![[ECONOMICS] ANATOMY OF DEPRECIATION: A DISCUSSION OF UTILITY ACCOUNTING METHODS FROM TIME TO TIME IN EFFECT OR PROPOSED BY REGULATORY OR UTILITY OR UTILITY REPRESENTATIVES, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO RECENT CONTROVERSIES](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/019/668/1591668019.0.m.jpg)
[ECONOMICS] ANATOMY OF DEPRECIATION: A DISCUSSION OF UTILITY ACCOUNTING METHODS FROM TIME TO TIME IN EFFECT OR PROPOSED BY REGULATORY OR UTILITY OR UTILITY REPRESENTATIVES, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO RECENT CONTROVERSIES
by Luther R. Nash, S.B., S.M.
Washington, D. C.: Public Utilities Reports, Inc, 1947. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 8vo.; in publisher's black cloth binding; x, 214 pages. with photographic portrait; there are no marks of any kind in the book.~. Very Good binding.
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APPARATVS MEDICAMINVM Tam Simplicivm Qvam Praeparatorvm Et Compositorvm in Praxeos Adivmentvm Consideratvs. (6 Volume Set, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
by Lvdovico Christoph. Althof D.
Goettingae: APVD Ioann, Christ. Dieterich, 1793. Hard Cover. near Very Good binding. Sold as a 6 volume set. Previous owner's bookplates attached to front paste-down of all 6 volumes. No pencil or ink markings evident in texts of the 6 volume set. Texts in Latin. Decorated paper covered boards. Moderate to heavy edgewear to... Read More
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MEN OF MARK IN VIRGINIA: IDEALS OF AMERICAN LIFE. A COLLECTION OF BIOGRAPHIES OF THE LEADING MEN IN THE STATE. (Volume 3, only) (III)
by Lyon G. Tyler, LL.D. (Editor-in-Chief)
Washington, D. C.: Men of Mark Publishing Company, 1907. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Volume 3 only of the 5 volume set; illustrated with many Full Page Photo-Steel Engravings. Bound in brown half morocco over maroon cloth, with elaborate decorations and titling in gold to the spine. An attractive copy with no marks of any kind. Very... Read More
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MEN OF MARK IN VIRGINIA: IDEALS OF AMERICAN LIFE. A COLLECTION OF BIOGRAPHIES OF THE LEADING MEN IN THE STATE. (Volume 5, only) (V)
by Lyon G. Tyler, LL.D. (Editor-in-Chief)
Washington, D. C.: Men of Mark Publishing Company, 1906. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Volume 5 only of the 5 volume set; illustrated with many Full Page Photo-Steel Engravings. Bound in brown half morocco over maroon cloth, with elaborate decorations and titling in gold to the spine. The front board has been discreetly reinforced at the gutter; an... Read More
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![[COOKERY] THE COOK'S FRIEND AND HOME GUIDE](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/012/916/1467916012.0.m.jpg)
[COOKERY] THE COOK'S FRIEND AND HOME GUIDE
by M. E. [Methodist Episcopal] Church. Ladies Aid Society, Jollytown, Pa
Waynesburg, PA: Chas. T. Sutton, Book and Job Printing OFfice, 1906. Hard Cover. Good binding. 8vo.; in heavy brown cardboard covers, with titling in silver, 144 pages. heavily worn and with multiple stains from cooking throughout; discreetly recased; there are several handwritten recipes laid in.~~A well-worn copy, with some paper repair, especially to the edge of the title... Read More
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![[LITERATURE] THE LIFE OF MANSIE WAUCH, TAILOR IN DALKEITH. WRITTEN BY HIMSELF](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/792/905/1479905792.0.m.jpg)
[LITERATURE] THE LIFE OF MANSIE WAUCH, TAILOR IN DALKEITH. WRITTEN BY HIMSELF
by [David Macbeth Moir]
New York: J. & J. Harper, 1828. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 8vo. (8 1/8" x 4 7/8"); in the publisher's board backed in drab cloth with a partial publisher's label to the spine; xii, [13] 14-223 pages; lacking the front endpaper, but with a lovely engraved image of the building housing J. & J.... Read More
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![[NEALE IMPRINT] [SIGNED] [CONFEDERATES] WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS. THE TRADITIONS, HISTORY AND SOCIAL LIFE OF THE GREENBRIER WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/795/905/1479905795.0.m.jpg)
[NEALE IMPRINT] [SIGNED] [CONFEDERATES] WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS. THE TRADITIONS, HISTORY AND SOCIAL LIFE OF THE GREENBRIER WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS
by William Alexander MacCorkle
New York: The Neale Publishing Company, 1906. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Signed. 8vo. (9 1/8” x 6 1/8”); in the publisher’s orange cloth, top edge gilt, 410 pages, including the index; with frontispiece; and 48 additional photographic illustrations (of which 6 have scribbled on in the margins in pencil; this copy is signed by the... Read More
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![[LITERATURE] THE ATHLETE’S CONQUEST. THE ROMANCE OF AN ATHLETE](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/970/823/1671823970.0.m.jpg)
[LITERATURE] THE ATHLETE’S CONQUEST. THE ROMANCE OF AN ATHLETE
by Bernarr Macfadden
New York: Physical Culture Pub. Co, 1901. Early Reprint. Hard Cover. Good binding. 12mo; in dark blue boards, with titling to the upper board and the spine in black; the boards have silverfishing; the binding is shaken with some signatures a bit loose.~~First published in 1892, this tales is Bernarr Macfaddens first novel. He went on to pen... Read More
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ARMS AND THE WOMAN
by Harold MacGrath
Chicago: Jamieson-Higgins, 1900. Early Printing. Quarter Leather. Very Good binding. An early and quite uncommon imprint of the popular novelist's first novel. First printed in 1899 by Doubleday [Wright III, 3518], this issued the following year. Of this printing, we find a single holding on OCLC. Bound in quarter black morocco over black cloth, with... Read More
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SELECTED ESSAYS (2 VOLUMES) THE TASKS OF PHILOSOPHY - ETHICS AND POLITICS
by Alasdair Macintyre
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Octavo; in the publisher’s black cloth binding; with titling on the upper board and spine in gold; Volume 1; xii, 230 pages including the Index; Volume 2; xii, 239 pages including the Index; some light scuffs to the cloth. ~~Scarce bound in cloth and as a complete set.... Read More
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SUPPLEMENTAL INDEXES AND ILLUSTRATIONS TO THE AMERICAN FOXHOUND, 1747-1967
by Alexander Mackay-Smith
Millwood, Va: [American Foxhound Club], 1969. Stapled Pamphlet. Very Good binding. To the Author's Edition of one hundred copies of "The American Foxhound, 1747-1967," there have been added three Supplemental Indexes of the Stallion and Brood Bitch class winners at the hound shows. Notes on the Pedigrees, Pedigrees A through T, the captions to the illustrations, and... Read More
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![[SIGNED] [HISTORY] COUNT N. P. IGNAT’EV : THE FATHER OF LIES](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/122/593/1703593122.0.m.jpg)
[SIGNED] [HISTORY] COUNT N. P. IGNAT’EV : THE FATHER OF LIES
by David Mackenzie
New York: Eastern European Monographs, 2002. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Signed. Octavo; in the publisher’s blue cloth binding; with titling on the spine in gold; xiv, 734; including the Index.~~Inscribed by David Mackenzie on the front end end paper. Near Fine binding.
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OUR STREET (Signed)
by Compton Mackenzie
London: Cassell and Company, Limited, 1931. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/no dust jacket. Signed. With a warm inscription from Mackenzie to Ralph Pinker in the year of publication.~Pinker was one of the sons of James B. Pinker, founder of the Pinker Publishing Company in London. Ralph Pinker was later arrested and imprisoned for embezzlement, and... Read More
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![[HUMOR] [ORIGINAL DRAWING] CARICATURE DRAWING OF SPIRO AGNEW](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/007/928/1299928007.0.m.jpg)
[HUMOR] [ORIGINAL DRAWING] CARICATURE DRAWING OF SPIRO AGNEW
by Jeff MacNelly
An original drawing by three time Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist Jeff MacNelly. This large scale caricature -- it measures 33" x 24" -- of Nixon's Vice-President Spiro Agnew is signed by MacNelly and dated ‘73, the year Agnew resigned from office. This drawing is from relatively early in MacNelly's career, though he has already won one of his Pulitzers... Read More
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![[MAP] EARLY 19th CENTURY ARSENAL. A SURVEY OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE UNITED STATES AT MOUNT DEARBORN ON THE CATAWBA RIVER IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/069/960/781960069.0.m.1.jpg)
[MAP] EARLY 19th CENTURY ARSENAL. A SURVEY OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE UNITED STATES AT MOUNT DEARBORN ON THE CATAWBA RIVER IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
by Alex. Macomb
Philadelphia: Bowen & Co's Lith, 1809. A trimmed early map of Mount Dearborn in South Carolina, with hand coloring in outline. Showing the Quarters and Barracks; the Arsenal; Powder Magazine; Artillery Shed; Huts for Labourers; Brick Kiln & Yard; Blacksmith Shop; site of the proposed armory; Tumbling Dam; and John Allen's Plantation. An attractive presentation, with a... Read More
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THE PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE OF SAM HOUSTON: Volume IV 1852-1863
by Madge Thornall Roberts, Editor
Denton TX: University of North Texas Press, 2001. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. A clean, fresh copy bound in tan cloth with black lettering. No marks of any kind. The dust jacket is bright, is not price clipped and is protected in a new mylar cover. Very Good binding / Very Good dust... Read More
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![[ENGLISH] FIRMA BURGI, OR AN HISTORICAL ESSAY CONCERNING THE CITIES TOWNS AND BUROUGHS OF ENGLAND. TAKEN FROM RECORDS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/323/636/1585636323.0.m.jpg)
[ENGLISH] FIRMA BURGI, OR AN HISTORICAL ESSAY CONCERNING THE CITIES TOWNS AND BUROUGHS OF ENGLAND. TAKEN FROM RECORDS
by Thomas Madox
London: William Bowyer, 1726. First Edition. Half Leather. Very Good binding. Folio; rebacked in later tan calf lettered in gilt over marbled boards with quite worn corners and edges, and with new endpapers; [x]. 297 pages, followed by [29] pages of Index; with engraved title vignette, and many handsomely engraved head- and tailpieces and initials; signed variously by... Read More
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![[ART] LA LETTERATURA ARTISTICA MANUALE DELLE FONTI DELLA STORIA DELL’ARTE MODERNA](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/099/509/1689509099.0.m.jpg)
[ART] LA LETTERATURA ARTISTICA MANUALE DELLE FONTI DELLA STORIA DELL’ARTE MODERNA
by Julius Schlosser Magnino
Florence: La Nuova Italia, 1964. Third Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 4to; in the publisher’s burgundy cloth binding; with titling on the upper board in gilt; xi,792 pages including the Index; the spine is sunned; the label on the spine is nearly worn off; there are a few stains to the boards; there is a previous owner’s... Read More
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![[SONG SHEET] FAIRY BELLE](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/821/814/1289814821.0.m.jpg)
[SONG SHEET] FAIRY BELLE
by Charles Magnus
New York: Charles Magnus, 1860. One of Charles Magnus's "500 Illustrated Ballads". Fairy Belle is a broadside or songsheet from the Civil War era. Text printed in blue, with black decorations and a hand colored illustration of a thoughtful woman at the top of the sheet. 20 cm. x 12.5 cm.
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![[SONG SHEET] LOVE THEE](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/813/814/1289814813.0.m.jpg)
[SONG SHEET] LOVE THEE
by Charles Magnus
New York: Charles Magnus, 1860. One of Charles Magnus's "500 Illustrated Ballads". Love Thee? is a broadside or songsheet from the Civil War era. Text, with a decorative border, and a hand colored illustration of an amorous couple at the top left of the sheet. 20 cm. x 12.5 cm.
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![[RICHMOND] THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN THE CITY AND DIOCESE OF RICHMOND](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/505/379/1686379505.0.m.jpg)
[RICHMOND] THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN THE CITY AND DIOCESE OF RICHMOND
by A Priest of the Diocese. [F. Joseph Magri]
Richmond: Whittet & Shepperson, 1906. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding/no dust jacket. 8vo; in the publisher’s blue cloth binding; with tilting on the upper board and spine in gilt; double ruled on the upper board; 150 pages including the Index; complete with 21 black and white photographs throughout; some wear to the top and bottom of... Read More
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![[BARBIZON SCHOOL] [IMPRESSIONISM] DIE MALER DER SCHOLE VON BARBIZON, WEGBEREITER DES IMPRESSIONISMUS. MIT BIOGRAFIEN UND WERBESCHREIBUNG VON 70 KUNSTLERN](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/479/921/1437921479.0.m.jpg)
[BARBIZON SCHOOL] [IMPRESSIONISM] DIE MALER DER SCHOLE VON BARBIZON, WEGBEREITER DES IMPRESSIONISMUS. MIT BIOGRAFIEN UND WERBESCHREIBUNG VON 70 KUNSTLERN
by Bernd Mullerschon; Thomas Maier
Stuttgart: Maier & Co. Fine Art, 2002. Hard Cover. Fine binding. Quarto; in the publisher's green cloth binding with decoration and titling in gilt; [viii], 496 pages, including the Index; with illustrations in color and in black and white; there are no ownership marks of any kind in the book.~~Covers the street village of Barbizon and the forest... Read More
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HISTOIRE DU SCHISME DES GRECS
by Louis Maimbourg
Paris: Sebastien Mabre-Cramoisy, 1677. First Edition. Full Leather. Very Good binding. 4to, in speckled calf with a patch to the upper board; decorations in compartments with morocco label; lacking the engraved title; [26]. 702, [22] with last leaf blank.~~The first printing of the Jesuit historian Louis Maimbourg's account of the Greek schism -- that is the Great Schism... Read More
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![[ECONOMICS] BOOK-KEEPING MODERNISED: OR, MERCHANT-ACCOUNTS BY DOUBLE ENTRY, ACCORDING TO THE ITALIAN FORM. WHEREIN THE THEORY OF THE ART IS CLEARLY EXPLAINED AND REDUCED TO PRACTICE, IN COPIOUS SETS OF BOOKS ... TO WHICH IS ADDED A LARGE APPENDIX](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/904/173/1631173904.0.m.jpg)
[ECONOMICS] BOOK-KEEPING MODERNISED: OR, MERCHANT-ACCOUNTS BY DOUBLE ENTRY, ACCORDING TO THE ITALIAN FORM. WHEREIN THE THEORY OF THE ART IS CLEARLY EXPLAINED AND REDUCED TO PRACTICE, IN COPIOUS SETS OF BOOKS ... TO WHICH IS ADDED A LARGE APPENDIX
by John Mair
Edinburgh: Bell & Bradfute, and William Creech, 1789. The Fifth Edition. Full Leather. Very Good binding. 8vo.; in full calf with raised bands to the spine and a morocco label. there is wear to the extremities, and a partial label adhered to the upper board. xi, [1]. 620 pages, including an Appendix; lacking the front endpaper.~~John Mair is... Read More
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![[LITERATURE] DESPERATION](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/212/036/1720036212.0.m.jpg)
[LITERATURE] DESPERATION
by Stephen King; Illustrated by Don Maitz
Hampton Falls: Donald M. Grant, 1996. First Editon. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. Don Maitz. Small Quarto; in the publisher's red leatherette binding; in an unclipped jacket; (18), 19-524 pages; with full color illustrations by Don Maitz; with an errata laid in; housed in the publisher’s red leatherette slipcase. Near Fine binding / Near Fine... Read More
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