Richmond 1861. Original Wrappers. Very Good binding. Octavo. 72 pp. Confederate imprint. As issued stitched in self-wrappers. Staining principally to the outer leaves else minor foxing throughout; a fairly well-preserved copy. Parrish & Willingham 4404. unknown
Richmond: Thomas Ritchie 1826. Quarter Leather. Very Good binding. Large 8vo.; quarter calf over marbled boards with morocco label; 3 4-125 including the Index; this less common than the Acts later in the century.~~From the early days of the Republic when things were still being shaped in the Commonwealth. For example the town of City Point in Prince George County was established this year. We also note that there was a reward for killing crows. Very Good binding. Thomas Ritchie unknown
Richmond: Thomas Ritchie 1837. Quarter Leather. Very Good binding. Large 8vo.; quarter calf over marbled boards with morocco label; 338 including Index; 3 4-11 including Index.~~Contains acts about navigation roads canals in this era of expansion; as well as of course slaves. Very Good binding. Thomas Ritchie unknown
Richmond: Samuel Shepherd Printer to the Commonweath 1840. Very Good binding. 8vo. in later tan buckram with black and burgundy labels; 3 4-199 pages including the Index.~~From the age of expansion there is much on canals turnpikes roads bridges and the like. Very Good binding. Samuel Shepherd, Printer to the Commonweath unknown
Richmond: Samuel Shepherd & Co 1833. Full Leather. Good binding. Octavo. viii 584 pp. First edition. In original sheep. Binding a bit abraded and spine beginning to dry but generally a solid and fairly attractive copy; previous owner name and early family library stamps on the endpaper and preliminary blank leaf; contents toned at times heavily particularly the first half of the textblock. American Imprints 22498. Samuel Shepherd & Co unknown
Williamsburg VA: W. Rind A Purdie and J. Dixon 1769. Hard Cover. Good binding. Folio. 2 577 pp. First edition. Rebound in cloth. Serviceable binding with little shelfwear and soiling; early dampstaining throughout; some of the preliminary leaves including the title page are a bit worn at the fore-edge margin. This copy with early family library stamp to the preliminary blank as well as the contemporary owner name of George Hairston on the same leaf and title leaf. Hairston served as a Colonel in the Revolutionary War after which he represented Henry County in the Virginia House of Delegates. Two blanks at the rear with additional early notes and names including that of Peyton Hunter of Henry County VA. On the front pastedown of this copy is the bookplate of George Stovall Jun. <br /> <br /> A remarkable volume in its own right this is the third and final revision of the laws of Virginia during the colonial period C-T 359. Swem notes that only 1200 copies were ordered to be printed by the General Assembly. Clayton-Torrence 359; Evans 11511; Sabin 100391; Swem 22646. W. Rind, A Purdie, and J. Dixon unknown
Williamsburg: Printed by Alexander Purdie Printer to the Commonwealth 1776. First Edition. Quarter Leather. Very Good binding. First Edition of the Journal of the House of Delegates of Virginia. Anno Domini 1776. The first session of the Virginia House of Delegates after the Declaration of Independence in the midst of the American Revolution. An important document which includes among others an act guaranteeing religious liberty to citizens of Prince Edwards County the raising of Continental regiments and the confiscation of Lord Dunmore's property. John Murray 4th Earl of Dunmore was the last royal governor of Virginia who famously offered freedom to any slave to defect from the Patriots. Thomas Jefferson features heavily in the journal as do the other prominent Virginia statesmen of their day. Previous owner's name on the title page of Abraham Hite an important Virginia landowner and representative who served as a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses from 1769 to 1774 in the State Convention of 1776 and a listed member of the Virginia boycott of British manufactures 1774. Three leaves are lacking R2; T1; Mm1 and facsimile pages are bound in. Else collates complete; 145 1 pp. The title page is original though has been "silked" for reinforcement. Modern rebinding. Quarter leather over marbled paper covered boards. Red leather label with gilt lettering on the spine. Ten institutional holdings listed on OCLC. ESTC W23645. Evans 15204. Bellet Some Prominent Virginia Families pp. 343-344 . Very Good binding. Printed by Alexander Purdie, Printer to the Commonwealth unknown books