![[ARCHITECTURE] [WITH ALS] THE SEVEN LAMPS OF ARCHITECTURE](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/749/719/1569719749.0.m.jpg)
[ARCHITECTURE] [WITH ALS] THE SEVEN LAMPS OF ARCHITECTURE
by John Ruskin
Sunnyside, Orpington, Kent: George Allen, 1883. Fourth Edition. Signed. Quarto; in blue vellum boards, with beveled edges, and all edges gilt; with raised bands and title lettered in gilt; boards ruled in blind; there is moderate wear to the binding;; marbled endpapers;~~This copy with a tipped in ALS from Ruskin on the first blank leaf dated "Morley's Hotel Trafalgar... Read More
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![[ART] SESAME AND LILIES. THREE LECTURES BY JOHN RUSKIN, LL. D. 1. OF KING'S TREASURES. 2. OF QUEEN'S GARDENS. 3. OF THE MYSTERY OF LIFE](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/085/517/1573517085.0.m.jpg)
[ART] SESAME AND LILIES. THREE LECTURES BY JOHN RUSKIN, LL. D. 1. OF KING'S TREASURES. 2. OF QUEEN'S GARDENS. 3. OF THE MYSTERY OF LIFE
by John Ruskin
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. Revised and Enlarged Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 24mo.; in publisher's silk moire binding, with a decorative border in gilt to the perimeter to the upper board; all edges gilt; patterned paper endpapers; 2 preliminary leaves,3-184 pages; with portrait frontispiece.~~A pretty little book bound in burgundy silk. We believe Mr.... Read More
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THE SAILOR BOYS OF ‘61. FULLY ILLUSTRATED
by James Russell Soley
Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1888. First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Very Good binding. One of the lovely edition in illustrated paper-covered boards with printed paper spine. There is a previous owner name pencilled on the endpaper; otherwise a clean copy. The boards and spine are relatively bright with some wear but little loss. The bottom from... Read More
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ROEBUCK: A NOVEL
by [Charles Wells Russell]
New York: M. Doolady, 1866. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good binding. First Edition of Charles Wells Russell's Roebuck: A Novel. Russell served as one of Virginia's delegates to the Provisional, First, and Second Confederate Congresses during the Civil War; his sympathies certainly lay with the South, which comes across with this novel's frequent uses of the 'happy slave'... Read More
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A SYSTEM OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, BEING A COURSE OF LECTURES IN MECHANICS, OPTICS, HYDROSTATICS, AND ASTRONOMY. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I & II
by T. Rutherforth
Cambridge: Printed by J. Bentham for W. Thurlbourn and J. Beecroft, 1748. First Edition. Full Leather. Near Fine binding. Includes 31 foldout plates, one foldout map of the world, and ten pages of subscribers' names. Collates complete. Rebound in modern calf, with an original red morocco label on the spine of Volume II, and a modern red morocco... Read More
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![[SLAVERY] [COLONIZATION] THE VIRGINIAN HISTORY OF AFRICAN COLONIZATION](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/750/452/1508452750.0.m.jpg)
[SLAVERY] [COLONIZATION] THE VIRGINIAN HISTORY OF AFRICAN COLONIZATION
by Rev. P[hilip] Slaughter | [Col. John Rutherfoord]
Richmond: MacFarlane & Fergusson, 1855. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Quarto; a later rebound copy (with the binder's label Meister & Smethie of Richmond) , with the original wrappers bound in; xxx, [1], 2- 116 pages; with wrappers bound in (the front wrapper with titling printed on the recto, and images of Monrovia and the President's... Read More
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![[POETRY] PICTURE OF CREATION](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/690/585/1667585690.0.m.jpg)
[POETRY] PICTURE OF CREATION
by Thomas G. Rutherford
Pittsburgh: A. H. English & Co. Publishers, 1857. First Edition. Full Leather. Very Good binding. Large 8vo.; in publisher’s brown morocco with borders to the upper board ruled in gilt along with elaborate decortive stamping in gilt, and in blind to the rear cover, and with decorations in gilt to the spine; 86 pages;there is a previous owner... Read More
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![[HUNTING] PLANTATION GAME TRAILS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/240/179/1685179240.0.m.jpg)
[HUNTING] PLANTATION GAME TRAILS
by Archibald Rutledge
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1921. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. 8vo; in the publisher’s green cloth binding; with titling and illustrations on the upper board and spine in black; complete with 12 photographic plates throughout; vii, 300 pages; the spine is a bit sunned and bumped on the bottom; the end papers have slight toning;... Read More
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![[SPECIAL PRESS] BOSTON. DISTINGUISHED BUILDINGS & SITES WITH THE CITY AND ITS ORBIT AS ENGRAVED ON WOOD BY RUDOLPH RUZICKA WITH A COMMENTARY BY WALTER MUIR WHITEHILL [WITH SUITE OF RUZICKA CARDS, MERRYMOUNT PRESS]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/471/069/1702069471.0.m.jpg)
[SPECIAL PRESS] BOSTON. DISTINGUISHED BUILDINGS & SITES WITH THE CITY AND ITS ORBIT AS ENGRAVED ON WOOD BY RUDOLPH RUZICKA WITH A COMMENTARY BY WALTER MUIR WHITEHILL [WITH SUITE OF RUZICKA CARDS, MERRYMOUNT PRESS]
by Walter Whitehill | Rudolph Ruzicka
Boston: David R. Godine, 1973. The book and suite of cards:~Large octavo: in the publisher’s light terra-cotta boards with an image from one Mr. Ruzicka’s cards as a pastdown, and with a pictorial dustjacket; there are 29 color plates taken from the cards executed by Rudolph Ruzicka.~~With the book are 29 greeting cards with the Ruzicka illustrations that were... Read More
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![[SPECIAL PRESS] MINIATURE FOLIO OF PRIVATE PRESSES](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/879/395/1569395879.0.m.jpg)
[SPECIAL PRESS] MINIATURE FOLIO OF PRIVATE PRESSES
by John Ryder
[London]: [Bodley Head], 1960. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. 8vo; a gathering of 28 of samples from various private presses; from this list: Ashantilly, Barber Hill, Canterbury College of Art, Cuckoo Hill, Creekside, Damasine, Karuba, Kit-Cat Press, Laverock, Lincoln School of Art, Lion & Unicorn, Maidstone College of Art, Mermaid, Merrion, Miniature, Melchior W Mittl, Officina Bodoni, Ogham,... Read More
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![[CHILDREN] WILLIAM BARTLETT OR THE GOOD SON, THE CONTESTED SEAT, LESSONS OF THE STARS, AND WHO IS THE HAPPIEST GIRL](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/219/916/1581916219.0.m.jpg)
[CHILDREN] WILLIAM BARTLETT OR THE GOOD SON, THE CONTESTED SEAT, LESSONS OF THE STARS, AND WHO IS THE HAPPIEST GIRL
by [John Charles Ryle]
Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1856. Quarter Leather. Good binding. 16mo.; quarter black morocco over marbled boards; [2],- 108 pages, with frontispiece "How is that you are not at school, William?"; a worn copy with contemporary ownership marks and scribbles; Sunday School presentation label on the pastedown mostly effaced; worn with stains and foxing.~~The pseudonymous edifying works for... Read More
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![[ART] [BINDINGS] [REFERENCE] A BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF THE FINE ARTS, BEING MEMOIRS OF THE LIVES AND WORKS OF EMINENT PAINTERS, SCULPTORS AND ARCHITECTS (2 VOLUMES)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/145/734/1427734145.0.m.jpg)
[ART] [BINDINGS] [REFERENCE] A BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF THE FINE ARTS, BEING MEMOIRS OF THE LIVES AND WORKS OF EMINENT PAINTERS, SCULPTORS AND ARCHITECTS (2 VOLUMES)
by S. Spooner, M. D.
New York: Leypoldt & Holt, 1867. Three Quarters Leather. Good binding. Two small quarto volumes; in 3/4 crimson morocco, with double gilt rules at the edges, over marbled boards with matching marbled endpapers; lxiii, followed by XXIV leaves of printed plates of monograms; [1], 2-501 pages; [503], 504-1150 pages; the joints, especially the front joint of Volume I,... Read More
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![[LITERATURE] CAPTAIN BLOOD. HIS ODYSSEY](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/636/517/1656517636.0.m.jpg)
[LITERATURE] CAPTAIN BLOOD. HIS ODYSSEY
by Rafael Sabatini
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co, 1922. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Fair dust jacket. A first edition with a pencilled name and address on the front endpaper. The dustjacket is Fair only. The jacket has not been price-clipped, and has the correct First Edition price of $2.00 on the flap. There is about a 1” piece gone from... Read More
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THE SPEECH OF HENRY SACHEVERELL, D. D. UPON HIS IMPEACHMENT AT THE BAR OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS, IN WESTMINSTER-HALL, MARCH 7. 1709-10
by [Henry Sacheverell]
London: Printed in the Year, 1710. First Edition. Original Sewn Wrappers. Very Good binding. The speech given by Henry Sacheverell before the House of Lords, on occasion of his impeachment after an incendiary sermon he gave, denouncing Whigs, Presbyterians, and Dissenters as false friends and enemies of the church. His conviction would cause a groundswell of support, rioting,... Read More
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KING'S DAUGHTER
by V. Sackville-West
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1930. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. The First American Edition, preceded by the Hogarth Press edition the year before. No pencil or ink markings in text. A clean copy, in a dustjacket with minor loss and a closed tear. The jacket retains the publisher's price... Read More
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![[ENGRAVED MEZZOTINT] PORTRAIT OF NICHOLAS CABELL](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/895/961/1502961895.0.m.jpg)
[ENGRAVED MEZZOTINT] PORTRAIT OF NICHOLAS CABELL
by Charles B. J. Fevret de Saint-Memin
[Richmond], 1808. A Saint-Memin profile mezzotint engraving of Nicholas Cabell, done in 1808. The image has been trimmed to the plate; the circular portrait is 2 1/4" across. ~~The biographical note for Nicholas Cabell, Jr. in Norfleet's Saint Memin in Virginia is as follows: "Born at ‘Liberty Hall,' Nelson Co.; son of Col. Nicholas Cabell, Sr., and his wife... Read More
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VOICES OF THE PAST: THE STATUS OF LANGUAGE IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY JAPANESE DISCOURSE
by Naoki Sakai
Cornell University Press, 1992. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding/no dust jacket. Quite a presentable copy, though lacking the dustjacket. There are some scattered pencil marking. Very Good+ binding / no dust jacket.
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![[HISTORY] ENGLISH] [SATIRE] THE GREAT EXHIBITION “WOT IS TO BE” OR, PROBABLE RESULTS OF THE INDUSTRY OF ALL NATIONS IN THE YEAR ‘51”](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/856/395/1569395856.0.m.jpg)
[HISTORY] ENGLISH] [SATIRE] THE GREAT EXHIBITION “WOT IS TO BE” OR, PROBABLE RESULTS OF THE INDUSTRY OF ALL NATIONS IN THE YEAR ‘51”
by Vates Secundu [George Augustus Sala]
Committee of the Society for Keeping Things in Their Places (R. Ackemann). Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Oblong Octavo; consisting of 23 leaves in accordion fold, printed on one side only; lithographed throughout including the pastedown on the upper board; this version of the panorama is not colored; each panel is divided horizontally into upper and lower columns... Read More
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INTERIORS OF VIRGINIA HOUSES OF COLONIAL TIMES
by Edith Tunis Sale
Richmond, VA: William Byrd Press, Inc, 1927. First Edition. Full Leather. Very Good binding. This is #89 of the limited edition of 255 numbered copies specially bound in grey/blue morocco with the arms of the colony of Virginia elaborately stamped in gilt to the front board, and printed on Japan Paper. This edition was supposedly "autographed" but... Read More
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![[CRIMINOLOGY] LA TEORIA BASICA (BIO-SOCIOLOGIA) (2 VOLUMES)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/118/527/1393527118.0.m.jpg)
[CRIMINOLOGY] LA TEORIA BASICA (BIO-SOCIOLOGIA) (2 VOLUMES)
by Rafael Salillas
Madrid: Libreria General de Victoriano Suarez, 1901. First Edition. Full Leather. Near Fine binding. Two 8vo. volumes; in mottled leather with black and burgundy labels lettered in gilt; xv, [3], 4-757 including Index; [7], 8-775, including Index; each volume with the rubber stamped from the books of Carlos M. Fredenhagen, and the stamp of Arnoldo Moen editor of... Read More
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![[CIVIL WAR] ARMY LETTERS OF “PERSONNE” 1861-1865. VOLUME I, Nos. 1 & 2](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/476/355/1673355476.0.m.jpg)
[CIVIL WAR] ARMY LETTERS OF “PERSONNE” 1861-1865. VOLUME I, Nos. 1 & 2
by F. G. De Fontaine | [A. S. Salley]
Columbia, S. C.: War Record Publishing Company, 1896. First Edition. Three Quarters Leather. Very Good binding. Signed. 8vo.; in three quarter blue morocco over taupe cloth; two issues bound in with both wrappers present; 51 pages followed by [7] ads; [59, 60], 61-113; the boards are a bit bowed; this copy bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, and signed... Read More
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![[SIGNED] [PRESENTATION COPY] [VIRGINIANA] THE WASHINGTON IRON WORKS OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, VIRGINIA, 1773-1850](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/363/783/1685783363.0.m.jpg)
[SIGNED] [PRESENTATION COPY] [VIRGINIANA] THE WASHINGTON IRON WORKS OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, VIRGINIA, 1773-1850
by John S. Salmon
Richmond: Virginia State Library, 1986. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding. Signed. Large 8vo.; in the publisher’s black cloth binding; ix, 82 pages including the Index; with illustrations.~~This copy is from the library of the author, and includes a presentation inscription from the author to his parents, dated in the year of publication. There is also a TLS... Read More
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![[PRESENTATION COPY] COTTON MOVEMENT AND FLUCTUATIONS, 1883 TO 1888. FIFTEENTH ANNUAL EDITION](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/228/137/1694137228.0.m.jpg)
[PRESENTATION COPY] COTTON MOVEMENT AND FLUCTUATIONS, 1883 TO 1888. FIFTEENTH ANNUAL EDITION
by John C. Latham; H. E. Alexander; R. P. Salter
New York: Dennison and Brown, Stationers, 1888. Hard Cover. Good binding. Signed. 8vo; in the publisher’s decorative cloth binding; (20) 21-138 pages; some soiling to the boards; a bit of silverfishing; scattered foxing; lacking the endpapers, and several blank leaves only; with scribbles on the first blank, and on the last page of text; with presentation inscription by... Read More
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A VOYAGE TO ABYSSINIA, AND TRAVELS INTO THE INTERIOR OF THAT COUNTRY. EXECUTED UNDER THE ORDERS OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT, IN THE YEARS 1809 AND 1810
by Henry Salt
London: Printed for F. C. and J. Rivington by W. Bulmer and Co, 1814. First Edition. Quarter Leather. Near Fine binding. A First Edition copy of the record of Henry Salt's journey along the Red Sea coast. In 1809, Henry Salt traveled through the Horn of Africa on a diplomatic trip to Abyssinia. Sent by the British Government... Read More
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![[CHILDREN] THE STORY OF LITTLE KETTLE-HEAD. AN AWFUL WARNING TO BAD BABAS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/496/560/941560496.0.m.jpg)
[CHILDREN] THE STORY OF LITTLE KETTLE-HEAD. AN AWFUL WARNING TO BAD BABAS
by [Helen Bannerman] The Author of “Little Black Sambo”
New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1904. First Edition. Very Good binding. One of the more peculiar children’s tales we’ve encountered, about a pyromaniacal little girl who burns off her head; it is replaced by a kettle with features drawn into place and held in place with a sunbonnet. Her parents are pleased as any good parents would be.... Read More
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