(Roanoke, VA: Stone Printing Co.), (1914). First edition. Small 4to. 34 pp. Illustrated from color photographs, plates, frontispiece and four others in color, each page illustrated from photographs in the margins surrounding text. “Description of Roanoke, Va., and the surrounding country” (OCLC). Not to be confused with the relatively common..... More

Norfolk, VA: nd [ca. 1890?]. Silk cream political ribbon, 8 x 2 ½ inches, completely printed in red. Some fraying along top and bottom edges, old tidelines at lower corners, several tiny holes, two barely touching text. Still a good example. More

Norfolk, VA: Norfolk Chamber of Commerce, Resort Dept. nd [1950s]. Multi-color promotional map, 11 x 17 inches, “extending from Williamsburg to Virginia Beach, within a border of vignettes (historical personages and events, natural landmarks, industries, outdoor activities, etc.), with title centered at top; text block about the area appears inside..... More

(Norfolk, VA: Young & Bullock), nd [ca. 1860]. Trade card, 2 ¾ x 4 ¼ inches, on card stock. Young & Bullock were active just before the Civil War. Rubbed, some storage soiling, still a good example. More

Talleysville, VA: R. E. Richardson, nd [ca. 1895]. Promotional for the healing waters (primarily testimonials). Oblong 12mo (9 cm). 30 pp. Cover title: Belmont Lithia Water, Spring No. 1: Drink and Be Cured, Description of Spring, Analysis of Water Certificates, Testimonials.” OCLC locates two copies (Appalachian State, Virginia). Original decorated..... More

[Boydton, VA?]: 1880. Printed broadside, 11 ¾ x 8 ¼ inches. The settled chancery suit was W. J. Johnson & Co. vs. L. W. Wimbush. The first tract, of 284 acres, is described as “mostly forest and well timbered.” Land served in the 35th Virginia during the Civil War. Uniformly..... More

(Richmond, VA): Virginia State Commission on Conservation and Development, (c1933). Broadsheet map, 14 x 38 inches, printed both sides, the sections of the state broken and flanked by promotional and historical information for each particular section, verso profusely illustrated from line drawings. This copy has been marked by a previous..... More

London: Sold by Thomas Basset and Richard Chiswell (i.e., Charlottesville, VA: Lith. King Lindsay Printing Corp.), nd [1960s?]. 20th-centruy facsimile of this 17th-century map, 17 x 21 ½ inches, border, cartouche, seal, hills and mountains, and borders colored, showing the area from the Susquehanna River in Maryland to the Albemarle..... More

[Newark, DE]: (Designed & Printed by Bill Roberts for First State Press, 2004). First edition, 1/60 unnumbered copies. 24mo (11 cm). (3) pp. Converse’s letter to his sister reports on the deaths from scarlet fever of two of his four children and the course the disease was taking through his..... More

4to. One-page, approximately 35 words. Once folded for mailing, some foxing, traces of mounting on verso corners. Still very good. More

(Petersburg, VA: Franklin Press Co., Printers [for] the author, 1916. First edition. Oblong 8vo (13 cm). (16) pp. Illustrated from photographs, new housing and business, crowded street scenes, railroad trains and tracks, etc. Viewbook and description of a city of 35,000 built in just under a year. Cover title: Hopewell..... More

[Harrisonburg, VA?]: nd [1869?]. [Place of publication and date from Hummel.] Printed broadside, 9 ½ x 5 ¾ inches, title printed bold in larger type. Hummel 5048 (Virginia, Library of Virginia, Eastern Mennonite, Virginia Historical Society). OCLC locates two copies (Virginia, Library of Virginia). Very good copy. “A lawyer, judge..... More

(Harrisonburg, VA: Chamber of Commerce), nd [ca.1930, JMU referred to as the “State Teachers College”]. Six-panel 16mo folding brochure, illustrated from six paragraphs, a road map with auto mileage chart covers two panels verso. A simple promotional covering the city and its history, commerce, agriculture, transportation, and “the charm of..... More