Washington. Oct. 11, 1822. [1]pp. Minor toning, old folds, two separation neatly mended, tipped to a larger sheet. Very good. A warm and conciliatory letter from a future president of the United States to a former president. During his time as Secretary of State under Monroe, Adams writes to Madison... More
Paris: George Louis Le Rouge, 1778. Copper-engraved map. Sheet size: 2 sheets 21 x 55 inches each. 4 sheets intended to be joined. Very good. The first French edition of Chesapeake pilot Anthony Smith's highly detailed chart of Chesapeake Bay and the rivers that converge in it. As Pritchard points... More
Boston. 1922. x,371pp. plus plates. Portrait. Maps. Large octavo. Half cloth and paper boards, paper label. Some edge wear, else near fine. Lyman served on the staff of Gen. Meade, who commanded the Army of the Potomac, from 1863 until the end of the Civil War; this volume consists of... More
[Richmond: Augustine Davis, 1800]. [2]pp., a large broadsheet, printed in two columns on both sides. Old fold lines, with small separation at the center cross- fold. Light dampstaining at bottom edge, else very good. In a half morocco slipcase. A rare printing of the Virginia Assembly's instructions to the state's... More
Cleveland: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1912. 275pp. Original red cloth, spine gilt. Fore-edge lightly scuffed, small stain to back board. Internally bright and clean. Uncut and untrimmed. Near fine. Detailed coverage of the major events of the period, including the expeditions of Batts and Fallam, Neeham and Arthur, John Lederer... More
New York: H.P. Kraus, 1978. 87pp. Boards. Fine. Interesting conglomeration of documents for sale, from records of Andros' first foray into America to the bill for his funeral. More
[Various places, including Antwerp, London, Havana, Pensacola, and New York. 1826-1833]. Twenty-one leaves, plus two additional manuscript leaves laid in. Folio. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards, manuscript label on front board. Hinges cracked, boards somewhat soiled, spine and lower corner of rear board chipped. Bookseller's label on front pastedown... More
Paris. 1797. [2],xvi,336pp. Half title. Original plain wrappers. Front joint a bit worn, old stain on rear wrapper. Near fine, untrimmed. Bayard was twenty-three when he made this trip with his wife and children to summer at Bath in the Shenandoah Valley to escape the heat of the Baltimore summer... More
London: 1722. [8],284,[28]pp. plus fifteen engraved plates including frontis. Contemporary polished calf, spine gilt, edges sprinkled red. Front board detached, rear hinge cracking, spine scuffed and slightly chipped at extremities. Corners and edges worn, boards lightly rubbed. Bookplate on front pastedown, contemporary manuscript annotation on p.31. Light tanning, scattered foxing... More
Richmond [but actually Dresden & Berlin]: Edward Beyer [but printed by Rau & Son of Dresden and W. Loeillot of Berlin], 1858. Lithograph titlepage (with five vignettes) plus forty tinted lithograph plates. Oblong folio. Original gilt cloth boards bound onto larger modern three-quarter morocco and cloth. Titlepage lightly soiled and... More
Norfolk: Privately printed at the Virginian Office, 1872. 8pp. Original blue printed wrappers. Some contemporary manuscript corrections in text. Near fine. A quite scarce tribute to Binney as one of the world's great lawyers. DAB says "he was for nearly thirty years the acknowledged leader of the Pennsylavania bar, and... More
Harrisonburg: Laurentz Wartmann, 1818. x,[4],409,[2]pp. Contemporary calf, spine gilt, leather label, remnants of metal clasps. Binding lightly worn. Contemporary notation on endpapers. Light dampstaining to first and last few leaves, some light scattered foxing. A good, solid copy. Johannes Braun (1771-1850), sometimes anglicized as John Brown, was a leading minister... More
Dublin: James Carson...for the Author, 1737. xv,408pp. plus engraved folding map, and four engraved plates. Antique half calf and marbled boards. Two plates with minor chips and tears, of which one repaired with tape on verso. Slight toning and a few light stains. Very good. Brickell accompanied provincial governor George..... More
Paris: Chez Buisson, Avril 1791. Two volumes. xl,275; [4],317pp. Half titles. Original wrappers, printed paper spine labels. Spines and spine labels chipped, else near fine, untrimmed and unopened. A very rare, largely unknown edition of Brissot de Warville's account, published the same year as the regular first edition, but here... More
Richmond: J.W. Randolph, 1861. 121,[2]pp. Original pebbled cloth, blindstamped title on front cover. Spine ends and corners worn, some rubbing and minor soiling. Binding cracked before titlepage. Contemporary ownership signature on front pastedown. Light overall toning. Good. An early Confederate imprint relating to overall strategic approaches for the Army. Subjects... More
Petersburg, Va. 1822, 1816. Four volumes. Folding table in third volume. Late 19th-century three-quarter morocco and marbled boards; rebacked in calf, spines gilt. Some light wear to extremities. Light scattered foxing and soiling, even toning. Very good. Untrimmed. The scarce second issue of Burk's important history of Virginia, comprised of... More
Petersburg, Va. 1804-1805/1816. Four volumes. Folding table listing the remaining Indian tribes in Virginia bound into third volume between pages 88 and 89 (not mentioned in Sabin or Howes). Modern half calf and marbled boards, gilt. Scattered foxing. Ownership signatures to three of four volumes. Without the folding table at... More
London. 1777. Two volumes. [6],xii,324; xii,308pp. Folding frontispiece map in each volume. Later speckled calf, maroon and black gilt morocco labels, ornate gilt spines. Front board of second volume detached, but present. Covers slightly bowed. Armorial bookplate and early 19th-century ownership signature on front paste down of each volume. Later... More
Boston. 1854. 86pp. plus [12]pp. of ads. Early 20-century buckram, gilt spine label. Cloth somewhat dust soiled, spine label slightly chipped. Remnants of paper shelf label on spine, institutional ink stamp on titlepage. An occasional fox mark. Lacking original pictorial wrappers. Good. Burns was an educated African-American who fled from... More
Londres. 1755. xxiv,336pp. 12mo. Contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt tooled, leather label, edges painted red. Boards a lightly rubbed, corners and edges somewhat worn, two small chips to spine extremities. Light tanning, scattered foxing. About very good. An important survey of the state of the British colonies, quickly translated into... More
Richmond: Printed by Thomas Nicholson, 1801. [10],[3]-588,16pp. Contemporary calf, spine rather crudely silked. Significant chipping to spine and corners. Front free endpaper excised. Titlepage with two one inch horizontal tears from gutter margin. Leaves tanned and foxed. Fair. An early Virginia volume of case reports for the Federal period, covering... More
Bethany: Printed and published by A. Campbell, 1829. 286,[2]pp. Dbd. Moderately foxed. Good. Monthly periodical issued by reform preacher Alexander Campbell (1788-1866). Campbell, a Scottish immigrant to the United States in 1809, was part of the Restoration Movement and founded Bethany College in West Virginia. He edited the CHRISTIAN BAPTIST... More
Buffaloe Creek, Brooke County, Va. Printed b[y] Solomon Sala, at the Buffaloe Printing-Office, 1824. 300,[4]pp. Contemporary three-quarter calf and marbled boards, spine gilt, leather label. Boards heavily worn, paper partially peeled away, corners worn. Contemporary and later ownership inscriptions on front endpapers. Moderately foxed. About very good. Second edition. Monthly... More
Petersburg: J.W. Campbell, 1813. 310pp. Contemporary calf, spine gilt, leather label. Joints cracked, head and foot of spine heavily chipped, corners bumped and worn. Light tanning and foxing, lower edge of pp.175/176 torn away minutely affecting text. About good. General history of Virginia before American Independence. Also published the same... More
London: Printed for R. Goadby and W. Owan Bookseller, at Temple- Bar, 1775. xxiv,iv,347,[1]pp. Folding frontis. Contemporary calf, raised bands. Minor rubbing. Slight tanning in margins of end matter, contemporary ownership inscription on front free endpaper. Overall very good. Ninth edition, after the first of 1745, and the first appearance... More
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