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[LITERATURE] DAGON & OTHER MACBRE TALES
by H. P. Lovecraft | August Derleth (Introduction); Illustrated by Lee Brown Coye
Sauk City, 1965. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding/Near Fine dust jacket. 8vo; in the publisher’s Holliston Black Novlex cloth binding; with titling on the spine in gilt; ix, 413, [1] pages; some toning from tape to the flaps of the jacket; minor tape residue to the boards; minor tape residue to the end papers; a previous owner’s signature... Read More
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[SPECIAL PRESS] GORDON CRAIG’S PARIS DIARY 1932-1933
by Colin Franklin (Editor) | Gordon Craig
North Hills: Bird & Bull Press, 1982. Limited Edition. Very Good+ binding. Octavo; quarter bound morocco over paper covered boards with a burgundy morocco spine label with titling in gilt; 154 pages; with a prospectus laid in. ~~Printed at the Bird & Bull Press in March of 1982 on mouldmade Burgrattabutten paper and bound by Gray Parrot.~~Limited to... Read More
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THE VIRGINIA "PEERAGE;" OR SKETCHES OF VIRGINIANS DISTINGUISHED IN VIRGINIA'S HISTORY. VOLUME I.
by Robert T. Craighill
Richmond, VA: William Ellis Jones, 1880. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good binding. Signed. 356pp. 8vo.; in the publisher's green embossed cloth; vi, 2 blank pages, [1], 2-356 pages; though denoted Volume I, this is the only volume published; there is wear to the bottom of the spine, but a sturdy copy~~Contains sketches of George Washington, Patrick Henry,... Read More
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PARIS; ITS HISTORICAL BUILDINGS AND ITS REVOLUTIONS. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS. (2 VOLUMES)
by [George Lillie Craik]
London: C. Cox, 1849. New Edition. Half Leather. Very Good binding. The copy bound in two volumes, with continuous pagination. Half-calf over marbled boards, with raised bands and morocco title labels. A clean little set, with no marks in the books. Very Good binding.
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![[RICHMOND] [CONSTRUCTION] "SOME KIND OF GUY". THE LIFE OF E. CARLTON WILTON, SR. AS TOLD TO PAUL R. CRAMER](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/437/304/1557304437.0.m.jpg)
[RICHMOND] [CONSTRUCTION] "SOME KIND OF GUY". THE LIFE OF E. CARLTON WILTON, SR. AS TOLD TO PAUL R. CRAMER
by E. Carlton Wilton | Paul R. Cramer
Richmond, Va: The Dietz Press, 2001. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding. 8vo.; in the publisher's teal cloth binding; ix, [1]-118, followed by a [1] page appendix listing some of the developments constructed by Mr. Wilton; there are no ownership marks of any kind in the book.~~E. Carlton Wilton was without doubt one of the foremost developers in... Read More
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ARTS OF INTOXICATION: The Aim, and the Results
by Crane, Rev. J. T., D.D.
New York: Carlton & Lanahan, 1871. Hard Cover. near Very Good binding. Previous owner's name written on fep. No pencil or ink markings in text. Blue cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine. Edgewear to boards and spine with a little loss at top and bottom spine and at tips of corners. Boards slightly soiled. near Very Good... Read More
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LITTLE QUEEN ANNE AND HER MAJESTY'S LETTERS
by Walter Crane
London: Marcus Ward & Co, 1886. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. With color illustrations on the title page and each page of text. Scattered foxing. Mild wear to the edges of the boards. Quarter cloth over pictorial paper boards. Very Good binding.
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ASHE COUNTY'S CIVIL WAR: COMMUNITY AND SOCIETY IN THE APPALACHIAN SOUTH
by Martin Crawford
Charlottesville, Virginia: University Press of Virginia, 2001. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding. 8vo.; in the publisher's blue cloth binding; xiv, 238 pages, including the Index; with illustrations and map; there are no ownership nor any other marks in the book. Fine binding.
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![[LAW] [ENGLAND] INDENTURE BETWEEN DAVID CREE AND MARIA TICKELL, ETC. 1864](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/416/994/1457994416.0.m.jpg)
[LAW] [ENGLAND] INDENTURE BETWEEN DAVID CREE AND MARIA TICKELL, ETC. 1864
by [David Cree]
An indenture in three sheets for the partition of "messauges and land" in Paradise Terrace, Islington between a Mrs. Tickell, a Miss Horter, Capt. Arthur Evelyn Tyler and the Misses Tyler; apparently executed by David Cree, solicitor in Bush Lane in the City of London.~~Dated 2nd November, 1864.~~The elaborate forms for the Indenture were sold by "G. Tyler &... Read More
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IL MESE DI MARIA OSSIA IL MESE DI MAGGIO; bound with CATECHISMO PER LE MONARCHE PEL SACERDOTE NAPOLITANO; bound with SOLITUDINE DI UN GIORNO PER UNA RELIGIOSA DI CRELLEIN
by Giuseppe Richetti; Cardinale Landredini; Crellein
Naples: Andrea Feste, 1863. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Three mid-nineteenth century Roman Catholic tracts printed in Naples by Andrea Feste. The three bound together in quarter-leather over paper-covered boards. Very Good binding.
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![[VIRGINIA] JEFFERSON’S UNIVERSITY. GLIMPSES OF THE PAST AND PRESENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/345/501/1699501345.0.m.jpg)
[VIRGINIA] JEFFERSON’S UNIVERSITY. GLIMPSES OF THE PAST AND PRESENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
by John S. Patton; Sallie J. Doswell; Lewis D. Crenshaw
Charlottesville, Va: The Michie Company, Printers, 1915. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Octavo; in the publisher’s blue cloth binding with titling in gilt to the upper board; 97 pages; followed by [2] pages of Index and [4] pages of publisher’s ads.~~A clean copy, with many half-tone illustrations of scenes of The University, “ back in the... Read More
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![[GARDENING] MEDIAEVAL GARDENS “FLOWERY MEDES’ AND OTHER ARRANGEMENTS OF HERBS, FLOWERS, AND SHRUBS GROWN IN THE MIDDLE AGES, WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF TURDOR, ELIZABETHAN AND STUART GARDENS [2 VOLUMES]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/706/029/1693029706.0.m.jpg)
[GARDENING] MEDIAEVAL GARDENS “FLOWERY MEDES’ AND OTHER ARRANGEMENTS OF HERBS, FLOWERS, AND SHRUBS GROWN IN THE MIDDLE AGES, WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF TURDOR, ELIZABETHAN AND STUART GARDENS [2 VOLUMES]
by Sir Frank Crisp
John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, 1924. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding. 4to; in white cloth; with decorations and titling in gilt; Volume 1; 140 pages with 225 illustrations; Volume 2, xiv, with copious plates; Volume 2 has a light red stain to the upperboard; both volumes have some wear to the boards; hinges have been professionally repaired;... Read More
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[MAP] REGNI PRUSSIA. (ATLAS PORTALIS)
by Johann Cristoph Weigel
[Nürnberg], 1720. A hand colored plate of Prussia, from either the First or Second Edition of Johann Cristoph Weigel's Atlas Portalis. Single small spot of worming at the extremities, not affecting the plate. About 20 x 17 cm.
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[MAP] ITALIA CUM INSULIS DEPENDENTIHG. (ATLAS PORTALIS)
by Johann Cristoph Weigel
[Nürnberg], 1720. A hand colored plate of Italy and the Italian States, from either the First or Second Edition of Johann Cristoph Weigel's Atlas Portalis. About 20 x 17 cm.
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[MAP] ASIAE. NOVA DELINEATIO. (ATLAS PORTALIS)
by Johann Cristoph Weigel
[Nürnberg], 1720. A hand colored plate of Asia, from either the First or Second Edition of Johann Cristoph Weigel's Atlas Portalis. Some separation along the crease. About 20 x 17 cm.
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THE ENCHANTED BUTTERFLIES
by Crosby, Adelaide Upton; Illustrated by Mrs. S. M. Clark and the Author
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1895. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Mrs. S. M. Clark and the Author. No pencil or ink markings in text. Decorated cloth binding. Gilt lettering on front board, silver lettering on spine. Moderate edgewear with heavier wear at head and tail of spine and at corners. Small loss... Read More
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[PHILOSOPHY] DUNS SCOTUS
by Richard Cross
New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. First Edition. Near Fine binding. 8vo; in the publisher’s blue cloth binding; with tilting on the upper board and spine in silver; xxi, 250 pages including the Index;. Near Fine binding.
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A FEW WORDS ABOUT PIPES, SMOKING & TOBACCO
by Alfred Henry Forrester | Alfred Crowquill
The New York Public Library, 1947. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. This being publication No. 1 of the Arents Tobacco Collection, and one of 500 copies Designed by Bruce Rogers and printed by A. Colish. In the publisher's paper-covered boards with a very faint ring to the front board, backed in black cloth with titling... Read More
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THE CHURCHES OF THE MIDDLE AGES. BEING SELECT SPECIMES OF EARLY AND MIDDLE POINTED STRUCTURES WITH A FEW OF THE PUREST LATE POINTED EXAMPLES. VOL. I ONLY
by Henry Bowman; J. S. Crowther
London: George Bell, 1850. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. A large folio edition of The Churches of the Middle Ages, with numerous lithographic plates. The first volume only. Complete with fifty nine plates, some of which are double page, and one of which (South Kyme, Lincolnshire) is not mentioned in the list of plates; all this is in... Read More
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[SOUTHERN AMERICANA] DEEP WATERS: A STORY OF PREDESTINATION
by R[obert] H[askins] Crozier
Richmond, Virginia: Richmond Press, Inc, n.d.. Second Edition. Crozier -- a Presbyterian pastor and a Confederate soldier -- believed that the "South must have a literature of her own" in order to counter "poisonous Northern literature" which has "vilified the Southern people" [see Preface to his first book, The Confederate Spy]. Licensed to preach in 1872, Deep Waters is... Read More
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VIRGINIA COUNTY RECORDS: Volume I Spotsylvania County 1721-1800
by William Armstrong Crozier
Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1978. reprint edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 576pp. Red cloth binding with gilt lettering. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown; bookstore label on pastedown as well. No marks. Slight soiling to textblock edges. Very Good binding.
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![[JUDAICA] THE JEWISH HISTORY, AS WELL ECCLESIASTICAL AS CIVIL FROM THE CREATION OF THE WORLD, TO THIS PRESENT TIME. BEING AN ABRIDGMENT OF SR. ROGER L'ESTRANGE'S JOSEPHUS. WITH A CONTINUATION FROM THE MOST AUTHENTIC RECORDS...IN TWO VOLUMES (Volume I Only)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/546/899/689899546.0.m.jpg)
[JUDAICA] THE JEWISH HISTORY, AS WELL ECCLESIASTICAL AS CIVIL FROM THE CREATION OF THE WORLD, TO THIS PRESENT TIME. BEING AN ABRIDGMENT OF SR. ROGER L'ESTRANGE'S JOSEPHUS. WITH A CONTINUATION FROM THE MOST AUTHENTIC RECORDS...IN TWO VOLUMES (Volume I Only)
by J. Crull
London: S. Briscoe, R. Burrough, etc., 1708. Volume I only. Engraved frontipiece with four vignettes of Vespasian, Titus, Josephus and Adrian. It contains "Two Discourses Upon Josephus" with an "Appendix to the two foregoing Discourses". This is followed by the first four books of Flavius Josephus of the Jewish Antiquities: "Book I: Containing the History of 2230 Years from... Read More
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![[RICHMOND] [VIRGINIANA] FIVE ELKHARDT MIDDLE SCHOOL YEARBOOKS, 1965-1970](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/815/061/1692061815.0.m.jpg)
[RICHMOND] [VIRGINIANA] FIVE ELKHARDT MIDDLE SCHOOL YEARBOOKS, 1965-1970
by Robert L. Crump
1970. Five yearbooks belonging to a seventh grade English teacher at Elkhardt Middle School in Richmond, Virginia. 1965-1966 is the earliest, and 1969-1970 is the latest. Each is illustrated in red ink on an off-white background; approx. 50 pages each; black and white; very good.~~Elkhardt had a complicated history due to multiple changes to name and location. This Elkhardt... Read More
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ON GUARD
by Annie Thomas [Annie Hall Cudlip]
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1865. A clean copy by the highly prolific author, Annie Hall Cudlip, nee Thomas. "The daughter of a lieutenant in the Royal Navy in charge of the coastguard station, she was educated at home and wrote novels from 1862. Her early books were considered shocking in their account of the sexual feelings of... Read More
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![[PSEUDO-MEDICINE] [DISBOUND] THE MARRIAGE CONTRACT. HAPPY AND FRUITFUL MARRIAGES. "THE SINGLE, MARRIED AND THE MARRIED HAPPY" WHEN AND WHOM TO MARRY: A POPULAR MEDICAL SKETCH](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/938/266/1583266938.0.m.jpg)
[PSEUDO-MEDICINE] [DISBOUND] THE MARRIAGE CONTRACT. HAPPY AND FRUITFUL MARRIAGES. "THE SINGLE, MARRIED AND THE MARRIED HAPPY" WHEN AND WHOM TO MARRY: A POPULAR MEDICAL SKETCH
by Robert James Culverwell
London: [Robert James Culverwll], 1848. First Edtiion. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. 24mo.; disbound sewn pamphlet; 47 pages, [48] being a list of Dr. Culverwell's works [including (charmingly) his works "For Closet Reading" such as "Institutes of Marriage" and "The Physiology of the Passions"]. ~~Robert James Culverwell was a prolific author of books on the marriage science, many... Read More
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