WALKERS OF THE CIVIL WAR
Halbert’s Family Heritage, 1998. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Bound in black leatherette with gilt lettering. No marks of any kind. Illustrated with occasional pictures. Very Good binding.
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LIVRET DE DETAIL DE L'OFFICIER COMMANDANT DE COMPAGNIE
Metz: Chez Veronnai, Imprimeur-Libraire pour les Troupes de tourte Armes, 1828. Full Leather. Entries in French from the late 1820's and 1830 citing infractions of various officers and the punishment (mutations, punitions). The officer's partially filled out Dance Card (contredances and valses) is to be found in the pocket. In wallet binding. The title page is present and preceding that is a leaf "Valeur Des Anciennes Pieces D'Or et D'Argent". We are uncertain if other leaves; we cannot tell... Read More
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![[LITERATURE] [BOOKS ON BOOKS] [CATALOG] BOOKS FROM CHAPEL HILL. SPRING AND SUMMER 1939](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/851/946/1618946851.0.l.jpg)
[LITERATURE] [BOOKS ON BOOKS] [CATALOG] BOOKS FROM CHAPEL HILL. SPRING AND SUMMER 1939
Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press. Stapled pamphet, with photographic front cover and “Books About the South” listed on the rear cover; 25 pages, with black and white photographs as illustrations, and sometimes quite comprehensive and useful text regarding the books published in 1939,
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![[CIVIL WAR] [CARTE DE VISITE ALBUM] GOLANSVILLE, VIRGINIA. TERRELL FAMILY](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/061/906/1257906061.0.l.jpg)
[CIVIL WAR] [CARTE DE VISITE ALBUM] GOLANSVILLE, VIRGINIA. TERRELL FAMILY
1880. A leatherbound Carte de Visite album with metal clasp belonging to “Mrs. Sue F. Terrell, Golansville, Virginia”. The album is full with 26 cartes de visite and 4 tintypes; there are two unbound cdv’s laid in that seem to belong with the collection but do not fit in. Nearly all of the cdv’s have handwritten identifications of the sitters, and the handwriting appears to be the same. Several names appear multiple times, and include “Scruggs” “Terrell” “Smith” and... Read More
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![i[TRANSPORTATION] INTERNATIONAL RAILWAY COMMISSION. VOLUME I. PART I. A CONDENSED REPORT OF THE TRANSACTIONS OF THE COMMISSION AND OF THE SURVEYS AND EXPLORATIONS OF ITS ENGINEERS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA. 1891-1898](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/366/699/988699366.0.l.jpg)
i[TRANSPORTATION] INTERNATIONAL RAILWAY COMMISSION. VOLUME I. PART I. A CONDENSED REPORT OF THE TRANSACTIONS OF THE COMMISSION AND OF THE SURVEYS AND EXPLORATIONS OF ITS ENGINEERS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA. 1891-1898
Washington, 1898. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. With 198 pp. of text, including anextensive index and illustrated with black and white photographic illustrations. With 12 maps and charts in a folder at the rear of the book. In a maroon cloth binding with some staining; leather title label. Uncommon. Very Good binding.
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![[PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM] 1870’s. THOMAS FAMILY. OHIO](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/468/389/1126389468.0.l.jpg)
[PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM] 1870’s. THOMAS FAMILY. OHIO
Philadelphia: William M. Harding, 1870. A deeply embossed morocco photograph album with clasps; all edges gilt and gauffered. Sadly, a number of the mounts are torn and with loss at the bottom. The album is about half full, with approximately 50 cdvs (a number, but not all, identified); about 10 tintypes; and three or four cabinet cards. Many but not all of the images were takes in various Ohio studioes. The name H. Thomas is stamped on the front... Read More
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![[AMERICANA] [CAPITOL BLDG.] MORRISON’S STRANGER’S GUIDE AND ETIQUETTE, FOR WASHINGTON CITY AND ITS VICINITY](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/309/523/1376523309.0.l.jpg)
[AMERICANA] [CAPITOL BLDG.] MORRISON’S STRANGER’S GUIDE AND ETIQUETTE, FOR WASHINGTON CITY AND ITS VICINITY
Washington: W. H. and O. H. Morrison, 1864. Sixth Edition. Very Good binding. 24mo in brown cloth in a fine hexagonal grain, over flexible boards; embossed in blind, with titling in gilt to the upper board. Illustrated with 3 folding plans of the Capitol, and 27 plate, 3 of which are folding, [Note: The LOC copy notes 28 plates, 3 of which are folding]. “Illustrated with wood and steel engravings, entirely re-written and brought down to the present... Read More
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![[TRADE CATALOG] THE L.C. AND W.L. CRON COMPANY. CATALOG NO. 44](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/978/725/1738725978.0.l.jpg)
[TRADE CATALOG] THE L.C. AND W.L. CRON COMPANY. CATALOG NO. 44
Piqua, Ohio: L. C. & W. L. Cron Company. Quarto; 12 x 9”; 31 pages, illustrated with half-tones throughout, half-tones, mostly four to a page. “Bed Room Furniture in Circassian Wood | Figured Mahogany | and Quartered Oak.”~~An uncommon trade catalog, with only a handful found on OCLC.
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![[WEAPONRY] MUZZLE BLASTS. 230 ISSUES](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/789/428/1383428789.0.l.jpg)
[WEAPONRY] MUZZLE BLASTS. 230 ISSUES
Various: National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association, 1973. A nice if incomplete run of Muzzle Blasts 230 issues with a few duplicates, retrieved from a basement, so these issue have a musty odor.~~The issues are:~~1943. 10 issues (no Jan. or Feb.)~1944. 14 issues (2 Aprils; 2 Mays)~1945. 13 issues (2 Septs.)~1946. 12 issues (Sept, Feb, Nov. covers detached)~1947. 12 (April cover and last page detached)~1948. 11 (Nov. missing)~1949. 12 issues~1950. 12... Read More
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![[WORLD WAR II] [PATTON] A SOUVENIR BOOKLET FOR THE OFFICERS, ENLISTED MEN AND CIVILIANS WHO MADE HISTORY WITH THE THIRD U.S. ARMY IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS, 1944-1945](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/200/462/1737462200.0.l.jpg)
[WORLD WAR II] [PATTON] A SOUVENIR BOOKLET FOR THE OFFICERS, ENLISTED MEN AND CIVILIANS WHO MADE HISTORY WITH THE THIRD U.S. ARMY IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS, 1944-1945
[Third United States Army, Office of the Commanding General]: [Bad Tolz, Germany?], 1945. Oblong quarto; in pictorial wrappers; 84 unnumbered pages, with a folding chart of patches used in the Third Army. Heavily illustrated throughout; some surface loss to the wrappers.
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![[PHOTOGRAPHY] [TRAIN] CHESAPEAKE & OHIO #475](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/326/148/1699148326.0.l.jpg)
[PHOTOGRAPHY] [TRAIN] CHESAPEAKE & OHIO #475
12 3/4”x15 1/4” frame with matted 6 ½” x 9 ½” photograph of a Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O) steam train, circa 1925-1951. First built in the early 1910s, this type of train was called a “Mountain Pacific”, pulling up to ten cars over the mountains between Charlottesville, VA and Hinton, WV at the speed of about 25mph. It was sold for scrap to the Luria Brothers in October of 1951. ~~Neither the identity of the photographer nor the location... Read More
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![[PROSPECTUS] ANNOUNCING THE LINCOLN CUSTOM FOR 1941](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/530/634/1011634530.0.l.jpg)
[PROSPECTUS] ANNOUNCING THE LINCOLN CUSTOM FOR 1941
A really splendid hardcover book presenting the Lincoln Custom for 1941. There are four full page lithographic images of the Lincoln Custom sedan and the Lincoln Custom limousine, as well as full page pictures of interiors of the cars. There are also several smaller images of features of the cars. Really a sumptuous promotional piece, still in the original envelope. Blue paper covered boards, with titling in red and pale blue, and an embossed image in white of the... Read More
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REPORT ON STEAM CARRIAGES, BY A SELECT COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS OF GREAT BRITAIN
Washington, [D.C.]: Duff Green, 1832. Printed self-wrappers newly bound in marbelized papers with a linen spine. The British report on steam carriages reprinted by the House of Representatives. From the era when Congress was actively interested in the development of rail transportation in this country.
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FAMILY SKETCHES: ANCESTORS OF J. MCFARLAND WILLIAMS, JR.
Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Boards slightly bowed; scant pencil marginalia in text; blue cloth binding. Very Good binding.
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![[ARCHITECTURE] PRIZE HOMES OF WEST COAST WOODS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/001/493/1290493001.0.l.jpg)
[ARCHITECTURE] PRIZE HOMES OF WEST COAST WOODS
Seattle, Washington; Longview, Washington; Portland, Oregon: West Coast Lumber Bureau, 1928. Original Wrappers. Good binding. With illustrated views of the interiors and exteriors of the houses, in addition to architectural plans of each. Tearing with loss to the fore edge of the front cover, affecting the initial leaf, and some additional tearing and beginnings of separation along the spine. Stapled pamphlet. Good binding.
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![[HISTORY] THE REPLY OF A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT TO THE MAYOR OF HIS CORPORATION](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/952/231/1682231952.0.l.jpg)
[HISTORY] THE REPLY OF A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT TO THE MAYOR OF HIS CORPORATION
London: J. Roberts, 1733. Good binding. 8vo; missing boards; 39 pages; a few trivial tears to the title page; small stain to the bottom; a few pages have some soiling but the text is relatively clean; the last signature has some separation but overall it is holding.~~. Good binding.
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![[CHILDREN] LITTLE FOLKS’ COLORED PICTURE BOOK](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/956/885/1592885956.0.l.jpg)
[CHILDREN] LITTLE FOLKS’ COLORED PICTURE BOOK
New York: McLoughlin Brothers, 1870. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Small quarto; in the publihser’s blue cloth binding, with titling in gilt, and elaborate border stamped in black, and a bright chromolithographic pastedown; [64] pages,with color illustrations; boards with beveled edges.~~A striking example of McLoughlin Brothers capitalization on the still relatively new “wonderful world of color”, with 16 truly splendid chromolithographic illustrations, as well as the color pastedown. Very Good binding.
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![[HISTORY] [PROPERTY RIGHTS] PRESCRIPTION SACRED. OR, REASONS FOR OPPOSING THE NEW DEMAND OF HERBAGE IN IRELAND](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/291/217/1694217291.0.l.jpg)
[HISTORY] [PROPERTY RIGHTS] PRESCRIPTION SACRED. OR, REASONS FOR OPPOSING THE NEW DEMAND OF HERBAGE IN IRELAND
[Dublin]: [S. Powell], 1736. First Edition. Original Sewn Wrappers. Very Good binding. Octavo; sewn wrappers, with 14 pages of text and the blank A8 present, denoting the First Edition; not the enlarged, 16 pp. Second Edition, nor the second impression of the First Edition with a quotation on pp. 15-16 and catchword on p. 14 of ‘Tything.’; with an attractive device on the title page, a floral bouquet used by S. Powell of Dublin, and headpiece on p.... Read More
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![[CIVIL WAR] FLAGS AND PENNANTS OF THE CIVIL WAR. PLATE CLXXV. ATLAS TO ACCOMPANY THE OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE UNION & CONFEDERATE ARMIES 1861-1865](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/095/845/957845095.0.l.jpg)
[CIVIL WAR] FLAGS AND PENNANTS OF THE CIVIL WAR. PLATE CLXXV. ATLAS TO ACCOMPANY THE OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE UNION & CONFEDERATE ARMIES 1861-1865
New York: Julius Bien & Co. Lithographers | Government Printing Office, 1891. The large plate showing principal flags and pennants of the United States Army and the Army of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War. Lovelycolor lithographs. From the National Flag, the Cavalry and Light Artillery Flag, the division flags, and of course the Confederate Flag as adopted March 4, 1861, the Battle Flag, and others. 17” x 29”.
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![[CHILDREN] BRIGHT PICTURES FOR DULL DAYS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/495/809/1584809495.0.l.jpg)
[CHILDREN] BRIGHT PICTURES FOR DULL DAYS
New York | London: Thomas Nelson and Sons | S. W. Partridge and Co, 1880. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 8vo, in rather charming glazed chromolithographic boards backed in maroon cloth. Illustrated throughout with black and white engraved images on the rectos of each leaf. This edition is undated, but there is a previous owner gift inscription from 1880.~~A Victorian children’s book, in a custom mylar wrapper. Very Good binding.
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1956 OLDSMOBILE SHOP MANUAL
Lansing, Michigan: Oldsmobile Division | General Motors Corporation, 1956. Fine binding. This is an original copy of the 1956 Oldsmobile Shop Manual, in just about As New condition. It is still housed in the original cardboard shipping box. A remarkable opportunity for the collector. Fine binding.
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CL. CLAVDIANI QUAE EXSTANT : EX EMENDATIONE NICOLAI HEINSY DAN. F.
Amstelodami: Apud Danielem Elzevirium, 1677. Full Leather. Good binding. Reprint of the 1650 edition. Engraved title page, hand colored. Tailpieces and engraved initials, some hand colored. Lacking front endpaper and flyleaf, with a small mount of paper damage to the bottom of the title page, not affecting the text, and slight surface loss to the front pastedown. Contemporary owner’s names to the front pastedown, and extensive marginalia and underlying by the contemporary hand. Full vellum with spine creasing... Read More
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OFFICIAL ARMY REGISTER, FOR 1846. REVISED
Washington: Adjutant General's Office, 1846. Soft Cover. Fair binding. Sewn paperback, lacking the paper wrappers. With a library number plate on the title page. Fair binding.
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![[MUSIC] THE MUSICLOVERS CALENDAR. A YEARLY PUBLICATION FOR MUSICIANS AND MUSICLOVERS. ILLUSTRATED AND PUBLISHED ANNUALLY. VOLUME I, NUMBER I. (VOL. I, NO. I) DECEMBER 1905](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/174/748/1212748174.0.l.jpg)
[MUSIC] THE MUSICLOVERS CALENDAR. A YEARLY PUBLICATION FOR MUSICIANS AND MUSICLOVERS. ILLUSTRATED AND PUBLISHED ANNUALLY. VOLUME I, NUMBER I. (VOL. I, NO. I) DECEMBER 1905
East Aurora, NY | Boston: [Roycrofters] Printed for the Musiclovers Company by the Roycrofters, 1905. First Edition. Soft Cover. First Edition of the First Issue of The Musiclovers Calendar. Advertisements at the front and rear. With photographic portrait plates, in text musical notation, and sections on the “bibliography,” “Recent Musical Publications,” and an anniversary calendar. Loss at the extremities of the spine, and small chips and tears to the edges of the paper covers. Printed paperback, with slight yapp... Read More
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![[BROADSIDE] GIFT GUIDE. DREYFOUS. LONDON | NEW YORK. GOLD MEDAL INTERNATIONAL EXHIBTI”ION 1913](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/588/330/1734330588.0.l.jpg)
[BROADSIDE] GIFT GUIDE. DREYFOUS. LONDON | NEW YORK. GOLD MEDAL INTERNATIONAL EXHIBTI”ION 1913
13” x 9 1/2? broadside, elaborately decorated with a border of classical motifs; with deckled edges; issued fro the Gold Medal Ghent Internationall Exhibition 1913 on behalf of Dreyfous and promoting “Novel suggestions of Christmas and wedding presents including a variety of non-expensive gifts”. “By Royal Appointment to Their MAjesties King George V, Queen Mary, Qeuen Alexexandra”.~~.
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