![[PHILOSOPHY] MORAL STRUGGLE AND RELIGIOUS ETHICS. ON THE PERSON AS CLASSIC IN COMPARATIVE THEOLOGICAL CONTEXTS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/969/689/1682689969.0.m.jpg)
[PHILOSOPHY] MORAL STRUGGLE AND RELIGIOUS ETHICS. ON THE PERSON AS CLASSIC IN COMPARATIVE THEOLOGICAL CONTEXTS
by David Clairmont
Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. Review Copy. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. Large 8vo.; in publisher’s black cloth boards with dustjacket; ix, 245 pages, including the Index; the are no marks of any kind in the book; the publisher’s review slip is laid in. Near Fine binding / Near Fine dust jacket.
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![[AMERICANA] THE EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA [3 VOLUMES]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/520/835/1689835520.0.m.jpg)
[AMERICANA] THE EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA [3 VOLUMES]
by Charles B. Clark
New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc, 1950. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Three quarto bindings; in the publisher’s blue cloth bindings, with titling in gold to the spines; xiii, [xiv-xvi], 557 pages; [558--560]. 561-1182 including the Index; Volume III [Personal and Family Records], 350 pages, including the Index; Volume III with sepia portraits throughout, and... Read More
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![[ARCHITECTURE] NEW ENGLAND GEORGIAN ARCHITECTURE 55 MEASURED DRAWINGS WITH FULL SIZE DETAILS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/452/906/1689906452.0.m.jpg)
[ARCHITECTURE] NEW ENGLAND GEORGIAN ARCHITECTURE 55 MEASURED DRAWINGS WITH FULL SIZE DETAILS
by Ralph Clarke Kingman
New York: The Architectural Book Publishing Company, 1913. First Edition. Good binding. Folio; half bound in cloth over decorated paper covered boards; unpaginated; complete with 55 measured drawings; some spots of surface loss to the boards particularly to the lower board; wear to the edges; tears to the joints but the binding is holding quite well; an old... Read More
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[RELIGION] LESSON NOTES ON THE PRAYER BOOK
by Basil F. L. Clarke
[Great Britain]: National Society, 1943. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Octavo; in the publisher’s light blue cloth with dustjacket; viii, 77 pages; there is a previous owner name rubber stamped on the front pastedown.~~A quintessentially British approach to the Book of Common Prayer. Very Good binding / Very Good dust jacket.
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[LITERATURE] [RICHMOND] CASTLES IN THE SAND
by J. Calvitt Clarke
New York: Arcadia House Publications, 1935. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. 8vo.; in the publisher’s blue cloth with decorations and titling in navy; with the publiher;s dustjacket AND the printed wrapper of a Richmond lending library, the Blue Eagle Library located at the Y. W. C. A. Cafeteria at 1023 W. Main Street... Read More
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![[THEOLOGY] THE ORIGENIST CONTROVERSY THE CULTURAL CONSTRUCTION OF AN EARLY CHRISTIAN DEBATE](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/167/401/1707401167.0.m.jpg)
[THEOLOGY] THE ORIGENIST CONTROVERSY THE CULTURAL CONSTRUCTION OF AN EARLY CHRISTIAN DEBATE
by Elizabeth A. Clark
Princeton, 1992. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. Octavo; in the publisher’s blue grey cloth binding; xii, 287 pages including the Index; a bit of wear to the jacket else fine. Near Fine binding / Near Fine dust jacket.
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![[ARCHITECTURE] BUILDING CAPITALISM HISTORICAL CHANGE AND THE LABOR PROCESS IN THE PRODUCTION OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/880/195/1720195880.0.m.jpg)
[ARCHITECTURE] BUILDING CAPITALISM HISTORICAL CHANGE AND THE LABOR PROCESS IN THE PRODUCTION OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
by Clarke, Linda
London and New York: Routledge, 1992. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Quarto; in the publisher’s black cloth binding; xv, 316 pages; with maps, plans, and photographic illustrations throughout; top of the spine a bit bumped; small knick in the letter D on the titling on the upper board. Very Good binding.
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TROPHIES FOR THE KING. CONVERTS FROM AFRICA
by W. Thorburn Clark
Richmond, Virginia: Woman's Missionary Union of Virginia, 1936. Hard Cover. Good binding. Signed. W. Thorburn Clark's Trophies for the King; Converts from Africa. Signed by the author with a personal inscription on the front endpaper. Foxing to the edges of the textblock and the binding. Gray cloth with dark blue lettering and rules. Good. Good binding.
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![[ARCHITECTURE] ADAPTIVE REUSE OF THE BUILT HERITAGE CONCEPTS AND CASES OF AN EMERGING DISCIPLINE](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/839/669/1687669839.0.m.jpg)
[ARCHITECTURE] ADAPTIVE REUSE OF THE BUILT HERITAGE CONCEPTS AND CASES OF AN EMERGING DISCIPLINE
by Bie Plevoets | Koenraad Van Cleempoel
New York: Routledge, 2019. Very Good+ binding. 8vo; in pictorial boards; with titling on the upper board and spine in white; xix, 236 pages including the Index; with full color photographic illustrations and maps throughout; the bottom of the spine is a bit bumped; there is a bump on the leading edge of the lower board, otherwise a... Read More
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MEMOIRS OF FANNY HILL
by John Cleland
Odalisque Press. Soft Cover. Very Good binding/Fair dust jacket. Uncommon edition of this classic of English prose pornography. The imprint is undated, with no publish place noted. With no marks. Green paperback. Beginnings of separation to the folds of the paper dustjacket, with toning to the spine and chipping to the edges. Very Good with Fair dustjacket. Not... Read More
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WRITINGS OF MAUD CARTER CLEMENT
by Maud Carter Clement
Chatham, VA: Pittsylvania Historical Society, 1982. Hard Cover. Fine binding. A clean and fresh copy of this compilation of seven of Maud Carter Clement's writings about places and people of Pittsylvania County: 1. Frontiers Along the Upper Roanoke River; 2. The Turn of the Wheel; 3. The Early Homes of Chatham; 4. A Page from the Past; 5.... Read More
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HUGO GROTIUS DE VERITATE RELIGIONIS CHRISTIANAE. | DE ELIGENDA INTER CHRISTIANOS DISSENTIENTES SENTENTIA, & CONTRA INDIFFERENTIAM TELIGIONUM. LIBRI DUO
by Hugo Grotius | Joannis Clerici [Joen Le Clerc]
Hagae-Comitis: Anthonium van Dole, 1734. Ninth Edition. Full Leather. Very Good binding. A clean copy of the second volume only. Bound in calf with raised bands and a spot of surface loss on the spine. Minor toning to the textblock. Very Good binding.
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![[MILITARY] REMINISCENCES OF AN OFFICER OF ZOUAVES](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/511/246/1580246511.0.m.jpg)
[MILITARY] REMINISCENCES OF AN OFFICER OF ZOUAVES
by [Jean Joseph Gustave Cler]
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1860. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 8vo.; brown pebbled cloth binding; viii, 317 pages, followed by [10] page of ads from the Appleton Company; with the name label of N. H. Morison with the motto "Prudentia praestat" on the pastedown [perhaps that of Nathaniel Holmes Morison, first provost of Baltimore's... Read More
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[CHILDREN] MR NEVER-LOST GOES ON
by A. Turnbull ; Illustrated by Rene Cloke
London: W. & R. Chambers, 1934. First Edition. Very Good binding/Good dust jacket. Rene Cloke. Octavo; in the publisher’s turquoise cloth with titling on the spine in blue; 240 pages; with a full color frontispiece and black and white illustrations through out; in an clipped jacket; jacket is a bit soiled with edge wear and some chips; price... Read More
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![[CHILDREN] MR NEVER-LOST A STORY FOR CHILDREN BETWEEN AGES EIGHT AND EIGHTY](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/381/343/1703343381.0.m.jpg)
[CHILDREN] MR NEVER-LOST A STORY FOR CHILDREN BETWEEN AGES EIGHT AND EIGHTY
by A. Turnbull | Dr. J. C. Smith (Foreword); Illustrated by Rene Cloke
London: W. & R. Chambers, 1936. Rene Cloke. Octavo; in the publisher’s turquoise cloth with titling on the spine in blue; 239 pages; with a full color frontispiece tipped in and black and white illustrations through out; in an unclipped jacket; jacket is soiled and foxed with edge wear; foxing throughout; with a previous owner’s signature on the front... Read More
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[IRONWORK] LA FERRONNERIE MODERNE
by Henri Clouzot
Paris: C. Moreau, 1925. Very Good binding. Folio; printed paper-covered portfolio, with 36 plates, following an introduction by Henri Clouzot, and a Table of Contents; the portfolio has ribbon ties.~~The contents are: Volume 1 : E. Brandt (pl. 1-8)--A.-G. Szabo (pl. 9)--J. Prouvé & Ch. Dumas (pl. 10)--Ch. Piguet (pl. 11)--R. Gobert & Ed. Delion (pl. 12)--G. Vinant... Read More
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![[RICHMOND] CLUVERIUS. MY LIFE, TRIAL AND CONVICTION](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/976/056/1196056976.0.m.jpg)
[RICHMOND] CLUVERIUS. MY LIFE, TRIAL AND CONVICTION
by Thomas J[udson] Cluverius
Richmond, VA: S. J. Dudley, 1887. Second Edition, Enlarged. Original Wrappers. Good binding. An interesting and rather compelling, account by Thomas Cluverius, who was convicted of murder and executed in Richmond in 1887. The victim was his cousin -- she was eight months pregnant and Cluverius was the father. To call the case sensational would be an understatement.... Read More
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![[RICHMOND] [POST OFFICE] DOCUMENTS IN EVIDENCE](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/861/347/1700347861.0.m.jpg)
[RICHMOND] [POST OFFICE] DOCUMENTS IN EVIDENCE
by Real Estate Trust Co
Richmond, VA: Clyde W. Saunders, Printer, 1903. Original Tied Wrappers. Very Good binding. 9 1/2” x 6” 32pp softcover booklet produced by the Real Estate Trust Co., protesting to the proposed expansion of the post office building at its former location on Main Street. ~~In 1903, the proposed expansion of the post office in Richmond garnered outrage by... Read More
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![[RICHMOND] WAGNER’S COMPLETE MAP OF RICHMOND](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/834/319/1678319834.0.m.jpg)
[RICHMOND] WAGNER’S COMPLETE MAP OF RICHMOND
by A.C. Wagner Co
Richmond, VA, 1945. The A.C. Wagner Company produced pocket maps of different cities throughout the US in the 1920s. They showed indexes of street names, electric car lines and bus routes, as well as surrounding counties. Shows Richmond city limits, streets, railroads, interurban lines and ward boundaries, and streets in Henrico and Chesterfield Counties. Scale [ca. 1:20,000]. ~~This version... Read More
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[AMERICANA] SARSAPARILLA CALENDAR 1893
by Charles Ira Hood & Co
Lowell, Massachussetts, 1893. Charles Ira Hood (1845-1922) worked in his father’s apothecary shop as a child and became a prescription clerk as a young man. In 1876 he began to create his own sarsaparilla medicine, using the eponymous root along with dandelion, gentian, juniper berries, and alcohol. Without any federal regulations on ingredient transparency, beverage makers of the era... Read More
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OUR TRAVELS, OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS: WITH COMPLIMENTS OF THE AUTHORS
by Alfred W. Cochran; Laura T. Cochran
New York: Appeal Printing Co, 1914. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Green cloth binding, with stamping in white to the upper board. Mrs. Cochran's name signed on a laid in card. 182 pp. Octavo. We find two copies on OCLC.~~Privately printed travel narrative. The Cochrans hit the major European cities and sites and,... Read More
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MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF BLACKPOOL COLOSSEUM PICTUREDROME LIMITED
by Geo. J. Sargent (assistant Registrar of Joint Stock Companies); Jno. W. Cocks(solicitor)
Liverpool: Henstock & Foulkes. Soft Cover. Good+ binding. The articles of incorporation from 1908 for the "Colosseum Picturedrome" in Blackpool. There are still "picturedromes" in England.. The purpose of this picturedrome was "for cinematograph entertainments and the production of spectacular pieces, for roller and other skating rinks, Badminton, indoor tennis and other games, sports and gymnastic... Read More
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![[RICHMOND] SKETCHES OF RICHMOND VIRGINIA](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/414/230/1675230414.0.m.jpg)
[RICHMOND] SKETCHES OF RICHMOND VIRGINIA
by Clarence E. Weaver; Illustrated by Metropolitan Eng. Co
Richmond, VA: Central Publishing, 1924. Metropolitan Eng. Co. Who’s Who and What’s What. 10 1/2” x 8” x 1/2” with a light brown soft cover and stapled binding. With 223pp, 64 of which contain photographs showing city architecture, landmarks, and portraits of city and business leaders. Each portrait includes the name and business associated with that person. Among the... Read More
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KID TINSEL
by Octavus Roy Cohen
New York, London: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1941. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Fair dust jacket. Some tape staining and minor toning to the endpapers. Remnants of old tape repair to the folds of the dustjacket, since removed and replaced with heat set tissue by a conservator. Red cloth with a Fair or Good dustjacket. Very Good binding... Read More
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![[ANCIENT WORLD] CANAANITES, CHRONOLOGIES, AND CONNECTIONS: THE RELATIONSHIP OF MIDDLE BRONZE IIA CANAAN TO MIDDLE KINGDOM EGYPT](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/143/580/1680580143.0.m.jpg)
[ANCIENT WORLD] CANAANITES, CHRONOLOGIES, AND CONNECTIONS: THE RELATIONSHIP OF MIDDLE BRONZE IIA CANAAN TO MIDDLE KINGDOM EGYPT
by Susan L. Cohen
Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns, 2002. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Quarto; in the publisher’s blue cloth binding with titling in gold; 168 pages with illustrations and maps.~~The beginning of the Middle Bronze Age (MB IIA) in Canaan (ca. 1950-1740 B.C.E.) set the stage for many of the cultural, political, and economic institutions that shaped the ancient Near East.... Read More
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