DESCENDANTS OF JOHN MITCHELL OF DRUMORE TOWNSHIP, LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. VOLUME II
by Warren A. Brannon (Editor)
Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1991. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Concerns the eighth and ninth generation descendants of John Mitchell. With no marks. Red cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Near Fine binding.
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![[RICHMOND] MEMOIR AND SERMONS OF THE REV. WILLIAM DUVAL, CITY MISSIONARY, RICHMOND](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/893/204/1188204893.0.m.jpg)
[RICHMOND] MEMOIR AND SERMONS OF THE REV. WILLIAM DUVAL, CITY MISSIONARY, RICHMOND
by William Duval | C. Walker (Editor)
Richmond, VA: J. W. Randolph, 1854. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. C. Walker's Memoir and Sermons of the Rev. William Duval, City Missionary, Richmond. Portrait frontispiece, foxed. Slight, scattered foxing throughout. Binding cocked. Blue embossed cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Very Good binding.
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[ILLUSTRATED BOOKS] PICTURESQUE AMERICA; OR, THE LAND WE LIVE IN. A DELINEATION BY PEN AND PENCIL OF THE MOUNTAINS, RIVERS, LAKES, FORESTS, WATER-FALLS, SHORES, CANONS, VALLEYS, CITIES, AND OTHER PICTURESQUE FEATURES OF OUR COUNTRY. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS ON STEAL AND WOOD, BY EMINENT AMERICAN ARTISTS. VOL. I & II. (TWO VOLUMES)
by William Cullen Bryant (Editor)
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1874. Full Leather. Very Good binding. Two large quarto volumes; in the publisher’s full brown morocco, each with embossed borders and elaborate vignette titles in gilt; there is some wear to the titles; with all edges gilt; dentelles turn-ins; spines with raised bands lettered in gilt in compartments; marbled endpapers.; with illustrations,... Read More
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![[CORRECTED PROOF] THE SPONSOR SOUVENIR ALBUM AND HISTORY OF THE UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS' REUNION, 1895. PATRIOTIC POEMS, WAR SONGS, ROMANTIC INCIDENTS, BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL SKETCHES](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/702/964/1246964702.0.m.jpg)
[CORRECTED PROOF] THE SPONSOR SOUVENIR ALBUM AND HISTORY OF THE UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS' REUNION, 1895. PATRIOTIC POEMS, WAR SONGS, ROMANTIC INCIDENTS, BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL SKETCHES
by William Bledsoe Philpott (Editor)
Houston, Texas: Sponsor Souvenir Company, 1895. Corrected Proof. Disbound. Fair binding. A proof of William Bledsoe Philpott's The Sponsor Souvenir Album and History of the United Confederate Veterans' Reunion, 1895, corrected by the printer in pencil, with publisher's stamps on the first and final pages. Three conjugate leaves only, lacking pp. 5/6 & 11/12. Creased, with two closed... Read More
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![A COMPLETE BODY OF HERALDRY: CONTAINING AN HISTORICAL ENQUIRY ... [WITH] GLOVER'S ORDINARY OF ARMS, AUGMENTED AND IMPROVED; [WITH] AN ALPHABET OF ARMS, CONTAINING UPWARDS OF FIFTY THOUSAND COATS, WITH THEIR CRESTS, ETC. AND A COPIOUS GLOSSARY, EXPLAINING ALL THE TECHNICAL TERMS USED IN HERALDRY. IN TWO VOLUMES. ILLUSTRATED WITH COPPER PLATES](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/165/635/794635165.0.m.2.jpg)
A COMPLETE BODY OF HERALDRY: CONTAINING AN HISTORICAL ENQUIRY ... [WITH] GLOVER'S ORDINARY OF ARMS, AUGMENTED AND IMPROVED; [WITH] AN ALPHABET OF ARMS, CONTAINING UPWARDS OF FIFTY THOUSAND COATS, WITH THEIR CRESTS, ETC. AND A COPIOUS GLOSSARY, EXPLAINING ALL THE TECHNICAL TERMS USED IN HERALDRY. IN TWO VOLUMES. ILLUSTRATED WITH COPPER PLATES
by Joseph Edmondson
London: J. Dodsley, 1780. The First Edition set in two folio volumes; folio volumes; with engraved portrait frontispiece; list of subscribers.,22 full page engraved plates; in contemporary tree calf with a later professional reback, with original morocco labels laid down.From Moule's Bibliotheca Heradica: "Opposite the title of the first volume is the portrait of the author in his tabard... Read More
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THE QUIET HEART: FROM BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE | BARBARA'S HISTORY: A NOVEL
by Mrs. Oliphant | Amelia B. Edwards
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1864. Very Good binding. Two forgotten Victorian novels, bound together -- rather appealing to some because of their neglect. Bound in half-velum over black cloth; binding has some wear but is sturdy and quite serviceable. Very Good binding.
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LA BUENA MESA
by Olga Budge de Edwards
Santiango de Chile, 1943. Third Printing. 4to; in publisher’s gray cloth; (7) 8- 796 pages including the Index; there is a previous owner name on the first blank leaf, otherwise there are no markings; two recipes have been laid one for Chicken Pate Loaf and a Seafood Mold, the other is for Carne Al Jerez, both causing offsetting to... Read More
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[BOOKS ON BOOKS] LIBRARIES AND FOUNDERS OF LIBRARIES
by Edward Edwards
London: Trubner and Company, 1864. First Edition;. Hard Cover. Good binding. Small quarto; in the publisher’s green cloth binding; xix, 503, [1] pages, with two folded tables; the binding has two short {about 1/2”} closed tears to the top of the spine; the bottom corner of the upper board is bumped; there don’t appear to be any prior... Read More
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[CIVIL WAR] THE STORY OF A CANNONEER UNDER STONEWALL JACKSON. IN WHICH IS TOLD THE PART TAKEN BY THE ROCKBRIDGE ARTILLERY IN THE ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA
by Edward Alexander Moore | Capt. Robert E. Lee, Jr.; Hon. Henry St. George Tucker [Introductions]
Lynchburg, Va: J. P. Bell Company, Inc, 1910. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Large 8vo.; in the publisher’s green buckram with titling in gilt; 331 pages, with frontispiece, plates, portraits and facsimiles; top edge gilt; there is a previous owner name and address penned to the pastedown.~~The Nevins bibliography notes that this was “the favorite Civil... Read More
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![[AMERICANA] PAROLE VIOLATORS WANTED. INDIANA STATE PRISON. MICHIGAN CITY, INDIANA](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/383/002/1592002383.0.m.jpg)
[AMERICANA] PAROLE VIOLATORS WANTED. INDIANA STATE PRISON. MICHIGAN CITY, INDIANA
by Edward J. Fogarty, Warden
1900. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Quarto; in brown printed cardstock covers with black tape spine (small ink spot to the upper cover); 41 pages, all with mugshots and statistical data about the prisoners gone missing -- when they were sentence, when they were paroled, the nature of their parole violation; the crime for which they were sentenced;... Read More
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![[VIRGINIA] CHANGING LANDSCAPE GLEN ALLEN FROM MOUNTAIN ROAD TO EDGE CITY](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/102/509/1689509102.0.m.jpg)
[VIRGINIA] CHANGING LANDSCAPE GLEN ALLEN FROM MOUNTAIN ROAD TO EDGE CITY
by Edwin J. Slipek Jr.
Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen, 1999. Near Fine binding. Oblong 4to; in pictorial wrappers; 31 pages; with photographic illustrations, maps, and portraits throughout.~~An exploration of the evolution of Glen Allen from pre-colonization through the late 1990’s. Near Fine binding.
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HOW MANY CARDS
by Isabel [Egenton] Ostrander
New York: Robert M. McBride & Co, 1920. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. First Edition of a mystery by Isabel Egenton Ostrander, featuring her popular character, Timothy McCarty. Minor toning to the endpapers only. Some silverfishing and spots of soiling to the dustjacket, which is not priceclipped. Binding somewhat cocked. Dark green cloth... Read More
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TUCKAHOE
by Joseph W. Eggleston
New York; Washington: The Neale Publishing Co, 1903. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. A slightly cocked First Edition copy, with some darkening to the spine, and toning to the endpapers. Krick calls Tuckahoe "[a] genuine cavalier romantic novel of ante-bellum Virginia, peopled with folks who call young women "gyrls" and railroad coaches "cyars". In the... Read More
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[LITERATURE] SPACE (2 volumes; set)
by James A. Michener; Illustrated by Bob Eggleston
Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1990. Full Leather. Fine binding. Bob Eggleston. A bright copy of this set with a previous owner’s bookplate on the verso of the front free endpaper of each volume. In full black leather, with elaborate titling and decorations in gilt; all edges gil; silk ribbon marker; silk moire endpapers. Fine binding.
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[BOTANICAL PRINT] [FRAMED] PANCRATIUM. PLATE XXVII
by Georg Dioneysius Ehret
Nuremburg, 1750. A framed hand-colored 18th century etching from Trew's Plantae Selectae. print is lightly toned, and measures approximately 13" x 19 1/4". the plate is after a drawing by Georg Ehret, with the first word "Pancratium" highlighted in gold. Pancratium is more commonly known as "Spider Lily".~.
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[SPECIAL PRESS] POEMS BY LI PO
by Li Po | Elling Eide
Lexington: The Anvil Press, 1984. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Quarto; in black cloth binding with an additional volume by Elling Eide of Translator's Notes and Finding Lists; vii, 69 pages; ix, 18 pages, [19], followed by a phonograph record in a sleeve attached to the rear of the Translator's Notes volumes; the Poems by Li Po volume... Read More
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[EXPLORATION] ARCTIC EXPLORATIONS: THE SECOND GRINNELL EXPEDITION IN SEARCH OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN, 1853, ‘54, ‘55
by Elisha Kent Kane, M.D., U.S.N.
Philadelphia: Childs & Peterson, 1856. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Two volume set; in half-calf over marbled boards, the marbled boards are rubbed; the calf appears to be new, with old morocco labels, one of which is chipped; new endpapers; each volume with a frontispiece portrait, Volume I still protected with a tissue guard; each volume... Read More
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DIRECT ANCESTORS OF THE PARKER AND GRAY FAMILIES
by Elizabeth Gray Parker; Cortlandt Parker, Jr.
Half Leather. Very Good binding. Finely bound typescript of the genealogy of the Parker and Gray families, compiled by Elizabeth Gray Parker. With facsimiles and portraits throughout. Half red leather over red cloth. Top edge gilt. OCLC notes five institutional holdings. 219 pp. Very Good binding.
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![[AMERICANA] THE DEBATES IN THE SEVERAL STATE CONVENTIONS ON THE ADOPTION OF THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE GENERAL CONVENTION AT PHILADELPHIA IN 1787. TOGETHER WITH THE JOURNAL OF THE FEDERAL CONVENTION, LUTHER MARTIN'S LETTER, YATES'S MINUTES, CONGRESSIONAL OPINIONS, VIRGINIA AND KENTUCKY RESOLUTIONS OF ‘98-'99, AND OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION.. VOLUME I ONLY](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/837/707/1615707837.0.m.jpg)
[AMERICANA] THE DEBATES IN THE SEVERAL STATE CONVENTIONS ON THE ADOPTION OF THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE GENERAL CONVENTION AT PHILADELPHIA IN 1787. TOGETHER WITH THE JOURNAL OF THE FEDERAL CONVENTION, LUTHER MARTIN'S LETTER, YATES'S MINUTES, CONGRESSIONAL OPINIONS, VIRGINIA AND KENTUCKY RESOLUTIONS OF ‘98-'99, AND OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION.. VOLUME I ONLY
by Jonathan Elliot
Washington: Printed By and For the Editor, 1836. Second Edition. Full Leather. Very Good binding. Large 8vo.; in tan calf, with burgundy morocco labels; xxxii, [xxxiii], 34-551 pages; collected and revised from contemporary publications; there are tide lines to the preliminary leaves; one leaf of the Index [xxix/xxx] has loss to the bottom corner affecting just a bit... Read More
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[CIVIL WAR] YALE IN THE CIVIL WAR
by Ellsworth Elliot, Jr.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1932. First Edition. Near Fine binding/Very Good dust jacket. 4to; in the publisher’s blue cloth binding; with tilting on the spine in gilt; xiv, 222; the publisher’s dustjacket is price clipped with a rubber stamped price on the front flap, it has minor loss at the spine; the slipcase is very nearly Fine.... Read More
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MODERN HARPSICHORD MUSIC: A DISCOGRAPHY
by Martin Elste
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1995. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. No pencil or ink markings in text. Grey cloth binding. Boards slightly cocked. Light edgewear at head and tail of spine; Not Ex-Libary. Very Good binding.
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[MILITARY] HASTY INTRENCHMENTS
by A[lexis Henri] Brialmont; translated by Charles Anglesea Empson
London: Henry S. King & Co, 1872. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 8vo. (8 1/2" x 5 1/2"); in the publisher's red cloth with black rules and titling in gilt; 94 pages with 9 leaves of plates, and a catalogue for H. S. King and for Kegan Paul at the rear of the book; some surface... Read More
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[VIRGINIA] CAVALIER COMMONWEALTH. HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT OF VIRGINIA
by William Edwin Hemphill; Marvin Wilson Schlegel; Sadie Ethel Engelberg
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc, 1957. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Good dust jacket. Small quarto; gray cloth backed in blue cloth, with wear to the extremities; with loss and significant creasing to the dustjacket; xvi, followed by photographs; [1], 1-686 pages, including the Index; there is a previous owner name on the front endpaper.~~First Edition... Read More
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[LITERATURE] CURSED
by George Allan England
Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, 1919. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding/Good+ dust jacket. 8vo; in the publisher’s green cloth binding with titling on the upper board in gilt; in dust jacket; 349 pages; some wear to edges of the boards; some toning to the pastedowns; a bit cocked; the jacket has a 1 1/2 inch section... Read More
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[ART] COMPOSITIONS FROM THE TRAGEDIE OF AESCHYLUS
by John Flaxman | Aexchylus | Thomas Piroli [Engraver]
London: Miss Flaxman; Miss Maria Denman, 1831. Three Quarters Leather. Very Good binding. Oblong quarto; bound in burgundy morocco over marbled boards; with 36 leaves of plates, including the half-title and title leaves; one plate [#8, Prometheus Chain’d ] is trimmed a bit close at the top edge; the is wear to the leading edges of the marbled... Read More
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