Search Results: Authors starting with A from Capitol Hill Books, ABAA

New York: A.A. & A. Inc.: Archaeological Artifacts & Antiques, Inc. / Stellar Press Inc. NYC, 1963. Very Good. New York: A.A. & A. Inc.: Archaeological Artifacts & Antiques, Inc. / Stellar Press Inc. NYC, 1963. First Edition. Small quarto. [20] pp. Black and white illustrations throughout. Illustrated stapled wraps. Light rubbing and moderate toning to edges. This catalog features the art of Masanari Matsubara and six American artists who were assigned objects from the A.A. & A's collection, and asked to draw them in any manner they saw fit. The company identifies themselves as "suppliers of Archaeological Artifacts, Ethnological Material and Primitive Art to museums and private collectors," and lists W. O'D. Pierce as president and Korean-American author Dr. Younghill Kang as a consultant. No copies in retail as of June 2023 and two holdings found in OCLC, at the Smithsonian and Louisiana State University Shreveport.

New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1920. Very Good/Very Good. New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, [1920]. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's boards in tan decorative dust jacket ; viii,[2],233pp. Shallow chips and closed tears to jacket margins, none quite touching text, spine panel toned, endpapers foxed, else Very Good and sound. Collection of "essayettes" first published in "Punch" ranging in topic from prohibition and smoking to used book stalls and thermometers, which "must always be treated with care, for the mercury once split can only be replaced with great difficulty" (p. 212).

New York: Macmillan Company, 1939. Very Good/Very Good (vol.1); Good (vol.2). New York: Macmillan Company, 1935, 1939. First American Editions from the British sheets. Thick octavos; publisher's cloth in printed dust jackets; Vol 1: 692pp, frontispiece, thirty-six (36) leaves of plates printed on rectos and versos, hundred of text illus. throughout; Vol 2: 813pp. frontispiece, sixty-six (66) leaves of plates & illus. throughout as above. Price-clipped jackets show a few shallow chips and tears along edges and folds, with some smudging and soiling to surface, heavy toning to spines with dampstaining along bottom few inches, and heavy tape reinforcement to interiors at head and tail. Boards are sturdy and square with light shelfwear and some nudging at spine ends. Old bookstore price stickers (The Strand) to front pastedowns. Bindings are sound and pages unmarked. Both Very Good overall in Very Good copies of the uncommon jacket. Abraham Wolf was an English historian, rabbi, philosopher (moral and… Read More

New York: African Mirror, 1980. Very Good-. [New York: African Mirror, 1980.] First Edition. Quarto; publisher's photo-illustrated staplebound wrappers; 80pp.; illus. throughout, chiefly photographic. Wrappers rather wrinkled from handling, brief chipping at extremities, textblock uniformly toned, else a Good to Very Good copy overall. Headlining article Alhaj Malik Shabazz's "On Islam and Social Justice." Also includes coverage on Puerto Rico and "Marijuana for Export.

New York: African Mirror, 1979. Very Good-. [New York: African Mirror, 1979.] First Edition. Quarto; publisher's photo-illustrated staplebound wrappers; 79pp.; illus. throughout, chiefly photographic. Wrappers wrinkled from handling, upper cover and first few leaves a bit dog-eared, else Very Good and sound. Headlining article by Adeyemi Ademola titled "Nation of Islam deserted?" following the death of Elijah Muhammad. Also includes coverage on the Black liberation organization MOVE six years before the 1985 Philadelphia bombing.

London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co, 1885. Very Good. London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1885. Second Edition. 12mo; publisher's green pictorial cloth stamped in gilt, top edge gilt, housed in custom linen slipcase; [2],x,139pp.; frontispiece (tissue guard). Very discreet evidence of color touch-ups to cloth extremities, corners gently bumped, else a Very Good copy overall. Provenance: H. Rider Haggard's copy with his ownership signature to half title page, though otherwise free of markings in his hand. A rather significant association as Haggard and Lang went on to collaborate on the science fiction novel The World's Desire, first published in 1890.

Westport, CT: Praeger, 1993. Very Good +. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1993. First Edition. Octavo. 147 pp. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Blue boards with silver and black title labels. No dust jacket as issued. A touch of edgewear to boards and top front corner slightly bumped. Binding is sound and pages unmarked.

Westport, CT: Praeger, 1995. Near Fine. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1995. First Edition. Octavo. 225 pp. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Red cloth boards stamped in gilt. No dust jacket. Boards lightly rubbed at extremities with some minor smudging to front. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Near Fine.

London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd, 1896. Very Good. London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1896. First Edition. Octavo. 224, [2] pp. advertisements. Black and white illustrations, complete; errata slips. White boards stamped in gilt; top edge gilt. Boards show light general wear and soiling. Binding sound. Mild to moderate spotting throughout interior but still a presentable, Very Good copy.

Boston: John P. Dale and Company, 1875. Very Good. Boston: John P. Dale and Company, 1875. Second and Revised Edition. Thick octavo. 700 pp. + 1 page announcement. Black and white illustrations, complete. Black cloth stamped in silver. Boards edgeworn with shallow loss at base of spine, brief exposure to corners. Opens easily between gatherings but binding is holding. Lacking front free endpaper; interior else unmarked; Very Good.

Gering, NE: Courier Press, 1938. Very Good. Gering, NE: Courier Press, 1938. First Edition. Octavo. 288 pp. Green cloth boards stamped in gilt. No dust jacket. Rubbing to gilt at spine and front and boards lightly worn at extremities. Binding sound. Ownership inscription of Robert L. Antsey dated 1940 to front free endpaper, and pages otherwise unmarked.

London: Cassell & Company, 1892. Very Good. London: Cassell & Company, 1892. First Edition. Octavo (19cm.); publisher's dark blue cloth, gilt-lettered spine, top edge gilt; viii,[9]-256,[8](ads)pp. Boards a bit scuffed at corners and spine ends, gilt of both spine and top edge quite dulled, textblock tanned and a bit brittle, else a Very Good, sound copy overall. Early Doyle novel published in the comparatively small print run of 2001 copies. GREEN & GIBSON A9a.

New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1942. Very Good. New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1942. Stated First Edition. Octavo; 250 pp. Light beige/green cloth binding with letter in red on cover and spine. Deckled edges. Cloth binding toned with brown spot on front cover over text and some smaller spots on the back. Previous owner's signature on front and back attached endpapers in black ink. Pages are otherwise clean and unmarked. Slight lean to boards but binding is sound. Part of Cunningham's Jess Roden series.

New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1943. Very Good. New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1943. Stated First Edition. Octavo; 252 pp. Book bound in light gray cloth with title stamped in red on cover and spine. Deckled edges. Library stamp ("Property of Frears Loan Library") on top and bottom edges and back attached endpaper. Some offsetting from tape on endpapers, but no other library markings. Pages are otherwise clean and unmarked. Slight lean to boards with rubbing on edges, but text block and binding are sound.

New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1951. Very Good/Very Good. New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1951. Stated First Edition. Octavo; 222 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $2.50 price. Book bound in brown cloth with "Guilt Edge Mystery" logo in blue on cover and title in blue on spine. Decked edges. Dust jacket is clean and bright with some minor edgewear, no chips. Binding sound and corners are square. Part of Cunningham's "Jess Roden" series. Overall, a handsome copy.

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co, 1947. Very Good/Very Good. New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1947. Stated First Edition. Octavo; 226 pp. Pictorial dust jacket. Red cloth binding with illustration and text stamped in dark blue/black on cover and spine. Deckled edges. Price-clipped dust jacket is bright but rubbed along edges and spine ends, with a few tiny, closed tears along the edges including one 1/4" tear at the bottom front with some adjacent creasing. Binding sound. Pages clean and unmarked.

Charlotte, NC: Observer Printing House, 1903. Very Good+. Charlotte, NC: Observer Printing House, 1903. First Edition. Two volumes; octavos; publisher's brown gilt-lettered cloth; xviii,202; xix,213pp.; frontispieces, ninety-six (96) leaves of plates (collated complete). Very light wear to cloth extremities, light dust-soil to textblock margins, else a Very Good to Near Fine set.

New Orleans: A.D. O'Brien, Jr., Publishers, 1973. Very Good. New Orleans: A.D. O'Brien, Jr., Publishers, 1973. First Edition. Comb-bound wraps. Octavo. 218 pages with black and white photographs. Signed by the author on cover verso with inscription, "To Judge Wright in memory / of our friendship and some / very pleasant times working / together / Dallam O'Brien." Some soiling and toning to wraps with rubbing along fore-edge, else sound.

St.-Petersbourg: Imprimerie de Jul Stauff (J. Fichon), 1882. Very Good. St. Petersbourg: Imprimerie de Jul Stauff (J. Fichon), 1882 [but 1881]. First Thus. 24mo (8.25cm.); later full red morocco, bound in original peach wrappers printed within typographically decorative border; xii,72pp. Minor bumping to corners, wrappers show some light soiling and wear with general rubbing slightly effacing text without loss of meaning; a few interior leaves trimmed a bit close, but still Very Good and sound overall. Imprint on p. 72 (in Russian): "Dozvoleno Tsenzuroiu. SNB. 1- Oktiabra 1881." Original French-language edition of this Russian divination booklet first published in 1877 according to the Preface, signed "A. de K.," based on the system of an "old and famous divinatrix, who lived in Kiev many centuries ago" (our translation). The "sibylle russe" is composed of 36 cards (not included here, though it is unclear if this was to be issued with the cards), each described in detail in the text, each… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1928. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1928. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. 99 pages. Printed dust jacket. Apricot boards stamped in silver. Dust jacket is lightly chipped along edges with a couple short closed tears radiating from edges. Boards show some light dust soiling along edges. Brief exposure to paper at rear hinge but binding is sound. Stamp for Sign of the Mermaid to front pastedown. Pages toned at edges but unmarked.