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

Quezon City, Philippines: Karrel, Inc, 1986. Very Good. Quezon City, Philippines: Karrel, Inc., [1986]. First Edition. Octavo. 27 pp. Printed wraps. Light rubbing with some mild curling to edges. Binding is sound and pages lightly toned. A Very Good copy of a scarce history of the People Power Revolution, which took place in February of 1986.

Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania Capitol Preservation Committee, 2002. Fine/Fine. Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania Capitol Preservation Committee, 2002. First Edition. Quarto; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket; 168pp.; color illus. Fine condition.

Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1991. Very Good. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1991. First Edition. Tall quarto (35.5x25.5x2.5cm); 200pp, including glossary, index of artists, and bibliography. Forty-three figures; 101 plates-about a quarter of them in color. Pictorial wrappers in exceptionally heavy card; calligraphic pastedowns and flyleaves in dark goldenrod laid paper. Sewn gatherings. Textblock in heavy cream wove paper. The card spine has been creased but is not cracked; hence our minimal spreading in the second photograph. Some minor signs of edgewear to card covers. Textblock unmarred and unmarked. This is the catalog of the exhibition held at the Krannert Museum of Art at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign from 9 November to 16 December 1990, and at the Met in New York from 25 January to 31 March 1991. The survey covers nearly 2000 years of depictions of the most sacred mountains in Chinese art.

[Paris]: Éditions Bloud et Gay, 1961. Fine. [Paris]: Éditions Bloud et Gay, [1961]. First Edition. Octavo (20.5cm.); publisher's white cloth lettered in red; 255pp.; illus. throughout, including photographs. Brief soil spots to upper cover, else Fine. Pictorial biography of Louis IX (1214-1270).

London: The Hogarth Press, 1937. Very Good. London: The Hogarth Press, 1937. First Edition. 16mo (6.75" x 4.25");150pp. Publisher's blue cloth with black lettering to spine. Missing dust jacket. Boards lightly shelfworn with some scuffs down joints, a couple waterspots to cloth, and general light smudging / soiling to surface. Spine darkened and a bit cocked. Light foxing to endpapers, with faint creasing at the bottom corner of pages 15-18. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Isherwood's novella based on cabaret singer Jean Ross, republished later in his novel Goodbye Berlin. The character of Bowles would be taken up in other works, including the play and film versions of I Am a Camera (1951 / 1955) and Cabaret (1966 / 1972), and was an influence on other writers' characters, such as Capote's Holly Golightly. [Westby & Brown p. 6; Woolmer 411].

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. Near Fine/Very Good. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. First Edition. Octavo. 326 pp. Black and white illustrations. Illustrated dust jacket with "$2.50" price present. Orange boards stamped in black. Dust jacket lightly worn and creased along edges with a few minor chips. Corners of boards slightly bumped. Binding is sound and pages unmarked.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. Very Good-. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); publisher's yellow pictorial cloth; viii,326pp.; illus. by the author throughout, many full-paged. Cloth a bit scuffed and toned at extremities, small white mark at spine foot, later (1952) ownership signature to front free endpaper and rubberstamped date to rear pastedown, else Very Good and sound, albeit lacking dust jacket. Review copy with slip laid in, though perished tape residue to front pastedown indicates this was previously mounted.

New York: Longmans, Green and Co, 1931. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1931. First Edition, stated. Octavo. 276 pp. Restored dust jacket (see details below) with $2.00 price present. Black boards stamped in gilt and red; red topstain. Dust jacket backed with archival paper backing, with fill-ins and coloring to chips at edges; general rubbing and creasing; further signs of repair to edges, joints, and flaps. Boards slightly rubbed along edges. Spine moderately cocked. Exposure along front and rear gutters inside front and back endpapers, with book opening easily between a few gatherings, but binding is holding soundly. Pages unmarked.

Koln: Taschen, 2007. Fine/Near Fine. Köln: Taschen, [2007]. First American Edition. Two volumes; large quartos; publisher's boards in pictorial dust jackets, housed in pictorial paper-covered slipcase; 397,[3]; [401]-780pp.; illus. throughout, mostly in full color. Very light shelf wear to jacket margins, bump to top edge of slipcase, else a Very Good to Near Fine set.

New York: A.L. Burt Company, 1925. Early Reprint. Very Good/Good. New York: A.L. Burt Company, 1925. Early American Reprint. First UK Edition was published as Sam The Sudden and the First American Edition was published by George H. Doran Company under the name Sam In The Suburbs. This copy is an early reprint of the American First Edition. Octavo. 346 pages plus advertisements. Illustrated dust jacket is moderately soiled throughout, chipped along spine ends, and has a four inch tear tracing from top edge near front corner to near the middle of the front panel. Dampstain along top edge of rear panel which faintly echoes to rear board, though text/pastedown unaffected. Boards are in green pictorial cloth, stamped in gilt. Some fading to spine and soiling along edges. Boards a tad bowed and corners bumped. One nick at top of spine and rear bottom edge frayed. Bookseller ticket to rear pastedown. Sturdy in binding. A very good copy in a good only dust jacket. [Jasen - 36a].

Somerville, Mass: Candlewick Press, 2014. Somerville, Mass.: Candlewick Press, 2014. First Edition. Signed on the title page by the author Mac Barnett with a small illustration of a smiling face wearing a hat. Lacks dust jacket. Pictorial paper over boards. Bottom corners slightly rubbed and bumped. Binding sound. Small closed tear (1 cm) on interior edge of one leaf, but not noticeable. Pages clean and unmarked. Illustrations bright. Selected as a Caldecott Honor Book in 2015.

v.p.: v.i., 1826. Very Good. V.p.: v.i., 1826-1838. Mixed Editions. 12mo (18cm.); contemporary sheep over marbled boards. Contemporary library markings including spine shelf number and ex libris mounted to upper cover, neat manuscript table of contents affixed to front pastedown, hand-made paper fore-edge tabs, general scuffing to extremities, leather a bit dried, else Very Good overall. Contents as follows: 1. [Henry Ware]. "The Faith Once Delivered to the Saints...Printed for the American Unitarian Association." Boston: Isaac R. Butts and Co., 1826. Second Edition. 24pp. SHOEMAKER 23507. 2. [William Ellery Channing]. "A Discourse on the Evidence of Revealed Religion...Printed for the American Unitarian Association." Boston: Isaac R. Butts and Co., 1826. Third Edition. 35,[1]pp. SHOEMAKER 24052. 3. Simon Clough. "A Discourse Delivered at the Opening of the Christian Meetinghouse in Boston, at the corner of Summer and Sea Streets. December 29, 1825." Boston: Isaac R. Butts and Co., 1826. First… Read More

Boston, Worcester, et al.: Isaiah Thomas, S.H. Colton et al., 1850. Very Good. Boston & Worcester: Isaiah Thomas, S.H. Colton et al., 1797-1850. First Editions. Sammelband of 10 sermons delivered by Benjamin Wood during his 53-year tenure as pastor at Upton in Massachusetts. Octavo. Quarter-bound leather over marbled boards. Wear and chipping to edges. Contemporary ownership inscription of James and Francis Nelson to preliminaries; interior else unmarked and legible throughout. The final entry includes three sermons with continuous pagination: concerning the congregation leaving the old meeting-house, entering the new, and concludes with a funeral sermon for Wood, who died in 1849. A Very Good collection documenting the preacher's lengthy career; all scarce in retail. Contents as follows: 1. The Obligation of Ministers to Dispense Faithfully the Word of God. A Discourse Delivered at at Upton, June 1796, on the Lord's Day Immediately Succeeding his Ordination. Worcester, MA: At the Press of Isaiah… Read More

New-York: v.p., 1794. Very Good-. Two volumes in one; octavo (20.5cm.); quarter contemporary calf over recent boards, typescript label mounted to upper cover. Boards a bit discolored, textblock quite toned and brittle with rather extensive old tape repair throughout, 20th century ownership rubberstamp to front pastedown, occasional contemporary corrections to text of both titles, else a Good or better, quite serviceable copy. Two publications from 1794 by Timothy Dwight (1752-1817), dating from his tenure as headmaster of the Greenfield Academy. Dwight, grandson of Jonathan Edwards, founded the school shortly after his arrival in Greenfield Hill, Fairfield, Connecticut, defying educational norms by admitting both boys and girls, teaching them the same curriculum, and doing away with corporal punishment. A year after the publication of these works Dwight left the Academy to assume the role of President of Yale University. Contents as follows: 1. Greenfield Hill: A poem in seven parts. New-York:… Read More

Washington, PA: John Colerick, 1798. Very Good. First Colerick Editions. Two volumes bound in one; 12mo (19cm.); full contemporary tree calf, red gilt-lettered spine label. Corners softened, front free endpaper separated but present, textblock rather toned and a bit foxed, 20th century ownership rubberstamp to front pastedown, else Very Good and sound. Contents as follows: 1. "Theron, Paulinus, and Aspasio. Or, Letters & Dialogues upon the nature of love to God, faith in Christ, assurance of a title to eternal life, containing some remarks on the sentiments of the Reverend Messieurs Hervey & Marshal, on these subjects." Washington, PA: John Colerick, and may be had of all the store-keepers, 1798. ix [i.e. iv],133,[1]pp. (a2 B-L6 M8). EVANS 33396. 2. "An Essay on the Nature and Glory of the Gospel of Jesus Christ: As also on the nature and consequences of spiritual blindness, and the nature and effects of divine illumination. Designed as a supplement to the author's 'Letters and Dialogues'..."… Read More

Boston / Salem: E.M. Cunningham / Cushing and Appleton, 1823. Good. Octavo (21cm.); later half calf over purple paper-covered boards, gilt spine. Leather quite dry and flaking, rear joint cracked, light foxing to textblock, else a Good copy, internally clean and sound. Contents as follows: 1. John Adams and William Cunningham. "Correspondence." Boston: Published by E.M. Cunningham, Son of the late Wm. Cunningham, Esq. True and Green, Printers, 1823. First Edition. x,219,[1]pp. SABIN 232; SHOEMAKER 11528. 2. Timothy Pickering. "A Review of the Correspondence..." Salem: Cushing and Appleton / Joshua & John D. Cushing, Printers, 1824. First Edition. [4],197,[1]pp. SABIN 62658; SHOEMAKER 17635.

Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1900. Very Good. Octavo (23.5cm.); publisher's green blind-embossed cloth lettered in gilt, original upper wrappers of each title bound in; mixed pagination; illus. and folding maps throughout. Light wear to cloth extremities, chiefly spine ends and corners, some dampstaining to rear cover, else Very Good, contents fine. Collection of eight government-issued pamphlets as follows: 1. Müller y Tejeiro, José. "Battles of Capitulation of Santiago de Cuba." 1899. 165pp. 2. Plüddemann, M. "Comments of Rear-Admiral Plüddemann, Germany Navy, on the Main Features of the War with Spain." 1899. 18pp. 3. Commander J. "Sketches from the Spanish-American War." 1899. 38pp. 4. Commander J. "Sketches from the Spanish-American War...Concluded." 1899. 28pp. 5. Ellicott, John M. "Effect of the Gun Fire of the United States Vessels in the Battle of Manila Bay (May 1, 1898)." 1899. 13pp. 6. Gómez Núñez, Severo. "The Spanish-American War. Blockades and Coast… Read More

Boston: Lilly, Wait, Colman, and Holden, 1834. Very Good. Two volumes in one; thick 12mo; contemporary half black morocco over marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine in five compartments. Minor scuffing to extremities, long closed vertical tears across pp. 201/2 and 237/8 of the first title affecting text without loss of meaining, textblock uniformly finger-soiled, mid-20th century ownership rubberstamp to front pastedown, else Very Good. Contents as follows: 1. [Seba Smith.] "The Life and Writings of Major Jack Downing, of Downingville, away down east in the state of Maine." Boston: Lilly, Wait, Colman, & Holden, 1834. Second Edition. 260pp.; frontispiece and nine (9) leaves of plates. WRIGHT I 2468. 2. Charles Augustus Davis. "Letters of J. Downing, Major, Downingville Militia, Second Brigade, to his old friend, Mr. Dwight, of The New-York Daily Advertiser." Third Edition with added plate titled "Political Portrait of Major Downing." New-York: Harper & Brothers, 1834. Frontispiece and eight (8)… Read More

V.p.: v.i., 1797. Very Good. V.p.: v.i., 1797-1799. Six volumes bound in one; octavo; contemporary limp blue paste-paper boards. Boards a bit rubbed, most notably along spine, textblock uniformly toned, binding a bit tight with text along gutter edges of some leaves just barely visible, else a Very Good, sound copy, all contents collated complete. Contemporary ownership signature in pencil on rear pastedown of a Mary Hawthorne Bunker. Contents as follows: 1. Moses Adams. "A Sermon, Delivered at the Ordination of the Rev. Thomas Noyes, to the Pastoral Care of the Second Church in Needham, July 10, 1799." Printed at the Minerva Press in Dedham, by Herman Mann, 1799. 27,[1]pp. EVANS 35076. 2. Stephen Palmer. "A Sermon, Delivered at Rowley, Second Parish, July 7, 1797. At the Ordination of the Rev. Isaac Braman, to the Pastoral Care of the Second Church and Society, in that town." Dedham: Nathaniel and Benjamin Heaton, 1797. 35,[1]pp. ESTC W003029; EVANS 32636; SABIN 58373. 3. Nathaniel Sermon. "A… Read More

Norimbergae [Nuremberg, Germany]: Sumptibus Christophori Riegelii / Literis Knorzianis, 1696. Very Good. Norimbergae [Nuremberg, Germany]: Sumptibus Christophori Riegelii / Literis Knorzianis, 1696. First Edition. Thick folio (37cm.); early full speckled calf, spine in seven blind-tooled compartments with red gilt label; [14],626,53,[11]pp.; added engraved title page and one hundred and twenty-seven (127) plates including twelve (12) portrait plates, and one hundred and fourteen (114) double-paged plates, as well as the spectacular 15-foot folding view. Both text and illustrations collated complete. Leather a bit dried and scuffed at extremities and along spine margins, bottom spine compartment starting to crack, discreet hinge reinforcement, small ownership ex libris and initials to front pastedown, two ownership signatures to title page, one contemporary, the latter dated 1955 accompanied by a pressure stamp, very minor wear along margins of the 15-foot plate, else a Very Good, internally clean… Read More