![[RICHMOND] HISTORY OF RICHMOND](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/891/431/1694431891.0.m.jpg)
[RICHMOND] HISTORY OF RICHMOND
by Little, John P.; Little, Rev. A, A. (intro); Whitty, J .H. (Foreword); Dietz, Norma E. (Woodblocks); Scheer, George F. (index)
Richmond, VA: The Dietz Printing Company, 1933. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. 8vo; in the publisher’s cloth binding with the Richmond seal on the upper board stamped in gold; in the dust jacket; xiii; 303 pages including the Index; a bit of foxing to the spine; the top of the spine is lightly... Read More
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THE CLASH OF EMPIRES. THE INVENTION OF CHINA IN MODERN WORLD MAKING
by Lydia H. Liu
Cambridge, Massachusetts | London, England: Harvard University Press, 2004. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. A clean First Edition copy. Dustjacket is clean and bright, with minor wear to the top edges and slight sunning to the spine. Near Fine binding / Near Fine dust jacket.
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![[GENEALOGY] HISTORY AND GENEALOGY OF THE HENRY HICKS LOVE FAMILY OF LUNENBURG](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/571/120/1700120571.0.m.jpg)
[GENEALOGY] HISTORY AND GENEALOGY OF THE HENRY HICKS LOVE FAMILY OF LUNENBURG
by Mary Elizabeth Love “Lizzie”
Lunenburg: Self Published, 1972. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding. quarto; in the publisher’s green cloth binding with tilting on the upper board and spine in gold; 287 pages including the Index; with black and white photographic illustrations throughout; trivial wear to the boards and light foxing to the edge of the edges; the “L: in Lizzie... Read More
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![[CARTOGRAPHY] A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON MAPPING AND LETTERING. INCLUDING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BASIC ALPHABETS AND THE ELEMENTS OF MAP DESIGN. A TEXTBOOK FOR STUDENTS DRAFTSMEN & ENGINEERS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/491/872/1654872491.0.m.jpg)
[CARTOGRAPHY] A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON MAPPING AND LETTERING. INCLUDING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BASIC ALPHABETS AND THE ELEMENTS OF MAP DESIGN. A TEXTBOOK FOR STUDENTS DRAFTSMEN & ENGINEERS
by Malcolm Lloyd
Philadelphia: P. Blakiston’s Son & Co., Inc, 1930. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Oblong quarto; in flexible cloth with minor wear; viii, 58 pages, illustrations, plates, diagrams.~~There are no marks of any kind in the book. The boards have some minor spotting. Very Good binding.
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THREE YEARS IN CAMP AND HOSPITAL
by E. W. Locke
Boston: Geo. D. Russell & Co, 1870. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. This First Edition copy was rebound in a library style binding by Civil War historian James I. Robertson; it has his initals stamped in gold at the bottom of the spine, and his bookplate on the pastedown. Critiquing the book in the Nevins... Read More
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![[ENGLAND] [BINDINGS] PORTRAITS OF ILLUSTRIOUS PERSONAGES OF GREAT BRITAIN. ENGRAVED FROM AUTHENTIC PICTURES IN THE GALLERIES OF THE NOBILITY AND THE PUBLIC COLLECTIONS OF THE COUNTRY. WITH BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL MEMOIRS OF THEIR LIVES AND ACTIONS. [12 VOLUMES; COMPLETE SET]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/814/563/1561563814.0.m.jpg)
[ENGLAND] [BINDINGS] PORTRAITS OF ILLUSTRIOUS PERSONAGES OF GREAT BRITAIN. ENGRAVED FROM AUTHENTIC PICTURES IN THE GALLERIES OF THE NOBILITY AND THE PUBLIC COLLECTIONS OF THE COUNTRY. WITH BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL MEMOIRS OF THEIR LIVES AND ACTIONS. [12 VOLUMES; COMPLETE SET]
by Edmund Lodge
London: Harding and Lepard, 1835. Half Leather. Very Good binding. Twelve quarto volumes; half-leather in burgundy over tan buckram, with gilt spines and flat raised bands; the gutters are rubbed but all are holding well; there are no ownership marks of any kind in any of the books; the plates haves some light and scattered foxing; with two... Read More
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PORTRAITS OF ILLUSTRIOUS PERSONAGES OF GREAT BRITAIN. ENGRAVED FROM AUTHENTIC PICTURES IN THE GALLERIES OF THE NOBILITY AND THE PUBLIC COLLECTIONS OF THE COUNTRY. WITH BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL MEMOIRS OF THEIR LIVES AND ACTIONS (5 Volumes)
by Edmund Lodge
London: The London Printing and Publishing Company, n.d.. Half Leather. Very Good binding. Five small quarto volumes; in 1/2 black morocco with rules at the edges, over green cloth, with spines gilt, decorated in compartments with raised bands; complete in five volumes; 194 [195]; 195 [196]; 199, [200], 205, [206], 175 [176]; with 240 engraved portraits throughout, all... Read More
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![[SIGNED] [AMERICANA] ABRAHAM LINCOLN. AN ADDRESS DELIVERED BY J. FRIEND LODGE BEFORE A COMMUNITY ASSEMBLAGE IN THE BUSTLETON METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. BUSTLETON, PHILADELPHIA, PA. SUNDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 14th, 1926](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/185/780/1568780185.0.m.jpg)
[SIGNED] [AMERICANA] ABRAHAM LINCOLN. AN ADDRESS DELIVERED BY J. FRIEND LODGE BEFORE A COMMUNITY ASSEMBLAGE IN THE BUSTLETON METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. BUSTLETON, PHILADELPHIA, PA. SUNDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 14th, 1926
by J. Friend Lodge
[Philadelphia]: [Press of S. H. Little], 1926. Stapled Pamphlet. Very Good binding. Signed. Small quarto; stapled pamphlet printed; 26 pages with portrait; in rather brittle but intact printed wrappers; the rear panel with a corner crease.~~This is #15 of "One hundred and fifty copies privately printed and the type distributed." Signed with a personal inscription by J. Friend... Read More
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MALABAR
by William Logan
Madras: Superintendent, Government Press, 1906. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. A study on the Malabar region of southwest India, printed during British rule there. Volume I only; reprinted from the 1887 edition. With 14 full page plates, most of which are plans, illustrations, or maps. Also with 15 folding maps of Malabar. Toning to the endpapers and preliminaries,... Read More
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![[PHILOSOPHY] STOIC STUDIES](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/070/588/1680588070.0.m.jpg)
[PHILOSOPHY] STOIC STUDIES
by A. A. Long
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. 8vo; in the publisher’s black cloth; with tilting on the spine on gilt; xvi,309 pages including the Index; there is a trivial scratch on the rear of the dust jacket. Near Fine binding / Near Fine dust jacket.
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![[CIVIL WAR] AMERICA’S CIVIL WAR IN MINIATURE--VOLUME 1: THE UNION, VOLUME 2: THE CONFEDERACY (2 VOLUMES)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/736/634/1697634736.0.m.jpg)
[CIVIL WAR] AMERICA’S CIVIL WAR IN MINIATURE--VOLUME 1: THE UNION, VOLUME 2: THE CONFEDERACY (2 VOLUMES)
by Dennis Long
Bloomington, IN: Authorhouse, 2006. Soft Cover. Near Fine binding. Quarto; in pictorial paper boards; Volume 1; ix, 201 pages, Volume 2; ix,182 pages; with full color photographic illustrations throughout; a bit of shelf wear otherwise a fine set. Near Fine binding.
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THE POETICAL WORKS OF HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW (6 Volumes)
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Boston: Houghton Mifflin & Co, 1886. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. An attractive set of Longfellow, in six quarto volumes; green cloth boards with gilt rule to the perimeters and "Longfellow" stamped in gilt to the front board of each volume; with discreet numbering at the spines. With all edges gilt. Engraved illustrations, both full page and... Read More
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THE POETICAL WORKS OF HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW (6 Volumes)
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Boston: Houghton Mifflin & Co, 1886. Full Leather. Very Good binding. An attractive set of Longfellow, in six quarto volumes; flexible brown leather boards with gilt rule to the perimeters and "Longfellow" stamped in gilt to the front board of each volume; with gilt ruled bands and discreet numbering. With marbled endpapers and all edges gilt. Engraved... Read More
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![[MAP] AMERIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/406/390/1095390406.0.m.jpg)
[MAP] AMERIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE
by N. Lorrain
Paris, 1839. Copper-engraved map of North America, hand-colored in outline. With "Etats-Unis" along with the Republic of Texas, Canada, and an enormous Mexique. Alaska is show as Russie Amerique. From Monin's Atlas Classique De La Geograpahie Ancienne, Du Moyen Age et Moderne published in 1838. There is a small amount of surface loss at... Read More
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TILLICHEAN THEOLOGY AND EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY
by Samuel E. Lo
New York: Philosophical Library, 1970. Very Good+ binding/Very Good dust jacket. A clean copy of this uncommon title with no marks of any kind. Very Good+ binding / Very Good dust jacket.
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LONGFELLOW ALBUM. AUTOGRAPH BOOK OF A SOUTHERN BELLE
by Lottie Moore Banks (1870-1947)
[Norfolk, Virginia], 1886. Hard Cover. Good binding. The autograph album of Lottie Moore Banks, with autographs by many of her relatives, including Lizzie Moore Winingder, and what appears to be Henry Virginius Moore, among others. Virginius served as 1st Sgt., 1st Co. H, 16th Virginia Infantry Regiment, and Lieutenant of the Norfolk Light Artillery Blues. Entries are dated... Read More
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On Landed Property, and the Economy of Estates: Comprehending The Relation of Landlord and Tenant, and the Principles and Forms of Leases - Farm Buildings, Enclosures, Drains, Embankments, Roads, and Other Rural Works - Minerals - and Woods
by Low, David F.R.S.E. (Professor of Agriculture in the University of Edinburgh)
London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1856. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Previous owner's name, date written on fep. No pencil or ink markings in text. A few pages un-cut. Green embossed cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine. Spine rebacked. Light to moderate edgewear to boards. Mylar cut to protect boards. Very... Read More
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THE PRESENT STATE OF ENGLAND IN REGARD TO AGRICULTURE, TRADE, AND FINANCE; WITH A COMPARISON OF THE PROSPECTS OF ENGLAND AND FRANCE
by Joseph Lowe
New York: E. Bliss and E. White, 1824. Early edition. Full Leather. Good binding. Early edition of Joseph Lowe's The Present State of England. First published in 1822. Foxing, toning, and contemporary owner's name on the front pastedown. Beginning of separation at the bottom of the front joint, though holding well. Full calf with gilt designs and a... Read More
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SYSTEMATISCHES HANDBUCH DER ARZNEIMITTELLEHRE. ZWEITER BAND. (VOLUME TWO ONLY)
by Ferdin Ludw. Strumpf
Berlin: Verlag von Theod. Christ. Fr. Enslin, 1855. Half Leather. Good binding. Volume II only of this 19th century encyclopedia of German pharmaceutical drugs. Text in German. Scattered foxing. Bookplate. Contemporary writing in ink on the rear endpaper. Rubbing to the paper boards, shelfwear to the leather binding, especially at the corners of the boards and edges of... Read More
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![[LAW] [COLONIAL VIRGINIA] AN ABRIDGMENT OF THE LAWS OF VIRGINIA, COMPILED IN 1694](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/850/991/1512991850.0.m.jpg)
[LAW] [COLONIAL VIRGINIA] AN ABRIDGMENT OF THE LAWS OF VIRGINIA, COMPILED IN 1694
by [Philip Ludwell]
Richmond, Va: House of the Society, 1903. Original Wrappers. Good binding. Small quarto; in the publisher's printed gray wrappers; [1], 2-78 pages; the pages are unopened; the front wrapper has a closed tear of about 3"; there are no marks in the book.~~An uncommon compilation by Philip Ludwell, who had several important roles in the colonies -- governor... Read More
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![[MAP] A MAP OF THE COUNTRY ROUND PARIS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/340/727/1102727340.0.m.jpg)
[MAP] A MAP OF THE COUNTRY ROUND PARIS
by Iohn Luffman [John Luffman]
London: I. Luffman, Strand, 1816. A fine map of Paris and the countryside around it. Published in 1816 after the conclusion of the Napoleonic Wars, the map marks the sites of battles as well as their month and day in the final year of the war. Originally published as part of a larger atlas, the map has since been... Read More
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![[TRAVEL] EL SALVADOR PANORAMICA DE LA PINTURA SIGLO XX A PANORAMA OF 20TH CENTURY PAINTING](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/948/990/1671990948.0.m.jpg)
[TRAVEL] EL SALVADOR PANORAMICA DE LA PINTURA SIGLO XX A PANORAMA OF 20TH CENTURY PAINTING
by Luis Croquer, Belgica Rodriguez, Claudia Allwood; Illustrated by Federico Trujillo
El Salvador: Banco Agricola, 2004. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. Federico Trujillo. Tall 4to; in publisher’s tan cloth; with titling on the upper board and spine in gilt; (9) 10-191 pages including the bibliography; in a pictorial dust-jacket; with small amounts of glue residue on the back of the dust-jacket.~~A look into 20th... Read More
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![[LITERATURE] AND THEN THERE WERE NONE](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/424/608/1721608424.0.m.jpg)
[LITERATURE] AND THEN THERE WERE NONE
by Agatha Christie; Illustrated by David Lupton
London: The Folio Society, 2017. Near Fine binding. David Lupton. Octavo; in black and red pictorial cloth binding; ix, 235 pages; with illustrations by David Lupton; housed in a red slipcase. Near Fine binding.
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![ETHICAE SACRAE LIBRI DUO IN QUIBUS VIRTUTES ... [BOUND WITH] OECONOMICA SACRA: HOC EST FAMILIAM RECTE ET SANCTE SECUNDUM VOLUNTATEM DEI ADMINISTRANDA SYSTEMA METHODICA](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/058/534/942534058.0.m.2.jpg)
ETHICAE SACRAE LIBRI DUO IN QUIBUS VIRTUTES ... [BOUND WITH] OECONOMICA SACRA: HOC EST FAMILIAM RECTE ET SANCTE SECUNDUM VOLUNTATEM DEI ADMINISTRANDA SYSTEMA METHODICA
by Christoph Luthard
Typis Fabricianis: Bernae, 1638. Full Leather. Very Good binding. Two treatises by Luthard, Professor of Theology at the University of Bern. Both printed in that city in 1637 and bound together. .Ethicae Sacrae: [16], 325, [19] (last three pages blank); Oeconomica Sacra: [8], 225, [14] with 2 folded leaves. Vellum binding with yapp edge,... Read More
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BIBLIA, DAS IST: DIE GANZE HEILIGE SCHRIFT DES ALTEN UND NEUEN TESTAMENTS, NACH DER DEUTSCHEN UEBERSETZUNG D. MARTIN LUTHERS. MIT EINES JEDEN CAPITELS HURZEN SUMMARIEN, AUCH BEYGEFUGTEN VIELEN AUFS NEUE BERICHTIGTEN PARALLEN, UND 40 VORTREFFICHEN BILDLICHEN VORSTELLUNGEN VERSEHEN
by [Martin Luther]
Philadelphia: Kimber und Scharpless, 1828. Full Leather. Very Good binding. A Luther Bible, with 40 "excellent plates" called for, of which 39 appear to be present. Some plates are numbered and some are not, but the numbered plates appear to skip from plate 30 to plate 32 (though there is no evidence of excision) With a separate... Read More
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