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1852196841852. Law Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia Passed in 1852 in the Seventy-Sixth Year of the Commonwealth. Richmond: William F. Ritchie Public Printer 1852. First Edition Hardcover with original half legal calf over marbled boards. 403 pages. Measures 6" x 9.5". Includes section on manufacturing and mining companies insurance banks claims towns schools and cities and how the Acts passed effect each. Also includes Virginia Bill of Rights at the back of the text along with an extensive index dealing mainly with tax. There is also an Act to suppress "Gambling by Negroes and White Persons together" which may have been an early manifestation of Separate but Equal. During the great age of expansion there is also abundant information on navigation companies steamship companies railroads and marine railways. Front board is cracked at gutter but still attached. Foxing on pages but cover is clean. All pages attached and textblock is tight. In very good condition. unknown
18601205040003Milledgeville : Boughton Nisbet & Barnes 1860. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. 461p. Bound in modern brown leather. Gilt lettering on black spine label. Fine binding and cover. Clean unmarked pages with toning. Foxing throughout. Milledgeville : Boughton, Nisbet & Barnes hardcover
1852ZB467972Nashville: Bang & McKennie Printers to the State 1852. xxii 2 787 pp. contemporary paper covered boards with leather spine and corners; binding worn with spine stained age staining and spotting throughout with line of damp staining in top margin sound but a reading copy only. - 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: Bang & McKennie, Printers to the State, hardcover
18582210387Richmond VA: William F. Ritchie Public Printer 1858. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover original marbled paper cover boards half bound in leather with black label to spine. Exterior shows wear and soiling in leather is frayed and peeling to the finish. Internal binding is good other than some minor pulling. Pages are lightly tone due to age and some foxing and spotting is present with the worst being the end pages. No signatures or bookplates no handwriting or library markings present. Laws include several sections on slaves and ownership an interesting section on what defines a militia pages 33 - 37 stating it is to be organized to provide for the defense of the commonwealth with officers and regiments brigades etc. This is the original publication from 1858 not a modern reprint. <br/> <br/> William F. Ritchie, Public Printer hardcover
18432210396Richmond VA: Samuel Shepherd - Printer to Commonwealth 1843. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover original marbled paper cover boards half bound in leather with red and black labels to spine. Exterior shows scuffing and soiling with cracking in wear to the leather. Internal binding is good no hinge issues nothing torn or loose. Pages are toned due to age and foxing and spotting is present throughout. Front hinge is starting to open in the center. Previous owners names are written in several areas it appears as book was passed down from father to son with the front and rear pastedowns showing the name R. S. Brown - May 1886 in the first end page shows the name C. L. Brown. In addition the original owner signed 'Brown" twice on the title page. No other handwriting found in the book. Rear pastedown show some peeling to the edges. <br/> <br/> Samuel Shepherd - Printer to Commonwealth hardcover
1891286218Richmond 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
182676687Columbus 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
1810111111112713Jones & Wheeler 1810. Hardcover. Acceptable. This Book is an Ex-Library Book with several library markings. Jones & Wheeler; Providence 1810. Hardcover. An Acceptable leather spine front board detached but present abrasions/soiling and discoloration to boards newspaper article affirmed to front free endpaper previous owner handwritten info front pastedown and title page as well as top of page 3 text block is pulpy some moisture staining to boards and text block rubbed board edges age toning and scattered foxing throughout title label affirmed to front board binding fragile several library markings include: library bookplate ink number stamp without Dust wrapper. 8vooctavo or approx. 6 x 9 144pp. indexed. We pack securely and ship daily w/delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scans are available for any item please inquire. Jones & Wheeler hardcover
182232692Milledgeville: Grantland & Orme 1822. First Edition. Leather bound. Fair. Octavo. iii-xvi pages 17-662 pages. Brown sheepskin leather binding with stamped borders and title label on the spine. Leather is dry cracked chipped head and base of the spine rubbed and worn. Outer joints cracked and covers nearly detached. Raised bumps and part of an old red wax seal on the title page. Bottom text block corner stain. Moderate toning to the contents. Front end sheets and rear end sheets torn out. Contents include several Slave laws. Poor to fair condition. <br /> <br /> Derenne vol. 1 page 382. Grantland & Orme unknown
1840151350NY: The Publication Society of the First Reformed Presbyterian Congregation. Very Good-; Age spots throughout corner of the book spine is chipped off. 1840. Seventeenth Edition. Hardback. 396 pages . The Publication Society of the First Reformed Presbyterian Congregation hardcover
1860124657nd. 1860s. Fair. One single-sided 45 cm sheet. Joints taped together in places but bill is still in sections. Small tears to edges. Tiny hole at No. 14. <br/><br/> unknown
1878PCT78VIC97Melbourne: John Ferres Government Printer 1878. 1878. folio. pp. 80. folding lithographed map. several text illus. disbound scattered library rubberstamps. Including the journal of exploration of Port Phillip made by Charles Grimes Surveyor-General of New South Wales 1802-03 together with a copy of his map the order book of Lieutenant-Governor Collins during the stay at Port Phillip 1803-04 and the journal of the Rev. Robert Knopwood Chaplain to the settlement 24 April 1803 to 31 December 1804 &c. cfFerguson 15655. Soft cover. Melbourne: John Ferres, Government Printer, [1878]. Paperback
186324312<p>Sydney: Thomas Richards Government Printer 1863. 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good/no dustwrapper. 4to. The minutes and proceedings in the Legislative Assembly of NSW 1863 regarding the removal of a teacher and one time Headmaster at Hinton National School Mr George Sanders for issues relating to religious controversies - ""the education of children of different denominations to attend the religious teaching of one catechist without the consent of their parents""; Sanders was known to be talented and popular with the pupils but had also come under some scrutiny for becoming involved in local politics which detractors thought would distract him from his responsibilities as an educator; includes submissions by Sanders W.C. Wills Robert Blain and others; original 1863 letter-press printed bound in new blue buckram with gilt titling to spine new endpapers; title page heavily foxed and tanned with occasional mild foxing/tanning in text o.w. Very Good; boards lightly rubbed.</p> Thomas Richards Government Printer hardcover
