![[CIVIL WAR] WHY THE NORTH WON THE CIVIL WAR](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/632/838/1699838632.0.m.jpg)
[CIVIL WAR] WHY THE NORTH WON THE CIVIL WAR
by David Herbert Donald; Richard Nelson Current; T. Harry Williams. Norman A. Graebner | [Gary W. Gallagher]
Lousiana University Press, 1969. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Very Good dust jacket. Octavo; in the publisher’s red cloth binding, with dustjacket; 128 pages; there are no marks of any kind in the book.~~The contents: God and the strongest battalions / by Richard N. Current -- The military leadership of north and south / by T. Harry... Read More
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![[ART] PORTRAITS OF WHISTLER: A CRITICAL STUDY AND ICONOGRAPHY](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/878/195/1720195878.0.m.jpg)
[ART] PORTRAITS OF WHISTLER: A CRITICAL STUDY AND ICONOGRAPHY
by A. E. Gallatin
New York | London: John Lane Company | The Bodley Head, 1918. Quarto; black cloth over marbled boards; x, 81, (82) pages; a previous owner’s book plate on the front pastedown; the publisher’s slipcase is present but in poor shape with loss to each edge; missing the top edge has separated and the other edges are barely holding.~~Limited to... Read More
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![[ILLUSTRATED] SPIRIT ASCENDANT THE ART AND LIFE OF PATROCINO BARELA](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/509/662/1683662509.0.m.jpg)
[ILLUSTRATED] SPIRIT ASCENDANT THE ART AND LIFE OF PATROCINO BARELA
by Edward Gonzales | David L. Witt | Gary W. Gallgher
Santa Fe: Red Crane Books, 1996. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding/Near Fine dust jacket. 4to; in the publisher’s terra cotta cloth binding; with titling on the upper board in blind and on the spine in silver in dustjacket protected by a mylar brodart; with both color and black and white photographic illustrations throughout.~~Signed on the title... Read More
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[CIVIL WAR] 4th VIRGINIA INFANTRY
by James I. Robertson | [Louise Fry] [Roland Galvin]
Lynchburg, Virginia: H. E. Howard, Inc, 1982. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding. 8vo.; in the publisher's gray cloth binding, with decoration and titling in gilt; [iii]; 87 pages (the last three with photographic portraits); this copy with a non-authorial inscription on the title page, and a typed letter laid in.~~The letter is of interest. It is addressed... Read More
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![[ABOLITIONIST] [NEWSPAPER] 11 ISSUES OF THE NATIONAL ERA](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/328/720/1676720328.0.m.jpg)
[ABOLITIONIST] [NEWSPAPER] 11 ISSUES OF THE NATIONAL ERA
by Gamaliel Bailey, Jr., editor & proprietor; John G. Whittier, corresponding editor
Washington, D.C., 1853. 26” x 18”, folded in half horizontally. G. Bailey, Jr., Editor and Proprietor; John G. Whittier, Corresponding Editor. This abolitionist newspaper was edited by Gameliel Bailey, the editor of the earlier Cincinnati abolitionist paper, The Philanthropist. Influential in part for its persuasive emotional writing from the noted abolitionist John G. Whittier and others, as well as... Read More
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PLAIN DIRECTIONS FOR ACQUIRING THE ART OF SHOOTING ON THE WING. WITH USEFUL HINTS CONCERNING ALL THE RELATES TO GUNS AND SHOOTIGN, AND PARTICULARLY IN REGARD TO THE ART OF LOADING SO AS TO KILL
by An Old Gamekeeper
New York: Industrial Publications Company, 1873. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. A bright First Edition copy with no marks of any kind in the book. The titling is stamped in gilt to the spine. Brown embossed cloth boards with only modest wear. The frontispiece engraving of a wounded snipe is quite sharp, and... Read More
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![[RELIGION] MEDIEVAL HANDBOOKS OF PENANCE A TRANSLATION OF THE PRINCIPAL LIBRIPOENITENTIALES AND SELECTIONS FROM RELATED DOCUMENTS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/688/584/1693584688.0.m.jpg)
[RELIGION] MEDIEVAL HANDBOOKS OF PENANCE A TRANSLATION OF THE PRINCIPAL LIBRIPOENITENTIALES AND SELECTIONS FROM RELATED DOCUMENTS
by John T. Mcneill | Helena M. Gamer
New York: Columbia University Press, 1938. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding. Large 8vo; in the publisher’s green cloth binding; with titling on the spine in gilt; xiv, 476 pages including the Index; a bit of rubbing to the spine; a couple of dark spots on the upper board; a previous owner’s inscription on the front end... Read More
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[SIGNED] [LITERATURE] GOING ON LIKE THIS
by John Rolfe Gardiner
New YoRk: Atheneum, 1983. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. Signed. 8vo.; in the publisher's black paper-covered boards backed in red cloth, and with dustjacket; this copy is signed with inscription by John Rolfe Gardiner on the title page; the dustjacket is bright and has not bee price-clipped. Near Fine binding / Near Fine dust jacket.... Read More
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THE HEAVY FRIGATE: Eighteen-Pounder Frigates: Volume I, 1778-1800
by Robert Gardiner
London: Conway Maritime Press, 1994. First EDITION. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Illustrated with draughts from the collections of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. Bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering. Previous owner's name, date and notes on the front paste down.Dust jacket is bright, not price clipped and now protected in a new mylar... Read More
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A DICTIONARY OF ALL OFFICERS, WHO HAVE BEEN COMMISSIONED, OR HAVE BEEN APPOINTED AND SERVED, IN THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES, SINCE THE INAUGURATION OF THEIR FIRST PRESIDENT, IN 1789, TO THE FIRST JANUARY, 1853, , -WITH EVERY COMMISSION OF EACH; -INCLUDING THE DISTINGUISHED OFFICERS OF THE VOLUNTEERS AND MILITIA OF THE STATES, WHO HAVE SERVED IN ANY CAMPAIGN, OR CONFLICT WITH AN ENEMY, SINCE THAT DATE; AND OF THE NAVY AND MARINE CORPS, WHO HAVE SERVED WITH THE LAND FORCES: INDICATING THE BATTLE, IN WHICH EVERY SUCH OFFICER HAS BEEN KILLED, OR WOUNDED, -AND THE SPECIAL WORDS OF EVERY BREVET COMMISSION. SECOND EDITION, WITH EMENDATIONS AND A SUPPLEMENT
by Charles K. Gardner
New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1860. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Good binding. The updated Second Edition of the list of U.S. Army officers and volunteers. With graduation year, date of promotions, commendations, and other brief biographical information for each. Front hinge and extremities of the spine repaired by a conservator using Japanese tissue. Blue cloth with gilt lettering... Read More
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ON MORAL FICTION
by John Gardner
New York: Basic Books, Inc, 1978. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Second Printing of John Gardner's On Moral Fiction. Signed with a personal inscription by the author to Victorian scholar, Bland Crowder and his wife, with the recipients bookplate and his scattered annotations. Foxing to the edges of the textblock. Red cloth. Very... Read More
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AMERICAN MILITARY SWORDS: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
by Leonard J. Garigliano
L. J. Garigliano, 1991. Soft Cover. Near Fine binding. Large format comb binding, #165 of 500. There is a previous owner name on the verso of the front cover; no other marks of any kind. Near Fine binding.
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![[MINIATURE] USEFUL INFORMATION FOR BUSINESS MEN, MECHANICS AND ENGINEERS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/287/951/1358951287.0.m.jpg)
[MINIATURE] USEFUL INFORMATION FOR BUSINESS MEN, MECHANICS AND ENGINEERS
by C. C. Briggs | F. L. Garlinghouse
Pittsburgh, PA: Jones & Laughlin Steel Co, 1907. Sixteenth Edition. Full Leather. Very Good binding/Fair dust jacket. A miniature pocket book of Useful Information, published by the Jones & Laughlin Steel Company. A true miniature, it is small enough to fit in a vest pocket yet exhaustively comprehensive, with everything a mechanic or engineer might desire; it includes... Read More
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![[ARCHITECTURE] VEDUTE DI ROMA DAL MEDIOEVO AL’OTTOCENTO ATLANTE INCOGRAFICO, TOPOGRAFICO, ARCHITETTONICO (II VOLUMES)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/697/896/1689896697.0.m.jpg)
[ARCHITECTURE] VEDUTE DI ROMA DAL MEDIOEVO AL’OTTOCENTO ATLANTE INCOGRAFICO, TOPOGRAFICO, ARCHITETTONICO (II VOLUMES)
by Jorg Garms
Electa Napoli, 1995. Near Fine binding/Very Good+ dust jacket. 4to; in the publisher’s white cloth binding; in dust jacket; Vol I 223 pages including the Index; Volume II 557 pages including the Index; some wear to the edges of the jackets.~ ~Volume I has full color illustrations throughout; Volume II has black and white illustrations throughout.~~Housed in a... Read More
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![[LITERATURE] CHILD OF LIGHT](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/131/069/1580069131.0.m.jpg)
[LITERATURE] CHILD OF LIGHT
by Mrs. J. L. [Viola Taylor] Garvin
New York: Longmans, Green and Co, 1937. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. 8vo.; in the publisher's gray cloth, with dustjacket; 4 preliminary leaves, 3-278 pages in a dusjtacket which has not been price-clipped; there are notes about terms for renting the book penciled on the front endpaper.~~A pre-World War II novel of... Read More
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![[ART] ZABELIN. MASTER OF COLOR. THE LIFE AND WORKS OF VYACHESLAV NIKOLAIVICH ZABELIN](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/354/114/1574114354.0.m.jpg)
[ART] ZABELIN. MASTER OF COLOR. THE LIFE AND WORKS OF VYACHESLAV NIKOLAIVICH ZABELIN
by [Zabelin] | Sergey Alexandrovich Gavrilyachenko
Cutler Ridge, FL: Archivos Alba, 2007. Hard Cover. Fine binding/Fine dust jacket. Oblong quarto; in cream cloth, with titling in gilt to the upper board and the spine, with pictorial spine; 285 pages including the Index, [2] map of Russia; with primarily color illustrations throughout.~~From the flap: "In a time when new ideas in art were being noisily... Read More
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CATHERINE, CATHERINETTE, ET CATARINA
by Arsene Alexandre; illustrations by Firmin Bouisset; arrainged by Agnes Godfre Gay
New York: William R. Jenkins, 1898. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. A late 19th century French teaching book, with rather charming in-text illustrations. Arranged with questions and exercises in translation by Agnes Godfrey Gay. Bound in paper-cvoered boards which has some modest soiling and a small amount of surface loss near the top of the front... Read More
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ANT-HILLS AND SOAP-BUBBLES (Signed)
by Mary Geisler Phillips
Philadelphia: Macrae Smith Company, 1927. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Signed. This copy is signed by Mary Geisler Phillips with a personal inscription in the form of a poem to her niece Gene: To Gene | Here's a book about some ants, | A boy, a dog, and elf; | But best of all is the... Read More
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TRAITE DES MALADIES DES YEUX, & DES MOYENS & OPERATIONS PROPRES A LEUR GEURISON. TOME PREMIER ET SECOND. (TWO VOLUMES)
by Louis Florent Deshais Gendron
Paris: Chez Claude J. B. Herissant, 1770. First Edition. Full Leather. Very Good binding. The French doctor, professor, and demonstrator of ophthalmology at the Ecole de Chirurgie, Louis Florent Deshais-Gendron's Treatise on the Diseases of the Eye, which was 'the first textbook on ophthalmology to appear since Maitre-Fan's a half century before' (IBBO p. 186). Complete in two... Read More
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THE BOOK OF THE DANCE
by Arnold Genthe
New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1916. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair binding. Signed. Signed by the author on the front endpaper with a personal inscription. Laid in portrait of the author. Previous owner's name on the front pastedown. A book of dance moves, with photographic illustrations throughout, some in color. Dampstain to the top edge of the preliminaries. Hinges... Read More
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MEMOIRES ET DOCUMENTS. TOME VIII. GEOGRAPHIE PHYSIQUE DE IRAN ET GRANDES VILLES FRANCAISES. (CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE)
by Georges Chabot (Editor) | Centre de Documentation Cartographique et Geographique
Paris: Editions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 1961. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Volume VIII only of the Centre de Documentation Cartographique et Geographique's Memoires et Documents, this volume primarily on the geography of Iran and France. "Observations de Geographie physique en Iran septentrional," "Trois types de terroirs dans les provinces caspiennes d'Iran," "Etude statistique des... Read More
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![[HUNTING] HUNTING AND CONSERVATION THE BOOK OF THE BOONE AND CROCKETT CLUB](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/974/823/1671823974.0.m.jpg)
[HUNTING] HUNTING AND CONSERVATION THE BOOK OF THE BOONE AND CROCKETT CLUB
by George Bird Grinnell, Charles Sheldon
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1925. Hard Cover. Good binding/Fair dust jacket. Large 8vo; in publisher’s burgundy cloth with silver decoration and titling on the upper board and spine; in a tan dust-jacket; (IV) V-xiv 1- 548 pages; silver titling has flaked off of the spine and some loss to the upper board; the dust-jacket is housed inside... Read More
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![[literature] Graham’s American Monthly Magazine of literature and art. embellished with mezzotint and steel engravings, music, etc.](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/801/808/1663808801.0.m.jpg)
[literature] Graham’s American Monthly Magazine of literature and art. embellished with mezzotint and steel engravings, music, etc.
by George R. Graham, Robert T. Conrad [Editors] | [Edgar A. Poe]
Philadelphia: George R. Graham & Co, 1848. Hard Cover. Good+ binding/no dust jacket. Large 8vo.; full crimson calf; with gilt rules to the perimeters of the boards, and with elaborate borders stamped in blind; several small stains and scuffs on boards; spine has flat bands with gilt decoration and lettering; there is a one inch scrape of surface... Read More
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THE STEAM AGE IN WESTERN ONTARIO
by E. B. George
F. J. Ram, Publisher, 1976. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding/Very Good+ dust jacket. A clean and tight copy of the Second Edition, with folding map at the rear of the book. Dustjacket shows only light wear, and there are no marks of any kind in the book. Fine binding / Very Good+ dust jacket.
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![[SLAVERY] THE POLITICAL HISTORY OF SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES. BOOK I. THE POLITICAL HISTORY OF SLAVER IN THE UNITED STATES; BOOK II. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF RECONSTRUCTION](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/620/690/1617690620.0.m.jpg)
[SLAVERY] THE POLITICAL HISTORY OF SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES. BOOK I. THE POLITICAL HISTORY OF SLAVER IN THE UNITED STATES; BOOK II. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF RECONSTRUCTION
by James Z. George
New York: The Neale Publishing Company, 1915. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good binding. Large 8vo.; in the publisher's blue cloth binding; 342 pages; an ex-library copy with call numbers on the spine; evidence of a pocket and date stamp removal on the rear endpapers; and a plate for the Monticello Seminary Library on the pastedown; there is a... Read More
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