PASSENGER CARS OF THE BURLINGTON, 1869 TO THE 1930's
by William Glick
Quincy House, 1986. Limited Edition. Spiral Bound. Very Good binding. This oblong folio -- 11" x 17" -- is 166 pages of mostly measured drawings of the Passenger Cars. This edition is limited to 1000 copies of which this is #435 signed by William Glick. A presentable copy of this spiral-bound production. There are no... Read More
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THE ATHENAID. A POEM. THREE VOLUMES. VOL. I II & III
by The Author of Leonidas [Richard Glover]
London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1787. First Edition. Full Leather. Very Good binding. First Edition of Glover's epic poem, The Athenaid, in thirty books. Complete in three volumes. Known for his successful epic, Leonidas, this work was posthumously published by his daughter, Mrs. Halsey. It was thrashed by the DNB, which says: "His ponderous 'Athenaid,'... is much longer... Read More
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[ART] KIMONO AS ART THE LANSCAPES OF ITICHIKU KUBOTA
by Dale Carolyn Gluckman
San Diego: San Diego Museum of Art, 2008. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. 4to; in the publisher’s beige cloth binding; in an unclipped dust jacket; 159 pages; with full color photographic illustrations throughout; dust jacket is now protected by a mylar cover; there are no markings of any kind. Near Fine binding /... Read More
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STORIES FROM THE PENTAMERONE [Edition de Luxe]
by Giambattista Basile | Illustrated by Warwick Goble
London: Macmillan and Co, 1911. Limited Edition, one of 150 copies. Vellum Binding. Good+ binding. Warwick Goble. Full vellum Limited Edition with a neat vellum reback with original backstrip laid down; boards and backstrip are a scuffed and soiled; new silk ties and endpapers; 32 colored plates with printed tissue guards tipped onto heavy wove paper; all the... Read More
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[SPECIAL PRESS] LYRIC VERSE. A PRINTER'S CHOICE
by David R. Godine
[Lunenburg, VT]: The Stinehour Press, 1966. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Small quarto; quarter bound in marbled paper-covered boards backed in paper with title printed on the the spine; 75 pages; one of 280 copies on Curtis Tweedweave of a larger edition of 500; housed in a paper-covered slipcase; this copy with an inscription by Mr.... Read More
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[VIRGINIANA] 1965 GOVERNOR’S ELECTION PARAPHERNALIA
by Mills Godwin
1965. 3” x 4 ¼” campaign flyer with button. Against a green background are the photographs of Mills Godwin for Governor, Fred Pollard for Lieut. Gov., and Robert Young Button for Attorney General. “Pledged to the Progress of Virginia”, it urges Virginians to vote on Nov. 2, 1965. Representing the Democratic party, Godwin was a leader of the segregationist... Read More
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[LITERATURE] THE FABLES OF JEAN DE LA FONTAINE VOL I & II
by Edward Marsh [Stephen Gooden] ; Illustrated by Stephen Gooden
London: William Heinemann, 1931. Limited Edition. Good binding. Stephen Gooden. SIGNED. 4to; in vellum; complete in 2 volumes; with gilt titling on the spine; Vol I: (vi) vii-1xxi (2)3-235 (6) pages; Vol II: (vi) vii-xxii (2) 3-336 including the index (2); The binding of Vol. I is heavily toned and has a trivial crack to the bottom gutter... Read More
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[PHILOSOPHY] WILLIAM JAMES, MORAL PHILOSOPHY, AND THE ETHICAL LIFE
by Jacob L. Goodson
Lanham: Lexington Books, 2017. Near Fine binding. Octavo; in pictorial boards; xxi, 408 pages including the Index. Near Fine binding.
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WILLIAM GORDON McCABE. A BRIEF MEMOIR
by Arminstead Gordon
Richmond: Old Dominion Press, Printers, 1920. A much shorter memoir, preceding Armistead Gordon's Memories and Memorials of William Gordon McCabe which was published five years later, 1925.~~This copy is signed "From William Gordon McCabe" and dated in his hand Sept. 23, 1921. ~~In the publisher's gray cloth, with titling in gilt to the upper board. The upper... Read More
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THE GORDONS IN VIRGINIA With Notes on Gordons of Scotland and Ireland
by Armistead C. Gordon
Richmond Virginia: Old Dominion Press, 1989. Repreint. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding. Republished by James Waddell Gordon Jr in 1989 from the 1918 edition by Armistead C. Gordon. A clean tight copy in red cloth with a few notes reproduced from the original edition. Booksellers label on the front paste down. Very Good+ binding.
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A COMPILATION OF REGISTERS OF THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES, FROM 1815 TO 1837 (INCLUSIVE) TO WHICH IS APPENDED A LIST OF OFFICERS ON WHOM BREVETS WERE CONFERRED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR GALLANT CONDUCT OR MERITORIOUS SERVICES DURING THE WAR WITH GREAT BRITAIN
by William A. Gordon
Washington: James C. Dunn, Printer, 1837. First Edition. Quarter Leather. Good binding. Dampstaining, rippling, and toning to the text, though type is still fully legible. Fully rebacked by a conservator using Japanese tissue, with remnants of the original leather label laid down. Quarter green morocco over marbled paper boards. (Sabin 28012). Good binding.
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[SIGNED] PEN PALS: A CARTOON COLLECTION
by Gary Brookins; Bob Gorell
Richmond, Va: Richmond Newspapers, 1992. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine binding. Large oblong 8vo.; in colorful cardstock covers;[127] pages; this copy is signed, with inscription, by both of the cartoonists -- Gary Brookins and Bob Gorrell.~~Mr. Brookins and Mr. Gorrell were outstanding political cartoonists in Richmond. Mr. Brookins also drew “Shoe” and “Pluggers”. Near Fine binding. ... Read More
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[ILLUSTRATED BOOKS] [SATIRE] LES PASSEMENTERIES HORRIBLES
by Edward Gorey
New York: Albondocani Press, 1976. Limited Edition. Original Sewn Wrappers. Near Fine binding. Signed. Oblong 24mo; in the publisher’s sewn blue printed paper wrappers, with titling and illustration in black; 16 unnumbered leaves printed on fine laid paper, signed and numbered by the author on the limitation page; this is Number 159 of of 326 numbered and lettered... Read More
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THE STORY OF A FAMILY THROUGH ELEVEN CENTURIES: BEING A HISTORY OF THE FAMILY OF GORGES
by Raymond Gorges; Based on Material Prepared by Rev. Frederick Gorges
Boston: Privately Printed, 1944. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. An exhaustive history of the ancient English family of the House of Gorges. With a presentation slip from Mrs. Raymond Gorges to J. C. Metcalf attached to the half-title page. Metcalf was the dean of graduate studies at The University of Virginia. The title page has... Read More
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![[CALIFORNIA] PERSONAL REMINISCENCES OF EARLY DAYS IN CALIFORNIA, WITH OTHER SKETCHES. TO WHICH IS ADDED THE STORY OF HIS ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION BY A FORMER ASSOCIATE ON THE SUPREME BENCH OF THE STATE. BY HON. GEORGE C. GORHAM](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/313/013/1385013313.0.m.jpg)
[CALIFORNIA] PERSONAL REMINISCENCES OF EARLY DAYS IN CALIFORNIA, WITH OTHER SKETCHES. TO WHICH IS ADDED THE STORY OF HIS ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION BY A FORMER ASSOCIATE ON THE SUPREME BENCH OF THE STATE. BY HON. GEORGE C. GORHAM
by Stephen J. Field | George C. Gorman
Privately Published, 1893. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 8vo.; in the publisher's blue cloth; Printed for a few friends, NOT PUBLISHED.~~Second, but still scarce, edition of Associate Supreme Court Justice Field's memoirs of his "early days" in California. This is the first edition to included the account by Judge Gorham of the attempted assassination... Read More
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[LAW] THE STATUTES AT LARGE CONCERNING THE PROVISION FOR THE POOR
by John Basket; Robert Gosling
Printed by J. Baskett, His Majesty’s Printer, and sold by R. Gosling at the Crown and Mitre over against Fetter Lane in Fleet Street, and at the King’s Printing Office in Black Friers, 1733. Full Leather. Very Good binding. 8vo.; in full speckled calf with perimeters double ruled in gilt, raised bands to the spine with decorations in... Read More
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[TYPOGRAPHY] ELEMENTS OF LETTERING
by Frederic W. Goudy
New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1922. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding. Large quarto; in the publisher's green cloth with rule in blind to the perimeter of the boards, and titling in gilt; 48, [49] pages; with no marks of any kind; still housed in the publisher's somewhat tatty (and scotch tape repaired) cardstock sleeve.~~A bright fresh copy of... Read More
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THE MANLY ART OF SELF-DEFENCE. WITH 40 ENGRAVINGS
by Ned Donnelly; John Goulding
New York: Excelsior Publishing House, 1886. Original Wrappers. Fair binding. Bound in the original paper wrappers. Covers show wear, chips and tears. Lower half of the spine has perished, with most of the title present. Fair binding.
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THE HONEY BEE
by James L. Gould; Carol Grant Gould
New York: Scientific American Library, 1988. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. Signed. James and Carol Gould's The Honey Bee. Signed with a personal inscription by James Gould on the front endpaper. With no marks. Green cloth. Near Fine with Near Fine dustjacket. Near Fine binding / Near Fine dust jacket.
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THE HOLY LIVES OF THE AZHVARS OR THE DRAVIDA SAINTS (Ananthacharya Indological Research Institute series)
by Alkondavilli Govindacharya
Bombay: Ananthacharya Indological Research Institute, 1982. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding/Very Good+ dust jacket. 226pp. NOTE: This is the original printing from 1982, not a new reprint. Has folding table: The Hierarchy or Spiritual Pedigree of Saints and Sages from God Downwards". Nice copy of quite a scarce book. Very Good+ binding / Very Good+... Read More
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HISTORIAE PHILIPPICAE EX RECENSIONE JOANNIS GEORGII GRAEVII. CUM INDICE RERUM LOCUPLETISSIMO
by Justini [Justinus] | Joannis Georgii Graevi
Apud R. & G. Wetstenios: Amstelaedami, 1722. Full Leather. Good binding. An early 18th century Amsterdam imprint of Justinus' Philippic Histories. Full leather, rather crudely repaired with a new leather spine simply pasted to the boards. All edges dyed red. While the repair is flawed to say the least, the book is complete and holding. ... Read More
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![[MILITARY] A TREATISE ON CAMP AND MARCH.WITH WHICH IS CONNECTED THE CONSTRUCTION OF FIELD WORKS AND MILITARY BRIDGES. WITH AN APPENDIX OF ARTLLERY RANGERS, &c. FOR USE OF VOLUNTEERS AND MILITIA IN THE UNITED STATES](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/226/107/1377107226.0.m.jpg)
[MILITARY] A TREATISE ON CAMP AND MARCH.WITH WHICH IS CONNECTED THE CONSTRUCTION OF FIELD WORKS AND MILITARY BRIDGES. WITH AN APPENDIX OF ARTLLERY RANGERS, &c. FOR USE OF VOLUNTEERS AND MILITIA IN THE UNITED STATES
by Henry D. Grafton
Boston: Fetridge and Company, 1854. First Editoin. Good binding. A small octavo binding, rather soiled and faded but well intact. In tan cloth with decorative titling stamped to the upper cover, and titling to the spine. Pale yellow endpaper. Slightly cocked.~~A practical manual exploring such matters as the dimensions of a camp for a regiment of six... Read More
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[SPECIAL PRESS] THE HISTORY OF AMLETH PRINCE OF DENMARK
by Saxo Grammaticu
Printed in Copenhagen near Elsinore: The Limited Editions Club, 1954. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Quarto; with tan calf spine lettered vertically in blind and with decorated blue paste paper boards; housed in a publisher’s slipcase; this copy #540 of 1500 copies, signed by the illustrator, Sigrid Varsegaard; 107, [5] pages, with illustrations; this copy with... Read More
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WALKS AND WANDERINGS IN THE WORLD OF LITERATURE (2 Volumes)
by James Grant
Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, 1830. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. First American Edition of this compilation which was issued in London the previous year. In the publishers faded plum-colored boards, with paper labels which are mostly intact but rubbed. Some scattered toning. Very Good binding.
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DISCARDED SCIENCE: IDEAS THAT SEEMED GOOD AT THE TIME ... | BOGUS SCIENCE: OR SOME PEOPLE REALLY BELIEVE THESE THINGS | CORRUPTED SCIENCE: FRAUD, IDEOLOGY AND POLITICS IN SCIENCE (3 VOLUMES; SIGNED)
by John Grant
Surrey: Facts, Figures and Fun, 2009. Reprint Editions. Hard Cover. Fine binding/Fine dust jacket. Signed. Paul le Page Barnett of Aberdeen was prolific, writing some 70 books in all (not including ghostwritten books). He sometimes wrote under his own name, sometimes as Eve Devereux, and often as John Grant. ~~This charming trilogy of books about science... Read More
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