LE STANZE DI RAFFAELLO
by Raphael [Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino] | Frank E. Washburn; Arduino Colasanti
New York, 1936. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Limited Edition of Le Stanze di Raffaello, with text on the life and work of Raphael in Italian and English, and eighteen loose plates laid in at the rear. This copy numbered 1637 of 2000. Quarter paper vellum over tan paper covered boards, with gilt lettering. Binding designed... Read More
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THE YELLOW JACKET, 1927. VOLUME TWENTY-NINE. XXIX
by The Student Body of Randolph-Macon College
Ashland, Virginia: Randolph-Macon College, 1927. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Quarto; in black embossed cloth with tiltling in gold; 185 pages, followed by a number of local ads, and profusely illustrated with black and white photographs, linocuts and silhouettes. ~~This is Volume 29 of The Yellow Jacket, 1927, the yearbook for Randolph-Macon College. We are very struck by... Read More
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![[AMERICANA] [MAP] [SIGNED] HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF KENTUCKY: EMBRACING ITS HISTORY, ANTIQUITIES, AND NATURAL CURIOSITIES, GEOGRAPHICAL, STATISTICAL AND GEOLOGICAL DESCRIPTIONS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/431/756/1474756431.0.m.jpg)
[AMERICANA] [MAP] [SIGNED] HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF KENTUCKY: EMBRACING ITS HISTORY, ANTIQUITIES, AND NATURAL CURIOSITIES, GEOGRAPHICAL, STATISTICAL AND GEOLOGICAL DESCRIPTIONS
by Lewis Collins
Maysville, Kentucky: Lewis Collins, 1857. Early Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 8vo. (9 1/4" x 6"); in the publisher's brown embossed cloth with titling and decorations in gilt to the spine; this copy signed with a personal inscription by the Lewis Collins; the folding map is present. xvi, 17-560 pages, including the Appendix.~~The book has wear, especially... Read More
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THE LIFE AND WORK OF JOHN RUSKIN. VOLUME I & II. (TWO VOLUMES)
by W. G. Collingwood
Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1893. Large-Paper Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. The Large-Paper Edition, numbered 134 of 200 copies; complete in two volumes. With color portrait frontispiece and numerous reproduction plates throughout, with captioned tissue guards. Foxing to the binding, not affecting the interior, and sunning to the spine. Quarter cream colored cloth over light blue paper covered... Read More
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HIDE AND SEEK [2 VOLUMES BOUND TOGETHER]
by Wilkie Collins
Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1856. Quarter Leather. Very Good binding. Enormously prolific and influential, Wilkie Collins produced "sensational novels", as well the The Moonstone, generally regarded as the first modern detective novel. This Tauchnitz edition was issued two years after the first trade edition; it is boudn in the publisher's black pebbled cloth backed in green leather.... Read More
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[LITERATURE] THE ANNOTATED DICKENS
by Charles Dickens| Edward Guiliano | Phillip Collins
New York: Clarkson N. Potter, 1986. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Quarto; in the publisher’s burgundy leatherette binding; with titling and decorations in gold; Volume 1 1075 pages including the Index; This volume includes Pickwick Papers, Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, and Hard Times; Volume 2; 1121 pages; this volume includes David Copperfield, A Tale Of... Read More
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![[FACSIMILE] [TEXAS] [CONFEDERATE] CHAPTERS FROM THE UNWRITTEN HISTORY OF THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES: OR, THE INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF A CONFEDERATE SOLDIER IN CAMP, ON THE MARCH, IN THE GREAT BATTLES, AND IN PRISON](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/439/465/1429465439.0.m.jpg)
[FACSIMILE] [TEXAS] [CONFEDERATE] CHAPTERS FROM THE UNWRITTEN HISTORY OF THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES: OR, THE INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF A CONFEDERATE SOLDIER IN CAMP, ON THE MARCH, IN THE GREAT BATTLES, AND IN PRISON
by Lieut. R. M. Collins
Dayton, Ohio: Press of Morningside Bookshop, 1982. Facsimile Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding. Large 8vo.; in the publisher's half-brown morocco over tan cloth emblazoned with Confederate flags, with mylar wrapper; xxiv, 343 pages; with illustrations, facsimiles and portraits.~~This facsimile reproduction of the 1893 edition includes bibliographical references and index.~~Of this title, the Nevins bibliography notes: "A very readable... Read More
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THE LEGACY OF CAIN (In Three volumes); Vol I.
by Collins, Wilkie
London: Chatto & Windus, 1889. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Volume I only. Previous owner's bookplates attached to front paste-down and ffep. . 1/2 red leather on red cloth boards. Bottom corners of front and rear boards are lightly bumped. Very Good binding.
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THE DEAD SECRET. AND OTHER TALES. (TWO VOLUMES IN ONE)
by Wilkie Collins
Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1857. Tauchnitz Edition. Full Leather. Very Good binding. First published a year prior, this being the Tauschnitz edition of Wilkie Collins?s The Dead Secret, a sensational novel about the eventual discovery of the protagonist?s lower-class heritage. Scattered foxing. Rear hinge reinforced by a conservator. Quarter leather over black cloth. Edges speckled blue. Very Good binding.... Read More
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THE POSSIBILITY OF APPROACHING THE NORTH POLE ASSERTED. WITH AN APPENDIX CONTAINING PAPERS ON THE SAME SUBJECT, AND ON A NORTH WEST PASSAGE
by The Hon. D. [Daines] Barrington | Colonel
London: T. and J. Allman, 1818. Second Edition. With the half-title page, a folding "Map of the Countries Around the North Pole According to the Latest Discoverers"; and a vignette on the title page.~~In contemporary mottled calf, which has been rebacked in sympathetic japanese tissue, which has a rather blank appearance as there is no spine label. Marbled... Read More
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EUROPE IN THE TIME OF CHARLEMAGNE
by W. Williams [Engraver & Colorer]
New York: D. Appleton, 1853. An attractive engraved map showing the Empire of Charlemagne, the Emirate of Cordova; the Kingdom of the Anglo-Saxons; the Kingdom of the Chazari, the Bulgarians; and others; colored by hand in quite vivid and appealing colors. 13 1/4 x 16"; folded at the center. Quite faint toning to the edges not affecting the... Read More
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EUROPE IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE Xth CENTURY
by W. Williams [Engraver & Colorer]
New York: D. Appleton, 1853. An attractive engraved map showing the Emirate of Cordova; the Kingdom of Anglia; Russian Empire; Roman German Empire; and others; colored by hand in quite vivid and appealing colors. 13 1/4 x 16"; folded at the center. Quite faint toning to the edges not affecting the map.
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THE ROMAN EMPIRE AND NORTHERN BARBARIANS IN THE IVth CENTURY
by W. Williams [Engraver & Colorer]
New York: D. Appleton, 1853. An attractive engraved map showing Hispania, Gallia, Germania, Sarmatia, Illyricum and others; colored by hand in quite vivid and appealing colors. 13 1/4 x 16"; folded at the center. Quite faint toning to the edges not affecting the map.
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EUROPE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SIXTH CENTURY
by W. Williams [Engraver & Colorer]
New York: D. Appleton, 1853. An attractive engraved map showing the Kingdoms of the Visigoths, the Franks, the Vandals, the Huns, the Ostrogoths and others; colored by hand in quite vivid and appealing colors. 13 1/4 x 16"; folded at the center. Quite faint toning to the edges not affecting the map.
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EUROPE IN THE TIME OF THE CRUSADES
by W. Williams [Engraver & Colorer]
New York: D. Appleton, 1853. An attractive engraved map showing the Kingdoms if England; France, Hungary, Poland; Roman German Empire; and others; colored by hand in quite vivid and appealing colors. 13 1/4 x 16"; folded at the center. Quite faint toning to the edges not affecting the map.
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EUROPE AT THE END OF THE XIV CENTURY
by W. Williams [Engraver & Colorer]
New York: D. Appleton, 1853. An attractive engraved map showing the Kingdom of the Francks; Kingdom of Castile and Leon; Kingdoms of England, Ireland and Scotland; Empire of the Ottomans; Roman German Empire; Empire of Tamerland; Kipstchak the Golden Horde; and others; colored by hand in quite vivid and appealing colors. 13 1/4 x 16"; folded at the... Read More
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[SPECIAL PRESS] DEFENSORIUM IMMACULATAE VIRGINITATIS
by Kurt Pfister (Commentary)
Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1925. Quarto; in quarter-vellum with tips and printed paper-covered boards, with palin dust wrapper and slipcase; [18] pages French-folded with 59 colored facsimile woodcut illustrations; with commentary by Kurt Pfister in wrappers with printed label; this is #227 of 500 copies printed on J. W. Zanders handmade paper by C. G. Roder.~~Uncommon with the dustwrapper and the... Read More
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[RICHMOND] [MUSIC] DEDICATION PROGRAM, CARILLON CONCERTS
by Virginia George Washington Bi-Centennial Commission
Richmond, VA, 1932. Stapled Pamphlet. Very Good binding. 9 1/2” x 7” 20-pp softcover pamphlet outlining the concert dedication of the Virginia War Memorial Carillon, from October 15-November 15, 1932. Commemorated to honor the dead who served in WWI, it contains 66 bells and cost the city $325,000 to erect.~~The program connects the memory of those lost with... Read More
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OFFICIAL ROSTER OF THE SOLDIERS OF THE STATE OF OHIO IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION, 1861-1866. VOL. VI: 70TH-86TH REGIMENTS-INFANTRY. (VOLUME VI ONLY)
by Ohio | Roster Commission
Cincinnati: The Ohio Valley Pub. & Mfg. Co, 1888. First Edition. Half Leather. Very Good binding. Volume VI only of the Ohio Official Roster of Soldiers. From the library of Bud Robertson, with his bookplate on the front pastedown. "Another full, descriptive roster, yet one--like many--that could have benefitted from larger type" (Nevins II, 159). Inscribed on the... Read More
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![[AFRICAN-AMERICAN] SLAVE TRADE VOLUME 3 (REPORTS FROM SELECT COMMITTEES APPOINTED TO INQUIRE INTO THE WORKING OF THE APPRENTICESHIP SYSTEM IN THE COLONIES WITH MINUTES OF EVIDENCE APPENDIX AND INDEX)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/750/597/674597750.0.m.1.jpg)
[AFRICAN-AMERICAN] SLAVE TRADE VOLUME 3 (REPORTS FROM SELECT COMMITTEES APPOINTED TO INQUIRE INTO THE WORKING OF THE APPRENTICESHIP SYSTEM IN THE COLONIES WITH MINUTES OF EVIDENCE APPENDIX AND INDEX)
by [House of Commons]
Shannon Ireland: Irish University Prees, 1968. Quarter Leather. Very Good+ binding. Contains "Report from the Select Committee on Negro Apprenticeship in the Colonies. (House of Commons, 13 August 1836). Quarter green morocco over green cloth boards. Very Good+ binding.
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![[GREAT BRITAIN] A DIGEST OF ALL THE ACCOUNTS RELATING TO THE POPULATION, PRODUCTIONS, REVENUES, FINANCIAL OPERATIONS, MANUFACTURES, SHIPPING, COLONIES, COMMERCE, &c. &c., OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, DIFFUSED THROUGH MORE THAN 600 VOLUMES OF JOURNALS, REPORTS, AND PAPERS, PRESENTED TO PARLIAMENT DURING THE LAST THIRTY-FIVE YEARS. IN TWO PARTS. WITH A SEPARATE INDEX TO EACH ..](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/851/469/1638469851.0.m.jpg)
[GREAT BRITAIN] A DIGEST OF ALL THE ACCOUNTS RELATING TO THE POPULATION, PRODUCTIONS, REVENUES, FINANCIAL OPERATIONS, MANUFACTURES, SHIPPING, COLONIES, COMMERCE, &c. &c., OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, DIFFUSED THROUGH MORE THAN 600 VOLUMES OF JOURNALS, REPORTS, AND PAPERS, PRESENTED TO PARLIAMENT DURING THE LAST THIRTY-FIVE YEARS. IN TWO PARTS. WITH A SEPARATE INDEX TO EACH ..
by J[ohn] Marshall | The Select Committee of the House of Commons
London: J. Haddon, 1833. Half Leather. Very Good binding. Quarto; in half black calf over green cloth; 1 preliminary leaf, 96, 4 pages, 1 leaf, 238, 17 pages, with 6 folded tables.~~Part I. A geographical and statistical display of the locality, relation, superficies, and population of each county, section, district and colony of the British Empire ... --... Read More
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![[ENGLISH] [2 VOLUMES] [EDUCATION LOWER CLASSES] I: REPORTS FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE EDUCATION OF THE LOWER ORDERS OF THE METROPOLIS WITH THE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE; II. FIRST TO FIFTH REPORTS FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE ... WITH MINUTES OF EVIDENCE APPENDICES AND AN ADDITIONAL REPORT](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/088/931/1582931088.0.m.jpg)
[ENGLISH] [2 VOLUMES] [EDUCATION LOWER CLASSES] I: REPORTS FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE EDUCATION OF THE LOWER ORDERS OF THE METROPOLIS WITH THE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE; II. FIRST TO FIFTH REPORTS FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE ... WITH MINUTES OF EVIDENCE APPENDICES AND AN ADDITIONAL REPORT
by Parliament. House of Commons
Shannon, Ireland: Irish University Press, 1969. Facsimile Edition. Quarter Leather. Very Good binding. Two large quarto volumes; quarter bound in green morocco with raised bands and titled in gilt, over green cloth; 324 pages; [10], 8, 53-495 pages; the two volumes are clean and have no ownership marks of any kind in them.~~It should be noted that the... Read More
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[TRAVEL] FLORIDA: A LAND OF HOMES
by Florida State Department of Agriculture; Illustrated by Southern Art Engraving Company and Dixie Engraving Company
St. Augustine, FL: The Record Company, 1934. Southern Art Engraving Company and Dixie Engraving. Where art and nature join their crafts in a kingdom by southern seas."~~10 1/2” x 11 1/2” stiff soft-cover album with brown leatherette cover, gilt title plaque, and embossed palm tree and other designs. ~~Each page has a large photograph of stately homes throughout the... Read More
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ANCHOR-WELD IRON FENCES AND GATES. CATALOG NO. 111
by [TRADE CATALOG; ARCHITECTURE] Anchor Post Fence Company
Baltimore, Md: Anchor Post Fence Company, 1943. Stapled Pamphlet. Very Good binding. A 32 page catalog issued by the Anchor Post Fence Company; illustrated throughout with halftone ilustrations and drawings of attractive fencing options, mostly two to a page. Illustrations and text with a green border on each page. Some light foxing, almost entirely limited to... Read More
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THE HUPMOBILE OWNER'S HANDBOOK. OPERATION AND CARE. 1916 HUPMOBILE MODEL "N
by Hupp Motor Car Company
Detroit, Michigan: Hupp Motor Car Company | Geo. A. Drake & Co, 1916. Soft Cover. Fair binding. The Hupmobile Owner's Handbook: 1916, Model "N", one of the company's touring cars. Published by the Hupp Motor Car Company, with labeled diagram illustrations of the mechanical components of the automobile, instructions for use and maintenance, and a paper folding birds-eye... Read More
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