REASON, FAITH AND AUTHORITY IN CHRISTIANITY. BEING THE PADDOCK LECTURES FOR 1901-02
by Alfred Magill Randolph
New York: Thomas Whittaker, 1902. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. EX-LIBRARY. First Edition of Alfred Magill Randolph's Reason, Faith and Authority in Christianity: Being the Paddock Lectures for 1901-1902. Library markings, including punch stamp, bookplate, inked call number, previous owner's name, and abrasions from removed slips, all limited to the endpapers. Text is reasonably bright and... Read More
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![[HISTORY] LIFE OF JEHUDI ASHMUN, LATE COLONIAL AGENT IN LIBERIA WITH AN APPENDIX CONTAINING EXTRACTS FROM HIS JOURNAL AND OTHER WRITINGS; WITH A BRIEF SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF THE REV. LOTT CARY](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/321/525/1701525321.0.m.jpg)
[HISTORY] LIFE OF JEHUDI ASHMUN, LATE COLONIAL AGENT IN LIBERIA WITH AN APPENDIX CONTAINING EXTRACTS FROM HIS JOURNAL AND OTHER WRITINGS; WITH A BRIEF SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF THE REV. LOTT CARY
by Ralph Randolph Gurley
Washington: James C. Dunn, 1835. First Edition. Very Good binding. Octavo; in full tan calf; with a red morocco label on the spine with titling in gilt; vii, [17], 396 [1] 160 pages; some wear and a few light stains to the boards; a previous owner’s signature on the front end paper; foxing throughout. ~~Jehudi Ashmun led efforts... Read More
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![[VIRGINIA] RANDOLPH FAMILY OF VIRGINIA](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/033/372/1669372033.0.m.jpg)
[VIRGINIA] RANDOLPH FAMILY OF VIRGINIA
by [John Randolph] [Anne Marie Lyman Randolph]
1900. Stapled Pamphlet. Very Good binding. 8vo.; in publisher’s gray printed wrappers; 15 pages; there are no ownership or other marks in the book; there is a small stain to the bottom edge of the front cover.~~As a Preface, this nice introduction: “In the spring of 1810, when we were preparing to leave our residence in Prince Edward... Read More
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![[WOMEN] [A.L.S.] LETTER FROM JANET RANDOLPH TO GENERAL WILLIAM RUFFIN COX](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/520/879/1676879520.0.m.jpg)
[WOMEN] [A.L.S.] LETTER FROM JANET RANDOLPH TO GENERAL WILLIAM RUFFIN COX
by Janet [Mrs. N. V.] H. Randolph
1906. Folded leaf; on the stationery of the Fitzhugh Lee Monument Association, printed with a portrait of Fitzhugh Lee, and with the names of the officers of the the Association, a redoubtable group of Southern Ladies if there ever was one -- Mrs. N. B. Randolph [President]; Mrs. Joseph Bryan [Honorary President]; Mrs. Kate Winn [Corresponding Secretary]; Miss M.... Read More
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[VIRGINIANA] THE FIRST RANDOLPHS OF VIRGINIA
by Randolph, Roberta Lee
Washington DC: Public Affairs Press, 1961. Soft Cover. Very Good+ binding/no dust jacket. 8vo; in illustrated paper boards with titling on the upper board in black; 66 pages including References; a bit of wear to the edges; a few trivial scrapes to the upper board; no markings of any kind. Very Good+ binding / no dust jacket. ... Read More
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[PHOTOGRAPHY] [TRAVEL] THE STEREOSCOPES OF WILLIAM RAU
by [William Rau]
[Cairo, Egypt]: [Zeitouna], 2004. Very Good binding. Oblong portfolio with pastedown and ribbon ties, containing 8 photographic prints; from the series Zeitouna folio no. 5; all photows with printed handwritten caprtions; the pastedown has a tiny spot, and the ribbon ties are frayed at the ends.~~Rau was popular in the latter half of the 19th century and beginning... Read More
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THE ENEMY BELOW
by Commander D. A. Rayner
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1957. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good binding/Good dust jacket. Stated First Edition of Commander D. A. Rayner's historical novel, The Enemy Below. Denys Rayner was a Royal Navy Officer who commanded throughout the Battle of the Atlantic, experiencing firsthand the submarine warfare on which this book is centered. Binding is cocked, with... Read More
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[PHILOSOPHY] ENGAGING REASON ON THE THEORY OF VALUE AND ACTION
by Joseph Raz
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. Octavo; in the publisher’s black cloth; in an unclipped jacket; 336 pages including the Index; a bit of wear to the jacket; no markings of any kind.~~From the front flap;”Engaging Reason offers penetration examination of a set of fundamental questions about human thought... Read More
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THE WORKES OF THAT FAMOUS PHYSITIAN DR. ALEXANDER READ, DOCTOR OF PHYSICK, AND ONE OF THE FELLOWS OF PHYSITIAN-COLLEGE, LONDON. CONTAINING I. CHIRURGICALL LECTURES OF TUMORS AND ULCERS. II. A TREATISE ON THE FIRST PART OF CHIRURGERY, WHICH TEACHETH THE RE-UNITION OF THE PARTS OF THE BODY DIS-JOYNTED; AND THE METHODICALL DOCTRINE OF WOUNDS. III. A TREATISE OF ALL THE MUSCLES OF THE BODY OF MAN. DELIVERED IN SMALL LECTURES AT BARBAR-CHIRURGIANS-HALL, UPON TUESDAIES APPOINTED FOR THESE EXERCISES, AND THE KEEPING OF THEIR COURTS. PUBLISHED IN HIS LIFE TIME IN SEVERAL TREATISES, AND NOW IN ONE VOLUME, CORRECTED AND AMENDED
by Alexander Read
London: printed by E. G. for Richard Thrale, 1650. Second Edition. Half Leather. Good binding. [8], [1]-161, 164-270, [6], 3-[206], [4], 1-[44]. According to Wing's collation, this copy appears to missing a few leaves including: 2 preliminary leaves; leaf B1 (page 1/2) of Book II; blank 2D4 following page [206] of Book II; page 44 concludes with a... Read More
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VILLAGE CHRISTMAS
by Miss Read
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1966. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. One of the scarcer Miss Read titles. A clean First Edition copy with no marks of any kind. The dustjacket is price-clipped and is protected with a new mylar cover. Very Good binding / Very Good dust jacket.
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![[ATLASES] NOUVELLE GEOGRAPHIE UNIVERSELLE LA TERRE ET LES HOMMES. TOME XVI. VOL. 16. LES ETATS-UNIS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/394/282/1601282394.0.m.jpg)
[ATLASES] NOUVELLE GEOGRAPHIE UNIVERSELLE LA TERRE ET LES HOMMES. TOME XVI. VOL. 16. LES ETATS-UNIS
by Elisee Reclus
Paris: Libairie Hachette et Cie, 1892. Quarter Leather. Very Good binding. Quarto; in quarter morocco over marbled boards; with a large map of the United States, and 4 maps in color, 194 maps in text; and 65 wood engraved views; the large map has a closed tear near the stub.~~Aside from the closed tear on the large folding... Read More
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[DISCO] Record Greetings, BeeGees - Main Course
by RSO RECORDS
LOS ANGELES, CA, 1975. 6” x 6” album cover novelty postcard with removable paper album inside. The album has the single “Come on over” from the 1975 BeeGees album Main Course written on the front and “Record Greetings by Write On! Los Angeles, California” on the back. A gold seal on the back meant to enclose the postcard remains... Read More
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![[AFRICAN AMERICAN] [RICHMOND] ST. PHILIP'S PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH. 2900 HANES AVENUE. RICHMOND, VIRGINIA 1861. 1961](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/623/690/1617690623.0.m.jpg)
[AFRICAN AMERICAN] [RICHMOND] ST. PHILIP'S PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH. 2900 HANES AVENUE. RICHMOND, VIRGINIA 1861. 1961
by Father Raymond S. Mitchell [Rector]
[Richmond]: Not Identified, 1961. Suede. Very Good binding. Quarto; stapled pamphlet in flexibile suede covered boards, with titling and decoration in gold; 45, [46] pages; with black and white photographic illustrations as well as ads.~~Of particular interest is a photograph of the parish Vestry and Rector [see page 13]; the vestry included Spottswood W. Robinson, III. Mr. Robinson... Read More
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[VIRGINIANA] CDV OF MARY MEADE PLATT (OWENS)
by Edwin J. Rees
Petersburg, VA, 1871. 4” x 2 ½” carte-de-visite of Mary Meade Platt at age 3 in 1871, hand colored and holding a bouquet with flowers in her hair. The reverse shows the imprint of the photographer, E.J. Reese, of 13 Sycamore Street, Petersburg, VA. Her name is written in pencil. Mary Meade Platt (Owen) (1868-1941) was the daughter of... Read More
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![[ATLASES] HISTORICAL ATLAS OF MODERN EUROPE FROM THE DECLINE OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE COMPRISING ALSO MAPS OF PARTS OF ASIA, AFRICA, AND THE NEW WORLD CONNECTED WITH EUROPEAN HISTORY](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/284/680/1591680284.0.m.jpg)
[ATLASES] HISTORICAL ATLAS OF MODERN EUROPE FROM THE DECLINE OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE COMPRISING ALSO MAPS OF PARTS OF ASIA, AFRICA, AND THE NEW WORLD CONNECTED WITH EUROPEAN HISTORY
by Reginald Lane Poole, M.A.
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Large quarto; binding neatly rebound in green cloth with a morocco title label to the spine; with the original wrapper for Part I bound in the front, and for Part XXX bound in the rear of the book; with 90 full page chromolithographic maps, with full page accompanying text.~~Most... Read More
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AUSGEFUHRTE MODERNE KUNSTSCHMIEDE
by Wilhelm Rehme
Leipzig: Baumgartner's Buchhandlung. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Photocopied reprint. No markings to text. Top of plastic spine tends to pop. Very Good binding.
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THE NEW LIBERAL PROGRAMME: Contributed By Representatives of the Liberal Party
by Reid, Andrew (editor)
London: Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey & Co, 1886. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. No pencil or ink markings in text. Red cloth binding. Spotting on bottom edge of text block and bottom edge of front and rear boards as well as to bottom of rear endpapers. Light edgewear to boards. Spine has darkened. Some... Read More
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THE PASSION FLOWER. A HOLIDAY GIFT
by ILLUSTRATED BOOKS] Miss Anna Johnson Reid
G. F. Hopkins & Son, 1838. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Gift Book. Charming little book in green embossed cloth with gilt titling to the spine and a morocco ownership label affixed to the front board. With 5 lovely hand-colored lithographic botanical plates, and 15 blank pages, some tinted. Lacking half of one leaf... Read More
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THE CORNELL FAMILY
by Art Reierson
Salem, Massachusetts: Higginson Book Company, n.d.. Reprint Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. With no marks. Library-style blue cloth binding. Near Fine binding.
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![[RELIGION] GEOMETRY AND FAITH A SUPPLEMENT TO THE NINTH BRIDGEWATER TREATISE](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/172/007/1702007172.0.m.jpg)
[RELIGION] GEOMETRY AND FAITH A SUPPLEMENT TO THE NINTH BRIDGEWATER TREATISE
by Thomas Hill; Illustrated by religion
New York: Lee Shepard Publishers, 1882. Third Greatly Enlarged Edition. Very Good binding. religion. Small Octavo; in the publisher’s brown cloth binding; 109 pages; lacking the front end paper; boards a bit scuffed; a faint cullaccino (circular water mark) on the upper board.~~An exploration of mathematics and religion, their intersection and enhancement of one another. ~~. Very Good... Read More
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![[SIGNED] FIRE INVESTIGATIONS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/182/071/1717071182.0.m.jpg)
[SIGNED] FIRE INVESTIGATIONS
by Harry Rethoret
Toronto: Recording & Statistical Corporation, 1945. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Signed with Inscription. Quarto; in publisher’s burgundy pebbled cloth; 467 pages, with [76] pages of black and white photographic plates, illustrations and maps.~~This copy is signed with a personal inscription to Charles C. Scott, and dated 1946. We surmise that this Charles Scott is the... Read More
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[DEVOTION] MOMENTS DIVINE BEFORE THE BLESSED SACRAMENT
by Rev. Frederick A. Reuter
Philadelphia: H. L. Kilner & Co, 1922. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. 12 mo.; in the publihser’s black cloth binding with all edges red; with ttilng in gilt to the upper board and the spine; xiv, 320 pages, with frontispiece illustration.~~This devotional book is rather uncommon in the original hardcover edition. Near Fine binding.
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GRANDER IN HER DAUGHTERS: Florida's Women During the Civil War
by Tracy J. Revels
Columbia SC: University of South Carolina Press, 2004. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Very Good dust jacket. A clean fresh copy bound in green cloth with gilt lettering. The dust jacket is bright, not price clipped and protected in a new mylar cover. Near Fine binding / Very Good dust jacket.
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A TREATISE ON CIVIL ENGINEERING
by D. H. Mahan | De Volson Wood (Reviser)
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1875. Revise Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. A rebacked copy with most of the original spine laid down. Previous owner names on the endpaper but no other marks. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Very Good binding.
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![[CIVIL WAR] A SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF RANDOLPH FAIRFAX, A PRIVATE IN THE RANKS OF THE ROCKBRIDGE ARTILLERY, ATTACHED TO THE “STONEWALL BRIGADE,” AND AFTERWARDS TO THE FIRST REGIMENT VIRGINIA LIGHT ARTILLERY, SECOND CORPS ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA INCLUDING A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF JACKSON’S CELEBRATED VALLEY CAMPAIGN](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/566/272/1677272566.0.m.jpg)
[CIVIL WAR] A SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF RANDOLPH FAIRFAX, A PRIVATE IN THE RANKS OF THE ROCKBRIDGE ARTILLERY, ATTACHED TO THE “STONEWALL BRIGADE,” AND AFTERWARDS TO THE FIRST REGIMENT VIRGINIA LIGHT ARTILLERY, SECOND CORPS ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA INCLUDING A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF JACKSON’S CELEBRATED VALLEY CAMPAIGN
by Rev. Philip Slaughter D. D.
Baltimore: Innes and Company, 1878. Third Edition. Hard Cover. Good binding. Small 8vo; in publisher’s green cloth binding; with titling on the upper board in gilt and decorations stamped in blind on the boards; x, 1-72 pages; the boards have heavy silverfishing, however the binding is sound; there is residue on the front paste down from a removed... Read More
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