ACTS PASSED AT A GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, BEGUN AND HELD AT THE CAPITOL, IN THE CITY OF RICHMOND, ON MONDAY, THE TWENTY-NINTH DAY OF NOVEMBER, IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FOUR, AND OF THE COMMONWEALTH THE FORTY-NINTH
by Virginia General Assembly
Richmond: Thomas Ritchie, 1825. Very Good binding. In two parts, being “Acts of a public and general nature” and “Acts of a local and private nature”. An early and interesting edition of Virginia statutes, dealing with everything from the Western Lunatic Asylum to the establishment of the town of Snickersville in Loudoun County. And of course slavery. 114 pages, including index. Bound in later legal buckram with maroon and black spine labels. Pages uniformly toned. Scarce, with only... Read More
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![[LAW] [CIVIL WAR] ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA, PASSED IN 1865-66, IN THE EIGHTY-NINTH YEAR OF THE COMMONWEALTH](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/727/853/1655853727.0.l.jpg)
[LAW] [CIVIL WAR] ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA, PASSED IN 1865-66, IN THE EIGHTY-NINTH YEAR OF THE COMMONWEALTH
by [Virginia General Assembly
Richmond: Allegre & Goode, Printers, 1866. Half Leather. Very Good binding. Large 8vo.; in tan half-calf with black morocco label and spine ruled in blind; [3], 4-514 pages, including the Index. binder’s ticket on the front pastedown, Gary & Clemmitt in Richmond.~~Quite a nice copy. A picture of life in Virginia in the months immediately following the Civil War. Very Good binding.
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![[AMERICANA] SERVICE RECORDS OF EXISTING CAST IRON MAINS LAID IN THE 17th, 18th AND 19th CENTURIES](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/953/169/1053169953.0.l.jpg)
[AMERICANA] SERVICE RECORDS OF EXISTING CAST IRON MAINS LAID IN THE 17th, 18th AND 19th CENTURIES
by [Cast Iron Pipe Research Association]
Chicago: The Association, 1934. First Edition. Spiral Bound. Very Good binding. 32 unnumbered pages, including the title leaf. With pictorial map endpapers; the front being: “In these important cities the original Cast Iron Mains are still in service”; the rear being “An historical record of Cast Iron Gas Mains in the United States”, showing the age of the oldest cast iron mains still in service in various cities. With black and white photographic illustrations throughout. An uncommon item... Read More
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![[COMMERATION OF THE OPENING OF THE FRED W. SMITH LIBRARY FOR THE STUDY OF GEORGE WASHINGTON] ACTS PASSED AT A CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, BEGUN AND HELD AT THE CITY OF NEW YORK ..](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/279/530/1177530279.0.l.jpg)
[COMMERATION OF THE OPENING OF THE FRED W. SMITH LIBRARY FOR THE STUDY OF GEORGE WASHINGTON] ACTS PASSED AT A CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, BEGUN AND HELD AT THE CITY OF NEW YORK ..
by Mount Vernon Ladies Association
Francis Childs and John Swaine. Facsimile Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding. A very handsome presentation of a facsimile edition of George Washington’s copy of Acts Passed at a Congress of the United States of America, bound in paper covered boards designed to mimic speckled calf with a leather label stamped “President of the United States”. Marbled endpapers, and a facsimile of President Washington’s bookplate on the pastedown. Housed in a blue suede clamshell box, with a facsimile of... Read More
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![[SPORTS AND GAMES] THE LAWS OF CROQUET OFFICIAL EDITION 1909](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/220/179/1685179220.0.l.jpg)
[SPORTS AND GAMES] THE LAWS OF CROQUET OFFICIAL EDITION 1909
by The Croquet Association
London: Slazenger & Sons, 1909. Full title: The Laws of Croquet and Regulations for Prize Meetings Made and Authorized by The Croquet Association. 6 1/4” x 4” stapled soft-cover booklet with mint green cover. Slight fading and nibbling at corners of front cover. Good+~~The Croquet Association was founded in 1896 by Walter H. Peel, a lifelong player who lent his name to both tournaments and terms of the sport. Croquet enjoyed a resurgence in the Edwardian era during which... Read More
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![[RELIGION] DATA FOR THE USE OF THE COMMISSION ON THE CONSTITUTION OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, SOUTH](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/241/918/944918241.0.l.jpg)
[RELIGION] DATA FOR THE USE OF THE COMMISSION ON THE CONSTITUTION OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, SOUTH
by [James Atkins]
Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Original Wrappers. Fair binding/no dust jacket. An uncommon Methodist Episcopal Church, South printing of materials used by the Commission on the Constitution of the church. The personal copy of James Atkins, minister, educator and bishop in the Methodist Church; in his hand on the front wrapper: “Personal Property of James Atkins. Not to be removed from his desk.” A couple of textual annotations in Bishop Atkins’ hand.. Covers worn and taped along spine. Front... Read More
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PATRIOTIC TOIL: Northern Women and the American Civil War
by Jeanie Attie
Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 1998. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Very Good dust jacket. A clean fresh copy in purple quarter cloth and tan paper boards; gilt lettering on the spine. No Marks of any kind. The dust jacket is not price clipped and is protected in a new mylar cover. Near Fine binding / Very Good dust jacket.
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DIE CIVILITE-SCHIRIFTEN DES ROBERT GRANJON IN LYON UND DIE FLAMISCHEND DRUCKER DES 16. JAHRHUNDERTS
by Maurits Sabbe; Marius Audin
Bibliotheca Typographica, 1929. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. In the publisher’s paper-covered boards, with some minor staining. The book has no marks of previous ownership. Very Good binding.
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![[THEATER] [RICHMOND] BOB HOPE BROADSIDE. WITH DORIS DAY](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/800/266/1703266800.0.l.jpg)
[THEATER] [RICHMOND] BOB HOPE BROADSIDE. WITH DORIS DAY
by Mosque Auditorium
Richmond, VA, 1949. 9 1/2" x 6 3/4" two-sided tri-color broadside advertising the performance of legendary comedian Bob Hope, with Doris Day, Les Brown and his Orchestra, and an "All-Star Hollywood Cast". Few were more popular than Bob Hope in the post-World War II era.~~Hope & Co. launched a 21-city tour in Richmond at the Mosque, now known as the Altria Theater, on April 26, 1949. ~~Good. Bright colors, clear with no spots. Very minor tear at top left... Read More
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![[CHILDREN] OUR BABY](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/515/246/1580246515.0.l.jpg)
[CHILDREN] OUR BABY
by [Albert William Ault]
1899. Near Fine binding. Large 8vo; in a silk binbing with titiling “Our Baby” embroidered in sil, along with wreaths of silk “Forget-me-nots” and worn silk ribbon; with 8 printed leaves (the last two are sleeves which are torn and empty) with much handwritten information about the infant Albert Ault, born March 27, 1907 in Wyoming Ohio. The handwritten notes give us much of the usual baby information -- weight, doctor. details of his early days (”He was... Read More
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[SPECIAL PRESS] [FINE BINDINGS] HEALTH AND WEALTH
by Elbert Hubbard of East Aurora
East Aurora: Roycroft Press, 1908. Three Quarters Leather. Near Fine binding. A handsomely bound Roycroft production, in three-quarter brown levant over marbled boards; with raised bands the gilt decoration to the spine. With a silk ribbon marker. In the original folding, felt-lined clamshell box which still has title label. There are no marks in the book, though there is a trace of foxing. With two mounted photographs -- one of Hubbard, and one of Hubbard with his wife.... Read More
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EX TIBULLO ET PROPERTIO ELEGIAE: EX CATULLO, MARTIALE, AUSONIO, ALIISQUE SCRIPTORIBUS TUM ANTIQUIS TUM RECENTIBUS. EPIGRAMMATA SELECTA. ET PETITO EX OPTIMIS INTERPRETIBUS COMMENTARIO BREVISSIME ILLUSTRATA
by [Tibullus; Propertius; Catullus; Martial; Ausonius]
Cadomi [Caen, France]: Apud Adamum Cavalier, 1619. Full Leather. Very Good binding. Adam Cavalier’s early seventeenth century edition of the Elegiae of Tibullus and Propertius, and selected letters from Catullus, Martial, Ausonius, and others. Some off setting to the text; misnumbering to a few pages; occasional trimming to the top edge, not affecting the text. Corners of the boards rounded with loss; loss at the extremities of the spine; some surface cracking to the spine; joints and front... Read More
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OLD SURRY: THUMB - NAIL SKETCHES OF PLACES OF HISTORIC INTEREST IN SURRY COUNTY, VIRGINIA (Author’s Copy)
by A. W. Bohannan (author)
Petersburg, VA: Plummer Printing Co, 1927. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/no dust jacket. A First Edition copy of this uncommon Virginia county history. This copy being the author’s own, with his signature on the endpaper and annotations and corrections in his hand throughout. Very Good binding / no dust jacket.
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S. WEIR MITCHELL: A BRIEF SKETCH OF HIS LIFE WITH PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS
by Beverley R. Tucker (author)
Boston: Richard G. Badger, 1914. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/no dust jacket. Binding sound; small chip to paper label on front board. Previous owner bookplate to front pastedown. Previous owner stamp to front free endpaper otherwise no markings in text. Binding protected in a hand cut mylar cover. Very Good binding / no dust jacket.
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![[GARDENING] PHILIPPINE PIPERACEAE (THE PHILIPPINE JOURNAL OF SCIENCE SEPTEMBER, 1930 VOL. 43 NO. 1)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/072/188/1723188072.0.l.jpg)
[GARDENING] PHILIPPINE PIPERACEAE (THE PHILIPPINE JOURNAL OF SCIENCE SEPTEMBER, 1930 VOL. 43 NO. 1)
by Eduardo Quisumbing (author)
1930. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Quarto; in the publisher's burgundy cloth; 265 pages plus many plates; illustrated throughout; wear to the boards;. Very Good binding.
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LE GRECO: LES DERNIERES ANNEES DE TOLEDE
by Enrique Lafuente Ferrari (author); Andre Barret (author); Ada Carella (author); Verene Colombani (author)
Paris: Robert Laffont, 1972. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Good+ dust jacket. Dust jacket shows small amount of loss to bottom of front cover and short closed tear to top of spine; dust jacket otherwise shows little edgewear or markings; text is clean with no markings but for a small smudge mark on title page; all plates present. Very Good binding / Good+ dust jacket.
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PROPHECY IN ISLAM: PHILOSOPHY AND ORTHODOXY
by F. Rahman (author)
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1958. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/near Very Good dust jacket. Binding sound; light foxing and very small (1/8") chip to top spine of dust jacket; previous owner bookplate to front pastedown; previous bookstore stamp to front free endpaper otherwise no markings to text. Dust jacket protected in a new mylar cover. ~. Very Good binding / near Very Good dust jacket.
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UTTMARK’S GUIDE TO THE UNITED STATES LOCAL INSPECTORS EXAMINATION FOR MASTERS AND MATES OF OCEAN GOING STEAM AND SAIL SHIPS
by Fritz E. Uttmark (author)
Fritz E. Uttmark, 1918. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Binding sound; boards show moderate soiling; previous owner name and location to free endpapers; foxing to endpapers and light foxing to parts of text. Very Good binding.
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![[COLLECTIBILES] MONNAIES DE L’EMPIRE DE RUSSIE, 1725-1894 (FRENCH EDITION)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/598/649/1697649598.0.l.jpg)
[COLLECTIBILES] MONNAIES DE L’EMPIRE DE RUSSIE, 1725-1894 (FRENCH EDITION)
by Georgii Machailovitch (author)
Boston, Mass: Quarterman Publications, 1973. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Quarto; in the publisher’s red cloth binding; with titling on the upper board and spine in blue; xxxvi, 657 pages; with copious black and white plates throughout; mild rubbing to boards; previous owner name on front paste down otherwise text is clean with no markings. Very Good binding.
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[SIGNED] [COLLECTIBLES]AMERICAN AND CANADIAN COUNTERMARKED COINS
by Gregory Brunk (author)
Rockford, Illinois: World Exonumia, 1987. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Signed & Inscribed by Brunk on front endpaper. Quarto; in the publisher’s brown cloth binding; with titling on the upper board and spine in gold; 349 pages including the index; full of black and white illustrations; one small stain on the upperboard and a previous owner’s signature otherwise a fine copy. ~~Inscribed by the author on the front end papers. Very Good binding.
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POLITICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY OF CYPRUS 1918-1926 WITH A SURVEY OF THE FOUNDATIONS OF BRITISH RULE
by G. S. Georghallides (author)
Cyprus: Nicosia, 1979. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Binding sound; spine sunned; light bumping to extremities; back wrapper shows moderate soiling and front wrapper has fold lines to bottom edge; previous owner bookplate on front inside wrapper; no markings in text. Pages uncut. Very Good binding.
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18TH VIRGINIA INFANTRY (Virginia Regimental Histories Series)
by James I. Robertson (author)
Lynchburg: H. E. Howard, 1984. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding. Signed. 8vo.; in the publisher’s gray cloth binding; signed by James I. Robertson; a limited printing of 1000 copies, of which this is #672.~~Really an “As New” copy. Fine binding.
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![[VIRGINIANA] SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS IN OLD VIRGINIA: WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE OF THE AUTHOR AND SOME HISTORY OF THE PEOPLE AMONGST WHOM HIS LOT WAS CAST, -THEIR CHARACTER, THEIR CONDITION, AND THEIR CONDUCT BEFORE THE WAR, DURING THE WAR AND AFTER THE WAR](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/162/401/1707401162.0.l.jpg)
[VIRGINIANA] SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS IN OLD VIRGINIA: WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE OF THE AUTHOR AND SOME HISTORY OF THE PEOPLE AMONGST WHOM HIS LOT WAS CAST, -THEIR CHARACTER, THEIR CONDITION, AND THEIR CONDUCT BEFORE THE WAR, DURING THE WAR AND AFTER THE WAR
by John Herbert Claiborne (author)
New York: Neale Publishing, 1904. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Octavo; in the publisher’s blue cloth binding; xvi, (17) 18-360 pages; a bit of edgewear to the boards; some scattered foxing throughout; a previous owner’s book plate on the front end paper~~A presentable First Edition of Dr. Claiborne’s memoir which is “among the best, if not at the very top of the Virginia books published by Neale which are not exclusively military” [Krick, 30-31]. ~~Dr. Claiborne... Read More
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THE CORPORATION LAWS OF PENNSYLVANIA 1903-1905: INCLUDING RAILROADS AND STREET RAILWAYS, COMPILED AND CLASSIFIED AND THE RULES AND FEES OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT FOR INCORPORATING IN PENNSYLVANIA, BEING A SUPPLEMENT TO STATUTORY LAW OF CORPORATIONS
by John F. Whitworth (author); Clarence B. Miller (author)
Philadelphia: T. & J. W. Johnson & Co, 1905. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/no dust jacket. Binding sound; boards show soiling; very light previous owner stamp to front pastedown otherwise no markings in text. Very Good binding / no dust jacket.
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GOLDWATER AND THE REPUBLIC THAT WAS
by J. Wesley Smith (author)
New York: Carlton Press, 1965. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Good+ dust jacket. Signed & Inscribed by Smith on front free endpaper. Smith presents a forceful argument against Goldwater and his ideas. Dust jacket has several closed tears, light chipping, and is protected in a new mylar cover. Binding sound. No markings in text. Very Good binding / Good+ dust jacket.
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