THE TRIUMPH SPORTS CAR OWNERS' ASSOCIATION
by Triumph Sports Owners Association
Soft Cover. Near Fine binding. An informational booklet for recent Triumph sports car owners, published by the Triumph Sports Owners Association. Illustrations and technical information. Pages with blank forms for 'Competition Results', 'Change of Ownership', and 'Service Log'. With no marks of any kind. Printed paper wrappers. Near Fine. Near Fine 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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![[GAMING] THE LAWS OF CROQUET OFFICIAL EDITION 1909](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/220/179/1685179220.0.m.jpg)
[GAMING] THE LAWS OF CROQUET OFFICIAL EDITION 1909
by The Croquet Association
London: Slazenger & Sons, 1909. Full title: The Laws of Croquet and Regulations for Prize Meetings Made and Authorized by The Croquet Association. 6 1/4” x 4” stapled soft-cover booklet with mint green cover. Slight fading and nibbling at corners of front cover. Good+~~The Croquet Association was founded in 1896 by Walter H. Peel, a lifelong player who lent... Read More
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DATA FOR THE USE OF THE COMMISSION ON THE CONSTITUTION OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, SOUTH
by [James Atkins]
Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Original Wrappers. Fair binding/no dust jacket. An uncommon Methodist Episcopal Church, South printing of materials used by the Commission on the Constitution of the church. The personal copy of James Atkins, minister, educator and bishop in the Methodist Church; in his hand on the front wrapper: "Personal Property of James Atkins. Not... Read More
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PATRIOTIC TOIL: Northern Women and the American Civil War
by Jeanie Attie
Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 1998. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Very Good dust jacket. A clean fresh copy in purple quarter cloth and tan paper boards; gilt lettering on the spine. No Marks of any kind. The dust jacket is not price clipped and is protected in a new mylar cover. Near Fine binding /... Read More
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DIE CIVILITE-SCHIRIFTEN DES ROBERT GRANJON IN LYON UND DIE FLAMISCHEND DRUCKER DES 16. JAHRHUNDERTS
by Maurits Sabbe; Marius Audin
Bibliotheca Typographica, 1929. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. In the publisher's paper-covered boards, with some minor staining. The book has no marks of previous ownership. Very Good binding.
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![[RICHMOND] BOB HOPE BROADSIDE. WITH DORIS DAY](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/800/266/1703266800.0.m.jpg)
[RICHMOND] BOB HOPE BROADSIDE. WITH DORIS DAY
by Mosque Auditorium
Richmond, VA, 1949. 9 1/2” x 6 3/4” two-sided tri-color broadside advertising the performance of legendary comedian Bob Hope, with Doris Day, Les Brown and his Orchestra, and an “All-Star Hollywood Cast”. Few were more popular than Bob Hope in the post-World War II era.~~Hope & Co. launched a 21-city tour in Richmond at the Mosque, now known as... Read More
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![[RELIGION] [ANTIQUARIAN] LES CONFESSIONS DE S. AUGUSTIN. TRADUCTION NOUVELLE SUR L'EDITION LATINE DES PERES BENEDICTINS DE LA CONGREGATION DE SAINT MAUR. AVEC DES NOTES, ET DE NOUVEAUX SOMMAIRES DES CHAPITRES](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/579/653/1472653579.0.m.jpg)
[RELIGION] [ANTIQUARIAN] LES CONFESSIONS DE S. AUGUSTIN. TRADUCTION NOUVELLE SUR L'EDITION LATINE DES PERES BENEDICTINS DE LA CONGREGATION DE SAINT MAUR. AVEC DES NOTES, ET DE NOUVEAUX SOMMAIRES DES CHAPITRES
by Augustin; M. [Phillippe] Du Bois [Goiband]
Paris: Jean-Bapstiste Coignard, 1712. Dernier Edition. Full Leather. Good binding. 12mo. (6 3/8" x 3 3/4") .contemporary worn calf binding with corners down to the boards; with raised bands, decorations in gild, and a morocco title label; marbled endpapers; lacking the last leaf of the "Autre Privilege du Roy".~~An early French edition of The Confessions of St. Augustine.... Read More
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![[NEALE IMPRINT] THE HEART OF THE DAVID, THE PSALMIST KING](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/686/667/1506667686.0.m.jpg)
[NEALE IMPRINT] THE HEART OF THE DAVID, THE PSALMIST KING
by Augustus Goodyear Heaton
Washington: The Neale Company, 1900. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good binding. 8vo,; in the publisher's blue cloth binding with decorations and titling in gilt; 389 pages; a deaccessioned copy from a university library, with the usual external and internal marks; there is sunning as well.~~Krick tells us that the Augustus Heaton was a wellknown artist. In his opinion... Read More
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![[ARCHITECTURE] PUGIN'S ORNAMENTAL GABLES, SELECTED FROM ANCIENT EXAMPLES IN ENGLAND. DRAWN ON STONE BY HIS PUPIL B. FERREY](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/646/272/1585272646.0.m.jpg)
[ARCHITECTURE] PUGIN'S ORNAMENTAL GABLES, SELECTED FROM ANCIENT EXAMPLES IN ENGLAND. DRAWN ON STONE BY HIS PUPIL B. FERREY
by [Augustus Charles] Pugin | B. Ferrey
London: A. Pugin at his Office, 1831. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Quarto; in printed paper-covered boards, backed in black calf, with decorations in gilt to the spine; this volume consists only of plates: there are 27 plates in total, and they are peculiarly numbered (though all different); Plates 1 - 21 are numbered consecutively; they are followed... Read More
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HEALTH AND WEALTH
by Elbert Hubbard of East Aurora
East Aurora: Roycroft Press, 1908. Three Quarters Leather. Near Fine binding. A handsomely bound Roycroft production, in three-quarter brown levant over marbled boards; with raised bands the gilt decoration to the spine. With a silk ribbon marker. In the original folding, felt-lined clamshell box which still has title label. There are no marks in the... Read More
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EX TIBULLO ET PROPERTIO ELEGIAE: EX CATULLO, MARTIALE, AUSONIO, ALIISQUE SCRIPTORIBUS TUM ANTIQUIS TUM RECENTIBUS. EPIGRAMMATA SELECTA. ET PETITO EX OPTIMIS INTERPRETIBUS COMMENTARIO BREVISSIME ILLUSTRATA
by [Tibullus; Propertius; Catullus; Martial; Ausonius]
Cadomi [Caen, France]: Apud Adamum Cavalier, 1619. Full Leather. Very Good binding. Adam Cavalier's early seventeenth century edition of the Elegiae of Tibullus and Propertius, and selected letters from Catullus, Martial, Ausonius, and others. Some off setting to the text; misnumbering to a few pages; occasional trimming to the top edge, not affecting the text. Corners of the... Read More
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S. WEIR MITCHELL: A BRIEF SKETCH OF HIS LIFE WITH PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS
by Beverley R. Tucker (author)
Boston: Richard G. Badger, 1914. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/no dust jacket. Binding sound; small chip to paper label on front board. Previous owner bookplate to front pastedown. Previous owner stamp to front free endpaper otherwise no markings in text. Binding protected in a hand cut mylar cover. Very Good binding / no dust jacket.
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LOST VIRGINIA: VANISHED ARCHITECTURE OF THE OLD DOMINION
by Bryan Clark Green (author); William M. S. Rasmussen (author); Calder Loth (author)
Charlottesville, VA: Howell Press Inc, 2001. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. A First Edition copy with a previous owner gift inscription on the front endpaper. The dustjacket is not faded and is now protected with a new mylar cover. Near Fine binding / Near Fine dust jacket.
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PHILIPPINE PIPERACEAE (THE PHILIPPINE JOURNAL OF SCIENCE SEPTEMBER, 1930 VOL. 43 NO. 1)
by Eduardo Quisumbing (author)
1930. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Binding sound with moderate rubbing to extremities. 265 pages plus many plates; illustrated throughout; no markings. Very Good binding.
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COLEMANS, CROWS, DURHAMS AND RELATED FAMILIES
by Eleanor Coleman Durham Wallace (author)
Fredericksburg, VA: Bookcrafters, 1999. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/no dust jacket. Binding sound; previous owner sticker to front pastedown; no markings of any kind; boards very slightly bowed. Very Good binding / no dust jacket.
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LE GRECO: LES DERNIERES ANNEES DE TOLEDE
by Enrique Lafuente Ferrari (author); Andre Barret (author); Ada Carella (author); Verene Colombani (author)
Paris: Robert Laffont, 1972. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Good+ dust jacket. Dust jacket shows small amount of loss to bottom of front cover and short closed tear to top of spine; dust jacket otherwise shows little edgewear or markings; text is clean with no markings but for a small smudge mark on title page; all plates present. Very... Read More
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HISTORIC PENCE SPRINGS RESORT
by Fred Long (author); Stephen Trail (author)
1987. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding/Very Good+ dust jacket. Binding sound; no markings of any kind. Dust jacket protected in a new mylar cover. Very Good+ binding / Very Good+ dust jacket.
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UTTMARK'S GUIDE TO THE UNITED STATES LOCAL INSPECTORS EXAMINATION FOR MASTERS AND MATES OF OCEAN GOING STEAM AND SAIL SHIPS
by Fritz E. Uttmark (author)
Fritz E. Uttmark, 1918. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Binding sound; boards show moderate soiling; previous owner name and location to free endpapers; foxing to endpapers and light foxing to parts of text. Very Good binding.
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PROPHECY IN ISLAM: PHILOSOPHY AND ORTHODOXY
by F. Rahman (author)
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1958. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/near Very Good dust jacket. Binding sound; light foxing and very small (1/8") chip to top spine of dust jacket; previous owner bookplate to front pastedown; previous bookstore stamp to front free endpaper otherwise no markings to text. Dust jacket protected in a new mylar cover. ~.... Read More
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![[COLLECTIBILES] MONNAIES DE L’EMPIRE DE RUSSIE, 1725-1894 (FRENCH EDITION)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/598/649/1697649598.0.m.jpg)
[COLLECTIBILES] MONNAIES DE L’EMPIRE DE RUSSIE, 1725-1894 (FRENCH EDITION)
by Georgii Machailovitch (author)
Boston, Mass: Quarterman Publications, 1973. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Quarto; in the publisher’s red cloth binding; with titling on the upper board and spine in blue; xxxvi, 657 pages; with copious black and white plates throughout; mild rubbing to boards; previous owner name on front paste down otherwise text is clean with no markings. Very Good binding.... Read More
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POLITICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY OF CYPRUS 1918-1926 WITH A SURVEY OF THE FOUNDATIONS OF BRITISH RULE
by G. S. Georghallides (author)
Cyprus: Nicosia, 1979. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Binding sound; spine sunned; light bumping to extremities; back wrapper shows moderate soiling and front wrapper has fold lines to bottom edge; previous owner bookplate on front inside wrapper; no markings in text. Pages uncut. Very Good binding.
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18TH VIRGINIA INFANTRY (Virginia Regimental Histories Series)
by James I. Robertson (author)
Lynchburg: H. E. Howard, 1984. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding. Signed. 8vo.; in the publisher's gray cloth binding; signed by James I. Robertson; a limited printing of 1000 copies, of which this is #672.~~Really an "As New" copy. Fine binding.
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THE CORPORATION LAWS OF PENNSYLVANIA 1903-1905: INCLUDING RAILROADS AND STREET RAILWAYS, COMPILED AND CLASSIFIED AND THE RULES AND FEES OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT FOR INCORPORATING IN PENNSYLVANIA, BEING A SUPPLEMENT TO STATUTORY LAW OF CORPORATIONS
by John F. Whitworth (author); Clarence B. Miller (author)
Philadelphia: T. & J. W. Johnson & Co, 1905. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/no dust jacket. Binding sound; boards show soiling; very light previous owner stamp to front pastedown otherwise no markings in text. Very Good binding / no dust jacket.
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![[VIRGINIANA] SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS IN OLD VIRGINIA: WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE OF THE AUTHOR AND SOME HISTORY OF THE PEOPLE AMONGST WHOM HIS LOT WAS CAST, -THEIR CHARACTER, THEIR CONDITION, AND THEIR CONDUCT BEFORE THE WAR, DURING THE WAR AND AFTER THE WAR](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/162/401/1707401162.0.m.jpg)
[VIRGINIANA] SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS IN OLD VIRGINIA: WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE OF THE AUTHOR AND SOME HISTORY OF THE PEOPLE AMONGST WHOM HIS LOT WAS CAST, -THEIR CHARACTER, THEIR CONDITION, AND THEIR CONDUCT BEFORE THE WAR, DURING THE WAR AND AFTER THE WAR
by John Herbert Claiborne (author)
New York: Neale Publishing, 1904. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Octavo; in the publisher’s blue cloth binding; xvi, (17) 18-360 pages; a bit of edgewear to the boards; some scattered foxing throughout; a previous owner’s book plate on the front end paper~~A presentable First Edition of Dr. Claiborne’s memoir which is “among the best, if not... Read More
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