![[LAW] [STAUNTON] CASES ARGUED AND ADJUDGED IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY, ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE COURT, FROM THE MANUSCRIPTS OF THOMAS VERNON, LATE OF THE MIDDLE TEMPLE..(Complete in Two Volumes)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/538/111/1414111538.0.m.jpg)
[LAW] [STAUNTON] CASES ARGUED AND ADJUDGED IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY, ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE COURT, FROM THE MANUSCRIPTS OF THOMAS VERNON, LATE OF THE MIDDLE TEMPLE..(Complete in Two Volumes)
by Thomas Vernon; John Raithby | [Briscoe Baldwin] [Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart]
Brookfield, Mass: E. & G. Merriam, 1829. First American Edition. Full Leather. Very Good+ binding. Two large 8vo. in calf bindings, with red and black morocco labels. xvi, [lvi] Index of Cases, etc.; 490 pages; [lii] Table of the Principal Matters; [lx] including Notes on the Second Volume; [1], 764~6 pages, cxxxii, including Table of the Pirncipal Matters... Read More
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[CINEMA] [POSTER] THE “CRIME” OF DR. HALLET
by Universal Studios
1938. 10 ¾” x 13 ½” color poster for the 1938 Universal drama film, The “Crime” of Dr. Hallet. The film revolves around efforts to find a cure for ‘red fever’ in ‘the jungle’. Excellent.
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THE COACHING AGE
by Stanley Harris | Illustrated by John Sturgess
London: Richard Bentley and Son, 1885. First Edition. Very Good binding. A presentable First Edition copy. There is some wear to the corners and a couple of the plates have some minor foxing. The front hinge appears to have been neatly re-glued. Collates complete with 16 plates (including the frontispiece) by the hunting and racing... Read More
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THE SUNDAY-SCHOOL TEACHER; OR, THE CATECHETICAL OFFICE
by Thomas Osgood Summers
Nashville, Tenn: A. H. Redford, 1875. Quarter Leather. Good binding. Nineteenth century edition of Thomas Esgood Summers' The Sunday School Teacher. Reverend Osgood was an English-born American Methodist, editor, and professor at Vanderbilt. Considered in his time one of the most prominent Methodist theologians of the century. Foxing; writing in pencil to the front endpaper and flyleaf; rubbing... Read More
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JORROCKS'S JAUNTS & JOLLITIES: The Hunting, Shooting, Racing, Driving, Sailing, Eating, Eccentric and Extravagant Exploits of That Renowned Sporting Citizen Mr. John Jorrocks
by Surtees, R. S.; Grego, Joseph (introduction); Illustrated by H. Alken, Phiz, and W. Heath
London: Kegan Paul, Tranch, Trubner & Co., Ltd. Hard Cover. near Very Good binding. H. Alken, Phiz, and W. Heath. With Numerous Illustrations By H. Alken, Phiz, and W. Heath; Previous owner's bookplate attached to front paste-down. No pencil or ink markings in text. First signature loose but just holding. Green cloth binding with gilt... Read More
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[GRAPHIC DESIGN] DESIGN FOR POINT OF SALE
by Ladislav Sutnar
New York: Pellegini & Cudahy, 1952. First Edion. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Oblong quarto; in quarter gold cloth over patterned papers covered boards, with vertical titling in black to the spine; unpaginated but about 150 pages; with black and white drawings and photographs accompanied by text throughout; the binding has wear at the extremities.~~Bright red endpapers, with... Read More
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NEGOTIATING HISTORY. FROM ROMANTICISM TO VICTORIANISM. (WASEDA UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC SERIES 23)
by Rieko Suzuki
Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo: Waseda University Press, 2012. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding. A clean copy of the First Edition. Hardback with minimal wear to the corners. Fine binding.
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![[VIRGINIA] JAMESTOWN TER-CENTENNIAL PROCLAMATION](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/494/174/1596174494.0.m.jpg)
[VIRGINIA] JAMESTOWN TER-CENTENNIAL PROCLAMATION
by Claude A. Swanson
Richmond: Davis Bottom, Sup't. Public Printing, 1907. Soft Cover. Fine binding. Claude Swanson was Governor of the Commonwealth during the celebration of the 300th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown in the Colony of Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in the United States. The event place over a period of eight months, not at Jamestown but at... Read More
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WILLS OF RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY, VIRGINIA. 1656-1692
by William Montgomery Sweeny
Lynchburg, Virginia: J. P. Bell Company, 1947. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. A lovely First Edition copy. There is a previous owner bookplate to the front pastedown, and a previous owner name on the front free endpaper. A few scattered pencil marks, but a bright and tight copy. Mylar has been custom cut... Read More
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![[ASSOCIATION COPY] BROTHERS OF THE SPADE: CORRESPONDENCE OF PETER COLLINSON, OF LONDON, AND OF JOHN CUSTIS, OF WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA 1734-1746](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/067/453/1563453067.0.m.jpg)
[ASSOCIATION COPY] BROTHERS OF THE SPADE: CORRESPONDENCE OF PETER COLLINSON, OF LONDON, AND OF JOHN CUSTIS, OF WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA 1734-1746
by Earl Gregg Swem
Barre, Massachusetts: Barre Gazette, 1957. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. 8vo.; in the publisher's green cloth with dustjacket; 196 pages, including the Index; the dustjakcet has a closed tear and minor chipping; it has not been price-clipped; there is a previous owner signature on the endpaper and a gift inscription on the half-title... Read More
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![[VIRGINIA] [PRESENTATION COPY] BROTHERS OF THE SPADE. CORRESPONDENCE OF PETER COLLINSON, OF LONDON, AND OF JOHN CUSTIS, OF WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA, 1734-1746](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/076/210/1579210076.0.m.jpg)
[VIRGINIA] [PRESENTATION COPY] BROTHERS OF THE SPADE. CORRESPONDENCE OF PETER COLLINSON, OF LONDON, AND OF JOHN CUSTIS, OF WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA, 1734-1746
by E. G. Swem
Worcester, Massachusetts: American Antiquarian Society, 1949. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. 8vo.; an offprint from the proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, [18], 18-201 pages, including the Index; with an inscriptions from Mr. Swem to Mary [Goodwin], ~~With inscription from the author: "To Mary, in appreciation of here faithful assistance in the solution of historical problems. E. G.... Read More
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THE COMMENTARIES UPON THE APHORISMS OF DR. HERMAN BOERHAAVE...CONCERNING THE KNOWLEDGE AND CURE OF THE SEVERAL DISEASES INCIDENT TO HUMAN BODIES (VOLUME I ONLY)
by Gerard Van Swieten
John and Paul Knapton, 1744. Full Leather. Very Good binding. Garrison Morton 2200. Van Sweeten was Boerhaave's student who transplanted his style of teaching to Vienna and founded the Vienna School of Medicine [Garrison Morton 2200]. He spent years on his translation of Boerhaave's works. An presentable copy in contemporary calf, lacking the front and back... Read More
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![12 Volumes] THE WORKS OF JONATHAN SWIFT, D.D. DEAN OF ST. PATRICK'S, DUBLIN, ACCURATELY REVISED IN SIX VOLUMES. ADORNED WITH COPPER PLATES; WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE AUTHOR'S LIFE, AND NOTES HISTORICAL AND EXPLANATORY BY JOHN HAWKESWORTH [8 Volumes, with] LETTERS, WRITTEN BY THE LATE JONATHAN SWIFT... FROM THE YEAR 1703 TO 1740 [4 Volumes]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/141/593/1482593141.0.m.jpg)
12 Volumes] THE WORKS OF JONATHAN SWIFT, D.D. DEAN OF ST. PATRICK'S, DUBLIN, ACCURATELY REVISED IN SIX VOLUMES. ADORNED WITH COPPER PLATES; WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE AUTHOR'S LIFE, AND NOTES HISTORICAL AND EXPLANATORY BY JOHN HAWKESWORTH [8 Volumes, with] LETTERS, WRITTEN BY THE LATE JONATHAN SWIFT... FROM THE YEAR 1703 TO 1740 [4 Volumes]
by Jonathan Swift; with notes by John Hawkesworth; Deane Swift
London: Published and printed variously by C. Bathurst, C. Davis, C. Hitch and L. Hawes, J. Hodges, R. and J. Dodsley, W. Bowyer, L. Davis C. Reymers, W. Johnston, T. Davies, R. Davis, H. Woodfall, W. Strahan, J. Rivington, W. Owens, R. Baldwin, T. Longman, 1768. First Edition Thus. Full Leather. Very Good binding. Volume I: [2], 8,... Read More
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![[DISBOUND PAMPHLET] THE CONDUCT OF THE ALLIES AND OF THE LATE MINISTRY IN BEGINNING AND CARRYING ON THE PRESENT WAR](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/674/823/1603823674.0.m.jpg)
[DISBOUND PAMPHLET] THE CONDUCT OF THE ALLIES AND OF THE LATE MINISTRY IN BEGINNING AND CARRYING ON THE PRESENT WAR
by [Jonathan Swift]
London: John Morphew, 1712. Sixth Edition. Disbound pamphlet; 48 pages; the sewn, with the signatures beginning to separate.~~First published in November of 1711, The Conduct of the Allies was an enormous success selling 11,000 copies by January of 1712 [See Geoffrey Holmes, British Politics in the Age of Anne, Revised Edition, [Hambledon, 1987], p. 79]. In it Swift attacked... Read More
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![[GENEALOGY] THE SWISHER FAMILY OF HARRISON AND LEWIS COUNTIES, WEST VIRGINIA](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/099/608/1603608099.0.m.jpg)
[GENEALOGY] THE SWISHER FAMILY OF HARRISON AND LEWIS COUNTIES, WEST VIRGINIA
by Robert Edward Swisher
Richmond, Virginia: Whittet & Shepperson, 1974. First Edition. Near Fine binding. 8vo.; in the publisher's red cloth binding, with titling in gold; 146 pages with illustrations and genealogical tables; map endpapers.~~. Near Fine binding.
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![[FRAMED] REPRINT. THE VICKSBURG DAILY CITIZEN. JULY 2, 1863](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/689/974/1232974689.0.m.jpg)
[FRAMED] REPRINT. THE VICKSBURG DAILY CITIZEN. JULY 2, 1863
by J. M. Swords
Vicksburg was a city under siege. Both Lee and Grant wanted to control the city and its important location along a bend in the Mississippi River, and in May 1863 Grant had surrounded it. . Citizens literally took shelter in caves; food and necessities grew scarcer and scarce.~~Vicksburg's newspaper naturally covered conditions on the ground... Read More
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SOUTHERN INVINCIBILITY. A HISTORY OF THE CONFEDERATE HEART
by Wiley Sword
New York, 1999. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. First Edition, First Printing, Presentation copy of Wiley Sword's Southern Invincibility: A History of the Confederate Heart. Signed with a personal inscription by the author on the half title. Bookplate of the recipient, who also appears in the acknowledgments page, on the front pastedown. Else no marks... Read More
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[RELIGION] WILLIAM WAKE. ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY, 1657-1737
by Norman Sykes
`: Cambridge at the University Press, 1957. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Two large 8vo. volumes; in the publisher's blue cloth bindings; there are two bookplates on the pastedown of each volume, one belonging to the Rev. J. G. Barnish, a noted bellringer in England; each volume has a price penned in ink to the top... Read More
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THE GENTLEMANS MAGAZINE FOR MAY 1741
by Sylvanus Urban, Gent
E. Cave, at St. John's Gate, 1741. Disbound. Very Good binding. The first publication to touch on all the aspects of a gentleman's life, from politics and economics to poetry and etiquette, and the first to call itself a "magazine". Full of charming and varied details about the lives and interests of educated and wealthy Brits of the... Read More
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THE WORLD OF LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON. A LITERARY CELEBRITY OF THE 1830S
by F. J. Sypher
New York: The Grolier Club, 2011. Soft Cover. Near Fine binding. A catalogue published to accompany the exhibition held at The Grolier Club, 23 March 2011 - 27 May 2011. With no marks. Near Fine gray paperback. Near Fine binding.
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![[ARCHITECTURE] INTERPRETING THE RENAISANCE PRINCES, CITIES, ARCHITECTS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/934/826/1687826934.0.m.jpg)
[ARCHITECTURE] INTERPRETING THE RENAISANCE PRINCES, CITIES, ARCHITECTS
by Manfredo Tafuri
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Very Good+ dust jacket. 4to; in blue cloth over paper covered boards; in dust jacket; xxix, 408 pages including the Index; the jacket shows some signs of wear to the edges; a bit crumpled on the spine; there are margin notes in pencil throughout. Near Fine binding /... Read More
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CREATIVE LIFE WITH CREATIVE ORIGAMI VOLUME III
by Toshie Takahama
1985. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. A clean copy with no marks of any kind. Near Fine binding.
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STEAM FROM KENYA TO THE CAPE: An Enthusiast's Guide to the Steam Locomotives of East, Central and South Africa
by E. Talbot
England: The Continental Railway Circle and Halcyon Books, 1975. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. 86pp. Illustrated soft cover binding with very light edgewear to extremities. ; no markings in text. Very Good binding.
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![[AMERICANA] [PRESENTATION COPY] [THE CABIN]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/007/363/1668363007.0.m.jpg)
[AMERICANA] [PRESENTATION COPY] [THE CABIN]
by Nelson S. Talbott
USA: Nelson S. Talbott, 1946. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Nelson S Talbott. 4to; in publisher’s terra-cotta cloth with gilt titling on the upper board and spine; trivial spots of paint to the lower board; inscribed by the author “To Bob - Who has traveled many trails and loves the woods too!” - Bud, Dec-1948.”~~Talbott was... Read More
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![[POLITICAL COMIC] BOBMAN WITH TEDDY THE WONDER BOY MEET THE PUZZLER. ANOTHER GREAT SOCIETY COMIC BOOK](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/264/615/1700615264.0.m.jpg)
[POLITICAL COMIC] BOBMAN WITH TEDDY THE WONDER BOY MEET THE PUZZLER. ANOTHER GREAT SOCIETY COMIC BOOK
by D. J. Arneson; Tony Tallarico
New York: Parallax Comic Books, Inc, 1966. First Edition. Stapled Pamphlet. Near Fine binding. Stapled pamphlet; in brightly printed cardstock covers, depicting Bobman and Teddy themselves as caped crusaders flying over the Capital building.~~“Another Great Society Adult Comic Book” and a true relic of the good old days of American politics. Near Fine binding.
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