THE REPORT FROM THE COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE PETITION OF SAMUEL LOW, AND OTHERS, (WHOSE NAMES ARE THEREUNTO SUBSCRIBED) IN BEHALF OF THEMSELVES, AND THE REST OF THE GENTLEMEN AND LANDHOLDERS IN THIS KINGDOM, IN REALTION TO THE NEW DEMAND OF THE TYTHE AGISTMENT OF DRY AND BARREN CATTLE
by Anon.[The House of Commons]
Dublin: Samuel Fairbrother, 1735. Regarding an important controversy over taxation of landed Protestants of Ireland by the Clergy. Many were forced by economics to sell their lands and leave; the result of this "tythe" was threat of mass emigration to America by the remaining Protestants. A report from an ad hoc committee of the Irish House of... Read More
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[RELIGION] L'APOCALYPSE TRADUITE EN FRANCOIS, AVEC UN EXPLICATION TIREE DES SS. PERES & DES AUTEURS ECCLESIASTIQUES
by [St. John the Apostle]
Paris: Chez Guillaume Desprez et Jean Desessaertz, 1720. Full Leather. Very Good binding. 8vo.; in contemporary calf, with raised bands and decorations and lettering in gilt; [52], 426 pages including the Table des Epistres et Evangiles; followed by 2 blank pages.; title page printed in red and black.~~An uncommon French edition. We find no copies in commerce and... Read More
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APPIANVS ALEXANDRINVS. DE BELLIS CIVILIBVS ROMA NORVM. | CVM LIBRO PERQVAM ELEGANTI. QVI ILLYRIVS ET ALTERO QVI CELTICVS INSCRIBITVR
by Appian
Venetiis: Opera magistri Bernardini de Vitalibus, 1526. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Appian's history of the Roman Civil War, which marked the end of the Roman Republic. With a woodcut floral border at the perimeter of the title page and elaborate initials. Faint blindstamp on the front endpaper. Faint 17th century owner's signature on the title page. Bound... Read More
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SIDE-SADDLE
by Doreen Archer Houblon
Country Life Limited, 1951. Revised Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Very Good dust jacket. Other than a previous owner name lightly pencilled on the endpaper, this is a clean copy of this Revised Edition from 1951. There is foxing to the edges of the textblock. The dustjacket has a couple of short close tears at the... Read More
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BETWIXT MY LOVE AND ME (2 VOLUMES; SET)
by [Eleanor Ashworth Towle; pseudonym of E. M. Archer]
London: Hurst and Blackett, 1885. Three Quarters Leather. Very Good binding. A pseudonymous novel ("By the author of", etc) from the late 19th century. 3/4 black leather over marbled boards; a bit worn, but sturdy and serviceable bindings. Very Good binding.
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[PRESBYTERIAN] BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF THE FOUNDER
by A[rchibald] Alexander [Editor]
Princeton, N. J.: J. T. Robinson, 1845. First Edition. Quarter Leather. Very Good binding. 8vo.; quarter black calf with titling and rules in gilt over brown ribbon-embossed boards; [3],4-369 pages; there is some wear to the spine, but the binding is very much intact. ~~The author was a sometime President of Hamden-Sydney College, and a long-time Professor at... Read More
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LE PROCES DE CONDAMNATION DE JEANNE d'ARC. REPRODUCTION EN FAC-SIMILE DU MANUSCRIT AUTHENTIQUE, SUR VELIN, No. 1119 DE LA BIBLIOTHEQUE DE L'ASSEMBLEE NATIONALE
by John Marchard (Introduction) | [Jeanne d'Arc; Joan of Arc]
Paris: Plon, 1955. Very Good binding. A pamphlet of text, with a facsimile on paper-vellum of the original manuscript of the trial of Joan of Arc; the manuscript volume with dustjacket. The book and the pamphlet laid into a paper-covered portfolio with titling to the spine. The publisher's slipcase is not present. A handsome production.... Read More
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[PHILOSOPHY] NICOMACHEAN ETHICS
by Aristotle | Harold H. Joachim; D. A. Rees
Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1966. Reprint Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. 8vo.; in the publisher’s’s bright blue cloth binding; with dustjacket, which has minor loss with scotch tape repair on the verso; vi, [1], 2-304 pages, incduding the Index; there are a few smudges in the book, but no pencil or ink markings.... Read More
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DIE KRANKHEITEN DES AUGES FUR PRAKTISCHE ARZTE GESCHILDERT. 3 BANDE IN 1 BAND (3 VOLUMES BOUND AS 1). BANDE 1: DIE KRANKHEITEN DER BINDE- UND HORNHAUT...; BANDE 2: DIE KRANKHEITEN DER SCLERA, IRIS, CHORIOIDEA UND LINSE ...; BANDE 3: DIE KRANKHEITEN DES GLASKORPERS, DER NETZHAUT, DER AUGENMUSKELN, DER AUGENLIDER, DER THRANENORGANE UND DER ORBITA..
by Ferd(idnand) von Arlt
Prag: F. A Credner & Kleinbub, 1856. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Deaccessioned from a university Medical School Library with the bookplate of the institution and several stamps. Three volumes bound as one. Very Good binding.
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[FINE BINDING] POETICAL WORKS OF MATTHEW ARNOLD
by Matthew Arnold
London: Macmillan and Co, 1892. Full Leather. Very Good binding. 8vo.; in full green sheep, with fade to the boards; xii, 510 pagesthe front gutter is tender; with dentelle turn-ins and marbled endpapers; with double gilt rules to the edges of the boards, and all edges gilt; and with portrait frontispiece. Very Good binding.
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[PETERSBURG] THE REMMIE ARNOLD REPORT AND REVIEW. 1976
by Remmie Arnold
A screed printed in newspaper format by the Mayor of Petersburg, and sometime Democratic candidate for the Governorship of Virginia, Remmie Arnold. Arnold. Full of local political issues of the day, Mayor Arnold laments the City Council's relinquishing of its authority to the City Manager. A principal concern of Mayor Remmie was the existence of Management Letters... Read More
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[AMERICANA] [KANSAS] [SMALL BROADSIDE] RECEIPTS FOR KANSAS RELIEF
by W. F. M.[William Frederick Milton] Arny
[Mendota], 1861. Small broadside; 5 5/8 x 3 1/4"; an itemization of cash received on behalf of Kansas Relief from various individuals in the amount of $191.88; also 344 sacks were received and then filled from Phenias Royce; by far the most significant amount received was from the Commissioners of the New York State fund: $11,282.62.~~The report of receipts... Read More
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[SPECIAL PRESS] DER ARCHIPELAGUS
by Friedrich Holderlin | Cornelia von Mengershausen (Art)
California: Ettan Press, 1978. Limited Editoin. Hard Cover. Fine binding. Quarto; in white laid paper-boards embossed with an "H" to the center of the upper board; and with the spine lettered in black; with plates hand-numbered and signed by the artist; this is number 37 of 90 numbered copies; with acetate wrapper and and a plain, white cardboard... Read More
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[SPECIAL PRESS] CINDERELLA AND THE TWO GIFTS
by Charles Perrault | Edouard de Beaumont [Artist]
London: Boussod Valadon & Co, 1887. First Edition. Full Leather. Very Good binding. Folio; in green pebbled morocco ruled in blind with discreetly decorative corners in gilt; with turn-ins with gilt decorations and brilliant turquoise silk doublures; there a small amount of surface loss to the front patterned paper endpaper; with thirty-three charming watercolor drawings by Edouard de... Read More
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![[PHOTO ALBUM] FAMILY, CHURCH AND COMMUNITY PHOTOGRAPHS OF HANCOCK, OHIO, 1940-1950. | YE OLD FAMILY ALBUM. (201 PHOTOS)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/150/976/1243976150.0.m.1.jpg)
[PHOTO ALBUM] FAMILY, CHURCH AND COMMUNITY PHOTOGRAPHS OF HANCOCK, OHIO, 1940-1950. | YE OLD FAMILY ALBUM. (201 PHOTOS)
by Florence Kroger (Artist)
Ohio, 1950. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. An album of 201 family photographs, of Hancock, Ohio and nearby, c. 1940-1950. Among the named are Esty Wentz, Harry and Keefer Ling, Lavine and Ernie Keys, and others by first name only. Also with photographs of the Evangelical United Brethren Church, and its associated summer camp. Some photographs of uniformed... Read More
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[SPECIAL PRESS] THE WORKS OF GEOFFREY CHAUCER [8 VOLUMES]
by Geoffrey Chaucer | Alfred W. Pollard [Editor] | Hugh Chesterman [Artist]
Stratford-upon-Avon | Shakepeare Head Press: Printed at the Shakespeare Head Press and Published for the Press by Basil Blackwell, 1929. Limited Edition. Eight quarto bindings; in pale blue board backed in linen with printed paper labels; printed in red and in black or in blue and black, and with hand-colored illustrations throughout; a couple of the labels are lightly... Read More
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LEONARDO PIVI. CORPO ESTRANEO
by Luca Beatrice; Marco Senaldi | Leonardo Pivi (Artist)
Bandecchi & Vivaldi | Galleria Astuni, 2004. Soft Cover. Near Fine binding. Luca Beatrice and MArco Senaldi's work on Leonardo Pivi, Corpo Estraneo. Text in Italian. With no marks; minimal shelfwear. Softcover. Near Fine. Near Fine binding.
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![[ART] AMERICAN FOLK PAINTING: SELECTIONS FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. AND MRS. WILLIAM E. WILTSHIRE III AN EXHIBITION ON DISPLAY AT THE VIRGINIA MUSEUM, RICHMOND NOVEMBER 29 1977 - JANUARY 8, 1978](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/860/347/1700347860.0.m.jpg)
[ART] AMERICAN FOLK PAINTING: SELECTIONS FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. AND MRS. WILLIAM E. WILTSHIRE III AN EXHIBITION ON DISPLAY AT THE VIRGINIA MUSEUM, RICHMOND NOVEMBER 29 1977 - JANUARY 8, 1978
by Richard B. Woodward.; American Federation of Arts; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Richmond: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1977. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding. Signed. Small quarto; in the publisher’s black cloth binding; 108 pages; housed in the publisher’s black slipcase.~~Limited to 500 copies of which this is number 181.~~Inscribed by Mr. Wiltshire on the verso of the half title page. Very Good+ binding.
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[SCIENCE FICTION] OUT OF SPACE AND TIME
by Clark Ashton Smith
London: Neville Spearman Limited, 1971. First British Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Very Good dust jacket. 8vo.; in publisher's brown paper-covered boards, with dustjacket; xii, [3], 4-370 pages; the dustjacket has some rubbing at the spine; it is not price-clipped; there are no prior ownership marks in this First British Edition. Near Fine binding / Very Good dust... Read More
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ACTS PASSED AT A 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 ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FOUR, AND OF THE COMMONWEALTH THE FORTY-NINTH
by Virginia General Assembly
Richmond: Thomas Ritchie, 1825. Very Good binding. In two parts, being "Acts of a public and general nature" and "Acts of a local and private nature". An early and interesting edition of Virginia statutes, dealing with everything from the Western Lunatic Asylum to the establishment of the town of Snickersville in Loudoun County. And of course slavery. 114... Read More
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[LAW] [CIVIL WAR] ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA, PASSED IN 1865-66, IN THE EIGHTY-NINTH YEAR OF THE COMMONWEALTH
by [Virginia General Assembly
Richmond: Allegre & Goode, Printers, 1866. Half Leather. Very Good binding. Large 8vo.; in tan half-calf with black morocco label and spine ruled in blind; [3], 4-514 pages, including the Index. binder’s ticket on the front pastedown, Gary & Clemmitt in Richmond.~~Quite a nice copy. A picture of life in Virginia in the months immediately following the Civil... Read More
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![[LAW] ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, BEGUN AND HELD AT THE CAPITOL, IN THE CITY OF RICHMOND ON MONDAY THE FIFTH DAY OF DECEMBER, IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE [1825], AND OF THE COMMONWEALTH THE FIFTIETH](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/907/587/1614587907.0.m.jpg)
[LAW] ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, BEGUN AND HELD AT THE CAPITOL, IN THE CITY OF RICHMOND ON MONDAY THE FIFTH DAY OF DECEMBER, IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE [1825], AND OF THE COMMONWEALTH THE FIFTIETH
by Virginia General Assembly
Richmond: Thomas Ritchie, 1826. Quarter Leather. Very Good binding. Large 8vo.; quarter calf over marbled boards with morocco label; [3], 4-125 including the Index; this less common than the Acts later in the century.~~From the early days of the Republic, when things were still being shaped in the Commonwealth. For example, the town of City Point in Prince... Read More
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[LAW] ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA, PASSED AT THE SESSION OF 1836-37, COMMENCING 5TH DECEMBER, 1836 SMF ENDING 31ST MARCH, 1837. IN THE SIXTY-FIRST YEAR OF THE COMMONWEALTH. [WITH] ACTS PASSED AT THE EXTRA SESSION COMMENCING ON THE 12th AND TERMINATING ON THE 24th of JUNE, 1837
by Virginia General Assembly
Richmond: Thomas Ritchie, 1837. Quarter Leather. Very Good binding. Large 8vo.; quarter calf over marbled boards with morocco label; 338, including Index; [3], 4-11, including Index.~~Contains acts about navigation, roads, canals in this era of expansion; as well as, of course, slaves. Very Good binding.
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[LAW] ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA, PASSED AT THE SESSION COMMENCING 2nd DECEMBER 1839, AND ENDING 19th MARCH 1840, IN THE SIXTY-FOURTH YEAR OF THE COMMONWEALTH
by Virginia General Assembly
Richmond: Samuel Shepherd, Printer to the Commonweath, 1840. Very Good binding. 8vo. in later tan buckram with black and burgundy labels; [3], 4-199 pages, including the Index.~~From the age of expansion, there is much on canals, turnpikes, roads, bridges, and the like. Very Good binding.
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![[COMMERATION OF THE OPENING OF THE FRED W. SMITH LIBRARY FOR THE STUDY OF GEORGE WASHINGTON] ACTS PASSED AT A CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, BEGUN AND HELD AT THE CITY OF NEW YORK ..](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/279/530/1177530279.0.m.jpg)
[COMMERATION OF THE OPENING OF THE FRED W. SMITH LIBRARY FOR THE STUDY OF GEORGE WASHINGTON] ACTS PASSED AT A CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, BEGUN AND HELD AT THE CITY OF NEW YORK ..
by Mount Vernon Ladies Association
Francis Childs and John Swaine. Facsimile Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding. A very handsome presentation of a facsimile edition of George Washington's copy of Acts Passed at a Congress of the United States of America, bound in paper covered boards designed to mimic speckled calf with a leather label stamped "President of the United States". Marbled endpapers,... Read More
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