THE STORY OF LENA MURPHY, THE WHITE SLAVE. AND OTHER STARTLING REVELATIONS GRAPHICALLY TOLD
by Samuel Paynter Wilson
[Chicago]: n.p., 1910. Original Wrappers. Very Good binding. Appears to have been taken from Wilson’s two classics of the underworld, “Chicago by Gaslight” and “Chicago and Its Cess-Pools of Infamy”. Printed with the pagination of the original works. Stapled wrappers with minor loss, not affecting the text. Uncommon with a handful of copies on OCLC. Very Good binding.... Read More
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![[AMERICANA] JOHN C. CALHOUN. NATIONALIST, 1782-1828; NULLIFIER, 1829-1839; SECTIONALIST, 1840-1850 [3 VOLUMES]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/036/594/1651594036.0.m.jpg)
[AMERICANA] JOHN C. CALHOUN. NATIONALIST, 1782-1828; NULLIFIER, 1829-1839; SECTIONALIST, 1840-1850 [3 VOLUMES]
by Charles M. Wiltse
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc, 1951. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. Three large 8vo. volumes, in the publisher’s brown cloth bindings, with dustjackets; [10], 11-477 pages, including the Index; [10] 11-511 pages, including the Index; [10], 11-592 pages, including the Index; the top corner of the last page of the third volume has... Read More
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![[VIRGINIA] A HISTORY OF CAROLINE COUNTY VIRGINIA. FROM ITS FORMATION IN 1727 TO 1924. COMPILED FROM ORIGINAL RECORDS AND AUTHORITATIVE SOURCES AND PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED. TO WHICH IS APPENDED “A DISCOURSE OF VIRGINIA”](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/451/834/1630834451.0.m.jpg)
[VIRGINIA] A HISTORY OF CAROLINE COUNTY VIRGINIA. FROM ITS FORMATION IN 1727 TO 1924. COMPILED FROM ORIGINAL RECORDS AND AUTHORITATIVE SOURCES AND PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED. TO WHICH IS APPENDED “A DISCOURSE OF VIRGINIA”
by Marshall Wingfield; Edward Maria Wingfield
Richmond, Va: Press of Trevvet Christian & Co, 1924. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good binding. Large 8vo.; in the publihser’s burgundy cloth; xv, followed by a map of Caroline County; [1] 2-528 pages, including the Index; with black and white illustrations throughout. the hinges have been discreetly repaired with japanese tissue.~~There are no ownership marks of any kind... Read More
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![[SIGNED] [LITERATURE] WINTER FROST](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/788/487/1687487788.0.m.jpg)
[SIGNED] [LITERATURE] WINTER FROST
by R. D. Wingfield
London: Constable, 1999. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. Signed. 8vo; in the publisher’s black cloth binding; with tilting on the spine in silver; 384 pages; in an unclipped jacket.~~A pristine copy of the First English Edition, signed by R. D. Wingfield on the title page. Near Fine binding / Near Fine dust jacket.... Read More
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TEXAS IN THE CONFEDERACY: Military Installations, Economy and People
by Bill Winsor
Hillsboro Texas: Hill Junior College Press, 1978. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. The publication date penned in red at the top of the front free end paper; otherwise a clean copy without any marks or writing. The dust jacket is bright, not price clipped and now protected in a new mylar cover. Very... Read More
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SAMUEL ADAMS. FIREBRAND OF THE REVOLUTION
by Alexander Winston
Owl House Press, 2010. Full Leather. Near Fine binding. Numbered 52 of 150 copies. A history of the famous revolutionary and Founding Father. With a few reproduction illustrations of portraits. Blue leather with gilt lettering. 4.8 x 4.0 cm. Near Fine binding.
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ANNALS OF THE GREAT KANAWHA
by William D. Wintz
Charleston WV: Pictorial Histories Publishing Co, 1993. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Previous owner's name and date on the front free endpaper along with a few notes ; otherwise a clean copy. The dust jacket has a bot of sunning on the botton front edge, is not price clipped and is now protected in a... Read More
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![[CIVIL WAR] HISTORY OF THE SEVENTEENTH VIRGINIA INFANTRY, C. S. A.](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/375/221/1558221375.0.m.jpg)
[CIVIL WAR] HISTORY OF THE SEVENTEENTH VIRGINIA INFANTRY, C. S. A.
by [George Wise]
Batlimore: Kelly, Piet & Company, 1870. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 8vo, in fly-specked plum cloth with gift decoration, and with sunned spine; [6], [7]-312 pages including the Contents leaves; there are no prior ownership marks; the top edge of the textblock has a light tideline throughout..~~The Nevins bibliography applauds this account as "[a] human chronicle,... Read More
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![[RICHMOND] [ALBUM] SOUVENIR ALBUM OF RICHMOND, VA](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/545/705/1667705545.0.m.jpg)
[RICHMOND] [ALBUM] SOUVENIR ALBUM OF RICHMOND, VA
by Adolph and Herman Wittemann
Brooklyn, NY: Albertype Co, 1895. 5”x7” soft-cover thread/string bound album showing scenery in Richmond, Virginia c.1895. Front cover with wear especially along spine; binding is lost but pages are all excellent. ~~Adolph and Herman Wittemann founded the Brooklyn, NY Albertype Co. publishing company of postcards and “view books” around 1880. Adolph Witteman was the photographer of thousands of landmarks... Read More
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CONRAD THE CLOCK
by Jean Barr; Illustrated by Elaine Wittert
Chicago: Wilcox & Follet Co, 1944. First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Very Good+ binding. Elaine Wittert. A beautiful copy of a scarce and charming children’s book. We locate only two copies in OCLC. This copy has no marks of any kind, and is bright and tight. Mylar has been cut to protect it. Very Good+ binding.
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![[LITERATURE] BEYOND THE BEDROOM WALL](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/330/438/1610438330.0.m.jpg)
[LITERATURE] BEYOND THE BEDROOM WALL
by Larry Woidwode
New York`: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1975. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Very Good dust jacket. Large quarto; in the publisher's taupe cloth, with dustjacket; [5], 6-619, [620-621] pages; there are no marks of any kind in the book; the dustjacket has minor wear at the corner; the jacket has not been price-clipped.~~A lovely First Edition copy... Read More
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![[PHILOSOPHY] LA LOGIQUE OU REFLEXIONS SUR LES FORCES DE L’ENTENDEMENT HUMAIN, ET SUR LES FORCES DE L’ENTENDEMENT HUMAIN, ET SUR LEUR LEGITIME USAGE DEAN LA CONNAISSANCE DE LA VERITE](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/060/160/1654160060.0.m.jpg)
[PHILOSOPHY] LA LOGIQUE OU REFLEXIONS SUR LES FORCES DE L’ENTENDEMENT HUMAIN, ET SUR LES FORCES DE L’ENTENDEMENT HUMAIN, ET SUR LEUR LEGITIME USAGE DEAN LA CONNAISSANCE DE LA VERITE
by Chretien [Christian] Wolff
A Lausanne; A Geneve: Chez Marc-Mich. Bousquet & Comp, 1744. Seconde Edition Francoise. Quarter Leather. Very Good binding. 8vo.; quarter-bound in green mrorocco with spine ruled and lettered in gilt; over marbled boards; xxx, 216 pages, with engraved portrait frontispiece; with title page printed in red and black.~~Translated from the German: Vernünftige Gedanken von den Kräfften des menschlichen... Read More
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[ARCHAEOLOGY TOUMBA TOU SKOUROU: A Bronze Age Potters' Quarter on Morphou Bay in Cyprus
by Emily D. T. Vermeule & Florence Z. Wolsky
Cambridge, MA: The Harvard University Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Cyprus Expedition, 1990. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding. Illustrated; Blue cloth binding with gilt lettering. A very nice copy. Very Good+ binding.
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WOODBURY'S TABLES AND NOTES ON THE CULTIVATION, MANUFACTURE, AND FOREIGN TRADE OF COTTON
by [Levi Woodbury]
Washington: Blair & Rives, 1836. Hard Cover. Good binding. A reissue of House document no. 146 (24th Congress, 1st session) with a title page added; from the time Levi Woodbury was Secretary of the Treasury. Bound in half-leather and paper-covered boards with title page and prefatory note; this copy very discreetly rebacked with the original title "Cotton" reattached.... Read More
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[ARTIST'S BOOK ] PET | P E T (PARTS & EXTRA THINGS)
by Paul Woodbine
[Fall River, Mass.]: Volaphon Press -- Hunts' Mills Pub, 1984. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Square large 8vo.; in the publisher's brown buckram binding, with pink title label stating that this is #13 of 80 copies published [Printing Circa Spring 1983 thru Spring 1984] and with the ISBN printed as well; from the verso of the... Read More
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![[CHILDREN] THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT. ALSO, THE HISTORY OF MRS. WILLIAMS, AND HER PLUMB CAKE. WHICH SHE MATHEMATICALLY DIVIDED AMONG HER PUPILS, ACCORDING TO THEIR MERIT. THE STORY OF LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/303/841/1581841303.0.m.jpg)
[CHILDREN] THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT. ALSO, THE HISTORY OF MRS. WILLIAMS, AND HER PLUMB CAKE. WHICH SHE MATHEMATICALLY DIVIDED AMONG HER PUPILS, ACCORDING TO THEIR MERIT. THE STORY OF LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD
by August R. Klapper [Master Printer] | Carl Anderson Rosenberg [Woodcuts]
Williamsburg [Va.] 1956: Printing Office of Colonial Williamsburg, 1956. Full Leather. Very Good binding. 24mo.; in full green morooco, double ruled in blind to the perimeter of the boards, with inner decorative rule with acorn motif at the corners; spine with gilt decorations; [2], 3-26 pages, followed by colophon; illustrated with woodcuts throughout. There is a small amount... Read More
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![[SPECIAL PRESS] THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF EDWARD LORD HERBERT OF CHERBURY](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/886/379/1597379886.0.m.jpg)
[SPECIAL PRESS] THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF EDWARD LORD HERBERT OF CHERBURY
by C. H. Herford [Introdution] | Robert Ashwin Maynard {Printer] | Horace Walter Bray [Wood-Engravings]
Montgomeryshire: The Gregynog Press, 1928. Limited edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Folio; in brown buckram with the Herbert arms blocked in gilt; [vi], vii-xv, [3] 94 pages, followed by the colophon; with nine wood engravings; with wood engraved shield on the title page, hand colored in blue, red and gray, and a large initial in red; printed... Read More
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![[CIVIL WAR MEDICINE] CATALOGUE OF THE SURGICAL SECTION OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL MUSEUM [WITH] CATALOGUE OF THE MEDICAL SECTION OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL MUSEUM PREPARED BY J. J. WOODWARD [WITH] CATALOGUE OF THE MICROSCOPIAL SECTION OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL MUSEUM PREPARED BY EDWARD CURTIS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/812/184/1454184812.0.m.jpg)
[CIVIL WAR MEDICINE] CATALOGUE OF THE SURGICAL SECTION OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL MUSEUM [WITH] CATALOGUE OF THE MEDICAL SECTION OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL MUSEUM PREPARED BY J. J. WOODWARD [WITH] CATALOGUE OF THE MICROSCOPIAL SECTION OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL MUSEUM PREPARED BY EDWARD CURTIS
by Alfred [Alexander] Woodhull
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1867. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Thick quarto; nicely rebound in black moire cloth with gilt lettering to the spine, over marbled boards; three volumes in one as issued; all edges gilt; with six full page engraved plates as well as in-text illustrations scattered throughout; there are several discreet library stamps, but... Read More
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![[SIGNED] [CIVIL WAR] THE WAR”STONEWALL” JACKSON AND BATTLES THE REGIMENT AS I SAW THEM](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/156/401/1707401156.0.m.jpg)
[SIGNED] [CIVIL WAR] THE WAR”STONEWALL” JACKSON AND BATTLES THE REGIMENT AS I SAW THEM
by James H. Wood
Cumberland: Eddy Press Corporation, 1910. First Edition. Very Good binding. 16mo; in the publisher’s green cloth binding; [8], 181 pages; complete with 7 unnumbered leaves of plates; a bit of edge wear; some minor silverfishing.~~With a gift inscription to his Niece signed by James H Wood tipped into the front of the book. ~~“Wood relied for the most... Read More
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![[HISTORY] IN SEARCH OF THE DARK AGES](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/296/703/1718703296.0.m.jpg)
[HISTORY] IN SEARCH OF THE DARK AGES
by Michael Wood
London: The Folio Society, 2021. Near Fine binding. Octavo; in blue paper covered boards; xxvii, 305 page including the Index; with maps and full color illustrations throughout; housed in a blue slipcase. Near Fine binding.
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![[SPECIAL PRESS] [SIGNED] OF AUCASSIN AND NICOLETTE. A TRANSLATION IN PROSE AND VERSE FROM THE OLD FRENCH TOGETHER WITH AMABEL AND AMORIS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/986/233/1552233986.0.m.jpg)
[SPECIAL PRESS] [SIGNED] OF AUCASSIN AND NICOLETTE. A TRANSLATION IN PROSE AND VERSE FROM THE OLD FRENCH TOGETHER WITH AMABEL AND AMORIS
by Laurence Housman | Paul Woodroffe
London: Chatto & WIndus | Shakespeare Press, 1925. Limted Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Large 8vo.; in blue-grey paper-covered boards backed in cream linen with paper label to the spine; 106 pages; in an edition limited to 160 copies of which this is no. 92; signed by Paul Woodroffe whose drawings, including frontispiece, initials and decorations were... Read More
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![[RELIGION] [UNITARIANS] LETTERS TO UNITARIANS OCCASIONED BY THE SERMON OF THE REVEREND WILLIAM E. CHANNING AT THE ORDINATION OF THE REV. J. SPARKS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/266/557/1469557266.0.m.jpg)
[RELIGION] [UNITARIANS] LETTERS TO UNITARIANS OCCASIONED BY THE SERMON OF THE REVEREND WILLIAM E. CHANNING AT THE ORDINATION OF THE REV. J. SPARKS
by Leonard Woods
Andover: Flagg and Gould, 1820. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. 8vo.; pamphlet bound in modern brown heavy wrappers with a printed title label at the spine; v, (1) [3]-160 pages; with some scattered light foxing.~~Sermon preached by Channing at the ordination of Jared Sparks in which he defended the Unitarian position and their inclusion in the Christian fellowship,... Read More
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![[SIGNED] [AMERICANA] ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/395/482/1639482395.0.m.jpg)
[SIGNED] [AMERICANA] ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN
by Carl Bernstein; Bob Woodward
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1974. 25th Anniversary Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding/Fine dust jacket. Signed. Large 8vo.; in plum-colored paper-covered boards backed in gray; [8], 9-349 pages, including the Index; this copy is signed on the title page by Carl Bernstein.~~This is the third printing of the 25th anniversary edition; the book was first printed in 1974..~~Quite... Read More
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CHILDREN OF THE RITZ
by Cornell Woolrich
Boni & Liveright, 1927. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. The Second Printing from October of 1927 (the first was in July of that same year). Some light spotting to the boards, but basically a clean and tight copy. Very Good binding.
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EYEBRIGHT
by Susan Coolidge [Sarah Chauncey Woolsey]
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1879. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. A clean First Edition copy of this tale which was first serialized in St. Nicholas Magazine. In the publisher's blue cloth, with decorations stamped in gold and in black. With wood-engraved frontispiece and three additional full page plates, as well as vignettes. Some wear... Read More
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