DEPARTMENT OF EXHIBITION BUILDINGS. PREPARATION FOR THE CAPITOL. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
by [Richard Hughes Carter; Department of Exhibition Buildings]
[Colonial Williamsburg Foundation], 1940. Very Good binding. A Question and Answer booklet on Virginian history and government, prepared for the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation's 'Department of Exhibition Buildings.' Text typewritten on the recto, with a typewritten title page and paper label on the front cover. Some shelfwear, and wear to the paper label. Red paper portfolio, with three hole... Read More
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![[GARDENING] [NURSERY] THE ROSE MANUAL; CONTAINING ACCURATE DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL THE FINEST VARIETIES OF ROSES,... WITH DIRECTIONS FOR THEIR PROPAGATION, AND THE DESTRUCTION OF INSECTS. WITH ENGRAVINGS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/013/271/1426271013.0.m.jpg)
[GARDENING] [NURSERY] THE ROSE MANUAL; CONTAINING ACCURATE DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL THE FINEST VARIETIES OF ROSES,... WITH DIRECTIONS FOR THEIR PROPAGATION, AND THE DESTRUCTION OF INSECTS. WITH ENGRAVINGS
by Robert Buist
Philadelphia: A. Hart and Lippincott, Grambo and Co, 1851. Fourth Edition, with Additions. Hard Cover. Good binding. 8vo.; in the publisher's brown embossed cloth with a rose stamped in gilt to the center of the upper board; [v], vi-xvi; [13], 14-196 pages; illustrated with several small steel engravings; there are pencilled drawings of rural structures on the endpapers;... Read More
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GOOCHLAND YESTERDAY AND TODAY: A PICTORIAL HISTORY
by Cece Bullard
Virginia Beach, VA: The Donning Company, 1994. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. Quarto; in the publisher’s brown cloth binding, with dustjacket; [8], 9-192 pages, including the Index. there is a previous owner gift inscription on the front free endpaper; otherwise a nice, fresh copy of the First Edition. Near Fine binding / Near... Read More
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![[SIGNED] [HISTORY] BROOKLYN’S RENAISSANCE COMMERCE, CULTURE, AND COMMUNITY IN THE NINTEENTH-CENTURY ATLANTIC WORLD](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/123/593/1703593123.0.m.jpg)
[SIGNED] [HISTORY] BROOKLYN’S RENAISSANCE COMMERCE, CULTURE, AND COMMUNITY IN THE NINTEENTH-CENTURY ATLANTIC WORLD
by Melissa Meriam Bullard
Chappel Hill: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017. First Edition. Near Fine binding. Signed. Octavo; in pictorial paper covered boards; xvi, 458 pages including the Index; will full color illustrations. ~~Inscribed by the author on the title page. Near Fine binding.
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DEFENSIO FIDEI NICAENAE. EX SCRIPTIS, QUAE EXSTANT, CATHOLICORUM DOCTORUM, QUI INTRA TRIA PRIMA ECCLESIAE CHRISTIANAE SECULA FLORUERUNT. IN QUA OBITER QUOQUE CONSTANTINOPOLITANA CONFESSIO, DE SPIRITU SANCTO, ANTIQUIORUM TESTIMONIIS ADSTRUITUR
by Georgio Bulli [George Bull]
Oxford: Theatro Sheldoniana, 1688. Second Edition. Full Leather. Very Good binding. The Second Edition of Bull's Defense of the Faith from the Writings of the Catholic Doctors, first published three years earlier in 1685. George Bull was the Bishop of St. David's, and devoted himself to ecclesiastical history. Bound in vellum; the title... Read More
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![[SIGNED] [BASKETBALL] THE ART OF BASKETBALL OFFICIATING](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/020/567/1425567020.0.m.jpg)
[SIGNED] [BASKETBALL] THE ART OF BASKETBALL OFFICIATING
by John W. Bunn
Springfield, Mass: The Pond-Ekberg Co, 1948. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Signed. Large 8vo.; in the publisher's orange pictorial boards; xvi, [3], 4-148 pages, including the Index; laid in is an errata sheet, and an examination sheet offered by the "International Association of Approved Basketball Coaches" from 1959 with the top corner (which has the name of the... Read More
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![[RELIGION] THE HOLY WAR, MADE BY KING SHADDAI UPON DIABOLUS, FOR THE REGAINING OF THE METROPOLIS OF THE WORLD; OR, THE LOSING AND THE TAKING AGAIN OF THE TOWN OF MANSOUL](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/886/533/1618533886.0.m.jpg)
[RELIGION] THE HOLY WAR, MADE BY KING SHADDAI UPON DIABOLUS, FOR THE REGAINING OF THE METROPOLIS OF THE WORLD; OR, THE LOSING AND THE TAKING AGAIN OF THE TOWN OF MANSOUL
by John Bunyan | The Rev. George Burder
Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, n.d.. Full Leather. Very Good binding. Large 8vo.; in full black morocco, with a gilt vignette of Capt. Execution on the upper board and an elaborate vignette for the Presbyterian Board of Publication on the rear board; all edges gilt, with a rule in gilt to the edges of the boards; raised bands... Read More
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[LITERATURE] [MILITARY] TWO PER CENT FEAR
by John Burgan
New York: Farrar, Straus and Company, 1947. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. 8vo.; in the publisher's vermilion cloth binding, with dustjacket;[2],3-263 pages; with the ownership name of A. B. [Archibald Bolling] Shepperson on the front endapaper; the jacket has shelfwear and has not been price-clipped.~~"War on a small island in the Pacific was... Read More
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![[MAP] [SOUTH] SMITH'S ATLAS. MAP OF THE SOUTHERN STATES](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/503/967/1434967503.0.m.jpg)
[MAP] [SOUTH] SMITH'S ATLAS. MAP OF THE SOUTHERN STATES
by [Roswell Chamberlain Smith] |Daniel Burgess]
;Hartford]: [Spalding and Storrs], 1839. An extracted map from Roswell Chamberlain Smith's Atlas of 1839; The Map of the Southern States is 11 1/2" x 18 1/2" folded at the center. It is attractively hand-colored in yellow, green and pink.~~There are fiigures attached to Cities and Towns marking the population in thousands; in the era of expansion of transportation,... Read More
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![[ENGLISH POLITICS] THOUGHTS ON THE CAUSE OF THE PRESENT DISCONTENTS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/304/410/1603410304.0.m.jpg)
[ENGLISH POLITICS] THOUGHTS ON THE CAUSE OF THE PRESENT DISCONTENTS
by [Edmund Burke]
London: J. Dodsley, 1770. Fourth Edition. 8vo.; disbound pamphlet with remnants of calf spine with "2" penned on the leading edge, indicating it was the second pamphlet in the volume; 118 pages [with occasional misnumbering; e.g. the recto of the final leaf is numbered 171 not 117]; a previous owner has penned "Edmd. Burke" to the title page.~~The pamphlet... Read More
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![[ENGLISH] AN APPEAL FROM THE NEW TO THE OLD WHIGS, IN CONSEQUENCE OF SOME LATE DISCUSSIONS IN PARLIAMENT, RELATIVE TO THE REFLECTIONS ON THE FRENCH REVOLUTION](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/440/002/1592002440.0.m.jpg)
[ENGLISH] AN APPEAL FROM THE NEW TO THE OLD WHIGS, IN CONSEQUENCE OF SOME LATE DISCUSSIONS IN PARLIAMENT, RELATIVE TO THE REFLECTIONS ON THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
by [Edmund Burke]
London: Printed for J. Stocdall, 1791. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 8vo.; pamphlet bound in much later plaint tan wrappers; 95 pages.~~By the great Whig, who, as a result from this pamphlet, was called an apostate from Whiggism.~~. Very Good binding.
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[PHILOSOPHY] THOUGHTS ON THE PROSPECT OF THE REGICIDE PEACE
by Edmund Burke
London: J. Owen, 1796. First Edition. Very Good binding. 8vo.; disbound pamphlet, [4], [iv], [1], 2-131 pages; previous owner name [J. Williams] on the half title page.~~Springing from Mr. Burke’s response to the French revolution and the execution of King Louis XVI; it was, in his opinion, a radical and dangerous act. France, he argued, was inherently unstable.... Read More
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![[VIRGINIA] THE MINERAL SPRINGS OF VIRGINIA : WITH REMARKS ON THEIR USE, THE DISEASES TO WHICH THEY ARE APPLICABLE, AND IN WHICH THEY ARE CONTRA-INDICATED, ACCOMPANIED BY A MAP OF ROUTES AND DISTANCES. A NEW WORK](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/117/330/1686330117.0.m.jpg)
[VIRGINIA] THE MINERAL SPRINGS OF VIRGINIA : WITH REMARKS ON THEIR USE, THE DISEASES TO WHICH THEY ARE APPLICABLE, AND IN WHICH THEY ARE CONTRA-INDICATED, ACCOMPANIED BY A MAP OF ROUTES AND DISTANCES. A NEW WORK
by William Burke
Richmond, VA: Morris & Brother, 1851. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 8vo; in the publisher’s brown cloth binding; blind stamped on the boards, with lettering in gilt on the spine; 348 pages; with 18 pages of advertisements in the rear; complete with a folding map bound in opposite the title page; minor loss to the extremities... Read More
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![[ARCHITECTURE] REPORT OF D. H. BURNHAM ON THE IMPROVEMENT AND ADORNMENT OF SAN FRANCISCO](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/487/020/1688020487.0.m.jpg)
[ARCHITECTURE] REPORT OF D. H. BURNHAM ON THE IMPROVEMENT AND ADORNMENT OF SAN FRANCISCO
by Daniel H. Burnham
Berkley: Urban Books, 1971. Facsimile Reprint. Very Good+ binding. 4to; in the publisher’s burgundy cloth binding; with titling on the upper board in gilt; (7) 8,35-211 pages not including the Index; complete with black and white photographic illustrations, maps, plans, and diagrams; there is a previous owner’s signature on the front end paper; there is a trivial stain... Read More
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![[SALESMAN'S SAMPLE BOOK] THE COMPLETE WORKS OF ROBERT BURNS [WITH PROSPECTUS]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/570/004/1560004570.0.m.jpg)
[SALESMAN'S SAMPLE BOOK] THE COMPLETE WORKS OF ROBERT BURNS [WITH PROSPECTUS]
by Robert Burns
Philadelphia: Gebbie & Co., Publisher's, 1886. Large 8vo.; in flexible tan cloth boards with decorative border in a thistle patterns and a vignette in gilt; the pagings are of course various; with an engraved portrait of Burns as frontispiece and sample sheets of text and poems as well as a number of sample engraved illustrations; with sample spines to... Read More
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![[PHILOSOPHY] THE CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT C.350-C.1450](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/683/584/1693584683.0.m.jpg)
[PHILOSOPHY] THE CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT C.350-C.1450
by J. H. Burns
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. Large 8vo; in the publisher’s black cloth binding; with a red label with titling in gilt on the spine; viii, 808 pages including the Index; in a bright dust jacket; a bit of wear to the edges of the jacket; the spine of the... Read More
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LINE AND SURFACE: A Practical Treatise of Laying Out and Maintaining the Alignment and Surface of Railroad Tract
by Moses Burpee
Chicago, Il: The Railway Review, 1906. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Bound in green cloth with white lettering; the boards have loss of color on the the bottom of the spine and back . The previous owner wrote and stamped his name on the front free end paper - no doubt that he was the owner! Otherwise no... Read More
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[NEWSPAPERS] THE HARTFORD DAILY TIMES, 1851
by Alfred E. Burr
Richmond, VA, 1917. This collection of seven issues of The Hartford Daily Times, runs from January 13 to May 7, 1851. Each issue is 21 ½” x 16”, folded into quarters. 4 pages, 2 unbound leaves. This daily for the Hartford, Connecticut area cost $5 per year. The 1st, 3rd, and 4th pages contain ads for everything from groceries... Read More
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[LITERATURE] [SIGNED] LOCUSTS AND WILD HONEY
by John Burroughs
Boston | Cambridge: Houghton, Osgood and Company | The Riverside Press, 1879. First Edition. Very Good binding. Signed. Octavo; in mustard colored cloth, with titling in and decoration in gilt and in black; ii, [1], 253 pages, followed by a blank leaf; with dark green coated endpapers (the upper endpaper has a small amount of loss to the... Read More
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![[LITERATURE] A GAME OF THRONES; A CLASH OF KINGS; A STORM OF SWORDS; A FEAST FOR CROWS; A DANCE WITH DRAGONS FOLIO SOCIETY COLLECTOR’S EDITION COMPLETE SET (10 VOLUMES)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/429/608/1721608429.0.m.jpg)
[LITERATURE] A GAME OF THRONES; A CLASH OF KINGS; A STORM OF SWORDS; A FEAST FOR CROWS; A DANCE WITH DRAGONS FOLIO SOCIETY COLLECTOR’S EDITION COMPLETE SET (10 VOLUMES)
by George R. R. Martin; Illustrated by John Burton
London: Folio Society, 2022. Near Fine binding. John Burton. Complete 10 volume set of small quartos; in decorative cloth bindings; one cloth bound folding map of “The Known World” housed in 5 slipcases; with full color illustrations by John Burton throughout; some edge wear to the slip cases but overall in really nice condition. ~~From the notice from... Read More
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![[AMERICANA] A HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY WEST VIRGNIIA](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/169/409/1556409169.0.m.jpg)
[AMERICANA] A HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY WEST VIRGNIIA
by Millard Kessler Bushong
Charles Town, West Virginia: Jefferson Publishing Company, 1941. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Signed. Small quarto; in the publisher's red pebbled cloth, with somewhat faded (but still legible) titling in gilt to the upper board and the spine; xviii, [ixx], 438 pages including the Index; this copy with a penned presentation inscription by Mr. Bushong on... Read More
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![[SIGNED] [AMERICANA] MATTHEW BUSSELL AND THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. SAILOR AND SOLDIER](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/600/649/1697649600.0.m.jpg)
[SIGNED] [AMERICANA] MATTHEW BUSSELL AND THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. SAILOR AND SOLDIER
by E. Wayne Bussell
Friesens Corporation, 2012. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Fine dust jacket. Quarto; in the publisher’s blue cloth, with dsutjacket; the bottom corner of the upper board is bumped; xxxviii, [xxxix, xl], [2], 3-487 pages, including the Index; this copy is signed by the author on the title page; there are no other marks of any kind.~~From the flap: “During... Read More
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IOANNIS DE BVSSIERES BELLIIOCENSIS E SOCIETATE IESV. HISTORIAE FRANCICA. PARS TERTIA. A LVDOVICO XI. AD CAROLVM IX. (VOLUME THREE ONLY)
by Jean de Bussieres
Lvgdvni [Lyon]: Sumpt. Gvill Barbier , Ioan. Girin, & Franc. Comba, 1661. First Edition. Full Leather. Very Good binding. First Edition of Volume III only of Jean de Bussieres' History of France. Covering the period from King Louis XI to King Charles IX. De Bussieres was a French Jesuit of the seventeenth century. Text in Latin. Title page... Read More
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IOANNIS DE BVSSIERES BELLIIOCENSIS E SOCIETATE IESV. HISTORIAE FRANCICA. PARS SECVNDA. AB HVGONE CAPETIO, AD CAROLVM VII. (VOLUME TWO ONLY)
by Jean de Bussieres
Lvgdvni [Lyon]: Sumpt. Gvill Barbier , Ioan. Girin, & Franc. Comba, 1661. First Edition. Full Leather. Very Good+ binding. First Edition of Volume II only of Jean de Bussieres' History of France. Covering the period from the King of the Franks, Hugh Capet to King Charles VII. De Bussieres was a French Jesuit of the seventeenth century. Title... Read More
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DELUXE ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF THE VERY VALUABLE MODERN PAINTINGS, SCULPTURE AND OTHER ART PROPERTY COLLECTED BY THE LATE THERON R. BUTLER, ESQ. OF NEW YORK
by [Theron R. Butler]
American Art Galleries, 1910. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Quarto Catalogue; in stiff vellum wrappers; edgewear; some tidelines to the wrapper; top and bottom of the spine has some separation. Each work is described and dimensions given, with half-tone illustrations. The subscriber has made notations as to the buyer and the hammer price of each lot.~~The subscriber’s copy... Read More
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