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

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1972. Very Good/Very Good. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1972. First Edition, stated. Octavo; [viii], 351pp. Photo-illustrated dust jacket with $7.95 price intact; bound in brown and black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Jacket shows a few shallow tears along edges and a couple longer ones at folds, some chipping at head of spine, toning along edges of flaps and to verso, and some general smudging and dust-soiling to surface. Boards are square with some fading along edges and light bumping at bottom corners and spine ends. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. First volume of Himes' autobiography.

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company Publishers, 1929. Very Good. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company Publishers, [1929]. First Edition, Limited to 265 copies of which this is no. 54. Large octavo; publisher's cloth-backed boards, printed paper spine label; [16],426pp.; photographic author portrait frontispiece. Boards rather scuffed with some exposure at corners and margins, spine label quite browned, textblock a bit toned and brittle, contemporary ownership rubberstamps to frontispiece verso, bookseller ticket to rear pastedown, else a Very Good, internally clean and mostly unopened copy. Signed by the author on limitation page.

Forest Park: Heritage Press, 1977. Very Good. Forest Park: Heritage Press, 1977. Limited First Edition, numbered 940 of 2000 copies on colophon at back. Octavo; 139pp. Nine tipped-in full color illustrations, all present. In slightly-too-short clear jacket. Publisher's maroon cloth with gilt lettering and ornamentation. Boards lightly shelfworn with a few faint scuffs to cloth and a bit of fading along edges. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Part of the author's Latium Trilogy.

Paris / Monaco: Somogy Art Publishers / Grimaldi Forum, 2008. Very Good+. Paris / Monaco: Somogy Art Publishers / Grimaldi Forum, [2008]. First English-Language Edition. Quarto; publisher's glossy photo-illustrated paper-covered boards; 430pp.; extensive full-color illus. throughout. Very light shelf wear to margins, else a Very Good to Near Fine copy.

W.W. Norton & Company: New York, 2004. Very Good/Very Good. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, [2004]. First Edition with full number line. Large octavo; publisher's two-toned boards in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price; xiv,577pp.; illus. Light wear and rubbing to jacket and board margins, else Very Good and sound. Signed by the author on title page.

New York: Grove Press, 1974. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Grove Press, [1974]. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($7.95); [10],276pp. Light wear to jacket extremities, remainder mark to bottom textblock edge, brief soil to front free endpaper, else Very Good and sound.

Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1968. Very Good. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1968. First Edition. Octavo. 336 pp. Black cloth with spine lettered in gilt. No dust jacket. Boards rubbed along edges and binding is sound. Ownership inscription to front free endpaper and some staining to top edge of text block, but pages otherwise unmarked.

London: Colophon Press, 1992. Very Good +. London: Colophon Press, 1992. First Edition, Limited to 225 copies of which this is no. 93. Quarto (24.5cm.); publisher's cream pictorial staple bound card wrappers printed in black and red; 12pp. Light wear from handling, else Very Good to Near Fine. Signed by the author on colophon.

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1905. Very Good. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1905. First Edition, limited issue of 300 copies with "First Edition" printed on paper spine label and limitation notice to copyright page. Octavo. 116 pp. Latter 2/3 of pages unopened. Dark gray paper-covered boards with tan cloth spine and paper spine label. Published simultaneously with the trade edition. Light rubbing and toning along edges and faint traces of dampstaining along bottom edge. Light chipping to edges of spine paper label. Binding is sound. Many pages unopened and otherwise pages clean and unmarked. [Edel & Laurence A61.b].

Rochester, NY: Lawyers' Co-Operative Publishing Co, 1910. Good. Rochester, NY: Lawyers' Co-Operative Publishing Co., 1910. First Edition. Large octavo; publisher's maroon gilt-lettered cloth, grey topstain; xxiv,501pp.; photographic illus. throughout, five stereoviews printed on three leaves loosely inserted as issued in chemise mounted to rear pastedown. Some shelf wear to cloth margins, spine gilt significantly dulled, both hinges cracked with front just holding by mesh backing, textblock unevenly toned due to inferior paper quality. A Good copy overall. Monumental study on the identification of forgeries and forged documents.

Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1990. Near Fine/Very Good. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1990. First Thus. Octavo; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket; x,[2],260pp. Moderate wear to jacket extremities, spine panel a shade sunned, contemporary ownership signature to front free endpaper, else a Near Fine copy in Very Good jacket.

London: Orion Publishing Group Ltd, 2007. Fine/Near Fine. London: Orion Publishing Group Ltd, 2007. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's simulated cloth in unpriced photo-illustrated dust jacket; [10],353pp. Just About Fine. Inscribed and signed by the author on title page: "A life: no more nor less than that... Roger J. Ellory / 22.08.07." The English author's best-selling thriller, set in rural 1940s Georgia.

New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co, 1933. Very Good. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1933. Stated First Printing. Small octavo; 112pp. Beige patterned cloth. Corners bumped, with chips and scrapes along fore-edge and at head of spine and some general smudging and soiling. Back hinge starting and book opens easily to between gatherings, but binding is secure. First few pages of cocktails section spotted and a few other pages sparsely foxed, else pages unmarked. Small guide to beer, cocktails, and wine, with suggestions for food pairings. Elliott states that choosing your favorite brand of beer is more important than choosing your favorite brand of coffee ("Most people drink coffee because it is hot, but they drink beer because they love it") and that "getting friendly" with your family physician is important, as "He is now permitted to give you a prescription which will enable you to buy a case of good imported wine from your druggist." Copyright was recorded August 17th, 1933, four months before… Read More

Alexander, NC: Alexander Books, 2008. Near Fine. Alexander, NC: Alexander Books, 2008. Collector's First Edition with full numberline. Signed by the author without inscription on full title. Textured faux leather boards with gilt lettering, housed in illustrated slipcase. Gilt edges, with ribbon bookmark. Boards are sturdy, square, and bright, with a couple tiny scuffs to bottom edges. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Slipcase is sturdy and solid with no splits or marks. Author's collection of five new Sherlock Holmes stories: "The Wilton Water Horror," "The Adventure of Zolnay, the Aerialist," "The Giant Rat of Sumatra," "The Adventure of Bell Rock Light," and "The Adventure of the Eyrie Cliff.".

New York: ReganBooks, 1995. Very Good +/Very Good +. New York: ReganBooks, 1995. First Edition, stated with full numberline. Signed by Quivers without inscription at title page. Octavo. 341 pp. Black and white photographs. Photo-illustrated dust jacket. Black and white boards stamped in silver. Promotional flyer for Borders book signing laid in. Unclipped dust jacket lightly rubbed along edges. Front board very faintly bowed at fore-edge, else boards sturdy and solid with light bumping at spine ends. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Very Good or better.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1897. Very Good/Very Good. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1897. New Edition. Two volumes; thick octavos; publisher's pictorial gilt-stamped cloth in original dark blue cloth dust jackets, gilt-lettered spines, top edges gilt, deep maroon glazed endpaper; x,355; vi,352pp.; frontispieces, twenty-nine (29) leaves of plates including colored maps (collated complete). Light shelf wear, spines slightly cocked, else a Very Good, quite brilliant set in the unusual publisher's cloth dust jackets. First American illustrated edition of the Polish author's historical novel, adorned with maps of ancient Rome, and photogravures from paintings by Howard Pyle, Edmund H. Garrett, and Evert Van Muyden.

New York: Ballantine Books, 2008. Near Fine/Near Fine. New York: Ballantine Books, 2008. Stated First Edition with full numberline. Octavo (24cm.); publisher's boards in pictorial dust jacket; xii,286pp. Spine crown gently bumped with a very faint ripple to rear jacket panel, else a Fine copy. Signed by the author on title page. Forms part of the author's Humanx Commonwealth series, this set on the illogical, reappearing/disappearing titular planet.