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1852ref. 194391852. Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia for 1852 documents slave-state governance in antebellum Virginia providing evidence of the legal system through which racial control fiscal administration corporate authorization and transportation development operated before the Civil War. The statute titled "An Act to suppress Gambling by Negroes and white persons together" identifies interracial association as a matter of state regulation showing how Virginia law extended racial discipline beyond labor and movement into informal social contact. The volume supports research into African American legal history slavery-era governance Southern economic development and the relationship between racial restriction and state-directed modernization. Richmond: William F. Ritchie Public Printer 1852. First edition. 8vo. Half legal calf over marbled boards with spine label; 3 4-403 pages including index. The volume compiles the year's legislative acts including statutes on taxation fiscal policy corporate charters navigation companies steamship enterprises transportation infrastructure and social regulation. The gambling statute involving Black and white participants provides especially direct evidence of racial boundary-making in everyday law while the numerous provisions for navigation steamship and internal improvement companies demonstrate the process by which Virginia promoted commercial expansion and regional economic integration through legislative authorization. Crack at front board gutter with board still holding; moderate wear to leather and marbled boards; interior generally clean with expected toning. Overall very good. A substantial antebellum Virginia legal volume linking the mechanics of state government to the racial and economic priorities of a slaveholding society. unknown
ref. 821562008 Large Hardcover. Very Good 2008 hardcover
1956ref. ZB1260265NY: Assembly of Captive European Nations 1956. 26 numbers all in the original paper wrappers minor library markings else very good. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. NY: Assembly of Captive European Nations unknown
1805ref. 727211805. Compilation of Pennsylvania Acts Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: Passed at a Session Which Was Begun and Held at the Borough of Lancaster On Tuesday the Fourth Day of December In the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Four And of the Independence of the United States of America the Twenty-Ninth. Marked Vol. VII at foot of p. 3 issued as part of the Laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 1804-1806. Published by Authority. Octoraro PA: Published by Francis Bailey 1805. 291 x pp. Octavo 8" x 5". Recent period-style quarter calf over marbled boards gilt fillets and lettering piece to spine edges rouged endpapers renewed. Light rubbing to boards moderate rubbing to extremities a few scratches to calf with light wear to foot of spine recent bookseller's note in ink to front pastedown. Light to moderate toning to interior heavier to some signatures occasional light foxing light soiling in a few places illegible ink annotation to foot of title page small tear to top-edge of leaf 2A4 pp. 201-202. $250. Only edition. Topics covered include real property gambling and an act to raise "a sum not exceeding eight thousand dollars for the use and benefit of the minister wardens and vestry of the African Episcopal church of St. Thomas in the city of Philadelphia." St. Thomas still stands in Philadelphia today. Shaw & Shoemaker American Bibliography 9115. unknown
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2019ref. __1791796443Independently published 2019. Paperback. New. 307 pages. 11.00x8.50x0.73 inches. Independently published paperback
1999ref. ZB1124285Fides 1999. 35 pp. Paperback ex library minor underlining & marginalia in pencil else good. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Fides paperback
1958ref. ZB1127961NY: Assembly of Captive European Nations 1958. first French language edition 148 pp. octavo paperback library marks text clean & binding tight. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. NY: Assembly of Captive European Nations paperback
1853ref. ZB591459Harrisburg: 1853. lacks title leaf and possibly the last leaf of the index ends with Young later cloth library book plate and markings working copy. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. Harrisburg: hardcover
1963ref. ZB483450Assembly of Captive European Nations 1963. 155 pp. paper wrappers some ownership markings still good;. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. Assembly of Captive European Nations unknown
1852ref. ZB473128Washington: 1852. 6 pp issued as 32d Congress 1st Session HM 10; light extraction roughness at spine and light general age toning now in self wrappers; the session beginning December 1 1851 uneventful and often a quorum was not present. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Washington: unknown
1843ref. ZB311608Washington: Thomas Allan printer 1843. 2 pp. on one sheet; issued as 27th Congress 3d Session S 174; extraction roughness at margin else very good. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Washington: Thomas Allan, printer unknown
1843ref. ZB422584Washington: Thomas Allen printer 1843. 3 pp issued as 27th Congress 3d Session S 215; extraction roughness at spine now in self wrappers; letter postage is extravagant 5 cents should be the absolute maximum charge cruel incidents occur at every post office letters from friends and relatives can be seen by their intended recipients but if they cannot raise the money due the long awaited correspondence goes to the dead letter office unread or perhaps after being opened by postmasters and others looking for enclosures a practice “revolting to all manly and correct feeling”. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Washington: Thomas Allen, printer, unknown
1865ref. ZB414790Springfield: Baker & Phillips 1865. 137 xi pp. original boards & leather backstrip now in need of rebacking; textually clean & tight. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Springfield: Baker & Phillips hardcover
1865ref. ZB414792Springfield: Baker & Phillips 1865. 45 pp. disbound else text block clean & tight. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Springfield: Baker & Phillips unknown
1863ref. ZB414787Springfield: Baker & Phillips 1863. 59 pp. disbound else text block clean & tight. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Springfield: Baker & Phillips unknown
1840ref. ZB415367Nashville: J. Geo. Harris Printer to the State 1840. x 291 pp original boards with leather spine and corners but very badly worn and stained interior has large damp stains and mildew speckling on endpapers sound and entirely readable but working copy only; militia Captains may wear uniforms if they want but don't have to persons will not admitted to hospitals as insane merely on the word of a friend slaves may not be allowed to live as if they were free persons of color even with the permission of their masters etc. etc. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Nashville: J. Geo. Harris, Printer to the State, hardcover
1863ref. ZB414786Springfield: Baker & Phillips 1863. 111 pp. disbound else text block clean & tight. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Springfield: Baker & Phillips unknown
1855ref. ZB438970Albany: C. Van Benthuysen printer 1855. 15 pp relates to the practice of imprisoning innocent witnesses to assure their appearance in court at a later date; paper wrappers soiled and frayed at extremities overall near very good. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Albany: C. Van Benthuysen, printer, unknown
2017ref. BN174239Forgotten Books 2017. 2017. Softcover. Private Laws of the State of Illinois Passed by the Twenty-Sixth General Assembly Convened January 4 1869 Vol. 2 Classic Reprint Private Laws of the State of Illinois Passed by the Twenty-Sixth General Assembly Convened January 4 1869 Vol. 2 Classic Reprint Illinois General Assembly Forgotten Books paperback
2017ref. BN436388Forgotten Books 2017. 2017. Softcover. Reports Made to the General Assembly of Illinois at Its Twenty-Seventh Session Convened January 4 1871 Vol. 3 Classic Reprint Reports Made to the General Assembly of Illinois at Its Twenty-Seventh Session Convened January 4 1871 Vol. 3 Classic Reprint Illinois General Assembly Forgotten Books paperback
1982ref. BN541213National Academies Press 1982. 1982. Ability Testing of Handicapped People Ability Testing of Handicapped People Assembly Of Behavioral and Social Sciences National Academies Press unknown
ref. K08U-00544Hungry Minds IncU.S. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner’s name short gifter’s inscription or light stamp. Hungry Minds Inc,U.S. unknown