Philadelphia, (PA): Printed by Simon Probasco, 1821. Second American, from the Tenth London Edition, in which is included the posthumous volume, containing "The History of Virginia, to the Year 1688"; and of "New England, to the Year,1652". 8vo. Two volumes: 306; 293 pp. With a 1958 American Robertson family related..... More
Paris: Levrault, Schoell et Compagnie, An X --, 1804. First edition. 8vo. (4), xi, 312 pp. Lacks the folding map. Inscribed on the verso of the half-title "Pour Monsieur J. J. / Himely, de la part de / l'auteur"; Himely was a Charleston watchmaker (in ca. 179-1810) who purchased a...... More
Richmond, VA: Richmond Discoveries, 1989. Third edition. Small 4to (22 cm.). (4), 28 pp. Illustrated from photographs and line drawings, map, plan of the cemetery, with a key to important "residents." Signed by the author on the title page. Very good. Illustrated stiff red wrappers, stapled. (10924). More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1881 (i.e., 1931). Reprint. a "Special edition for Comte de Grasse Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, Yorktown, Virginia" (first published 1881). 8vo. 206 pp. Illustrated, frontispiece from a Trumbull painting, portraits, maps. History of the final military campaign that led to American independence. Very..... More
Chapel Hill, (NC): UNC Press for the Omohundro Institute of Early American and History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, (c1999). First edition. 8vo. xxi, 231 pp. Illustrated from period paintings, portraits, facsimiles, map. Very good. Blue boards, illustrated dust jacket. (10832). More
Alexandria, (VA): D. Turner, Printer to the State, 1865. 8vo. 83 pp. Tables. Journal of the House representing the Virginia government that remained loyal ("Restored Government of Virginia," headquartered in Alexandria, 1863-1865) to the United States [not including those counties that seceded from Virginia, forming the state of West Virginia..... More
Woodstock, VA: J. V. Rigdon, Printer, 1840. First "Virginia" edition in English (published in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in 1834). 12mo. 471 pp. OCLC locates nine copies of this edition (Mennonite Historical Library, Eastern Mennonite, Hampden-Sydney, Bethel College, Duke, Virginia Historical Society, Virginia, Library of Virginia, William & Mary). Thoroughly foxed, but..... More
Staunton, VA: Kenton Harper, Printer, 1834. First edition. 12mo. 219, (3, table of contents and "revisal"). American Imprints 25892. Ownership inscription on front endpaper, persistent foxing, but a very good copy. Contemporary calf (rubbed), leather label and gilt rules on spine. (10878). More
Richmond VA: Joseph Martin, 1826. Later American edition (first published Boston, 1726), with translations, corrections, and additions. 12mo. 309, (2, publisher's ads) pp. American Imprints 24546. Owner's name in the year of publication, text block browned, a good solid copy. Contemporary calf (rubbed, corners bumped, base of spine chipped, spine..... More
Bethany, VA: Alexander Campbell, 1851. First edition. Small 8vo (19 cm). 444 pp. Bookplate on front pastedown, some foxing, but a good solid copy. Contemporary sheep (rubbed, front joint cracked), gilt rules and leather label on spine. (10828). More
Richmond, VA: Bailie & Gallaher, printers, 1837. Broadside printed on silk, 33 1/4 x 27 inches, the head in bold capitals, the whole enclosed within an ornamental border. The address closes with a warning: "It is from within, among yourselves -- from cupidity, from corruption, from disappointed ambition and inordinate..... More
Philadelphia, (PA): J. B. Lippincott Co., 1928. First edition. 8vo. v, (4), 331 pp. Plates from old paintings, plates, portraits. History of Virginia in the seventeenth century from its first settlement at Jamestown in 1607. Owner's name, browning to front endpaper from laid in obituary of the author and other..... More
(Richmond, VA: Everett Waddey Co.) for the railroad, 1930. Tables corrected to January 10th, 1930. 12-panel brochure folded to narrow 16mo. Descriptions of availability of various classes of accommodations, the tables, some promotional material, map. Apparently not recorded on OCLC (which does locate a copy for a 1932 table and..... More
[Richmond, VA? Virginia General Assembly?], nd [1850s]. 8vo. 4 pp. Address to the House of Representatives, explaining the great importance of this 100-mile railway, in connecting a number of other railroad systems that provide a link to Washington, D.C., from virtually every part of the South and asking for Federal..... More
Charlottesville, (VA): U. Press of Virginia for the Virginia Historical Society, 1967. First edition. 8vo. 2 volumes: xxvii, (2), 377; xiii, (2), [378]-753 pp. Frontispiece portrait of Pendleton to volume one. Pendleton (1721-1834) was a Virginia planter, politician, lawyer and judge, serving as the state's first chief justice,1788-1803. Edges foxed..... More
New York: Samuel Coleman, 1839. First edition. 12mo in sixes. ix, (1), [13]-166 pp. Sabin 59638. American Imprints 59638. Clark Old South III, 222: "Partly a guide book, partly promotional literature, and partly fine literature ... small amount of factual information is heavily interspersed with romantic descriptions of life at..... More
NY: Joel Munsell, 1869. First edition. Small 4to (22 cm.). xvi, 432 pp. Frontispiece of Pocahontas. Sabin 52285. Howes N-41. Larned 1144: "Larger part consists of extracts from the manuscript records of the London Company ... [shows] to what extent the colonization of Virginia was the result of a national..... More
Richmond, VA: George M. West, 1856. First edition. 12mo. 321 pp. Reminiscences of the growth of the city from the early 1790s to the eve of the Civil War. Sabin 50533. Howes M-785. Haynes 12576. Persistent foxing, several leaves browned, but a very good copy. Original gilt-stamped brown cloth (rubbed)..... More
Charlottesville, VA: Jarman Press, 1969. First edition. 8vo. xv, 168 pp. Illustrated from photographs, portraits, folding panorama of the James River at Scottsville, illustrated endpapers. History of the southern Albemarle County town. Very good. Gilt-stamped red cloth, color illustrated dust jacket. (10837). More
Charlottesville, VA: Jarman Press, 1969. First edition. 8vo. xv, 168 pp. Illustrated from photographs, portraits, folding panorama of the James River at Scottsville, illustrated endpapers. Inscribed in 1983 to Jack and Anastasia Manahan and signed by seven members of the Albemarle County Historical Society, including Manahan; laid in is a...... More
Richmond, (VA): Printed by Shepherd & Pollard, 1820. First edition. 12mo. 216 pp. Contemporary ownership signature "Lieutenant / James Eddings' Book / May 1st 1823"; later inscription Property of the 58 Regiment." American Imprints 4120. Not in Sabin or Haynes. Thoroughly foxed, old tideline through upper corner, but a very..... More
Williamsburg, VA: Virginia 350th Anniversary Celebration Corp. 1957. First edition. 8vo. 77 pp. Illustrated from old paintings, plates. Owner's name, else very good. Decorated yellow wrappers, stapled. (10902). More
Richmond, (VA): Printed by Richies & Dunnavant, 1853. First edition. 8vo. 59, (2, supplement) pp. "A reply to Opinions of G.N. Johnson and A.A. Morson, Esqs., upon questions concerning the rights of the Faculty of the Medical Department of Hampden Sidney College; together with the reply of the same Faculty..... More
Williamsburg, (VA): Published by order of the General Assembly. Printed by W. Rind, A. Purdie, and J. Dixon, 1769. Third and final compilation of the laws of colonial Virginia to be printed in Virginia, all Williamsburg imprints, 1733, 1752, and 1769, respectively; prior to these, the compiled laws of Virginia..... More
Richmond, (VA): Dietz Printing Co, 1933. First edition, 1/1000 copies (this #135) signed by the author. 8vo. xi, (4), 141 pp. Illustrated from line drawings, plates. Stories and anecdotes from courthouses around the state, some of which are pictured in the plates. Bookplate on front pastedown, else very good. Original..... More
