OFFICIAL ARMY REGISTER, CORRECTED TO AUGUST 1, 1855
Washington: Adjutant General's Office, 1855. Soft Cover. Fair binding. Sewn paperback, lacking its paper wrappers. Fair binding.
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![[VIRGINIANA] BOUDOIR CABINET CARD] FORT MONROE. OLD POINT COMFORT. 1887](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/327/322/1506322327.0.l.jpg)
[VIRGINIANA] BOUDOIR CABINET CARD] FORT MONROE. OLD POINT COMFORT. 1887
Boudoir cabinet card (5” x 8”) albumen photograph of Fort Monroe, mounted on card, with “Old Point Comfort, Va. | June / 87 | R. F. Nathan” with cannons and several men in the picture in the picture under the live oak trees.
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![[CATALOG] HOPKINS MARINE HARDWARE AND YACHT SUPPLIES. | CATALOGUE NO. 20. MARINE HARDWARE AND YACHT SUPPLIES, SAILS, TENTS, FLAGS, AWNINGS, CORDAGE, COTTON DUCK, OARS, PAINTS, WATERPROOF CLOTHING, ETC.](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/732/532/1305532732.0.l.jpg)
[CATALOG] HOPKINS MARINE HARDWARE AND YACHT SUPPLIES. | CATALOGUE NO. 20. MARINE HARDWARE AND YACHT SUPPLIES, SAILS, TENTS, FLAGS, AWNINGS, CORDAGE, COTTON DUCK, OARS, PAINTS, WATERPROOF CLOTHING, ETC.
New York: John C. Hopkins & Co, 1910. Soft Cover. Good binding. Undated catalog no. 20, for the John C. Hopkins Co.’s marine hardware and yacht supplies. Colored section at the front advertising various flags, and other text illustrations in black. Stamped ‘Discount Sheet Will Follow’ on the bottom of the title page. Illustrated paper covers, with dampstaining and small chips and tears to the edges of the covers, especially to the rear cover and spine. Good binding.... Read More
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![[SPECIAL PRESS] TYPOPHILIA: AN ASSORTMENT OF PRINTINGS BY AND RELATING TO THE TYPOPHILES CLUB](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/311/485/1606485311.0.l.jpg)
[SPECIAL PRESS] TYPOPHILIA: AN ASSORTMENT OF PRINTINGS BY AND RELATING TO THE TYPOPHILES CLUB
A gathering of imprints by and relating to the Typophiles Club, housed in a bespoke blue cloth covered dropback box, with a morocco label. Included are: ~1. Welcome Fritz Kredel in portfolio: [an impression of the city, by Hans Alexander Mueller;[Greeting from George Salter];Good friends, greetings! -- Fritz Kredel,[Warren Chappell] ; Die Seelenwanderung [by Warren Chappell]; Fritz Kredel : a word of welcome on the occasion of the dinner given in his honor by the Typophiles in New York,... Read More
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![[BOUND VOLUME] MISCELLANY: FIFTEEN AMERICAN MAGAZINES, 1840’s. THE SYMBOL AND ODD-FELLOW'S MAGAZINE; ANGLO-AMERICAN MAGAZINE; THE YOUNG PEOPLE'S BOOK; THE LADY'S ALBUM; THE LADY'S WREATH; THE DARTMOUTH (Rare Book Room)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/201/931/1489931201.0.l.jpg)
[BOUND VOLUME] MISCELLANY: FIFTEEN AMERICAN MAGAZINES, 1840’s. THE SYMBOL AND ODD-FELLOW'S MAGAZINE; ANGLO-AMERICAN MAGAZINE; THE YOUNG PEOPLE'S BOOK; THE LADY'S ALBUM; THE LADY'S WREATH; THE DARTMOUTH (Rare Book Room)
1846. Half Leather. Very Good+ binding. 15 different 19th century magazine's bound together: 6 issues of THE SYMBOL AND ODD-FELLOW'S MAGAZINE [Vol. III, No. IV, June 1844; Vol. III, No. VIII, Oct. 1844; Vol. IV, No. VII, July 1845; Vol. VI, No. VIII, August, 1845; Vol. IV, No. IX, September, 1845; Vol. V, No, II, February, 1846]; ANGLO-AMERICAN MAGAZINE[Boston, May 1843]; THE YOUNG PEOPLE'S BOOK [Vol. I, No. 2; Vol. 2, No. 3] THE LADY'S ALBUM [July 1845... Read More
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JOURNAL OF THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA; AT THEIR FIRST SESSION. BEGUN AND HELD AT PUEBLA DE SAN JOSE, ON THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF DECEMBER, 1849
San Jose [New York]: J. Winchester, State Printer, 1850. First Edition. Half Leather. Very Good binding. First Edition of the Journal of the Senate of the State of California. The record of the first session of the newly incorporated State of California, 1850. Complete with two volumes in one. With all foundation laws for the new State, vote counts therefor, and reports on various subjects. According to Greenwood, the volume was printed in New York despite the San... Read More
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![[ATLAS] RAND, McNALLY & CO.’S INDEXED ATLAS OF THE WORLD CONTAINING LARGE SCALE MAPS OF EVERY COUNTY AND CIVIL DIVISIONS UPON THE FACE OF THE GLOBE, TOGETHER WITH HISTORICAL, STATISTICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE MATTER RELATIVE TO EACH](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/980/760/1703760980.0.l.jpg)
[ATLAS] RAND, McNALLY & CO.’S INDEXED ATLAS OF THE WORLD CONTAINING LARGE SCALE MAPS OF EVERY COUNTY AND CIVIL DIVISIONS UPON THE FACE OF THE GLOBE, TOGETHER WITH HISTORICAL, STATISTICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE MATTER RELATIVE TO EACH
Chicago: Rand, McNally & Company, 1883. Eighth Edition. Full Leather. Very Good binding. Royal quarto; full leather binding; 918 pages;. with beveled edges and with many handsome maps. This copy rebacked with most of the original spine laid down. There is some minor loss to the spine but the book presents well. The rather brittle endpapers have chipped and have been reinforced with tissue.~~As well illustrated by colored diagrams showing increase or decrease of population, wealth, debt and... Read More
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TOURS OF THE INTERNATIONAL HIGHWAY ENGINEERS, OCTOBER 1930
Washington, DC: Highway Education Board, 1930. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good binding. First Edition of the Tours of the International Highway Engineers, October 1930. With photographic illustrations. A chronicle and travelogue of the international delegation of highway engineers, touring American infrastructure back when it still maintained to a reasonable degree. Foxing to the flyleaves. Bowing to the boards. Chipping to the gilt decoration. Textured green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. Good. Good binding.
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![[EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING MINUTES] H. M. SOUTHWELL LTD. 1933-1936](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/372/796/1255796372.0.l.jpg)
[EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING MINUTES] H. M. SOUTHWELL LTD. 1933-1936
London: H. M. Southwell, 1936. Full Leather. Very Good binding. The board minutes of the H. & M. Southwell company, carpet manufacturers, from July 15, 1933 through October 2, 1936. With 192 pages filled in, of holographic minutes, typewritten minutes and official correspondence pasted in. With a blank alphabetically tabulated section at the front. Bound by Jordan & Sons with their bookplate on the front pastedown. Green leather with gilt lettering, embossed with a diced pattern on the... Read More
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![[GAME] STAR AUTHORS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/383/699/988699383.0.l.jpg)
[GAME] STAR AUTHORS
New York: McLoughlin Bros, 1877. Pasteboard box with colored pictorial label showing bust of Shakespeare on a shelf of books. With 64 cards as called for, and a stapled pamphlet of directions. Some soiling to the box.
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![[AMERICANA] [ORIGINAL TYPESCRIPT] AMERICAN BROADCASTING COMPANY SUBMITS CHET HUNTLEY FOR duPONT COMMENTATOR AWARD](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/938/006/909006938.0.l.jpg)
[AMERICANA] [ORIGINAL TYPESCRIPT] AMERICAN BROADCASTING COMPANY SUBMITS CHET HUNTLEY FOR duPONT COMMENTATOR AWARD
Dating from December of 1954, this assemblage of material is together in a comb binding. It consists of (1) a typed letter from Edwin Conklin from ABC News to O. W. Reigel Curator for the Alfred I. duPont Awards Fellowship at Washington and Lee University, nominating Chet Huntley for the Commentator Award, Radio; (2) a brief statement from Mr. Huntley, signed by him; (3) a black and white publicity photograph of Mr. Huntley; (4) a typed biographical statement with... Read More
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![[FRENCH REVOLUTION] [REIGN OF TERROR] THE ACCUSATION, TRIAL, DEFENCE, SENTENCE, EXECUTION, AND LAST WILL OF LEWIS XVI LATE KING OF FRANCE AND NAVARRE; GIVING AN ACCOUNT OF HIS MAGNANIMOUS BEHAVIOUR FROM THE DECREE OF THE NATIONAL CONVENTION TO BRING HIM TO TRIAL AS A TRAITOR, TO HIS LAST AFFECTIONATE INTERVIEW WITH HIS UNFORTUNATE FAMILY ... [BOUND WITH] AUTHENTIC TRIAL AT LARGE OF MARIE ANTOINETTE, LATE QUEEN OF FRANCE, BEFORE THE REVOLUTIONARY TRIBUNAL AT PARIS ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1793](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/084/234/1497234084.0.l.jpg)
[FRENCH REVOLUTION] [REIGN OF TERROR] THE ACCUSATION, TRIAL, DEFENCE, SENTENCE, EXECUTION, AND LAST WILL OF LEWIS XVI LATE KING OF FRANCE AND NAVARRE; GIVING AN ACCOUNT OF HIS MAGNANIMOUS BEHAVIOUR FROM THE DECREE OF THE NATIONAL CONVENTION TO BRING HIM TO TRIAL AS A TRAITOR, TO HIS LAST AFFECTIONATE INTERVIEW WITH HIS UNFORTUNATE FAMILY ... [BOUND WITH] AUTHENTIC TRIAL AT LARGE OF MARIE ANTOINETTE, LATE QUEEN OF FRANCE, BEFORE THE REVOLUTIONARY TRIBUNAL AT PARIS ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1793
Edinburgh | London: J. Elder, et al. | Chapman and Co, 1793. First Edition. Half Leather. Very Good binding. 8vo. (8 1/2” x 5 3/8”); in half-tan calf over marbled board with morocco label (Trials K & Q of France); [4]. 108 pages, 2 plates as frontispieces; 92 pages, with portrait frontiespiece; the first frontispiece of Louis XVI is hand colored; the second is of a guillotine, with a handy head-catching basket; the second book has a frontispiece... Read More
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![[PRINTMAKING] PRINTS OF JAPANESE PAINTINGS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/838/319/1678319838.0.l.jpg)
[PRINTMAKING] PRINTS OF JAPANESE PAINTINGS
(10) 10 ½” x 9 ¼” cardboard prints of paintings by Japanese artists Kaneshima Keika (1892-1974), Yokoyama Taikan (1868-1958), and others, encased in faded blue bookshell with string ribbon enclosure. Extensive foxing of box; prints in good condition. c.1980-1990.
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![[AMERICANA] [NEWSPAPER] SUPPLEMENT TO THE BOSTON-GAZETTE, , JUNE 5, 1769](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/314/716/1665716314.0.l.jpg)
[AMERICANA] [NEWSPAPER] SUPPLEMENT TO THE BOSTON-GAZETTE, , JUNE 5, 1769
Issue of supplement to the Boston-Gazette for Monday, June 5, 1769. 2 pp. Light browning but very good. It contains a speech by Norborne Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt, the governor-general of the colony of Virginia from 1768-1770, delivered at the Capitol on May 8, 1769. The reverse contains numerous ads for goods for sale or rent, notices, and news from London.~~.
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ALTE TABAKZEICHEN (OLD TOBACCO LABELS)
Berlin: Widder-Verlag, 1924. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Large quarto; in brown buckram, with a decorative oval device in black cloth stamped in gilt and spine elaborately decorated in green and gilt; [4] pages, followed by 55 pages, each printed on the rectos with multiple plates either in black and white or color; followed by 18 page of Index identifying the plates; there is a previous owner name rubber-stamped on the front endpaper; also a bit... Read More
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UNITED STATES ARMY SCHOOL/TRAINING CENTER. FORT GORDON, GEORGIA: COMPANY F, SECOND BATTALION, 1st REGIMENT
Albert Love Enterprises, 1964. Very Good binding. Illustrated with color photographs throughout. Minor surface loss to the front pastedown, and to the “Dismounted Drill and Manual of Arms” page. Very Good binding.
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THE COLONIAL ECHO. 1927
Williamsburg, Virginia: The Students of The College of William and Mary, 1927. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. This William and Mary yearbook was the property of a Dudley Payne Terry, of the Sigma Nu fraternity, with his name on the front endpaper and an typed letter signed by the College President, Dr. Julian Alvin Carroll Chandler, pasted onto the front pastedown. The letter suspends all of the fraternity’s social privileges for a month, “with reference to the entertainment... Read More
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![[TRAVEL] EIGHT MINI-POSTCARD BOOKLETS. EUROPE](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/258/345/1600345258.0.l.jpg)
[TRAVEL] EIGHT MINI-POSTCARD BOOKLETS. EUROPE
Mid-20th c.. Eight groups of tourist postcards, 2 accordion style, 6 groups of individual postcards for a total of 84 postcards.~~This collection represents well-known or stereotypical views from throughout Switzerland, the Netherlands, France, Italy, and England. No larger than 3”x4 1/2”. One group is lithographic illustrations, one group is black and white photography, and the rest are oversaturated color photographs. Publishers include Yvon, Innocenti, Editions Jaeger Geneva, J.G. Van Agtmaal, and Valentine & Sons.
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PHOTOGRAPHIC VIEWS OF WASHINGTON. PLACES OF MOST GENERAL INTEREST AT THE NATION’S CAPITOL
Washington: S. Kann Sons & Company, 1907. Tourist brochure with 32 pages of black and white photographs, including some interesting interiors of the White House c. 1907. Produced and distributed by Kann’s department story, and a pioneering retail establishment. The fact that they produced their own brochure for visitors to the city is an example of their successful marketing strategy. 1 spot discoloration on back cover.
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![[AMERICANA] [CHURCH HISTORY] [GERMAN LUTHERAN] DENKSCHRIFT ZUM 50-JAHRIGEN JUBILAUM DER ERSTEN EVANGELISCH-LUTHERISCHEN GEMEINDE](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/162/648/1631648162.0.l.jpg)
[AMERICANA] [CHURCH HISTORY] [GERMAN LUTHERAN] DENKSCHRIFT ZUM 50-JAHRIGEN JUBILAUM DER ERSTEN EVANGELISCH-LUTHERISCHEN GEMEINDE
Blue Island, Ill: Fred. Klein, 1913. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. 8vo; string-tied pamphlet in copper-colored wrapper printed in gold; 40 pages on coated paper, with many black and white photographs; the string ties are broken but are holding.~~This fiftieth anniversary pamphlet issued to celebrate the First Evangelical Lutheran Church of Blue Island Illinois is most uncommon both in commerce and in institutional holdings. ~~It is written entirely in German. To this day the parish celebrates its German... Read More
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![[MUSIC] [AFRICAN AMERICAN] LOT OF BLACK OPERA SINGER MATERIAL](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/228/990/1734990228.0.l.jpg)
[MUSIC] [AFRICAN AMERICAN] LOT OF BLACK OPERA SINGER MATERIAL
Pittsburgh, PA, 1975. 5 items constitute this grouping of material relating to the celebration of black female opera singers, including Mary Cardwell Dawson, Jeannette Taylor, and Marian Anderson. Ms. Anderson of course was instumental in overcoming racial prejudice in mid-20th century United States.~~1944 stapled softcover program presenting Jeannette Taylor in concert at Carnegie Music Hall. Original binding torn, otherwise good; ~~1959 A.P. photo of Marian Anderson giving the commencement address at the University of Michigan graduation. Small tear to... Read More
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CHRISTLICHER VOLKSFREUND. EIN LESEBUCH ZUR ERBAULICHEN UNTERHALTUNG FÜR CHRISTLICHE FAMILIEN
Halle: Gedruckt un zu finden im Waisenhause, 1817. Hard Cover. Fair binding. An early 19c German text, presumably on Christian texts. Loss to pp. 17/18, and amateur paper repair to the margins of pp. 19/20. Fully rebacked with black Japanese tissue by a conservator, and remnants of the contemporary spine laid down. Lacking endpapers. Toning to the text. Paper covered boards. Fair binding.
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![[RELIGION] MINUTES OF THE SECOND ASSOCIATE REFORMED SYNOD OF THE WEST, HELD AT SIDNEY, OHIO, OCTOBER 19th, 1855](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/654/418/885418654.0.l.jpg)
[RELIGION] MINUTES OF THE SECOND ASSOCIATE REFORMED SYNOD OF THE WEST, HELD AT SIDNEY, OHIO, OCTOBER 19th, 1855
Pittsburgh: W. S. Haven, 1855. Quite a scarce item with no copies located in OCLC. The Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church is one of the old of the theologically and socially conservative denomination in this country. Billy Graham’s parents were members of one of the churches of this denomination. Disbount pamphlet.
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![[CONFEDERATE IMPRINT] ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA, PASSED IN 1861-2; IN THE EIGHTY SIXTH YEAR OF THE COMMONWEALTH.](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/393/235/1736235393.0.l.jpg)
[CONFEDERATE IMPRINT] ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA, PASSED IN 1861-2; IN THE EIGHTY SIXTH YEAR OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
Richmond, VA: William F. Ritchie, 1862. First Edition. Hard Cover. near Very Good binding. 8vo.; quarter calf over marbled boards;boards covered in marbled paper, with significant loss.to the marbled papers and wear to the spine; 182 pages, including Index; followed by Acts passed at an extra session 32 pages including Index; folllowed by Ordinances Adopted by the Convention of Virginia at the Adjuourned Session, 11 pages; follwed by The Constitution of the Confederate States of America, 15 pages;... Read More
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![[VIRGINIA] [RICHMOND] PICTURESQUE RICHMOND. RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, AND HER SUBURBS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/092/143/1501143092.0.l.jpg)
[VIRGINIA] [RICHMOND] PICTURESQUE RICHMOND. RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, AND HER SUBURBS
Richmond: J. L. Hill Print Co, 1891. First Edition. Stapled Pamphlet. Good binding. Small 4to; in the publisher’s stapled printed wrappers which are chipped at the extremities and with paper tape at the spine; there is a 1 1/2” piece loss at the top edge of the front panel; [100] pages. ~~~With a number of black and white images of Richmond’s commercial buildings and residence in the latter part of the 19th century, and containing much interesting advertising... Read More
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