![[SIGNED] [SPECIAL PRESS] QUINCE, ETC. EXPOSING THE SEVERAL DISGUISES OF WARD RITCHIE, POET, WITH A REMARK BY LAWRENCE CLARK POWELL](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/024/234/1552234024.0.m.jpg)
[SIGNED] [SPECIAL PRESS] QUINCE, ETC. EXPOSING THE SEVERAL DISGUISES OF WARD RITCHIE, POET, WITH A REMARK BY LAWRENCE CLARK POWELL
by Ward Ritchie | :Lawremce Clark Powell
[Laguna Beach, California]: [Laguna Verde Imprenta], 1976. Soft Cover. Near Fine binding. Small quarto; in sewn marbled wrappers with a wrap-around paper label; "one of about fifty copies printed on an Albion hand press" (n.b. we find about 20 copies on OCLC); with an introductory essay signed by Lawrence Clark Powell; and with Ritchie's essay on Quince, signed... Read More
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200,000 FEET | THE EDGE OF THE WORLD
by Michael Powell
E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1938. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Very Good dust jacket. A clean copy; stated First Edition. Includes numerous black and white plates, with leading edge deckled. Bound in brown cloth with lettering stamped in gilt. Dustjacket has chips and tears, with a one inch closed tear to the rear. Near Fine... Read More
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ENGLISH MEDIAEVAL ARCHITECTURE. IN THREE PARTS. PARTS 1 & 2 ONLY. (THE ANTIQUARIES’ PRIMERS SERIES) (VOL. ONE AND TWO ONLY, OF THREE)
by Cyril E. Power
London: Talbot & Co, 1923. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Vol. I and II only, of three. With three architectural plates and one folding chart. With no marks. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Very Good binding.
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![[ART] GIORGIONE](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/412/285/1703285412.0.m.jpg)
[ART] GIORGIONE
by Enrico Maria Dal Pozzolo
Milan, Italy: Motta, 2009. First edition hardcover with jacket and slipcase. Translated to English from original Italian by Sylvia Adrian Notini.~~As new.~.
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![[RICHMOND] [CONFEDERATE MONUMENTS] [RESIDENCES] MONUMENT AVENUE: HISTORY AND ARCHITECTURE](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/741/311/1638311741.0.m.jpg)
[RICHMOND] [CONFEDERATE MONUMENTS] [RESIDENCES] MONUMENT AVENUE: HISTORY AND ARCHITECTURE
by Kathy Edwards; Esme Howard; Toni Prawl
Richmond: Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), 1992. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Quarto (11” x 81/5”); in the publisher’s burgundy faux leather with titling in gilt; xv, 254 pages, including the Index; with photographic illustrations, street plans and floor plans; there are no marks of any kind in the book.~~A survey of the Monument Avenue Historic... Read More
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![[EASTON] A SHORT WALK IN THE HINDU KUSH. A PREPOSTEROUS ADVENTURE](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/870/312/1592312870.0.m.jpg)
[EASTON] A SHORT WALK IN THE HINDU KUSH. A PREPOSTEROUS ADVENTURE
by Eric Newby | Evelyn Waugh [Preface]
Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, 1992. Full Leather. Fine binding. 8vo.; in crimson leather with elaborate decorations in gilt; all edges gilt; crimson silk moire endpapers; silk ribbon marker bound in.~~There are no marks of any kind in the book. The book does not appear to have been opened. Fine binding.
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THE WEST: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY (Signed)
by Geoffrey Ward | Ken Burns; Stephen Ives [Preface]
Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1996. First Edition. Fine binding/Fine dust jacket. Signed. The companion book to the award winning PBS series, signed with a personal inscription by Stephen Ives and Ken Burns, dated San Francisco, CA, August 21, 1996. ~~A First Edition copy. Signed. Fine binding / Fine dust jacket.
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![[FINE BINDINGS] THE WORKS OF WILLIAM H. PRESCOTT. AZTEC EDITION. [22 VOLUMES]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/949/218/1600218949.0.m.jpg)
[FINE BINDINGS] THE WORKS OF WILLIAM H. PRESCOTT. AZTEC EDITION. [22 VOLUMES]
by William H. Prescott
Philadlelphia: J. B. L., 1904. Full Leather. Near Fine binding. Twenty-two octavo bindings; in full black crused morocco, each with colored frontispieces by Goupil; gilt rule to the edges of the boards; with five raised bands and decorations in compartments; boards with elaborate borders, decorations and rules; black crushed morocco doublures with elaborate decorations and borders in gilt;... Read More
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![[RICHMOND] RICHMOND-FIRST CLUB. 1919-1969.. A FIFTY-YEAR PARTICIPATION IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/563/236/1693236563.0.m.jpg)
[RICHMOND] RICHMOND-FIRST CLUB. 1919-1969.. A FIFTY-YEAR PARTICIPATION IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT
by Collins Denny [President]
Rihcmond, VA: The Club, 1969. Stapled Pamphlet. Near Fine binding. Large 8vo., in printed, stapled wrappers; 31 pages, with a few photographic illustrations.~~Issued for the 50th anniversary of the club; with a program for award presentation. Most of the text is an historical sketch.~~An uncommon pamphlet; as of July 20, 2025 there are no copies in commerce, and... Read More
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HISTORICAL MUSEUMS IN A DOZEN COUNTRIES. READ BEFORE THE BOSTONIAN SOCIETY AT ITS ANNUAL MEETING, JANUARY 12, 1909
by James Frothingham Hunnewell (President)
Boston: Privately Printed, 1909. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. An address by James Hunnewell, President of the Bostonian Society at its annual meeting in 1909. Hunnewell was a noted antiquarian and book collector, and produced several useful bibliographies. Quarter leather over blue paper covered boards with titling to the spine. Pages unopened. Very Good... Read More
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![[PHOTOGRAPHS] TWO PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS. KENNEDY IN THE OVAL OFFICE](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/826/473/1593473826.0.m.jpg)
[PHOTOGRAPHS] TWO PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS. KENNEDY IN THE OVAL OFFICE
by [President John F. Kennedy] [John F. Kennedy, Jr.; Caroline Kennedy]
[Germany]. Two 8 x 10" black and white press photographs from the Kennedy administration, both taken in the Oval Office. One is of the President and his son, young "John-John" (with a remarkable mid-century ashtray on a stand); the other of a frolicsome John-John and his sister Caroline.~~On the back of one picture is written "President Kennedy" and "Made... Read More
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A TYPOGRAPHIC PASTICCIO
by Leonard F. Bahr; Learned Hand; Samuel Johnson; Donald Weeks; Adagio Press
Harper Woods, Michigan: Adagio Press, 1965. Soft Cover. Near Fine binding. A packet of five unusual pamphlets and one folder printed with a variety of hand-set European foundry types; printed in two or more colors and sewn into a stiff cover. Six pieces in a printed envelope: 1. An Introduction to the Adagio Press; 2. A Tribute... Read More
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![[WASHINGTON & LEE] [VIRGINIA] CENTENNIAL POEM FOR WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY. LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA. 1775-1885](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/635/077/1426077635.0.m.jpg)
[WASHINGTON & LEE] [VIRGINIA] CENTENNIAL POEM FOR WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY. LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA. 1775-1885
by Margeret J. Preston
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1885. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine binding. 8vo; in the publisher's printed wrappers,with the publisher's plain paper sleeve; 24 pages, printed rectos only; with title in red and black and the upper and lower margins ruled in red, with running title in red; some offsetting on the title, and a previous... Read More
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![[TYPESCRIPTS] THREE LECTURES, WITH HANDWRITTEN ANNOTATIONS AND CORRECTIONS BY REYNOLDS PRICE](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/988/218/1569218988.0.m.jpg)
[TYPESCRIPTS] THREE LECTURES, WITH HANDWRITTEN ANNOTATIONS AND CORRECTIONS BY REYNOLDS PRICE
by Reynolds Price
Three typescripts of lectures (and question and answer sessions) given by Reynolds Price, professor of English Literature at Duke for over 50 years and author of fiction, poetry, and memoirs. The lectures were given at Hendrix College, a small liberal arts college in Arkansas. They are all annotated and corrected by Mr. Price. ~~~Reynolds Price was a kind and... Read More
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57 THE LAST FRENCH BUGATTI
by Barrie Price
Veloce Publishing, 1992. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. A clean copy with no marks of any kind. Near Fine binding / Near Fine dust jacket.
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[SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR] [QUAKERS] LETTERS TO ALICE
by William Price
1927. William L. Price, of Leesport, PA, wrote numerous long, lively narratives about his travels to his “cousin Alice”, an unknown figure. A lifelong bachelor from a wealthy Quaker family, he traveled alone as a boarder. His letters offer an outstanding observational portrait of a quiet, learned man forging his way through life with little plan. ~~The first 10... Read More
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DISCOURSES RELATING TO THE EVIDENCES OF REVEALED RELIGION, DELIVERED IN PHILADELPHIA. VOL. II. (VOLUME TWO ONLY)
by Joseph Priestley
Philadelphia: Printed by Thomas Dobson, 1797. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good binding. Volume II only; Vol. I was published a year prior. A book of theology by the English chemist, minister, and philosopher, Joseph Priestley. Some years prior, he had been chased out of England by angry mobs and suspicious politicians for his continued support of the French... Read More
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![HISTORY OF VENABLE SCHOOL [THE SENTINEL; VOL. XI, No. 4]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/418/802/1078802418.0.m.jpg)
HISTORY OF VENABLE SCHOOL [THE SENTINEL; VOL. XI, No. 4]
by James G. Johnson (Superintendant) | Miss Sarepta A. Moran (Principal)
[Charlottesville, Virginia]: Michie Company, Printers, 1936. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. A special issue of The Sentinel, the school magazine of Venable School in Charlottesville, with a history of the school from 1920 to 1936, penned by the school superintendant and the principal, as well as "the teachers at this building". 48 pages, with black and... Read More
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![[SPECIAL PRESS] THE TOWPATH](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/061/396/1601396061.0.m.jpg)
[SPECIAL PRESS] THE TOWPATH
by Adin Ballou | Charles C. Heckscher [Printer]
New York: The Uphill Press, 1966. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. 8vo.; in marbled boards, backed in black cloth with a printed paper label to the spine and with the press's glassine wrapper; [6], 12, [4] pages; the edition is limited to 120 unnumbered copies. Near Fine binding.
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![[KEEPSAKE] LE PASSANT](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/342/798/1361798342.0.m.jpg)
[KEEPSAKE] LE PASSANT
by Henry Spiess | William Van Wyck [Translator] | Maurice Darantiers [Printer]
Paris | Epinay-Sur-Seine: Privately Printed | Maurice Darantiere, 1929. Quarter Leather. Good binding. A Christmas Keepsake "Printed Privately by Henry Spiess and William Van Wyck for their friends wishing them a merry Christmas and a happy New Year. Paris, December M. CM. XXIX."~~Printed by the Maurice Darantiere four years after he printed Ulysses for Sylvia Beach.... Read More
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![[SPECIAL PRESS] DO? A POEM [2 DIFFERENT COPIES]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/260/715/1609715260.0.m.jpg)
[SPECIAL PRESS] DO? A POEM [2 DIFFERENT COPIES]
by Joseph E. McCrea | Gail Fusco [Illustrator] | Carol Blinn [Designer & Printer]
[Easthampton]: Warwick Press, 1078. Limited Edition. Original Sewn Wrappers. Fine binding. Signed. Two large 8vo bindings, sewn with two different colored paste paper covers [from the colphon, "the paste paper wrappers were done in a variety of colors by Carol" [in this case the paste papers are in pale blue and in a deeper green]; [8] pages.~~The edition... Read More
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![[SPECIAL PRESS] TRANSLATIONS AND POEMS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/750/719/1569719750.0.m.jpg)
[SPECIAL PRESS] TRANSLATIONS AND POEMS
by Walter Shewring | Simon Brett (Engravings] | Christopher Skelton [Designer & Printer]
Marlborough,, Wilts, England: Paulinus Press, 1984. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding. Large 8vo.; in the publisher’s pink silk bonding, with a cream label to the spine, lettered in gilt, with slipcase; 55 pages with illustrations and a set of proofs; signed by the author, Walter Shewring; the engraver Simon Brett, the engraver; Christopher Skelton, the printer; and... Read More
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I LOVE CHRISTMAS
by Gretchen Wolff Pritchard; with Margaret Pritchard
New Haven: The Sunday Paper, 1999. First Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. A clean copy of a scarce (and charming) title. Very Good binding.
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THE BOY PATROL AROUND THE COUNCIL FIRE
by Edward S. Ellis; Illustrated by Edwin J. Prittie
Philadelphia: John C. Winston Company, 1913. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Good dust jacket. Edwin J. Prittie. 314pp. Bound in olive green publisher’s cloth with stamped in light and dark green and red; a fresh copy with frontispiece by Prittie; previous owner name on the front free endpaper else clean; dust jacket has some shelfwear including some chipping at... Read More
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![[SPECIAL PRESS] [SLIPCASE] A PLURALITY OF WORLDS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/953/850/1563850953.0.m.jpg)
[SPECIAL PRESS] [SLIPCASE] A PLURALITY OF WORLDS
by Bernard De Fontanelle | John Glanville [Translator]; David Garnett [Prologue]
The Nonesuch Press, 1929. Full Leather. Very Good binding. 8vo; in full limp vellum with leather thongs; with title in gilt down the spine; [6], [ix], [1] 138. [6] pages; all edges untrimmed and with top edge gilt ‘on the rough'; the binding is lightly soiled; there is an arrangement of astrological signs in gilt on the front... Read More
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