THE FULGHUM (FOLJAME, FULGHAM) AND KINDRED (DEAN, LEA, SLEDGE, STOKES, WHELESS) FAMILIES
by James E. Fulghum, M.D.
Self-published, 1978. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Green 8 1/2" x 11" wrappers with black tape spine. Covers soiled and a bit worn. Previous owner sticker on verso of front cover. 69 pages typed manuscript pages, with maps, copies of marriage bonds, images of tombstone brasses, and other illustrations. Very Good binding.
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[LITERATURE] [PRISON] MARTIN YORDI'S "BOOK
by Fred W. Jameson
[Fred Jameson], 1933. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 12mo; in the publisher's black ribbed cloth with the printed title label to the upper board; 66 pages; reprinted from Allstory Weekly, in "An Edition of Twenty Copies Set up Printed and Bound by the Author's Son Fred: 1933"; there is a previous owner gift inscription; toning to... Read More
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[LITERATURE] THE FORT
by Storm Jameson
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1941. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. 8vo; in the publisher's tan cloth with titling in blue, and with dustjacket; 136 pages; there are no ownership marks in the book; the jacket has a small amount of loss to the top of the spine and the top edge... Read More
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![[RICHMOND] LEIGH STREET BAPTIST CHURCH, 1854-1954. A BRIEF HISTORY OF ITS FIRST ONE HUNDRED YEARS IN THE SERVICE OF CHRIST](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/718/540/1616540718.0.m.jpg)
[RICHMOND] LEIGH STREET BAPTIST CHURCH, 1854-1954. A BRIEF HISTORY OF ITS FIRST ONE HUNDRED YEARS IN THE SERVICE OF CHRIST
by William Carey James
Richmond: Whittet & Shepperson Printers, 1954. An uncommon Richmond church history, this being #705 of 750 numbered copies. Quarter brown morocco over cloth; printed on laid paper with deckled edge. There is a discreet initial on the top of the front endpaper. This copy still with the publisher's glassine wrapper. With frontispiece drawing of the church by Elmo Jones.... Read More
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THIRTY YEARS OF CONNIE MAXWELL HISTORY
by A. T. [Atha Thomas] Jamison
Greenwood, S. C.: Board of Trustees, Connie Maxwell Orphanage, 1922. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Early history of the storied Baptist orphanage in Greenwood, South Carolina. Penned by A. T. Jamison, who served from 1900 to 1946 as the second Superintendent of the Orphanage (cf. www.conniemaxwell.com), Jamison's history has 133 pages, with photographic illustrations, portraits and a... Read More
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[MAP] PROVINCIA OXONIENSIS | OXFORD-SHIRE
by Joannes Janssonius [Jan Jansson]
Amsterdam: Joannes Janssonius, 1644. Very Good binding. A map of Oxfordshire, with text from the atlas in Dutch and Fraktur on the verso. The map is hand-colored, with a bar scale in "Milliaria Anglica" and "Milliaria Germanica communia" in the upper left corner, decorated with garlands and cherubs; the title cartouche is in the upper right, decorated... Read More
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[POETRY] [SIGNED] A SAD HEART AT THE SUPERMARKET. ESSAYS & FABLES
by Randall Jarrell
New York: Atheneum, 1962. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Signed. 8vo.; in the publisher's blue cloth binding, with dustjacket; this copy signed by the author on the flyleaf; [2].3-211 pages.~~When President Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, it is said that Mr. Jarrell spent days in front of the television in tears. He spiraled... Read More
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[SPANISH LANGUAGE] [CHILDREN] DIALOGOS DE PAYASITOS
by A. L. Jauregui
Republica Argentina & Mexico: La Casa Del Maestro. Libreria Editorial Angelina-Lechuga, 1970. Stapled Pamphlet. Very Good binding. 8vo.; in blue printed stapled wrappers, with images of a clowns on the front cover; 8 pages; there no marks of any kind in the book. Very Good binding.
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[MAPS] [REVOLUTION] A NEW AND ACCURATE MAP OF VA..
by J. Bew, Publisher
London: J. Bew, 1780. A New and accurate map of Virginia, and part of Maryland and Pennsylvania. Published in London by J. Bew, 1780.~~Revolutionary War era map extending to the Allegany in the West. Shows topographical details and the location near Fort Necessity where George Washington was captured by the British in 1754.~Hand colored. Excellent.~~Framed: 16 1/4” x 21... Read More
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[LESBIAN INTEREST] THESE ARE MY SISTERS. AN INSANDECTOMY
by Lara Jefferson
Tulsa, Oklahoma: Vickers Printing Company, Inc, 1947. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 8vo.; in ochre cloth binding, with titling in red to the upper board and the spine; [8], 9-254 pages; there is a previous owner blindstamp at the bottom corner of the first blank leaf; other than this, there are no marks in the book.~~A... Read More
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[AMERICANA] NOTES ON THE STATE OF VIRGINIA
by Thomas Jefferson
London: John Stockdale, 1787. First Edition. Full Leather. Very Good binding. 382pp. The first London edition in near contemporary calf with red morocco title label on the spine. The front board has been reattached. There are two early previous owner names on the title page, one dated 1797 and scratched out in a contemporary pen; general toning and... Read More
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[ARCHER ANDERSON] [CIVIL WAR] CYRILLA. A LOVE STORY
by [Jemima Montgomery, Baroness von Tautphoeous] | [Archer Anderson]
Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers, n.d.. Very Good binding. 8vo; in publisher’s burgundy cloth binding; tilted in red with a background in gilt; with decorations and three boarders stamped in black; tilting vertically stamped in blind on the spine; 195 pages with 16 pages of advertisements in the rear; there is a small tear at the front... Read More
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AN ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE OF APOLLONIUS TYANEUS. TRANSLATED OUT OF THE FRENCH. TO WHICH ARE ADDED, SOME OBSERVATIONS UPON APOLLONIUS. | A BRIEF CONFUTATION OF THE PRETENCES AGAINST NATURAL & REVEALED RELIGION. (ONE VOLUME)
by M. Le Nain de Tillemont | Robert Jenkin
London: Printed for S. Smith and B. Walford, 1702. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. First Editions of two works by Robert Jenkin, bound together, both published by Smith and Walford in 1702. Jenkin served as an English clergyman and later master of St. John's College. An Account of the Life of Apollonius Tyaneus and A Brief... Read More
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![[WEAPONRY] EARLY SIMEON NORTH PISTOL CORRESPONDENCE WITH COMMENTS BY ROBERT JESKA](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/316/756/1174756316.0.m.jpg)
[WEAPONRY] EARLY SIMEON NORTH PISTOL CORRESPONDENCE WITH COMMENTS BY ROBERT JESKA
by Robert Jeska
Plainwell, MI: Privately Printed, 1993. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding/Fine dust jacket. A bright and fresh copy with no marks of any kind. The dustjacket is now protected with a new mylar cover. Fine binding / Fine dust jacket.
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[SIGNED] THE CINCINNATI KID
by Richard Jessup
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1963. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Very Good dust jacket. Sigend with Inscription. Octavo; in publisher’s brown cloth, with dustjacket; 154 pages.~~There is a 1” x 1/2” chip at the bottom of the front panel of the jacket, near the spine. the jacket has not been price-clipped.~~This copy is signed with incription... Read More
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[VIRGINIA] NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA 1607 - 1960
by Annie Lash Jester
City of Newport News, 1961. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. 8vo; in the publisher’s green cloth binding; with titling on the upperboard and spine in gilt; xiii, 222 pages including the index; complete with black and white illustrations and a folding map; a bright clean copy with no ownership or any other marks in the book. Near Fine... Read More
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REVERIES OF A WOODSAWYER; OR, "SUM" SLICINGS OF CORD-WOOD, BEING SERIO-COMIC VIEWS OF LIFE AS IT IS, AS TAKEN FROM THE TOP OF A SAW-BUCK
by Jonas Simpkins (Benjamin E. G. Jewett)
New York: Printed by Lange, Little & Hillman, 1872. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. First Edition of Reveries of a Woodsawyer, by Jonas Simpkins, a pseudonymn for Benjamin E. G. Jewett. With frontispiece and an additional plate; foxing to the tissue guard, affecting the frontispiece and title page. Some silverfishing to the binding. Shelfwear to the... Read More
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THE REV. EDWARD OWEN OF WARRINGTON AND GORONWY OWEN
by J. H. Davies, M.A.
London: The Honorable Society of Cymmrodorion, 1924. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. An uncommon side-stitched pamphlet, with a portrait of Edward Owen and a folding facsimile letter from Goronwy Owen to Richard Morris. 79 pages in grey printed wrappers. There is some loss to the spine, but the text block is reasonably secure. Very Good binding.
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[ART] [ECUADOR] QUITO MONUMENTAL. FOLK-LORE II
by Roura Oxandaberro | G. de Gangotena y.Jijon
Talleres de artes graficas "Senefelder: Guayaquil, Ecuador, 1929. 4to, in rather worn tan calf over green cloth; in an "Edicion de 1000 ejemplares"; the front wrappers printed in drab cardstock is bound in, with 39 (of 40) prints of the Quito series (appears to be lacking Print V of the second series -- "Puerta de la Conception"); followed by... Read More
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GENEALOGY OF THE GILLSON AND JILLSON FAMILY
by David Jillson
Central Falls: E. L. Freeman and co, 1876. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. In the publisher's green cloth, with gilt titling to the spine. Binding has some light silverfishing, but is sturdy and tight. The text is complete, though one page is misnumbered -- a printer's error which we presume is true in all... Read More
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[COOKERY] [RICHMOND] CULINARY DELIGHTS FROM THE MARSHALLITES
by JMHS Alumni, Faculty, Friends and Families
Kearney, NE: Moms Press Cookbooks, 2002. First Edition. Near Fine binding. 8vo.; comb binding with titling to the spine, and with printed paper-covered boards; 270 pages, followed by Index; with tabs; there is a previous owner gift inscription on the verso of the upper cover.~~Recipes from the circle of Richmond’s storied John Marshall High School.~~We locate single institutional... Read More
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THE JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY: CULTURE AND CRITICISM, VOLUME ONE (Signed)
by John Bennette; Denise Bethel; A.D. Coleman; Ydessa Hendeles, Duane Michals; Ernestine Ruben; H. Lansing Speer; John Stevenson; Anne Tucker
Brewster, MA: Steven Albahari; Leo & Wolfe Photography, Inc, 1999. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Signed. Illustrated; Signed by a number of the editors on half title page. No pencil or ink markings in text. Grey cloth binding with pictorial paste-down on front board. Light edgewear to side edge of rear board. ... Read More
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![[LOUISA] [HARRISONBURG] SELECTIONS FROM THE RELIGIOUS AND LITERARY WRITINGS OF JOHN H. BOCOCK, D.D.](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/455/574/1437574455.0.m.jpg)
[LOUISA] [HARRISONBURG] SELECTIONS FROM THE RELIGIOUS AND LITERARY WRITINGS OF JOHN H. BOCOCK, D.D.
by John H. Bocock | Vaughan, C. R., D.D. (Biographical Sketch); John Bocock's Widow (Editor)
Richmond, VA: Whittet & Shepperson, Printers, 1891. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Large 8vo.; in the publisher's brown cloth binding; xxvii, [xxviii, xxvix], 644 pages, including 2 page Addendum; with~frontispiece of John H. Bocock, D.D.; small chip to the leading edge of the front endpaper; there are no ownership or other marks in the book. ~~Reflections... Read More
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[LAW] SCINTILLAE JURIS
by [Charles John Darling]
San Francisco: S. Whitney & Co, 1877. Original Wrappers. Very Good binding. 8vo; in cream-colored printed wrappers; 76 pages; the covers have tidelines, and the spine is mostly perished, though the binding is tight and secure.~~Though he often spoke on legal issues and was appointed a Justice of the High Court, the London Times averred that concerning him... Read More
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A LETTER TO A FRIEND ON THE AUTHORITY, PURPOSE, AND EFFECTS, OF CHRISTIANITY, AND ESPECIALLY ON THE DOCTRINE OF REDEMPTION
by Joseph John Gurney
London: John and Arthur Arch, Cornhill, 1824. Good binding. Blue paper-covered boards backed in drab paper; printed label to the spine. There is some minor loss to the spine. Good binding.
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