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1891ref. 286218Richmond VA: Everett Waddey Company 1891. Half Leather. Very Good binding. The Acts of Assembly Concerning the James River Company the James River and Kanawha Company and the Richmond and Alleghany Railroad and Richmond and Alleghany Railway Companies. Acts passed by the General Assembly of Virginia concerning some railway and river companies of the Richmond area. Very scattered marginalia in ink. Previous owner’s name stamped on the front pastedown and stamped on the front board in gilt. Fully rebacked by a conservator using black Japanese tissue. Section of the original spine laid in. Half black leather over dark cloth covered boards. Overall in Very Good condition. Very Good binding. Everett Waddey Company unknown books
1827ref. 298092Richmond: Thomas Ritchie 1827. First Edition. Very Good binding. 8vo.; quarter-calf over green paper-covered boards with a morocco label; consisting of three of the Acts of the Virginia General Assembly for the years 1825 1826 and 1827 bound together; 125 pages including the Index; 155 pages including the Index; 142 pages including the Index; contains much on Rivers; Turnpikes; the James River Company; and other pressing issues of the day which at times consumed the early Republic; the latter two years particularly contain material relating to the vexing issue of slavery. Very Good binding. Thomas Ritchie unknown books
1826ref. 298096Richmond: 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 books
1837ref. 298095Richmond: 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 books
1825ref. 298101Richmond: Thomas Ritchie 1825. Full Leather. Very Good binding. Five years of the Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia bound together comprising those acts from 1824 through 1828. There was much legislative activity at this period regarding transportation canals turnpike companies and the like. And of course mundane day to day business. ~~Of note is the special act in 1826 allowing for “That Burwell Joe Fosset John Hemmings Madison and Eston Hemmings persons of colour emancipated by the last will and testament of Thomas Jefferson deceased shall be and they are hereby permitted to remain as free persons within this Commonwealth.” though they could be sold again into slavery if they committed a felony and didn’t leave the Commonwealth. ~~Taken together a remarkable picture of life in Virginia in the still early days of the Republic. Very Good binding. Thomas Ritchie unknown books
1866ref. 298537Richmond: Allegre & Goode Printers 1866. Half Leather. Very Good binding. Large 8vo.; in tan half-calf with black morocco label and spine ruled in blind; 3 4-514 pages including the Index. binder’s ticket on the front pastedown Gary & Clemmitt in Richmond.~~Quite a nice copy. A picture of life in Virginia in the months immediately following the Civil War. Very Good binding. Allegre & Goode, Printers unknown books
1842ref. 298179Richmond: Samuel Shepherd--Printer to the Commonwealth 1842. First Edition. Quarter Leather. Very Good binding. 8vo.; in quarter calf over marbled boards; 3 4-194 pages including the Index; there is a previous owner name on the pastedown dated in the year of publication; this copy is lacking the front endpaper.~~This sessoin contains much on the incorporation of the town of Lexington. Also many regulations for the City of Richmond. Very Good binding. Samuel Shepherd--Printer to the Commonwealth unknown books
1840ref. 298174Richmond: 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 books
1825ref. 298172Richmond: Thomas Ritchie 1825. Very Good binding. In two parts being “Acts of a public and general nature” and “Acts of a local and private nature”. An early and interesting edition of Virginia statutes dealing with everything from the Western Lunatic Asylum to the establishment of the town of Snickersville in Loudoun County. And of course slavery. 114 pages including index. Bound in later legal buckram with maroon and black spine labels. Pages uniformly toned. Scarce with only 4 copies located in OCLC. Very Good binding. Thomas Ritchie unknown books
1818ref. 298198Richmond: Thomas Ritchie 1818. Hard Cover. Good binding. Large 8vo.; rebound in black cloth; 250 251 pages including the Index.~~This copy with the title page partial; and lacking the last leaf of the Index p. 251.~~Part I. Acts of a Public and General Nature; Part II Acts of a Private and Loca Nature; followed by Part III Resolutions.~~A flawed copy but uncommon. Good binding. [Thomas Ritchie] unknown books
1853ref. 294890Richmond: William F. Ritchie Public Printer 1853. Half Leather. Good binding. 8vo.; half-calf over marbled boards with morocoo spine label; there is a rather endearing name label on the pastedown -- “This Volume belongs to the small collection of John H. Lewis Lynchburg VA.”; 3 4-416 including the Index; the front joint is broken and the board is shaky.~~Contains much on railroads turnpikes and issues related to transportation; an act relating to the issuance of muskets to the Richmond Light Infantry Blues; slavery etc. Good binding. William F. Ritchie, Public Printer unknown books
1844ref. 294912Richmond: Samuel Shepherd 1844. Very Good binding. 8vo.; in stitched self-wrappers; 139 pages including the Index; amazingly of particular relevance is a section of Acts relating to Presidential Election noting such things as “Qualification of electors time and place of election” “When returns of elections to be made out” “Power to protect elections from violence” and quite a lot more thus proving either that there is nothing new under the sun or that as of 1844 the Commonwealth of Virginia at least had these matters well in hand.~. Very Good binding. Samuel Shepherd unknown books
ref. 144688hardcover. Began the 9th Day of April 1691; and Ended the 27th of September 1743. Vol. I. Published by Order of the General Assembly. title vignette. iv 840 2pp. folio contemporay calf; expertly rebacked in modern calf with leather labels; first few and last few leaves heavily foxed in margins; some light browning to text; binding moderately rubbed edges of corners worn small rubberstamp of a former owner on margin of t.p. N.Y.: Hugh Gaine 1764. "The largest issue of Gaine's press and the first piece of government printing he secured. The pp. 2 is `An Act of reversing the Attainder of Jacob Leisler and others' and is often lacking. The work was edited and the index made by Abraham Lott Junr." Ford The Journals of Hugh Gaine I p. 113 This work is complete in itself vol. II was published in 1766. Evans 9756. unknown books
ref. 104847paperback. very good. 8vo printed wrappers. New York: Columbia University Press 1956. Very good. unknown books
1827ref. 1365490Annapolis: Jonas Green 1827. Hardcover. Octavo; G-; Quarter-bound light green paper bounds with leather spine; Boards have moderate bumping to corners and damp-staining to top edges light edgewear and light rubbing and cracking to spine; Textblock shows light age toning to edges and interior light to moderate foxing throughout interior light damp-staining to page tops paste downs and throughout first half of textblock and ownership marking penned to title page in 19th century hand. RWO. 1365490. Special Collections. Jonas Green hardcover books
1999ref. 200664Havana: the National Assembly 1999. Pamphlet. 37p. 5.5x8.5 inches fine first edition pamphlet in stapled white wraps with depiction of Cuba on cover. This presentation "aired on Cuban television and broadcast on international radio on.January 8 1999. the National Assembly unknown books
1895ref. 174883Nashville: The assembly 1895. Pamphlet. 29p. printed double-column smallpoint staplebound 8.5x5.5 inch self-wraps with plain printed cover title. Front cover and to some extent the back was exposed to severe dust-soil. We used an artist's erasure-shavings pad to remove the worst smuts. Paperstock very toned but not badly fragile. The initial vote count for the 1894 election indicated that Evans the Republican candidate had won but the Democractic-controlled legislature declared that voter fraud had occured and negated over 23000 votes allowing Turney to win. The assembly unknown books
1980ref. 84912Englewood Cliffs NJ: Prentice-Hall 1980. Hardcover. viii 161p. very good condition in like dj. A Spectrum book. Prentice-Hall hardcover books
1959ref. 76492New York: Columbia University 1959. Hardcover. ix 193p. head and tail of spine frayed else very good condition. No dj. Columbia University hardcover books
1826ref. 76687Columbus Ohio: Geo. Nashee State Printer. Very Good. 1826. First Edition; First Printing. Leather. This book is hard-bound in a binding of contemporary leather with blind-tooling to the cover edges and with a gilt stamped black leather label on the spine. The covers show some light rubbing to the upper corners and spine-ends with the lower corners "chewed." The covers show some lgiht scuffing and toning. The binding is solid. The contents are bright and legible but with scattered foxing and toning/offsetting throughout. This book contains 3 separate title-pages "Acts of a General Nature Passed at the First Session of the Twenty-Fourth Generall Assembly" - " Acts of a General Nature Passed at the First Session of the Twenty-Fifth Generall Assembly" - And - Acts of a Local Nature Passed at the First Session of the Twenty-Fifth General Assembly of the State of Ohio Begun and Held in the Town of Columbus Dec. 4 1826 and the Twenty-Fifth Year of Said State. Vol XXV. Published By Authority; Printed By Geo. Nashee State Printer. Columbus Ohio. 1827. . Geo. Nashee, State Printer hardcover books
1860ref. 69365Columbus: Richard Nevins State Printer. Good. 1860. Hardcover. 188 pages half leather and marbled boards. The spine has been repaired with cloth tape and the covers are soiled and rubbed hinges starting. The binding is rough but the contents are bright and complete. Good. . Richard Nevins, State Printer hardcover books
1820ref. 119541820. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. GENERAL ASSEMBLY. Extracts from the Minutes of the General Assembly . A.D. 1820. Philadelphia: Thomas and William Bradford 1820. 3 298-380 p. Stitched as issued untrimmed. Very light foxing heavier on title else near fine. Lists of attending representatives financial records names of donors &c. unknown books
1935In-8° pp. VII-260. Bross. edit. Contieme anche l'accenno degli aorgomenti.
19578vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece and 7 plates, neat signature on front free endpaper; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter just a little browned at backstrip. Clarke & Gretton 19; Gretton, 19; Darroch & Taylor, 678.
1960Mm 125x180 Collana "Classe unita". Volume nella sua brossura originale, 80 pagine. Opera in condizioni molto buone, presenta poche sottolineature a matita alle prime carte. Spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
