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[[AFRICAN-AMERICAN] SLAVERY; COLONIZATION] THE ISSUE, PRESENTED IN A SERIES OF LETTERS ON SLAVERY
by Rev. Rufus Wm. Bailey, of South Carolina
New York: John S. Taylor, 1837. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. A printing of 15 letters, originally published in the Christian Mirror, by Rufus William Bailey, the agent for the state of Virginia of the American Colonization Society. The organization was beset by controversy from the time of its founding in 1817. Its primary objective was the repatriation... Read More
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RICE'S ORATIONS AND POEMS: CONTAINING ORATIONS ON TEMPERANCE, WAR, CHRIST'S SECOND ADVENT, ETC.; DESCANT ON TIME AND IMMORTALITY,, TIME'S DESTROYING FLIGHT, ETC., IN BLANK VERSE; MANY LYRICS AND ACROSTICS; AND NUMEROUS POETIC GEMS
by Roswell Rice
Springfield, MA: Springfield Printing Company, 1883. First Edition. Hard Cover. near Very Good binding/no dust jacket. A bright and attractive copy, in the publisher's brown cloth binding, with titling and decorations in gold. near Very Good binding / no dust jacket.
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THE CHANCELLORSVILLE CAMPAIGN. FREDERICKSBURG TO SALEM CHURCH
by Charles Richardson
New York: The Neale Publishing Company, 1907. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 12mo.; in publisher's green cloth, with some fade to the spine; ruled in dark red to the perimeter of the uppers board with titling in gilt to the board and the spine; spine faded to brown; 124 pages; a previous owner name on the... Read More
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![[MASONIC] HISTORY OF COLUMBIA LODGE NO. 285, ANCIENT, FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA. FEBRUARY 26, 1904 - DECEMBER 31, 1968](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/205/919/1286919205.0.m.jpg)
[MASONIC] HISTORY OF COLUMBIA LODGE NO. 285, ANCIENT, FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA. FEBRUARY 26, 1904 - DECEMBER 31, 1968
by Richard R. Bogardus, Historical Committee
Arlington, Virginia: Columbia Lodge, 1970. First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. A history of Columbia Lodge, the Masonic lodge in Arlington, Virginia. Personal inscription in ink on the front pastedown, presumably by a member of the Lodge at the time, addressed to ‘Pah Echols'. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Very Good binding.
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[VIRGINIANA] VIRGINIA HANDBILL
by Richard L. Carne, Jr.
Alexandria, VA, 1880. St. John's Academy was established on September 8, 1833 in Alexandria, Virginia by brothers William and Richard L. Carne, along with Reverend John Smith, S.J. and other Jesuits. In the 1850s, a primary school was added to the Academy; enrollment fluctuated but reached 154 in the 1863–64 school year. The Latin motto visible on the seal... Read More
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![[VICTORIAN] [JOURNALS] [CHESS] THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON MAGAZINE: A MONTHLY MAGAZINE. 4 VOLUMES BOUND IN TWO](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/031/297/1472297031.0.m.jpg)
[VICTORIAN] [JOURNALS] [CHESS] THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON MAGAZINE: A MONTHLY MAGAZINE. 4 VOLUMES BOUND IN TWO
by Richard Brinsley Knowles, Esq
London: Piper, Stephenson, and Spence, 1856. Half Leather. Very Good binding. Two small quarto volumes (10” x 7 1/2”), in black half calf over marbled board; raised bands with decorations and titling in gilt; the first four volumes of The Illustrated London Magazine, each volume consisting of 6 issues, for one half a year--July 1853-December 1853 (282 pages);... Read More
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[LITERATURE] TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST - A PERSONAL NARRATIVE[
by Richard Henry Dana Jr.
Boston: Fields, Osgood, and Co, 1869. New Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 8vo; in the publishers terra cotta cloth binding; with decorations on the boards stamped in blind and titling on the spine in gilt; vii, 470 pages; some minor fraying to the edges; a few trivial tears to the top and bottom of the spine; there... Read More
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![[RICHMOND] COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES. PROGRAM FOR 1928](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/592/242/1692242592.0.m.jpg)
[RICHMOND] COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES. PROGRAM FOR 1928
by University of Richmond
5 3/4” X 4 1/14” leather soft-cover sewn booklet with embossed seal of university and gilded embellishments. 9pp. ~~The program shows that between June 2-5, 1928 class days, alumni days, and the commencement were to take place. It lists the names and hometowns of the 53 young men graduating from Richmond College, 54 young women graduating from Westhampton College,... Read More
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[ARCHITECTURE] THE SCIENTIFIC STAIR BUILDER
by Robert Riddell
Philadelphia: William S. Young, 1854. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good binding. Small folio; in the publisher's brown embossed cloth, worn and dampstained; [44] pages; [2], 38 leaves of plates; with added chromolithographic title page and frontispiece; the other plates are numbered 1-38, each explanatory text on a facing page; all the plates are signed L. N. Rosenthal and... Read More
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[HISTORY] A HISTORY OF THE CARPENTERS’ COMPANY
by Jasper Ridley
London: Carpenters’ Hall, 1995. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Very Good dust jacket. Signed. 4to; in the publisher’s black cloth binding; with titling on the spine in silver; in a bright unclipped jacket; 223 pages including the Index; previous owner stamp to verso of front free endpaper (very slight offsetting to opposing page); number penned to verso of endpaper,... Read More
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![[SIGNED PRESENTATION] [AMERICANA] CORRESPONDENCE OF “FIRST CITIZEN” -- CHARLES CARROLL OF CARROLLTON, AND “ANTILLON”--DANIEL DULANEY, JR., 1773, WITH A HISTORY OF GOVERNOR EDEN’S ADMINISTRATION IN MARYLAND](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/944/667/1651667944.0.m.jpg)
[SIGNED PRESENTATION] [AMERICANA] CORRESPONDENCE OF “FIRST CITIZEN” -- CHARLES CARROLL OF CARROLLTON, AND “ANTILLON”--DANIEL DULANEY, JR., 1773, WITH A HISTORY OF GOVERNOR EDEN’S ADMINISTRATION IN MARYLAND
by Charles Carroll | Elihu S. Riley
Baltimore: King Bros., State Printers, 1902. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Signed. Large 8vo.; in the publisher’s blue cloth with titling in gilt to the upper board; xi.; [xii, xiii], [1], 2-252 pages; several of the first leaves have a very slight “ripple” to the bottom edge. ~~This copy is signed by the author with a... Read More
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![[SPECIAL PRESS] IF IT WOULD ALL PLEASE HURRY](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/425/794/1574794425.0.m.jpg)
[SPECIAL PRESS] IF IT WOULD ALL PLEASE HURRY
by James Tate | Stephen Riley (Illustrator); Illustrated by Stephen Riley
Amherst: Shanachie Press, 1980. Limited Edition. Fine binding. Stephen Riley. Signed. Copy XIX of XXV copies. Printed by the Shanachie Press and signed by James Tate and Stephen Riley. With 10 engravings and letter-pressed text laid into publisher issued box with title label on the cover; each engraving signed and numbered by Riley. Signed by Tate and Riley... Read More
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![[SIGNED] [LITERATURE] SCARLETT THE SEQUEL TO MARGARET MITCHELL’S GONE WITH THE WIND](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/133/453/1685453133.0.m.jpg)
[SIGNED] [LITERATURE] SCARLETT THE SEQUEL TO MARGARET MITCHELL’S GONE WITH THE WIND
by Alexandra Ripley
New York: Warner Books, 1991. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. Signed. Large 8vo; in red cloth over paper covered boards; with titling on the spine in gilt; in an unclipped dust jacket; 823 pages; the top of the spine is a bit bumped.~~Signed by the author on the title page.~~With a Center for... Read More
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[PRESENTATION COPY] [MYSTERY] THE SIRENS SANG OF MURDER
by Sarah Caudwell | [Elizabeth Peters] [Alexandra Ripley]
New York: Delacorte Press, 1989. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Signed. 8vo.; in pale blue paper-covered boards, backed in blue cloth, with dustjacket; 276 pages; the jacket has not been price-clipped.~~From the library of the late novelist Alexandra Ripley; with a wonderful inscription from Caudwell: "FOR PANSY, BUT WITH WARNINGS NOT TO BELIEVE... Read More
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THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN FOOTBALL CHARTS. TELLING THE STORY OF FOOTBALL AT THE UNIVERSITY FROM 1879 TO THE PRESENT
by Earl Riskey
Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1967. Hard Cover. Fair binding. Earl Riskey's University of Michigan Football Charts. Published in 1967, though additional contents are pasted in, updating the charts through 1972. Dampstaining to the corners of the boards and leaves. Rippling to the binding and textblock. A rough copy, stained, with small abrasions to the boards and bottom of a... Read More
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![[DISBOUND PAMPHLET] AN ADDRESS TO THE FREEHOLDERS OF GREAT BRITAIN, IN FAVOUR OF OUR CONSITTUTION..](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/923/641/1616641923.0.m.jpg)
[DISBOUND PAMPHLET] AN ADDRESS TO THE FREEHOLDERS OF GREAT BRITAIN, IN FAVOUR OF OUR CONSITTUTION..
by [Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford]
London: Printed for J. Roberts, 1734. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. 8vo.; a disbound pamphlet with remnants of a calf binding at the spine; 56 pages.~~The address was given by the then Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole. A general election was pending; while Walpole lost a considerable number of Whig supporters, he still retained control. His popularity was... Read More
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LEXINGTON AND ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY IN THE CIVIL WAR (The Virginia Regimental Historical Series)
by Robert J. Driver, Jr.
Lynchburg, VA: H. E. Howard, Inc, 1989. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. Signed. A clean copy of the First Edition printing with no marks of any kind. Signed by Robert J. Driver, Jr This is #477 of 1000 numbered copies. The front of the dustjacket has some very light rubbing,... Read More
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VIRGINIA DEMOCRACY: A HISTORY OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE PARTY AND ITS LEADERS IN THE MOTHER OF COMMONWEALTHS, THE OLD DOMINION (3 VOLUMES; SET)
by Robert C. Glass; Carter Glass, Jr.
Democratic Historical Association, Inc, 1937. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. By the quintessential Virginia Democrat from the days when "Democrat" in Virginia was synonymous with States Rights, Segregation, and Unreconstructed Rebels. A virtual who's who of the party in Virginia in that period. Archival mylar cut for each volume. Very Good binding.
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A HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF 1914, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, VOLUME I.
by Robert Thomas Barton, Jr. (Editor)
Roanoke, Virginia: Printed for the class by the Stone Printing and Manufacturing Company, 1914. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Bookplate. Toning to the endpapers, and some sunning to the perimeters of the text. Hinges repaired using Japanese tissue. Minor loss to the extremities of the spine. Some sunning and wear to the spine. Blue cloth with gilt lettering.... Read More
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![[MEDICINE] THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF MODERN SURGERY. [A NEW AMERICAN EDITION FROM THE LAST AND IMPROVED LONDON EDITION]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/789/633/1676633789.0.m.jpg)
[MEDICINE] THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF MODERN SURGERY. [A NEW AMERICAN EDITION FROM THE LAST AND IMPROVED LONDON EDITION]
by Robert Druitt | F. W. Sargent, M. D.
Philadelphia: Blanchard and Lea, 1854. Full Leather. Very Good binding. Large 8vo.; in the publisher’s full calf binding, with double rules in gilt to the spine, and with a morocco label; this copy is lacking the front free endpaper; 576 pages, “Illustrated with One Hundred and Ninety-three Wood Engravings”. Very Good binding.
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THE ROAD FROM MONTICELLO: A STUDY OF THE VIRGINIA SLAVERY DEBATE OF 1832 (Signed)
by Joseph Clarke Robert
Durham: Duke University Press, 1941. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. This copy is signed with a personal inscription by author Joseph Robert. The inscription is charming; to the storied Professor of English at the University of Virginia James Southall Wilson, "who made pleasant a long train ride". Some minor toning to the endpapers but no other... Read More
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![HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY PRISON [with] HISTORY OF THE ARMY SERVICE SCHOOLS FORT LEAVENWORTH KANSAS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/561/154/1356154561.0.m.jpg)
HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY PRISON [with] HISTORY OF THE ARMY SERVICE SCHOOLS FORT LEAVENWORTH KANSAS
by Henry Shindler | [Brig. Gen. Charles D. Roberts]
[Fort Leavenworth, Kansas]: The Army Service Schools Press | Staff College Press, 1911. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. The essay on the Military Prison, -- [14] 124 pp. -- is illustrated with portraits of Brigadier General Thomas F. Barr, Brigadier General W. D. Flagler, Major General John Pope; and with photographs of the U.S. Military Prison in... Read More
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![[CIVIL WAR] COMPLETE ROSTER OF THE EIGHTH REGIMENT NEW HAMPSHIRE VOLUNTEERS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/488/988/1673988488.0.m.jpg)
[CIVIL WAR] COMPLETE ROSTER OF THE EIGHTH REGIMENT NEW HAMPSHIRE VOLUNTEERS
by [New Hampshire]. [Adjutant-General’s Office] | [Bud Robertson]
1895. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding. Large 8vo.; in the publisher’s blue cloth binding, with titling in gilt; 106 pages; from the personal library of Bud Robertson, with his bookplate on the front pastedown; with the plate of the Wilton Library as well, dated 1895.~~A bright copy of this 106 pages roster, which lists abbreviated service records and... Read More
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GENERAL J. WATTS de PEYSTER [JOHN WATTS de PEYSTER]
by Frank Allaben | [James I. Robertson]
[New York], 1897. Original Wrappers. Good binding. Quite an uncommon pamphlet, in which Allaben describes the disinterest expressed in Washington at de Peyster's offer to raise regiments for the Union Army. This copy had been housed in cardstock boards, which are present with the bookplate of Civil War historian James I. Robertson. The pamphlet has... Read More
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MEMORIAL OF GENERAL THOMAS GREELY STEVENSON
by Joshua Thomas Stevenson | [James Robertson]
Cambridge: Printed by Welch, Bigelow, & Co, 1864. Full Leather. Very Good binding. Signed. A memorial of the Civil War General Stevenson, written by his grieving father. Signed by the author with a personal inscription on the front flyleaf, with the recipient's nameplate on the front pastedown. From the library of Bud Robertson, with his bookplate on the... Read More
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