![[SPECIAL PRESS] RADIATORS, SIGNED](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/344/695/1751695344.0.l.jpg)
[SPECIAL PRESS] RADIATORS, SIGNED
by John Updike
Firefly Press: William B. Ewert, 1998. Signed First Edition. Folded stiff cardstock printing of a brief poem that first appeared in The New Yorker in 1996. This edition was designed by John Kristensen as a Christmas card in an edition of 185 unnumbered copies produced by William B. Ewert in 1998 for private distribution. This copy is inscribed "for Bev Chaney Merry Christmas! John Updike". Chaney was a rare books dealer. Very good.
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[SPECIAL PRESS] JANUARY, SIGNED
by John Updike
William B. Ewert, 1997. Red wrappers with gilt titling. This 1965 poem was reprinted in December 1997 for private distribution. Designed by John Kristensen with a wood engraving by Thomas Bewick, and produced by William Ewert. This is number 16 of 40 numbered copies signed by the author and handsewn in wrappers, from a total edition of 150 copies. Uncut top edge. Signed on colophon. Very good.
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[SPECIAL PRESS] A GOOD PLACE, SIGNED ALOE EDITION
by John Updike
The Oliphant Press, 1972. Being a Personal Account of Ipswich, Massachusetts, Written on the Occasion of its Seventeenth-Century Day, 1972, by a Resident, John Updike. ~~This is number 78 of 100 numbered copies, signed by the author on the colophon. Printed by Ronald Gordon at The Oliphant Press. ~~Very good.
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LETTERS AESTHETIC, SOCIAL, AND MORAL, WRITTEN FROM EUROPE, EGYPT, AND PALESTINE
by Thomas C. Upham
Brunswick: J. Griffin, 1855. Private Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Previous owner's name written on front paste-down. No pencil or ink markings in text. Professionally rebacked. Brown embossed cloth binding. Very light edgewear to boards. Mylar cut to protect boards. Very Good binding.
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![FOLKLORE & MYTHOLOGY] PROVERBS & FOLKLORE OF KUMAUN AND GARHWAL](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/123/626/1287626123.0.l.jpg)
FOLKLORE & MYTHOLOGY] PROVERBS & FOLKLORE OF KUMAUN AND GARHWAL
by Pandit Ganga Datt Upreti
Lodiana: Printed at the Lodiana Mission Press, 1894. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. A collection of folklore from the Indian regions of Kumaun and Garhwal, which at the time of publication were the Northwestern Provinces of British India. The regions were notably isolated from their neighbors due to the rugged and seemingly inaccessible terrain of the sub-Himalayan regions. As such, this collection’s explicit purpose is the study and preservation of the unique, local Kumaun and Garhwal... Read More
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[SPECIAL PRESS] LAST LIGHT
by August Derleth | Mark Lefebure; Illustrated by Frank Uptel
Mt. Horeb: The Perishable Press, 1978. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Frank Uptel. Octavo; quarter bound in vellum over hand marbled paper covered boards; [23] pages; with woodcut engravings by Frank Uptel.~~Last Light is a collection of poems by August Derleth which was discovered 5 years after his death and published posthumously by The Perishable Press. It marks the final collaboration between Mr.Derleth and his good friend and collaborator Frank Uptel who created the woodcut engravings... Read More
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[LITERATURE] THE GENTLEMAN’S MAGAZINE, FOR FEBRUARY 1767
by Sylvanus Urban
London: Printed by D. Henry at St. John’s Gate, 1767. Disbound. Fair binding. A monthly magazine, founded in 1731, this being the February 1767 issue. With an account of travel to Greenland and a study of its culture, studies on blight-preventing insects, ‘the phaenomenon of spiders,’ the ‘danger from a too liberal use of nutmegs,’ and the usual pieces of poetry and literary criticism. Two engraved plates, and a folding map of India at the rear, of the... Read More
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![[RICHMOND] A FAMILY TAPESTRY: THE HUTZLERS AND RICHMOND](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/755/131/1737131755.0.l.jpg)
[RICHMOND] A FAMILY TAPESTRY: THE HUTZLERS AND RICHMOND
by Melvin I. Urofsky
Richmond, VA: Beth Ahabah Museum & Archives Trust, 1984. 9"x6" 24pp soft-cover program published by the Congregation of Beth Ahabah Museum and Archives Trust in conjunction with an exhibit at the museum and written by VCU history professor Melvin Urofsky. ~~This exhibit and companion program trace the family history and community involvement of several generations of a Jewish family whose ancestor immigrated from Bavaria in the early 1900s. Scarce. Excellent.
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![[SPORTS] OFFICIAL FOOTBALL PROGRAM UVA VS GW](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/760/919/1746919760.0.l.jpg)
[SPORTS] OFFICIAL FOOTBALL PROGRAM UVA VS GW
by [UVA]
Charlottesville, VA, 1952. 44pp stapled program for the October 11, 1952 college football game between the University of Virginia Cavaliers and the George Washington Colonials. Features bio of full Cavaliers roster, highlights from a previous victory against Vanderbilt, articles, stats, and ads local to Charlottesville, VA. ~~Scratches and moderate wear to covers. Good.
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DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EDWARD HAILEY AND MARY JANE WARD
by Mary Jane Vaden
[Roanoke, VA?]: Self-published, 1986. Soft Cover. Near Fine binding. Covering the genealogy of the Haley Family, Ward Family; John Edward Hailey and Mary Jane Ward. 72 single-sided pages in typescript and photocopies, with illustrations and portraits. An uncommon family history. Near Fine binding.
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REPORT ON THE MUNITIONS OF WAR. REPORTS OF THE UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS, PARIS UNIVERSAL EXPOSITION, 1867
by Charles B. Norton; W. J. Valentine
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1868. Hard Cover. Fair binding. With nine folding diagrams and illustrations. Also with text illustrations throughout. Dampstaining throughout, and wear to the binding. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering. Overall in Fair or Good condition. Fair binding.
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LE SURMALE. ROMAN MODERNE
by Alfred Jarry; illustrated by Roger De Valerio
Paris: P.-A. Chavanne & Cie, 1948. Limited Edition. Full Leather. Very Good+ binding. A beautiful production of symbolist writer Alfred Jarry's Le Surmale ["The Supermale"]. Printed in green and black, with 19 drypoint etchings by Roger De Valerio. De Valerio is perhaps best known as the editor of Le Rire, and a designer of posters. He illustrated two books--Le Supremale, and Sacha Guitry's The Lion and the Hen. Originally issued in wrappers, this copy... Read More
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JOHN M. BARBER’S CHESAPEAKE
by John M. Barber | John R. Valliant
Saint Michaels, Maryland, U.S.A.: Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, 1996. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. Signed. A fresh and attractive copy signed on the title page by the artist, John Barber, with a personal inscription. The dustjacket is bright and is now protected with a new mylar cover. Fine binding / Near Fine dust jacket.
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THE DEAD DOLL AND OTHER VERSES
by Margaret Vandegrift
Boston: Ticknor and Company, 1889. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. One of a number of children’s stories in poetic form by Margaret Vandegrift (Margaret Thomson Janvier). Janvier was a native of New Orleans, and wrote extensively for The Chatterbox. Bound in publisher’s green cloth with title vignette stamped in black and gold on the front cover and the spine; shelfwear to the extremities including a bumped spot on the bottom of the back board near the... Read More
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[LITERATURE] [ADVANCED] THE SCAR
by Derek Vane
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1924. Advanced Review Copy. Very Good+ binding. 8vo; in the publisher’s green cloth; with titling on the spine and upper board stamped in blue; 314 pages with 5 pages of advertisements in the rear; corners slightly bumped; there is a tear on the half title page; there is some toning on the rear end paper.~~An advanced review copy given out by Geoffrey Bles ahead of its release. There is a notice of this pasted down... Read More
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[RELIGION] TO HEAVEN WITH DIANA!
by Gerald Vann
New York: Pantheon Books, 1960. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Good dust jacket. Octavo; in the publisher’s gray cloth; with titling on the spine in blue; 160 pages; in an unclipped jacket; moderate wear to the jacket. Near Fine binding / Good dust jacket.
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![[TRAVEL] [SPANISH] COLECCION DE DIARIOS Y RELACIONES PARA LAS HISTORIA DE LOS VIAJES Y DESCUBRIMIENTOS. SECTIONS I, II, III, IV & V.](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/034/542/1739542034.0.l.jpg)
[TRAVEL] [SPANISH] COLECCION DE DIARIOS Y RELACIONES PARA LAS HISTORIA DE LOS VIAJES Y DESCUBRIMIENTOS. SECTIONS I, II, III, IV & V.
by Various
Madrid: Instituto Historico de Marina, 1947. Very Good binding. The first five sections of Coleccion de Diarios: I. Camargo 1539, Rodriguez Cabrillo, 1542, Pedro de Valdivia, 1552, Antonio de Vea 1675, Iriarte 1675. Quiroga 1745; II. Pedro de Valdivia 1540-50, Menendez de Aviles 1565-6, Flores Valdez y Alonso de Sotomayor 1581-3, Bodega y Quadra 1775; III. Sarmiento de Gamboa (1579-80; IV. Diego Garcia 1526-27, Pascual de Andagoya 1534; Sancho de Arce 1586; V. Esteban Rodriguez, 1564-1565; Miquel Lopez... Read More
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[VIRGINIA] [RICHMOND] LOT OF EARLY PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY
by Various
Richmond, Virginia. This lot of 19 early portrait photography originates from 11 photography studios around Richmond, Virginia. The subjects represented range in age from infant to elderly and are mostly unnamed. 1 says, "For Sammie", other named subjects are Mr. Warren Nunnamaker, Marie Halzgrefe, and Josephine Fillhaus. The portraits are largely 6 ½" x 4" with the print pasted onto stiff board decorated with the studio name. The largest are two in portfolios measuring 14" x 10". Studios represented... Read More
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[WWII] ARCHIVE OF YVONNE PINKER HENDERSON
by Various
London, Bahamas, 1964. Ebba Yvonne (“Vonnie”) Watson Rowland Pinker Henderson (1898-1974) was the wife of James “Ralph” Seabrooke Pinker (1900-1959). She worked for her husband’s publishing firm, started by James Brand Pinker who represented several prominent British authors. After taking over the business, both of his sons, Eric & Ralph went to prison for embezzlement from the firm’s authors and Ralph went bankrupt in 1941. The Pinker firm was sold and Yvonne divorced Ralph while he was in prison.... Read More
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![[BOUND JOURNALS] SOUTHERN HISTORICAL SOCIETY PAPERS. VOLUMES I-XXII BOUND IN 20](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/213/543/1651543213.0.l.jpg)
[BOUND JOURNALS] SOUTHERN HISTORICAL SOCIETY PAPERS. VOLUMES I-XXII BOUND IN 20
by Various
[Richmond, Va.]: Rev. J. William Jones, D. D. | The [Southern Historical] Society, 1894. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Twenty-two large 8vo. volumes; in half-calf over marbled boards, with burgundy and black labels; 19 years of the Society Papers bound in 20 volumes; the bindings are in good shape, though some are darkened in places; one volume only [Volume IX from 1881] has been rebacked, a bit clumsily].~~A generous run of the first 19 years of... Read More
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![[LINGUISTICS] DICTIONAIRE FRANCOIS ET ITALIEN, CONTENANT TOUT CE QUI SE TROUVE DANS LES MEILLEURS DICTIONAIRES, & PARTICULIEREMENT DANS CELUI DE LA CRUSCA (2 VOLUMES) (TOME PREMIER; TOME SECOND)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/840/582/1693582840.0.l.jpg)
[LINGUISTICS] DICTIONAIRE FRANCOIS ET ITALIEN, CONTENANT TOUT CE QUI SE TROUVE DANS LES MEILLEURS DICTIONAIRES, & PARTICULIEREMENT DANS CELUI DE LA CRUSCA (2 VOLUMES) (TOME PREMIER; TOME SECOND)
by Sr. [Giovanni] Veneroni
Amsterdam: Jacques Despordes, 1729. Nouvelle Edition. Full Leather. Very Good binding. Small 4to; a two volume set in contemporary speckled calf with morocco labels; Volume I 502 pages including the Index; with the engraved frontispiece by Duflot dated 1828 Volume 2 412 pages including the Index; both volumes; the joints are cracked but the boards are holding well; title pages printed in red and black, each with a copper engraved scene in vignette.~~The Italian-French dictionary by the French... Read More
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THE REPORTS OF SIR PEYTON VENTRIS Kt. LATE ONE OF THE JUSTICES OF THE COMMON-PLEAS. IN TWO PARTS
by Peyton Ventris
London: Charles Harper; Jacob Tonson, 1701. Second Edition. Full Leather. Very Good binding. The Second Edition, the first being the 1696 edition. Ventris’s Reports appeared posthumously in two pars: 1. Cases in the King’s Bench; and 2. Cases in the Common Pleas. Though admitted to the Middle Temple, and called to the bar, Ventris “failed to secure a practice [and] devoted himself to reporting. ... [His reports] have a high reputation for accuracy” [see DNB, 1885-1900, Volume 58].... Read More
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![[MILITARY] [BOER WAR] THE RIFLE BRIGADE CHRONICLE FOR 1900. CENTENARY NUMBER. (ELEVENTH YEAR)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/810/634/1677634810.0.l.jpg)
[MILITARY] [BOER WAR] THE RIFLE BRIGADE CHRONICLE FOR 1900. CENTENARY NUMBER. (ELEVENTH YEAR)
by Lieut.-Colonel Willoughby Verner
London: John Bale, Sons and Daneilsson, Ltd, 1901. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Large 8vo.; dark blue cloth with decoration in gilt; with about two spots of 1/2” of separation to the front gutter; 409 pages; all edges gilt.~~The Centenary Number of the Rifle Brigade Chronicle Series (the Eleventh Year). 409 pages, with illustrations throughout and four folding maps as called for. In the publisher’s green cloth binding.~~With much on the involvement of the Brigade in... Read More
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![[BRITISH NAVY] CONSIDERATIONS ON THE BILL FOR THE BETTER GOVERNMENT OF THE NAVY](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/789/719/1576719789.0.l.jpg)
[BRITISH NAVY] CONSIDERATIONS ON THE BILL FOR THE BETTER GOVERNMENT OF THE NAVY
by A Sea Officer [Edward Vernon]
London: M. Cooper, 1749. First Edition. Three Quarters Leather. Near Fine binding. Small 8vo.; pamphlet in half mottled calf over tan buckram, with blue morocco label lettered in gilt;all edges gilt; with marbled endpapers; 23 page including half-title and title.~~“The multiplicity of Laws relating to the Sea Service, having been found to be attended with many inconveniences, it hath been thought expedient to reduce them to one...”~~. Near Fine binding.
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![[CIVIL WAR] HISTORY AND ROSTER OF MARYLAND VOLUNTEERS, WAR OF 1861-65 [2 VOLUMES] [SLIPCASE]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/059/234/1552234059.0.l.jpg)
[CIVIL WAR] HISTORY AND ROSTER OF MARYLAND VOLUNTEERS, WAR OF 1861-65 [2 VOLUMES] [SLIPCASE]
by L. Allison Wilmer; J. H. Jarrett; Geo. W. F. Vernon
Baltimore, MD: Guggenheim, Weil & Co, 1898. Two small quarto volumes; in black half-leather over brown pebbled cloth, with spines lettered in gilt; [xiv], [1]. 2-934, including the Alphabetical Index to Field Officers; viii, [1], 2-285, followed by Alphabetical Index to Field Officers of Army, and Naval Officers of Corresponding Rank; each officer with photographic frontispiece; closed tear to the front endpaper of Volume II; both volumes show considerable wear, with loss to the leather, but each is holding... Read More
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