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1 "Essays on Richmond, VA; on Glasgow, Cabell, Ransom, Poe; & on Southern History." Pp. 371-434 in complete issue of MISSISSIPPI QUARTERLY, FALL 1974.

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2 "KEGOTANK." AN OLD LINE DEMOCRAT SPEAKS. HEAR YE HIM! LET'S REASON TOGETHER. MAHONE! MAHONE! MAHONE! WHICH PARTY IS BLACKEST? THE NEGRO GOT THERE "ALL THE SAME." FIGHTING TO STOP THE SQUANDER OF PUBLIC MONEY. VIRGINIA "A BY-WORD AND A HISSING."
Petersburg? 1887 BROADSIDE, 12" X 9" 
1pp. Appeared as a letter to the Free Lance. Top edge frayed above text. Skewers VA Democrats for playing race card against Mahone when Cleveland, a Democrat, invited Frederick Douglas to the White House and when "the first Negro office holders in the state were chosen by a Democrat Legislature in preference to disabled Confederate Soldiers." Further cites the Democrates criticize Republicans as B-L-A-C-K Republicans. Not listed per OCLC or listed per on-line catalog of Lib. of VA, UVA, or VA Hist. Society. (5580645459) 
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3 (GALAX) MONTE VISTA GARDENS. MAP OF THE GARDENS OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD.
N.p. c.1960 8" x 10" 
This is the zinc reversal “cut” used by a printer for a promo brochure on this mortuary manor. be the 1st on your block! (3388565667)
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4 (GALAX) MONTE VISTA. MEMORY BORDERS ARTIST'S MAP OF GARDENS OF THE CHRISTUS.
N.p. c.1960 8 x 10" 
This is the zinc reverse plt for a promo-brochure for this crematoria country club. I certify that this item & 2.00 will permit the purchase of one cup of coffee most any where. (3388606158)
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5 (Privateer Press).

Collection of a dozen examples of work by Steve Watts of Front Royal, VA, 1956-1960. These all measure 7 x 5" & vary from 2-64pp., generally 4pp. Content varies from regularly published numbers of Pastime Printer to flyers for kittypot type, swap list, etc. An important representation of the vanishing (these notes being ptd on a word processor, for our faithful Hermes has double-ptd & space-skipped its last regular typo) joy of hand press work by Virginians such as the late Martin & Wilametta Keffer & the late Marvin Neel. Here you get the ptd product, the nostalgia is free. Bibliography. (3301824312)
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6 (WINCHESTER FAIR PREMIUM RIBBONS, Three).
c.1930 7" x 2" 
And one more. Gilt stamping. V.g. (3507506259)
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7 1828 CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.
Charlottesville, VA 1945 
vi,112pp. Wrps. V.g. W. H. Peden has provided a 6 p. intro. to this facsimile reproduction. A 2 p. index included. (3551965377)
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8 1891. Sworn deposition (copy) 3 legal size typed p. of depositions by complainent in Smyth County, VA.

to recover $700 for 1/2 of an undivided right to the State of TN for distribution & sale of the alarm system. C.1700 words; NOT a court record. (75756283)
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9 A. I. ROOT COMPANY OF NORFOLK, VIRGINIA (CATALOG).
1934 
64pp. V.g. (3718545351)
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10 ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. PASSED AT THE EXTRA SESSION, HELD JULY FIRST , 1861. AT THE CITY OF WHEELING.
Wheeling, WV 1861 
35pp. Acts for: Appropriation for the Civil Contingent Fund, the authorization of the Treasurer to sell uncurrent bank notes, & authorizing the Gov. to direct what bank notes shall be receivable in payments to the State, making appropriation for military purposes, regulation of Volunteer Military force not mustered into the service of the U.S. [the formation of the 1st WV troops under the Union], the prohibition of the county courts & overseers of the Poor from making Levies, Appropriation, etc., to aid the Rebellion against the Government of the U.S., & other Acts leading to the formation of the new State of WV. Also incl.: Ordinances of the Convention, Assembled at Wheeling on the 11th of June, 1861. Wheeling, WV. 1861, 37-64pp. Contains the ordinances of secession from "Confederate" VA. Some people think the B & O RR brought this entire convention, most of us believe the B & O brought only the delegates from Jefferson, Berkeley, Hardy & Morgan Counties. Both together, but removed. In 1979 the Acts were sold w/o the all important Ordinances for $220. This copy w/o wrps goes for... (3279076233)
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11 Articles in two issues of IRON WORKER as follows:

Spring, 1960, Lynchburg, VA in the War Between the States, by Edley Craighill, 13pp. & Lynchburg's First Historian Anne Royal by Lucillle Watson, 15pp. Winter 55-56. For the two... (179435708)
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12 as featured in the December, 1954 issue of Virginia County. (Historic Wythe County, Andy Porter Austinville's Mines, & more).

Approx. 20pp. No other copy on net. (23954749)
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13 Chamber of Commerce, 6pp. promotional folder for Christiansburg, Virginia.
c.1920 6 x 3½" 
Two illus. & fold. map on back panel. V.g. Appalachia. (70642442)
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14 Collection of six blotters advertising for Bristol, VA - TN Companies.
Bristol, VA-TN C.1910 
Six blotters, 5" x 11" & smaller. W. Sheen & Co., H. M. Piper, Bristol Ins. Agency (2 different), T.F. Barr, and one more (?Bristol?). (5572466277) 
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15 COMMITTEE OF COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES, REPORT OF...MEMORIAL OF SUNDRY MERCHANTS...RICHMOND AND PETERSBURG...
(DC) (1804) 
8pp. Removed. V.g. The merchants requested change in collecting procedures. Locals & Albert Gallatin report that they would be better off w/out the changes they seek. Note: No local names. Law. Tariff. (3279642357)
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16 CONFERENCE ON HISTORIC SITE ARCHAEOLOGY PAPERS, 1967.
4to 
Plastic binders. Fold & full p. illus. First vol. is conference papers, 2nd is Forum. This was the 8th conference. Topics on MD, SC, NY, VA, NC, & underwater. Called Vol. 2, Pts. 1 & 2, this set is complete within itself. 2 vol. (3663113172) 
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17 CW COLLECTION OF SIX DOCUMENTS RELATING TO OLIVER M. WOLFE OF SCOTT CO., VA.

(1) Promissory note, 7 April 1862, docketed as paid by DMW's Adm, 30 Aug, 1862; (2) Receipt from J.W. Wolfe "... in part of the expense Oliver M. Wolfe home... 28 July 1862"; (3)-(5) Receipts by OMW's heirs, Dec. 1862; (6) Jan. 1863 Commissioner of Acct allowed Administrator payment for settlement of OMW's estate. Quite easy to become emotional over six pieces of paper 2 x 8" & larger. (3433563765)
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18 DAILY DISPATCH (Parent of Richmond Times Dispatch), JANUARY 1, 1879 featuring a year's retrospect & report.
elephant folio 
8pp. In 1878: relief of poor, city council furnished 7883 bushels of cornmeal & 161 coffins. Creased. (189038712)
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19 Edgeworth small cigar or cigarette packet labels.
ca.1970 4" x 6¼" 
10 items with variations in warnings, contents, filters, etc. Mfg. by Larus & Bros., Richmond, VA. (45639796)
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20 EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT...
Phila. 1904 
56pp. W/fold map, 12x17" of N&W Railway connection. (95149522)
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