![[SOUTHERN AMERICANA] MONTROSE: AS IT WAS RECORDED, TOLD ABOUT, AND LIVED](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/900/615/723615900.0.l.2.jpg)
[SOUTHERN AMERICANA] MONTROSE: AS IT WAS RECORDED, TOLD ABOUT, AND LIVED
by Florence Dolive Scott; Richard Joseph Scott
Montrose, Alabama: Garden Club, 1976. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding/Fine dust jacket. A lovely copy with no marks of any kind. This copy appears to be unmarked and unopened. The dustjacket is not price clipped and is now protected in a mylar cover. Fine binding / Fine dust jacket.
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SELECT WORKS OF HENRY FIELDING. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I & II. (TWO VOLUMES)
by Henry Fielding | Walter Scott
Philadelphia: Carey and Lea, 1832. First American Edition. Full Leather. Good binding. The First American Edition of Fielding's Select Works, complete in two volumes.; with "A Memoir of the Author" by Scott. Bound in sheep, with morocco labels. Scuffing to the boards, with wear and creasing to the spines. There is loss to half of the title label of Vol. II. Foxed throughout, with dampstaining to the top and bottom corners of the text. Good binding.... Read More
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![[ENGLAND] THE TRAGEDY OF FOTHERINGAY; FOUNDED ON THE JOURNAL OF D. BOURGOING, PHYSICIAN TO MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS, AND ON UNPUBLISHED Ms. DOCUMENTS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/143/170/1652170143.0.l.jpg)
[ENGLAND] THE TRAGEDY OF FOTHERINGAY; FOUNDED ON THE JOURNAL OF D. BOURGOING, PHYSICIAN TO MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS, AND ON UNPUBLISHED Ms. DOCUMENTS
by Mrs. Maxwell Scott
London: Adam & Charles Black, 1895. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Large 8vo.; in publisher’s green cloth with elaborate decorations and titling in gilt; xiii, 271 pages ,with illustrations. rough cut edges; front hinge is cracked but is holding well; endpapers are discolored; attractive plates with tissue guards. Very Good binding.
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![[SPECIAL PRESS] AFTER THE FUNERAL](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/948/166/542166948.0.l.2.jpg)
[SPECIAL PRESS] AFTER THE FUNERAL
by Paul Scott; preface by Roland Grant; Illustrated by Sally Scott
London: The Whittington Press & William Heinemann, 1979. Limited Edition, numbered XIII of XXV from a larger limitation of 200. Full Leather. Near Fine binding. Sally Scott. Signed by Sally Scott and Grant on the colophon. Bound as issued in full beige Niger by Weatherby Woolnough--those from the larger limitation were quarter bound; a lovely production with a bold vignetted blocked in blind on the upper cover; housed in a publisher issued marbled paper covered slipcase;. Near Fine... Read More
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![[SALESMAN SAMPLE] WAVERLEY; OR, ‘TIS SIXTY YEARS SINCE. (WAVERLEY NOVELS)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/667/203/1212203667.0.l.jpg)
[SALESMAN SAMPLE] WAVERLEY; OR, ‘TIS SIXTY YEARS SINCE. (WAVERLEY NOVELS)
by [Walter Scott]
Philadelphia: Porter & Coates. Salesman Sample. Hard Cover. Good binding. A salesman sample of Sir Walter Scott’s Waverley; Or, ‘Tis Sixty Years Since, published by Porter & Coates. With portrait frontispiece, title page, pp. 213-244 of the text, and eighteen engraved plates. Publisher’s sample spine pasted onto the front pastedown. Faded personal inscription on the front flyleaf. Salesman order pages lacking, torn from the rear. Brick colored cloth, with lettering and decoration in gold and black. Good. Good... Read More
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![[RELIGION] A TREATISE](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/508/138/1735138508.0.l.jpg)
[RELIGION] A TREATISE
by John Duns Scotus
Chicago: Franciscan Herald Press, 1966. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good+ binding. Octavo; printed paper wrappers; xxiii, 189 pages including the Appendix; light wear to the spine and cover; some pencil annotations. Very Good+ binding.
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DANCER DRAWINGS
by Ann Curtiss Scoville
Brooklyn NY: Art 101, 2007. Spiral Bound. Very Good binding. Text by Ellen E. Rand. Red covers with a spiral binding. No marks of any kind. Very Good binding.
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![[HISTORY] THE DISCOVERY OF BANGLA DESH](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/482/906/1686906482.0.l.jpg)
[HISTORY] THE DISCOVERY OF BANGLA DESH
by Scrivastava, Prabhat
New Delhi: Sanjay Publications, 1972. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding/Very Good+ dust jacket. 8vo; in the publisher’s green cloth binding; in dust jacket; the top and the botom of the spine is bumped; there is a half in tear to the front hinge otherwise sound; there are a few stains to the end papers; the jacket has a few trivial tears and a couple of chips; the jacket has some toning. Very Good+ binding / Very Good+ dust... Read More
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[CHILDREN] JINGLES OF A HAPPY MOTHER GOOSE (Signed)
by Emma S. Seale
San Francisco: Paul Elder, 1911. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Signed. This copy is signed by the author, Emma S. Seale, with a rhyming gift inscription t two little girls. There is also a previous owner name to the top of the half-title page. In decorated blue flexible cloth boards; pages are darkened. Very Good binding.
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![[SIGNED] [VIRGINIA] JOSEPH BRYAN: HIS TIMES, HIS FAMILY, HIS FRIENDS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/405/513/1592513405.0.l.jpg)
[SIGNED] [VIRGINIA] JOSEPH BRYAN: HIS TIMES, HIS FAMILY, HIS FRIENDS
by John Stewart Bryan | [George J. Seay]
Richmond, VA: Whittet & Shepperson, 1935. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Signed. Quarto; in the publisher’s quarter black cloth over gray cloth, with decoration in gilt and titling in gilt to the spine; [18]. 19-408 pages, including the Index; illustrated with black and white photographic portraits, interiors of the Library at Laburnum, and the like; this copy signed by John Stewart Bryan with a personal inscription to George J. Seay; Mr. Seay was responsible for Richmond... Read More
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![[AMERICANA] THE CHARTER OF THE ALBANY AND GREENBUSH BRIDGE COMPANY, AND A STATEMENT OF ITS CLAIMS ON THE PUBLIC INTEREST IN CONNECTION WITH THE BOSTON, HOOSAC TUNNEL AND ALBANY RAILROAD. WITH PROFILE OF BRIDGE AND MAP OF RIVER](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/271/681/952681271.0.l.jpg)
[AMERICANA] THE CHARTER OF THE ALBANY AND GREENBUSH BRIDGE COMPANY, AND A STATEMENT OF ITS CLAIMS ON THE PUBLIC INTEREST IN CONNECTION WITH THE BOSTON, HOOSAC TUNNEL AND ALBANY RAILROAD. WITH PROFILE OF BRIDGE AND MAP OF RIVER
by John Swinburne (President); J. W. Gascoigne (Secretary)
Albany, [NY]: Weed, Parsons & Co., Printers, 1874. Original Sewn Wrappers. Very Good binding. An 26 page pamphlet in the publisher’s sewn printed wrappers. With two folding plates: “Profile of the New Albany and Greenbush Bridge Company” and “Profile of the Hudson River at Albany”. Wrappers have minor chipping and closed tears, and a faint previous owner name stamp to the front panel. Very Good binding.
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UNDER THE BLACK FLAG. (THE ROGUE’S LIBRARY)
by Don C. Seitz
New York: Lincoln MacVeagh | The Dial Press, 1925. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Signed. First Edition of Don C. Seitz’s Under the Black Flag, from the Rogue’s Library series. Signed by the author with an amusing inscription on the front endpaper: “To H. D. T-, In rejoicing that he prizes this book. Few others have. Don C. Seitz” Frontispiece of Blackbeard. Stained at the front cover. Blue cloth with black lettering. Very good. Very Good... Read More
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![[RELIGION] A HISTORY OF THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE BAPTISTS IN VIRGINIA](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/975/725/1738725975.0.l.jpg)
[RELIGION] A HISTORY OF THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE BAPTISTS IN VIRGINIA
by Robert B. Semple
Richmond: John O’Lynch, 1810. First Edition. Full Leather. Very Good binding. 8vo. Bound in contemporary sheep, with an archival patch to the bottom of the spine; rebacked with the original spine laid down; lacking a title label.~~First Edition copy of Semple’s important history of the Baptists in Virginia. This copy belonged to one Nicholas Jarratt, and in the late 1980’s was given to Theodore F. Adams, the beloved pastor of Richmond’s First Baptist Church. (Howes S289; Sabin 79089).... Read More
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![MEDICINE] A TREATISE ON THE HIDDEN NATURE, AND THE TREATMENT OF INTERMITTING FEVERS; ILLUSTRATED BY VARIOUS EXPERIMENTS AND OBSERVATIONS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/526/956/1689956526.0.l.jpg)
MEDICINE] A TREATISE ON THE HIDDEN NATURE, AND THE TREATMENT OF INTERMITTING FEVERS; ILLUSTRATED BY VARIOUS EXPERIMENTS AND OBSERVATIONS
by Jean [Baptiste] Senac
Philadelphia: Kimber, Conrad & Co, 1805. Full Leather. Very Good binding. 8vo.; in contemporary calf, with morocco title label; [xvi]. [1]. 2-299, followed by [1] page of ads; in two books which are through paginated; front joint is cracked but holding very well; there is a previous owner name on the front endpaper, and a charming Richmond bookseller’s label on the pastedown: “Sold: John R. Jones. Nearly opposite Eagle Tav. Richmond”.~~Senac’s treatise first appears in Latin 46 years... Read More
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![[SAMMELBAND] SENATE PAMPHLETS. MARCH-APRIL, 1818](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/172/047/1243047172.0.l.jpg)
[SAMMELBAND] SENATE PAMPHLETS. MARCH-APRIL, 1818
by United States Senate
[Washington, D.C.], 1818. Quarter Leather. Very Good binding. A sammelband of sixty pamphlets printed for the Senate of the United States, March through April of 1818. Most are petitions to the Committee of Claims, as well as a 358 pp. list of pensioners, and an index at the rear. Also with ten folding tables depicting the provisioning of the Northwest Army during the War of 1812, folding table of the funding of the U.S. debt, and one additional... Read More
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![[RELIGION] BUDDHISM IN THE CLASSICAL AGE (dfc. 400-750 A.D.)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/170/742/1769742170.0.l.jpg)
[RELIGION] BUDDHISM IN THE CLASSICAL AGE (dfc. 400-750 A.D.)
by Sudha Sengupta
Delhi: Sundeep Prakashan, 1985. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. Quarto; in pictorial pale blue boards, with dustjacket; [vi]; vii-xxiv; [xxv-xxx], [1] 2--156; followed by black and white photographic plates; there is light toning to the endpapers, but no handwriting or underlining in the book. Near Fine binding / Near Fine dust jacket.
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![[THEATER] SOUVENIR SERGE DE DIAGHILEFF'S BALLET RUSSE WITH ORIGINALS BY LEON BAKST AND OTHERS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/575/018/1741018575.0.l.jpg)
[THEATER] SOUVENIR SERGE DE DIAGHILEFF'S BALLET RUSSE WITH ORIGINALS BY LEON BAKST AND OTHERS
by Serge Diaghileff et al.
New York: Metropolitan Ballet Company, 1916. A Souvenir Serge De Diaghileff's Ballet Russe with originals by Leon Bakst and others, Metropolitan Ballet Company, Inc. New York. This was created for the 1916-1917 season, the first in America. Cover of this version is the less common illustration of dancer Vaslav Nijinsky wearing a costume for Scheherazade. ~~40 pp. with corresponding program from the performance at the Lyric Theatre in Baltimore on November 17-18. Binding damaged at top half above string... Read More
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THE PLEADER’S ASSISTANT, CONTAINING A SELECT COLLECTION OF PRECEDENTS OF MODERN PRECEDENTS OF MODERN PLEADINGS, THE IN THE COURTS OF KING’S BENCH AND COMMON PLEASE, &c
by Serjeant Agar, Bootle, Belfield, Sir W. Chapple, Sejeant Draper, et al.
Dublin: J. Stockdale, 1795. Encompassing Declarations, Avowries, Pleas, Replications, Rejoinders, Demurrers, &c. In a Variety of Actions. This Dublin Edition follows the 1786 London Editin. ~~In contemporary calf with morocco label; with fillets in blind to the spine; front board most discreetly reattached; there is loss at three small spots of leather at the spine. Lacking the endpapers. iv, [4], 520 [20] pp.
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![[OUTDOOR SPORT] [ILLUSTRATED] LIVES OF GAME ANIMALS. AN ACCOUNT OF THOSE LAND ANIMALS IN AMERICA, NORTH OF THE MEXICAN BORDER, WHICH ARE CONSIDERED “GAME,” EITHER BECAUSE THEY HAVE HELD THE ATTENTION OF SPORTSMEN, OR RECEIVED THE PROTECTION OF LAW. IN FOUR VOLUMES WITH 50 MAPS AND 1500 ILLUSTRATIONS BY THE AUTHOR (4 VOLUMES)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/668/720/1409720668.0.l.jpg)
[OUTDOOR SPORT] [ILLUSTRATED] LIVES OF GAME ANIMALS. AN ACCOUNT OF THOSE LAND ANIMALS IN AMERICA, NORTH OF THE MEXICAN BORDER, WHICH ARE CONSIDERED “GAME,” EITHER BECAUSE THEY HAVE HELD THE ATTENTION OF SPORTSMEN, OR RECEIVED THE PROTECTION OF LAW. IN FOUR VOLUMES WITH 50 MAPS AND 1500 ILLUSTRATIONS BY THE AUTHOR (4 VOLUMES)
by Ernest Thompson Seton
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1928. Limited First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Signed. Four 4to volumes; in publisher’s tan buckram stamped stamped with animal heads and double-ruled in gilt, backed in brown buckram, titled in gilt; xxxvii, [2], 640 pages, including Index; xxvii, [2], 746 pages, including Index; xix, [2], 780 pages, including Index; xxii, [2], 949 pages, including Index; illustrated throughout with 50 maps and 1500 illustrations by the author; “This edition... Read More
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MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF DR. DARWIN, CHIEFLY DURING HIS RESIDENCE IN LICHFIELD, WITH ANECDOTES OF HIS FRIENDS, AND CRITICISMS ON HIS WRITINGS
by Anna Seward
Philadelphia: At the Classic Press, for the Proprietors Wm. Poyntell, & Co, 1804. First American Edition. Full Leather. Good binding. Memoirs of Erasmus Darwin, part of the Midlands Enlightenment and the grandfather of Charles Darwin. Contemporary owner’s name on the front pastedown. Scattered spots of staining or discoloration to the text. Spots of staining to the edges of the textblock. Lacking endpapers, else complete; xii, 313 pp. Fully rebacked with Japanese tissue. Full calf. Good binding.
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![[DRAMA] THE DRAMATIC WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE: WITH GLOSSARIAL NOTES, A SKETCH OF HIS LIFE, AND AN ESTIMATE OF HIS WRITINGS. NEWLY ARRANGED AND EDITED](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/259/407/1355407259.0.l.jpg)
[DRAMA] THE DRAMATIC WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE: WITH GLOSSARIAL NOTES, A SKETCH OF HIS LIFE, AND AN ESTIMATE OF HIS WRITINGS. NEWLY ARRANGED AND EDITED
by William Shakespeare [Shakspeare] |
London: Moon, Boys, & Graves, 1832. Full Leather. Very Good binding. From the Preface: “The present collection of Shakspeare’s Plays differs in arrangement from any that has hitherto been published. The Tragedies, Comedies and Historical Plays are divided; and in each division, the consecutive order of the pieces has reference to the country in which the action is laid, or to the epoch at which it is supposed to have taken place”. Certainly a unique approach, coupled with... Read More
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[SCIENCE] URBAN REMOTE SENSING
by Zhenfeng Shao
Beijing: Higher Education Press, 2023. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Octavo; in pictorial paper covered boards; xvi, 239 pages; with full color illustrations throughout; a clean copy in excellent condition. Near Fine binding.
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![[AMERICANA] DIARY OF THOMAS MOODY CAMPAIGN OF 1760 OF THE FRENCH & INDIAN WAR](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/450/897/1675897450.0.l.jpg)
[AMERICANA] DIARY OF THOMAS MOODY CAMPAIGN OF 1760 OF THE FRENCH & INDIAN WAR
by P. M. Woodwell [Editor]; Illustrated by H. H Shaw
Woodwell & Shaw, 1976. Very Good binding. H. H Shaw. 8vo; in paper boards; with brown tilting and illustrations; 56 pages; complete with one folding map; there is a trivial tear with loss to the bottom of the lower board; there is foxing throughout. Very Good binding.
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HISTORY OF THE GREAT TEMPERANCE REFORMS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY ..
by Rev. James Shaw
Cincinnati, OH; Toronto: Hitchcock & Walden; Wesleyan Book Room, 1875. First Editoin. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. A pretty comprehensive state by state survey of temperance movement activities. Illustrated with plates depicting such edifying scenes of children bursting into a saloon which a skeleton behind the bar pours daddy some rum. Includes a report to the Lincoln (Neb.) Temperance Society by a chemist on “How Some Liquors Are Made” -- for example, Detwiler’s yummy “Black Maria” contains Sugar... Read More
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CORPORATION LAWS OF THE CITY OF WASHINGTON TO THE END OF THE FIFTIETH COUNCIL (TO JUNE 3d, 1853, inclusive); bound with THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF WASHINGTON BEING THE ACT OF INCORPORATION (1848)
by R. W. Sheahan
The Corporation Laws printed by Robert A. Waters in Washington, 1853; The Charter of the City of Washington printed by John R. Towers, 1848 Bound in calf, rebacked with japanese tissue. Has the signature of one “A. R. Allen, Police Officer”. Allen was a District police man; he’s mentioned in Sylvester’s District of Columbia Police published in 1894.~.
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