![[CIVIL WAR] RICHMOND HOWITZERS IN THE WAR](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/686/585/1667585686.0.m.jpg)
[CIVIL WAR] RICHMOND HOWITZERS IN THE WAR
by Frederick Stone Daniels [A Member of the Company]
Richmond, 1891. Near Fine binding. 8vo.; half burgundy buckram over marbled boards with matching end papers; titling on the spine in gilt; original front wrappers bound inside; (3) 4-155 pages including the roster of the company; book sellers label on front paste down; front wrapper has stains and loss to the bottom; over half of the wrapper is... Read More
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BATTLES FOR THE UNION AND THE UNION FORCES ENGAGED THEREIN TOGETHER WITH A RECORD OF CASUALTIES. 1861-1865. THIS VOLUME IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED TO THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC BY THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD CO. | HAND-BOOK OF BATTLES IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION. SHOWING THE UNION TROOPS ENGAGED THEREIN, AND THE NUMBER KILLED AND WOUNDED, BOTH UNION AND CONFEDERATE. TAKEN FROM GOVERNMENT RECORDS FOR THE USE OF THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC. TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC AT ST. LOUIS, MO. SEPTEMBER 27, 1887
by Grand Army of the Republic | [The Illinois Central Railroad Company]
Buffalo, NY: Matthews, Northrup & Co, 1887. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. A timeline of the battles of the Civil War, with statements of Union casualties for each. With a description of St. Louis and its attractions at the rear; published by the Illinois Central Railroad Co., and dedicated to the Grand Army of the Republic. Folding map... Read More
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CATALOGUE OF REQUISITES FOR PYROGRAPHY. (BURNING APPARATUS, WOOD WARE, ETC.) | COMPLETE CATALOGUE OF PYROGRAPHIC OUTFITS, WOOD WARE, ETC.
by Hirshberg Art Company
Baltimore, MD: Hirshberg Art Co, n.d.. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. A catalogue of art supplies from the Hirshberg Art Company, beginning with a section of supplies for artistic Pyrography. Illustrations and prices throughout. Some wear to the binding; small closed tears and minor loss at the extremities of the spine. Stapled, printed paper wrappers. Royal Octavo. Very... Read More
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![[INTERIOR DESIGN] [TRADE CATALOG] (CATALOG NO. 10) HEYWOOD BROTHERS AND WAKEFIELD COMPANY. MAKERS OF CANE AND WOOD SEAT CHAIRS, REED AND RATTAN FURNITURE. CHAIR CANE AND CANE WEBBING. COCOA DOOR MATS AND MATTINGS. CHILDREN'S GO-CARTS AND CARRIAGES. OPERA CHAIRS AND SCHOOL FURNITURE. PORTABLE, FOLDING AND CHAPEL CHAIRS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/795/649/1189649795.0.m.jpg)
[INTERIOR DESIGN] [TRADE CATALOG] (CATALOG NO. 10) HEYWOOD BROTHERS AND WAKEFIELD COMPANY. MAKERS OF CANE AND WOOD SEAT CHAIRS, REED AND RATTAN FURNITURE. CHAIR CANE AND CANE WEBBING. COCOA DOOR MATS AND MATTINGS. CHILDREN'S GO-CARTS AND CARRIAGES. OPERA CHAIRS AND SCHOOL FURNITURE. PORTABLE, FOLDING AND CHAPEL CHAIRS
by Heywood Brothers and Wakefield Company
[Heywood-Wakefield], 1916. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Trade Catalog No. 10 for the Heywood-Wakefield Company, then the Heywood Brothers and Wakefield Company. With photographic illustrations and price lists. Laid in leaf announcing the 10% increase in prices from the manufacturer. Red stain to the top of the rear cover, affecting the final leaves. Minor wear to the binding,... Read More
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![[TRADE CATALOG] IVANHOE LIGHTING EQUIPMENT. INDUSTRIAL LIGHTING DEPARTMENT. METAL REFLECTORS AND FITTINGS FOR INDUSTRIAL ILLUMINATION. CATALOG NO. 900](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/151/211/1316211151.0.m.jpg)
[TRADE CATALOG] IVANHOE LIGHTING EQUIPMENT. INDUSTRIAL LIGHTING DEPARTMENT. METAL REFLECTORS AND FITTINGS FOR INDUSTRIAL ILLUMINATION. CATALOG NO. 900
by Ivanhoe Division of The Miller Company
Miriden, Connecticut: Ivanhoe Division of the Miller Company, 1930. Stapled Pamphlet. Very Good binding. A 64 page trade catalog for the Ivanhoe Lighting Company, extensively illustrated with a number of half-tones on every page. With an Advance Data Sheet for Wire Mesh Guards and their prices laid in. 10 x 8". Very Good binding.
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![[PHOTOGRAPHY] GLASS LANTERN SLIDES](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/367/783/1685783367.0.m.jpg)
[PHOTOGRAPHY] GLASS LANTERN SLIDES
by Keystone View Company
Lantern slides are positive transparent photographs made on glass and viewed with the aid of a “magic lantern,” the predecessor of the slide projector. With exceptional detail and a rich tonal range lantern slide plates were commercially manufactured for home entertainment, public lectures, and photographic exhibitions from the 1860s to the 1950s.~~Around the time these images were taken the... Read More
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![[VIRGINIA] [ADVERTISING] [CHROMOLITHOGRAPHS] KINNEY BROS. LIBRARY ALBUM VOL. I.](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/337/344/1505344337.0.m.jpg)
[VIRGINIA] [ADVERTISING] [CHROMOLITHOGRAPHS] KINNEY BROS. LIBRARY ALBUM VOL. I.
by Kinney Tobacco Company
New York, Baltimore, Richmond, Danville: Kinney Bros. [Kinney Tobacco Co. Successor]. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. 8vo (7 1/2" x 5 3/4").; in the publisher's stiff printed faux alligator wrappers; with 10 chromolithographic images of significant women of the day, including; inter alia; the Princess of Wales, the Empress of Russia, and the Queen of Siam;... Read More
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![[MAP] RAND McNALLY STANDARD INDEXED MAP WITH AIR TRAILS. WEST VIRGINIA. FOR TOURISTS, AVIATORS, COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS, TRANSPORTATION MEN, SHIPPERS, GENERAL COMMERCIAL AND BUSINESS REFERENCE](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/417/088/1611088417.0.m.jpg)
[MAP] RAND McNALLY STANDARD INDEXED MAP WITH AIR TRAILS. WEST VIRGINIA. FOR TOURISTS, AVIATORS, COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS, TRANSPORTATION MEN, SHIPPERS, GENERAL COMMERCIAL AND BUSINESS REFERENCE
by Rand McNally and Company
Chicago: Rand McNally and Company, 1929. Very Good binding. A large folding map of West Virginia, printed on both sides: West Virginia railroads and on the verso, North Carolina. air trails. With index of 53 pp. plus 3 leaves of ads. Stapled, in pictorial wrappers. A nice copy of an uncommon item, with a bit of fade to... Read More
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MORTGAGES, EQUIPMENT AGREEMENTS, AGREEMENTS, MATURED OR RETIRED. VOL. I. (ONE VOLUME ONLY)
by The Wabash Railroad Company and Wabash Railway Company
Full Leather. Very Good binding. A copy of Volume I only of The Wabash Railroad Company and Wabash Railway Company, Mortgages, Equipment Agreements, Agreements, Matured or Retired. A highly detailed collection of complete, legal, financial agreements, made between 1901 and 1915, between the Wabash Railroad and Railway Companies and the Continental Trust Company of New York, Blair &... Read More
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A THOUGHT FOR EVERY DAY: FROM THE WRITINGS OF THE RT. REV. J. B. M. DAVID (1761-1841) WITH A CALENDAR OF THE SAINTS
by J. B. M. David (author); Columba Fox (compier)
New York: Frederick Pustet Co;, 1931. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding/no dust jacket. The Rev. J. B. M. David was became the Bishop Coadjutor of Kentucky, being consecrated in 1819. He founded the Bardtown Theological Seminary as well as the Sisters of Charity in Kentucky. Scarce title, with only five copies found in OCLC. Very Good+... Read More
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[ARCHAEOLOGY THE DAHECUM SITE IN ZHENGSHOU (I)
by Zhengzhou Municipal Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology (compiler)
Science Press, 2001. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding/near Very Good dust jacket. Binding sound; moderate edgewear to dust jacket, including several closed tears. Dust jacket protected in a new mylar cover. No markings to text. Very Good+ binding / near Very Good dust jacket.
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![[MASONIC] HISTORY AND BY-LAWS OF HENRICO UNION LODGE, NO. 130, A. F. & A. M., RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, WITH A LIST OF OFFICERS AND MEMBERS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/478/921/1437921478.0.m.jpg)
[MASONIC] HISTORY AND BY-LAWS OF HENRICO UNION LODGE, NO. 130, A. F. & A. M., RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, WITH A LIST OF OFFICERS AND MEMBERS
by J. Staunton Moore (Editor and Compiler)
Richmond: Wm. Ellis Jones, Book and Job Printer, 1905. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. 8vo.; in the publisher's blue cloth binding, with decoration and titling in gilt; 179 pages, including the Index, with halftone frontispiece of "The Lodge Building" and with additional illustrations; there are no marks of any kind in the book.~~A "brief" history of... Read More
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ROCKY MOUNTAIN VIEWS ON THE RIO GRANDE THE "SCENIC LINE OF THE WORLD": CONSISTING OF TWENTY-FOUR ENGRAVED VIEWS FROM RECENT PHOTOGRAPHS
by Wm. H. Crane (compiler)
Denver, Colorado: Smith-Brooks Printing Company / Inter-state Company, 1914. Original Wrappers. near Very Good binding. Complete collection of colored tipped-in plates showing the fantastic views from the Denver & Rio Grande-Western Pacific Railroad route. Signature of "F. S. Savage Sr." dated 1914 on the title page. Savage was a successful conductor on the B. A. &... Read More
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![[SPECIAL PRESS] VICTOR HAMMER’S ENGRAVINGS AND WOODCUTS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/314/690/1555690314.0.m.jpg)
[SPECIAL PRESS] VICTOR HAMMER’S ENGRAVINGS AND WOODCUTS
by Carolyn Reading Hammer (Compiler)
[Lexington, Kentucky]: The Anvil Press, 1979. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. Quarto; in paper-covered boards with an onlay of title and a woodcut by Victor Hammer, with dustjacket with the initials “V. H.” on a paper label at the spine; the upper board has a a small and very light stain; [10] pages,... Read More
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![[GENEALOGY] [VIRGINIA] THE BAYLOR COLLECTION: A COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS, LETTERS, PAPERS AND MEMORABILIA SAVED BY TWO GENERATIONS: BERNARD HOSKINS AND ANNE BARKSDALE BAYLOR AND WILLIAM BARKSDALE BAYLOR](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/302/690/1555690302.0.m.jpg)
[GENEALOGY] [VIRGINIA] THE BAYLOR COLLECTION: A COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS, LETTERS, PAPERS AND MEMORABILIA SAVED BY TWO GENERATIONS: BERNARD HOSKINS AND ANNE BARKSDALE BAYLOR AND WILLIAM BARKSDALE BAYLOR
by Elizabeth Herring Baylor (Compiler)
Henrico, Virginia: Alpha Graphics West End, 2016. First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Near Fine binding. Quarto; in the publisher's red pictorial boards with elaborate titling; viii, 362 pages; with illustrations (some color), portraits, facsimiles, maps; there is a previous owner presentation inscription from the author / compiler; with photographic endpapers.~~The book provides insights into social customs of 20th century... Read More
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![[EASTERN RELIGION] ZEN FLESH, ZEN BONES: A COLLECTION OF ZEN AND PRE-ZEN WRITINGS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/231/568/1601568231.0.m.jpg)
[EASTERN RELIGION] ZEN FLESH, ZEN BONES: A COLLECTION OF ZEN AND PRE-ZEN WRITINGS
by Paul Reps (compiler)
Rutland, VT; Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Co., Inc, 1957. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 8vo.; in publisher’s brown paper-covered boards with decorations in black and titling and decoration in gilt; [4], 5-211 pages; there is a previous owner name on the front endpaper; this copy lacking the slipcase, and with a bid of fade to the... Read More
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WILLIAM FREDERICK'S (1874) SCALE JOURNEY: A Scratchbuilder's Evolutionary Development
by Antonio Mendez C. | Scottie Dayton [Editor and Compiler]
Piermont NY: Pier Books/Dupont Communications, 2005. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Laminated boards with bumped corners on front board. Previous owner's notes on the front free end paper. Otherwise a clean tight copy. Very Good binding.
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![[EXPOSE] [ROMAN CATHOLIC] LIFE OF A CARMELITE NUN](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/768/935/1562935768.0.m.jpg)
[EXPOSE] [ROMAN CATHOLIC] LIFE OF A CARMELITE NUN
by Boyer D'Agen; Henry Fowler (Compiler)
Toledo, Ohio: L. J. King, 1910. Third Edition. Original Wrappers. Very Good binding. 8vo.; stapled pamphlet with photographic illustrations; 75 pages; sensationalism at its most sensational -- "Filthy and Loathsome Punishments in a Roman Catholic Convent"; "Escaped, Pursued, and Forced Back to the Convent"; "Rome's Hatred of Women"; and so on. The ads for "Protestant Books You Should... Read More
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![[GENEALOGY] [LOUDOUN COUNTY] BIOGRAPHY AND GENEALOGY OF SOME OF THE ANTHONY SOUDER AND MARGARITE MAURER FAMILY](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/680/731/1586731680.0.m.jpg)
[GENEALOGY] [LOUDOUN COUNTY] BIOGRAPHY AND GENEALOGY OF SOME OF THE ANTHONY SOUDER AND MARGARITE MAURER FAMILY
by Warren J. Souder (Compiler]
Fredericksburg: Bookcrafters, 1997. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. 8vo.; in tan cloth binding with titling printed in black to the upper board and the spine; iii, 348 pages, illustrated with facsimiles, photographs, a map of Loudoun County, and the like; there are no marks of any kind in the book.Anthony Souder was born in 1730, possibly in Germany.... Read More
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![[RELIGION] [CIVIL WAR] THE SERVICES OF THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS ORDERED BY THE BISHOPS, DURING THE CIVIL WAR](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/882/533/1618533882.0.m.jpg)
[RELIGION] [CIVIL WAR] THE SERVICES OF THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS ORDERED BY THE BISHOPS, DURING THE CIVIL WAR
by Mary Caroline Jarvis [Compiler]
New York: Hatch & Co, 1864. Full Leather. Very Good binding. Large 8vo.; in full burgundy morocco, elaborately embossed with titling and decoration in gilt; [136] page; title page printed in black and red; all edges red; front hinge cracked but holding.~~The text is photolithographed from manuscripts gathered and compiled by Mary Caroline Jarvis, “For the benefit of... Read More
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THE PORT OF NEW YORK: A HISTORY OF THE RAIL AND TERMINAL SYSTEM FROM THE BEGINNINGS TO PENNSYLVANIA STATIONS (VOLUME I); A HISTORY OF THE RAIL AND TERMINAL SYSTEM FROM THE GRAND CENTRAL ELECTRIFICATION TO THE PRESENT (VOLUME II); 2 VOLUMES; SET
by Carl W. Condit
University of Chicago Press, 1981. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Very Good dust jacket. A clean First Edition set in 2 volumes. There are no marks in the books. The dustjackets have very light sunning to the spines. They are protected with new mylar covers. Near Fine binding / Very Good dust jacket. ... Read More
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![[LITERATURE] THE PEACOCK IS A GENTLEMAN](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/787/487/1687487787.0.m.jpg)
[LITERATURE] THE PEACOCK IS A GENTLEMAN
by Vivian Connell
New York: Dial Press, 1941. 1st US Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/near Very Good dust jacket. 8vo; in the publisher’s blue cloth binding; with titling on the spine in red; in and unclipped jacket; 272 pages; the edges of the boards are a bit worn and faded; the jacket has some chipping to the spine; some stains... Read More
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![[ADVANCE COPY] [PHILOSOPHY] LIVING WITHOUT WILL MEISTER ECKHART’S CRITIQUE OF THE MEDIEVAL CONCEPT OF WILL](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/260/146/1721146260.0.m.jpg)
[ADVANCE COPY] [PHILOSOPHY] LIVING WITHOUT WILL MEISTER ECKHART’S CRITIQUE OF THE MEDIEVAL CONCEPT OF WILL
by John M. Connolly
Oxford / New York: Oxford University Press, 2014. First Edition. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. Octavo; in blue paper covered boards; in an unclipped jacket; xvii, 236 pages including the Index; a clean advance copy with a note from the publisher laid in stating “The publisher would appreciate observance of the publication date and two copies of... Read More
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![[CIVIL WAR] [CONFEDERATE IMPRINT] ARTICLES OF WAR: AN ACT FOR ESTABLISHING RULES AND ARTICLES FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/230/568/1601568230.0.m.jpg)
[CIVIL WAR] [CONFEDERATE IMPRINT] ARTICLES OF WAR: AN ACT FOR ESTABLISHING RULES AND ARTICLES FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES
by North Carolina Convention
Syme & Hall, printers to the Convention: [Raleigh, N.C.], 1861. Octavo; in stitched wrappers; 24 pages; with foxing throughout but overall in quite nice condition; these articles were ratified in June, 1861. It should be noted that this is not technically a printing of the Confederate States of America’s War Department [contra Crandall] but is actually a publication of... Read More
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![[CIVIL WAR] THE LIFE OF STONEWALL JACKSON. FROM OFFICIAL PAPERS, CONTEMPORARY NARRATIVES, AND PERSONAL ACQUAINTANCE. BY A VIRGINIAN](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/187/014/1620014187.0.m.jpg)
[CIVIL WAR] THE LIFE OF STONEWALL JACKSON. FROM OFFICIAL PAPERS, CONTEMPORARY NARRATIVES, AND PERSONAL ACQUAINTANCE. BY A VIRGINIAN
by [John Esten Cooke]
New York: Charles B. Richardson, 1863. Hard Cover. Good binding. 8vo.; in the publisher’s brown embossed cloth, with titilng in gilt to the spine; 305 pages, followed by [4] pages of publisher’s ads; the binding is worn, especially the corner (down to the cardboard) and the spine; the spine has been partially reglued and has loss; there is... Read More
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