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President Franklin Delano Roosevelt Signed Letter, 1936

Auguste Joseph Delecluse: Original Oil on Canvas, 1894

"Essays And Notes On Agriculture" by Edmund Ruffin 1855 Traditional Collectibles: Books: Pre 1900 item# 810546
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J. W. Randolph, Richmond, VA, 1855. This First Edition is bound in the publisher's trade cloth with blind embossing on front cover and spine with gilt lettering and a nick in the cloth on the spine, bumped corners with light fraying. Internally, there is some foxing and some pages remain unopened; four were opened with some lower corner loss (Not close to text). This is a rather scarce Southern book. 8" tall.

Nicolas de Fer: "L'Aise" Map of Asia, 1700 Traditional Collectibles: Ephemera: Maps: Pre 1800 item# 808515
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"L'Aise Suivant Les Nouvelles Decouvertes dont les Point Principaux Sont Places sur les Observations de Mrs. de L'Academie Royal des Sciences." Original Hand-Colored Map of Asia, including part of Africa, 1700. Beautiful coloring; paper is lightly toned with a stain in the upper left corner (Slightly entering cartouche) and stains in the lower margin which do not affect the image. Sheet measures 11 1/8" x 16 1/4;" matting is 15 3/4" x 19 1/2."

Pierre DuVal: "Regnum Hispaniae" Map of Spain ca. 1680 Traditional Collectibles: Ephemera: Maps: Pre 1700 item# 808502
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Hand-Colored Map of Spain, printed in Paris in the 1680's. Nicely colored with light toning. The map measures 4 3/4" x 5 3/4;" the matting is 14" x 11."

"Gesangbuch, Zum Gebrauch Evangelischen Brudergemeinen" Traditional Collectibles: Books: Pre 1837 VR item# 808210
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Gnadau, 1819. Bound with Nachtrag zu dem Gesangbuche der Evangelischen Brudergemeinen. Gnadau, 1820. A nice Moravian songbook in original full leather binding with all fore-edges gilt, housed in a marbled paper-covered slipcase. The binding is worn with some chipping to the top of the spine. The top of the front hinge has some cracking. The interior is toned and has foxing throughout. Overall a decent copy of a scarce Moravian book. 7 1/4" tall.

"Les Zigzags D'un Curieux" by Octave Uzanne, 1888 Traditional Collectibles: Books: Pre 1900 item# 808205
click for details		Larry D. Laster Old & Rare Books, Art & Antiques (336) 724-7544 $150
Maison Quatin: Paris, 1888. First Edition, Limited to 1065 copies, this being number 194. Includes an original etching as the frontispiece, pencil-signed F. Buhot. Bound in 1/2 leather with marbled boards and five hubs on the spine. Top edge gilt; other fore-edges are rough-trimmed. The interior half title page is browned; the frontispiece etching is lightly toned and the reverse of page 307 is browned; otherwise the interior is very clean. 7 1/8" tall.

"Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts..." E. Lea, 1853 Traditional Collectibles: Books: Pre 1900 item# 807416
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"Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, And Hints To Young Housekeepers" by Elizabeth E. Lea. Fifth Edition, Baltimore: Cushings & Bailey, 1853. Publisher's blue cloth binding with worn, rubbed and wrinkled covers. The first two and last two flyleaves are heavily foxed and toned internally with some foxing and dog-eared pages. 7 1/2" tall.

"History of the Moravian Missions..." E. Schwarze 1923 Traditional Collectibles: Books: Pre 1930 item# 807410
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"History of the Moravian Missions Among Southern Indian Tribes of the United States" by Edmund Schwarze. Transactions of the Moravian Historical Society Special Series, Vol. 1; Bethlehem, PA, 1923. Greenish-blue cloth binding in very fine condition. A dimple indentation is noted on the spine under the word "Tribes," but it does not break the cloth. The first and last flyleaves are toned; also, some light toning and mild foxing on the next few pages. On the second flyleaf at t ...click for details

"Records Of The Moravians In North Carolina," Vols. 1-7 Traditional Collectibles: Books: Pre 1950 item# 807390
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Edited by Adelaide L. Fries, Publications of the North Carolina Historical Commission, Raleigh, NC. Seven Volumes total, all First Editions. Vol. 1: 1922; Vol. 2: 1925; Vol. 3: 1926; Vol. 4: 1930; Vol. 5: 1941; Vol. 6: 1943; Vol. 7: 1947. All volumes are in burgundy original cloth bindings with minor wear. Volume 1 has light fraying at the spine bottom and internally the first few and last few pages tend to be heavily foxed (Inherent to this publication's early editions). The remainder of th ...click for details

"The Early Architecture of North Carolina" 1941 Traditional Collectibles: Books: Pre 1950 item# 806818
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"The Early Architecture of North Carolina: A Pictorial Survey With An Architectural History" by Frances Benjamin Johnson and Thomas Tileston Waterman. The University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, 1941. Large quarto in blue/green cloth in very good condition externally with some soiling; interior has light foxing on the half-title page and last blank flyleaf. 13" tall.

"Mississippian Scenery; A Poem..." Charles Mead, 1819 Traditional Collectibles: Books: Pre 1837 VR item# 806810
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"Mississippian Scenery; A Poem, Descriptive of the Interior of North America." Philadelphia: S. Potter & Co., 1819. 3/4 leather and marbled boards with the front and rear hinge cracking; bumped corners and some loss of paper on the front cover. Internally foxed and stained throughout, but all pages are legible and present. 7 1/4" tall.

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