THE VIRGINIA SPRINGS. WITH THEIR ANALYSIS; AND SOME REMARKS ON THEIR CHARACTER, TOGETHER WITH A DIRECTORY FOR THE USE OF WHITE SULPHUR WATER, AND AN ACCOUNT OF THE DISEASES TO WHICH IT IS APPLICABLE ..
by John J. Moormann, M.D.
Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blakiston, 1847. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. An attractively rebacked copy, with nearly all of the original spine laid down, of the First Edition of Moorman's work on the Virginia Springs, with emphasis on the use of White Sulphur Water (Moormann was the physician at White Sulphur Springs). With the map and... Read More
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![[PROGRAM] COMMISSIONING THE USS ENTERPRISE CVAN-65. NOVEMBER 25, 1961. WITH ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/855/582/1693582855.0.m.jpg)
[PROGRAM] COMMISSIONING THE USS ENTERPRISE CVAN-65. NOVEMBER 25, 1961. WITH ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS
by John B. Connally, Sec’y of the Navy [Foreward]
Newport News, Virginia: Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co, 1961. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Large 8vo.; stapled pamphlet in stapled cardstock wrappers printed in color; 40 pages; with an invitation to the event laid in (”Refreshments will be served on the Hangar Deck”}.~~The pamphlet was distributed as a program at the Commissioning Ceremony of the world’s... Read More
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HINTS DESIGNED TO PROMOTE BENEFICENCE, TEMPERANCE, & MEDICAL SCIENCE. Volume 2 of 3 only
by John Coakley Lettsom, M&LL.D. &c
London: J. Manman, 1801. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Volume 2 only of a three volume set, Hints Designed to Promote Beneficence, etc. by Quaker physician and philanthropist John Coakley Letssom. This volume with Hints respecting a Samaritan Society; Crimes and Punishments; Wills and Testaments;Female Benefit Club; a Village Society; Deaf and Dumb Children of the... Read More
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HINTS DESIGNED TO PROMOTE BENEFICENCE, TEMPERANCE, & MEDICAL SCIENCE. Volume 1 of 3 only
by John Coakley Lettsom, M&LL.D. &c
London: J. Manman, 1801. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Volume 1 only of a three volume set, Hints Designed to Promote Beneficence, etc. by Quaker physician and philanthropist John Coakley Letssom. This volume with Hints respecting the Immediate Effects of Poverty; ... the Distress of the Poor, in the Years 1794, 1705; ... respecting the society for... Read More
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[SIGNED] [POETRY] THE NESTS AT WASHINGTON AND OTHER POEMS
by John James Piatt, Sarah M. Bryan Piatt
New York: Walter Low, 1864. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Signed. 8vo; in brown-purple v cloth; double ruled in blind on the boards; with gilt tilting on the spine; top edges are gilt; (4) 5-150 pages; the top and bottom of the spine are worn with a bit of loss to the top; trivial tear to the top... Read More
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BROOKE JOURNALS. COLLECTED DOCUMENTS OF THE JAPANESE MISSION TO AMERICA, 1860. VOLUME V. (ONE VOLUME)
by John M. Brooke | George M. Brooke, Jr. (Editor) | Eiichi Kiyooka (Translator)
[Tokyo]: Association for Japan-U.S. Amity & Trade Centennial, 1961. First Bilingual Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Volume V only of the First Bilingual Edition of the Collected Documents of the Japanese Mission to America, 1860: Brooke Journals. With text in English and Japanese, and three leaves of five photographic plates. John Mercer Brooke sailed with the Kanrin... Read More
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![[ARCHIVE] [BRITISH NAVY] BURSAR’S LOG AND ORDERS RE VICTUALLING FRENCH PRISONERS, 1743-1744](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/400/282/1601282400.0.m.jpg)
[ARCHIVE] [BRITISH NAVY] BURSAR’S LOG AND ORDERS RE VICTUALLING FRENCH PRISONERS, 1743-1744
by John Pitman, Commander Aldborough
Manuscript; 13” x 8 ¼” bound unfolded letter and log in olive green stiff paper folder; log is inserted between 2 pages of letter. Letter in good condition with fold lines and wear clear on outer surface of fold and lower outside corner of letter; foxing present along fold lines. Log in very good overall condition with darkened areas... Read More
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![[ENGLISH] CENSUS REPORTS: 1801. ABSTRACT OF THE ANSWERS AND RETURNS. PARISH REGISTERS, 21 DECEMBER 1801, TOGETHER WITH OBSERVATIONS ON THE RESULTS OF THE POPULATION ACT, 41 GEO. III BY JOHN RICKMAN [A FACSIMILE OF THE EDITION OF 1801-2]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/536/098/1591098536.0.m.jpg)
[ENGLISH] CENSUS REPORTS: 1801. ABSTRACT OF THE ANSWERS AND RETURNS. PARISH REGISTERS, 21 DECEMBER 1801, TOGETHER WITH OBSERVATIONS ON THE RESULTS OF THE POPULATION ACT, 41 GEO. III BY JOHN RICKMAN [A FACSIMILE OF THE EDITION OF 1801-2]
by John Rickman | General Register Office, Great Britain
London: Frank Cass and Company Limited, 1968. Facsimile Reprint. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Large quarto; in the publisher's blue cloth titling on the spine in burgundy and gilt; 459 followed by 13 pages on the Population Act; there are no marks in the book but there is a musty odor. Near Fine binding.
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[ARCHITECTURE] MID-RISE URBAN LIVING
by Chris Johnston
London: Lund Humphries, 2021. Very Good+ binding. 4to; in pictorial boards; (4) 5-128 including the Index; with black and white and color photographic illustrations throughout; a few minor stains to the lower board; the corners are slightly bumped; no markings on any kind. Very Good+ binding.
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LOOK ABOUT YOU (THE TUDOR FACSIMILE TEXTS)
by John S. Farmer, Editor
AMS Press, 1970. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. This is #92 in the facsimile text series. There is no writing in the book, previous owner names or underlining. There is light and scattered foxing to the endpapers and the edges of the textblock. Very Good binding.
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![[BOOKPLATES] [ART] FRIDOLF JOHNSON BOOKPLATES. ART AND RELATED MATERIAL~](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/635/732/1680732635.0.m.jpg)
[BOOKPLATES] [ART] FRIDOLF JOHNSON BOOKPLATES. ART AND RELATED MATERIAL~
by Fridolf Johnson
Black cloth covered drop-back box with morocco label lettered in gilt to the spine.~The contents are: ~~1. Pen and ink drawing [approximately 10 1/2” x 8 1/2”] the Holbein portrait of Sir Thomas More with an overlay showing color for the elaborate border;~~2. Proof copy mounted on board of 8 x 10” proof plate of a bookplate designed for... Read More
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THE GREAT VALLEY
by Mary Johnston
Little, Brown and Company, 1926. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Very Good dust jacket. There is a previous owner name on the front endpaper, rather charmingly penned :Isabel W. Furey et amoricum". There are no other marks. The uncommon dustjacket has loss about the size of a nickel at the top of the front joint,... Read More
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![[SIGNED] [BEER] RICHMOND BEERS: A Directory of the Breweries and Bottlers of Richmond, Virginia](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/425/608/1721608425.0.m.jpg)
[SIGNED] [BEER] RICHMOND BEERS: A Directory of the Breweries and Bottlers of Richmond, Virginia
by Danny Morris and Jeff Johnson
Richmond, VA: Home Brewing Company, Inc, 2000. Second Edition. Pictorial Boards. Fine binding. Signed. 240pp. Quarto; in the publisher’s bright pictorial boards; iv, 239,[240] pages; with splendid color and black and white illustrations throughout.~~A beautiful, fresh copy of this well illustrated book; far and away the best resource on the subject. Richmond Beers has become hard to come... Read More
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[SPECIAL PRESS] [TYPOGRAPHY] A BACKWARD GLANCE
by Foster Macy Johnson
Meriden, Connecticut: Barberry Hill Press, 1975. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Quarto; quarter cloth over decorative marbled paper-covered boards, with printed paper labels to the upper board and the spine, with mylar wrapper; 27 pages with illustrations and facsimiles; printed in an edition of "about 100 copies" of which this number 21, signed on the colophon... Read More
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![[GARDENING] THE BRITISH FERNS ILLUSTRATED BY ENGRAVINGS OF EVERY SPECIES. FORMING A COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE FAMILY AS REGARDS THEIR CHARACTERISTICS, PECULIARITIES, NATURAL PLACES OF GROWTH, AND THE MOST SUCCESSFUL METHODS OF CULTIVATING THEM](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/410/088/1611088410.0.m.jpg)
[GARDENING] THE BRITISH FERNS ILLUSTRATED BY ENGRAVINGS OF EVERY SPECIES. FORMING A COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE FAMILY AS REGARDS THEIR CHARACTERISTICS, PECULIARITIES, NATURAL PLACES OF GROWTH, AND THE MOST SUCCESSFUL METHODS OF CULTIVATING THEM
by George W. Johnson
London: Journal of Horticulture and Cottage Gardener Office, 1864. Fourth Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 8vo.; in publisher's green cloth with elaborate titling in gilt to the upper board, ruled in blind to the perimeter of the boards; 296 pages with engravings throughout; the front endpaper has been nearly excised; there is a name label (T. Masters... Read More
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[AMERICANA] THE SUNNY SOUTH AND ITS PEOPLE
by C. W. Johnston
Chicago: Press of Rand McNally & Co, 1918. First Edition. Very Good+ binding. 12mo; in the publisher’s green cloth binding; with titling on the upper board and spine in gilt; x, (2) 13-461 pages; the binding is a bit cocked; a small amount of silverfishing to the boards; scattered foxing.~~A companion volume to C. W. Johnson’s earlier book... Read More
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INDIAN SKETCHES TAKEN DURING AN EXPEDITION TO THE PAWNEE TRIBES. VOL. I (OF 2 VOLUMES)
by John T. Irving, Jr.
Philadelphia: Carey, Lea and Blanchard, 1835. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. This is Volume I only, in the publisher's green cloth, with titling in gold to the spine. Binding is a bit cocked. There is a previous owner blindstamp to the bottom of the title page. Scattered foxing. (Howes I, 79). Very Good binding.
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HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE OLD SIXTH REGIMENT OF MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS, DURING ITS THREE CAMPAIGNS IN 1861, 1862, 1863, AND 1864. CONTAINING THE HISTORY OF THE SEVERAL COMPANIES PREVIOUS TO 1861, AND THE NAME AND MILITARY RECORD OF EACH MAN CONNECTED WITH THE REGIMENT DURING THE WAR
by John W. Hanson | [James I. Robertson, Jr.]
Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1866. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. A First Edition copy of John Wesley Hanson's Historical Sketch of the Old Sixth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers. From the library of Bud Robertson, with his bookplate on the front pastedown; he describes the book as "a factual history of a unit whose sixteen months of... Read More
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HISTOIRE DE LA VILLE DE CHAUMONT (HAUTE-MARNE)
by Jolibois, Emile
Paris: J.-B. Dumoulin, 1856. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Avec Deux Plans De La Ville Et Cinq Planches Lithographiees; No pencil or ink markings in text. One quarter green leather spine and paper-covered boards. Rubbing and scraping at top of spine with leather missing. Two scraped areas approx. 1 inch below top with leather missing.... Read More
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[CHILDREN] GULLIVER’S TRAVELS IN LILLITPUT AND BROBDINGNAG
by Jonathan Swift | John Lang; F. M. B. Blaikie [Illustrator]; Illustrated by ]
London | New York: T.C. & E.C. Jack | E. P. Dutotn, 1906. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. ]. 12mo; in blue paper covered boards with titling in black, and a pictorial pastedown; 116 pages; there is a previous owner name faintly penciled on the front endpaper;; the endpapers have toning; with eight unnumbered leaves of plates, including... Read More
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JOURNAL OF THE SIEGES IN SPAIN (3 Volumes)
by Major General Sir John T. Jones
Cambridge, [England]: Ken Trotman Ltd, 1998. Facsimile. Hard Cover. Fine binding. 8vo.; in the publisher's green cloth bindings; 3 volumes in facsimile; xviii, 410 pages, including notes; 400 pages, including notes; [x] including facsimile Map of the Northern Coast of Portugal; 253 pages, followed by 26 facsimile plates and maps, many of them folding.~~A clean set and... Read More
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REMINISCENCES OF THE TWENTY-SECOND IOWA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. GIVING ITS ORGANIZATION, MARCHES, SKIRMISHES, BATTLES, AND SIEGES, AS TAKEN FROM THE DIARY OF LIEUTENANT S. C. JONES OF COMPANY A.
by S[amuel] C[alvin] Jones
Iowa City, 1907. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. This First Edition copy has been rebound in a library-style binding of red cloth with gold titling to the spine. It is from the personal library of Civil War historian Bud Robertson and has his bookplate on the pastedown. The title page, while... Read More
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![[MEDIEVAL] [HISTORY] IDEOLOGY AND ROYAL POWER IN MEDIEVAL FRANCE : KINGSHIP, CRUSADES, AND THE JEWS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/681/584/1693584681.0.m.jpg)
[MEDIEVAL] [HISTORY] IDEOLOGY AND ROYAL POWER IN MEDIEVAL FRANCE : KINGSHIP, CRUSADES, AND THE JEWS
by William Chester Jordan
Burlington: Variorum, 2001. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. 8vo; in the publisher’s blue cloth binding; with titling on the upper board and spine in gilt; x, 276 pages; the top of the spine in lightly bumped otherwise a fine copy. Near Fine binding.
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[SCIENCE FICTION] A CROWN OF SWORDS. BOOK SEVEN OF THE WHEEL OF TIME
by Robert Jordan
New York: Tor Books, 1996. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding/Fine dust jacket. Signed. Quarto; in blue cloth covered boards, with dustjacket; 684 pages; aside side from the authorial inscription, there are no marks in the book.; the dustjacket has not been price-clipped.~~This copy is signed “For Mark, best wishes” by the author Robert Jordan on the title... Read More
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![[BOUND TO SIZE] OBSERVATIONS ON THE THREE FIRST VOLUMES OF THE HISTORY OF ENGLISH POETRY. IN A FAMILIAR LETTER TO THE AUTHOR](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/686/279/1671279686.0.m.jpg)
[BOUND TO SIZE] OBSERVATIONS ON THE THREE FIRST VOLUMES OF THE HISTORY OF ENGLISH POETRY. IN A FAMILIAR LETTER TO THE AUTHOR
by [Joseph Ritson, or Richardson]
London: J. Stockdale; R. Faulder, 1782. First Edition. Half Leather. Very Good+ binding. 8vo.; in an attractive later binding of red half-goat over marbled boards with raised bands, with morocco label lettered vertically; with marbled endpapers; [2], 49, [1] pages.~~A note on this rather interesting binding: we assume that the binder was charged with binding a group of... Read More
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