![[HISTORY] HOSTETTER’S ILLUSTRETE FORENEDE STATERS ALMANAK. 1879. FOR KJOBMAND, HAANDVARKSMAND, BJERGMAND, FORPAGTERE, PLANTAGEEIERE, SAMT TIL ALMINDELIGT HUUSBRUG](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/485/126/1025126485.0.l.jpg)
[HISTORY] HOSTETTER’S ILLUSTRETE FORENEDE STATERS ALMANAK. 1879. FOR KJOBMAND, HAANDVARKSMAND, BJERGMAND, FORPAGTERE, PLANTAGEEIERE, SAMT TIL ALMINDELIGT HUUSBRUG
Pittsburgh, PA: Hostetter & Smith, 1878. Stapled Pamphlet. Very Good binding. A bright copy of an uncommon Norwegian language issue of Hostetter’s Almanac for 1879. In the publisher’s blue printed wrappers. String tie at the top corner. 36 pp. Very Good binding.
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![[ART] SELECTED BRONZE OBJECTS OF THE EARLY METAL PERIOD IN KOREA 1945-1968](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/288/243/1718243288.0.l.jpg)
[ART] SELECTED BRONZE OBJECTS OF THE EARLY METAL PERIOD IN KOREA 1945-1968
Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 1968. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Quarto; text written in Korean’ in the publisher’s blue cloth binding with very light edgewear to extremities; binding slightly cocked (at bottom.); in a clipped dust jacket; light edgewear to dustjacket; no markings in text. Very Good binding / Very Good dust jacket.
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![[CHILDREN] LITTLE BOPEEP [WITH] HENNY PENNY. INDESTRUCTIBLE PLEASURE-BOOKS WITH COLORED PICTURES](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/426/091/1616091426.0.l.jpg)
[CHILDREN] LITTLE BOPEEP [WITH] HENNY PENNY. INDESTRUCTIBLE PLEASURE-BOOKS WITH COLORED PICTURES
New York: Sheldon & Company, Publishers, 1861. Soft Cover. Good binding. 8vo.; in mustard linen flexible sewn wrappers; [16] pages including the printed wrappers; from the Sheldon & Company’s series of “Indestructible Pleasure Books, with Colored Pictures”; printed on linen with illustrations “Beautifully Printed on Cloth in Oil Colors”; some minor loss to the covers are teh spine; from the rear cover, the Indestuctible Pleasure Books were priced at 25 cents. Good binding.
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![[LAW] HOUSE JOURNAL OF THE FIRST SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, 1865, WHICH CONVENED AT NASHVILLE, MONDAY, APRIL 3](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/436/815/1621815436.0.l.jpg)
[LAW] HOUSE JOURNAL OF THE FIRST SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, 1865, WHICH CONVENED AT NASHVILLE, MONDAY, APRIL 3
Nashville, Tennessee: S. C. Mercer, Printer to the State, 1865. First Edition. Half Leather. Good binding. 8vo.; in tan half-calf over well-worn marbled board; 316 pages, including the Alphabetical Index to House Journal 1865; [with] APPENDIX, Comptroller’s Report; Report of Supervisor of Banks; Foreign Insurance Companies; Distribution of Charities; Report of the Condition of the Tennessee Penitentiary; Reports of the Trustees and Superintendent of the Tennessee Hospital for the Insane; Report of the State Librarian of the Senate... Read More
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LIST AND DIRECTORY, OFFICERS OF THE QUARTERMASTER CORPS, U. S. ARMY. JULY 15, 1921
Washington, D. C.: Office, Quartermaster General, 1921. Stapled Pamphlet. Good binding. The list of Officers for the Quartermaster Corps of the U.S. Army, July 15, 1921. Responsible for the general supply of the Army, as well as material distribution and other support services, the Quartermaster Corps is crucial to the effectiveness of the US Army throughout its history. Mimeographed on the verso of War Department Stationary. Worn and somewhat soiled paper covers; stapled paperback. 26 pp. This... Read More
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![[AMERICANA] [ENGINEERING] THE HUDSON RIVER BRIDGE BETWEEN FORT LEE, NEW JERSEY AND MANHATTAN, NEW YORK](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/561/236/1693236561.0.l.jpg)
[AMERICANA] [ENGINEERING] THE HUDSON RIVER BRIDGE BETWEEN FORT LEE, NEW JERSEY AND MANHATTAN, NEW YORK
New York City: The Port of New York Authority, 1931. Soft Cover. Good binding. Folded sheet; 8 x 19” inches unfolded; with black and white photographic illustrations of the bridge; the Cable Constrution on the bridge in October 1929, and the Tower Erection in May 1929; as well a drawing of a typical cross Section.; each panel with symmetrical holes and rust spots (we presume for a now removed straight pin); with a chart containing Principal Data such... Read More
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PRECES EX RITUALI ROMANO ALIISQUE LIBRIS A SACROSANCTA ROMANA ECCLESIA APPROBATIS DESUMPTAE
Marianopoli: Therien freres limitee, 1931. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Prayers and devotions. The texte is in Latin, in French and in English. Uncommon; we locate a single copy on OCLC. Very Good binding.
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SIGHTS AND SCENES OF THE WORLD
[Chicago]: [W. B. Conkey Company], 1894. Half Leather. Good binding. Bound without title page, presumably because this photographic travelogue was issued without parts. A bespoke binding, in half-morocco over brown pebbled cloth. With the owner’s name stamped on the spine (Ian L.Wombwell) and the date 1894. 320 numbered pages. Full page half-tone images. The leather has wear but is a sturdy and serviceable copy. Good binding.
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![[WESTERN AMERICANA] CALIFORNIA’S MAGAZINE (Edition De Luxe) Volume I.](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/007/564/328564007.0.l.2.jpg)
[WESTERN AMERICANA] CALIFORNIA’S MAGAZINE (Edition De Luxe) Volume I.
San Francisco, CA: California’s Magazine Company, 1916. Suede. near Good binding. Volume I only. Hardcover suede binding with moderate to heavy edgewear to extremities. Boards are stained and slightly soiled. Chips on spine. there is a previous owner name; no markings in text. near Good binding.
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THE COLONIAL ECHO. 1920
Williamsburg, Virginia: The Students of The College of William and Mary, 1920. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. A copy of the 1920 yearbook for the College of William and Mary. Some soiling to the fore edge of the text block. Bound in black cloth with lettering stamped in gilt on the front board, now darkened. Wear to the edges of the spine and corners of the boards. Very Good binding.
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![[HISTORY] [BROADSIDE] DAS KLEINE VOLKSBLATT. INAUGURAL](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/251/390/796390251.0.l.jpg)
[HISTORY] [BROADSIDE] DAS KLEINE VOLKSBLATT. INAUGURAL
Vienna, 1945. A “Wandzeitung” or “Wall-Newspaper” simultaneously promoting the reeemergence of “Das Kleine Volksblatt” and the newly formed Austrian People’s Party (or Osterreich Volkspartei).“Wandzeitung” were generally produced in quantity and affixed with glue to walls.~~The Kleine Volksblatt,or “The Little People’s Journal” was established in 1929 as a small format Viennese daily newspaper. It reemerged after the War as the OVP dailiy newspaper was, until July 1947, the central organ of the party.~~Despite its name, the OVP has a center-right... Read More
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![[MILITARY] [GOVERNMENT FORM] SCHEDULE OF CLOTHING AND MATERIALS REQUIRED FOR ISSUE TO ENLISTED MEN OF ____ BY ____](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/928/610/1485610928.0.l.jpg)
[MILITARY] [GOVERNMENT FORM] SCHEDULE OF CLOTHING AND MATERIALS REQUIRED FOR ISSUE TO ENLISTED MEN OF ____ BY ____
[Washington, D. C.]: Government Printing Office [?], 1897. Blank copy of Form No. 86 -- Long; Schedulce of Clothing and Material required for issue to enlisted men of ____, Regiment of ____, Stationed at _____ during the ____ Quarter, Fiscal Year 189 ____. The number of articles required for each man to be written in black ink opposite his name, with the size noted in red ink". ~~A large sheet (21" x 32") with titling one side and lined... Read More
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![[TRAVEL] [MAPS] CANADA -- BRITISH AMERICA](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/854/712/956712854.0.l.jpg)
[TRAVEL] [MAPS] CANADA -- BRITISH AMERICA
Chicago: Rand-McNally & Company, 1891. Map of Canada -- British America. 13 1/2” x 19 7/8”. Extracted from Rand-McNally & Co.’s Enlarged Business Atlas of 1891.
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Historical Sketches of the Missions Under the Care of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church
Philadelphia: Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church, 1886. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding. Containing much information concerning missions among North American Indians; missions in Africa, Persia, Mexico, Siam, etc. With numerous folding maps. In publisher’s maroon cloth, which has had some discreet toning. Titling in gilt. Very Good+ binding.
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![[AMERICANA] [AUTOGRAPH ALBUM] LYDIA A. EDWARDS. 1870-1880’s](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/911/596/1199596911.0.l.jpg)
[AMERICANA] [AUTOGRAPH ALBUM] LYDIA A. EDWARDS. 1870-1880’s
A small autograph album (8 cm. x 12.5 cm.) belonging to Lydia A. Edwards, who name is penned floridly on the silk moire endpaper. Most of the autographs are signed without comment, with the name of some Florida locale (though some are from such far-flung climes as Illinois). Occasional sentiment or verse. We like “Love me little | Love me long | Do not flirt | For it is wrong” on a laid in note. And are charmed by... Read More
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![[MINIATURE BOOKS] THE BOUQUET, OR SPIRIT OF THE ENGLISH ANNUALS, FOR 1835](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/463/455/1145455463.0.l.jpg)
[MINIATURE BOOKS] THE BOUQUET, OR SPIRIT OF THE ENGLISH ANNUALS, FOR 1835
Philadelphia: Thomas T. Ash, 1835. Full Leather. Very Good binding. A gift book from 1835. The Bouquet, or Spirit of the English Annuals. Frontispiece. Lacking endpapers; scattered foxing; personal inscription on the recto of the frontispiece. Embossed calf, with a chipped leather label on the spine. Gilt tooled turn ins. All edges gilt. Ribbon marker laid in. Uncommon, we locate only one copy on OCLC. Faxon 82a, p. 114. American Imprints 30593. (Faxon 82a, p. 114. Rinderknecht, American... Read More
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![[AMERICANA] [NEWSPAPER] NEWPORT MERCURY. MARCH 23, 1811](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/991/318/800318991.0.l.1.jpg)
[AMERICANA] [NEWSPAPER] NEWPORT MERCURY. MARCH 23, 1811
Newport: Rousmanier & Barber, 1811. With lengthy address by Timothy Pickering who had been in a Senator from Massachusetts as a member of the Federalist Party, and was censured in 1811 for breach of confidence. In the address Pickering attempts to refute “a host of slanderers”. With ads for the books being sold at that time by the publisher, Rousmanier & Barber, for the Harvard College Lottery, and for the sale of the Newport Circulating Library. Separated at the... Read More
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![[VIRGINIA] [MAP] HAND-DRAWN MAP OF FARMVILLE. TAKEN FROM GRAY’S 1878 ATLAS OF VIRGINIA. JUDITH RANDOLPH SURVEY](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/052/906/1257906052.0.l.jpg)
[VIRGINIA] [MAP] HAND-DRAWN MAP OF FARMVILLE. TAKEN FROM GRAY’S 1878 ATLAS OF VIRGINIA. JUDITH RANDOLPH SURVEY
A hand-drawn map of Farmville, lettered at the top “GRAYS NEW MAP OF | FARMVILLE | PRINCE EDWARD CO VA | SPECIAL SURVEYS | 1878”. A plat of the principal streets, from the Appomattox River to Appomattox Street to Grosse’s Branch. Clearly delineating the AM&O RR line. Across the plat is written “Judith Randolph Survey,” which the Prince Edward County Historical Society used to place bronze markers at the four corners of the town. Also worth mention is the... Read More
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OFFICIAL ARMY REGISTER, FOR 1845
Washington: Adjutant General's Office, 1845. Soft Cover. Fair binding. Sewn paperback, with significant paper reinforcement along the spine, now with beginnings of separation at the head and tail of the spine. Toning to the covers and to the text. Few contemporary markings and notations. Fair binding.
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![[travel] The Route Book Of Devon: A Guide For the Stranger & Tourist To The Towns, Watering Places, and Other Interesting Localities of this County. With Maps of the Roads, County of Devon, and Plans of Exeter, Plymouth, Devonport and Stonehouse](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/239/939/1692939239.0.l.jpg)
[travel] The Route Book Of Devon: A Guide For the Stranger & Tourist To The Towns, Watering Places, and Other Interesting Localities of this County. With Maps of the Roads, County of Devon, and Plans of Exeter, Plymouth, Devonport and Stonehouse
Exeter: Henry Besley, 1850. A New Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 24mo; original cloth with gilt decoration; 403 pages including the index; four folding maps or plans as called for, plus an additional folding plan of Torquay; illustrated with 26 steel engraved plates in vignette; some moderate wear to spine with minor loss at the top and bottom; front hinge repaired with Japanese tissue; just a bit of old tape residue at the top of front pastedown... Read More
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![[CHILDREN] THE BABY’S BLACK BEAUTY: HURST’S LIMP CLOTH BOOKS, NO. 14](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/193/394/401394193.0.l.1.jpg)
[CHILDREN] THE BABY’S BLACK BEAUTY: HURST’S LIMP CLOTH BOOKS, NO. 14
New York: Anderson & Stoner // Hurst & Company, 1908. Soft Cover. near Very Good binding. Fantastic limp cloth book of a dozen-odd pages; a bit of fraying at the top and bottom edges; some soiling to the pages, but largely in nice shape; there is a fantastic image on the back cover a baby in a wash basin reading limp cloth books--a nice gimmick: “you can even bathe with our books”;. near Very Good binding.
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![[AMERICANA] [NEWSPAPER] SPIRIT OF THE VALLEY. ROCKINGHAM COUNTY. ONE ISSUE](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/997/404/1736404997.0.l.jpg)
[AMERICANA] [NEWSPAPER] SPIRIT OF THE VALLEY. ROCKINGHAM COUNTY. ONE ISSUE
A relatively early issue of the Rockingham County newspaper “Spirit of the Valley”, issued by Dechert & Son, Editor and Publishers. The newspaper began in 1878. This issues is Saturday, October 22, 1881 (Volume IV, No. 6). The issue is a four page folded sheet. Wear with minor loss at the folds; has a small amount of loss to the bottom front page, affecting just a bit of text.
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[SPECIAL PRESS] I FIORETTI DI S. FRANCESCO DI ASSISI
Chelsea: Ashendene Press, 1922. Near Fine binding. Octavo; in limp vellum; viii, 239 pages; one of 240 copies; with 53 wood engravings after drawings by Charles Gere and cut by J. B. Swain; and with initial letters desgned by Graily Hewitt; with green silk ties; and titling in gilt lettered vertically to the spine; with the printer’s device in red at the colophon; with red shoulder notes and Hewitt’s initials pritned in blue or red.~~On the endpaper is... Read More
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![[TRAVEL] [MAPS] MARSEILLE, FROM MAPS MODERN & ANCIENT](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/527/758/1292758527.0.l.jpg)
[TRAVEL] [MAPS] MARSEILLE, FROM MAPS MODERN & ANCIENT
London: Baldwin & Cradock, 1830. A colored map of Marseille. Measuring about 14 x 16.5 in.
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![[HISTORY] A LETTER FROM A GENTLEMAN IN THE CITY, TO ONE IN THE COUNTRY; CONCERNING THE BILL FOR DISABLING THE DUKE OF YORK TO INHERIT THE IMPERIAL CROWN OF THIS REALM](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/878/475/1128475878.0.l.jpg)
[HISTORY] A LETTER FROM A GENTLEMAN IN THE CITY, TO ONE IN THE COUNTRY; CONCERNING THE BILL FOR DISABLING THE DUKE OF YORK TO INHERIT THE IMPERIAL CROWN OF THIS REALM
London: Printed in the Year of, 1680. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good binding. A Letter... Concerning the Bill for Disabling the Duke of York to Inherit, or the ‘Exclusion Crisis,’ which were a series of bills aimed at excluding the Roman-Catholic Duke of York, the future King James II, from succession. This crisis directly caused two new parties to be formed, the Tories, who opposed the exclusion, and the “Country Party,” which was soon renamed the Whigs. This... Read More
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