WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA 1860 CENSUS
by John P. and Rubinette M. Niemann (editors)
Abingdon, VA: Historical Society of Washington County, VA, 1989. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Paper binding spiral bound with minimal wear to extremities for such an oversized spiral; facsimile of 1860 census; no markings in text. Very Good binding.
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[PHILOSOPHY] THE ASHGATE RESEARCH COMPANIION TO MILITARY ETHICS [JUSTICE, INTERNATIONAL LAW AND GLOBAL SECURITY]
by James Turner Johnson; Eric D. Patterson [Editors]
Surrey: Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2015. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. Small quarto; in the publisher’s black cloth binding, with dustjacket; xvii, [1], 2-443 pages, including the Index; there are no ownership marks of any kind in the book. Near Fine binding / Near Fine dust jacket.
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THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE VIETNAM WAR. A POLITICAL, SOCIAL, AND MILITARY HISTORY, SECOND EDITION. VOLUME I: A-G; VOLUME II: H-P; VOLUME III: Q-Z; VOLUME IV: DOCUMENTS. (FOUR VOLUMES)
by Spencer C. Tucker; Paul G. Pierpaoli Jr. (Editor) | James H. Willbanks; David T. Zabecki (Assistant Editor)
Santa Barbara, California | Denver, Colorado | Oxford, England: ABC Clio, 2011. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. The Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War, Second Edition, edited by Spencer C. Tucker, and complete in four volumes. With no marks of any kind. Delamination to the bottom front corner of Volume I; minimal shelfwear. Black and white photographic... Read More
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[PHILOSOPHY] NEW LETTERS OF DAVID HUME~
by Raymond Klibansky | Ernest C. Mossner (Editors)
London: Oxford University Press, 1954. First Edition. Near Fine binding/Very Good+ dust jacket. Octavo; in the publisher’s burgundy cloth with titling on the spine in gilt; in an unclipped jacket; xxxiv, 253 pages; one corner a bit bumped; a few small chips to the jacket; some light stains; spine is darkened. Near Fine binding / Very Good+ dust... Read More
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[REVIEW COPY] [CIVIL WAR] THE WARTIME PAPERS OF ROBERT E. LEE
by Robert E. Lee | Clifford Dowdey; Louis Manarin (Editors)
Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1961. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Very Good dust jacket. Large 8vo.; in the publisher's gray cloth with dustjacket; xiv, [xv], [2], 3-994 pages; this is a Review Copy with material from Little, Brown laid in; the dustjacket has not been price-clipped and has a bit of ordinary shelf-wear.~~Of this work Eicher... Read More
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SELECTED LETTERS OF ROBERT PENN WARREN: NEW BEGINNINGS AND NEW DIRECTIONS, 1953-1968. VOLUME FOUR (4)
by Robert Penn Warren; Randy Hendricks and James A. Perkins (Editors)
Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 2008. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. A pristine copy of the First Edition printing with no marks of any kind. Fine binding / Near Fine dust jacket.
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[RELIGION] MEMORIALS OF SAINT ANSELM
by R. W. Southern | F. S. Schmitt (Editors)
London: Oxford University Press, 1969. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding/Very Good+ dust jacket. Small Quarto; in the publisher’s blue cloth binding; with titling on the spine in gold; xi, 370 pages including the Index; in a clipped jacket; some light marks and a bit of wear the the edge of the jacket. Very Good+ binding /... Read More
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[VIRGINIA] [REFERENCE] DICTIONARY OF VIRGINIA BIOGRAPHY. [3 VOLUMES] 1, 2, & 3
by Sara B. Bearss {Senior Editor); John T. Kneebone; J.Jefferson Looney; Brent Tarter: Sandra Gioia Treadway (Editors)
The Library of Virginia, 2006. Hard Cover. Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. Three quarto volumes; in the publihser's black cloth bindings, with dustjacket; xxii, [2], 3-557; xix, [2] 3-591 pages; xxi, [2] 3-698; there are no marks of any kind in any of the three books; the fore-edge of Volume 1 has a faint dusting of spots.~~The first... Read More
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[PHILOSOPHY] ESSAYS ON THEMES FROM HARRY FRANKFURT
by Sarah Buss | Lee Overton (Editors)
Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2002. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. Octavo; in the publisher’s black cloth binding; xx, 361 pages including the Index; a touch of wear to the dust jacket otherwise a fine copy. Near Fine binding / Near Fine dust jacket.
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[ARCHAEOLOGY] MIDDLE AND LATE WOODLAND RESEARCH IN VIRGINIA. A SYNTHESIS
by Theodore R. Reinhart; Mary Ellen N. Hodges [Editors]
Archeological Society of Virginia, 1992. Soft Cover. Near Fine binding. Large 8vo.; x, 311 pages, including the recto of the rear cover; there are no marks of any kind in the book.~~Regarding Virginia's Native Americans, the Late Woodland period lasted from AD 900 until 1650. Near Fine binding.
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PEEKIN' INTO THE PAST. A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF SHELBY COUNTY, IOWA
by Stephanie Monahan (Editor)
Harlan, Iowa | Marceline, MO: Harlan Newspapers | Heritage House Publishing, 1999. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. A clean copy. Bound in pictorial Hardcover boards. Near Fine binding.
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NONFICTIONAL ROMANTIC PROSE. EXPANDING BORDERS
by Steven P. Sondrup; Virgil Nemoianu (Editor)
Amsterdam | Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2004. Hard Cover. Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. A clean copy. Dustjacket is clean and bright. Fine binding / Near Fine dust jacket.
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THE FLEURON. A JOURNAL OF TYPOGRAPHY. NO. VII
by Stanley Morison (Editor)
Cambridge; Garden City, N. Y.: Cambridge University Press; Doubleday Doran & Co, 1930. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Good dust jacket. Volume No. VII only. With essays on Typography in Holland, Eric Gill, First Principles of Typography, Heinrich Holz, Typography of the Eighteen-Nineties, The Officina Bodoni, Thomas Maitland Cleland, additional shorter essays on typographical history, type reviews, book reviews,... Read More
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[CIVIL WAR] PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF THE WAR OF THE REBELLION. ADDRESSES DELIVERED BEFORE THE NEW YORK COMMANDERY OF THE LOYAL LEGION OF THE UNITED STATES. (4 Volumes)
by The New York Commandery | James I. “Bud” Robertson | James Grant; WilsonTitus; Munson Coan (Editors)
New York: The Commandery, 1912. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 8vo; In the publisher’s blue cloth bindings, with decorations and titling in gilt; each with an engraved frontispiece portrait; Volumes I & II are in Very Good condition, and Volumes III & IV are Near Fine. This set from the library of Civil War historian James... Read More
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[SPECIAL PRESS] THE WEEKEND BOOK
by [Vera and Francis Meynell (Editors)]
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1928. Very Good binding. Bound up by the publisher in orange paper-vellum boards with double fillets to the perimeter of the boards and yapp edges. Some rippling to the binding as the corners. All edges gilt. On thin paper. Housed in the publisher's card stock sleeve. None of the blank sheets in the rear... Read More
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[MEDICINE] PERCIVAL'S MEDICAL ETHICS
by Thomas Percival | Chauncey D. Leake (Editor)
Baltimore: The Williams & Wilkins Company, 1927. First Edition Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 8vo.; in the publisher's green paper-covered boards, backed in green cloth with titling in gilt which is a bit faded; [xi], [2], 291 pages including the Index; [4] pages "Sans Tache";frontispiece; there are no marks of any kind in this attractive book.~~First published... Read More
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[AMERICANA] REPORTS OF CASES DETERMINED IN THE GENERAL COURT OF VIRGINIA, FROM 1730 TO 1740; AND FROM 1768 TO 1772
by Thomas Jefferson | Thomas Jefferson Randolph (Editor)
Charlottesville: F. Carr and Co, 1829. First Edition. Very Good binding. Octavo; half morocco over marbled paper covered boards; with a black morocco label on the spine; viii, 1-145 pages including the Index; some wear to the boards; some loss to the bottom edge of the title page; there are previous owner’s signatures neatly written throughout the book... Read More
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REPORT OF THE COMMISSION TO LOCATE THE SITE OF THE FRONTIER FORTS OF PENNSYLVANIA (2 volume set)
by Thomas Lynch Montgomery (Editor)
Harrisburg PA: Wm Stanley Ray, State Printer, 1916. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Rebound in later red cloth with gilt lettering. Many plates and folding plans. Appears to collate complete. Previous owner's notes in pencil on the front free end paper of Volume 1; otherwise clean copies with notes and markings. Very Good binding.
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CASES ARGUED AND ADJUDGED IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY. ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE COURT, FROM THE MANUSCRIPTS OF THOMAS VERNON, LATE OF THE MIDDLE TEMPLE, ESQ. THE SECOND EDITION, WITH REFERENCES TO THE PROCEEDINGS IN THE COURT, AND TO LATER CASES; TOGETHER WITH TABLES OF THE NAMES OF THE PRINCIPAL CASES, AND OF THE CASES CITED IN THE NOTES; ALSO, OF THE PRINCIPAL MATTERS, AND OF THE MATTERS CONTAINED IN THE NOTES, BY JOHN RAITHBY, OF LINCOLN'S INN, ESQ. BARRISTER AT LAW. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I. (ONE VOLUME ONLY)
by Thomas Vernon | John Raithby (Editor)
London: Printed for J. Butterworth, and J. Cooke, 1806. Second Edition. Full Leather. Good binding. Volume I only. Contemporary owner's name at the top of the title page and on the front pastedown. Fully rebacked with sympathetic Japanese tissue, and a modern leather label on the spine. Full calf, with minor surface loss to the edges of the... Read More
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TITI LIIVI AB URBE CONDITA. PARS I. LIB. 1-VI. PARS II. LIB. VII-XXIII. PARS III. LIBER XXIV-XXX. (THREE VOLUMES IN ONE)
by Titus Livy | Wilhelm Weissenborn (Editor)
Lipsiae: Sumptibus et Typis B. G. Teubneri, 1855. Early Edition. Quarter Leather. Very Good binding. Early Edition of Livy's Ab Urbe Condita published by B. G. Teubneri and edited by Wilhelm Weissenborn. Three of six volumes only, bound together in one. Separate title pages; pagination and collation reset. Faint foxing throughout. Lacking front endpaper. Contemporary quarter leather over... Read More
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[DIARY OF A NEWARK BAPTIST PASTOR] DIARY AND MANUAL OF THE REAL ESTATE BOARD OF NEWARK, N. J.
by [Unnamed Newark Baptist Pastor] | Chas. F. Kraemer (Editor)
Newark, N.J.: Real Estate Board of Newark, N. J. | Philip Rose, 1920. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. A rather full diary of an unnamed Baptist pastor in Newark, New Jersey, 1920. An intimate look into the daily life of a community leader, with passages ranging from "helped can peaches most of the day. [...] prepared bulletin for... Read More
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[VIRGINIA]THE BUGLE 1905; Virginia Polytechnic Institute
by Virginia Polytechnic Institute | R. Stuart Royer (Editor)
The Corps of Cadets of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1905. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Small 4to; brown cloth binding with straps and decorations and titling in gold on the upper board; illustrated throughout with black and white photographs of VPI in the early years of the 20th century, as well as drawings and a few illustrations in... Read More
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P. VIRGILII MARONIS. OPERA
by Virgil | Thomas Jarrett [Editor]
Cantabrigiae [Cambridge]: Deighton, Bell, and Sons, 1866. First Edition Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Signed. Edited by Thomas Jarrett, a graduate of St. Catherine's College in Cambridge, and a linguist and cleric. This copy with an inscription "from the Editor" and dated "Ely, April 17, 1866". Publisher's green cloth. An uncommon edition; we locate... Read More
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![[MAGAZINE COLLECTION] EIGHT VARIOUS FOOTBALL GUIDES FROM 1943 TO 1969. THE AMERICAN SPORTS LIBRARY. THE OFFICIAL NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL GUIDE INCLUDING THE OFFICIAL RULES 1943; 1962; 1963; 1964; 1965; 1967; 1968; 1969](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/882/944/1304944882.0.m.jpg)
[MAGAZINE COLLECTION] EIGHT VARIOUS FOOTBALL GUIDES FROM 1943 TO 1969. THE AMERICAN SPORTS LIBRARY. THE OFFICIAL NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL GUIDE INCLUDING THE OFFICIAL RULES 1943; 1962; 1963; 1964; 1965; 1967; 1968; 1969
by Walter R. Okeson (Editor)
New York | Pheonix, Arizona: A. S. Barnes & Company | National Collegiate Athletic Bureau | College Athletics Publishing Service, 1969. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Eight odd issues of the Official Collegiate Football Guide. Schedules, photographic illustrations, and other collegiate football essays. Volume for 1943 with beginning of separation along the joints, and minor shelfwear to each... Read More
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[SPORTS] SPALDING’S ATHLETIC LIBRARY: HOW TO PLAY FOOT BALL. VOL. XXI, NO. 242. JULY, 1905
by Walter Camp (Editor)
New York: American Sports Publishing Co, 1905. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. 16mo; in printed paper wrappers; with photographic illustrations throughout, facing opposite pages of text; 169 pages; with advertisements at the rear, for various sporting goods and other volumes in the Spalding’s Athletic Library series; small loss to a corner of the rear cover, and minor shelfwear... Read More
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