THOMAS JONATHAN JACKSON. 1824 1863. A SKETCH
by Edward C. Smith
Weston, West Virginia: Society of Historical Engravings | James H. Brewster, 1920. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Edward C. Smith's Thomas Jonathan Jackson; A Sketch. A biography of 'Stonewall' Jackson, "For Private Distribution." Portrait frontispiece. Text bordered with gray ruling and Confederate imagery. Printed in Weston, Virginia.. ~~37 unnumbered pages, with frontispiece portrait. With an... Read More
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[ILLUSTRATED] A CAROLINA RICE PLANTATION OF THE FIFTIES
by Alice R Huger Smith | Herbert Ravenel Sass| D. E. Smith
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1936. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding. 4to; in the publisher’s grey cloth; with burgundy decorations on the upper board and tilting on the spine in burgundy; xii, 97 pages, complete with 30 paintings in watercolor by Alice R. Huger Smith; the boards have a bit of soiling and there is... Read More
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An Universal Military Dictionary, or a Copious Explanation of the Technical Terms &c. Used in the Equipment, Machinery, Movements, and Military Operations of an Army
by Capt. George Smith
Museum Restoration Service, 1969. Reprint Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Very Good dust jacket. Facsimile reprint of the 1779 edition. With 16 plates, mostly folding. This is the limited edition, #313 of 700 copies. A Near Fine binding in a Very Good dustjacket, which is protected with a new mylar cover. Near Fine binding / Very... Read More
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SMITH'S JUSTICES' GUIDE. A GUIDE TO JUSTICES, COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEYS, SHERIFFS, SERGEANTS, CONSTABLES, AND ATTORNEYS, WHO PRACTICE IN JUSTICES' COURTS
by Charles S. Smith
Charlottesville, Virginia: The Michie Company, 1929. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. A First Edition of the guide by the Commonwealth's Attorney of Gloucester County, Virginia; designed for all "who practice in justices' courts ... [and] not intended to be used as a substitute for the Code and Acts of Assembly ... Being in the main a... Read More
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NATURAL HISTORY. FOR SUNDAY SCHOOLS. COMPILED, CHIEFLY, FROM THE LIBRARY OF ENTERTAINING KNOWLEDGE. VOLUME IX. FRUITS. (ONE VOLUME ONLY)
by Daniel Smith
New York: T. Mason and G. Lane, 1839. Half Leather. Good binding. Volume IX only of Rev. Daniel Smith's series on Natural History for Sunday Schools. Engraved frontispiece, with additional illustrations accompanying the text. Spot of loss to the title page; writing in ink to the preliminaries; lacking the rear endpaper; surface loss to the rear board. Half... Read More
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MY LOVE MY ALL
by Douglas F. Smith
New York: Vantage Press, 1961. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. A clean First Edition copy of an uncommon novel. The author was born in Richmond. The dustjacket has not been price-clipped and is now protected with a new mylar cover. We locate no copies on OCLC. Binding is slightly... Read More
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![[VIRGINIANA] [AFRICAN-AMERICAN] WHO'S WHO AMONG VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY GRADUATES: CENTENNIAL EDITION. 1882-1982](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/861/236/1414236861.0.m.jpg)
[VIRGINIANA] [AFRICAN-AMERICAN] WHO'S WHO AMONG VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY GRADUATES: CENTENNIAL EDITION. 1882-1982
by James Wesley Smith
Petersburg, VA: Virginia State University, 1982. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Quarto; in the publisher's blue cloth binding; [ii], iii-viii, 1-185 pages; with photographic illustrations throughout, entirely portrait photographs of prominent African-American graduates.~~Virginia State University was founded in 1882 when the legislature passed a bill to charter the Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institution. This "Who's Who" was issued... Read More
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![[GARDENING] FERNS: BRITISH & FOREIGN. THEIR HISTORY, ORGANOGRAPHY, CLASSIGICATION, AND ENUMERATION; WITH A TREATISE ON THEIR CULTIVATION, ETC. ETC.](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/565/999/1700999565.0.m.jpg)
[GARDENING] FERNS: BRITISH & FOREIGN. THEIR HISTORY, ORGANOGRAPHY, CLASSIGICATION, AND ENUMERATION; WITH A TREATISE ON THEIR CULTIVATION, ETC. ETC.
by John Smith
London: Robert Hardwicke, 1866. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Octavo; in the publisher’s green cloth wit titling in gilt to the spine, and a gilt fern stamped to the upper board; xi, 412 pages, with illustrations throughout; the hinges have been discreetly reinforced with japanese tissue.~~Quite copy on this history of ferns. Near Fine binding. ... Read More
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![TOTTIE'S TREASURE: THE BIRD'S NEST; OR, THE KEEPING OF A PROMISE REWARDED [Bound with] THE CHURCH MOUSE [Bound with] GRUMBLING TOMMY AND CONTENTED HARRY](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/539/706/1037706539.0.m.jpg)
TOTTIE'S TREASURE: THE BIRD'S NEST; OR, THE KEEPING OF A PROMISE REWARDED [Bound with] THE CHURCH MOUSE [Bound with] GRUMBLING TOMMY AND CONTENTED HARRY
by J. W. Welman (Introduction); Mrs. F. J. Burge Smith;
London: Seeley, Jackson and Halliday, 1873. An uncommon children's book from the "Tottie's Treasure" series, in the publisher's blue cloth stamped in black and gilt, and with bright and colorful pastedown. Three edifying children's tales bound together and separately paginated; illustrated throught out with black and white steel engraved illustrations. There is a pencilled gift inscription from... Read More
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[GENEALOGY] THE DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM & SARAH McKELDEN
by McKelden Smith
Spokane, Washingtion: Grey Dog Press, 2017. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Quarto; in pictorial wrappers; xvi, 447 pages including the Index; illustrated with photographic illustrations, mostly black and white but some in color.~~An exhaustive history of a family who came from Ireland to Washington, D.C., in the early 19th century "when the city was but a... Read More
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![[SOUTHERN AMERICANA] Y UNCLE'S FAMILY; or, Ten Months At The South](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/734/688/339688734.0.m.0.jpg)
[SOUTHERN AMERICANA] Y UNCLE'S FAMILY; or, Ten Months At The South
by Mrs. M. B. Smith
Cincinnati: American Reform Tract and Book Society, 1860. Hard Cover. Good binding. 115pp. Rebacked with some photocopied pages bound in. Page 31/32 torn with top and side areas missing. Scattered foxing through text. Brown embossed cloth binding with light to moderate edgewear to extremities. There is a previous owner gift inscription. no markings in text. Good binding. ... Read More
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![[ASIA] BRITISH RELATIONS WITH THE MALAY RULERS FROM DECENTRALIZATION TO MALAYAN INDEPENDENCE, 1930-1957](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/082/821/1573821082.0.m.jpg)
[ASIA] BRITISH RELATIONS WITH THE MALAY RULERS FROM DECENTRALIZATION TO MALAYAN INDEPENDENCE, 1930-1957
by Simon C. Smith
Kuala Lumpur; New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. 8vo.; in the publisher's purple cloth with dustjacket; viii, [ix, x] ; [1]; 2-234 pages, including the Bibliography and Index; there are 8 unnumbered pages of plates; there are no marks of any kind in the book.~~The contents are: 1.... Read More
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WILLS AND ADMINISTATION. A DISCUSSION OF THE DEVOLUTION OF A DECEDENT'S ESTATE AND THE PROCEDURE, FOR THE DISTRIBUTION THEREOF FOR VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA. 3 Volumes
by Thomas W. Harrison | George P. Smith
Charlottesville: The Michie Company, Law Publishers, 1960. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. A clean copy of the Second Edition in three volumes; bound in legal buckram. With the 1975 cumulative supplement bound into the rear of each volume. Near Fine binding.
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THE MISCELLANEOUS WORKS OF TOBIAS SMOLLETT WITH MEMOIRS OF HIS LIFE AND WRITINGS, BY ROBERT ANDERSON. THE SIXTH EDITION IN SIX VOLUMES
by Tobias Smollett
Edinburgh: Stirling & Slade; et al., 1820. Full Leather. Very Good binding. A handsome set in burgundy diced calf, with boards ruled in gold at the perimeters; spines with decorations in gold and black morocco labels. The rear board of Volume 1 has been reattached and the interior hinge has been reinforced. Volume One with frontiespiece... Read More
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COLIN HARVEY, PROPHET OF MONTE NE (Signed)
by Lois Snelling
Point Lookout, Missouri: S and O Press, 1973. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Very Good dust jacket. Clean copy, signed by Lois Snelling on the front free endpaper. The dustjacket has some light chipping and a closed tear. It is protected with a new mylar cover. Near Fine binding / Very Good dust jacket.
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[SIGNED] [AMERICANA] PIRACY,, MUTINY AND MURDER
by Edward Rowe Snow
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1959. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Good dust jacket. Signed. 8vo.; in the publisher's blue cloth binding, with dustjacket; xiii, 306 pages; there is scattered foxing to the endpapers; this copy is signed by Edward Rowe Snow on the front endpaper.~~The dustjacket has minor loss at the spine; it also has... Read More
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![[AMERICANA] [PICTORIAL MAP] AN HISTORIC AND PICTORIAL MAP OF BOSTON HARBOR AND MASSACHUSETTS BAY INCLUDING CAPE COD AND CAPE AGG](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/266/124/1717124266.0.m.jpg)
[AMERICANA] [PICTORIAL MAP] AN HISTORIC AND PICTORIAL MAP OF BOSTON HARBOR AND MASSACHUSETTS BAY INCLUDING CAPE COD AND CAPE AGG
by Edward Rowe Snow
Boston Printing Company, 1941. Map is 15.25 x 11.5”; it depicts the Atlantic coast of Massachusetts from the Bay to Nantucket Sound. There are very detailed descriptions of clipper ships, light houses, whales, windmills, shipwrecks, and the Cape all the way to Provincetown.
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MINUTES. THE SOCIETY OF ALUMNI, COLLEGE OF WILILAM AND MARY (3 VOLUMES; SET) (1) JULY 1, 1947 TO JUNE 30, 1948; (2) July 1, 1948 TO JUNE 30, 1949; AND (3) JULY 1, 1949 TO JUNE 30, 1950
by Society of Alumni, College of William and Mary
Three years of Minutes of the Board of Directors of The Society of the Alumni, College of William and Mary. Original typescripts (signed in pen by officers). Bound in three different volumes; half-leather over cloth boards, with gilt titling.
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![[VIRGINIA] THE HERITAGE OF LUNENBURG COUNTY, VIRGINIA, 1743-2009~](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/711/598/1695598711.0.m.jpg)
[VIRGINIA] THE HERITAGE OF LUNENBURG COUNTY, VIRGINIA, 1743-2009~
by Southside Virginia Genealogical Sociery
Waynesville, NC: County Heritage, Inc, 2009. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Quarto; in the publisher’s green cloth binding, with decoration and titling in gold; iv, 396 pages; with black and white photographic illustrations throughout, including many portraits. Very Good binding.
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NOTICES OF THE CHURCHES OF WARWICKSHIRE. DEANERY OF WARWICK. VOL. II. (ONE VOLUME ONLY)
by Architectural Committee of the Warwickshite Nat. Hist. and Arch. Society
Warwick: Henry T. Cooke, 1858. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Volume II only, on the Deanery of Warwick. Sepia plates throughout, with additional text illustrations. Text in black and red with a simple red border. Slight foxing to the plates and endpapers. Sunning and shelfwear to the spine. Red embossed cloth with gilt lettering. Very Good binding. ... Read More
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DEATH CERTIFICATES OF BURKE COUNTY, N.C. (Volumes 1 & 2; 2 Volume set)
by Betsy Dodd Pittman; Burke County Genealogical Society
Self-published, 1988. Spiral Bound. Near Fine binding. A two-volume set in spiral bindings; the two volumes are in virtually As New condition except for a bit of sunning to the front covers. No marks of any kind. Near Fine binding.
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SERVICE WITH BATTERY F, FIRST RHODE ISLAND LIGHT ARTILLERY, IN NORTH CAROLINA. | PERSONAL NARRATIVES OF EVENTS IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION, BEING PAPERS READ BEFORE THE RHODE ISLAND SOLDIERS AND SAILORS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. THIRD SERIES, NO. 7
by Philip S. Chase | Rhode Island Soldiers and Sailors Historical Society
Providence: Published by The Society | Rhode Island Soldiers and Sailors Historical Society, 1885. Limited Edition. Original Wrappers. Very Good binding. Philip S. Chase's Service with Battery F, First Rhode Island Light Artillery, in North Carolina, delivered before the Rhode Island Soldiers and Sailors Historical Society. Limited to two hundred fifty copies. Sunning, slight chipping, and some soiling... Read More
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SENECA COUNTY, OHIO. HISTORY & FAMILIES
by Seneca County Genealogical Society
Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, 1998. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. The Seneca County Genealogical Society's Seneca County, Ohio: History and Families. Numbered 686 of 1250 copies. With no marks. Red hardcover, with gilt and blindstamped lettering and decoration. Near Fine. Near Fine binding.
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THE NEW HISTORY OF HIGHLAND COUNTY, VIRGINIA. 1983
by The Highland County Historical Society
Marceline, MO: Printed by Walsworth Publishing for the Highland County Historical Society, 1983. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Stated First Edition of The New History of Highland County, Virginia. First edition limited to 750 copies. Published by the Highland County Historical Society. Photographic illustrations throughout. Full red leatherette, with gilt lettering and decoration. There is a... Read More
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![[ARCHITECTURE] EXAMPLES OF DOMESTIC COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE IN NEW ENGLAND](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/525/956/1689956525.0.m.jpg)
[ARCHITECTURE] EXAMPLES OF DOMESTIC COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE IN NEW ENGLAND
by James M. Corner | E. E. Soderholtz
Boston: Boston Architectural Club, 1891. First Edition. Very Good+ binding. Worn Portfolio; with titling stamped on the upper board; lacking the tie; with 3 leaves of text followed by 50 photographic plates; there is a one and a half inch tear to the hinge of the portfolio; some foxing and a bit of loss to the front patedown;... Read More
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