![[LAW] ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA, PASSED AT THE SESSION COMMENCING 6th DECEMBER 1841, AND ENDING 26th MARCH 1842](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/406/295/1617295406.0.m.jpg)
[LAW] ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA, PASSED AT THE SESSION COMMENCING 6th DECEMBER 1841, AND ENDING 26th MARCH 1842
by General Assembly of Virginia
Richmond: Samuel Shepherd--Printer to the Commonwealth, 1842. First Edition. Quarter Leather. Very Good binding. 8vo.; in quarter calf over marbled boards; [3], 4-194 pages, including the Index; there is a previous owner name on the pastedown, dated in the year of publication; this copy is lacking the front endpaper.~~This sessoin contains much on the incorporation of the town... Read More
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ACTS OF ASSEMBLY. CONCERNING THE JAMES RIVER COMPANY, THE JAMES RIVER AND KANAWHA COMPANY, AND THE RICHMOND AND ALLEGHANY RAILROAD AND RICHMOND AND ALLEGHANY RAILWAY COMPANIES. | WITH ACTS AND PARTS OF ACTS CONCERNING OTHER CORPORATIONS WITH WHICH THE ABOVE COMPANIES HAD RELATIONS
by General Assembly of Virginia
Richmond, VA: Everett Waddey Company, 1891. Half Leather. Very Good binding. The Acts of Assembly, Concerning the James River Company, the James River and Kanawha Company, and the Richmond and Alleghany Railroad and Richmond and Alleghany Railway Companies. Acts passed by the General Assembly of Virginia concerning some railway and river companies of the Richmond area. Very scattered... Read More
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![[LAW] A COLLECTION OF ALL SUCH ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA OF A PUBLIC AND PERMANENT NATURE AS HAVE PASSED SINCE THE SESSION OF 1801: TO WHICH ARE ADDED APPENDICES ... WITH A COMPLETE INDEX TO THE WHOLE ... [VOLUME II ONLY OF 2 VOLUMES]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/498/788/1615788498.0.m.jpg)
[LAW] A COLLECTION OF ALL SUCH ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA OF A PUBLIC AND PERMANENT NATURE AS HAVE PASSED SINCE THE SESSION OF 1801: TO WHICH ARE ADDED APPENDICES ... WITH A COMPLETE INDEX TO THE WHOLE ... [VOLUME II ONLY OF 2 VOLUMES]
by General Assembly of Virginia
Richmond: Samuel Pleasants, Junior, 1808. First Edition. Full Leather. Very Good binding. Large 8vo.; in full sheep with a border in blind at the perimeter of the boards and with a morocco label, and with a volume number in blind to the spine; there is loss at the top of the spine; vi, [1], 2-322 pages, including the... Read More
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![[VIRGINIA] [LAW] [FIVE ACTS BOUND TOGETHER] ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, BEGUN AND HELD AT THE CAPITOL IN THE CITY OF RICHMOND, ON MONDAY THE TWENTY-NINTH DAY OF NOVEMBER IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ON THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FOUR, AND OF THE COMMONWEALTH THE FORTY-NINTH; [WITH] ACTS PASSED ... ON MONDAY THE FIFTH DAY OF DECEMBER ... [1825]; [WITH] ACTS PASSED ... ON MONDAY THE FOURTH DAY OF DECEMBER ... [1826]; [WITH] ACTS PASSED ... ON MONDAY THE THIRD DAY OF DECEMBER ... [1827]; [WITH] ACTS PASSED ... ON MONDAY THE FIRST DAY OF DECEMBER ... [1828]; [WITH] PART II. CONTAINING ACTS OF A PRIVATE AND LOCAL NATURE](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/545/807/1447807545.0.m.jpg)
[VIRGINIA] [LAW] [FIVE ACTS BOUND TOGETHER] ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, BEGUN AND HELD AT THE CAPITOL IN THE CITY OF RICHMOND, ON MONDAY THE TWENTY-NINTH DAY OF NOVEMBER IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ON THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FOUR, AND OF THE COMMONWEALTH THE FORTY-NINTH; [WITH] ACTS PASSED ... ON MONDAY THE FIFTH DAY OF DECEMBER ... [1825]; [WITH] ACTS PASSED ... ON MONDAY THE FOURTH DAY OF DECEMBER ... [1826]; [WITH] ACTS PASSED ... ON MONDAY THE THIRD DAY OF DECEMBER ... [1827]; [WITH] ACTS PASSED ... ON MONDAY THE FIRST DAY OF DECEMBER ... [1828]; [WITH] PART II. CONTAINING ACTS OF A PRIVATE AND LOCAL NATURE
by General Assembly of Virginia
Richmond: Thomas Ritchie. 8vo.; in half-calf over marbled boards; spine has perished and binding held together with old library tape; the Acts of Assembly are from 1824; 1825; 1826; 1827; 1828; Part II of 1829; the Acts of 1824 are lacking the Index to Part II. With the signature of Peter Poythress Batte of Peterburg; contains much on Rivers;... Read More
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![[LAW] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, BEGUN AND HELD AT THE CAPITOL IN THE CITY OF RICHMOND, ON MONDAY THE FIRST DAY OF JANUARY, ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND THIRTY-EIGHT](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/728/853/1655853728.0.m.jpg)
[LAW] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, BEGUN AND HELD AT THE CAPITOL IN THE CITY OF RICHMOND, ON MONDAY THE FIRST DAY OF JANUARY, ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND THIRTY-EIGHT
by Delegates Commonwealth of Virgnia
Richmond: Thoams Ritchie, Printed to the Commonwealth, 1937. Fine binding. Quarto; an ex-library copy in library buckram and with usual marks; the title page is supplied in facsimile; 300 pages, followed by 53 pages of Index; followed by 25 documents, beginning with the Governor’s Message and Accompanying Documents; there are tide line especially to the last pages.~~A hefty... Read More
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![[GRAPHIC ARTS] HERMANN VIRL 1903-1958](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/408/278/1608278408.0.m.jpg)
[GRAPHIC ARTS] HERMANN VIRL 1903-1958
by Hermann Virl
Munchen: Verlag Fritz Schmidberger, 1961. Soft Cover. Near Fine binding. Quarto; in printed wrappers with glassine; IXI, 88 pages of plates with some text; followed; the glassine has some scattered foxing; the book itself does not and is quite clean; housed still in the publisher’s shipping cardboard cover. Near Fine binding.
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[PHILOSOPHY] FROM POLITICS TO REASON OF STATE (IDEAS IN CONTEXT)
by Maurizio Viroli
Cambridge University Press, 1992. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. 8vo.; in the publisher’s black cloth, with dustjacket; ix, 331 pages; there are pencilled annotations throughout; the bottom corner of the upper board is lightly bumped. Very Good binding / Very Good dust jacket.
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![[AMERICANA] [YEARBOOK] HIGH SCHOOL AUTOGRAPH BOOK](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/467/319/1653319467.0.m.jpg)
[AMERICANA] [YEARBOOK] HIGH SCHOOL AUTOGRAPH BOOK
by Dorothy Ann Voigt
Chicago, Illinois, 1986. 4 ½” x 6” x ¾” black autograph book belonging to Dorothy Ann Voigt (1912-2000) of Chicago, Illinois. This is a charming book with multicolored pages, legible writing, an attractive cover. Miss Voigt wrote inside the front cover, “D.A.V. Junior + Sr Year High School at St Xavier’s Academy 49th Cottage Grove Ave – Chicago Illinois”.... Read More
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[VOLKSWAGON] NOTICE D'ENTRETIEN. VEHICULES UTILITAIRES
by Volkswagen
Allemagne: Volkwagenwerk Ag Wolfsburg, 1961. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. A service booklet for Volkswagen Utility Vehicles. Text in French. With illustrations. Spot of surface loss to the front cover, and minor loss at the bottom of the spine. Stapled softcover. Very Good. Very Good binding.
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WHO WAS WHO. WARWICK COUNTY, VIRGINIA 1782-1880
by Col. (Ret.) and Mrs. Arthur H. Vollertsen
Fort Eustice, Virginia: Fort Eustis Historical and Archaeological Association, 1977. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. A statistical abstract transcribed from the Virginia State Tax Lists (1782-1890) and the Federal Census Records (1810-1880) and Published by the Fort Eustis Historical Society. An out-of-the ordinary binding, with red binding tape for the spine. An ALS from Mrs.... Read More
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M. VELLEIVS PATERCVLVS. CUM NOTIS GERARDI VOSSII G.F.
by Velleius Paterculus | Georgius Ratallerus | Gerardus Vossius
Lvgd. Batavorvm: Ex Officina Elzeviriana, 1654. Second Elsevier Edition. Full Leather. Very Good binding. The Second Edition published by the Elsevier Press and the least common of the Elsevier printings. Velleius' Roman History is important for its treatment of the rise and reign of Augustus. Engraved title page, initials, headpieces, and tailpieces. Divisional half title for the Gerardi... Read More
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![[VIRGINIA] THE FALLS OF THE APPOMATTOX ATLAS: CULTURAL RESOURCE AND PLANNING MAPS FOR THE APPOMATTOX SCENIC RIVER](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/142/234/1552234142.0.m.jpg)
[VIRGINIA] THE FALLS OF THE APPOMATTOX ATLAS: CULTURAL RESOURCE AND PLANNING MAPS FOR THE APPOMATTOX SCENIC RIVER
by W. E. Trout, III
Virginia Canals and Navigation Society, 1997. Second Printing. Comb Binding. Near Fine binding. Oblong quarto, in a comb binding; with yellow printed covers; 83 pages: illustrations and maps; there are no ownership marks in the book. Near Fine binding.
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![[ENGINEERING] [ARCHITECTURE] THE DESIGNING OF ORDINARY IRON HIGHWAY BRIDGES](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/084/076/1690076084.0.m.jpg)
[ENGINEERING] [ARCHITECTURE] THE DESIGNING OF ORDINARY IRON HIGHWAY BRIDGES
by J. A. L. Waddell
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1884. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Quarto; in the publisher’s brown cloth; xi, 244 pages, including the Index, and followed by 7 folding plates; the binding is rubbed and has some wear, with a small hole in the front joint; the plates extrude a bit from the binding and as... Read More
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ANNALS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA. SUPPLEMENT
by Jos. A. Waddell
Richmond, VA: J. W. Randolph & English, 1888. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. The first edition of the Supplement to Waddell's important Annals of Augusta County, issued the same year as the book. In the publisher's drab wrappers, on which the owner -- C. E. Kemper, who himself wrote some articles on Rockingham County history... Read More
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SPANISCHE STRACHLEHRE NEBST UEBUNGEN ZUR ANWENDEN DER GRUNDSATZE, DER WORTFUGUNG UND DER SCHREIBART DER SPANISCHEN SPRACHE, MIT EINER EINLEITUNG IN DIE GRUNSATZE DER SPANISCHEN SPRACHE
by Johann Daniel Wagener
Leipzig: Ben Siegfried Crusius, 1795. First Edition. First Edition of this Spanish language textbook in German, published in Leipzig in 1795. With the signature of Ed. Duisenberg, dated 1844. Half-calf over ochre-colored boards. With a slightly chipped morocco label.
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WINGS OVER EUROPE
by Jon Waite
New York: Cupples & Leon Company, 1943. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Illustrated frontispiece. From the Warriors of America series. Spotting to the binding, toning to the spine, and shelfwear to the dustjacket. Tan cloth with a Very Good dustjacket. Very Good binding / Very Good dust jacket.
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![[RICHMOND] WAITT’S POCKET DIRECTORY AND GUIDE](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/495/574/1703574495.0.m.jpg)
[RICHMOND] WAITT’S POCKET DIRECTORY AND GUIDE
by Robert Waitt
Waitt Publications, 1960. 6 1/2” x 3” Waitt’s Pocket Directory and Guide of Richmond Virginia and Vicinity, with folding map. First published in 1923, this 70 cent, 175pp guide was a complete A-Z guide filled with advertisements from local businesses. A 20 1/2” x 17” folding map is attached at the back, showing a June 1957 map of Richmond... Read More
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THE DIARY AND OBSERVATIONS OF A TENCH FISHER
by D. R. Wakefield
Devon: The Chevington Press, 1981. Limited Edition, numbered 23 of 50 copies. Quarter Leather. Near Fine binding. Signed by Wakefield below the colophon. 6 full page signed etchings along with 8 smaller etched head and tail pieces; exquisite work backed in tan calf with marbled paper over boards and an engraved title pastedown with etching on the upper... Read More
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SCHWIERING AND THE WEST
by Robert Wakefield
Aberdeen, South Dakota: North Plains Press, 1973. Limited Edition. Full Leather. Very Good binding. Signed. Signed by the author and artist on the limitation page; appears to have been numbered 266 of 300 copies, though the number has since been scratched out. With a typewritten letter laid in, and a reproduction of one of the illustrations; the recipients... Read More
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ALEX KATZ: A PRINT RETROSPECTIVE
by Alex Katz | Barry Walker
The Brooklyn Museum | Burton Skira, 1987. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Signed. This copy is signed by the artist, Alex Katz, with a personal inscription to the art patrons Sidney and Frances Lewis: "For | Frances & Sidney | love | Alex | 2. 3. 88"/~Minor wear to the bottom of the front wrapper.... Read More
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SALLY'S ABC. SEWED IN A SAMPLER IN 1795 BY SALLY JANE TATE
by Dugald Stewart Walker
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1929. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. An attractive copy with almost no loss to the oh-so-vulnerable muslin covering on the binding. There are no marks of any kind in the book, excepting an old bookseller's ticket. The dustjacket is present though worn. It has been price-clipped and... Read More
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![[VIRGINIA] THE EARLY EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE AMHERST-NELSON AREA: ALSO SHORT SKETCHES OF THE EARLY BAPTIST, METHODIST AND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/406/088/1611088406.0.m.jpg)
[VIRGINIA] THE EARLY EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE AMHERST-NELSON AREA: ALSO SHORT SKETCHES OF THE EARLY BAPTIST, METHODIST AND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES
by Frances Moorman Walker
Lynchburg: J. P. Bell, 1964. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 8vo.; in the publisher's red cloth binding; xii, [1] 2-122 pages, including an Appendix; illustrated throughout with black and white photographs.~~This copy with an acerbic inscription and commend by a previous owner: "Tripe. | Calvert Cabell Moravsky | daughter of | Philip Mason Cabell | son | of... Read More
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[ASIA] [FOLKLORE] WOMEN IN ANCIENT INDIAN TALES
by Jagdishchandra Jain; Margaret Walker
Delhi, Inidaa: Mittal Publications, 1987. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Very Good dust jacket. 8vo.; in gray cloth with yellow printing to the cover and the spine, with dustjacket; there are no marks in the book; xix, 110 pages; the dustjacket has been price-clipped..~~Uncommon in commerce. Near Fine binding / Very Good dust jacket.
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![[RICHMOND] [POETRY] EDGAR ALLAN POE LETTERS TILL NOW UNPUBLISHED: IN THE VALENTINE MUSEUM, RICHMOND](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/858/347/1700347858.0.m.jpg)
[RICHMOND] [POETRY] EDGAR ALLAN POE LETTERS TILL NOW UNPUBLISHED: IN THE VALENTINE MUSEUM, RICHMOND
by Edgar Allan Poe | Mary Newton Stanard (Essay and Commentary) | Dugald Stewart Walkger
Philadelphia; London: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1925. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Quarto; in publisher’s black and gold paper covered boards, with tiling to the spine in gilt; 328 pages; there is a light stain to the upper board; the boards have some wear to the edges, and the spine is lightly sunned.~~This edition limited to... Read More
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TWO CHAPTERS OF A LIFE. AMERICA BY COMPARISON AND OTHER ADDRESSES
by [A. W. Wallace]
Richmond, Va: Everett Waddey Company, 1913. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Two portrait plates, with foxing to the tissue guards only. Sunning to the spine. Red cloth with gilt lettering on the front board. Very Good binding.
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