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Norwalk, Connecticus: The Easton Press, 2003. Full Leather. Fine binding. Three quarto volumes; in full dark blue leather with elaborate decorations and titling in gilt; with raised bands,; all edges gilt; silk moire endpapers; silk bookmarks bound in; there are no marks of any kind in the books; there is single very light abrasion on the leading edge of Volume I only.~~This lovely set covers military history from the time of the Greeks, until the end of the Second World War.~. Fine binding.

A nice gathering of materials relating to and belonging to Dr. Thomas P. C. Barnard. Barnard was a respected physician in Buffalo and an ardent Theosophist, promoting the movement at the height of its popularity. He lectured frequently [according to The Messenger] and was so determined to spread the Theosophical message and recruit converts that he stated his habit of reading obituaries in the Buffalo area and sending theosophical propaganda to the bereaved.~~Barnard was a member of the Royal Arch Mason's, Tonawanda Lodge no. 247, and President of the Buffalo Lodge of the Theosophical Society. ~~This archive contains:~ (1) Two periodicals bound together, The American Theosophist (August 1913; Volume XIV, Number 11) and The Theosophic Messenger (October 1912, Volume XIV, Number 1) each containing contributions by Barnard: "Shamballa" and "Weismann's Cell Theory and the Permanent Atom". In black cloth, titled in gold on the cover. Very Good. ~(2) An offprint of Barnard's "Weissmann's Cell Theory" in… Read More

1845. Disbound, with the soiled and tattered rear wrapper present. New wrappers fashioned with a paper title label. 186 pages with a 128 pages appendix; textblock is stained throughout, but legible.~~Report regarding the partially built James River and Kanawha Canal. Never finished, the canal was first surveyed and planned by George Washington, a project begun in 1785. The project was reinvigorated by Joseph Cabell in the 1830's. This is the eleventh annual report to the shareholders of his James River and Kanawha Canal Company, and at which meeting Cabell tendered his resignation.

West Point, NY: United States Military Academy Press, 1917. Soft Cover. Good binding. Side-stapled in printed wrappers; the first couple of pages are silverfished on the front edge with some loss; there is a quarter-sized loss to the front cover; bit of soiling to the covers; general shelfwear particularly at the spine; this is pretty nice condition considering how delicate it is;. Good binding.

Elizabeth, New Jersey: George R. Iles, Printer, 1938. Limited Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Stated First Edition, limited to 200 copies. With three photographic plates. Minor loss to the bottom edge of the covers, especially near the spine. Printed gray paper wrappers. Very Good binding.

Richmond, VA: Ezekiel & Bass, 1894. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Calisch was the late 19th century Rabbi of Congregation Beth Ahaba in Richmond. This is Part II only of his Child's Bible, "From the Birth of Moses to the Entrance of the People Into Canaan". Paper-covered boards over maroon cloth spine. An uncommon book, with only one listing found in OCLC. Mylar has been custom cut to protect the binding. Very Good binding.

Iowa City, 1907. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. This First Edition copy has been rebound in a library-style binding of red cloth with gold titling to the spine. It is from the personal library of Civil War historian Bud Robertson and has his bookplate on the pastedown. The title page, while present, has been backed with new paper. The photographic frontispiece of Jones is present. Mr. Robertson, writing in the Nevins bibliography, considers this "among the best reminiscences of Iowa soldiers" [Nevins I, 115]. (Nevins I, 115). Very Good binding / Very Good dust jacket.

New York: American Sports Publishing Co, 1905. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. An early manual on the rules and guidelines for playing collegiate football, published in the early years of the sport when the rules still changed with some regularity and decades before the establishment of the NFL. With photographic illustrations throughout, facing opposite pages of text. Advertisements at the rear, for various sporting goods and other volumes in the Spalding's Athletic Library series. Small loss to a corner of the rear cover, and minor shelfwear to the binding. Blue paperback. Very Good binding.

Richmond: J. W. Randolph, 1855. First American Edition. Embossed Cloth. Very Good binding. 264pp. In publisher's brown embossed cloth; early reback in sympathetic cloth with much of the original backstrip, including the gold stamped title, laid down; light shelfwear to the extremities; previous owner donation plate on the front pastedown; "duplicate" stamp on the verso of the second blank leaf is the only indication that this is from an institutional collection; light foxing/toning. 14 engravings after Theodor de Bry's engravings for Hariot's "A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia." An uncommon edition of one of the most important contemporary histories of Virginia. (Sabin 5114; Howes B410). Very Good binding.

Richmond: B. B. Minor, 1847. First Edition. Embossed Cloth. Good binding. Quarto; in brown embossed cloth, with a previous owner pencilled gift instription form 1850, and a later family name dated 1886; [3],4-200 pages, followed by Corrigenda and Index; with a small piece lost at the spine, affecting the titling, and with foxing throughout; wear to the corners.~~Charles Campbell was a Petersburg native and ran a classical school in that city. (Haynes 2812). Good binding.

London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1869. Second Edition. Full Leather. Very Good binding. Eight large 8vo. volumes, in full calf finding with rule in gilt to the perimeter of the boards, spine with gold and blind decorative tooling and with black and burgundy labels; the date of the volume stamped in gold.~~There is minor wear to the spines of Volume V and VIII; several corners are bumped.~~V. 1-3, First series, to the revolution of 1688 (1846) -- V.4-5, Second series, from the revolution of 1688, to the death of Lord Chancellor Thurlow, in 1806 (1846) -- V.6-7, Third series, from the birth of Lord Chancellor Loughborough, in 1733, to the death of Lord Chancellor Eldon, in 1838 (1847) -- V. 8 Lives of Lord Lyndhurst and Lord Brougham, lord chancellors and keepers of the Great Seal of England (1869) / ed. Mary Scarlett Campbell. Very Good binding.

London: Sampson Low, Son & Co, 1856. Full Leather. Good binding. With engraved illustrations throughout. Contemporary owner's name on the front endpaper, dated 1857. Wear to the joints, which are tender but holding well. White staining to the front board, and dark residue on the rear board. Signed binding by Hayday. Pebbled morocco with gilt lettering and decorations, dentelles, and decorative borders. All edges gilt. Good binding.

Philadelphia, PA: Lindsay & Blakiston, 1859. Very Good binding. A sturdy copy with a color frontispiece, black and white illustrations, and foxing on pages throughout. The book is bound in 1/4 leather over brown cloth, with some small loss to the spine at the top and bottom. Very Good binding.

New Rochelle, New York: The Elizabeth Press, 1979. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding. 8vo.; quarter-vellum over blue-gray paper-covered baords, with a gilt rule to the leading edge of the vellum; in the publihser's matching blue-gray paper-covered slipcase; with seven original etchings by Eugene G. Canade; this is Number 12 of of 54 copies, 50 numbered on the press 1-50 and 4 ad personam, and all signed by the designer, the artist, and the author [from the colophon].~~A fresh copy, with just a trace of toning to the slipcase.~~. Fine binding.

London: Hugh Rees, Ltd, 1912. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 8vo.; in the publisher's red cloth binding; xv.; 174 pages; with 8 maps in pocket in the back of the book; with a library bookplate on the front pastedown, previous owner name, and several marks as well as a page with penciled underlining in the book.; two white parallel lines at the bottom of the spine.~~With detailed information regarding the Battles of Wissenbourg and Worth. Du Cane served as a Brigadier General in the First World War.~~~. Very Good binding.

Washington, D.C.: The Neale Publishing Co, 1902. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good binding. 16 mo. (6 7/8" x 5 1/8"); in the publisher's appropriately Lenten violet silk binding; 180 pages; there is a previous owner gift inscription in mauve pencil -- R. J. B. Dunner | 1703 Forrest Ave. Parsons, Kans. "Easter Peace and Blessings to you two--E. B. Armstrong" foloowed by a note "Easter MCMII | Mar. 30th | This book to be returned to | E. B. Armstrong should " she outlive me - R. J. B. Dunn";~this copy with spots of purple (ink, we believe, to disguise lighter spots); the front hinge has evidence of having been reglued; there are numberous annotations throughout the book. mostly in purple, sometimes mauve. ~~Krick observes that the contributing bishops were from all across the country, and that one of the articles was by Ellison Capers. Capers was a Confederate general who in his post-war career was elevated to the Episcopate of the Protestant Episcopal Church. (Krick 155). Good binding.

United States Infantry Association, 1908. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. At this period of its publishing life, the journal was issued bimonthly. Three issues from 1908 bound together, and covering such topics as "Progress in Machine Gun Development", "Tactics of Night Attacks", "Attack and Defense of an Experimental Redoubt", and others. In buckram with a leather label. Very Good binding.

Paris: Apud Andream Wechelum, 1572. Full Leather. Very Good binding. Two 16th century edictions of classical texts, Virgil's Georgics and Bucolics, printed by Andreas Wechelus who was active in Paris as a printer and bookseller from 1554 to 1573, and then in Frankfurt. In an early, if not contemporary, calf binding with boards double-ruled in blind to the perimeters with embossed with a decorative device in the centers. The title pages with Wechsel's printed device featuring Pegasus. There is a significantly later title label at the spine, and the holes from clasps. Pastedowns are of printed waste paper. Lacking endsheets. The Georgics dedicated to Charles, Cardinal of Guise and Lotharingen. Very Good binding.

Richmond: Whittet & Shepperson Printers, 1954. An uncommon Richmond church history, this being #705 of 750 numbered copies. Quarter brown morocco over cloth; printed on laid paper with deckled edge. There is a discreet initial on the top of the front endpaper. This copy still with the publisher's glassine wrapper. With frontispiece drawing of the church by Elmo Jones. A lovely copy.

[Washington, D.C.]: Vasa Order, 1938. Stapled Pamphlet. Very Good binding. An uncommon publication of the Vasa Order, the fraternal society for Swedish immigrants to the United States, Uncommon, with 1 copy found in OCLC. A substantial program; short tear to the front panel. Very Good binding.