LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF WAR, IN ANSWER TO A SENATE RESOLUTION. COMMUNICATION IN ANSWER TO A SENATE RESOLUTION OF MARCH 28, 1878, INFORMATION IN RELATION TO THE PRESERVATION OF THE WATER-FRONT AT VICKSBURG, MISS
by Vicksburg
1878. 45th Cong., 2d Sess. SED. No. 55. 1878. 10pp. Three folding maps and charts, disbound. Very Good.
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NO BERTH CONSIDERED ENGAGED UNTIL THE PASSAGE MONEY IS PAID; AND IN NO CASE/ PASSAGE REGISTER, STEAMER VICTORIA. GENTLEMEN'S CABIN
by Steamer Victoria
[Pittsburgh]: Johnston and Stockton, 1855. Folio broadside, 9 3/4" x 15". Printed using different sizes and styles of fonts, small vignette of a steamer ship within the caption title. Five columns with numbered state rooms listed down first column and columns for names, embarkation, destination, and remarks. Light dustsoiling, age toning, minor foxing and edgewear. Our research shows there was usually a second page for the women's' cabin which also had a partially printed year to be filled in.... Read More
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AMERICAN PROTESTANT VINDICATOR. CARRIER'S ADDRESS FOR THE NEW YEAR. 1837
by American Protestant Vindicator
New York: Craighead & Allen, Printers, corner of Ann and Nassau streets, 1837. Folio broadside, 12" x 17." Three columns of verse, each column separated by a rule, all within a decorative border. With the American Eagle flying above the title. Untrimmed, clean. Very Good plus. A contemporary review of the anti-Catholic American Protestant Vindicator: "This is the title of a paper that should be handled with the tongs, and even then with great precaution. We have not,... Read More
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VINTON'S ADDRESS, ON THE RECEPTION OF THE NEWPORT ARTILLERY, BY THE TOWNSMEN, ON THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1842, AT 3 O'CLOCK, P.M.
by Vinton, [Francis]
Providence: Benjamin F. Moore, Printer, 1842. Broadside, 11-3/4" x 19-1/2", printed in three columns. Toned, mild edge wear, a few fox spots. Else Very Good. In small type, beneath the title: "From the Newport Herald of the Times- Extra." The broadside reports the celebration in Newport with the arrival of the Newport Artillery. Reverend Vinton gives thanks for the defeat of the Dorr forces. "Instead of the triumph of the dogmas of political fanaticism and the conspiracy of... Read More
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SKETCHES OF THE ACTS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS PASSED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA. 1857-58
by Virginia
[Richmond?, 1858. 76, [1], [1 blank], [1], [1 blank] pp. Stitched, untrimmed, scattered spotting. An entirely unsophisticated copy. Good+. A rare summary and explanation of the Acts and Resolution of the Virginia General Assembly for this Session. OCLC records copies only at the University of Virginia and the Library of Virginia. FIRST EDITION. Not in Haynes, Swem, Sabin, Eberstadt, Decker, Harv. Law Cat., Marke. OCLC 7062484 [2].
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MESSAGE OF THE GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA, AND ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTS
by [Virginia]
Richmond: William F. Ritchie, Public Printer, 1861. Original printed wrappers, stitched, later staples. Pages [i]-lv, [1 blank], as issued. At head of title: "Doc. No. 1." Wrappers chipped at blank extremities. Wrapper title: "Governor's Message." Except as noted, Very Good. The separately issued printing of Governor Letcher's Message dated January 7, 1861, after South Carolina had seceded but before the Deep South States did so later in January. Governor Letcher states: "The country is torn by dissension...... Read More
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SKETCHES OF THE ACTS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS PASSED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA, AT ITS SESSION IN 1852
by Virginia
[Richmond?, 1852. 48pp, gathered signatures, untrimmed and uncut. An entirely unsophisticated copy. Light spotting, Very Good. A rare summary and explanation of the Acts and Resolution of the Virginia General Assembly for this Session. Sabin records an item with similar title, but for the 1863-'64 Session only. FIRST EDITION. Not in Haynes, Swem, Sabin, Eberstadt, Decker, Harv. Law Cat., Marke. 549 NUC 0595337 [1].
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ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA, PASSED AT CALLED SESSION, 1862... [bound with] ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA, PASSED AT ADJOURNED SESSION, 1863... [bound with] THE NEW CONSTITUTION OF VIRGINIA, WITH THE AMENDED BILL OF RIGHTS, AS ADOPTED BY THE REFORM CONVENTION OF 1850-51, AND AMENDED BY THE CONVENTION OF 1860-1861
by Virginia
Richmond, 1863. 36, 154, 29 pp. Bound in contemporary cloth [spine label eroded]. Scattered foxing and toning, Good+. Three Confederate imprints, treating issues of the War and the reorganization of the Government under the Confederacy. Parrish & Willingham 4387, 4388, 4354.
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THE VIRGINIA RELIGIOUS MAGAZINE, FOR THE YEAR 1806. PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF THE SYNOD OF VIRGINIA, BY THE EDITORS. VOLUME II
by Lutheran Synod of Virginia
Lexington [VA]: Samuel Walkup, 1806. vi, 7-384 pp. The general title page and Preface comprise pages i-vi. Volume II, Nos. 1 through 6. Published every other month: January [64pp], March [64pp], May [56pp], July 64pp], September [64pp], November 1806 [72pp]. Contents list and imprint are printed at the end of each issue. The November issue includes an errata list and the Contents for this Volume II. A clean text with infrequent foxing.. [with] THE VIRGINIA RELIGIOUS MAGAZINE, FOR THE... Read More
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JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA, FOR THE SESSION OF 1865--66
by Virginia
Richmond: Allegre & Goode, Printers, 1866. Original half sheep and marbled boards [rubbed, front cover detached but present]. 550pp. Lightly toned, Good+. The Session began on December 4, 1865. Governor Peirpoint's opening message observes, "The former slaves of the state have become freemen. Much apprehension is felt in regard to the future of these people." Fears of "an indisposition on the part of the negroes to work" should not result in new legislation. "Freedom, in its great essential,... Read More
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SURVEY OF MILFORD HAVEN, VIRGINIA. LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF WAR, TRANSMITTING, WITH LETTER OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, REPORT OF A SURVEY OF MILFORD HAVEN FROM PIANKATANK RIVER, VIRGINIA
by Virginia
53rd Cong. 3rd Sess. HED299. [Washington, 1895. 4 pp, folding map. Disbound rather roughly, loosened. Good+.
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THE NEW CONSTITUTION OF VIRGINIA, WITH THE AMENDED BILL OF RIGHTS, AS ADOPTED BY THE REFORM CONVENTION OF 1850-51, AND AMENDED BY THE CONVENTION OF 1860-61. [Richmond: 1863?] 29, [1 blank] pp
by Virginia
1861. Disbound. Lightly tanned, Very Good. Crandall and Parrish suggest the 1863 publication date, because their copies were bound with Virginia's Acts for the Called Session of 1862. Crandall 2256. P&W 4354.
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SAMMELBAND, CONSISTING OF FIVE SEPARATE IMPRINTS: PROCEEDINGS OF A SPECIAL GRAND COMMUNICATION OF THE GRAND LODGE OF VIRGINIA...ON THE TWENTY-SECOND OF FEBRUARY, A.L. 5858, A.D. 1858
by Freemasons in Virginia
Richmond: Chas. H. Wynne, Printer to the Grand Lodge, 1858. 43, [1 blank] pp. [bound with] PROCEEDINGS OF A GRAND ANNUAL COMMUNICATION OF THE GRAND LODGE OF VIRGINIA...13TH DAY OF DECEMBER, A.L. 5858, A.D. 1858. Richmond: Wynne. 1859. 166pp. [bound with] PROCEEDINGS OF AN OCCASIONAL GRAND LODGE OF ANCIENT, FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA, AT WILLIAMSBURG, ON TUESDAY, THE 11TH DAY OF OCTOBER, A.L. 5859, A.D. 1859. Richmond: Wynne. 1860. 42, [2 blanks] pp. [bound... Read More
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SUPPLEMENT TO THE REVISED CODE OF THE LAWS OF VIRGINIA: BEING A COLLECTION OF ALL THE ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, OF A PUBLIC AND PERMANENT NATURE, PASSED SINCE THE YEAR 1819, WITH A GENERAL INDEX. TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED, THE ACTS ORGANIZING A CONVENTION, THE DECLARATION OF RIGHTS, AND THE AMENDED CONSTITUTION OF VIRGINIA
by Virginia
Richmond: Samuel Shepherd, 1833. Original sheep [rubbed, joints splitting, large piece of spine bottom missing, split running part way through spine]. viii, 584pp. Endpapers removed, manuscript notations on pastedowns and in blank margin of title page. Foxed, index leaves browned. Good to Good+. The new Acts include a detailed Code restricting the rights of slaves and Free Negroes, passed after the Nat Turner insurrection. The laws prohibit their religious instruction, except upon permission of their ministers, and... Read More
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ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA, PASSED AT CALLED SESSION, 1863, IN THE EIGHTY-EIGHTH YEAR OF THE COMMONWEALTH. [bound with] ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA, PASSED AT SESSION OF 1863-4, IN THE EIGHTY-EIGHTH YEAR OF THE COMMONWEALTH
by Virginia
Richmond: William F. Ritchie, Public Printer, 1864. 57, 107 pp. Rubberstamped title page of the first item, else uniformly toned with light foxing and Very Good. Bound in modern buckram [institutional stamp on front cover]. Crandall 2275, 2276. Parrish & Willingham 4390, 4391.
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HOT SPRINGS, BATH COUNTY, VIRGINIA; WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THEIR MEDICINAL PROPERTIES, AND AN ANALYSIS OF THE WATERS, WITH CASES OF CURE OF GOUT, RHEUMATISM, DISEASES OF THE LIVER, PARALYSIS NEURALGIA, CHRONIC, DIARRHEA, ENLARGED GLANDS, OLD INJURIES, DEAFNESS, ETC., ETC., ETC.
by [Virginia]
Richmond: Gary, Clemmitt & Jones, Printers, 1869. iv, [5]-92 pp, as issued. Disbound without outer wraps. Light blindstamp in blank margin of title page. Good+, with folding map [laid in, short closed tear without loss]: "Showing the Location of, and Routes of Travel to the Hot, the Healing and the Rockbridge Alum Springs of Virginia. By Jed. Hotchkiss, Top. Eng. Staunton, Va. March, 1868." This is the first edition, reprinted in 1870. The book describes the baths,... Read More
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A COLLECTION OF ALL SUCH ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, OF VIRGINIA, OF A PUBLIC AND PERMANENT NATURE, AS ARE NOW IN FORCE; WITH A TABLE OF THE PRINCIPAL MATTERS. TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED THE DECLARATION OF RIGHTS, AND CONSTITUTION, OR FORM OF GOVERNMENT
by Virginia
Richmond: Augustine Davis, 1794. Folio. Bound in sturdy 20th century cloth. 380pp. Except for several institutional stamps on the title page, Very Good. A compilation of all Virginia Laws through December 1794, with a detailed alphabetical table of contents. "On Dec. 28, 1792, an act providing for the publication of this volume of laws was passed. This revisal contained all the general laws in force at the time of publication, including those of the session beginning November,... Read More
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SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS. GOVAN'S EXECUTOR VS. CLARKES, AND CLARKES VS GOVAN'S EXECUTOR. REPLY TO THE NOTES OF THE HON. JAMES LYONS AND J. LANE STERNE, ESQ., COUNSEL FOR THE CLARKES
by Virginia
1877. Original blue printed wrappers [chipped], stitched, 21pp. Text clean and Very Good. The question is whether the Estate of Edward Govan included certain slaves and, if so, their value. Many years after the transactions that were the subject of the suit had occurred, the Clarkes-- who evidently became obsessed with the perceived injustice to them-- claimed that William John Clarke, their ancestor, owned the slaves and had merely lent them to Govan, whose estate was liable... Read More
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ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, PASSED AT THE REGULAR SESSION, HELD DECEMBER SECOND, 1861, AT THE CITY OF WHEELING
by West Virginia
Wheeling [WV]: Printed at the Daily Press Book and Job Office, 1862. 111, [1 blank] pp. Disbound. Minor foxing at edges of leaves, else clean. Very Good. Norona 931.
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CONSTITUTION OF WEST VIRGINIA
by West Virginia
[Wheeling, 1862. Caption title [as issued]. Disbound, 32pp, Very Good. The Constitution barred the entry into the new State of slaves and "free persons of color." But it noted, in parentheses, the substitute provision that Congress proposed: the gradual end of slavery in the State, by emancipating the children of slaves born after July 4, 1863; slaves under the age of ten years, upon their 21st birthday; and those under the age of 21, when they attained... Read More
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ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA. PASSED AT THE EXTRA SESSION, COMMENCED DECEMBER 4, 1862, IN THE 87TH YEAR OF THE COMMONWEALTH
by West Virginia
Wheeling: John F. M'Dermot, Public Printer, 1863. Disbound. Minor foxing, else clean. A few leaves are cropped closely at outer margin [text loss limited to one or two letters at end of line]. Good+ to Very Good. Norona 936.
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AN APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE OF THE NORTH
by Voice from Kentucky, A.
[Louisville: Hanna & Co., Printers, 1861. 16pp. Caption title [as issued]. Stitched, Very Good. This is the first edition of the Appeal, reprinted four additional times in early 1861, "to lend your influence in staying the storm that is sweeping to ruin both our social fabric and our political existence." Sabin identifies the author, who calls himself "A Voice from Kentucky," as William Coleman. He writes from Louisville in January 1861, after secession of "several States,"... Read More
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ENLISTMENT OF SICKLES' BRIGADE
by Volck, John Adalbert
[New York, 1863. One of Volck's etchings from his 'Confederate War Etchings.' 11-1/2" x 8-3/4." Light fox spots in several portions of the image, and in the blank margins. Good+. Volck's satiric take on the recruitment of the Sickles Brigade. "A throng of bedraggled men congregate around a Federal officer who holds out a medal and wears a 'Colonel Sickles Brigade' sign on his hat. Even the dog listens intently to his rousing words. A sign reads, 'The... Read More
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A VIEW OF THE SOIL AND CLIMATE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: WITH SUPPLEMENTARY REMARKS UPON FLORIDA; ON THE FRENCH COLONIES ON THE MISSISSIPPI AND OHIO, AND IN CANADA; AND ON THE ABORIGINAL TRIBES OF AMERICA. BY C.F. VOLNEY, MEMBER OF THE CONSERVATIVE SENATE, &C. &C. TRANSLATED, WITH OCCASIONAL REMARKS, BY C.B. BROWN. WITH MAPS AND PLATES
by Volney, C.F.
Philadelphia: Published by J. Conrad & Co...., 1804. xxviii, 446 pp, with the half title, plus Map of North America and two plates. Lacking the second map, scattered spotting. Bound in original sheep [hinges starting but still firm]. Good. Constantin François de Chassebœuf, comte de Volney [1757-1820], French Philosophe and historian, "spent three years in the United States, ardently engaged in collecting facts for his work, principally relating to the state and manners of the Indians, and... Read More
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THE PHILOSOPHICAL DICTIONARY, FOR THE POCKET. TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH EDITION. CORRECTED BY THE AUTHOR
by [Voltaire, Francois Marie Arouet de]
Catskill [NY]: Printed by T. & M. Croswel for selves and J. Fellows & E. Duyckinck, New York, 1796. [8], 336 pp. Disbound, textblock split. Title page engraving of Voltaire, by Peter R. Maverick. Good+. An early Catskill imprint; printing began there in 1792. Evans located no earlier American edition of this work; NAIP records a 1795 New York printing, with only three locations. The Publisher's preliminary Advertisement notes "the great noise which the following work has... Read More
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