![[SIGNED] [CIVIL WAR] THE WAR”STONEWALL” JACKSON AND BATTLES THE REGIMENT AS I SAW THEM](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/156/401/1707401156.0.l.jpg)
[SIGNED] [CIVIL WAR] THE WAR”STONEWALL” JACKSON AND BATTLES THE REGIMENT AS I SAW THEM
by James H. Wood
Cumberland: Eddy Press Corporation, 1910. First Edition. Very Good binding. 16mo; in the publisher’s green cloth binding; [8], 181 pages; complete with 7 unnumbered leaves of plates; a bit of edge wear; some minor silverfishing.~~With a gift inscription to his Niece signed by James H Wood tipped into the front of the book. ~~“Wood relied for the most part on memory in writing this account, whihc is revealing only for the 1861 campaigns in western Virginia” ~~ (Nevins... Read More
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![[HISTORY] IN SEARCH OF THE DARK AGES](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/296/703/1718703296.0.l.jpg)
[HISTORY] IN SEARCH OF THE DARK AGES
by Michael Wood
London: The Folio Society, 2021. Near Fine binding. Octavo; in blue paper covered boards; xxvii, 305 page including the Index; with maps and full color illustrations throughout; housed in a blue slipcase. Near Fine binding.
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![[RELIGION] [UNITARIANS] LETTERS TO UNITARIANS OCCASIONED BY THE SERMON OF THE REVEREND WILLIAM E. CHANNING AT THE ORDINATION OF THE REV. J. SPARKS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/266/557/1469557266.0.l.jpg)
[RELIGION] [UNITARIANS] LETTERS TO UNITARIANS OCCASIONED BY THE SERMON OF THE REVEREND WILLIAM E. CHANNING AT THE ORDINATION OF THE REV. J. SPARKS
by Leonard Woods
Andover: Flagg and Gould, 1820. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. 8vo.; pamphlet bound in modern brown heavy wrappers with a printed title label at the spine; v, (1) [3]-160 pages; with some scattered light foxing.~~Sermon preached by Channing at the ordination of Jared Sparks in which he defended the Unitarian position and their inclusion in the Christian fellowship, contra Prof. Henry Ware of Cambridge who was a staunch defender of moderate Calvinism. (Amer. Imprints 4326; Sabin 105131). Very... Read More
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![[SIGNED] [MAPS] THE HISTORY OF CARTOGRAPHY. THREE VOLUMES ISSUED IN SIX](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/877/962/1639962877.0.l.jpg)
[SIGNED] [MAPS] THE HISTORY OF CARTOGRAPHY. THREE VOLUMES ISSUED IN SIX
by J. B. Harley; David Woodward
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1987. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. Signed. Six large quarto volumes; in publisher’s grey cloth with titling in red and gilt, and with pictorial dustjackets; profusely illustrated in color and in black and white; the first volume is signed by editor David Woodward.~~The contents of the three volumes bound in 6 are as follows; Vol. 1: Cartography in Prehistoric, Ancient and Medieval Europe and the Mediterranean; Vol. 2, Book... Read More
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![[SIGNED] [AMERICANA] ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/395/482/1639482395.0.l.jpg)
[SIGNED] [AMERICANA] ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN
by Carl Bernstein; Bob Woodward
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1974. 25th Anniversary Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding/Fine dust jacket. Signed. Large 8vo.; in plum-colored paper-covered boards backed in gray; [8], 9-349 pages, including the Index; this copy is signed on the title page by Carl Bernstein.~~This is the third printing of the 25th anniversary edition; the book was first printed in 1974..~~Quite a nice copy signed by Mr. Bernstein.~. Fine binding / Fine dust jacket.
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CHILDREN OF THE RITZ
by Cornell Woolrich
Boni & Liveright, 1927. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. The Second Printing from October of 1927 (the first was in July of that same year). Some light spotting to the boards, but basically a clean and tight copy. Very Good binding.
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EYEBRIGHT
by Susan Coolidge [Sarah Chauncey Woolsey]
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1879. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. A clean First Edition copy of this tale which was first serialized in St. Nicholas Magazine. In the publisher’s blue cloth, with decorations stamped in gold and in black. With wood-engraved frontispiece and three additional full page plates, as well as vignettes. Some wear to the spine extremities and a discreet repair to the top of the rear joint. There are no marks of any kind. 247... Read More
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NARCOOCHEE
by I. Gibson Worrill
New York and Washington: The Neale Publishing Company, 1907. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 8vo.; in the publisher’s olive green cloth titled in gilt and ruled in blind to the perimeter of the upper board; 38 pages, with frontispiece and 11 additional plates; the frontispiece is protected with a tissue guard, the other plates are not; there are no ownership or other marks in the book.~~Krick tells us that the book consists of poetry of the... Read More
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![[LITERATURE] HENRY MARTYN](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/289/243/1718243289.0.l.jpg)
[LITERATURE] HENRY MARTYN
by Mrs. Julia McNair Wright
Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publications, 1869. First Edition. Very Good binding. 32mo; in the publisher’s green cloth binding; with decorations on the spine in gilt; 64 pages; complete with two plates; a bit of edge wear; a closed tear to the first plate cot affecting the illustration; lacking the front end paper.~~A scarce title with none available in commerce and only 4 in OCLC as of 11/3/2025~. Very Good binding.
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![[AMERICANA] REPORTS ON INDIANS TAXED](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/237/489/1737489237.0.l.jpg)
[AMERICANA] REPORTS ON INDIANS TAXED
by Robert P. Porter | Carroll D. Wright
Norwalk: Easton Press, 2015. Full Leather. Near Fine binding. Quarto; in full black leather with design on front board in teal and gilt; edged in gilt; titling on the spine in gilt; four raised bands on the spine; with marbled endpapers and pastedowns; vii, 683 pages; with illustrations throughout; in a large slipcase with minimal wear~~“This edition is strictly limited to a quantity of 600 copies of which this is number 435”. Near Fine binding.
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THE COLONIAL PRINTER
by Lawrence C. Wroth
Portland, Maine: The Southworth-Anthoensen Press, 1938. Second Enlarged Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding. A Fine copy of the Second Enlarged Edition, limited to 1500 copies, and housed in the publisher’s slipcase. Pages unopened.~~There are no ownership or other marks of any kind in this book. Fine binding.
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WIT AND WISDOM: THE FUN OF THE DAY FROM ALL THE NEW YORK PAPERS AND EVERY HUMOROUS PAPER IN THE LAND; Volume One, No. 1 - 26; January 20 - July 15, 1881
by [Harry J. Shellman; A. C. Wurtele]
NY: Wurtele and Co, 1881. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 26 issues of this weekly in original black cloth. Rebacked with original spine laid on. Endpapers have pencilled arithmetic exercises from a previous owner. Very Good binding.
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![[GENEALOGY] HISTORY OF OLD PENDLETON DISTRICT, WITH A GENEALOGY OF THE LEADING FAMILIES OF THE DISTRICT](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/688/863/1597863688.0.l.jpg)
[GENEALOGY] HISTORY OF OLD PENDLETON DISTRICT, WITH A GENEALOGY OF THE LEADING FAMILIES OF THE DISTRICT
by Richard W. Simpson | [Augustus Van Wyck]
Anderson, S. C.: Oulla Printing & Binding Co, 1913. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Large 8vo.; in the publisher’s green cloth binding with titling in gilt; [5], 6-223 pages, followed by [3] pages of Index; with frontispiece portrait of the author, and with note from the publisher tipped in at the front endpaper. Very Good binding.
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![[PHILOSOPHY] THE LONGING FOR TOTAL REVOLUTION PHILOSOPHIC SOURCES OF SOCIAL DISCONTENT FROM ROUSSEAU TO MARX AND NITZSCHE](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/406/056/1721056406.0.l.jpg)
[PHILOSOPHY] THE LONGING FOR TOTAL REVOLUTION PHILOSOPHIC SOURCES OF SOCIAL DISCONTENT FROM ROUSSEAU TO MARX AND NITZSCHE
by Bernard Yack
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1986. First Edition. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. Octavo; in the publisher’s black cloth binding; in an unclipped jacket; xvii, 390 pages including the Index; slight shelf wear to the jacket; pencil notes in the margins.~~From the front flap “This book is an attempt to understand an important feature of modern culture, which underlines the work and appeal of Marx, and in general, the thinkers who issue from the romantic period. Yack strongly... Read More
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![[PHILOSOPHY] THE PROBLEMS OF A POLITICAL ANIMAL. COMMUNITY, JUSTICE, AND CONFLICTS IN ARISTOTELIAN POLITICAL THOUGHT](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/970/689/1682689970.0.l.jpg)
[PHILOSOPHY] THE PROBLEMS OF A POLITICAL ANIMAL. COMMUNITY, JUSTICE, AND CONFLICTS IN ARISTOTELIAN POLITICAL THOUGHT
by Bernard Yack
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding/Fine dust jacket. Large 8vo.; in the publisher’s green cloth with dustjacket; ix, 309 pages, including the Index; there are no marks of any kind in this copy. Fine binding / Fine dust jacket.
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![[[VIRGINIA] RICHMOND] THE IDEA: A SIGN OF THE TIMES. VOL.V. JULY 22, 1911, NO.V 8](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/463/101/1207101463.0.l.jpg)
[[VIRGINIA] RICHMOND] THE IDEA: A SIGN OF THE TIMES. VOL.V. JULY 22, 1911, NO.V 8
by Adon A. Yoder
Richmond, VA: Adon A. Yoder, 1911. Original Wrappers. Good binding. THE IDEA, edited by Richmond’s muckraking socialist writer, Adon Yoder, quite uncommon, and consisting of “Sermonettes Published Weekly for The Common Good”. Yoder indeed raked the muck of Richmond, taking on the saloons, the red-light districts, the police, and the City Fathers. No one was safe from his caustic pen, and he agitated plenty, ultimately ending up in jail for his efforts.~From Christian’s History of Richmond: “Adon A.... Read More
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![[AMERICANA] The charter of the rector and inhabitants of the city of New-York in communion of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the CITY of New-York commonly called the charter of Trinity Church : with notes by an Episcopalian of the city of New-York](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/722/001/426001722.0.l.1.jpg)
[AMERICANA] The charter of the rector and inhabitants of the city of New-York in communion of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the CITY of New-York commonly called the charter of Trinity Church : with notes by an Episcopalian of the city of New-York
by An Episcopalian of the City of New York]
New York, 1813. Disbound Pamphlet. Very Good binding. 63pp. Includes: The charter of Trinity Church, granted by William III, 1697 (p. [3]-35), and An Act for Making Such Alterations in the Charter of the Corporation of Trinity Church as to Render It More Conformable to the Constitution of the State, passed 1784 (p. 36-57), and An Act to Enable the Corporation of Trinity Church in the City of New-York, to Assume the Name Therein Mentioned, passed 1788 (p.... Read More
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![[SPECIAL PRESS] [PRINTED SHEET] LE PLUS GRAND CHEF D’OEUVRE DE LA LITTERATURE ..](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/018/507/1594507018.0.l.jpg)
[SPECIAL PRESS] [PRINTED SHEET] LE PLUS GRAND CHEF D’OEUVRE DE LA LITTERATURE ..
by Jean Cocteau | Herman Zapf
New York: Museum Books. Near Fine binding. Leaf, printed in red and black; 12 x 8 1/4”; imprint from [2] of Herman Zapf’s Manuale Typorgraphicum; on the verso is the imprint for Museum Book with address, noting that the leaf was printed in Germany. Near Fine binding.
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SEID LIEB AUCH ZU DISTELN. VOM UNDSOWEITER DER K. U. K. HERRLICHKEIT 1918 BIS DATO UND IN ALLE EWIGKEIT
by Wilfried Zeller Zellenberg
Wien: Europaverlag, 1976. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. A clean copy, signed by the author on the title page with a drawing of a dog in his hand. Wilfried Zeller-Zellenberg was an Austrian book illustrator and author, who served in the Wehrmacht in World War II, before returning to his prewar artistic vocations. Text in German, with copious caricatures and illustrations on every page by the author. Dustjacket has minor toning, and slight wear to... Read More
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![[JUDAICA] MUSICAL MACHZOR. ROSH HASHANAH. A SOL ZIM ANTHOLOGY](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/286/806/523806286.0.l.1.jpg)
[JUDAICA] MUSICAL MACHZOR. ROSH HASHANAH. A SOL ZIM ANTHOLOGY
by [Sol Zim]
Cantor’s Assembly, 2006. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Scarce Sol Zim item. Bound in leatherette. No marks of any kind. Near Fine binding.
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![[ALS] [ART] ZORACH EXPLAINS SCULPTURE](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/875/195/1720195875.0.l.jpg)
[ALS] [ART] ZORACH EXPLAINS SCULPTURE
by William Zorach
New York: American Artists Group, 1947. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/near Very Good dust jacket. Signed. Small quarto; in the publisher’s grey cloth binding; xiii, 302 pages including the Index; with black and white photographic illustrations throughout; in an unclipped jacket; some chipping to the edges of the jacket.~~This copy of Zorach’s book on sculpture is accompanies by two “autograph letters signed” by Zorach. Both letters are dates April 25, 1955 and are on Zorach’s personal... Read More
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THE DESCENDANTS OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
by Walter Lewis Zorn
Monroe, Michigan: Self-published, 1954. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. There is a previous owner name on the front endpaper; otherwise a clean First Edition copy with some toning to the endpapers. 149 pp. including the Index. Very Good binding.
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