CORPORATION LAWS OF THE CITY OF WASHINGTON TO THE END OF THE FIFTIETH COUNCIL (TO JUNE 3d, 1853, inclusive); bound with THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF WASHINGTON BEING THE ACT OF INCORPORATION (1848)
by R. W. Sheahan
The Corporation Laws printed by Robert A. Waters in Washington, 1853; The Charter of the City of Washington printed by John R. Towers, 1848 Bound in calf, rebacked with japanese tissue. Has the signature of one "A. R. Allen, Police Officer". Allen was a District police man; he's mentioned in Sylvester's District of Columbia Police published... Read More
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EYE STUDY
by [ORIGINAL ART] Corrina R. Sheehy
A study of the eye by a a local Richmond artist, Corrina "Corrie Rose" Sheehy. The eyes as windows of the soul -- hidden thoughts and deep emotions. 18" x 12" on wove paper.
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THE DIVINE VERDICT
by Rt. Rev. Fulton J. Sheen
New York: P. J. Kenedy, 1943. First Edition. Very Good binding. The publisher's blue cloth binding has some quite minor wear and a small previous owner namestamp at the bottom of the front endpaper. 105 pp., [1]. 16mo.~~One of the less common works by the prolific Catholic bishop, who was known for his radio talks and his... Read More
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ELLIE: OR, THE HUMAN COMEDY
by John Esten Cooke | [Benjamin F. Sheetz]
Richmond: A. Morris, Publisher, 1855. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good binding/hardcover. A sturdy if somewhat cocked copy of the First Edition of this early novel by novelist (and sthardcoveraff officer of Jeb Stuart) John Esten Cooke. This copy with the signature of Benj. F. Sheetze of Leesburg, Va where he was publisher of the local newspaper, The... Read More
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[CIVIL WAR] PERSONAL MEMOIRS OF P. H. SHERIDAN [2 VOLUMES]
by P[hilip] H[enry] Sheridan
New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1888. First Edition. Full Leather. Very Good binding. Two large 8vo. volumes; in publisher’s full calf with red and black labels to the spines; xiv, 500 pages, with portrait frontispiece protected with tissue guard, and with portraits and maps, some folded, throughout; xii, 486 pages,including the Index; with portrait frontispiece protected... Read More
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![[SIGNED] [WORLD WAR II] SEEK, STRIKE, DESTROY: THE HISTORY OF THE 636th TANK DESTROYER BATTALION](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/933/533/1562533933.0.m.jpg)
[SIGNED] [WORLD WAR II] SEEK, STRIKE, DESTROY: THE HISTORY OF THE 636th TANK DESTROYER BATTALION
by Tom Sherman
[Marquette, Neb.]: Tom Sherman, 1986. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Signed. Large 8vo,; in printed orange cloth-covered boards, with the insignia of the battalion in red and black; 243 pages including the Index; with illustrations; printed in orange and black.~~“Seek Strike and Destroy” is a detailed account of the 636th Tank Detroyer Battalion in the Second... Read More
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![[RELIGION] BY KNOWLEDGE & BY LOVE CHARITY AND KNOWLEDGE IN THE MORAL THEOLOGY OF ST, THOMAS AQUINAS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/066/932/1695932066.0.m.jpg)
[RELIGION] BY KNOWLEDGE & BY LOVE CHARITY AND KNOWLEDGE IN THE MORAL THEOLOGY OF ST, THOMAS AQUINAS
by Michael S. Sherwin
Washington DC: The Catholic University of America Press, 2005. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. 8vo; in the publisher’s blue cloth binding; xxiii,270 pages including the Index; a bit of wear to the jacket; some pencil notes in the margins, otherwise a fine copy. Near Fine binding / Near Fine dust jacket.
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![[AMERICANA] [RELIGION] LIFE AND LETTERS OF REV. JAMES MAYO, D.D.](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/997/266/1499266997.0.m.jpg)
[AMERICANA] [RELIGION] LIFE AND LETTERS OF REV. JAMES MAYO, D.D.
by Alexander Shiras
Philadelphia: Protestant Episcopal Book Society, 1865. First Edition. Hard Cover. near Very Good binding. 8vo.; in the publisher's green embossed cloth; [7], 8-185 pages; with no ownership marks of any kind.~~A native of Pennsylvania, James May received a doctorate of divinity at the Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, and later became a professor there.~~A pleasing and attractive copy.... Read More
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![[SIGNED] LINCOLN AND THE DOCTORS: A MEDICAL NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/617/383/1449383617.0.m.jpg)
[SIGNED] LINCOLN AND THE DOCTORS: A MEDICAL NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN
by Milton H. Shutes
New York: The Pioneer Press, 1933. Limited Edition. Very Good binding. Signed. 8vo; in publisher's pale gray marbled boards backed in black linen, with fade titling to the spine and a pastedown title to the upper board; [8], 152 pages, followed by colophon leaf this the author's signature; frontispiece; #517 of 550 copies; there are no marks of... Read More
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![[SIGNED] [GENEALOGY] EARLY AMERICAN FAMILIES: SIDES, SPACH, NADING, ROMINGER, LONGWORTH, FOLTZ, ROTHROCK, SHOAF, VOGLER](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/624/143/1512143624.0.m.jpg)
[SIGNED] [GENEALOGY] EARLY AMERICAN FAMILIES: SIDES, SPACH, NADING, ROMINGER, LONGWORTH, FOLTZ, ROTHROCK, SHOAF, VOGLER
by Roxie Sides
Winston-Salem, N. C.: Self-Published, 1963. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. 8vo.; pale green cloth with titling in gold, and with dustjacket; xiii, [2], 3-140 pages, followed by several blank leaves (though blank, they are undoubtedly intended for the reader to make notes); with wood cut illustrations; printed in black and green; this copy... Read More
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[SPECIAL PRESS] A FABLE OF BIDPAI
by Nicholas Siegl; Helen Siegl
=West Burke, Vermont: Janus Press, 1974. Limited Edition. Near Fine binding. Signed. Large octavo; in printed mustard paper jacket, with a separate volume of fourteen original wood block printed by Helen Siegl, each handsigned with the limitation number which is XXVIII of XXX; boxed in blue cloth, which is lined with mustard paper to match the binding and... Read More
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[FASHION] HEDI GOES and RUNS
by Gene (ching) ku CHIEN; Hedi Simane
ppaper Special 03, 2003. Small quarto; in paper boards; 104 pages; full of black and white photographic illustrations; a nice copy of this quite scarce book.
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BIBLIOTHECA BACCHICA: Bibliographie Raisonnee des ouvrages imprimes avant 1600 et illustrant la Soif Humaine sous tous ses aspects, chez tous les peuples et dans tous les temps Tome I - Incunables; Tome II - Seizieme Siecle (2 volumes in 1)
by Simon, Andre
London: Holland Press, 1972. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Very Good+ dust jacket. Dust jacket is protected in a mylar cover; no marks of any kind. Near Fine binding / Very Good+ dust jacket.
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![[SIGNED] [CIVIL WAR] POINT LOOKOUT PRISON CAMP FOR CONFEDERATES](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/288/074/1596074288.0.m.jpg)
[SIGNED] [CIVIL WAR] POINT LOOKOUT PRISON CAMP FOR CONFEDERATES
by Edwin W. Beitzell | Carrie Curle Sinclair
Abell, Maryland: Privately Printed, 1972. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Large quarto; in the publisher's taupe cloth with the upper board printed with a plan of the prison at Point Lookout; x, 217 pages including the Index; with black and white photographic illustrations; with some minor toning to the endpapers; there is an... Read More
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[SPECIAL PRESS] SUNDRY BALLADES
by Francois Villon | Joseph Sinef
[San Francisco]: Grabhorn Press } Edwin and Robert Grabhorn and James McDonald], 1922. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Quarto; in printed paper-covered boards with fleur-de-lis decoratiobacked in parchment ;[19] pages; title leaf printed in brown and terra-cotta; text printed in black and red, with initials by ~hand by Joseph Sinef in teal.~~Villon's Ballade for his mother -- Ballade... Read More
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FORTS AND FORTIFICATIONS IN INDIA (WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO CENTRAL INDIA)
by A. P. Singh
Delhi: Agam Kala Prakasham, 1987. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. 8vo.; in the publisher's slightly soiled mauve cloth binding, with the publisher's dustjacket; 236 pages including the Index, followed by 42 pages of plates, illustrations and maps. There is an old booksellers label on the front endpaper; otherwise there are no ownership... Read More
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[INDIA] HINDU ICONOGRAPHY IN TANTRAYANA BUDDHISM
by R. S. Singh
New Delhi: Ramanand Vidya Bhawan, 1993. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Large 8vo.; burgundy cloth binding; 92 pages, followed by xix pages of photographic images; there are no ownership marks in the book; the front board is a bit stained and slightly bowed. Very Good binding / Very Good dust jacket.
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[WEAPONRY] THE GREAT ART OF ARTILLERY OF CASIMIT SIMIENOWICZ
by Casimir Sinienowicz
Yorkshire, England: S. R. Publishers, 1971. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding/Very Good+ dust jacket. An attractive facsimile edition, with many full page plates, and one folding plate. Facsimile of the 1729 London edition. Very Good+ binding / Very Good+ dust jacket.
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THE CODE OF AGRICULTURE; INCLUDING OBSERVATIONS ON GARDENS, ORCHARDS, WOODS, AND PLANTATIONS
by Sir John Sinclair, Bart. (founder of the Board of Agriculture)
Hartford: Printed for Hudson and Co. and Cooke and Hale, 1818. First American Edition. Full Leather. Very Good binding. An attractive copy of the First American Edition of this agricultural treastise by a prominent Scots politician and agricultural writer. With two plates of a Hereford Cow and a Hereford Bull, and six additional plates. The front... Read More
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[ENGLISH] EIGHT SPEECHES MADE IN PARLIAMENT, ON SEVERAL IMPORTANT OCCASIONS, RECOMMENDED TO THE ELECTORS OF GREAT BRITAIN AS A SEASONABLE PREPARATIVE FOR THE ENSUING ELECTIONS
by Sir John Knight; Mr. Price; William Shippen; E---Jefferies; Sir Robert Walpole. et al.
London: Printed by J. W. and sold by A. Dodd without Tember-bar, and the booksellers of London and Westminster, 1733. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Disbound; retaining a piece of the leather spine from the original binding;158 pages, [1], 6-23 pages, [3]; there is a tear to the Contents leaf, with a small amount of loss to the... Read More
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[CHILDREN] TALES OF THE WORK-ROOM
by The Sisters
London: Jarrold and Sons, n.d.. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 24mo. (5 5/8” x 3 3/4”); in publisher’s pum cloth with titling in gilt surround by wreath and surmounted by a star to the upper board, and in gilt to the spine; the binding has silverfishing but is sturdy and quite serviceable; 109 pages, with frontispiece; followed by... Read More
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CZECHOSLOVAKIA'S INTERRUPTED REVOLUTION
by H. Gordon Skilling
Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1976. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Very Good dust jacket. H. Gordon Skilling's Czechoslovakia's Interrupted Revolution, a history of the Prague Spring of 1968. Very Good dustjacket, with spots of rubbing to the front and spine. A Near Fine copy, with no marks of any kind. Near Fine binding / Very Good dust... Read More
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DIE EROBERUNG MEXIKOS VON FERDINAND CORTES MIT 112 Federlithographien Von Max Slevogt, Ubersetzt Von Mario Spiro
by Hernando Cortez ; Illustrated by Max Slevogt
Berlin: Bruno Cassirer, 1918. Limited edition of 250 copies. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Max Slevogt. Produced near the end of World War I, this German artist’s book was illustrated by Max Slevogt. Slevogt was a well known German impressionist painter known for painting in the plein air style Cortez’s Conquest of Mexico, translated into German by Mario... Read More
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GERTIE THE HORSE WHO THOUGHT AND THOUGHT (Signed)
by Margarite Glendinning | Illustrated by Louis Slobodkin
New York: Whittlesey House, 1951. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. A clean copy of the First Edition, which has been Signed by the illustrator, Louis Slobodkin. The dustjacket has shelfwear and chipping to the extremities. Very Good binding / Very Good dust jacket.
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FRANK FAIRLEGH, or Scenes from the Life of A Private Pupil
by Smedley, Frank E.; Illustrated by George Cruikshank
New York; London: New Amsterdam Book Company; Downey & Co., Limited. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. George Cruikshank. With Thirty Illustrations By George Cruikshank from the Original Steel Plates; No pencil or ink markings in text. Blue cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine. Archival repair to spine in text block. Small closed tears at... Read More
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