Richmond: Samuel Shepherd & Co. for Ritchie and Cook, 1830. Full Leather. Octavo. iv, 919, [1] pp. First Edition. Full calf with later spine label. Largely, a solid copy; spine is a bit chipped at the ends and the leather is darkened. Front and rear free endpapers have some significant.....
![Item #5335 [American Civil War] ADDRESSES DELIVERED BEFORE THE VIRGINIA STATE CONVENTION,...](/pictures/thumb/5335.jpg?v=1633723075)
Richmond, VA: Wyatt M. Elliott, 1861. Original Sewn Wrappers. Octavo. 64 pp. First Edition. Bound as issued in stitched wrappers; light soiling as well as some creasing to the wrappers; limited shelfwear; minimal foxing. A very nice copy of an uncommon pamphlet, presenting, as Nevins writes, “fervent pleas that the.....
Richmond: J. W. Randolph, 1855. Hard Cover. Octavo. xx, 264 pp., frontis, plates. First American edition. As issued, in brown, embossed cloth with title in gold on the spine. Relatively light shelfwear including some fraying at the spine ends and corners as well as some insect predation that has taken.....
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1876. Hard Cover. Octavo. 587, [1 (blank)], [4 (ads)] pp., frontis, plates, maps. Early reprint. In publisher's green cloth with title and vignette in black and gold on the front cover and the spine; 13 portraits, 6 maps (one folding), and 2 illustrations are.....
Boston: S. Kneeland and T. Green, 1743. Hard Cover. Octavo. [2], 43, [1 (blank)] pp. First edition of this colonial imprint. Bound in modern cloth over boards with a neat morocco title label on the spine. Very little wear to the binding. Lacking half title; tideline to the bottom corner.....
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Paris: L. Maison, 1850. Half Leather. 12mo. [4], 386 pp., frontis, maps, plates. Backed in maroon calf with marbled paper over boards. Spine ends and corners lightly worn; light to moderate foxing to the contents. Large folding map of western United States, "Carte de la Nouvelle Californie Dressee ....
New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1885, 1886. Three Quarter Leather. Octavo. 584; 647, [1 (errata)] pp., frontis, ports, plates, facsims, maps. First edition. In publisher's maroon morocco backed cloth-covered boards with leather corners, gold medallions on the boards; titled in gold on the spine; marbled endpapers; all edges.....
Richmond: J. W. Fergusson & Sons, 1878. Original Wrappers. Octavo. 48 pp. First edition. Removed from nonce volume with original wrappers present; while a limited number of copies were issued with a leaf containing an albumen print of Lee mounted on the recto and another of the company commanders mounted.....
New York: G. & C. Carvill, 1828. Full Leather. Octavo. Vol. I: xvi, 399; II: 367; III: viii, [13-420 pp., folding map. First American edition. In striking marbled leather binding dyed in rich reds, greens, gray, walnut, and tan; floriated roll in gold around the perimeter of the boards; spines.....
Maryland: 1851. 10” x 4” printed sheet; head-piece vignette at the top of the sheet; early stain. Candidates include: Comptroller of the Treasury, Philip Francis Thomas (former Governor of Maryland); Lottery Commissioner, Thomas R. Stewart; Commissioner of the Land Office, James Murray; Commissioner of the Public Works, John S. Gittings;.....
n.p., 1834. Soft Cover. Octavo. 24 pp., frontis, illus. First edition. In modern marbled paper wrappers with printed title label on the front wrap; lacking original wrappers. Early tidelines to the top and bottom margin; general toning; one leaf has a modest ink stain to the fore-edge margin; one leaf.....
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Glasgow: John Bryce and David Paterson, 1759. Full Leather. Octavo. [2], xxii, 482 pp. Second edition. In contemporary calf with morocco title label on the spine. Expected light rubbing with softened corners and spine ends; early and faint owner name of G. Ferrell (repeated on the front pastedown) in ink.....
London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1862. Hard Cover. 12mo. xii, 332 pp. First edition. In original cloth with embellishments and title in gold and blind; all edges gilt. Binding if quite bright and shows only light edgewear; front hinge has been effectively mended; previous owners' name and bookplate; only light.....
Baltimore: Kelly, Piet & Co., 1871. Hard Cover. Octavo. 400 pp. First edition. In publisher's embossed, plum cloth with title in gold on the spine and seal on the front cover. Covers are a bit soiled; spine ends have been sensitively and subtly reinforced; textblock has been relined with new.....
London: T. Cadell, 1785. Original Wrappers. Octavo. viii, 127, [1 (blank)] pp., errata. (Lacking appendix and charts: pp. 129-156). Second London edition, with additions. Unbound, but new stitching through the original sewing holes in the inner margin; untrimmed; title page a bit soiled; early Franklin Institution Library stamps on the.....
![Item #6116 [Confederate Imprint] THE HAND-BOOK OF ARTILLERY, FOR THE SERVICE OF THE UNITED...](/pictures/thumb/6116.jpg?v=1637178310)
Charleston: Evans & Cogswell, 1861. Soft Cover. 12mo. 192 pp. Second edition, revised and enlarged. Confederate imprint. As issued in red cloth over flexible covers with marbled endpapers and a blue paper title label on the front cover. Front cover has been discreetly reattached; some loss to the cloth at.....
![Item #6431 [Mormon; LDS] A BOOK OF COMMANDMENTS, FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST,...](/pictures/thumb/6431.jpg?v=1640300214)
Salt Lake City: Scrub Oak Press [Zion: W. W. Phelps & Co.], 2010 [1833]. Full Leather. 16mo. 160 pp. Limited edition, number 36 of 100 copies of the regular edition. There was also a deluxe edition of 29 copies. Fine letterpress printing from photopolymer plates on a period-appropriate paper hand-made.....
Williamsburg: Alexander Purdie and John Dixon, 1774. Half Leather. Octavo. [4], 356 pp. First edition. Backed in 19th century morocco with corners and marbled paper over boards with title and author in gold on the spine. Binding is a bit rubbed with some fraying at the bottom corners of both.....
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Richmond: J. W. Randolph, 1864. Hard Cover. 12mo. viii, 223 pp.,15 maps of which 10 are folding. First edition. A fresh copy, as issued in maroon embossed cloth; light shelfwear, including some fraying at the spine ends. Contemporary ownership marking in pencil on the front free endpaper; regular but neat.....
Montgomery, AL: Barrett & Wimbish, Book and Job Printers, 1857. Soft Cover. Octavo. 29, [3] pp. Removed from nonce volume, lacking wrappers. Vertical crease where the pamphlet was folded; light and scattered foxing; but largely a well preserved copy. Founded July 4, 1857, University of the South was conceived of.....
Montgomery, AL: Barrett & Wimbish, Book and Job Printers, 1858. Soft Cover. Octavo. 24 pp. Removed from nonce volume, lacking wrappers; original stitching still present. Title page is detached with some staining; rear leaf is stained with a closed tear at the inner margin; silverfishing heavy on this leaf and.....
Montgomery, AL: Barrett & Wimbish, Book and Job Printers, 1859. Soft Cover. Octavo. 16 pp. As issued, stitched in printed wrappers. Wrappers are generally soiled with chipping to the edges, primarily to the rear wrapper; vertical creases where the pamphlet was folded at some point; light foxing/toning to the contents.....
Philadelphia: James Webster, 1817. Full Leather. Octavo. xv, [1], 427, [1], xii, [1, (errata)] pp. First edition. Contemporary sheep with morocco title label on the spine. A presentable copy with light rubbing to the binding; corners are softened; contemporary owner name on the top of the title page; another owner.....
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New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1864. Embossed Cloth. 12mo. 196, 8 (publisher ads) pp., plate, map. First edition. Appears to be a clipped signature is tipped in between the engraved title and the title page. Bound as issued in green pebbled cloth with title in gold on the spine.....
Philadelphia: North American Land Company, 1795. 12.25" x 9.75". Printed broadside form on paper completed in ink and signed by the secretary of the North American Land Company James Marshall (brother of Chief Justice John Marshall) and president of the company, Robert Morris. Scalloped left edge as issued; vertical crease.....