NP: The compiler, (c1950). First edition, a reproduced typescript. 4to. 109 pp. Inscribed by the compiler at the head of the title page. Cover title: "Marriages of Prince Edward County, Virginia, 1754-1810." Very good. Cloth-tape backed printed stiff wrappers (tape frayed at spine ends). (9908). More
Mobile, AL: Advertiser & Register Office, 1866. First edition of the post-Civil War code. 8vo. 274 pp. Owen, p. 1021 (his copy). "No person or persons shall be eligible to the offices of mayor, alderman, or common council, unless he or they be free white male citizens," etc. Ellison 1448..... More
Selma, AL: (The compiler?), 1912. 8vo. 55 pp. Periodical extract concerning the battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac affixed to the rear endpaper. Original gilt-stamped navy cloth,. Very good. (381). First edition. Jones commanded the Virginia (formerly the "Merrimac") in its battle with the "Monitor" and he later directed..... More
Richmond, VA: W. H. Adams, 1913. First edition. 8vo. 101 pp. A Hanover County, Virginia, native, Macon relates anecdotes of life and politics in Richmond and the surrounding countryside before and after the war, with occasional references to the personnel and activities of the Richmond Howitzers, the unit he served..... More
Columbus, GA: Thos. Gilbert, book printer, 1874-1875. First edition, two parts bound together as one volume. Small 8vo. 174, 196 pp. Howes M-338 ("aa"). Later binder's cloth. Very good. More
Richmond, VA: Carlton McCarthy & Co. (J. Randolph & English for the fourth volume), 1883-1886. First edition, Pamphlet Nos. 1-4. 8vo. 4 volumes: 84; (6), 89-304; 64; 64 pp. Participated in most of the major battles of the Army of Northern Virginia, from Big Bethel to Appomattox. The first two..... More
Hyde Park, NY: Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, 1957. First edition. 8vo. 2 volumes: xiv, 614; (6), 700 pp. Portrait frontispiece to volume one. Gilt-stamped green cloth; volume one a little stained, else very good. More
[Birmingham, AL]: The compiler, under the auspices of the Birmingham Police Relief Association (City Paper Co. Printers, Birmingham), 1902. First edition. Oblong folio. 69, (7) pp. [printed double-column, in part]. Illustrated from photographs, city buildings, police vehicles, portraits of individual police officials and officers, group photos of policemen; ads for..... More
[St. Martinville?]: np, nd [ca. 1925]. Tourist guide. Broadside, 12 x 5 7/8 inches, printed double-column. Among the sites listed are the Grotte de Loudres, the St. Martin Catholic Church, the Evangeline Oak, Catahoula Lake, the sacred lake of the Attakapas Indian Tribe, St. John Plantation, and the Longfellow-Evangeline Memorial..... More
(Chicago, IL: W.B. Conkey), nd [ca. 1897]. First edition (?). Narrow 16mo. 52 pp. Includes 1933 schedules for five local York County baseball leagues, the New York-Penn League, and the National, American, and International Leagues; also includes 1932-season player records for the New York-Penn League and other baseball information. Unrecorded..... More
Montgomery, AL: Brown Printing Co. for the State of Alabama Dept. of Archives and History, 1911. First edition, ADAH Bulletin No. 5. Tall 8vo. 131 pp. Alphabetical list, with age (at time of the publication of the 1840 "Census of Pensioners"), county of residence, pension payments, and pension roll listing;..... More
Baltimore, (MD): Johns S. Bridges, 1914. First edition. 4to. 152, (1) pp. Illustrated from photographs, plates, portraits. Painter (1838-1906), a native of Ireland and a mechanical engineer, moved to Baltimore in 1865, worked in a machine shop and helped develop a universal neck for glass bottles; he eventually patented 85..... More
(London and New Haven, CT): Tate Gallery for the Yale Center for British Art, 1981. First edition, in the series "Sport in Art and Books, the Paul Mellon Collection". 4to. xvii, (3), 427 pp. Illustrated from photographs, plates, some in color. Introduction: "A Physical History of English books on a...... More
(Topsfield, MA: Wayside Press for) The Walpole Society, 1929-1932. First edition, 1/100 copies. 8vo. 2 volumes: xvi, (2), 323; xii, 331 pp. Illustrated from photographs, old paintings and engravings, ephemera, etc., plates, portraits. Very good. Original black cloth-backed patterned boards for volume one, original brown cloth-backed boards for volume two..... More
Abingdon, VA: S.S. Miles, 1849. Revised and augmented edition (first issued in 1839). 8vo. 700 pp. 13 plates. Contemporary calf (rubbed), leather spine label; persistent light foxing, but a good solid copy of a work usually found quite worn. More
Charlottesville, VA: The compiler and Velora C. Thomson, c1958. First edition. 8vo. (32) pp. Illustrated from photographs, plates, map on rear wrapper. Historical sketches and descriptions of local sites, with side trips to Monticello and other nearby places. Inscribed by the publisher Thomson at the bottom of the title page..... More
Atlanta, GA: Franklin Printing and Publishing Co., 1903. First edition (?). 12mo (16 cm). 56 pp. Ads for local businesses (Empire Business Bureau promises “Competent White Help for All Classes of Business”); apparently African-American organizations were not included. Not recorded on OCLC. Original printed wrappers (soiled, some wear and tear..... More
Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Women's Golf Assn. (c1940). 8vo. 148 pp. Illustrated, plates. Gilt-stamped burgundy cloth (spine dull). Very good. First edition. Special bookplate signed by the editor on front endpaper. 1938 United States amateur champion Estelle Page's copy with her label on front endpaper; several entries concerning Page are included..... More
Montreal: M. Longmoore, 1867. Second edition (first published the previous year). Small 8vo. 196 pp. Illustrated with eight mounted albumen prints (the first edition was issued with ten, though they were "less realized than those of the second edition" according to Goldschmidt) by Notman, two of Niagara, including one of..... More
Montreal: M. Longmoore & Co., 1866. First edition. 8vo. 196 pp., (22) pp. of ads. 10 albumen photographs (3 1/2 x 2 1/4 inches) mounted on stiff leaves with printed captions and "Notman, Photo." (leaves foxed). Original dark brown cloth (edges bumped, spine head chipped); a very good solid copy..... More
Washington, DC: Library of Congress Preservation Office Research Services, 1981. First edition. 4to. vii, 31 pp. Line drawings, diagrams. "Mats not only provide protection and support; they also impose a standard size and format upon a wide range or materials, provide a safe, yet intimately connected surface for annotation, and..... More
Grand Rapids, MI: Press of White Printing Co. for the compiler, c1906. First edition. 8vo. xxvi, 664, (2) pp. [printed double-column]. Ads for American furniture makers, many illustrated, color plates. Cover title: "1906 Directory Furniture Manufacturers." Publisher's notice: "The present volume is the third annual issue." OCLC locates one copy..... More
Washington, DC: J.H. Soule, 1881. First edition for this year. 16mo. (4), 132 pp. Illus., wood engraved views of prominent American hotels, seven railroads maps, six folding, two folding plates of views, one a panorama of the Fauquier White Sulphur Springs Hotel, Warrenton, Virginia. Includes a list of hotels by..... More
New Orleans, LA: The commission, 1904. First edition. 8vo. 64 pp. Thompson 1747. Drawing on rear wrappers, pencil values beside some titles, a good serviceable copy. Original printed gray wrappers (rubbed, spine shows some wear), stapled. (#5407). More
Chapel Hill, (NC): UNC Press, 1958. First edition. 8vo. viii, 597 pp. 15,519 items are briefly described here (author, title, publication information, pagination). Blue cloth, gilt spine title, publisher's plain brown dust jacket. Fine bright copy, virtually as new. (3594). More
