Five Roads From Cloverdale: The descendants of James Muse Richardson (1815-1895) and Narcissa Theresa Wills Richardson (1816-1893) from Cloverdale, Virginia and Related Families
McMillan, Lucille Richardson (compiled by) Red cloth with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Ever so slight cover wear. xiv + 457 pages. Always securely packed. Professional booksellers since 1994. Satisfaction guaranteed.- $39
- $39
Talismans and Trojan Horses: Guardian Statues in Ancient Greek Myth and Ritual
Faraone, Christopher A. Thirteen pages with pen underlining or marginalia else fine in a fine dust jacket. Mylar covered dust jacket. Always securely packed. Professional booksellers since 1994. Satisfaction guaranteed.- $49
- $49
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Bill Bryson Signed by author on title page. A child's scribble on the rear free endpaper otherwise no markings. Minor wear to the mylar covered dust jacket. Always securely packed. Professional booksellers since 1994. Satisfaction guaranteed. Always securely packed. Professional booksellers since 1994. Satisfaction guaranteed.- $75
- $75
Among Tibetan Texts: History and Literature of the Himalayan Plateau (Studies in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism)
Smith, E. Gene No markings. Mylar covered dust jacket. Always securely packed. Professional booksellers since 1994. Satisfaction guaranteed. Always securely packed. Professional booksellers since 1994. Satisfaction guaranteed.- $40
- $40
Lester: The Official Biography
Francis, Dick Signed by both author Francis and subject Lester Piggott. Limited first edition edition #286/1000. Red leather with gilt decorations on boards and spine, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers and silk ribbon, raised bands on spine. Red leather covered slip-case. All as new. Always securely packed. Professional booksellers since 1994. Satisfaction guaranteed.- $95
- $95
Logics of History: Social Theory and Social Transformation (Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning)
Sewell; William Hamilton, Jr. NOTE: This book has approximately 40 pages with underlining/marginalia in pencil. Always securely packed. Professional booksellers since 1994. Satisfaction guaranteed.- $17
- $17
Aintree: Grand Nationals Past and Present
Brown, Paul Some water spotting to covers, mostly on the back, minor tideline to endpapers (1/8"). Browning from newspaper clipping to two pages otherwise internally clean and tight. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR WITH AN ORIGINAL DRAWING ON HALF-TITLE. "To my dear friends the Newcombs. Knowing them and being in their company has and always will mean so much to me. Paul Brown." Churchill and Edith Newcomb owned farms in Greenwood, Albemarle County VA, and Purcelville in Loudon. Churchill grew up in Lousiville KY and was a descendant of the Churchills who donated the land for Churchill Downs. Newspaper clipping of an article by Newcomb laid in, along with a flyer from the Cunard Line suggesting travel to the Grand National in Liverpool. 4to: red cloth stamped on front in gilt and brown- $350
- $350
Flint Jack. A Short History of A Notorious Forger of Antiquties
Stevens, Joseph Front cover detached, pencil inscription on title, leaves a little rumpled. "Flint Jack" aka Edward Simpson (1815-1867) began forging flint implements, then graduated to making urns and various "Roman" antiqutities. He was so prolific that he flooded the London market and turned to exhibiting his skills in making them. The author was an Honorary Curator of the Reading Museum.5 locations in COPAC (Cambridge, Leeds, Oxford, Scotland and Society of Antiquaries London. 4 of the same in OCLC; ie no US holdings.- $85
- $85
Among the Host of Heaven: The Syro-Palestinian Pantheon as Bureaucracy
Handy, Lowell K. Tiny ownership name on front free end paper, otherwise free of markings. Pictorial boards faded in the spine region, text perfectly readable. Always securely packed. Professional booksellers since 1994. Satisfaction guaranteed.- $38
- $38
Muslim Neoplatonists: An Introduction to the Thought of the Brethren of Purity
Netton, Ian Richard Name on front free ene paper, otherwise internally clean. Very lightly foxed on the top edge. Min or wear to the mylar covered dust jacket. Always securely packed. Professional booksellers since 1994. Satisfaction guaranteed.- $35
- $35