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

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1875. Very Good. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1875. First Edition with "J.R. Osgood & Co." to spine. Octavo. 496 pages. Deep purple cloth. Spine lettered in gilt. Brown endpapers. Boards have been rebacked at spine ends and rear joint. Wear with brief exposure to extremities; corners bumped; general scuffing. Discoloration to spine. Two gatherings sprung but overall binding holding soundly. Pages toned but unmarked. Overall a very good and serviceable copy. James' first short story collection and first published book. The title novella was originally published in two installments in the Atlantic Monthly. [Edel & Laurence A1].

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company / A Richard Todd Book, 1992. Near Fine/Near Fine. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company / A Richard Todd Book, 1992. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth-backed boards in pictorial dust jacket; [8],336pp. Minute wear to jacket margins, corners tapped, else a Near Fine copy. Signed by the author on title page. The Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist's first book.

Andover: Flagg and Gould, 1815. Very Good. Andover: Flagg and Gould, 1815. First Edition. Octavo; stitched self-wrappers; 44pp. (collated complete). Light foxing and dust-soil to margins, else a Very Good and sound, partly unopened copy. Congregationalist minister's assessment of Ancient Civilization, warning his listeners that, "Dazzled with the splendours, particularly of ancient Greece, we are apt to perceive but very imperfectly the moral darkness, in which she was enveloped" (p. 17). SHAW & SHOEMAKER 26639.

West Islip, NY: ULAE, 1981. Very Good+. [West Islip, NY]: ULAE, [1981]. First Edition. Folio; publisher's white card wrappers lettered in silver foil, housed in original paper-covered slipcase; [8],45pp.; halftone photographic illus. throughout printed on rectos only. A hint of shelf wear, spine toned, else a Very Good or better, internally clean and sound copy. Signed "Bob Rauschenberg" facing title page.

Boston: Leonard C. Bowles, 1821. Very Good -. Boston: Leonard C. Bowles, 1821. Three volumes; small 12mos; full contemporary green gilt-tooled calf, all edges marbled; engraved frontispiece at head of Vol. I, added engraved title pages in each volume. Spine leather of all three volumes exceedingly browned and cracked from drying, joints of Vols. I and III starting, else a Good to Very Good, internally sound set in an attractive American binding.

New York: Redfield, 1859. Very Good -. New York: Redfield, 1859. Reprint. 24mo (14.5cm); 278pp+10ads. Portrait frontis with tissue guard. Publisher's blindstamped blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Gilt page edges. Boards edgeworn and scuffed, with 2" split to cloth along rear joint and rubbing with exposure at corners; spine darkened and chipped at ends. Hinges cracked but holding. Scattered sparse foxing throughout else pages clean and unmarked. Textblock binding is sound. Small volume / cabinet edition issued a year after Redfield's larger illustrated edition.

New York: Blue Ribbon Books, Inc, 1933. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Blue Ribbon Books, Inc., 1933. First Edition. Small quarto; 48pp. Four full-color pop-ups, two for each story; in-text illustrations. Illustrated dust jacket; boards with matching image. Pictorial endpapers. Dust jacket soiled along edges and joints, with a few minor nicks and some creasing to flap edges. Boards bumped at corners and spine, also a bit soiled and toned along edges. Pop-ups all functional and complete. Small contemporary gift inscription ("Xmas 1934") on front pastedown, else interior unmarked. Binding is sound. A Very Good and collectible copy.

New York: Crown, 2020. Near Fine. New York: Crown, 2020. First Edition, Deluxe Issue signed by President Obama at front fly leaf. Octavo. 751 pp. Color photographs. Dark gray boards stamped in silver. Publisher's slipcase with photograph mounted to side panel. Scuff to spine and rear top corner bumped. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Bump to top corner of slipcase, else sturdy and strong. Near Fine.