A SHORT INTRODUCTION TO LATIN GRAMMAR, FOR THE USE OF THE UNIVERSITY AND ACADEMY OF PENSYLVANIA, IN PHILADELPHIA
by [James Davidson]
Exeter: J. Lamson, 1794. Sixth Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. The Sixth Edition of the University of Pennsylvania's Short Introduction to Latin Grammar. Lacking endpapers; pencil notations on the pastedowns. Minor stain to the top corner of the textblock, not affecting the text. 20th century rebinding, with a note on the laid-in bookbinder's card: "see French's Bookbinding... Read More
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[MANCHESTER, VIRGINIA] THE CHARTER AND ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF MANCHESTER
by David L. Pulliam; Willis C. Pulliam [Revisors] | William L. Clopton [Revision of 1888]
Council of the City of Manchester, 1904. First Edition. Quarter Leather. Very Good binding. Large 8vo.; in the job printer's binding of quarter calf over marbled boards, with a paper label to the spine; xii, 379 pages; previous owner name pencilled on the front endpaper.~~While "Old Manchester" is today considered a neighborhood of Richmond, such was not always... Read More
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[LITERATURE] MISS MARPLE SHORT STORIES
by Agatha Christie ; Illustrated by Andrew Davidson
London: The Folio Society, 2003. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Andrew Davidson. Octavo; in the publisher’s burgundy pictorial cloth binding; xv, 296 pages; with 8 full color illustrations by Andrew Davidson; housed in a burgundy slipcase; small bump to the bottom edge of the slipcase. Near Fine binding.
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[LITERATURE] MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS
by Agatha Christie; Illustrated by Andrew Davidson
London: The Folio Society, 2014. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Andrew Davidson. Octavo; in the publisher’s blue pictorial cloth binding; vii, 214 pages; with 7 full color illustrations by Andrew Davidson; housed in a blue slipcase. Near Fine binding.
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[LITERATURE] FIVE LITTLE PIGS
by Agatha Christie; Illustrated by Andrew Davidson
London: The Folio Society, 2023. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Andrew Davidson. Octavo; in the publisher’s green pictorial cloth binding; ix, 205 pages; with 7 full color illustrations by Andrew Davidson; housed in a green slipcase. Near Fine binding.
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[LITERATURE] THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD
by Agatha Christie; Illustrated by Andrew Davidson
London: The Folio Society, 2019. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Andrew Davidson. Octavo; in the publisher’s black pictorial cloth binding; XIV, 222 pages; with 7 full color illustrations by Andrew Davidson; housed in a blue slipcase. Near Fine binding.
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[PHILOSOPHY] THOMAS AQUINAS’S SUMMA CONTRA GENTILES A GUIDE AND COMMENTARY
by Brian Davies
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Octavo; in pictorial boards; xviii, 485 pages including the Index; corners a bit bumped; no marks of any kind in the book. ~~From the blurb on the rear; “[A] scholarly triumph...[This book] is thorough, well organized, and supplemented with copious notes and pie charts that give a visual... Read More
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[RELIGION] [VIRGINIA] TEN ISSUES OF THE VIRGINIA EVANGELICAL AND LITERARY MAGAZINE
by John Holt Rice | [Samuel Davies]
[Richmond]: [William W. Grey], 1820. Good binding. The Virginia Evangelical and Literary Magazine was issued for about 10 years, beginning in January 1818 and concluding with a final issue in December 1828. John Holt Rice edited it, with the assistance of Moses Hoge, John D. Blair, and George Baxter. Many, if not most, articles were submitted anonymously or... Read More
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[LITERATURE] MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF DAVID GARRICK, ESQ. INTERSPERSED WITH CHARACTERS AND ANECDOTES OF HIS THEATRICAL CONTEMPORARIES. WHICH INCLUDES A PERIOD OF THIRTY-SIX YEARS II VOLUMES
by Thomas Davies
London: Self Published, 1781. Third Edition. Very Good binding. 8vo; three-quarter calf over marbled boards; with burgundy and black morroco labels with tilting in gilt on the spine; Vol I (xviii), 1-352 pages; Vol II (xvi) 1-434 pages with 2 pages of ads in the rear; Vol I some trivial wear to the boards; a couple of chips... Read More
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[LITERATURE] [NAVAL] THE POST-CAPTAIN; OR THE WOODEN WALLS WELL MANNED; COMPREHENDING A VIEW OF NAVAL SOCIETY AND MANNERS
by John Davis
Londoon: Thomas Tegg, 1808. Third Edition, Corrected. Half Leather. Good binding. 8vo.; in blue half-calf over marbled boards with raised bands and morocco labels; all edges marbled; viii, 232 pages, with frontispiece and vignette of a frigate on the title page; with an armorial bookplate on the pastedown; there are tide-lines from exposure to water to the first... Read More
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[RELIGION] [TRADITIONAL] THE ORDER FOR THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD AS SET TO MUSIC BY MERBECKE HARMONIZED BY SIR JOHN STAINER TOGETHER WITH A SELECTION OF SUITABLE HYMNS
by Merbecke; Sir John Stainer | [Vernon Perdue Davis]
London: Novello and Company, n.d.. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. 8vo.; in pale blue flexible boards with titling, rule to the perimeter and cross stamped in black to the upper board; [2]. 3-32 pages; there is a faint stamp from a book store ("British American Music Company") on the front board; with the signature of Vernon Perdue Davis... Read More
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[LITERATURE] THE PALE HORSE
by Agatha Christie; Illustrated by Olivia Daw
London: The Folio Society, 2023. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Olivia Daw. Octavo; in the publisher’s black pictorial cloth binding; 223 pages; with 7 full color illustrations by Olivia Daw; housed in a teal slipcase; tiny knick in the illustration on the upperboard. Near Fine binding.
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A COMPILATION OF THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, PASSED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, SINCE THE YEAR 1819 TO THE YEAR 1829, INCLUSIVE
by William C. Dawson
Milledgeville: Grantland and Orme, 1831. Full Leather. Very Good binding. An attractively rebacked copy with the original spine laid down including the original morocco title label. 488 pages with 150 pages of resolutions, plus index. Text in double columns. This is the fifth digest of Georgia laws. Very Good binding.
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THE CATHOLIC WORKER. NINE ISSUES
by [Dorothy Day]
Many were shocked to see news footage of of a Buffalo resident, Martin Gugino, knocked to the ground by a police officer, and left unconcious and bleeding from the head. Mr. Gugino was a Roman Catholic activist, and member of the Catholic Worker movement. In recognition of Mr. Gugino, we offer for sale nine issues of... Read More
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[RICHMOND] [CIVIL WAR] DOWN SOUTH: OR AN ENGLISHMAN'S EXPERIENCE AT THE SEAT OF THE AMERICAN WAR (2 VOLUMES)
by Samuel Day
New York: Burt Franklin, 1971. Facsimile Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding. Two 12mo. volumes in light blue cloth; x,[1], 2-328 pages, with frontispiece; viii, [1], 2-327, with frontispiece; there are no ownership or other marks of any kind.~~The set is noted in the Nevins bibliography as "[v]aluable for a foreigner's viewpoint on Southern customs, amusements, dress and women... Read More
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A SUMMER DAY WITH TED AND NINA
by De Angeli, Marguerite
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. Early Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Signed by Marguerite De Angeli in 1948. Signed and dated by author at top of title page. No pencil or ink markings in text. available upon request. Modest shelfwear to the dustjacketwhich is now... Read More
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THE NOVELS AND MISCELLANEOUS WORKS OF DANIEL DE FOE. (2 Volume Set); Volume the Seventeenth: The Complete English Tradesman: Vol I; Volume The Eighteenth: The Complete English Tradesman: Vol II
by De Foe, Daniel; Scott, The Late Sir Walter (biographical Memoir of the Author...&c.)
Oxford; London: Printed By D. A. Talboys, for Thomas Tegg, 1841. Hard Cover. near Very Good binding. Sold as a 2 volume set. Previous owner's name written on ffep of both volumes. No pencil or ink markings in text of either volume. Some pages in both volumes are un-cut. Green embossed cloth bindings. ... Read More
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IOANNIS DE BVSSIERES BELLIIOCENSIS E SOCIETATE IESV. HISTORIAE FRANCICAE. PARS QUARTA. A CAROLO NONO AD LUDOUICUM DECIMUMQUARTUM. (VOLUME FOUR ONLY)
by Jean de Bussieres
Lvgdvni [Lyon]: Sumpt. Gvill Barbier , Ioan. Girin, & Franc. Comba, 1661. First Edition. Full Leather. Good binding. First Edition of Volume IV only of Jean de Bussieres' History of France. Covering the period from King Charles IX to King Louis XIV. De Bussieres was a French Jesuit of the seventeenth century. Title page device. Engraved frontispiece. Engraved... Read More
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[LITERATURE] ANGELS CAN’T DO BETTER
by Peter de Vries
New York: Coward-McCann, Inc, 1944. Presumed First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Very Good dust jacket. 8vo; in publisher’s black cloth with red titling on the spine; dust jacket has shelf wear resulting in minimal tears and trival loss to the top; a presumed first edition lacking any symbols from Coward-McCann.~~Mr.de Vries third novel printed with wartime restrictions... Read More
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A Sermon Preached at the Parish Church of St. Andrew By the Wardrobe and St. Anne Blackfriars, on Tuesday, May 4, 1813, Before the Church Missionary Society for Africa and the East Being Their Thirteenth Anniverary.; Report of the Committee to Annual Meet
by Dealtry, Rev. William, B.D., F.R.S.
London; Dublin: Printed By Whittingham and Rowland, 1813. Soft Cover. near Good binding. Missing spine. Pencil name written at top of Sermon page. No other markings in text other than light scattered foxing. Front cover is chipped at top and bottom with pieces missing. near Good binding.
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A SUMMER IN NORWAY: WITH NOTES ON THE INDUSTRIES, HABITS, CUSTOMS AND PECULIARITIES OF THE PEOPLE, THE HISTORY AND INSTITUTIONS OF THE COUNTRY, ITS CLIMATE, TOPOGRAPHY AND PRODUCTIONS. ALSO, AN ACCOUNT OF THE RED-DEER, RAINDEER AND ELK
by John Dean Caton
Chicago: Jansen, McClurg and Company, 1880. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding. Dark olive green publisher's cloth, with gilt titling to the front board and the spine. With an engraved frontispiece, and a large folding color map. A bright and tight copy. Very Good+ binding.
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GUNS OVER CHAMPLAIN
by Leon W. Dean
New York, Toronto: Rinehart and Company, Inc, 1946. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Fair dust jacket. Namestamp on the front endpaper. Tearing, creasing, and some loss to the dustjacket, with wear to the folds. Red cloth with a Fair dustjacket. Very Good binding / Fair dust jacket.
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LA VENUS FECONDE ET CALLIPEDIQUE THEORY NOUVELLE DE LA FECONDATION MALE ET FEMELLE ... CALLIPLASTIE-ORTHOPEDIE. ART DE REDRESSER LES DEFORMITIES DU CORPS CHEZ LES ENFANTS
by A [Auguste] Debay
Paris: E. Dentu, Libraire-Editeur, 1875. Cinquieme Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Signed. In which M. D articulates the necessary conditions for having beautiful children, and supports the exercise of the "genital act" within marriage. Illustrations, including images of "monstrosities" -- two headed babies and the like. Signed by M. D on the verso of the half-title... Read More
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UNTIL SEPARATED BY DEATH: Lives and Civil War Letters of Jesse Rolston, Jr. & Mary Catharine Cromer
by Joyce DeBolt Miller
Bridgewater, VA: Good Printers, Inc, 1994. First edition. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Signed. Signed & Inscribed by the author on title page; otherwise without marks. A bright copy. Very Good binding.
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[SPECIAL PRESS] MISCELLANEOUS POEMS
by Jonathan Swift | R. Ellis Robets (Editor) | Robert Gibbings (Decorations)
London: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1928. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Large 8vo. binding, in quarter vellum over green marbled boards; title page printed in black and red; a mildly ex-library copy, with small numbers penned at the bottom of the pastedown and evidence (though no surface loss) of an excision from the endpaper, perhaps a... Read More
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