CL. CLAVDIANI QUAE EXSTANT : EX EMENDATIONE NICOLAI HEINSY DAN. F.
Amstelodami: Apud Danielem Elzevirium, 1677. Full Leather. Good binding. Reprint of the 1650 edition. Engraved title page, hand colored. Tailpieces and engraved initials, some hand colored. Lacking front endpaper and flyleaf, with a small mount of paper damage to the bottom of the title page, not affecting the text, and slight surface loss to the front pastedown. Contemporary... Read More
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WALKERS OF THE CIVIL WAR
Halbert's Family Heritage, 1998. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Bound in black leatherette with gilt lettering. No marks of any kind. Illustrated with occasional pictures. Very Good binding.
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DEUTSCHES ADELSBLATT. WOCHENSCHRIFT FUR DIE AUFGABEN DES CHRISTLICHEN ADELS. ORGAN DER DEUTSCHAN ADELSGENOSSENSCHAFT. 1911
Berlin: Carl Henmanns Verlag, 1911. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. The run of issues for 1911 of this organ for the German nobility associations. Bound in black cloth. Text is in German. With index. Very Good binding.
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OFFICIAL ARMY REGISTER, FOR 1846. REVISED
Washington: Adjutant General's Office, 1846. Soft Cover. Fair binding. Sewn paperback, lacking the paper wrappers. With a library number plate on the title page. Fair binding.
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[BROADSIDE] DAS KLEINE VOLKSBLATT. INAUGURAL
Vienna, 1945. A "Wandzeitung" or "Wall-Newspaper" simultaneously promoting the reeemergence of "Das Kleine Volksblatt" and the newly formed Austrian People's Party (or Osterreich Volkspartei)."Wandzeitung" were generally produced in quantity and affixed with glue to walls.~~The Kleine Volksblatt,or "The Little People's Journal" was established in 1929 as a small format Viennese daily newspaper. It reemerged after the War... Read More
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1956 OLDSMOBILE SHOP MANUAL
Lansing, Michigan: Oldsmobile Division | General Motors Corporation, 1956. Fine binding. This is an original copy of the 1956 Oldsmobile Shop Manual, in just about As New condition. It is still housed in the original cardboard shipping box. A remarkable opportunity for the collector. Fine binding.
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[GAME] STAR AUTHORS
New York: McLoughlin Bros, 1877. Pasteboard box with colored pictorial label showing bust of Shakespeare on a shelf of books. With 64 cards as called for, and a stapled pamphlet of directions. Some soiling to the box.
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[TRAVEL] EIGHT MINI-POSTCARD BOOKLETS. EUROPE
Mid-20th c.. Eight groups of tourist postcards, 2 accordion style, 6 groups of individual postcards for a total of 84 postcards.~~This collection represents well-known or stereotypical views from throughout Switzerland, the Netherlands, France, Italy, and England. No larger than 3"x4 1/2". One group is lithographic illustrations, one group is black and white photography, and the rest are oversaturated color... Read More
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ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA, PASSED AT THE SESSION OF 1835-36, COMMENCING 7th DECEMBER, 1835, AND ENDING 24th MARCH, 1836, IN THE SIXTIETH YEAR OF THE COMMONWEALTH
Richmond, VA: Printed By Thomas Ritchie, 1836. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Large 8vo.; in the publisher's taupe side-stitched cardstock wrappers, with titling in pen; [3], 4-434 pages, inclduing the Index.~~Contains much on the development of the canals and railways, as well as some pages on the Kanawha Slave Insurance Company. Uncommon in the publisher's wrappers. Very Good... Read More
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THE COLONIAL ECHO. 1927
Williamsburg, Virginia: The Students of The College of William and Mary, 1927. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. This William and Mary yearbook was the property of a Dudley Payne Terry, of the Sigma Nu fraternity, with his name on the front endpaper and an typed letter signed by the College President, Dr. Julian Alvin Carroll Chandler, pasted onto... Read More
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THE COLONIAL ECHO. 1920
Williamsburg, Virginia: The Students of The College of William and Mary, 1920. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. A copy of the 1920 yearbook for the College of William and Mary. Some soiling to the fore edge of the text block. Bound in black cloth with lettering stamped in gilt on the front board, now darkened. Wear to the... Read More
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![[EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING MINUTES] H. M. SOUTHWELL LTD. 1933-1936](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/372/796/1255796372.0.m.jpg)
[EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING MINUTES] H. M. SOUTHWELL LTD. 1933-1936
London: H. M. Southwell, 1936. Full Leather. Very Good binding. The board minutes of the H. & M. Southwell company, carpet manufacturers, from July 15, 1933 through October 2, 1936. With 192 pages filled in, of holographic minutes, typewritten minutes and official correspondence pasted in. With a blank alphabetically tabulated section at the front. Bound by Jordan &... Read More
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[MEDIEVAL] LEAF. BOOK OF HOURS. FLANDERS, 15th CENTURY
5” X 3 1/4” A finely illuminated double-sided leaf from a 15th century Book of Hours. Thirteen lines in Latin, with richly decorated and embellished capitals in blue, red and gold. A beautifully penned border with leaves in gold, and tiny flowers in blue and red. Nicely matted in cream board, with border ruled in blue and red. 14... Read More
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![[AMERICANA] [ENGINEERING] THE HUDSON RIVER BRIDGE BETWEEN FORT LEE, NEW JERSEY AND MANHATTAN, NEW YORK](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/561/236/1693236561.0.m.jpg)
[AMERICANA] [ENGINEERING] THE HUDSON RIVER BRIDGE BETWEEN FORT LEE, NEW JERSEY AND MANHATTAN, NEW YORK
New York City: The Port of New York Authority, 1931. Soft Cover. Good binding. Folded sheet; 8 x 19” inches unfolded; with black and white photographic illustrations of the bridge; the Cable Constrution on the bridge in October 1929, and the Tower Erection in May 1929; as well a drawing of a typical cross Section.; each panel with... Read More
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REMBRANDT: EXPERIMENTAL SKETCHER
New York: Hacker Art Books, 1988. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding. Small quarto; 184 pages; very slight scratch mark to front board impression otherwise no markings of any kind. Very Good+ binding.
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[CITY PLAN] [INDIA] GUIDE MAP OF CALCUTTA AND HOWRAH
Folded sheet, approximate 84 cm. x 56 cm. printed in yellow, blue and black on flimsy cream colored paper; with three inset boxes listing Postal Zone numbers; references to Temples and Telegraph Offices; and 238 “Important Places”.~~There are several short areas of separation at the folds; and one internal tear (about 2”) has been repaired on the verso. An... Read More
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![[MAP] RAND, McNALLY & CO.'s INDEXED ATLAS OF THE WORLD. MAP OF MEXICO](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/996/650/1456650996.0.m.jpg)
[MAP] RAND, McNALLY & CO.'s INDEXED ATLAS OF THE WORLD. MAP OF MEXICO
New York: Rand-McNally, 1903. 19.25 x 26"; folding map; with a couple of small chips -- one to the top and the other to the bottom edge, neither affecting text or map; with an inset detailed "Map of the Valley of Mexico"; on the verso is a "Plan of the City of Mexico".
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![[MILITARY LAW] [MEXICO] [SPANISH] CODIGO MILITAR; LEY DE ORGANIZACION Y COMPETENCIA DE LOW TRIBUNALES MILITARES, MANDADA PONER EN VIGOR POR DECRETO NUM. 1832, DE 13 DE OCTUBRE DE 1989](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/647/556/1479556647.0.m.jpg)
[MILITARY LAW] [MEXICO] [SPANISH] CODIGO MILITAR; LEY DE ORGANIZACION Y COMPETENCIA DE LOW TRIBUNALES MILITARES, MANDADA PONER EN VIGOR POR DECRETO NUM. 1832, DE 13 DE OCTUBRE DE 1989
Mexico: [Secretaria de Estado, del Despacho de Guerra y Marina], 1890. First Edition. Very Good binding. 8vo. (9 1/4" x 6 1/8"); quarter leather over quite worn marbled boards with titling and double rules in gilt to the spine; one volume with different sections and various paginations; there is an ownership signature on the volume title page: "Charles... Read More
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READING IMPERIAL CARTOGRAPHY: Ming-Qing Historical Maps in the Library of Congress
Library of Congress with in association with Academia Sinica Digital Center, 2013. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Bound in grey cloth with a pictorial pastedown; housed in a pictorial slipcase .~No marks of any kind. Slipcase bumped at spine bottom edge, and bumped corner and first 40 pages of book. Near Fine binding.
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![[BOUDOIR CABINET CARD] FORT MONROE. OLD POINT COMFORT. 1887](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/327/322/1506322327.0.m.jpg)
[BOUDOIR CABINET CARD] FORT MONROE. OLD POINT COMFORT. 1887
Boudoir cabinet card (5" x 8") albumen photograph of Fort Monroe, mounted on card, with "Old Point Comfort, Va. | June / 87 | R. F. Nathan" with cannons and several men in the picture in the picture under the live oak trees.
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![[CIVIL WAR] REPORT OF A GUARD: LIST OF THE GUARD; LIST OF PRISONERS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/061/453/1563453061.0.m.jpg)
[CIVIL WAR] REPORT OF A GUARD: LIST OF THE GUARD; LIST OF PRISONERS
Broadsheet (14 3/8" x 10 1/8") folded; Report of a Guard mounted at "Camp Near Union Mills" on the "Sixth Day" and relieved on the "Sixth day of April 1863" detailing the number of prisoners, the List of the Guard; and List of Prisoners; signed by the Officer of the Day, and the officer "Commanding the Guard"; on the... Read More
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[CHILDREN] BRIGHT PICTURES FOR DULL DAYS
New York | London: Thomas Nelson and Sons | S. W. Partridge and Co, 1880. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 8vo, in rather charming glazed chromolithographic boards backed in maroon cloth. Illustrated throughout with black and white engraved images on the rectos of each leaf. This edition is undated, but there is a previous owner gift inscription from... Read More
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[CHILDREN] LITTLE FOLKS' COLORED PICTURE BOOK
New York: McLoughlin Brothers, 1870. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Small quarto; in the publihser's blue cloth binding, with titling in gilt, and elaborate border stamped in black, and a bright chromolithographic pastedown; [64] pages,with color illustrations; boards with beveled edges.~~A striking example of McLoughlin Brothers capitalization on the still relatively new "wonderful world of color", with 16... Read More
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Municipal Engineering (2 Volumes bound) Volume XXII: January 1902 - June 1902, Nos. 1-6; Volume XXIII: July 1902 - December 1902, Nos. 7-12
Indianapolis; New York: Municipal Engineering Company, 1902. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Illustrated; No pencil or ink markings in text. One-half black leather and black cloth binding. Front and rear hinge repair. Light to moderate edgewear to boards with heavier wear at head of spine. Small loss at head of spine. Scrape,... Read More
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Seventh Annual Report of the Governons of the Alms House, New York, for the Year 1855
New York: Hall, Clayton & Co, 1856. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Inscribed. Brown embossed cloth; numerous folding charts, though 2 of them appear to be missing; this copy is inscribed by Isaac J. Oliver, who a Google search reveals to have been the first steam printer in New York City -- perhaps the printer of this book.... Read More
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