![[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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WALKERS OF THE CIVIL WAR
Halbert’s Family Heritage, 1998. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Bound in black leatherette with gilt lettering. No marks of any kind. Illustrated with occasional pictures. Very Good binding.
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![[PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM] 1870’s. THOMAS FAMILY. OHIO](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/468/389/1126389468.0.l.jpg)
[PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM] 1870’s. THOMAS FAMILY. OHIO
Philadelphia: William M. Harding, 1870. A deeply embossed morocco photograph album with clasps; all edges gilt and gauffered. Sadly, a number of the mounts are torn and with loss at the bottom. The album is about half full, with approximately 50 cdvs (a number, but not all, identified); about 10 tintypes; and three or four cabinet cards. Many but not all of the images were takes in various Ohio studioes. The name H. Thomas is stamped on the front... Read More
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REMBRANDT: EXPERIMENTAL SKETCHER
New York: Hacker Art Books, 1988. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding. Small quarto; 184 pages; very slight scratch mark to front board impression otherwise no markings of any kind. Very Good+ binding.
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![[COLLECTIBLES] [TRADE CATALOGS] MAGICAL WOODCRAFT. “THE MAGIC SHOP OF THE WEST”](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/895/890/1024890895.0.l.jpg)
[COLLECTIBLES] [TRADE CATALOGS] MAGICAL WOODCRAFT. “THE MAGIC SHOP OF THE WEST”
Los Angeles, Cal: Thayer & Christianer, n.d.. Very Good binding. Trade catalogue presented to “the magical fraternity” by the Thayer & Christianer concern -- “The Magic Shop of the West” in Los Angeles. From the “Mephisto” table, to a ventriloquist’s dummy, this catalogue has an array of magic props, all made of the finest woods. 56 pp. in printed wrappers; illustrated. With a single copy found on OCLC. Very Good binding.
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THE COLONIAL ECHO. 1926
Williamsburg, Virginia: The Students of The College of William and Mary, 1926. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. A clean copy of the 1926 Colonial Echo, William and Mary’s student yearbook. Bound in dark gold cloth with lettering and decorations stamped in blind on the front board and spine. Very Good binding.
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![[AMERICANA] [PHONE DIRECTORY] COLORADO. 1934-35. COLLBRAN. WHITEWATER. PALISADE. CLIFTON. DE BEQUE. FRUITA. GRAND JUNCTION. MESA](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/226/655/1581655226.0.l.jpg)
[AMERICANA] [PHONE DIRECTORY] COLORADO. 1934-35. COLLBRAN. WHITEWATER. PALISADE. CLIFTON. DE BEQUE. FRUITA. GRAND JUNCTION. MESA
1934. Large 8vo, in printed stapled wrappers; [1], 2-40 pages; with a yellow card stock advertising tab for the Grand Junction cleaners and an advertisement card for the New Method Laundry in Grand Junction;attached to the string for handing; with of course numerous ads for local business throughout; a couple of marginal notes (phone numbers) in pen.
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![[BROADSIDE; FRAMED] THE SOLDIER'S RECORD. 1861](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/412/101/1207101412.0.l.jpg)
[BROADSIDE; FRAMED] THE SOLDIER'S RECORD. 1861
New York: Currier & Ives, 1862. A framed color lithographic broadside, recording the Soldiers mustered into "United States Service, October 15, 1861", comprising the Second Regiment, Company H, N. Y. Volunteer Artillery. Listing as Captain, Charles L. Smith, the officers -- Sergeants, Corporals, Artificers, Musicians and Privates, In an old, chipped gilt frame. 19" x 15". There is a line of "tanning" from the old wood backing, which is still present.
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![[COLLECTIBLES] [PHILATELY] SCHWEIZERISCHER LUFTPOST-KATALOG MIT ZEPPELINPOST UND LIECHTENSTEINFLUGEN. CATALOGUE DE LA POST AERIENNE SUISSE. II. AUGSGABE. VOLISTANDIGE NEUBEARBEITUNG](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/614/539/1584539614.0.l.jpg)
[COLLECTIBLES] [PHILATELY] SCHWEIZERISCHER LUFTPOST-KATALOG MIT ZEPPELINPOST UND LIECHTENSTEINFLUGEN. CATALOGUE DE LA POST AERIENNE SUISSE. II. AUGSGABE. VOLISTANDIGE NEUBEARBEITUNG
Selbstverlag: Schweizerischer Aerophilatelisten-Verein, 1949. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Large 8vo.; printed cardstock wrappers; 160 pages.~~We locate but a single copy of this stamp catalog in institutional holdings. Very Good binding.
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![[VIRGINIA] [RICHMOND] RICHMOND BUSINESS DIRECTORY 1917](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/853/543/1680543853.0.l.jpg)
[VIRGINIA] [RICHMOND] RICHMOND BUSINESS DIRECTORY 1917
Richmond, VA: Virginia Illustration Company, 1917. 10 ½" x 8" softcover business album with deep green/black cover, gold embossed title, and a blue image of the state Capitol building. Spine pulling away top 2-3". Subtitled in part, "A Glance at Her History; A Review of Her Progress; A Sketch of Her Commerce; A Description of Her Business Enterprises..." this volume contains short entries on businesses, business-people, and important locations throughout the city. ~~This volume provides a thorough visual time... Read More
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![[GERMAN] [BIBLE] DIE BIEBEL ODER DIE GANZE HIELIGE SCHRFT DES ALTEN UND NEUEN TESTAMENTS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/981/662/1690662981.0.l.jpg)
[GERMAN] [BIBLE] DIE BIEBEL ODER DIE GANZE HIELIGE SCHRFT DES ALTEN UND NEUEN TESTAMENTS
New York: Americanische Bibelgrsellschaft, 1868. Full Leather. Very Good binding. Small 8vo., about 7 1/2” x 5”; full brown morocco with elaborate border rulled in gilt and with additionarl decorative corners; raised bands with decorations and titling in gilt; all edges gilt; dentelle turn-ins; there is a previous owner surname pencilled on the front endpaper. Very Good binding.
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![[VIRGINIA] [RICHMOND] ART WORK OF RICHMOND, VA, PARTS 5 & 8](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/468/859/1691859468.0.l.jpg)
[VIRGINIA] [RICHMOND] ART WORK OF RICHMOND, VA, PARTS 5 & 8
W.H. Parish Publishing, 1897. Parts 5 and 8 of the 9-part series, "Art Work of Richmond, Virginia", published by W. H. Parish Publishing, 1897. Each volume is 14"x10.5" with a brown on brown art nouveau style illustration on the soft cover, containing half- or full-page black and white photographs of Richmond landmarks. Like many turn-of-the-century publishers, Parish provided tourist images of various US cities. This volume is rare. ~~Part 5 shows Franklin Street, the James River, Main Street, Seven... Read More
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![[SCIENCE] THE ELECTRICAL MAGAZINE. VOL. X, No. 1. JULY 15, 1908 - DECEMBER 15, 1908](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/033/415/921415033.0.l.jpg)
[SCIENCE] THE ELECTRICAL MAGAZINE. VOL. X, No. 1. JULY 15, 1908 - DECEMBER 15, 1908
1908. The six issues from the latter half of 1908, published monthly on the 15th of each month. With much on the Manchester Electrical Exposition, which appears to have been one of the big events in the world of electricity that year. Also with a number of articles (illustrated with half-tone photographs) of new uses for electricity -- the Radiant Heat Bed, and Electric Sun Bath for Home Use are noteworthy, -- and articles addressing such areas of lively... Read More
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![[SCIENCE] IRON: THE JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, METALS & MANUFACTURE: A Newspaper Published Every Saturday VOLUME VII, JANUARY TO JUNE, 1876](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/259/870/1276870259.0.l.jpg)
[SCIENCE] IRON: THE JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, METALS & MANUFACTURE: A Newspaper Published Every Saturday VOLUME VII, JANUARY TO JUNE, 1876
London: IRON" Offices, 1876. Hard Cover. near Very Good binding. 26 issues, bound, of one of the popular science periodicals that emerged in England during the middle of the 19th century, the heyday of the Industrial Revolution. Illustrated throughout with steel engravings of all kinds of industrial machinery, as well as thousands of ads.Bound journals from Saturday, January 1, 1876 through Saturday, June 24, 1876. No apparent pencil or ink markings in the journals. Some closed tears on... Read More
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THE HOME PICTURE-BOOK
London; Edinburgh; New York: T. Nelson and Sons, 1856. Hard Cover. Good binding. With title leaf, and four two-page spreads, verso and recto. Each page chromolithographed with eight numbered vignettes accompanied by short children’s verses; the vignettes and text are printed in purple and are surrounded with a gold ornamental border. Pastedown has the same design, with different vignettes and a poem in the center: “Come, Nature’s pleasing handmaid Art ... etc”. The same poem with different vignettes... Read More
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![[TRAVEL] [MAPS] RAND, McNALLY & CO.’s INDEXED ATLAS OF THE WORLD. MAP OF MEXICO](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/996/650/1456650996.0.l.jpg)
[TRAVEL] [MAPS] RAND, McNALLY & CO.’s INDEXED ATLAS OF THE WORLD. MAP OF MEXICO
New York: Rand-McNally, 1903. 19.25 x 26”; folding map; with a couple of small chips -- one to the top and the other to the bottom edge, neither affecting text or map; with an inset detailed “Map of the Valley of Mexico”; on the verso is a “Plan of the City of Mexico”.
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