![[VIRGINIANA] SOUTHHAMPTON COUNTY & FRANKLIN A PICTORIAL HISTORY](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/968/689/1682689968.0.m.jpg)
[VIRGINIANA] SOUTHHAMPTON COUNTY & FRANKLIN A PICTORIAL HISTORY
by Daniel T. Balfour
Norfolk: The Donning Company, 1989. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. Signed. 4to; in full green leatherette; with titling on the upper board and spine in gilt; 192 pages including the Index; with color and black and white photographs throughout; with maps on the paste downs and ends papers; in a bright dust jacket.~~Inscribed... Read More
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![[PROGRAM] THEATRE DE LA CHAUVE-SOURIS. CINQUIEME PROGRAMME](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/627/860/1508860627.0.m.0.jpg)
[PROGRAM] THEATRE DE LA CHAUVE-SOURIS. CINQUIEME PROGRAMME
by Jean Berniet | Nikita Balieff
Paris: Comoedia Illustre, 1921. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Folio; theater program, tied with silk cord; 14 pages plus wrappers; the front wrapper is a stunning silk-screeen by Remisoff.~~Le Theatre de la Chauve-Souris was an artistic and theatrical troupe from Moscow. The artistic director was Nikita Balieff. It was known as The Bat Theatre of Moscow. Very Good... Read More
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![ADVENTURES OF AN ENGLISH SOLDIER [THE MEXICAN WAR BY AN ENGLISH SOLDIER COMPRISING INCIDENTS AND ADVENTURES IN THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/368/484/1389484368.0.m.jpg)
ADVENTURES OF AN ENGLISH SOLDIER [THE MEXICAN WAR BY AN ENGLISH SOLDIER COMPRISING INCIDENTS AND ADVENTURES IN THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY]
by [George Ballentine]
New York: W. A. Townsend & Company, 1860. Reprint Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 8vo.; in the publisher's embossed brown cloth binding with titling in gilt to the spine; xii, 288 pages; followed by 19 pages of ads for the wildly popular James Fenimore Cooper; with the top of the front endpaperr and the first blank leaf... Read More
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![[RELIGION] A SERMON, DELIVERED AT THE DEDICATION OF THE UNIVERSALIST MEETING-HOUSE, IN CAMBRIDGE-PORT, ON WEDNESDAY, DEC. 18, 1822](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/575/272/1677272575.0.m.jpg)
[RELIGION] A SERMON, DELIVERED AT THE DEDICATION OF THE UNIVERSALIST MEETING-HOUSE, IN CAMBRIDGE-PORT, ON WEDNESDAY, DEC. 18, 1822
by Hosea Ballou
Boston: Henry Bowen, 1822. 8vo; missing wrappers; (3) 4-16 pages; the text is complete according to OCLC; the pages are toned; the first signature is partially attached but the second has completely separated; there is a trivial tear with no loss to leaf 15-16, housed in a protective Mylar sleeve.~~A very uncommon copy with no other copies in commerce... Read More
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![[AMERICANA] MEMORIAL ADDRESS ON THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, DELIVERED AT THE REQUEST OF BOTH HOUSES OF THE CONGRESS OF AMERICA, ON THE 12th OF FEBRUARY~, 1866](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/994/052/1583052994.0.m.jpg)
[AMERICANA] MEMORIAL ADDRESS ON THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, DELIVERED AT THE REQUEST OF BOTH HOUSES OF THE CONGRESS OF AMERICA, ON THE 12th OF FEBRUARY~, 1866
by George Bancroft
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1866. Quarto; specically bound in green morocco with an elaborate gilt border, raised bands with decorations in compartments, dentelle turn-ins; 69 pages; printed with wide margins; with engraved portrait frontispiece protected with tissue guard; binding is a bit scuffed.~~With the name "A. H. Laflin" stamped in gilt to the upper board. This is almost certainly... Read More
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![[HISTORY] INDIA AND BRITAIN 1947-68](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/490/906/1686906490.0.m.jpg)
[HISTORY] INDIA AND BRITAIN 1947-68
by Arun Kumar Banerji
Minerva Associates (Publications), 1977. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding/Very Good+ dust jacket. 8vo; in the publisher’s blue cloth binding; with titling on the spine in gilt; viii, 341 pages including the Index; light wear to the boards; some toning to the end paper; trvial crack to the hinges but the binding is very sound; a few small chips... Read More
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THE PALAS OF BENGAL
by Banerji, R. D., M.A. (Indian Museum, Calcutta)
New Delhi, India: Bhartiya Publishing House, 1973. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. With 26 Inscriptions; Note and ink stamp attached to ffep. Some discoloration to front and rear endpapers and paste-downs. Blue cloth binding. Boards slightly cocked. Moderate edgewear to extremities. Very Good binding.
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SETTLERS ALONG THE SHORES OF VIRGINIA'S YORK RIVER: with Banks, Farthing, Knewstep, Philbates, Richardson and their neighbors
by June Banks Evans
New Orleans, Louisiana: ryn Ffyliaid Publications, 1989. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Green binding with gilt lettering in very good condition with no marks of any kind. Near Fine binding.
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![[NEALE IMPRINT] [CIVIL WAR] THE BATTLE OF FRANKLIN, NOVEMBER 30, 1864, THE BLOODIEST ENGAGEMENT OF THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/088/333/1477333088.0.m.jpg)
[NEALE IMPRINT] [CIVIL WAR] THE BATTLE OF FRANKLIN, NOVEMBER 30, 1864, THE BLOODIEST ENGAGEMENT OF THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES
by R. W. Banks
New York and Washington: The Neale Publishing Company, 1908. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good binding. 8vo. (7 1/2" x 5"), in the publisher's blue cloth binding, with some stains; 88 pages; an ex-library copy with call number on the spine, stamp to the upper board "S. F. Public Library", perforated stamp to the title page and darkening to... Read More
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![[MEXICAN IMPRINT] EL ALMA DE LA HUMANIDAD EN DON QUIJOTE](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/130/169/1458169130.0.m.jpg)
[MEXICAN IMPRINT] EL ALMA DE LA HUMANIDAD EN DON QUIJOTE
by Carlos Barajas
Mexico: Libreria de la Vda. de Ch. Bouret, 1916. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. 32mo.; in wrappers printed in red and in black, with title page printed in same; 42 pages; there are no marks of any kind in the book. Spanish language.~~A work of literary criticism: the soul of humanity in Don Quixote.~~Uncommon, with only a single... Read More
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ROBERTI BARCLAII. THEOLOGIAE VERE CHRISTIANAE APOLOGIA
by Robert Barclay
Londini: Apud Assignatos J. Sowle, 1729. Editio Secunda, Priore Emendatior. Full Leather. A Second Latin Edition copy of Robert Barclay's Theologiae Vere Christianae Apologia. A Quaker apology, and the text which generated much discussion over the Quaker religion at the time of its first publication in 1676, and cemented Barclay as the voice of the early Quakers. Barclay was... Read More
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LE PIACEVOLI POESIE
by Giuseppe Baretti
Torino: Librario sotto i Prteci della Dogana, 1764. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 152pp. Later binding: leather spine and marbled boards; no markings in text; text written in Italian; second edition;. Very Good binding.
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![[SPECIAL PRESS; THE TAPESTRY. POEMS [with] THE PRINTER AND THE POET. AN ACCOUNT OF THE PRINTING OF ‘THE TAPESTRY’ BASED UPON CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN STANLEY MORISON AND ROBERT BRIDGES](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/713/598/1695598713.0.m.jpg)
[SPECIAL PRESS; THE TAPESTRY. POEMS [with] THE PRINTER AND THE POET. AN ACCOUNT OF THE PRINTING OF ‘THE TAPESTRY’ BASED UPON CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN STANLEY MORISON AND ROBERT BRIDGES
by /Robert Bridges | Nicolas Barker~
`London | Camdridge: Privately Printed, 1970. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. First limited edition of Robert Bridges ‘The Tapestry’, in marbled paper-covered boards with printed title labels to the upper board and the spine, in an edition limited to one hundred and fifty copies printed with Arrighi type and issued in November 1925; 4 preliminary leaves,... Read More
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![[RICHMOND] Commemoraton of Forty-five Years of Service By the Rev. Moses Drury Hoge, D.D., LL.D., As Pastor of The Second Presbyterian Church, of the City of Richmond, Virginia. 1845 - 1890](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/715/541/311541715.0.m.jpg)
[RICHMOND] Commemoraton of Forty-five Years of Service By the Rev. Moses Drury Hoge, D.D., LL.D., As Pastor of The Second Presbyterian Church, of the City of Richmond, Virginia. 1845 - 1890
by Barksdale, C. R.; Henry, W. W.; Gilliam, M. M. (Committee)
Richmond, VA: Whittet & Shepperson. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. No pencil or ink markings in text. Blue cloth binding with gilt lettering. Light edgewear to boards. Very Good binding.
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![[SIGNED] [CHILDREN] HITTY. HER FIRST HUNDRED YEARS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/989/067/1632067989.0.m.jpg)
[SIGNED] [CHILDREN] HITTY. HER FIRST HUNDRED YEARS
by Rachel Field | Dorothy Lathrop [Illustrator] | Lena Barksdale
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1930. Fourth Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Signed. 8vo.; in the publisher’s binding with a paper title label, and lacking the dustjacket; there is minor wear the spine and a bumped corner.~~This early presentation copy is signed by Rachel Field, and by the illustrator Dorothy Lathrop. The copy was presented to children’s... Read More
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![[WEAPONRY] FOLLOWING THE TRADITION: Celebrating the Artisans of the Contemporary Longrifle Association](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/583/837/1424837583.0.m.jpg)
[WEAPONRY] FOLLOWING THE TRADITION: Celebrating the Artisans of the Contemporary Longrifle Association
by Gordon Barlow
Texarkana TX: Scurlock Publishing Company, 2007. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. SIgned. Bound in black cloth with gilt lettering. ~Signed and inscribed on the title page by the author; otherwise a clean tight copy without any marks. The dust jacket is not price clipped, has minor shekf wear and closed tears. It is... Read More
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THE COLUMBIAD: A POEM. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOLUME I & II. (TWO VOLUMES)
by Joel Barlow
Philadelphia | Baltimore: C. and A. Conrad and Co. | Conrad, Lucas and Co, 1809. Second Edition. Full Leather. Very Good binding. Joel Barlow's "vast and devastating poem" (DAB I 612), The Columbiad, was expanded mostly from his earlier Visions of Columbus. It is one of the first American national epics of historical importance written after the Revolution,... Read More
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![[MILITARY] A REPORT OF THE DEFENSES OF WASHINGTON TO THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/414/734/1589734414.0.m.jpg)
[MILITARY] A REPORT OF THE DEFENSES OF WASHINGTON TO THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY
by Brevet Major General J. G. Barnard
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1871. First Edition. Half Leather. Near Fine binding. Quarto; in brown half-calf over marbled boards, with raised bands, decorations in gilt, and black morocco labels; Folding engraved frontispiece of Fort Kemble; title page with engraved vignette of Battery Rodgers, 152 pages, followed by 30 plates of forts, mostly folding (a couple of the plates... Read More
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![[THEOSOPHY] SIX ITEMS BELONGING TO OR BY THOMAS P. C. BARNARD: THE AMERICAN THEOSOPHIST; THEOSOPHICAL MESSENGER; THE JUNONALIS [LOCKPORT UNION SCHOOL]; AND OTHERS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/966/928/946928966.0.m.jpg)
[THEOSOPHY] SIX ITEMS BELONGING TO OR BY THOMAS P. C. BARNARD: THE AMERICAN THEOSOPHIST; THEOSOPHICAL MESSENGER; THE JUNONALIS [LOCKPORT UNION SCHOOL]; AND OTHERS
by Thomas P. C. Barnard
A nice gathering of materials relating to and belonging to Dr. Thomas P. C. Barnard. Barnard was a respected physician in Buffalo and an ardent Theosophist, promoting the movement at the height of its popularity. He lectured frequently [according to The Messenger] and was so determined to spread the Theosophical message and recruit converts that he stated his habit... Read More
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BARNHART FAMILY HISTORY. AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA 1767 - 1967. THE 200th. ANNIVERSARY OF OUR FAMILY IN AMERICA
by Nat G. Barnhart; Katie Rea Barnhart
Staunton, Va: McClure Printing Co, 1967. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Signed. With illustrations, facsimiles, maps and portraits; 231 pages. With other families, including Coiner, Cullen, Patterson and Wampler. Signed by Nat Barnhart and Katie Rea Barnhart. Very Good binding.
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EL CABALLO ROJO. NOVELA
by Maca Barrett
Guatemala: Editorial Universitaria, 1959. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Signed. Personal inscription in Spanish from an unidentified 'Ofelia y Justo(?)' to Peggy and Bill Bowdler, the U.S. Ambassador to Guatemala. Also signed with a personal inscription in English by the author on the title page. Sunning to the edges of the silk endpapers. Black cloth with gilt lettering... Read More
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HISTOIRES ET MAXIMES MORALES, EXTRAITES DES AUTEURS PROFANES
by M. Heuzet | M. Barrett
Paris: Chez H. Barbou, 1803. Full Leather. Fair binding. A collection of writings in French on various subjects, such as God, Justice, and Power. Loss to the bottom of the final two leaves, affecting the table of contents at the rear. Lacking endpapers. Writing in ink to the pastedown and title page. Wear to the leather binding, and... Read More
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ENDORSEMENT OF ROBERT N. POLLARD BY THE BAR OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND FOR THE POSITION OF JUDGE OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA
by [Robert N. Pollard] [Richmond Bar]
1935. Very Good binding. Pamphlet, now bound, produced by the Richmond Bar endorsing Robert N. Pollard for elevation as Judge of the District Court, Eastern District of Virginia. "Richmond is fortunate in having available for this responsible position the Honorable Robert N. Pollard, Judge of the Law and Equity Court of the City of Richmond". With... Read More
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RANDOM SKETCHES AND WANDERING THOUGHTS; OR, WHAT I SAW IN CAMP, ON THE MARCH, THE BIVOUAC, THE BATTLE FIELD AND HOSPITAL, WHILE WITH THE ARMY IN VIRGINIA, NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA, DURING THE LATE REBELLION. WITH A HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE SECOND ESWEGO REGIMENT, EIGHTY-FIRST NEW YORK STATE V. I.
by Bartholomew S. De Forest | [James I. Robertson, Jr.]
Albany, N. Y.: Avery Herrick, Publisher, 1866. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good binding. A First Edition copy of De Forest's Random Sketches and Wandering Thoughts; from the library of Bud Robertson, with his bookplate on the front pastedown. In his words: "correctly entitled, this memoir by a member of the 81st New York rambles through a variety of... Read More
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![[HISTORY] THE ARISTOCRACY IN TWELFTH--CETURY LEON AND CASTILE](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/125/593/1703593125.0.m.jpg)
[HISTORY] THE ARISTOCRACY IN TWELFTH--CETURY LEON AND CASTILE
by Simon Barton
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Octavo; in the publisher’s black cloth binding; with titling on the spine in gold; xvi, 366 pages including the Index; a bit of wear to the jacket; a trivial bump to the bottom of the upper board; no markings of any kind. Very Good binding... Read More
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