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[AMERICANA] [YEARBOOK] HIGH SCHOOL AUTOGRAPH BOOK
by Dorothy Ann Voigt
Chicago, Illinois, 1986. 4 ½” x 6” x ¾” black autograph book belonging to Dorothy Ann Voigt (1912-2000) of Chicago, Illinois. This is a charming book with multicolored pages, legible writing, an attractive cover. Miss Voigt wrote inside the front cover, “D.A.V. Junior + Sr Year High School at St Xavier’s Academy 49th Cottage Grove Ave – Chicago Illinois”. Her name, address, and a school emblem of a castle and sword are printed on the first page. It is... Read More
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[VOLKSWAGON] NOTICE D’ENTRETIEN. VEHICULES UTILITAIRES
by Volkswagen
Allemagne: Volkwagenwerk Ag Wolfsburg, 1961. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. A service booklet for Volkswagen Utility Vehicles. Text in French. With illustrations. Spot of surface loss to the front cover, and minor loss at the bottom of the spine. Stapled softcover. Very Good. Very Good binding.
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WHO WAS WHO. WARWICK COUNTY, VIRGINIA 1782-1880
by Col. (Ret.) and Mrs. Arthur H. Vollertsen
Fort Eustice, Virginia: Fort Eustis Historical and Archaeological Association, 1977. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. A statistical abstract transcribed from the Virginia State Tax Lists (1782-1890) and the Federal Census Records (1810-1880) and Published by the Fort Eustis Historical Society. An out-of-the ordinary binding, with red binding tape for the spine. An ALS from Mrs. Vollertsen is laid in. 380 pages. Very Good binding.
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![[LITERATURE] BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS OR, GOODBYE BLUE MONDAY](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/533/499/1723499533.0.l.jpg)
[LITERATURE] BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS OR, GOODBYE BLUE MONDAY
by Kurt Vonnegut
New York: Delacorte Press | Seymour Lawrence, 1973. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Very Good dust jacket. Octavo; in the publisher’s orange cloth; 295 pages; in an unclipped dust jacket; some wear to the jacket; the jacket is sunned on the spine; First printing with $7.95 on the front flap of the jacket. Near Fine binding / Very Good dust jacket.
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M. VELLEIVS PATERCVLVS. CUM NOTIS GERARDI VOSSII G.F.
by Velleius Paterculus | Georgius Ratallerus | Gerardus Vossius
Lvgd. Batavorvm: Ex Officina Elzeviriana, 1654. Second Elzevier Edition. Full Leather. Very Good binding. The Second Edition published by the Elsevier Press and the least common of the Elsevier printings. Velleius’ Roman History is important for its treatment of the rise and reign of Augustus. Engraved title page, initials, headpieces, and tailpieces. Divisional half title for the Gerardi Vossii G.F. Notae in M. Velleivm Patercvlvm. Pagination resets; collates complete, with an index before the Notae, and an Addenda... Read More
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![[ARCHITECTURE] [ENGINEERING] THE DESIGNING OF ORDINARY IRON HIGHWAY BRIDGES](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/084/076/1690076084.0.l.jpg)
[ARCHITECTURE] [ENGINEERING] THE DESIGNING OF ORDINARY IRON HIGHWAY BRIDGES
by J. A. L. Waddell
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1884. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Quarto; in the publisher’s brown cloth; xi, 244 pages, including the Index, and followed by 7 folding plates; the binding is rubbed and has some wear, with a small hole in the front joint; the plates extrude a bit from the binding and as a result are a bit tatty at the folds.~~The seven plates are the following: I. Isometric Drawing of a Bridge... Read More
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![[VIRGINIA] ANNALS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA. SUPPLEMENT](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/282/017/1025017282.0.l.jpg)
[VIRGINIA] ANNALS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA. SUPPLEMENT
by Jos. A. Waddell
Richmond, VA: J. W. Randolph & English, 1888. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. The first edition of the Supplement to Waddell’s important Annals of Augusta County, issued the same year as the book. In the publisher’s drab wrappers, on which the owner -- C. E. Kemper, who himself wrote some articles on Rockingham County history -- has written his name and the title, dated April 21, 1888. Comprising a Table of Contents, and pp. 381-492. Uncommon... Read More
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SPANISCHE STRACHLEHRE NEBST UEBUNGEN ZUR ANWENDEN DER GRUNDSATZE, DER WORTFUGUNG UND DER SCHREIBART DER SPANISCHEN SPRACHE, MIT EINER EINLEITUNG IN DIE GRUNSATZE DER SPANISCHEN SPRACHE
by Johann Daniel Wagener
Leipzig: Ben Siegfried Crusius, 1795. First Edition. First Edition of this Spanish language textbook in German, published in Leipzig in 1795. With the signature of Ed. Duisenberg, dated 1844. Half-calf over ochre-colored boards. With a slightly chipped morocco label.
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WINGS OVER EUROPE
by Jon Waite
New York: Cupples & Leon Company, 1943. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Illustrated frontispiece. From the Warriors of America series. Spotting to the binding, toning to the spine, and shelfwear to the dustjacket. Tan cloth with a Very Good dustjacket. Very Good binding / Very Good dust jacket.
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![[SPECIAL PRESS] THE DIARY AND OBSERVATIONS OF A TENCH FISHER](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/735/580/1324580735.0.l.jpg)
[SPECIAL PRESS] THE DIARY AND OBSERVATIONS OF A TENCH FISHER
by D. R. Wakefield
Devon: The Chevington Press, 1981. Limited Edition, numbered 23 of 50 copies. Quarter Leather. Near Fine binding. Signed by Wakefield below the colophon. 6 full page signed etchings along with 8 smaller etched head and tail pieces; exquisite work backed in tan calf with marbled paper over boards and an engraved title pastedown with etching on the upper cover. This is a recollection of the artist's fishing trips in the few years preceding publication. Tench Fisher is Wakefield's... Read More
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SCHWIERING AND THE WEST
by Robert Wakefield
Aberdeen, South Dakota: North Plains Press, 1973. Limited Edition. Full Leather. Very Good binding. Signed. Signed by the author and artist on the limitation page; appears to have been numbered 266 of 300 copies, though the number has since been scratched out. With a typewritten letter laid in, and a reproduction of one of the illustrations; the recipients of the letter had recently purchased one of the artworks featured in the book. A bright copy. Brown leather with... Read More
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ALEX KATZ: A PRINT RETROSPECTIVE
by Alex Katz | Barry Walker
The Brooklyn Museum | Burton Skira, 1987. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Signed. This copy is signed by the artist, Alex Katz, with a personal inscription to the art patrons Sidney and Frances Lewis: “For | Frances & Sidney | love | Alex | 2. 3. 88”/~Minor wear to the bottom of the front wrapper. Very Good binding.
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SALLY’S ABC. SEWED IN A SAMPLER IN 1795 BY SALLY JANE TATE
by Dugald Stewart Walker
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1929. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. An attractive copy with almost no loss to the oh-so-vulnerable muslin covering on the binding. There are no marks of any kind in the book, excepting an old bookseller’s ticket. The dustjacket is present though worn. It has been price-clipped and is now protected with a mylar cover. Very Good binding.
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![[VIRGINIA] THE EARLY EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE AMHERST-NELSON AREA: ALSO SHORT SKETCHES OF THE EARLY BAPTIST, METHODIST AND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/406/088/1611088406.0.l.jpg)
[VIRGINIA] THE EARLY EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE AMHERST-NELSON AREA: ALSO SHORT SKETCHES OF THE EARLY BAPTIST, METHODIST AND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES
by Frances Moorman Walker
Lynchburg: J. P. Bell, 1964. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 8vo.; in the publisher’s red cloth binding; xii, [1] 2-122 pages, including an Appendix; illustrated throughout with black and white photographs.~~This copy with an acerbic inscription and commend by a previous owner: “Tripe. | Calvert Cabell Moravsky | daughter of | Philip Mason Cabell | son | of Nathaniel Francis Cabell | of | Nicholas II | of | Nicholas I | quotations from Sandy Brown | errooneous... Read More
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[ASIA] [FOLKLORE] WOMEN IN ANCIENT INDIAN TALES
by Jagdishchandra Jain; Margaret Walker
Delhi, Inidaa: Mittal Publications, 1987. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Very Good dust jacket. 8vo.; in gray cloth with yellow printing to the cover and the spine, with dustjacket; there are no marks in the book; xix, 110 pages; the dustjacket has been price-clipped..~~Uncommon in commerce. Near Fine binding / Very Good dust jacket.
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TWO CHAPTERS OF A LIFE. AMERICA BY COMPARISON AND OTHER ADDRESSES
by [A. W. Wallace]
Richmond, Va: Everett Waddey Company, 1913. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Two portrait plates, with foxing to the tissue guards only. Sunning to the spine. Red cloth with gilt lettering on the front board. Very Good binding.
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[MILITARY] COUNTDOWN BIN LADEN
by Chris Wallace
Norwalk: Easton Press, 2022. Full Leather. Near Fine binding. Large Octavo; in full dark green leather with design on front board and titling on spine in gilt; edged in gilt; with silk moire endpapers; 357 pages; with Collector’s Notes laid in; minimal scrapes to the gilt edges. Near Fine binding.
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[MYSTERY] CAPTAINS OF SOULS
by Edgar Wallace
New York: A. L. Burt Company Publishers, 1922. Reprint Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. 8vo., in the publisher’s red cloth with dustjacket; 362 pages; the jacket has some wear to the bottom corner at the flaps, and there is loss (about 1/8” x 5/8”) to the spine just affecting the title a small amount.~~Overall a nice bright copy of this mystery by the prolific author of King Kong.~~. Very Good binding / Very Good... Read More
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[MILITARY] STORIES OF THE BATTLE-FIELD; AND SKETCHES IN ALGERIA. WITH LIFE AND ADVENTURES AMONGST THE BASHI BAZOUKS
by Hugh Mulleneux Walmsley
London: Dean & Son | Chapman & Hall, n.d.. Half Leather. Very Good binding. 8vo, half polished green calf over marbled boards, with morocco title label. With volume title page. “Twelve Months with the Bashi-Bazouks”, [iv], 220 pages, with three full page chromolithographic images of soldier in the Ottoman Army; and what appears to be “Sketches of Algeria during the Kabyle War”, [x], 399 pages. Previous owner name and address on the endpaper.~~Amusingly written, and vivid, account of... Read More
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![[HISTORY] [DISBOUND] SOME SEASONABLE ANIMADVERSIONS ON EXCISES: OCCASIONED BY A PAMPHLET LATELY PUBLISH’D, ENTITULED CONSIDERATIONS OCCASION’D BY THE CRAFTSMAN. [WITH] SOME CONSIDERATIONS CONCERNING THE PUBLICK FUNDS, THE PUBLICK REVENES AND THE ANNUAL SUPPLIES, GRANTED BY PARLIAMENT ..](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/866/377/1591377866.0.l.jpg)
[HISTORY] [DISBOUND] SOME SEASONABLE ANIMADVERSIONS ON EXCISES: OCCASIONED BY A PAMPHLET LATELY PUBLISH’D, ENTITULED CONSIDERATIONS OCCASION’D BY THE CRAFTSMAN. [WITH] SOME CONSIDERATIONS CONCERNING THE PUBLICK FUNDS, THE PUBLICK REVENES AND THE ANNUAL SUPPLIES, GRANTED BY PARLIAMENT ..
by [ANONYMOUS] | [ROBERT WALPOLE]
London: J. Wilford | J. Roberts, 1735. Very Good binding. 8vo; two disbound pamphlet, still attached to each other by the leather spine of the binding from which they were removed; 26 pages | 110 pages.~~The pamphlets being sold together. The first concerning excise taxes; the second, appropriations. Very Good binding.
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TAKE YOUR CHOICE
by Maurice Walsh
Philadelphia and New york: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1954. Hard Cover. Fine binding/Very Good dust jacket. Seven stories “across Irish town and country”. The binding is clean, and really quite sharp. The dustjacket has shelfwear with minor creasing and loss. The dustjacket has not been price-clipped and is now protected with a new mylar cover. Fine binding / Very Good dust jacket.
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![[MEDICAL] EIGHT LECTURES BY WALTER B. CANNON, M.D.](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/623/968/1721968623.0.l.jpg)
[MEDICAL] EIGHT LECTURES BY WALTER B. CANNON, M.D.
by Walter B. Cannon, M.D.
1934. Eight stapled softcover medical pamphlets reprinting articles and lectures by Dr. Walter B. Cannon, a professor of Physiology at Harvard in the early 20th centur. Dr. Cannon coined the term, “fight or flight” in his research about the connection between stress and the nervous system.~~Titles include: ~The Case System in Medicine, 1900~The Shattuck Lecture: The Physiological Factors Concerned in Surgical Shock, 1917~Some Problems of Readjustment in Medical Practice, 1921~The Value of Animal Experimentation to the Physician in His... Read More
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LE PARADIS TRICOLORE. PETITES VILLES ET VILLAGE DE L’ALSACE
by Oncle Hansi (Jean-Jacques Waltz)
Paris: H. Fleury, 1918. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. “Un peu de texte et beaucoup d’images pour les petits enfants allies” by “L’Oncle Hansi”, otherwise known as Jean-Jacques Waltz, an Alstian artist and staunchly pro-French activist. As only the French can do, he started publishing in the early 1900’s satirical works making fun of the German tourists. His drawings for children’s books are charming, those in Le Paradis Tricolor being no exception. A work dedicated to... Read More
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MON VILLAGE, CEUX QUI N’OUBLIENT PAS
by Oncle Hansi (Jean-Jacques Waltz)
Paris: H. Floury, 1913. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Oblong quarto; in the publisher’s blue boards decorated in a pattern reminiscent of calico, with titling in gilt and in black, and a charming image of a young girl in Alsatian costume and in a variety of colors.; 31, [5] pages, with evocative illustrations, many of them full page. Laid in is a manuscript translation of the text into English -- 25 pages, plus a title leaf,... Read More
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[SPECIAL PRESS] [PROOF COPY] [ALS] LETTER FORMS 3 VOLUMES
by Stanley Morison | John Dreyfus | Beatrice Warde
New York: Typophiles, 1968. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Signed. 12mo; 3 volumes, the Trade edition, The Typophiles edition, and John Dreyfus’ proof copy; 2 copies in red cloth; the proof copy is housed in a red chemise;~~1. Inside the chemise are 3 pages typed on foolscap of John Dreyfus’ Editor’s Notes signed by Mr. Dreyfus;~~2. Correspondence between Melvin Loos and John Dreyfus signed by Mr. Dreyfus; ~~3. Correspondence between Beatrice Warde and Melvin Loos, signed... Read More
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