[Hampton, Va. Printed by students of the Institute, n.d., but 1894]. 8pp. Illus. Small octavo. Original pictorial self- wrappers. Minor soiling, light wear. Very good plus. A rare fundraising appeal from the illustrious Hampton Normal Institute aimed specifically at the members of the Christian Endeavor Society in 1894. The pamphlet.....

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.....

London: Printed for William Lane, 1789. Two volumes. [4],vii,[21],467; [4],558pp., plus partially handcolored folding map and eight plates (five folding). Half titles. Modern half mottled calf and contemporary paper boards, spine gilt with raised bands, gilt red morocco label. Boards rubbed and shelf worn, corners bumped, spines a bit sunned.....

[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.....

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.....

Amsterdam: Thomas Lombrail, 1707. [6],432,[16]pp. plus folding table and fourteen copper plates. Frontis. 12mo. 18th-century calf, spine gilt with raised bands and tan morocco gilt label. Some wear and light soiling to boards, corners bumped, spine creased from cracked textblock (textblock expertly and discreetly repaired), front hinge starting to separate.....

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 in larger modern three-quarter morocco and cloth. Titlepage lightly soiled and.....

Springland, near Bristol, Pa. Designed and published by W.B., enamel painter, 1808. Four parts. Twenty handcolored copperplate engravings, including engraved title depicting "The Capitol at Washington," section title depicting "The View from Springland," and eighteen views of American estates. Letterpress introduction sheet titled "American Seats" and three letterpress sheets with.....

London: Printed by E. Holt for William Hawes, 1700. [2],33[i.e. 34],[8]pp. Small quarto. 20th-century three-quarter brown morocco and cloth, spine gilt with raised bands. Light wear to extremities and joints. Titlepage a bit dust soiled, a few spots of light soiling and minor tanning throughout. Lacks final blank (as called.....

Paris: Chez Buisson, Avril 1791. Two volumes. xl,275; [4],317pp. Half titles. Original wrappers, printed paper 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 printed.....

Petersburg, Va. 1804-1805, 1816. Four volumes. Modern half calf and marbled boards, gilt. Scattered foxing. Ownership signatures in three volumes. Without folding table at pages 88-89 of third volume. Very good. An important history of Virginia, here present with the very rare fourth volume. The latter volume, issued years after.....

Boston. 1854. 86pp. plus [12]pp. of advertisements. Early 20-century buckram, leather 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.....

Londres. 1755. xxiv,336pp. 12mo. Contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt tooled, leather label, edges painted red. Boards 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 a......