THE ECCENTRIC. 1887. STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
New York: David H. Gildersleve, 1887. Very Good binding. An early issue of The Eccentric, the yearbook of the Stevens Institute of Technology, published by the students there. The first volume was issued in 1874.~~Worn leather binding with titling stamped in silver; with loss of about 2/3" to the leather at the top of the spine. Many... Read More
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![[COOKERY] [CRUISE SHIP] 14 MENUS, S.S. OCEANIC, 1968](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/891/817/1419817891.0.m.jpg)
[COOKERY] [CRUISE SHIP] 14 MENUS, S.S. OCEANIC, 1968
A group of 14 menus from the cruise ship S. S. Oceanic (of which 2 are duplicates). They are dated from Sunday, June 16, 1968 to Friday, June 21, 1968. Some, but not all, features images from a series on West Indies Pirates. All the colored covers have a pleasant 1960's "vibe".~~The Oceanic was the first newly built ship... Read More
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INTERIORS DECORATIONS AND FURNISHINGS OF LONDON GUILD HALLS
New York: Wm. Helburn, 1902. Very Good binding. Forty plates in autotype, housed in a somewhat worn portfolio, with a preliminary title leaf. The title leaf is a bit chipped; all of the 40 plates are Very Good. The portfolio is lacking the ties. Uncommon in the trade; we find no copies at auction since... Read More
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![[HANDBILL] PENROSE ROBINSON. 1818. SHERIFF. SHERIFFALTY. YORK COUNTY, PENNSYVLANIA](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/710/647/987647710.0.m.jpg)
[HANDBILL] PENROSE ROBINSON. 1818. SHERIFF. SHERIFFALTY. YORK COUNTY, PENNSYVLANIA
A handbill from 1818 promoting the candidacy of one Penrose Robinson, who was seeking to be elected Sheriff of York County, Pennsylvania. Robinson was a prominent local merchant. The handbill has been trimmed, affecting the border but not, we believe, the text.
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THE TECHNOLOGIST: ESPECIALLY DEVOTED TO ENGINEERING, MANUFACTURING AND BUILDING. VOL. I. NO. 1-12. FEBRUARY THROUGH DECEMBER 15, 1870. | ADVERTISING DIRECTORY OF THE TECHNOLOGIST: A JOURNAL ESPECIALLY DEVOTED TO THE INDUSTRIAL ARTS. (ONE VOLUME)
New York: The Industrial Publication Company, 1870. Hard Cover. Good binding. The first volume of The Technologist, an engineering monthly periodical, with twelve issues, index, and a large section of advertisements at the rear. Illustrated throughout, some full page illustrations. Two leaves with paper reinforcement to the fore edge. Fully rebacked with original spine laid down.... Read More
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THE ENGLISH MECHANIC AND MIRROR OF SCIENCE AND ART: A RECORD OF ENGINEERING, BUILDING, INVENTIONS, MANUFACTURES, INDUSTRY PROGRESS, ELECTRICITY, PHOTOGRAPHY, CHEMISTRY, ASTRONOMY, &c. (Volume VI, No 131-156: September 27, 1867 - March 20, 1868)
London: George Maddick, 1867. Half Leather. Good+ binding. Half bound in leather with corners and marbled paper covered boards; book has been rebacked with original backstrip laid down; an amazing publication full of engravings; contents clean;. Good+ binding.
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THE CHESS PLAYER'S CHRONICLE. VOL. V.
London: R. Hastings, 1845. Hard Cover. Good binding. Title page in color, with text illustrations throughout of the problem chess boards. Paper loss to the front endpaper, title page, and final two leaves of text. Lacking the rear endpaper. With dampstaining and some mildew stains to the gutter of the preliminaries and terminal leaves. Library style brown cloth... Read More
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![[SWEDENBORGIAN] LITURGY, OR BOOK OF WORSHIP, FOR THE USE OF THE NEW CHURCH SIGNIFIED BY THE NEW JERUSALEM](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/378/434/1332434378.0.m.jpg)
[SWEDENBORGIAN] LITURGY, OR BOOK OF WORSHIP, FOR THE USE OF THE NEW CHURCH SIGNIFIED BY THE NEW JERUSALEM
New York: John L. Jewett, 1858. Half Leather. Very Good binding. Prepared by the Society of the New Church in the City of New York, which was based on the writings of Emanuel Swedenborg. 156 pp. Order of Worship; 245 pp. Selections and Chants; Anthems; Notes on Chanting; Index follows. Very Good binding.
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![ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA [1812, 1813, 1814] (3 books bound as one)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/678/125/525125678.0.m.1.jpg)
ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA [1812, 1813, 1814] (3 books bound as one)
Philadelphia / Harrisburg: John Bioren / Jacob Elder, 1815. Full Leather. Good binding. Three volumes bound in one, 1812 and 1814 Acts have their title pages, 1813 is lacking the title page; full bound in sheep with morocco spine label; wear to the spine ends with some loss of the leather at the tail; scattered contemporary marginalia; contents... Read More
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![[CONTRACTOR’S BLUEPRINT; VMI] MEASURED DRAWINGS FOR THE VMI DRILL HALL, 1942](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/095/088/1666088095.0.m.jpg)
[CONTRACTOR’S BLUEPRINT; VMI] MEASURED DRAWINGS FOR THE VMI DRILL HALL, 1942
Blueprint of measured drawings prepared by the contractor, Carneal, Johnston and Wright, and dated 1942. With drawings of several substantial doors, to be constructed of cypress. With note in yellow “Contractor to be responsible for the size of all frames and doors”. The drawings were provided to the Valley Lumber Corporation in Roanoke. 18” x 26 3/4”, folded. ... Read More
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![[CHRISTMAS PARTY] [MAD MEN] MEMCO 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/919/448/1442448919.0.m.jpg)
[CHRISTMAS PARTY] [MAD MEN] MEMCO 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956
Self-published. Four 8vo; in comb bindings with printed card stock covers; each booklet approximately 8 pages printed only on the rectos, and with two photographs of Christmas jollity; other than the covers, there is no text.~~Though we would love to assert that these were from Memco Stores in Richmond (there were two of them in the 1960’s) we can... Read More
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![[TYPESCRIPT] SEX INSTRUCTION MANUAL. COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. TEXT AND DIAGRAMS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/030/906/1257906030.0.m.jpg)
[TYPESCRIPT] SEX INSTRUCTION MANUAL. COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. TEXT AND DIAGRAMS
NSFW. Well, that's probably not true, but we rarely get the chance to say that, so we seized the moment. Eight pages of typescript accompanied by eight pages of numbered drawings of positions for intercourse (let's try #8!), on very brittle foolscap. Headed: SOCIAL SCIENCE. EXCERPTS FROM COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. While some of the forthright advice... Read More
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THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC GROUP COMPRISING VIRGINIA | WEST VIRGINIA | MARYLAND | DELAWARE | AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Baltimore: The Bullard Company, 1912. Folding map of the Middle Atlantic states, about 34 x 44", printed in blue and white. Very detailed, with index of cities, towns and villages with population from the census of 1910. on the verso. Folded into burgundy boards. There are three small (less that 1") places of separation at the folds. With title... Read More
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![[DIARY] [TRAVEL] ANONYMOUS EUROPEAN TRAVEL JOURNAL](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/808/105/1700105808.0.m.jpg)
[DIARY] [TRAVEL] ANONYMOUS EUROPEAN TRAVEL JOURNAL
1967. 6 1/2” x 4 ¼” x 1” green leatherette travel journal with gold ornamentation on the spine and cover. 93 leaves of lined paper headed with “Places Visited, Date, Place, and Weather”. About half full with handwritten entries in blue pen by an unnamed American female college student [almost certainly from Virginia] traveling through Europe with a student... Read More
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![[SOUVENIR PROGRAM] [BASEBALL] COLT .45s | DODGERS, 1963](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/786/752/1372752786.0.m.jpg)
[SOUVENIR PROGRAM] [BASEBALL] COLT .45s | DODGERS, 1963
1963. Stapled Pamphlet. Very Good binding. Souvenir Program from the Houston Colt .45s baseball team in the 1963 -- from one of the three years that the Houston franchise, now the Astros, was called the Colt 45s.~~44 pp. in printed glossy covers, with the logo of a Colt .45 on the front. Blue-tinted photographic illustrations and ads.... Read More
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THE PROPER FOR THE LESSER FEASTS AND FASTS TOGETHER WITH THE FIXED HOLY DAYS CONFORMING TO GENERAL CONVENTION 2006
New York: Church Publishing, 2006. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/no dust jacket. Binding sound; rear board shows some soiling; previous owner sticker to front free endpaper; some pencil marks to text. Scarce book! Very Good binding / no dust jacket.
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![[RICHMOND] THREE ANNUAL REPORTS. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VALENTINE; 1899, 1900, 1902](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/246/939/1692939246.0.m.jpg)
[RICHMOND] THREE ANNUAL REPORTS. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VALENTINE; 1899, 1900, 1902
[Richmond, Virginia], 1902. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Three stapled pamphlets issued by the Board of Trustees of Richmond’s Valentine Museum for 1899 ([3], 4-20 pages) ; for 1900 ([4]. 5-16 pages); and for 1902 ([5], 6-16 pages). Very Good binding.
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JOURNALS AND PAPERS OF THE VIRGINIA STATE CONVENTION OF 1861 (3 VOLUMES; SLIPCASE) I: JOURNALS; II: ORDINANCES AND VARIOUS PAPERS; III: DOCUMENTS
Richmond, VA: Virginia State Library, 1966. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding. 8vo. 3 volumes complete in publisher's gray cloth and housed in slipcase. Two of the volumes still with the original glassine wrapper. There are no ownership or other marks in the books. ~~Of this edition, the Nevins Bibliography notes approvingly: "Superior in two... Read More
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1935 FEDERAL EMPLOYEES YEAR BOOK AND FEDERAL DIRECTORY OF GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA
Norfolk and Portsmouth, Va: National Federation of Federal Employees, 1935. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Black and white photographic illustrations -- the President; Rear Adm. Charles Freeman, Commandant, Portsmouth Navy Yard; A. Walke Truxton, Collector of Customs, Norfolk; Harold King, Commissioner of Lighthouses; etc. With notes on "Historical Archives of the Lighthouse Service"; with many ads, and details... Read More
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![{TRAVEL] A COLLECTION OF VOYAGES AND TRAVELS, FROM THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA, TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. IN TWENTY-EIGHT VOLUEMS. VOL. XI](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/670/128/1612128670.0.m.jpg)
{TRAVEL] A COLLECTION OF VOYAGES AND TRAVELS, FROM THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA, TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. IN TWENTY-EIGHT VOLUEMS. VOL. XI
London: Richard Phillips, 1809. Very Good binding. 8vo.; half red morocco over marbled boards, with the spine lettered and ruled in gilt; 372 pages, with a fragile folding map "View of Teneriffe from the Point of Nago" which is beginning to separate.~~The contents of this volume include: "Voyage of Captain Phipps, towards the North Pole"; "Voyage of Captain... Read More
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![[ARCHITECTURE] DUTCH INTERIORS FROM THE XV TO THE XVII CENTURY 48 PHOTOGRAPHS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/258/158/1669158258.0.m.jpg)
[ARCHITECTURE] DUTCH INTERIORS FROM THE XV TO THE XVII CENTURY 48 PHOTOGRAPHS
New York: Architectural Book Publishing Co. Presumed First Edition. Hard Cover. Good binding. 4to; quarter bound in publisher’s dark blue cloth over a lighter blue linen weave; with horizontal gilt tilting on the spine; title pages followed by 48 printed photographic pages; some of the pages are bound out of order but all are present; minor stains and... Read More
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MAP OF TURIN FROM MAPS MODERN AND ANCIENT
London: Baldwin & Cradock, 1830. A map of the city of Turin, with three engraved views of the city at the bottom edge. Measuring about 14 x 16.5 in.
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![PRATELSTVI [FRIENDSHIP] (MOUDROST SVETA SVAVEK V)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/086/341/1249341086.0.m.jpg)
PRATELSTVI [FRIENDSHIP] (MOUDROST SVETA SVAVEK V)
Nestor, 2002. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. A Czech miniature book on friendship. From Nestor's 'Wisdom of the World' series. Text in check, with simple borders to the text, and a few illustrations. Faux red leather, with decorations and lettering in gold and blue. All edges gilt. Housed in the publisher's paper case. Near Fine binding.
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LIONEL WONDER BOOK OF RAILROADING
New York: The Lionel Corporation, 1943. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Color and photographic illustrations throughout. Small amount of loss at the top corner of the front cover; minor shelfwear. Stapled paperback. OCLC notes four institutional holdings. Very Good binding.
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![THE LONDON QUARTERLY REVIEW. [4 ISSUES, 1837] FEB., MAR., JULY, OCT. 1837. #s CXV, CXVI, CVIII](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/570/416/1127416570.0.m.jpg)
THE LONDON QUARTERLY REVIEW. [4 ISSUES, 1837] FEB., MAR., JULY, OCT. 1837. #s CXV, CXVI, CVIII
London | New York: London Quarterly Review | William Lewer, Publisher, 1837. Half Leather. Very Good binding. Four consecutive issues of The London Quarterly Review from 1837, bound together. Contains articles on The Architectural Monstrosities of London, reviews of The Pickwick Papers, Cooper's England with Skectches of the Metropolis, etc. The issues are February, March,... Read More
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