![SCELTA DI COMMEDIE DEL GOLDONI [Archer Anderson’s Copy]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/820/654/1055654820.0.l.jpg)
SCELTA DI COMMEDIE DEL GOLDONI [Archer Anderson’s Copy]
by [Giovanni] Gherardini | [Carlo Goldoni] | [Archer Anderson]
Parigi | New York: J.-H. Truchy, Libraio | Roe Lockwood & Son, 1847. Quarter Leather. Very Good binding. This copy with the bookplate of Confederate soldier and president of the Tredegar Company President Archer Anderson. Archer Anderson was the son of Joseph Reid Anderson, and served in Company F of the 1st Virginia Volunteers in the Civil War; he was wounded at the Battle of Sharpsburg. His attractive bookplate of Olympians passing the torch was printed by Tiffany.... Read More
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A TOUR THROUGH THE ISLANDS OF ORKNEY AND SCHETLAND CONTAINING HINTS RELATIVE TO THEIR ANCIENT MODERN AND NATURAL HISTORY ..
by George Low | Introduction by Joseph Anderson
Kirkwall: William Peace & Son, 1879. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Low’s important work on the natural history of Orkney and the Shetlands, with all of his charming pen and ink drawings present as called for, including the map of the island of Orkney. As a young man, Low went to Orkney as a tutor in 1868, and spent the entirety of his adult life studying the natural history of the island. The publisher’s taupe boards... Read More
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![[CIVIL WAR] HISTORY OF THE CAMPAIGN OF MOBILE; INCLUDING THE COOPERATIVE OPERATIONS OF GEN. WILSON’S CAVALRY IN ALABAMA](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/597/242/1692242597.0.l.jpg)
[CIVIL WAR] HISTORY OF THE CAMPAIGN OF MOBILE; INCLUDING THE COOPERATIVE OPERATIONS OF GEN. WILSON’S CAVALRY IN ALABAMA
by Brevet Major-General C. C. Andrews
New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1867. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Large 8vo.; in the publisher’s brown cloth binding with titling in gilt to the spine; 276 pages, with frontispiece, plates and maps.~~There are a number of institutional holdings of this book, but it is remarkably scarce in commerce. General Andrews, the author, was the commander of the 2nd Division, 13th ArmyCorps. This is an early but reliable work on the campaign in this area.~~There is... Read More
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![[CIVIL WAR] ATLAS OF THE CIVIL WAR A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO THE TACTICS AND TERRAIN OF BATTLE](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/397/235/1736235397.0.l.jpg)
[CIVIL WAR] ATLAS OF THE CIVIL WAR A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO THE TACTICS AND TERRAIN OF BATTLE
by Neil Kagan | Stephen G. Hyslop | Harris J. Andrews
Norwalk: Easton Press. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Large Quarto; in full black leather; with guilt illustrations on the upper board; all edges gilt; 255 pages including the index; with full color and black and white illustrations throughout. Near Fine binding.
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CLARINDA
by Frances Duncombe; Illustrated by Angela
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1944. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Good dust jacket. Angela. Previous owner’s name on the front free endpaper. Otherwise no marks.~The dust jacket has shelfwear, some chipping and has separated at the back edge of the spine. It is now protected in a new mylar cover. Very Good binding / Good dust jacket.
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[SPECIAL PRESS] A GATHERING OF SEVEN BOOKS.~ODE TO A GRECIAN URN; TRUE CHARITY, AN EXAMPLE [4 VARIANT ISSUES]; THE SECOND CHAPTER OF SAINT MATTHEW; THE COURT OF THE PRINTERS’ GUILD
by Valenti Angelo
Bronxville, New York | San Francisco, 1979. A gathering of 7 books printed by Valenti Angelo housed in a custom clamshell box in blue cloth with a burgundy morocco spine label.~Keats. Ode to a Grecian Urn (1952); 8vo. in blue flexible paper-covered boards with an urn device stamped in gilt to the cover; title page printed in green and terra-cotta; one of one hundred copies printed on the hand-press by Valenti Angelo in December 1952 and signed by Mr.... Read More
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![[CHILDREN] [POP-UP] PICNIC DAY](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/487/859/1691859487.0.l.jpg)
[CHILDREN] [POP-UP] PICNIC DAY
by Martha Paulsen | A. Schenk (Animator)
Akron, Ohio: The Saalfield Publisihing Company, 1946. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Small quarto; in metal comb binding; with three attractive fully functional pop-ups; there are no marks of any kind in the book; this copy lacking the dustjaccket. Near Fine binding.
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![[MINIATURE] A CALENDAR OF HAIKU: A SEASONAL DIALOGUE](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/298/532/311532298.0.l.jpg)
[MINIATURE] A CALENDAR OF HAIKU: A SEASONAL DIALOGUE
by Ankenbrand, Jr.; Frank
New Britain, Connecticut: Robert E. Massmann, 1970. Limited, numbered edition. Original Wrappers. Near Fine binding. Signed. 2-1/8" x 2-1/4" miniature in wrappers with paper slipcase; Signed by Robert E. Massmann and hand-numbered 51/150; tiny stain on the slipcase label else the fold-out calendar and introduction are in beautiful shape;. Near Fine binding.
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![[GARDENING] [DIARY] MY OWN BOOK OF THREE FLOWERS WHICH BLOSSOM IN APRIL / MAY](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/457/864/1701864457.0.l.jpg)
[GARDENING] [DIARY] MY OWN BOOK OF THREE FLOWERS WHICH BLOSSOM IN APRIL / MAY
by Anna Botsford Comstock, B.S.
New York: American Book Company, 1904. This volume contains both "My Own Book of Three Flowers Which Blossom in April" and "My Own Book of Three Flowers Which Blossom in May", bound together meeting in the middle, 30 pp. each. ~~The April flowers are Hepatica, Spring-Beauty, and Adder's Tongue. The May flowers are Squirrel Corn, Jack-in-the-Pulpit, and Trillium. For each plant a series of questions are asked, the answers to which the pupil must find in the specimen itself.... Read More
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![[PHILOSOPHY] THE MORALITY OF HAPPINESS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/453/864/1701864453.0.l.jpg)
[PHILOSOPHY] THE MORALITY OF HAPPINESS
by Julia Annas
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. Large Octavo; in the publisher’s black cloth binding; (2) 3-502 pages including the Index; in an unclipped jacket; occasional pencil annotations. Near Fine binding / Near Fine dust jacket.
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![[RELIGION] L’APOCALYPSE TRADUITE EN FRANCOIS, AVEC UN EXPLICATION TIREE DES SS. PERES & DES AUTEURS ECCLESIASTIQUES](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/377/655/1465655377.0.l.jpg)
[RELIGION] L’APOCALYPSE TRADUITE EN FRANCOIS, AVEC UN EXPLICATION TIREE DES SS. PERES & DES AUTEURS ECCLESIASTIQUES
by [St. John the Apostle]
Paris: Chez Guillaume Desprez et Jean Desessaertz, 1720. Full Leather. Very Good binding. 8vo.; in contemporary calf, with raised bands and decorations and lettering in gilt; [52], 426 pages including the Table des Epistres et Evangiles; followed by 2 blank pages.; title page printed in red and black.~~An uncommon French edition. We find no copies in commerce and only a handful of institutional holdings. Very Good binding.
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APPIANVS ALEXANDRINVS. DE BELLIS CIVILIBVS ROMA NORVM. | CVM LIBRO PERQVAM ELEGANTI. QVI ILLYRIVS ET ALTERO QVI CELTICVS INSCRIBITVR
by Appian
Venetiis: Opera magistri Bernardini de Vitalibus, 1526. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Appian’s history of the Roman Civil War, which marked the end of the Roman Republic. With a woodcut floral border at the perimeter of the title page and elaborate initials. Faint blindstamp on the front endpaper. Faint 17th century owner’s signature on the title page. Bound in light brown buckram with paper label on the spine. An uncommon edition, with only 13 copies found on OCLC.... Read More
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LE PROCES DE CONDAMNATION DE JEANNE d’ARC. REPRODUCTION EN FAC-SIMILE DU MANUSCRIT AUTHENTIQUE, SUR VELIN, No. 1119 DE LA BIBLIOTHEQUE DE L’ASSEMBLEE NATIONALE
by John Marchard (Introduction) | [Jeanne d’Arc; Joan of Arc]
Paris: Plon, 1955. Very Good binding. A pamphlet of text, with a facsimile on paper-vellum of the original manuscript of the trial of Joan of Arc; the manuscript volume with dustjacket. The book and the pamphlet laid into a paper-covered portfolio with titling to the spine. The publisher’s slipcase is not present. A handsome production. Very Good binding.
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![[CHILDREN] NURSE MATILDA](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/744/122/1768122744.0.l.jpg)
[CHILDREN] NURSE MATILDA
by Christianna Brand; Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1964. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Edward Ardizzone. Octavo; in the publisher's blue cloth binding; 128 pages; in an unclipped jacket; light edgewear; 6-27 written in red colored pencil to the top of the textblock; a "paid - gift" stamp on the front endpaper alongside a previous owner's signature; the jacket is worn at the folds and edges but is still very bright. ~~The first book in the... Read More
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![[FINE BINDING] POETICAL WORKS OF MATTHEW ARNOLD](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/849/543/1680543849.0.l.jpg)
[FINE BINDING] POETICAL WORKS OF MATTHEW ARNOLD
by Matthew Arnold
London: Macmillan and Co, 1892. Full Leather. Very Good binding. 8vo.; in full green sheep, with fade to the boards; xii, 510 pagesthe front gutter is tender; with dentelle turn-ins and marbled endpapers; with double gilt rules to the edges of the boards, and all edges gilt; and with portrait frontispiece. Very Good binding.
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![[VIRGINIA] [PETERSBURG] THE REMMIE ARNOLD REPORT AND REVIEW. 1976](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/393/843/1318843393.0.l.jpg)
[VIRGINIA] [PETERSBURG] THE REMMIE ARNOLD REPORT AND REVIEW. 1976
by Remmie Arnold
A screed printed in newspaper format by the Mayor of Petersburg, and sometime Democratic candidate for the Governorship of Virginia, Remmie Arnold. Arnold. Full of local political issues of the day, Mayor Arnold laments the City Council’s relinquishing of its authority to the City Manager. A principal concern of Mayor Remmie was the existence of Management Letters which the City Manager failed to disclose to the Council -- don’t sweep this under the rug, he asserts -- there’s enough... Read More
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![[AMERICANA] [KANSAS] [SMALL BROADSIDE] RECEIPTS FOR KANSAS RELIEF](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/067/180/1415180067.0.l.jpg)
[AMERICANA] [KANSAS] [SMALL BROADSIDE] RECEIPTS FOR KANSAS RELIEF
by W. F. M.[William Frederick Milton] Arny
[Mendota], 1861. Small broadside; 5 5/8 x 3 1/4”; an itemization of cash received on behalf of Kansas Relief from various individuals in the amount of $191.88; also 344 sacks were received and then filled from Phenias Royce; by far the most significant amount received was from the Commissioners of the New York State fund: $11,282.62.~~The report of receipts and disbursement was printed up by W. F. M. Arny, who was Agent for the National Kansas Relief Committee. Mr.... Read More
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![[SPECIAL PRESS] DER ARCHIPELAGUS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/192/234/1552234192.0.l.jpg)
[SPECIAL PRESS] DER ARCHIPELAGUS
by Friedrich Holderlin | Cornelia von Mengershausen (Art)
California: Ettan Press, 1978. Limited Editoin. Hard Cover. Fine binding. Quarto; in white laid paper-boards embossed with an “H” to the center of the upper board; and with the spine lettered in black; with plates hand-numbered and signed by the artist; this is number 37 of 90 numbered copies; with acetate wrapper and and a plain, white cardboard sleeve; German text.~~The plates are inspired by the natural world of the Aegean Sea. Fine binding.
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![[SPECIAL PRESS] CINDERELLA AND THE TWO GIFTS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/885/533/1618533885.0.l.jpg)
[SPECIAL PRESS] CINDERELLA AND THE TWO GIFTS
by Charles Perrault | Edouard de Beaumont [Artist]
London: Boussod Valadon & Co, 1887. First Edition. Full Leather. Very Good binding. Folio; in green pebbled morocco ruled in blind with discreetly decorative corners in gilt; with turn-ins with gilt decorations and brilliant turquoise silk doublures; there a small amount of surface loss to the front patterned paper endpaper; with thirty-three charming watercolor drawings by Edouard de Beaumont, which are reproduced in facsimile; the text and illustrations are printed on the rectos; they are (mostly) protected with... Read More
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![[PHOTO ALBUM] FAMILY, CHURCH AND COMMUNITY PHOTOGRAPHS OF HANCOCK, OHIO, 1940-1950. | YE OLD FAMILY ALBUM. (201 PHOTOS)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/150/976/1243976150.0.l.1.jpg)
[PHOTO ALBUM] FAMILY, CHURCH AND COMMUNITY PHOTOGRAPHS OF HANCOCK, OHIO, 1940-1950. | YE OLD FAMILY ALBUM. (201 PHOTOS)
by Florence Kroger (Artist)
Ohio, 1950. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. An album of 201 family photographs, of Hancock, Ohio and nearby, c. 1940-1950. Among the named are Esty Wentz, Harry and Keefer Ling, Lavine and Ernie Keys, and others by first name only. Also with photographs of the Evangelical United Brethren Church, and its associated summer camp. Some photographs of uniformed soldiers belonging to the community, 1939-1943. A few of the preliminary leaves are beginning to wear at the gutter, from... Read More
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![[SPECIAL PRESS] THE WORKS OF GEOFFREY CHAUCER [8 VOLUMES]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/829/138/1577138829.0.l.jpg)
[SPECIAL PRESS] THE WORKS OF GEOFFREY CHAUCER [8 VOLUMES]
by Geoffrey Chaucer | Alfred W. Pollard [Editor] | Hugh Chesterman [Artist]
Stratford-upon-Avon | Shakepeare Head Press: Printed at the Shakespeare Head Press and Published for the Press by Basil Blackwell, 1929. Limited Edition. Eight quarto bindings; in pale blue board backed in linen with printed paper labels; printed in red and in black or in blue and black, and with hand-colored illustrations throughout; a couple of the labels are lightly chipped, though each volumes has a new label tipped into the rear of the book; the top of the spine... Read More
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LEONARDO PIVI. CORPO ESTRANEO
by Luca Beatrice; Marco Senaldi | Leonardo Pivi (Artist)
Bandecchi & Vivaldi | Galleria Astuni, 2004. Soft Cover. Near Fine binding. Luca Beatrice and MArco Senaldi’s work on Leonardo Pivi, Corpo Estraneo. Text in Italian. With no marks; minimal shelfwear. Softcover. Near Fine. Near Fine binding.
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![[LAW] ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA, PASSED AT THE SESSION OF 1836-37, COMMENCING 5TH DECEMBER, 1836 SMF ENDING 31ST MARCH, 1837. IN THE SIXTY-FIRST YEAR OF THE COMMONWEALTH. [WITH] ACTS PASSED AT THE EXTRA SESSION COMMENCING ON THE 12th AND TERMINATING ON THE 24th of JUNE, 1837](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/909/587/1614587909.0.l.jpg)
[LAW] ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA, PASSED AT THE SESSION OF 1836-37, COMMENCING 5TH DECEMBER, 1836 SMF ENDING 31ST MARCH, 1837. IN THE SIXTY-FIRST YEAR OF THE COMMONWEALTH. [WITH] ACTS PASSED AT THE EXTRA SESSION COMMENCING ON THE 12th AND TERMINATING ON THE 24th of JUNE, 1837
by Virginia General Assembly
Richmond: Thomas Ritchie, 1837. Quarter Leather. Very Good binding. Large 8vo.; quarter calf over marbled boards with morocco label; 338, including Index; [3], 4-11, including Index.~~Contains acts about navigation, roads, canals in this era of expansion; as well as, of course, slaves. Very Good binding.
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![[LAW] ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, BEGUN AND HELD AT THE CAPITOL, IN THE CITY OF RICHMOND ON MONDAY THE FIFTH DAY OF DECEMBER, IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE [1825], AND OF THE COMMONWEALTH THE FIFTIETH](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/907/587/1614587907.0.l.jpg)
[LAW] ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, BEGUN AND HELD AT THE CAPITOL, IN THE CITY OF RICHMOND ON MONDAY THE FIFTH DAY OF DECEMBER, IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE [1825], AND OF THE COMMONWEALTH THE FIFTIETH
by Virginia General Assembly
Richmond: Thomas Ritchie, 1826. Quarter Leather. Very Good binding. Large 8vo.; quarter calf over marbled boards with morocco label; [3], 4-125 including the Index; this less common than the Acts later in the century.~~From the early days of the Republic, when things were still being shaped in the Commonwealth. For example, the town of City Point in Prince George County was established this year. We also note that there was a reward for killing crows. Very Good binding.... Read More
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![[LAW] ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA, PASSED AT THE SESSION COMMENCING 2nd DECEMBER 1839, AND ENDING 19th MARCH 1840, IN THE SIXTY-FOURTH YEAR OF THE COMMONWEALTH](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/409/295/1617295409.0.l.jpg)
[LAW] ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA, PASSED AT THE SESSION COMMENCING 2nd DECEMBER 1839, AND ENDING 19th MARCH 1840, IN THE SIXTY-FOURTH YEAR OF THE COMMONWEALTH
by Virginia General Assembly
Richmond: Samuel Shepherd, Printer to the Commonweath, 1840. Very Good binding. 8vo. in later tan buckram with black and burgundy labels; [3], 4-199 pages, including the Index.~~From the age of expansion, there is much on canals, turnpikes, roads, bridges, and the like. Very Good binding.
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