, brought back to the U.S. after… Read More

Dallas, TX: Taylor Publishing Company, 1996. Very Good/Very Good. Dallas, TX: Taylor Publishing Company, 1996. First Edition. Signed by Moore with inscription "To Lisa," to front free endpaper. Octavo. 266 pp. Black and white photographs. Photographic dust jacket. Red boards stamped in silver. Dust jacket worn and creased along edges with some slight chipping. Boards roughly worn along edges with brief exposure. Binding is sound and pages unmarked.

New York: Coward, McCann, Inc, 1933. Very Good/Very Good -. New York: Coward, McCann, Inc., 1933. First Edition. Octavo. 249 pp. Boris Artzybasheff-illustrated dust jacket with $2.00 price present. Orange boards stamped in black and gilt. Decorated endpapers. Dark topstain. Dust jacket chipped along edges with general creasing and rubbing with heavier soiling to verso. Boards shelfworn with some soiling to edges. Binding is sound and pages unmarked.

Karachi: Pakistan Historical Society, 1961. Very Good-. Karachi: Pakistan Historical Society, 1961. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth-backed printed paper-covered boards; [4],iv,201pp. Discoloration and bubbling to boards from exposure to damp, more heavily so to rear cover, textblock a bit toned, contemporary ownership signature to front free endpaper, else Good to Very Good overall.

Boston: Privately Printed / Plimpton Press, 1900. Very Good+. Boston?: Privately Printing / Plimpton Press, n.d., ca. 1900. Small, slim quarto (20cm.); publisher's calf over brown paper-covered boards, gilt-lettered spine; [6],13pp. Light wear, else a Very Good or better copy. From the colophon: "Reprinted for private distribution only by the Plimpton Press for its friends through the courteous permission of the author." Cobden-Sanderson's essay was indeed a perennial favorite for private press keepsakes.

[N.p.]: [s.i.], 1979. Very Good +. [N.p.]: [s.i.], [ca. 1979?]. 12mo. 78 pp. Illustrated wraps. Light rubbing to edges. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Very Good or better. Uncommon collection of writings from the Nicaraguan revolutionary, touching on guerrilla tactics, Yankee imperialism, and political revolutions. This edition one of several compiled by Fonseca Amador, founder of the Sandinista National Liberation Front, and, according to OCLC, published in the late 1970s and early 80s.

London: The Medici Society / Riccardi Press, 1922. Very Good. London: The Medici Society / Riccardi Press, 1922. First Thus. Limited Edition of 500, these being #188 and printed on Riccardi paper. Two large octavo volumes. 92 pp.; 28 pp. Color plates with lettered tissue guards, complete. Bound in full limp vellum lettered in gilt with green silk fore-edge ties; top edge gilt. No dust jackets. Housed in custom-made slipcase. Vellum boards wrinkled with some spotting along bottom edge of volume II. Bindings are sound. Dampstaining along bottom edge of many tissue guards; pages otherwise unmarked. Overall a Very Good, attractive set.

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1945. Very Good. Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1945. First Edition, stated. Octavo; [vi], 249pp. Publisher's black cloth with yellow lettering to spine. Missing dust jacket. Ex- Brentano's Rental Library, Washington, D.C. with stamp at bottom of front free endpaper and abrasions / glue residue to front and back pastedowns where jacket was formerly glued down, and check-out dates in pencil (from November '45 - Feburary '46) on front free endpaper, but no other institutional markings. Boards edgeworn with a few light scuffs to surface. Spine faintly cocked and nudged at head and tail. Opens easily between gatherings, but binding is holding. Pages toned as expected from wartime production, but unmarked.

New York: Random House, 1956. Very Good. New York: Random House, [1956]. First Edition with correct ads on rear free endpaper recto. Slim quarto; publisher's glossy pictorial paper-covered boards; [64]pp.; illus. throughout. Boards and top textblock edge dust- and finger-soiled and rubbed along margins with brief exposure at corners, spine and rear cover a shade faded, else Very Good, internally clean and sound, albeit lacking dust jacket. YOUNGER & HIRSCH 43.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1964. Good/Very Good. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1964. Stated First Edition. Octavo; [vi], 265pp. Printed gray and orange dust jacket with $4.95 price and 10/64 code intact; book in gray paper-covered boards with black cloth spine and gilt lettering. Jacket chipped at spine ends, with a few smaller tears along edges and some creasing down front spine fold. Tape repairs to interior. Boards faded along edges and tugged at head of spine, with a few stray smudges. Spine a bit cocked. Abrasions to front endpapers from removed bookplates -- possibly a library card pocket, though the book lacks any other library stamps or markings to suggest a former institutional life. Toning to pastedowns. Binding is generally shaken and opens easily between gatherings, but is holding. Scattered foxing and a couple dog-eared pages, else interior clean and unmarked. Author's first novel.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1977. Very Good +/Very Good +. London: Jonathan Cape, 1977. First Edition. Bookplate signed by Straub mounted to front free endpaper. Octavo. 287 pages. Photographic dust jacket. Green boards stamped in gilt. Green topstain. Previous owner's handmade bookplate to front free endpaper. Unclipped dust jacket lightly rubbed along edges. Boards show a touch of shelfwear and front board bows slightly. Binding sound and pages unmarked.

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1998. Very Good/Very Good. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1998. First Edition. Inscribed by author to journalist and language columnist William Safire on front free endpaper "To: William Safire with author's compliments. Michael Echeruo, 1998." Hallmark Hanukkah card inscribed by Echeruo to Safire and two of his Syracuse University business cards also laid in. Octavo. 283 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over orange boards with gilt lettering. Jacket is faded along spine, with no chips, tears, or marks. Boards sturdy and sharp. Spine ends nudged. Binding is sound and pages unmarked.

Roma: Ermanno Loescher & Co, 1890. Very Good. Roma: Ermanno Loescher & Co., 1890. First Edition. Octavo (18.5cm.); contemporary half vellum over decorative textured boards, black gilt-lettered spine onlay, top edge stained red, decorative endpapers; 252pp.; illus. Light spotting to vellum, spine a bit toned, boards slightly bowed, endpapers and title page somewhat browned due to inferior paper quality, recent bookseller ticket to front pastedown, else Very Good and internally sound, in attractive binding. The first of two volumes on popular Roman culture, opening with a chapter on the early 19th century puppeteer Gaetano Santangelo, and equally covering poetry, music, and secular holidays.

Nevada City, CA: Carl Mautz Publishing, 2013. Near Fine/Very Good +. Nevada City, CA: Carl Mautz Publishing, 2013. First Cloth Edition, limited to 770 copies. Octavo. 230 pp. Black and white photographs and illustraitons. Photo-illustrated dust jacket. Brown leatherette boards stamped in gilt. Dust jacket lightly rubbed along edges with some faint surface scratching. Boards mildly cocked with a touch of dust soiling along top edge. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. A Near Fine copy in a Very Good or better dust jacket.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. First Edition. Octavo; 321 pp. Price clipped pictorial dust jacket. Green cloth binding with text in gilt to cover and spine. Deckled edges. Dust jacket has some closed tears along edges and small chips to the top and bottom of the spine; all text remains legible. Small water spot on spine of dust jacket. Slight cock to spine. Binding sound. Pages clean and unmarked. Overall, a nice copy.

Boston: Jones and Bartlett, 1993. Very Good +. Boston: Jones and Bartlett, 1993. First Thus with full numberline. Quarto (28.5cm.); publisher's glossy teal pictorial paper-covered boards; xlviii, 288pp.; illus. throughout, including photographs, pictorial endpapers. Minor wear to extremities with brief exposure, corners very gently bumped, distributor's sticker to upper cover, else Very Good or better, internally fine. Glossary issued as an illustrated, abbreviated version of an earlier work, "Handbook of Protoctista.

Minneapolis, MN: R.H. Adams / T.B. Walker Art Galleries, 1927. Very Good. Minneapolis, MN: R.H. Adams / T.B. Walker Art Galleries, 1927. First Edition. Octavo. 120 pp. Black and white portraits throughout. Printed wraps. Light edgewear and creasing to wraps; curling to corners; mild general soiling. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Very Good. Includes portraits and brief biographies of Geronimo, Susan Johnson, and Clam Fish, among others.

New York / Baltimore: Black Alchemist Press, Ink, 2002. Very Good +. New York / Baltimore: Black Alchemist Press, Ink, 2002. First Edition. Signed by Almustafa with brief inscription to previous owner at title page. Octavo. 37 pp. + "Reparations 101" to rear. Photo-illustrated wraps. Covers rubbed along edges. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Scarce collection of poems includes "Cotton," "Blk Folk Sittin' On the Front of Buses," and "Tangeloes." No copies in retail at time of this writing, and only two institutional holdings found in OCLC, at UC Berkeley and Texas A&M.