Language: English
Published by The University Press of Virginia., 1973
ISBN 10: 0813904145 ISBN 13: 9780813904146
Seller: Eryops Books, Stephenville, TX, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. HARDCOVER; in very good condition. Book.
Published by University of virginia Library, Charlottesville, 1950
Seller: P.C. Schmidt, Bookseller, Kettering, OH, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. fine hardcover; a solid copy ; SATISFACTION GUARANTEED; ALL ORDERS SHIPPED WITH DELIVERY CONFIRMATION; additions and corrections sheets laid in; Size: 7 x 10".
Published by The Virginia Quarterly Review, Charlottesville, 1967
Seller: Clausen Books, RMABA, Colorado Springs, CO, U.S.A.
Magazine / Periodical
Orange Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Advertisements (illustrator). Textblock is clean and tight. Previous owner's inked name on front cover. Several small closed edge tears. Pages 177-352. Contributions include: Almont Lindsey - Can Poverty Be Abolished; Robert Graves- On Poetry; Edwin G. Nourse - Early Flowering of the Employment Act; also includes Poetry, Fiction, Book Reviews and more. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Periodical.
Published by University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, 1950
Seller: Bookplate, Chestertown, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Gilt seal to front and gilt titles to spine faded but readable. Internally clean, mark-free copy. TM.
Published by The University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville,, Va, 1973
Seller: Shadyside Books, Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1973. Hardcover. Fair. No DJ. Ex-Library with standard markings. 496p.
Published by Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1949
Seller: biblioboy, North Providence, RI, U.S.A.
First Edition
Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good. Cover art by Robert Gibson Jones (illustrator). First Edition. Chicago: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company. Chicago: Good. 1949. First Edition; First Printing. Published in Chicago by 1st Edition 1st Printing. Vintage Pulp magazine in pictorial wrappers. Size 6.75" x 9.75", 162 pages, illustrated. A very good copy with some light spine chipping, creasing and the usual edge wear with small tears and light chipping to the cover with text paper lightly toned. See Photos bx431/ E.
Published by University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, VA, 1950
Seller: Clausen Books, RMABA, Colorado Springs, CO, U.S.A.
Signed
Cloth. Condition: Good. Presentation copy inscribed by Francis L. Berkeley Jr. to Christopher B. Garnett on the ffep; page of corrections and additions laid in; binding edge-worn and a bit frayed, with the front board a little warped; textblock clean and tight; 170 pp. including index. this is the University of Virginia Bibliographical Series Number Nine. Size: 4to - Over 9 ¾" -12" Tall. Initialed By Author. Hard Cover.
Published by University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, VA, 1950
Seller: Shoemaker Booksellers, Gettysburg, PA, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 170 pp. Original green wraps. Spine and edges sunned. Small creases to corners. "Gettysburg College Library" stamp on front cover. "Randolph, John" written in pencil along top edge of front cover. Contents very nice.
Published by University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1950
Hardcover. Crimson cloth, gilt decoration on front cover; 171 pp., color plate as frontispiece. Provides a bibliography of papers found in various archives and once emanating from Virginia Congressman John Randolph of Roanoke (1773-1833). Begins with a biographical sketch of the man. VG (Few instances of handwriting; color frontispiece has bleed onto tp; otherwise clean.).
Published by The University of Virginia, The Tracy W. McGregor Library, Charlottesville, 1941
Seller: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Wraps. Condition: Good. Limited edition of 1100. Unpaginated (26 pages). Covers worn, torn, chipped, and soiled. Inside rear cover and adjoining page discolored. Scarce surviving copy. Dunmore's Proclamation is a historical document signed on November 7, 1775 by John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore, royal governor of the British Colony of Virginia. The proclamation declared martial law and promised freedom for slaves of American revolutionaries who left their owners and joined the royal forces, becoming Black Loyalists. According to historians, the proclamation was designed for practical and militaristic reasons rather than moral reasons or humanitarianism. Formally proclaimed on November 15, its publication prompted between 800 and 2000 slaves (from both patriot and loyalist owners) to run away and enlist with Dunmore. It also raised a furor among Virginia's slave-owning elites (again of both political persuasions), to whom the possibility of a slave rebellion was a major fear. The proclamation ultimately failed in meeting Dunmore's objectives; he was forced out of the colony in 1776, taking about 300 former slaves with him. This work contains a brief history about proclamation published by John Murray, fourth Earl of Dunmore and governor of Virginia, granting slaves freedom if they fought for the British army. The frontispiece is a facsimile from Dunmore's publication. One of the cornerstones of the University of Virginia special collections is the American history library of Tracy W. McGregor(1869-1936). In his later years, McGregor had become interested in Virginia and had visited the Charlottesville area from his Detroit home. In 1925, he and his wife had established the McGregor Fund to support charitable works in their areas of particular interest. In his will, he bequeathed the notable collection of books and manuscripts that he had assembled to the McGregor Fund with instructions that his collection be donated to an institution "having fine ideals of higher education and reasonable likelihood of achieving those ideals." The trustees of the McGregor Fund decided in 1938 to donate the collection to the University of Virginia, knowing of Mr. McGregor's interest in the University. The Alderman Library building was nearing completion, but space was set aside for a special room. It was furnished with a gift for that purpose from the trustees of the McGregor Fund as a memorial to Mr. McGregor, and was opened for use on April 14, 1939. The gift of the McGregor Library was one of major importance to the library and the University as Harry Clemons wrote in his 1950 history of the library: "This collection came to a small library at the moment when that library was attempting a new role. The significance of the collection was therefore much greater than it would have been in a library rich in such collections, or in a library not committed to an ambitious programme." The trustees generously provided funds each year for many years to enable the library to purchase materials for the McGregor Library. They renewed this support in 1994 with a gift of $250,000 to establish an endowment for the Library. The original McGregor Library collection included about 5,000 volumes of rare books, a research collection of some 12,500 volumes, and a number of manuscripts. Mr. McGregor in his own collecting "specialized in English and American literature, and more particularly, in American history." William H. Runge described holdings of the library in a 1963 issue of the University of Virginia News Letter, noting that "successive curators of the McGregor Library . . . have concentrated on the development of the portion of the collection relating to southeastern American history (from Maryland south, and from the Mississippi River east). In this field it is now preeminent.".