![[ART] EYE STUDY](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/130/103/1292103130.0.l.jpg)
[ART] EYE STUDY
by ] ORIGINAL ART] Corrina R. Sheehy
A study of the eye by a a local Richmond artist, Corrina “Corrie Rose” Sheehy. The eyes as windows of the soul -- hidden thoughts and deep emotions. 18” x 12” on wove paper.
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ELLIE: OR, THE HUMAN COMEDY
by John Esten Cooke | [Benjamin F. Sheetz]
Richmond: A. Morris, Publisher, 1855. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good binding/hardcover. A sturdy if somewhat cocked copy of the First Edition of this early novel by novelist (and sthardcoveraff officer of Jeb Stuart) John Esten Cooke. This copy with the signature of Benj. F. Sheetze of Leesburg, Va where he was publisher of the local newspaper, The Leesburg Mirror. With wear to the bottom of the spine. (Wright II, 611). Good binding / hardcover.
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![[CIVIL WAR] PERSONAL MEMOIRS OF P. H. SHERIDAN [2 VOLUMES]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/937/591/1625591937.0.l.jpg)
[CIVIL WAR] PERSONAL MEMOIRS OF P. H. SHERIDAN [2 VOLUMES]
by P[hilip] H[enry] Sheridan
New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1888. First Edition. Full Leather. Very Good binding. Two large 8vo. volumes; in publisher’s full calf with red and black labels to the spines; xiv, 500 pages, with portrait frontispiece protected with tissue guard, and with portraits and maps, some folded, throughout; xii, 486 pages,including the Index; with portrait frontispiece protected with tissue guard, and with portraits and maps, some folding.~~There is minor loss to the spine of Volume I; there... Read More
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![[SIGNED] [WORLD WAR II] SEEK, STRIKE, DESTROY: THE HISTORY OF THE 636th TANK DESTROYER BATTALION](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/933/533/1562533933.0.l.jpg)
[SIGNED] [WORLD WAR II] SEEK, STRIKE, DESTROY: THE HISTORY OF THE 636th TANK DESTROYER BATTALION
by Tom Sherman
[Marquette, Neb.]: Tom Sherman, 1986. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Signed. Large 8vo,; in printed orange cloth-covered boards, with the insignia of the battalion in red and black; 243 pages including the Index; with illustrations; printed in orange and black.~~“Seek Strike and Destroy” is a detailed account of the 636th Tank Detroyer Battalion in the Second World War, with a number of accounts and anecdotes the 636th battalion fighting in Italy, France and Germany.~~An uncommon World... Read More
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![[AMERICANA] [RELIGION] LIFE AND LETTERS OF REV. JAMES MAYO, D.D.](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/997/266/1499266997.0.l.jpg)
[AMERICANA] [RELIGION] LIFE AND LETTERS OF REV. JAMES MAYO, D.D.
by Alexander Shiras
Philadelphia: Protestant Episcopal Book Society, 1865. First Edition. Hard Cover. near Very Good binding. 8vo.; in the publisher’s green embossed cloth; [7], 8-185 pages; with no ownership marks of any kind.~~A native of Pennsylvania, James May received a doctorate of divinity at the Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, and later became a professor there.~~A pleasing and attractive copy. near Very Good binding.
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![[SIGNED] LINCOLN AND THE DOCTORS: A MEDICAL NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/617/383/1449383617.0.l.jpg)
[SIGNED] LINCOLN AND THE DOCTORS: A MEDICAL NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN
by Milton H. Shutes
New York: The Pioneer Press, 1933. Limited Edition. Very Good binding. Signed. 8vo; in publisher’s pale gray marbled boards backed in black linen, with fade titling to the spine and a pastedown title to the upper board; [8], 152 pages, followed by colophon leaf this the author’s signature; frontispiece; #517 of 550 copies; there are no marks of any kind in the book.~~There were a number of doctors engaged caring for the health of President Lincoln both when... Read More
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![[SIGNED] [GENEALOGY] EARLY AMERICAN FAMILIES: SIDES, SPACH, NADING, ROMINGER, LONGWORTH, FOLTZ, ROTHROCK, SHOAF, VOGLER](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/624/143/1512143624.0.l.jpg)
[SIGNED] [GENEALOGY] EARLY AMERICAN FAMILIES: SIDES, SPACH, NADING, ROMINGER, LONGWORTH, FOLTZ, ROTHROCK, SHOAF, VOGLER
by Roxie Sides
Winston-Salem, N. C.: Self-Published, 1963. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. 8vo.; pale green cloth with titling in gold, and with dustjacket; xiii, [2], 3-140 pages, followed by several blank leaves (though blank, they are undoubtedly intended for the reader to make notes); with wood cut illustrations; printed in black and green; this copy is signed with a personal inscription by Miss Sides on the front free endpaper. Very Good binding / Very Good... Read More
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![[SPECIAL PRESS] A FABLE OF BIDPAI](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/068/189/1588189068.0.l.jpg)
[SPECIAL PRESS] A FABLE OF BIDPAI
by Nicholas Siegl; Helen Siegl
=West Burke, Vermont: Janus Press, 1974. Limited Edition. Near Fine binding. Signed. Large octavo; in printed mustard paper jacket, with a separate volume of fourteen original wood block printed by Helen Siegl, each handsigned with the limitation number which is XXVIII of XXX; boxed in blue cloth, which is lined with mustard paper to match the binding and portfolio of prints; from the colophon: this edition "was designed, printed and bound by Claire Van Vliet; the text was... Read More
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![[DOMESTIC ARTS] [FASHION] HEDI GOES and RUNS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/869/362/1700362869.0.l.jpg)
[DOMESTIC ARTS] [FASHION] HEDI GOES and RUNS
by Gene (ching) ku CHIEN; Hedi Simane
ppaper Special 03, 2003. Small quarto; in paper boards; 104 pages; full of black and white photographic illustrations; a nice copy of this quite scarce book.
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BIBLIOTHECA BACCHICA: Bibliographie Raisonnee des ouvrages imprimes avant 1600 et illustrant la Soif Humaine sous tous ses aspects, chez tous les peuples et dans tous les temps Tome I - Incunables; Tome II - Seizieme Siecle (2 volumes in 1)
by Simon, Andre
London: Holland Press, 1972. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Very Good+ dust jacket. Dust jacket is protected in a mylar cover; no marks of any kind. Near Fine binding / Very Good+ dust jacket.
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![[SIGNED] [CIVIL WAR] POINT LOOKOUT PRISON CAMP FOR CONFEDERATES](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/288/074/1596074288.0.l.jpg)
[SIGNED] [CIVIL WAR] POINT LOOKOUT PRISON CAMP FOR CONFEDERATES
by Edwin W. Beitzell | Carrie Curle Sinclair
Abell, Maryland: Privately Printed, 1972. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Large quarto; in the publisher's taupe cloth with the upper board printed with a plan of the prison at Point Lookout; x, 217 pages including the Index; with black and white photographic illustrations; with some minor toning to the endpapers; there is an additional owner name on the front endpaper.~~This copy is signed by the author, Edwin Beitzell.An attractive copy signed by the... Read More
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![[SPECIAL PRESS] SUNDRY BALLADES](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/587/746/1692746587.0.l.jpg)
[SPECIAL PRESS] SUNDRY BALLADES
by Francois Villon | Joseph Sinef
[San Francisco]: Grabhorn Press } Edwin and Robert Grabhorn and James McDonald], 1922. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Quarto; in printed paper-covered boards with fleur-de-lis decoratiobacked in parchment ;[19] pages; title leaf printed in brown and terra-cotta; text printed in black and red, with initials by ~hand by Joseph Sinef in teal.~~Villon's Ballade for his mother -- Ballade of old time ladies -- Ballade of old time lands -- Ballade of things know and unknown -- Ballade to... Read More
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![[INDIA] HINDU ICONOGRAPHY IN TANTRAYANA BUDDHISM](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/801/753/1450753801.0.l.jpg)
[INDIA] HINDU ICONOGRAPHY IN TANTRAYANA BUDDHISM
by R. S. Singh
New Delhi: Ramanand Vidya Bhawan, 1993. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Large 8vo.; burgundy cloth binding; 92 pages, followed by xix pages of photographic images; there are no ownership marks in the book; the front board is a bit stained and slightly bowed. Very Good binding / Very Good dust jacket.
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![[WEAPONRY] THE GREAT ART OF ARTILLERY OF CASIMIT SIMIENOWICZ](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/946/078/545078946.0.l.1.jpg)
[WEAPONRY] THE GREAT ART OF ARTILLERY OF CASIMIT SIMIENOWICZ
by Casimir Sinienowicz
Yorkshire, England: S. R. Publishers, 1971. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding/Very Good+ dust jacket. An attractive facsimile edition, with many full page plates, and one folding plate. Facsimile of the 1729 London edition. Very Good+ binding / Very Good+ dust jacket.
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FORT LIGONIER AND ITS TIME. A HISTORY OF THE FIRST ENGLISH FORT WEST OF THE ALLEGHENY MOUNTAINS ..
by C. Hale Sipe
Harrisburg, PA: The Telegraph Press, 1932. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 8vo.; in the publisher’s red cloth binding; lacking the dustjacket; xiii, [2], 699 pages including the Index; with half-tone illustrations.~~We commend the author for his unstinted use of adjectivals in the sub-title: “...an Account of Many Thrilling, Tragic, Romantic, Important but Little Known Colonial and Revolutionary Events in the Region Where the Winning of the West Began.~~With a previous owner note on the endpaper dated... Read More
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THE CODE OF AGRICULTURE; INCLUDING OBSERVATIONS ON GARDENS, ORCHARDS, WOODS, AND PLANTATIONS
by Sir John Sinclair, Bart. (founder of the Board of Agriculture)
Hartford: Printed for Hudson and Co. and Cooke and Hale, 1818. First American Edition. Full Leather. Very Good binding. An attractive copy of the First American Edition of this agricultural treastise by a prominent Scots politician and agricultural writer. With two plates of a Hereford Cow and a Hereford Bull, and six additional plates. The front board of this mottled calf binding has been discreetly reattached; morocco title label to the spine. (Shaw and Shoemaker, 45720).... Read More
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![[HISTORY] [ENGLISH] EIGHT SPEECHES MADE IN PARLIAMENT, ON SEVERAL IMPORTANT OCCASIONS, RECOMMENDED TO THE ELECTORS OF GREAT BRITAIN AS A SEASONABLE PREPARATIVE FOR THE ENSUING ELECTIONS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/090/616/1591616090.0.l.jpg)
[HISTORY] [ENGLISH] EIGHT SPEECHES MADE IN PARLIAMENT, ON SEVERAL IMPORTANT OCCASIONS, RECOMMENDED TO THE ELECTORS OF GREAT BRITAIN AS A SEASONABLE PREPARATIVE FOR THE ENSUING ELECTIONS
by Sir John Knight; Mr. Price; William Shippen; E---Jefferies; Sir Robert Walpole. et al.
London: Printed by J. W. and sold by A. Dodd without Tember-bar, and the booksellers of London and Westminster, 1733. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Disbound; retaining a piece of the leather spine from the original binding;158 pages, [1], 6-23 pages, [3]; there is a tear to the Contents leaf, with a small amount of loss to the text.~~I- Sir John Knight's speech against the bill of naturalizing foreigners, 1694. II- Mr. Price's speech for repealing a grant... Read More
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[CHILDREN] TALES OF THE WORK-ROOM
by The Sisters
London: Jarrold and Sons, n.d.. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 24mo. (5 5/8” x 3 3/4”); in publisher’s pum cloth with titling in gilt surround by wreath and surmounted by a star to the upper board, and in gilt to the spine; the binding has silverfishing but is sturdy and quite serviceable; 109 pages, with frontispiece; followed by [4] pages of publisher’s ads; there is a previous owner name [”Elizabeth Soule | Duxbury | Mass.] pencilled on the... Read More
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CZECHOSLOVAKIA’S INTERRUPTED REVOLUTION
by H. Gordon Skilling
Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1976. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Very Good dust jacket. H. Gordon Skilling’s Czechoslovakia’s Interrupted Revolution, a history of the Prague Spring of 1968. Very Good dustjacket, with spots of rubbing to the front and spine. A Near Fine copy, with no marks of any kind. Near Fine binding / Very Good dust jacket.
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DIE EROBERUNG MEXIKOS VON FERDINAND CORTES MIT 112 Federlithographien Von Max Slevogt, Ubersetzt Von Mario Spiro
by Hernando Cortez ; Illustrated by Max Slevogt
Berlin: Bruno Cassirer, 1918. Limited edition of 250 copies. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Max Slevogt. Produced near the end of World War I, this German artist's book was illustrated by Max Slevogt. Slevogt was a well known German impressionist painter known for painting in the plein air style Cortez's Conquest of Mexico, translated into German by Mario Spiro.~~One of 250 copies.; tan cloth binding with Slevogt watercolor reproduction on front board; Text written in Fraktur lettering. Small... Read More
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GERTIE THE HORSE WHO THOUGHT AND THOUGHT (Signed)
by Margarite Glendinning | Illustrated by Louis Slobodkin
New York: Whittlesey House, 1951. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. A clean copy of the First Edition, which has been Signed by the illustrator, Louis Slobodkin. The dustjacket has shelfwear and chipping to the extremities. Very Good binding / Very Good dust jacket.
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[SIGNED] [LITERATURE] THE CRATER
by Richard Slotkin
New York: Atheneum, 1981. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Large Octavo; quarter bound in brown cloth over paper-covered boards; xvi, 558 pages; in an unclipped jacket; a bit of wear to the boards; jacket a bit soiled; foxing to the edge of the text block.~~Inscribed by Mr. Slotkin on the front end paper. Very Good binding / Very Good dust jacket.
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![[PHILOSOPHY] THE COGNITIVE SCIENCE OF RELIGION](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/807/119/1734119807.0.l.jpg)
[PHILOSOPHY] THE COGNITIVE SCIENCE OF RELIGION
by James A. Van Slyke
Burlington: Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2011. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Very Good+ dust jacket. Large Octavo; in the publisher’s black cloth; with titling on spine in silver; vi (vii-ix) 178 pages including the Index; in an unclipped jacket; pens annotations in margins throughout. Near Fine binding / Very Good+ dust jacket.
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FRANK FAIRLEGH, or Scenes from the Life of A Private Pupil
by Smedley, Frank E.; Illustrated by George Cruikshank
New York; London: New Amsterdam Book Company; Downey & Co., Limited. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. George Cruikshank. With Thirty Illustrations By George Cruikshank from the Original Steel Plates; No pencil or ink markings in text. Blue cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine. Archival repair to spine in text block. Small closed tears at bottom spine. Edgewear at top of spine. Very Good binding.
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![AMERICANA] A CAROLINA RICE PLANTATION OF THE FIFTIES](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/162/282/1681282162.0.l.jpg)
AMERICANA] A CAROLINA RICE PLANTATION OF THE FIFTIES
by Alice R Huger Smith | Herbert Ravenel Sass| D. E. Smith
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1936. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding. Signed. 4to; in the publisher’s grey cloth; with burgundy decorations on the upper board and tilting on the spine in burgundy; xii, 97 pages, complete with 30 paintings in watercolor by Alice R. Huger Smith; the boards have a bit of soiling and there is a small previous owner signature on the front end paper, otherwise a fine copy.~~A historical glimpse into life on... Read More
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