Search Results: Virginia from Citation Books, ABAA/ ILAB

Buckingham: Network Publishing, (2010). First edition, First edition, this copy inscribed, signed & dated twice in black marker by Patrick O'Connell of the 5-star Inn at Little Washington. 4to, 552 pages, profusely illustrated. Publisher's black paper over boards in pictorial dust jacket.
A fine copy in fine dust jacket.
Apparently a special edition of this title which was sold at the gift shop of the Inn, with their applied label on the front flap of the jacket. The dust jacket additionally features a photographic portrait of O'Connell in lieu of the more generic illustration on the regular edition & adds a sub-title: "From Relais & Chateaux ... Including Recipes from Patrick O'Connell of The Inn at Little Washington - Washington, Virginia." "From the technically challenging and groundbreaking to classic and traditional, the recipes featured all encourage the use of the freshest ingredients, locally sourced wherever possible..."

Autograph Letter Signed: "Wm Hay" to "Col Botts" Winchester, [Virginia], probably November 12, 1861. Single sheet measuring 8 inches by 10 inches folded to form 4 pages (2 blank), approximately 54 words on the recto recorded in ink in Hay's hand, docketed in another hand on the verso (approximately 17 words) & addressed to "Lt Col Botts, PM" in Hay's hand.
Old folds, soiled & stained (partially obscuring a portion of the docket text), moderately soiled, modest edge wear, otherwise Good.Addressing Lawson Botts, William Hay relays his concerns about a stranger in town: "Col Botts -
Dear Sir -
There is a man / staying at the Union Hotel / by the name of Sinclair who / says he has been discharged from / the Northern Army - he has the / appearance of a story hunting / man & I think he is a suspicious / character
 Very truly yrs,
 Wm Hay
 Winchester 12th, 11(?), 61"(?) [probably November 12, 1861] Docketed on the verso:"Winchester, Va 12 __?__ / Wm Hay Doctor at / Sinclair staying / at the Union… Read More

Richmond: Davis Bottom, Bulletin of the Virginia State Library, volume xi, numbers 3 - 4, July, October, 1919. 8vo, [3], 41 - 144 pp. (as issued). Original printed, stapled paper wraps.Wraps soiled, with edge wear including tears, corner chipped away at rear wrap, covers nearly detached, spine partially perished, about good & still quite useful.Wealthy planter, substantive contributor to agricultural studies, & vociferous advocate of slavery, Edmund Ruffin, proclaiming his "unmitigated hatred to Yankee rule—to all political, social and business connections with Yankees, & to the perfidious, malignant, & vile Yankee race," wrapped himself in a Confederate flag & blew his brains out after the surrender of Robert E. Lee.

Berkeley & Jefferson Counties, Virginia (now West Virginia): not published, 1786 - 1842. Group of ten folio manuscript documents and one partially printed document completed in manuscript involving the real estate transactions of Charles & John Yates in the upper Shenandoah Valley. Approximately 29 pp. in total, all docketed.
Each exhibits expected wear including original folds with associated splits and separations (one document with a small area of archival tissue repair), creasing, tears, small losses (occasionally briefly affecting text), soiling, toning and foxing.
Charles Yates (1728 - 1809) emigrated from England in 1748, first to New York and then, in 1752, to Fredericksburg, Virginia. A prosperous merchant and importer, he was also deeply involved in real estate speculation in Berkeley and Jefferson Counties (now West Virginia). Advancing in years, unmarried and childless, he solicited his brother, John Orfeur Yates of Liverpool, to send one of his sons as heir apparent. Young John Yates… Read More

No place [in or near Charlestown, Virginia, now West Virginia], May 14, 1857. Manuscript Document Signed, "Articles of Partnership, F. Yates & Co." Tall 4to (12.5" x 7.75"), single sheet, approximately 221 words recorded in ink on laid paper, signed by Francis Yates, Charles Aglionby, & John Yates Beall (apparently for sister Janet M. Beall). Docketed in pencil on the verso.
Folded twice vertically & once horizontally, moderately soiled, couple of short splits along the horizontal fold, small archival tissue repair on the verso, otherwise very good.
Text transcribed in full below:
"G.W. Fox owed Francis Yates $4688.50, Charles Aglionb $2912.67, & John Y. Beall $494.00. He failed & gave deed of trust on the Halltown Mill property to secure them. On the fourteenth of May, 1857 Francis Yates, to avoid the delay & expense of a Trustee's sale, bought the above mentioned property for the sum of $15,480.67 to be paid as follows - $7377.50 to the estate of J. Yates, dec'd and for (?) $8.00 cost of deed - &… Read More

New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. First edition. 8vo, xxii, 570 pp, "containing over 450 magnificent photographs, drawings, & maps." Light blue cloth lettered in silver, in pictorial dust jacket Boards slightly splayed, otherwise fine.A title in the Society of Architectural Historians Buildings of the United States series." an authoritative reference for scholars and students of architectural history, a compelling source of information for the general reader, and a splendid guidebook for the traveler" ~From the dust jacket.

[Detroit, Michigan]: General Motors Corporation, Cadillac Motor Car Division, 1967. First edition. Oblong quarto (8.5" x 11.25"), 20 unnumbered pages plus covers, with illustrations throughout in color from photographs. Original stapled paper wraps.
Modest edge wear, shallow creasing at one corner, lightly soiled, otherwise Very Good.
The back cover promotes "Lindsay Oldsmobile Cadillac Corporation" of Alexandria, Virginia.

Richmond: Virginia Conservation Commission, Division of Publicity and Advertising, no date (1940 per OCLC). First edition. 4to (10" x 7"), 88 unnumbered pages, profusely illustrated in black & white from photographs, the covers in color depicting Williamsburg on the upper & the Skyline Drive on the lower. Additionally includes a whimsical double-page "Fun Map" of the state. Original pictorial, stapled paper wraps.Light edge wear including a couple of nicks, brief soiling & toning, staples rusted, otherwise Very Good or better. "In the present world-wide struggle between the ideologies of democracy and dictatorship, it is a source of pride to Virginians that many of the fundamental principles of democracy were formulated by native sons of the Mother State. In fact, the history of Virginia is a moving story of an uphill yet successful march in helping to declare, establish, defend and strengthen a government dedicated to the assure freedom for all his people." 
~Excerpted from the text.

Charles Town, West Virginia: A.G. Wynkoop, Charles Town Real Estate Agency, no date, circa 1895. Original broadside handbill measuring 9 inches by 6 inches, single sheet printed in black ink in two columns on light paper. Not found in OCLC as of 7/2/2023.
Old folds, moderate edge wear including a 3/4 inch tear without loss, lightly toned & foxed, otherwise Very Good.
"We have Episcopal, Presbyterian, Baptist, Methodist, and Catholic Churches, besides four colored Churches ... Three hotels, three weekly papers, three Sash Blind and Planing Mills, Bark Mills, The Vulcan Iron Bridge and Road Machine Works, Brass Factory, Harness Factory, Cigar Factories, two Foundries, 15 Building and Loan Associations and 2 Banks with a capital of $400,000 ..."
 ~Excerpted from the text.
A splendid & informative promotional broadside, Mr. Wynkoop, who apparently also sold insurance, advises in closing that "The Charles Town Real Estate Agency has many fine farms for sale, also a number of valuable town properties and… Read More

Staunton, Virginia: Stoneburner & Prufer, Publishers, 1900. First edition. 8vo, 18 pp. Original printed paper wraps, stapled.
Moderately tanned, slight edge wear, otherwise very good.
Decrying Henry George, Edward Bellamy & others, Gordon writes in conclusion, "And yet, however far the mighty vessel that bears us all, may seem of late to have veered from her course, because that I do believe in the ultimate saving common sense and patriotism of the plain American citizen, I look with confidence to some future day for her safe return to her charted and certain path."

Berryville, Clarke County Virginia: Published & edited by John O. Crown, Volume xxi, number 34, October 10, 1889. Broadsheet newspaper, single sheet measuring 24 inches by 34 inches folded once vertically forming four pages.
Old folds, moderately toned & foxed, tattered including small tears & losses in the margins, creasing, one-half inch split at a fold briefly affecting text, pencil annotation in the top margin, otherwise good or better.
Contents include:Judases in MexicoInternational Sunday School LessonRevolt in the Black BeltLocal, often illustrated advertising
Publisher & editor, John Oliver Crown was the "son of Frederick and Henrietta Thomas Crown, husband of Sarah Jane Smith Crown, 1848-1916. Served in Co. B, 35th VA Cavalry "White's Comanches," CSA during the Civil War. In 1870 he returned to Berryville, VA, and purchased The Clarke Co. Courier and was owner/editor/publisher until his death. At the time of his funeral the businesses of Berryville closed to pay homage to him. He was a writer… Read More

Winchester, Virginia: [Robert H. Gallaher], "Friday Morning, February 14, 1862." Folio newspaper, single sheet measuring 18 inches by 24 inches folded once vertically forming four pages.
Old folds, lightly browned & foxed, tiny losses at fold intersects, brief youthful scribblings in ink & pencil in the margins, old ink signature in the top margin of page one & small rubber stamped mark in the bottom margin of page one, otherwise very good.
Contents include: Military Forces of the State;Federal Account of the Partial Destruction of Harper's Ferry; $20 Reward for Deserters from Company A; Strasburg Extension; Head Quarters Department of Northern Virginia, General Orders

Boston, London and New York: Lamson, Wolffe and Company, 1897. First edition. 8vo, vi, [2], & 330 pp, illustrations in text & full page. Publisher's maroon checked cloth lettered in silver on the spine & upper cover. Binding moderately rubbed & soiled, brief fraying at spine extremities, corners bruised (one rubbed through), hinges started, text block cracked in a couple of places (still secure), gift inscription at ffep, text moderately toned, Good or so. Author John Sergeant Wise, son of Virginia Governor Henry Wise, served with the VMI Corps of Cadets at the Battle of New Market during the Civil War.As noted in the Dictionary of Virginia Biography, Diomed "was a pioneering effort in what soon became a popular literary genre. Written as if in the voice of Wise's favorite hunting dog, it was extremely popular and featured many anecdotes of Wise's life, particularly his love of hunting birds and small game."

[Martinsburg]: J.Q.A. Nadenbousch, June 19, 1877 to June 19, 1880. Partially printed document completed in manuscript. Folio broadsheet (22.5" x 17.25") using both sides. Signed twice by Nadenbousch.
Folded once horizontally & three times vertically, light edge wear, couple of small losses at fold intersects, moderately soiled, stained, & foxed, otherwise Good.
Records in ink the names of 6 officers, 12 sergeants, 2 musicians, & 36 privates, most of whom were Confederate veterans. Additionally provides age, height, residence, occupation, & occasional "remarks" which seem relevant to uniforms, equipment & accoutrements. The document is signed twice by Nadenbousch.
John Quincy Adams Nadenbousch (1824 - 1892), of Berkeley County, Virginia (now West Virginia), was a founding member, principle organizer, and captain of the Berkeley Border Guards. In October, 1859 the Company was ordered to Harper's Ferry by Governor Henry A. Wise. Quite probably the first to arrive, they participated in quelling John… Read More

Charles Town, West Virginia: Woman's Auxiliary, no date [ca. 1910's]. First edition. Octavo (8" x 5.25"), 28 pages. Original printed, stapled stiff paper wraps.
Wraps moderately browned, foxing mostly at early & late leaves, previous owner's name in ink at ffep, brief manuscript annotation in ink correcting an error in date in the margin of page 15, otherwise good or better.
"In my earliest ventures, looking lovingly back over the history of this country I used to remark that as from Spotsylvania sprang Orange, from Orange, Berkeley: so Berkeley, in a final acme of evolution as a tree breaks into blossom, bore the fair flower of Jefferson ..." ~Excerpted from the text.

Elkins, West Virginia: Elkins Chamber of Commerce, printed by McClain Printing Co. of Parsons, no date, circa 1950s. Folding brochure, single sheet measuring 22 inches by 16.75 inches folding to 7.5 inches by 3.5 inches. Provides maps, illustrations from photographs, & descriptive text. Not found in OCLC as of 3/22/2024.
Lightly soiled, modest edge wear, couple of tiny splits at fold intersects, otherwise Very Good.
"Elkins, where nature plans your vacation with the finest of scenery and in the greatest natural outdoor mountain wonderland." ~Excerpted from the back cover.

[Richmond]: Colonial Dames of America in the State of Virginia, no date (1930s per OCLC Worldcat), this copy inscribed & signed in ink by Rosewell Page on the front cover. Octavo (9" x 6"), 8 pages plus covers. Original printed, stapled stiff paper wraps.
Covers soiled, moderate edge wear, otherwise Very Good.
Rosewell Page (1858 - 1939) practiced law in Richmond, Virginia and served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1908 to 1910. Additionally, he wrote stories, essays, and poetry.

Charlestown, [Virginia]: Head Quarters, Banks' Division, Charlestown, March 5, 1862. First edition.Folio (13.5" x 10"), letterpress broadside printed on thin paper in black ink Accompanied by a manuscript version of the text (single sheet, 2 pages) which includes corrections as reflected in the published version, almost certainly contemporary Corona & Shetler/ West Virginia Imprints 805, citing this copy.
Broadside with old folds, edge wear, tears, & a couple of old tissue repairs on the verso, good or better. Manuscript folded & foxed.
General Nathaniel P Banks, via Assistant Adjutant General & Major of Volunteers R Morris Copeland, condemns the actions of troops for "depredations on property, disturbance of peaceful families and the most reprehensible infringement upon the rights of citizens" and warns of the consequences:
"To countenance, excuse or tolerate such crimes, is to impair and destroy the discipline of the army and injure the holy cause, that we have left our homes to sustain The… Read More

Richmond, [Virginia]: Adjutant & Inspector General's Office, January 1, 1862. First Edition. 8vo, single sheet folded to form 4 pages. Addendum in manuscript appended at the bottom of page 4. Parrish & Willingham/ Confederate Imprints 2429.
Old folds, moderate edge wear (including short tears), foxed & age toned, couple of small old ink stains, otherwise Good or better.
"The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That a bounty of fifty dollars be and the same is hereby granted to all Privates, Musicians and Non-commissioned Officers in the Provisional Army, who shall serve continuously for three years, or for the war."
The manuscript annotation expands the directive to accommodate transportation expenses: "Note,The commutation (?) of the soldiers (sic) transportation is to be estimated by ascertaining as accurately as possible the actual cost of his transportation to the place of enlistment or enrollment and back.Rail Road rates 2 cents per mile, Stage & Steamboat rates to be… Read More

Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, (1982). First edition. Small 4to, xi, [3], [1] - 428 pp., including numerous illustrations. Publisher's gilt lettered blue cloth in pictorial dust jacket.
Small bruise at the bottom edge of the lower cover, previous owner's name & address in ink at first blank page, Very Good or better in rubbed jacket with brief edge wear, about Very Good."Here are thirty biographical sketches of the men who occupied Virginia's highest elected office." Contributors include Virginius Dabney & others