ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA, PASSED AT THE SESSION OF 1835-36, COMMENCING 7th DECEMBER, 1835, AND ENDING 24th MARCH, 1836, IN THE SIXTIETH YEAR OF THE COMMONWEALTH
Richmond, VA: Printed By Thomas Ritchie, 1836. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Large 8vo.; in the publisher's taupe side-stitched cardstock wrappers, with titling in pen; [3], 4-434 pages, inclduing the Index.~~Contains much on the development of the canals and railways, as well as some pages on the Kanawha Slave Insurance Company. Uncommon in the publisher's wrappers. Very Good... Read More
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THE COLONIAL ECHO. 1927
Williamsburg, Virginia: The Students of The College of William and Mary, 1927. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. This William and Mary yearbook was the property of a Dudley Payne Terry, of the Sigma Nu fraternity, with his name on the front endpaper and an typed letter signed by the College President, Dr. Julian Alvin Carroll Chandler, pasted onto... Read More
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THE COLONIAL ECHO. 1920
Williamsburg, Virginia: The Students of The College of William and Mary, 1920. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. A copy of the 1920 yearbook for the College of William and Mary. Some soiling to the fore edge of the text block. Bound in black cloth with lettering stamped in gilt on the front board, now darkened. Wear to the... Read More
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![[EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING MINUTES] H. M. SOUTHWELL LTD. 1933-1936](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/372/796/1255796372.0.m.jpg)
[EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING MINUTES] H. M. SOUTHWELL LTD. 1933-1936
London: H. M. Southwell, 1936. Full Leather. Very Good binding. The board minutes of the H. & M. Southwell company, carpet manufacturers, from July 15, 1933 through October 2, 1936. With 192 pages filled in, of holographic minutes, typewritten minutes and official correspondence pasted in. With a blank alphabetically tabulated section at the front. Bound by Jordan &... Read More
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[MEDIEVAL] LEAF. BOOK OF HOURS. FLANDERS, 15th CENTURY
5” X 3 1/4” A finely illuminated double-sided leaf from a 15th century Book of Hours. Thirteen lines in Latin, with richly decorated and embellished capitals in blue, red and gold. A beautifully penned border with leaves in gold, and tiny flowers in blue and red. Nicely matted in cream board, with border ruled in blue and red. 14... Read More
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![[AMERICANA] [ENGINEERING] THE HUDSON RIVER BRIDGE BETWEEN FORT LEE, NEW JERSEY AND MANHATTAN, NEW YORK](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/561/236/1693236561.0.m.jpg)
[AMERICANA] [ENGINEERING] THE HUDSON RIVER BRIDGE BETWEEN FORT LEE, NEW JERSEY AND MANHATTAN, NEW YORK
New York City: The Port of New York Authority, 1931. Soft Cover. Good binding. Folded sheet; 8 x 19” inches unfolded; with black and white photographic illustrations of the bridge; the Cable Constrution on the bridge in October 1929, and the Tower Erection in May 1929; as well a drawing of a typical cross Section.; each panel with... Read More
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REMBRANDT: EXPERIMENTAL SKETCHER
New York: Hacker Art Books, 1988. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding. Small quarto; 184 pages; very slight scratch mark to front board impression otherwise no markings of any kind. Very Good+ binding.
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[CITY PLAN] [INDIA] GUIDE MAP OF CALCUTTA AND HOWRAH
Folded sheet, approximate 84 cm. x 56 cm. printed in yellow, blue and black on flimsy cream colored paper; with three inset boxes listing Postal Zone numbers; references to Temples and Telegraph Offices; and 238 “Important Places”.~~There are several short areas of separation at the folds; and one internal tear (about 2”) has been repaired on the verso. An... Read More
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[MAP] RAND, McNALLY & CO.'s INDEXED ATLAS OF THE WORLD. MAP OF MEXICO
New York: Rand-McNally, 1903. 19.25 x 26"; folding map; with a couple of small chips -- one to the top and the other to the bottom edge, neither affecting text or map; with an inset detailed "Map of the Valley of Mexico"; on the verso is a "Plan of the City of Mexico".
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![[MILITARY LAW] [MEXICO] [SPANISH] CODIGO MILITAR; LEY DE ORGANIZACION Y COMPETENCIA DE LOW TRIBUNALES MILITARES, MANDADA PONER EN VIGOR POR DECRETO NUM. 1832, DE 13 DE OCTUBRE DE 1989](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/647/556/1479556647.0.m.jpg)
[MILITARY LAW] [MEXICO] [SPANISH] CODIGO MILITAR; LEY DE ORGANIZACION Y COMPETENCIA DE LOW TRIBUNALES MILITARES, MANDADA PONER EN VIGOR POR DECRETO NUM. 1832, DE 13 DE OCTUBRE DE 1989
Mexico: [Secretaria de Estado, del Despacho de Guerra y Marina], 1890. First Edition. Very Good binding. 8vo. (9 1/4" x 6 1/8"); quarter leather over quite worn marbled boards with titling and double rules in gilt to the spine; one volume with different sections and various paginations; there is an ownership signature on the volume title page: "Charles... Read More
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READING IMPERIAL CARTOGRAPHY: Ming-Qing Historical Maps in the Library of Congress
Library of Congress with in association with Academia Sinica Digital Center, 2013. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Bound in grey cloth with a pictorial pastedown; housed in a pictorial slipcase .~No marks of any kind. Slipcase bumped at spine bottom edge, and bumped corner and first 40 pages of book. Near Fine binding.
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![[BOUDOIR CABINET CARD] FORT MONROE. OLD POINT COMFORT. 1887](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/327/322/1506322327.0.m.jpg)
[BOUDOIR CABINET CARD] FORT MONROE. OLD POINT COMFORT. 1887
Boudoir cabinet card (5" x 8") albumen photograph of Fort Monroe, mounted on card, with "Old Point Comfort, Va. | June / 87 | R. F. Nathan" with cannons and several men in the picture in the picture under the live oak trees.
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[CIVIL WAR] REPORT OF A GUARD: LIST OF THE GUARD; LIST OF PRISONERS
Broadsheet (14 3/8" x 10 1/8") folded; Report of a Guard mounted at "Camp Near Union Mills" on the "Sixth Day" and relieved on the "Sixth day of April 1863" detailing the number of prisoners, the List of the Guard; and List of Prisoners; signed by the Officer of the Day, and the officer "Commanding the Guard"; on the... Read More
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[CHILDREN] BRIGHT PICTURES FOR DULL DAYS
New York | London: Thomas Nelson and Sons | S. W. Partridge and Co, 1880. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 8vo, in rather charming glazed chromolithographic boards backed in maroon cloth. Illustrated throughout with black and white engraved images on the rectos of each leaf. This edition is undated, but there is a previous owner gift inscription from... Read More
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[CHILDREN] LITTLE FOLKS' COLORED PICTURE BOOK
New York: McLoughlin Brothers, 1870. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Small quarto; in the publihser's blue cloth binding, with titling in gilt, and elaborate border stamped in black, and a bright chromolithographic pastedown; [64] pages,with color illustrations; boards with beveled edges.~~A striking example of McLoughlin Brothers capitalization on the still relatively new "wonderful world of color", with 16... Read More
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Municipal Engineering (2 Volumes bound) Volume XXII: January 1902 - June 1902, Nos. 1-6; Volume XXIII: July 1902 - December 1902, Nos. 7-12
Indianapolis; New York: Municipal Engineering Company, 1902. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Illustrated; No pencil or ink markings in text. One-half black leather and black cloth binding. Front and rear hinge repair. Light to moderate edgewear to boards with heavier wear at head of spine. Small loss at head of spine. Scrape,... Read More
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Seventh Annual Report of the Governons of the Alms House, New York, for the Year 1855
New York: Hall, Clayton & Co, 1856. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Inscribed. Brown embossed cloth; numerous folding charts, though 2 of them appear to be missing; this copy is inscribed by Isaac J. Oliver, who a Google search reveals to have been the first steam printer in New York City -- perhaps the printer of this book.... Read More
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THE AMERICAN REGISTER, OR GENERAL REPOSITORY OF HISTORY, POLITICS AND SCIENCE. PART I FOR 1809 (VOLUME V)
Philadelpia: C. & A. Conrad, 1809. Quarter Leather. Very Good binding. 400pp. Backed in contemporary red sheep with marbled paper covered boards; textblock is untrimmed (generous margins) and is a bit larger than the boards making this appear to be a publisher's binding; it is handsome though it is moderately to heavily rubbed at the extremities; previous owner... Read More
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12 PDR. MOUNTAIN HOWITZER & PACK CARRIAGE. 1849 - 1890
Port Huron, MI: Anitque Ordinance Publishers, 1992. Oblong 4to with coated card stock covers. Illustrated with facsimile diagrams throughout.
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[RICHMOND] [ADVERTISING] RICHMOND | PETERSBURG. CRAFTS FAVORITE SONGS. CRAFTS HALL
1910. A music book issued for advertising purposes by Crafts Hall of Richmond and Petersburg. In printed stapled wrappers, the rear panel with an image of "Crafts Hall | The Crafts Piano Co." in Richmond. More advertising on the verso of the front panel and the recto of the rear. The Craft Company sold Pianos and Player-Pianos, Victrolas, Records... Read More
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THE VILLA GARDENER (2 Volumes)
London: Simpkin Marshall & Co, 1871. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Two bound volumes of this periodical. published monthly beginning in 1870 throught 1881. With numerous in-text illustrations of fruits, flowers, vegetables, structures, implements and the like. In publisher's terra-cotta cloth, stamped in blind with titling and decorations blocked in gold on the spine; Volume II with... Read More
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INTERNATIONAL RAILWAY COMMISSION. VOLUME I. PART I. A CONDENSED REPORT OF THE TRANSACTIONS OF THE COMMISSION AND OF THE SURVEYS AND EXPLORATIONS OF ITS ENGINEERS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA. 1891-1898
Washington, 1898. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. With 198 pp. of text, including anextensive index and illustrated with black and white photographic illustrations. With 12 maps and charts in a folder at the rear of the book. In a maroon cloth binding with some staining; leather title label. Uncommon. Very Good binding.
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INTERNATIONAL RAILWAY COMMISSION. VOLUME II. REPORT OF SURVEYS AND EXPLORATION MADE BY CORPS No. 2 IN COSTA RICA, COLOMBIA AND ECUADOR. 1891-1893
Washington, 1896. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. With 297 pp. of text, plus an extensive index and illustrated with many black and white photographic illustrations of scenes in Ecuador, Colombia and Costa Rica. With 7 folding sketch maps and sections bound in, some folding. Lacking the portfolio of maps . In a maroon cloth... Read More
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THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER, AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE SACRAMENTS, AND OTHER RITES AND CEREMONIES OF THE CHURCH, ACCORDING TO THE USE OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND: TOGETHER WITH THE PSALTER OR PSALMS OF DAVID; POINTED AS THEY ARE TO BE SUNG OR SAID IN CHURCHES. | THE WHOLE BOOK OF PSALMS, COLLECTED INTO ENGLISH METRE, BY THOMAS STERNHOLD, JOHN HOPKINS, AND OTHERS; CONFERR'D WITH THE HEBREW
Oxford: Printed by T. Wright and W. Gill, Printers to the University, 1777. Full Leather. Very Good binding. Two volumes bound together for Clarissa Oliver, with her initials stamped at the center of the boards, and her nameplate, with chipping to the edges, on the front pastedown. First volume is the Book of Common Prayer, and the second... Read More
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![[LAW] HOUSE JOURNAL OF THE FIRST SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, 1865, WHICH CONVENED AT NASHVILLE, MONDAY, APRIL 3](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/436/815/1621815436.0.m.jpg)
[LAW] HOUSE JOURNAL OF THE FIRST SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, 1865, WHICH CONVENED AT NASHVILLE, MONDAY, APRIL 3
Nashville, Tennessee: S. C. Mercer, Printer to the State, 1865. First Edition. Half Leather. Good binding. 8vo.; in tan half-calf over well-worn marbled board; 316 pages, including the Alphabetical Index to House Journal 1865; [with] APPENDIX, Comptroller's Report; Report of Supervisor of Banks; Foreign Insurance Companies; Distribution of Charities; Report of the Condition of the Tennessee Penitentiary; Reports... Read More
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