LES FACECIEUSES NUICTS DU SEIGNEUR STRAPAROLE. TOME I & II. (TWO VOLUMES)
by [Giovanni Francesco Straparola]
[Paris]: [Guerin], 1726. Full Leather. Very Good binding. A collection of stories, first published in 1550, 1553, being some of the first literary versions of fairy tales printed in Europe. Text in French, translated from the original Italian. Title page in red and black. Armorial bookplate of Charles George Milnes Gaskell, the English lawyer and politician. Few contemporary and booksellers marks on the front flyleaves of Vol. I. Front joint of Vol. I repaired using Japanese tissue. Old... Read More
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[VIRGINIANA] [RICHMOND] SURVEY OF #707 EAST BROAD STREET, RICHMOND VIRGINIA
by Gordon E. Strause
Single spaced Typescript, with enlarged black and white glossy photograph of the property which at the time was Fields Quality Cloths for Men; Title pages, 11 pages, followed by [1] page list of properties on North 8th Street and North 7th Street.~~Contains a wealth of information not easily obtained elsewhere, including projected rental income.
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[MUSIC] [SHENANDOAH VALLEY] TALES FROM THE BANDSTAND
by J. Steve Strosnider
Roanoke, VA: Printex, Inc, 2017. First Edtiion. Soft Cover. Near Fine binding. Quarto; in the publisher’s pictorial wrappers, 125 pages with illustrations and portraits; there are no ownership or other marks in the book.~~The 60s were a kind of heyday of musical expression in the Shenandoah Valley: The Disciples of Sound (Harrisonburg); Brutus and the Roamins (Winchester); The Impalas (Staunton); and many more.~~“The stories in this book will give the reader insight into the lives of 1960’s musicians,... Read More
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SYSTEMATISCHES HANDBUCH DER ARZNEIMITTELLEHRE. ZWEITER BAND. (VOLUME TWO ONLY)
by Ferdin Ludw. Strumpf
Berlin: Verlag von Theod. Christ. Fr. Enslin, 1855. Half Leather. Good binding. Volume II only of this 19th century encyclopedia of German pharmaceutical drugs. Text in German. Scattered foxing. Bookplate. Contemporary writing in ink on the rear endpaper. Rubbing to the paper boards, shelfwear to the leather binding, especially at the corners of the boards and edges of the spine. Half leather with gilt lettering, over marbled paper boards. Good binding.
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[SIGNED] [VIRGINANA] COLONIAL CHURCHES IN VIRGINIA
by Henry Irving Brock | Frances Benjamin Johnston (Photographic Studies)
Richmond, VA: The Dale Press, 1930. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding. Signed. Limited Edition; #915 of 1980 copies; signed by Mr. Brock. With the 39 luminous photographic images of photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston.~no marks in the book. Wear to the top and bottom of he spine and the edges; previous owner’s bookplate to the front pastedown; lacking the slipcase. Very Good+ binding.
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[THEATER] [CINEMA] [POSTER] THE “CRIME” OF DR. HALLET
by Universal Studios
1938. 10 ¾” x 13 ½” color poster for the 1938 Universal drama film, The “Crime” of Dr. Hallet. The film revolves around efforts to find a cure for ‘red fever’ in ‘the jungle’. Excellent.
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THE COACHING AGE
by Stanley Harris | Illustrated by John Sturgess
London: Richard Bentley and Son, 1885. First Edition. Very Good binding. A presentable First Edition copy. There is some wear to the corners and a couple of the plates have some minor foxing. The front hinge appears to have been neatly re-glued. Collates complete with 16 plates (including the frontispiece) by the hunting and racing artist | lithographer John Sturgess. Very Good binding.
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[THEATRE] OPERA INTERNACIONAL TEMPORADO 1949
by Luis R. Suarez
Mexico, D.F., 1949. 7 1/2” X 5 1/2” soft-cover stapled 8pp program for the 1949 season of the Opera Internacional. Contains numerous local Mexico City advertisements including for tourism to Oaxaca and a perfume derived from the cocaina plant. Not seen elsewhere online. Very good condition.
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[VIRGINIA] FAIRFAX COUNTY VIRGINIA IN WHICH GEORGE WASHINGTON LIVED AND DIED. INDUSTRIAL AND HISTORICAL SKETCH OF FAIRFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA
by The County Board of Supervisors
County Board of Supervisors, 1907. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. in red printed card stock covers; illustrated with black and white photographs throughout; light stain to the foreedge;[95] pages with photographic illuustrations troughout and folded map at the rear of the book; including advertizing matter and Index. There are no marks in the book. Very Good binding.
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JORROCKS'S JAUNTS & JOLLITIES: The Hunting, Shooting, Racing, Driving, Sailing, Eating, Eccentric and Extravagant Exploits of That Renowned Sporting Citizen Mr. John Jorrocks
by Surtees, R. S.; Grego, Joseph (introduction); Illustrated by H. Alken, Phiz, and W. Heath
London: Kegan Paul, Tranch, Trubner & Co., Ltd. Hard Cover. near Very Good binding. H. Alken, Phiz, and W. Heath. With Numerous Illustrations By H. Alken, Phiz, and W. Heath; Previous owner's bookplate attached to front paste-down. No pencil or ink markings in text. First signature loose but just holding. Green cloth binding with gilt lettering and decoration. Light edgewear with moderate wear at head and tail of spine. near Very Good binding. ... Read More
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[GRAPHIC DESIGN] DESIGN FOR POINT OF SALE
by Ladislav Sutnar
New York: Pellegini & Cudahy, 1952. First Edion. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Oblong quarto; in quarter gold cloth over patterned papers covered boards, with vertical titling in black to the spine; unpaginated but about 150 pages; with black and white drawings and photographs accompanied by text throughout; the binding has wear at the extremities.~~Bright red endpapers, with one of the smallest name labels we’ve ever seen.~~Mr. Sutnar was a significant Czech graphi designer, whose commissions included McGraw-Hill,... Read More
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NEGOTIATING HISTORY. FROM ROMANTICISM TO VICTORIANISM. (WASEDA UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC SERIES 23)
by Rieko Suzuki
Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo: Waseda University Press, 2012. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding. A clean copy of the First Edition. Hardback with minimal wear to the corners. Fine binding.
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[VIRGINIA] JAMESTOWN TER-CENTENNIAL PROCLAMATION
by Claude A. Swanson
Richmond: Davis Bottom, Sup't. Public Printing, 1907. Soft Cover. Fine binding. Claude Swanson was Governor of the Commonwealth during the celebration of the 300th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown in the Colony of Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in the United States. The event place over a period of eight months, not at Jamestown but at Sewell's Point on Hampton Roads.~~The Governor announced the closing of all state offices on Monday, May 13th, 1907 and that... Read More
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WILLS OF RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY, VIRGINIA. 1656-1692
by William Montgomery Sweeny
Lynchburg, Virginia: J. P. Bell Company, 1947. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. A lovely First Edition copy. There is a previous owner bookplate to the front pastedown, and a previous owner name on the front free endpaper. A few scattered pencil marks, but a bright and tight copy. Mylar has been custom cut to protect the binding. Near Fine binding.
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[ASSOCIATION COPY] BROTHERS OF THE SPADE: CORRESPONDENCE OF PETER COLLINSON, OF LONDON, AND OF JOHN CUSTIS, OF WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA 1734-1746
by Earl Gregg Swem
Barre, Massachusetts: Barre Gazette, 1957. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. 8vo.; in the publisher’s green cloth with dustjacket; 196 pages, including the Index; the dustjakcet has a closed tear and minor chipping; it has not been price-clipped; there is a previous owner signature on the endpaper and a gift inscription on the half-title page.~~This copy has several letters laid in: an eight page, six pagen and three page als from the author Mr.... Read More
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[VIRGINIA] [PRESENTATION COPY] BROTHERS OF THE SPADE. CORRESPONDENCE OF PETER COLLINSON, OF LONDON, AND OF JOHN CUSTIS, OF WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA, 1734-1746
by E. G. Swem
Worcester, Massachusetts: American Antiquarian Society, 1949. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. 8vo.; an offprint from the proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, [18], 18-201 pages, including the Index; with an inscriptions from Mr. Swem to Mary [Goodwin], ~~With inscription from the author: “To Mary, in appreciation of here faithful assistance in the solution of historical problems. E. G. Swam. Feb. 3, 1949”. Very Good binding.
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THE COMMENTARIES UPON THE APHORISMS OF DR. HERMAN BOERHAAVE...CONCERNING THE KNOWLEDGE AND CURE OF THE SEVERAL DISEASES INCIDENT TO HUMAN BODIES (VOLUME I ONLY)
by Gerard Van Swieten
John and Paul Knapton, 1744. Full Leather. Very Good binding. Van Sweeten was Boerhaave’s student who transplanted his style of teaching to Vienna and founded the Vienna School of Medicine [Garrison Morton 2200]. He spent years on his translation of Boerhaave’s works. An presentable copy in contemporary calf, lacking the front and back free endpapers. The front board has been discreetly reattached. (Garrison Morton 2200). Very Good binding.
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![12 Volumes] THE WORKS OF JONATHAN SWIFT, D.D. DEAN OF ST. PATRICK’S, DUBLIN, ACCURATELY REVISED IN SIX VOLUMES. ADORNED WITH COPPER PLATES; WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE AUTHOR’S LIFE, AND NOTES HISTORICAL AND EXPLANATORY BY JOHN HAWKESWORTH [8 Volumes, with] LETTERS, WRITTEN BY THE LATE JONATHAN SWIFT... FROM THE YEAR 1703 TO 1740 [4 Volumes]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/141/593/1482593141.0.l.jpg)
12 Volumes] THE WORKS OF JONATHAN SWIFT, D.D. DEAN OF ST. PATRICK’S, DUBLIN, ACCURATELY REVISED IN SIX VOLUMES. ADORNED WITH COPPER PLATES; WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE AUTHOR’S LIFE, AND NOTES HISTORICAL AND EXPLANATORY BY JOHN HAWKESWORTH [8 Volumes, with] LETTERS, WRITTEN BY THE LATE JONATHAN SWIFT... FROM THE YEAR 1703 TO 1740 [4 Volumes]
by Jonathan Swift; with notes by John Hawkesworth; Deane Swift
London: Published and printed variously by C. Bathurst, C. Davis, C. Hitch and L. Hawes, J. Hodges, R. and J. Dodsley, W. Bowyer, L. Davis C. Reymers, W. Johnston, T. Davies, R. Davis, H. Woodfall, W. Strahan, J. Rivington, W. Owens, R. Baldwin, T. Longman, and J. Hardy, 1768. First Edition Thus. Full Leather. Very Good binding. Volume I: [2], 8, 43, xviii, 184, [2], viii, 4, 286; Volume II: [4], 231, [4], 176, (restarting at 157)-182; Volume... Read More
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[HISTORY] [DISBOUND PAMPHLET] THE CONDUCT OF THE ALLIES AND OF THE LATE MINISTRY IN BEGINNING AND CARRYING ON THE PRESENT WAR
by [Jonathan Swift]
London: John Morphew, 1712. Sixth Edition. Disbound pamphlet; 48 pages; the sewn, with the signatures beginning to separate.~~First published in November of 1711, The Conduct of the Allies was an enormous success selling 11,000 copies by January of 1712 [See Geoffrey Holmes, British Politics in the Age of Anne, Revised Edition, [Hambledon, 1987], p. 79]. In it Swift attacked the allies of Britain in the War of Spanish Succession.
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[GENEALOGY] THE SWISHER FAMILY OF HARRISON AND LEWIS COUNTIES, WEST VIRGINIA
by Robert Edward Swisher
Richmond, Virginia: Whittet & Shepperson, 1974. First Edition. Near Fine binding. 8vo.; in the publisher’s red cloth binding, with titling in gold; 146 pages with illustrations and genealogical tables; map endpapers.~~. Near Fine binding.
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[FRAMED] REPRINT. THE VICKSBURG DAILY CITIZEN. JULY 2, 1863
by J. M. Swords
Vicksburg was a city under siege. Both Lee and Grant wanted to control the city and its important location along a bend in the Mississippi River, and in May 1863 Grant had surrounded it. . Citizens literally took shelter in caves; food and necessities grew scarcer and scarce.~~Vicksburg's newspaper naturally covered conditions on the ground in the city. But it also became a physical representation of those condition. The newspaper ran out... Read More
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SOUTHERN INVINCIBILITY. A HISTORY OF THE CONFEDERATE HEART
by Wiley Sword
New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1999. First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. Signed. First Edition, First Printing, Presentation copy of Wiley Sword’s Southern Invincibility: A History of the Confederate Heart. Signed with a personal inscription by the author on the half title. Bookplate of the recipient, who also appears in the acknowledgments page, on the front pastedown. Else no marks of any kind. Hardcover. Near Fine with a Near Fine dustjacket. Near Fine binding... Read More
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[RELIGION] WILLIAM WAKE. ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY, 1657-1737
by Norman Sykes
`: Cambridge at the University Press, 1957. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Two large 8vo. volumes; in the publisher’s blue cloth bindings; there are two bookplates on the pastedown of each volume, one belonging to the Rev. J. G. Barnish, a noted bellringer in England; each volume has a price penned in ink to the top corner of the front endpaper; the first few leaves of Volume I have been creased.~~An exhaustive biography of this 18th... Read More
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[LITERATURE] THE GENTLEMANS MAGAZINE FOR MAY 1741
by Sylvanus Urban, Gent
E. Cave, at St. John’s Gate, 1741. Disbound. Very Good binding. The first publication to touch on all the aspects of a gentleman's life, from politics and economics to poetry and etiquette, and the first to call itself a "magazine". Full of charming and varied details about the lives and interests of educated and wealthy Brits of the eighteenth century.With satirical speeches from the Senate of Lilliput and an account of a bull’s running into the Pump Room... Read More
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THE WORLD OF LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON. A LITERARY CELEBRITY OF THE 1830S
by F. J. Sypher
New York: The Grolier Club, 2011. Soft Cover. Near Fine binding. A catalogue published to accompany the exhibition held at The Grolier Club, 23 March 2011 - 27 May 2011. With no marks. Near Fine gray paperback. Near Fine binding.
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