LAMENT FOR A MAKER
by Michael Innes
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1938. First Edition. Very Good binding/Good dust jacket. An early Inspector Appleby book. This copy has shelfwear to the binding, with rubbing to the cardboard at parts of the bottom edge; there is an older bookshop sticker at the bottom of the front endpaper. There are no ownership or other marks... Read More
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![[NIDIGENOUS AMERICANS] [MAP] REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR; BEING PART OF THE MESSAGE AND DOCUMENTS COMMUNICATED TO THE TWO HOUSES OF CONGRESS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FIRST SESSION OF THE FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. IN FIVE VOLUMES. VOLUME II ONLY](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/988/627/1552627988.0.m.jpg)
[NIDIGENOUS AMERICANS] [MAP] REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR; BEING PART OF THE MESSAGE AND DOCUMENTS COMMUNICATED TO THE TWO HOUSES OF CONGRESS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FIRST SESSION OF THE FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. IN FIVE VOLUMES. VOLUME II ONLY
by Secretary of the Interior
Washington [D.C.]: Government Printing Office, 1892. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Quarto; a massive volume; 1468 pages; with a large folding map: "Map Showing Indian Reservations within the Limits of the United States Compiled under the direction of the Hon. T. J. Morgan. Commissioner of Indian Affairs. 1891". The map shows the location and names of "Indian" reservations... Read More
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THE NONNES PREESTES TALE OF THE COK AND HEN
by Geoffrey Chaucer | William Cushing Bamburgh (Introduction)
New York: Grafton Press, 1902. Limited Edition. No. 29 of "one hundred and one rubricated~copies on Whatman paper". Printed by Theodore L. DeVinne & Co. With "The Noones Preestes Tale" glossary laid in. With engraved frontispiece portrait and woodcuts throughout. 64 pp. in paper vellum binding.
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[MILITARY] THE LONGEST DAY THE D-DAY STORY JUNE 6, 1944
by Cornelius Ryan | Michael Shapiro (Introduction)
London: The Folio Society, 2019. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Small Quarto; in the publisher’s pictorial cloth binding; xxii, 334 pages including the Index; with maps and photographic illustrations throughout; housed in the publisher’s red paper-covered slipcase. Near Fine binding.
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[SPECIAL PRESS] BOOKPLATES AND LABELS BY LEO WYATT
by Brian North Lee | Will Carter [Introduction]
Netherton, Wakefield; West Yorkshire: The Fleece Press, 1988. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding. Large 8vo.; in green pastepaper-covered boards backed in terra-cotta cloth with a paper label to the spine; housed in the publisher’s slipcase;; 75, [42] pages, with illustrations and a photographic portrait.~~The cloth-backed edition is limited to 270 copies, from a larger printing of 300... Read More
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![[SPECIAL PRESS] LUMINARIO OR THE THIRD CHAPTER OF THE LIBER ELEMENTORUM LITTERARUM ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF ROMAN CAPITALS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/802/499/1600499802.0.m.jpg)
[SPECIAL PRESS] LUMINARIO OR THE THIRD CHAPTER OF THE LIBER ELEMENTORUM LITTERARUM ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF ROMAN CAPITALS
by Giovam Baptista Verini | A. F. Johnson [English] | Stanley Morison [Introduction]
Cambridge; Chicago: Harvard College Library; The Newbery Library, 1947. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding. Quarto; in the publisher's grey cloth with titling lettered in gilt to the spine; ix, 3, [32] pages, followed by the colophon; in the publisher's glassine wrapper and moderately worn black slipcase; there is a very slight musty odor.~~From the colophon: "Printed in... Read More
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![[FINE BINDINGS] THE WORKS AND LIFE OF LAURENCE STERNE](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/956/776/1611776956.0.m.jpg)
[FINE BINDINGS] THE WORKS AND LIFE OF LAURENCE STERNE
by Laurence Sterne | Wilber L. Cross [Introduction]
New York: J. F. Taylor, 1904. 12 large 8vo. volumes; in full red morocco with gilt spines, raised bands; lettered in gilt; with gilt rules to the boards and decorative corners with dark green oval onlays; there are turn-ins elaborately ruled in gilt over marbled paper endsheets; the plates are duplicated on different papers; top edges gilt.~~This is the... Read More
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25x25. COMMEMORATIVE EXHIBITION CELEBRATING 25 YEARS.. 1708 GALLERY. DECEMBER 2003
by Janet DeCover; Cindy Neuschwander | Joe Seipel (Introduction)
[Richmond], 2003. Limited Edition. Fine binding. A Fine copy of this exhibition catalogue celebrating the 25th anniversary of Richmond's 1708 Gallery. "This exhibit and catalogue showcases a selection of past and present artist members from 1978-2003." Bound in the japanese style with flexible printed rubber wrappers; housed in the original white box, secured with a 3/4"... Read More
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![[VIRGINIA] DOMESTIC COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE OF COLONIAL VIRGINIA](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/954/850/1563850954.0.m.jpg)
[VIRGINIA] DOMESTIC COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE OF COLONIAL VIRGINIA
by Thomas Tilleston Waterman; Fiske Kimball [Introduction]
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding. Small folio; in the publisher's blue cloth binding with titling in gilt; 191 pages including the Index, and a series of "Full Size Profiles of Details" and a "Comparison of Outline Plans", as well as a "Glossary of Architectural Terms"; housed in a slipcase which is... Read More
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SELECTIONS FROM THE WRITINGS OF LORD DUNSANY
by Lord Dunsany | W. B. Yeats [Introduction]
Churchtown, Dundrum: The Cuala Press, 1912. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. First Edition, octavo, in quarter cream linen over blue-gray paper-covered boards. with titling in black to the upper board. The binding is soiled, with darkening to the spine. There is a previous owner name on the endpaper. One of 250 copies. Very Good binding.... Read More
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[NEALE IMPRINT] POEMS
by John Henry Boner | A. G. Heaton (Illustrator) | Henry Jerome Stockard (Introduction)
New York and Washington: The Neale Publishing Company, 1903. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good binding. 8vo.; in the publisher's green cloth binding with titling in gilt; 122 pages; with a previous owner name on the front endpaper, dated 1969; front hinge is cracked but holding; the binding is rubbed, and has a light stain of about 1 1/2"... Read More
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[SPECIAL PRESS] THE WOOD ENGRAVINGS OF MARY SKEMPTON
by Mary Skempton | A. W. Skempton [Introduction]
Marlboroough: Libranus Press, 1989. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding. Quarto; in the publisher's rose-colored paper-covered boards, backed in tan linen with a rose-colored paper spine label; the edition is limited to 150 copies, of which 120 are for sale, this being copy number 27.~~With 44 wood engravings, mostly in black and white, though some are in color,... Read More
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THE HISTORY OF VIRGINIA IN FOUR PARTS
by Robert Beverley | Charles Campbell (Introduction)
Richmond: J. W. Randolph, 1855. First American Edition. Very Good binding. 264pp. An uncommon edition of one of Robert Beverley's important contemporary history of Virginia first published in London in 1705, this edition -- the First American -- taken from the Second Revised Edition, London, 1722. "After John Smith, the first account of this colony, the... Read More
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CHRISTIAN BAPTISM; WITH AN INTRODUCTION
by William G. Cross | Leroy M. Lee (Introduction)
Richmond, Va: Chas. H Wynne, 1859. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding. A bright First Edition copy of this Richmond imprint. William Cross was a Methodist Episcopal Church South minister and a member of the Virginia Annual Conference. There are some pencilled notes within the book. Brown embossed cloth with gilt titling to the... Read More
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This They Believed: A Brief History of Doctrine in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church
by Irby, Joe Ben
Chelsea, Michigan: Cumberland Presbyterian Resource Center [distributor], 1997. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Inscribed. Inscribed by the author: "To Thelma Allen -- with deep appreciation for the life of both you and M. F., and for the ministry of both of you. Joe Ben". There is also an note, on a yellow self-adhesive note, which reads, "I don't... Read More
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OUR MARRIAGE VOW. THE SERVICE AND MINISTER'S CERTIFICATE
by [William N. Irish]
New York: Thomas Whittaker, 1877. Full Leather. Near Fine binding. Our Marriage Vow: The Service and Minister's Certificate, compiled by William N. Irish, with no marks of any kind and the publisher's blank marriage certificate laid in at the rear. Sixteen pages detailing the religious service, with a selected hymn, and six blank pages for 'Witnesses' to sign.... Read More
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THE BLOCKSBERG TRYST
by Irwin, Frank
Franklin, NH: The Hillside Press, 1963. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding. Signed. #62/310. White and black cloth binding. Small closed tear on spine label; No Markings in Text. Very Good+ binding.
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![RECOLLECTIONS OF SERVICE IN BATTERY D., FIRST RHODE ISLAND LIGHT ARTILLERY [PERSONAL NARRATIVES OF EVENTS IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION. FOURTH SERIES, No. 11.]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/525/188/1106188525.0.m.jpg)
RECOLLECTIONS OF SERVICE IN BATTERY D., FIRST RHODE ISLAND LIGHT ARTILLERY [PERSONAL NARRATIVES OF EVENTS IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION. FOURTH SERIES, No. 11.]
by George C. Sumner | Soldiers and Sailors Historical Society of Rhode Island
Providence: Published by The Society | The Providence Press, 1891. First Edition. Original Wrappers. Very Good binding. Pamphlet in the original publisher's wrappers; issued in an edition limited to 250 copies. A vivid first hand account of service from the time Sumner enlisted at seventeen. The fragile wrappers are in quite nice condition. Very... Read More
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[ASIA] THE COCHIN TRIBES AND CASTES (2 Volumes)
by L. K. Anantha Krishna Iyer
Madras: Higginbotham & Co, 1912. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. An important work by the noted anthropologist of British India, on the tribes inhabiting the west coast of India.~Volume I in the publisher's green half-morocco over green cloth, Volume II in the publisher's green cloth; both volumes as issued by the publisher.~~Volume I has a crack... Read More
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ARGUS FAIRBAIRN. | IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. I II & III
by Henry Jackson
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle, 1874. First Edition. Half Leather. Near Fine binding. A clean copy of all three volumes. Half bound in contemporary polished calf with gilt fillets at the edges. Marbled paper covered boards, with marbled endpapers and edges. Red and brown morocco labels on the spine, with titling and elaborate decoration stamped in... Read More
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[SIGNED][CHILDREN] THE SICKEST DON’T ALWAYS DIE THE QUICKEST
by Jesse Jackson
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1971. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Very Good dust jacket. Signed by Jackson on the front free endpaper. 8vo; in the publisher’s burgundy cloth binding; in dust jacket; the jacket has some edgewear; a couple of trivial spots; some minor staining to the rear; there is a price sticker on the front flap;... Read More
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THE AMERICAN CHURCH HISTORY SERIES. CONSISTING OF A SERIES OF DENOMINATIONAL HISTORIES PUBLISHED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CHURCH HISTORY (13 Volumes; Complete)
by Philip Schaff; Henry Codman Potter; Samuel Macauley Jackson
New York: The Christian Literature Company, 1897. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. v. 1. The Religious Forces of the United States, by Carroll; v. 2: A History of the Baptist Churches, by Newman; v. 3. A History of the Congregational Churches by Walker; v. 4. A History of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, by Jacobs; v. 5.... Read More
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HIS MAJESTIES MOST GRACIOUS SPEECH TO BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT ON FRIDAY THE 22th OF MAY, 1685
by King James II
London: By the Assigns of John Bill, Deceased: And by Henry Hills, and Thomas Newcomb, 1685. Disbound. The first speech of the new King James II to Parliament, on the first day of its meeting. He thanks the Lords and Commons for their support, requests the traditional incomes afforded to the king, and informs them of an outbreak of... Read More
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THE GOLD-WORSHIPPERS; OR, THE DAYS WE LIVE IN. | MY UNCLE THE CURATE | THE DIAMOND ON THE HEARTH; OR, THE STORY OF SISTER ANNE
by [Emma Robinson] | [Marmion Savage] | Marian James
New York: Harper & Brothers | Harper & Brothers |D. Appleton & Company. Very Good binding. Three obscure Victorian novels bound together. Little read novels, and for some all the more interesting for that reason. Bound up in half-vellum over marbled boards. Very Good binding.
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THE AMERICAN SCENE [BELL'S LONDON AND COLONIAL LIBRARY]
by Henry James
London and Bombay: George Bell & Sons, 1907. First Edition Thus. Hard Cover. Good binding. From the Bell's London and Colonial Library Series, "issued for Circulation in India and the Colonies only". This copy with loss to the cloth particularly at the top of the spine, and some silverfishing to the board extremities. The preliminary pages... Read More
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