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

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1962. Very Good +/Very Good. San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1962. Limited Edition of 475 copies printed at the Grabhorn Press. Quarto. xiv; [4] leaves of plates; 15; [1] facsimile reproduction. White dust jacket. Decorative boards and with linen spine stamped in gilt. Four page publisher's prospectus laid in at front. Dust jacket lightly soiled with some wear and light chipping along spine. Boards show light shelfwear. Binding is sound.

Somerset, NJ: Vanguard Productions, 2005. Fine/Near Fine. Somerset, NJ: Vanguard Productions, 2005. Deluxe Hardcover Edition, part of an unnumbered print run of 800 copies. Quarto. 152 pp. Black and white and color illustrations throughout. Illustrated dust jacket. Maroon leatherette lettered in gilt with maroon slipcase. Dust jacket gently rubbed along edges. Sturdy and square in boards. Slipcase shows just a hint of wear at corners.

New York: Everyman's Library / Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. Very Good+/Very Good+. New York: Everyman's Library / Alfred A. Knopf, [1995]. First Everyman Edition. Thick octavo; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price; xxxi,[1],1519pp. Very light foxing and dust-soil to textblock margins and rear jacket panel, corners nudged, else a Very Good or better copy. Signed by the author on front free endpaper.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981. First Edition, stated. Signed by Updike at title page with brief inscription to previous owner. Octavo. 467pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $13.95 price intact. Bronze boards stamped in silver and gilt. Red topstain. Dust jacket lightly worn and toned along edges, with some slight chipping to spine ends and corners and a vertical crease to rear flap. Spine a bit cocked, with a few vertical creases to cloth and wear at head and tail. Binding is sound. Touch of foxing to edges of text block and some light spotting and toning to endpapers. Pages unmarked and text legible throughout.

Paris: Le Divan, 1925. Very Good. Paris: Le Divan, 1925. First Edition, Limited to 1500 copies of which this is no. XXIX of 40 printed on Rives. Octavo (19.5cm.); publisher's grey printed wrappers (tanned from exposure to old non-archival glassine); 244pp; frontispiece, three leaves of plates and facsimiles in text. Wrappers heavily toned, light shelf wear, else Very Good or better, interior fine and fresh. Collection Saint-German-des-Prés, no. 2. Contents include a bibliography and a study of the subject's portraiture and manuscripts.

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1954. Very Good +/Very Good +. New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1954. First Edition, stated. Signed by Peter Matthiessen at title page without inscription. Octavo. 306 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with "$3.50" price present. Green and black boards; yellow topstain. Dust jacket rubbed with a few minor nicks to edges; faint remnants of tape or glue along edges. Boards with moderate shelfwear. Binding is sound. Date (March 1986) stamped along top edge of text block, but pages otherwise unmarked. A Very Good or better copy of the author's first novel.

Austin, TX: Eakin Press, 1984. Very Good/Very Good. Austin, TX: Eakin Press, 1984. First Edition (stated). Octavo; publisher's leatherette in white pictorial dust jacket; viii,320pp.; illus. Some rubbing to both boards and jacket extremities; a hint of dust-soil; light, faint dampstain to back jacket panel -- barely visible to jacket interior only but with some rippling to back panel -- not affecting boards beneath; else Very Good and sound overall. Inscribed and signed on front free endpaper: "To Rosemarie / Racehoss / Race Sample." Memoirs of Albert Race Sample, the son of a "red neck" and a Black prostitute, and the "first ex-convict in Texas to work out of the Governor's office" serving as a probation officer. The work inspired the 2001 documentary of the same title.

Palestine, TX: s.i., 1926. Very Good +. [Palestine, TX]: [s.i.]. 1926. First Thus. Octavo. 118 pp. Black and white photographs. Printed wrappers. Wraps mildly rubbed at extremities with slight curling along fore-edge. Binding sound. Gift inscription to front free endpaper, but otherwise pages unmarked. Text begins with "Chapter II," as published, the first chapter having been torn and destroyed. This text is from the revised Second Edition published posthumously by Plummer's father, James Parker in 1844. [Reprint of Howes P80-and Sabin 58685].

New York: Johnny Gruelle Company, 1939. Very Good/Very Good -. New York: Johnny Gruelle Company, 1939. First Edition. Octavo. Unpaginated. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. Illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated paper covered boards. Dust jacket heavily chipped and creased with a few longer closed tears most notably near spine at top and bottom. Faded at spine but still legible. Boards are worn at extremities with brief exposure. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. [Hall p. 136].

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1906. Near Fine. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1906. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's grey decorative cloth stamped in yellow and dark blue; [2],117,[1],[4](ads)pp. Corners bumped, else a Near Fine copy. Post-marked envelope dated 1908 tipped to front pastedown and containing 1.5pp. autograph letter signed by the author, addressed to a Professor Charles Richardson of Dartmouth College, admonishing Richardson for purchasing a copy of the book. The American lyricist Richard Burton (not to be confused with the explorer or the actor) takes on the Biblical personage of Rahab, "the woman of Jericho," in this, his first attempt at drama.

Chicago: Railway Business Association, 1940. Very Good. Chicago: Railway Business Association, 1940. First Edition. Octavo; 100 pages. In red velvet wrappers, this volume was "prepared for the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Railway Business Association..." held Nov. 14, 1940." Includes photographs and sketches. Some light scuffing to wrappers, modest edgewear; pages clean and unmarked and tight in binding.

Amherst: The University of Massachusetts Press, 1978. Very Good/Very Good. Amherst: The University of Massachusetts Press, 1978. First Edition. Octavo; [viii], 64pp. Printed two-tone orange dust jacket over yellow cloth boards with black lettering to spine. Jacket shows one closed 3/4" tear with associated creasing at top front, some light rubbing at corners and spine ends, and a bit of scuffing to back panel. Boards are sturdy and square. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Fourth recipient of the Juniper Prize from the University of Massachusetts Press.

London: Boosey and Hawkes Ltd, 1951. Very Good. London: Boosey and Hawkes Ltd., 1951. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's yellow staplebound printed wrappers; 60pp. Wrappers a bit toned along extremities, brief residue to upper cover from previously removed sticker, else Very Good and sound. Libretto only of Stravinsky's English-language opera inspired by Hogarth's suite of paintings and prints of the same title.

New York: Charles Scribner and Company, 1870. Good+. New York: Charles Scribner and Company, 1870. First American Edition. Small octavo; publisher's red cloth, gilt-lettered spine; 296,10pp.; frontispiece, illus. throughout, many full-paged. Rather extensive biopredation along joints, cloth rather toned and soiled, contemporary manuscript prize inscription on front free endpaper addressed to Maggie A. Moore, "1st Prize for History." Good to Very Good overall.

Hanover, NH: Privately Printed / Stinehour Press, 1963. Very Good/Very Good -. Hanover, NH: Privately Printed / Stinehour Press, 1963. Limited Edition of 100 copies, this being #22. Octavo. 149 pp. Frontispiece. Printed dust jacket. Gray and green boards stamped in gilt; illustrated endpapers. Dust jacket heavily chipped with a few short tears. Boards show light shelfwear. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. A Very Good copy in a Very Good minus dust jacket. Festschrift honoring Guthrie upon his retirement from teaching.

New York: George H. Doran Company, 1918. Very Good. New York: George H. Doran Company, 1918. Later printing without publisher's colophon to copyright page. Octavo. 312 pp. Apricot cloth stamped in black. Pictorial endpapers. Lacks dust jacket. Light edgewear to boards with some spotting and smudging. Binding is sound. Pages unmarked.

London: C. Bensley / F.J. Du Roveray et al., 1798. Very Good-. London: Printed by C. Bensley; for F.J. Du Roveray, 1798. First Bensley Edition. Octavo; full contemporary gilt-ruled calf, spine elaborately tooled in calf, blue papier-peint endpapers; xxix,[1],79pp.; engrave frontispiece (tissue-guard) and five leaves of plates. Boards scuffed at extremities, front board rather crudely reattached, else a Very Good, internally clean and bright copy. Splendidly-illustrated edition of Alexander Pope's popular 1712 piece of high burlesque, boasting plates by multiple popular artists of the age, including Italian engraver Francesco Bartolozzi (1727-1815) and English painter Thomas Holloway (1748-1827). ESTC T005736.

London: Leonard Smithers, 1896. Very Good. London: Leonard Smithers, 1896. First Thus. Octavo. 47 pp. "Embroidered" with nine drawings by Beardsley, including frontispiece, complete. Beveled green boards decorated in gilt. Housed in custom-made slipcase. Boards slightly warped and rubbed at extremities, edges and corners bumped, and spine ends nudged. Gilt at front rubbed with some minor smudging to rear. Binding is sound. Mild off-setting and spotting to interior, heavier foxing to title page, and otherwise pages unmarked.

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1990. Very Good/Very Good. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1990. First Edition. Bookplate signed by Pears loosely laid in at front. Octavo. 191 pages. Illustrated dust jacket. Black boards stamped in gilt. Unclipped dust jacket is lightly worn along edges. Thin band of tape to jacket verso at center of spine. Boards show light shelfwear and faint tape remnants to top and bottom of front and rear boards. Opens easily between a couple gatherings towards rear but overall binding holding soundly. Pages unmarked. First book in the Jonathan Argyll art history mystery series.

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, 1990. Very Good +/Very Good +. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, 1990. First U.S. Edition. Bookplate signed by author loosely laid in at front. Octavo. 191 pages. Illustrated dust jacket. Orange and yellow boards stamped in red. Unclipped dust jacket shows light edgewear with some general rubbing. Boards nudged at spine ends with some light shelfwear. Binding is sound. Remainder mark to bottom edge. Some very faint staining to fore edge but pages unmarked. First book in the Jonathan Argyll art history mystery series.