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VIRGINIA

Quarto. Each of the 23 photogravures are interleaved with tissue guards and an unnumbered page of explanatory text. A few tissue guards are loose. One tissue guard is slightly damaged. First and only edition. No. 229 of a limited printing of 300 copies. Original one-half leather and cloth, expertly rebacked with original spine laid back down. Seal of Virginia and title in bright gilt on front board. A very good copy of this deluxe production by the DeVinne Press. The quarto sepia photogravures inlude: Queen Elizabeth, Sir Humphrey Gilbert, Sir Walter Raleigh, Sir Francis Drake, King James I, Queen Anne of Denmark, Captain John Smith, Princess Pocahontas, George Sandys, George Calvert, etc., etc. HAYNES 5653.
$ 350.00

C 169. Grigsby, Hugh Blair. THE VIRGINIA CONVENTION OF 1776.
Richmond, Va.: J. W. Randolph, 1855. 206 pp.

First edition. Original cloth, wear to spine ends, corners scuffed, newspaper clipping on the author laid loosely inside. A very good copy. Grigsby was a leading historian and writer in the mid-nineteenth century known for his completeness. His forte was historical addresses such as this one. It fully describes the events and participants of the convention. HAYNES 7401.
$ 150.00

170. Howe, Henry. HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS OF VIRGINIA; CONTAINING A COLLECTION OF THE MOST INTERESTING FACTS, TRADITIONS, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES,
ANECDOTES, &C. RELATING TO ITS HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES... TO WHICH IS APPENDED AN HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE SKETCH OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. ILLUSTRATED BY OVER 100 ENGRAVINGS... Charleston, S.C.: William R. Babcock, 1856. 544 pp., 18 plates.

Original one-half leather with marbled paper boards; expertly rebacked in polished leather; original corners professionally consolidated; some brief pencil notations. A very good and complete copy. The color frontispiece showing the Surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown is present as is the large color folding map of Virginia. A valuable compilation. HOWES H-722.
$ 275.00

171. Hoyt, William Dana. COLONEL WILLIAM FLEMING ON THE VIRGINIA FRONTIER 1755-1783.
[np, 1942]. [2],99-119,405-34, 175-210 pp.

First edition, thus. Original printed wrappers. A near fine copy. A printing of three monographs which first appeared in different periodicals in 1942. This accounts for the work's curious pagination. There are about 87 pages in total. The monographs are entitled: COLONEL WILLIAM FLEMING IN DUNMORE'S WAR, 1774; COLONEL WILLIAM FLEMING, COUNTY LIEUTENANT OF BOTETOURT, 1776-1779; COLONEL WILLIAM FLEMING, COMMISSIONER TO EXAMINE AND SETTLE THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTS IN THE WESTERN COUNTRY, 1782-1783. A scarce collection of resource material for a series of campaigns in Virginia during the Revolution. The author received his Ph.D. at the University of Virginia. This work was most likely printed in a small edition for gift distribution to friends and scholars. The preface is dated May, 1942. HAYNES 8893.
$ 150.00

172. Koontz, Louis K. THE VIRGINIA FRONTIER, 1754-1763.
Baltimore: The John Hopkins Press, 1925. 186 pp.

First edition. Original printed wrappers, front wrapper detached and present, light uniform speckled staining. A good copy. This scholarly work focuses on the Virginia frontier during the French and Indian War. At that time Virginia's frontier extended from the vicinity of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, south to the Carolina border. In addition to the topography of the area, Indian trails and migration routes, the author discusses at length the roles of Governor Robert Dinwiddie and the young George Washington in securing this vast region, and identifies eighty-one forts, stockades, and blockhouses used to defend the frontier. Numerous contemporary papers are quoted in the text and the lengthy appendix. Extensive documentation includes material from the Draper, Huntington, and Washington manuscript collections. HAYNES 10237.
$ 150.00

173. Macomb, M. M. ESSAY. THE NECESSITY OF A FIXED POLICY IN THE WAR DEPARTMENT IN REGARD TO THE COLLECTION OF MILITARY STATISTICS AND THE
CONSTRUCTION OF A GENERAL MILITARY ATLAS OF THE UNITED STATES. Fort Monroe, Va.: Printed at the United States Artillery School, 1886. 16 pp., fldg. map, errata.

At head of title: Department of Military Art, United States Artillery Corps. First edition. Original printed wrappers. A very good copy. The folding map is entitled: INDEX MAP OF A PROPOSED MILITARY ATLAS OF THE UNITED STATES. At the time of publication the author was serving as a 1st Lieutenant in the 4th U.S. Artillery. A scarce work and an uncommon Virginia imprint. Not in HAYNES. OCLC records only 4 known copies.
$ 75.00

174. Robinson, Morgan Poitiaux. A COMPLETE INDEX OF STITH'S HISTORY OF VIRGINIA.
Richmond, Va., 1912. 152 pp.

First edition. Bulletin of the Virginia State Library, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1912. Original printed wrappers. A near fine copy. Stith's book, published in Williamsburg in 1747, was the first history written and printed in Virginia. A necessary index to a landmark work.
$ 85.00

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