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278. Another copy; also, a copy of the Second Edition. Providence, 1885. 2 vols. 12mo, cloth.

279. [-] Complete Poems. Collected by J. H. Whitty. Boston, 1911; Home Life of Poe (Weiss), Presentation copy. New York, 1907; The Literati. (2 copies.) N. Y., 1850, and others. 6 vols. various sizes and bindings.

280. [-] The Life of Edgar Allan Poe. By William F. Gili. N. Y., 1877; Poetical Works. Edited by James Hannay. London, n. d.; The Literati. New York, 1850; The Bells. Phila., n. d.; and others. 6 vols. various sizes and bindings.

281. [-] Original MS. of G. W. Evelith's article on Poe's "Addenda to Eureka," on which is copied Poe's unpublished Manuscript. Also the printed copy of the articles as it appeared in "The Methodist Review."

Included with the above, are three A. L's. s. from G. W. Evelith, and three A. L's. s. from Bishop Hurst, comprising correspondence in relation to this manuscript.

282. POETRY. Beeton's Encyclopedia of Poetry, 2 vols. London, 1871; Father Ryan's Poems. Balto. 1886; The Southern Poems of the War (Mason). Balto. 1889, and others. 19 vols. various sizes and bindings.

283. POLLARD (EDWARD A.). The Lost Cause. Portraits. 8vo, cloth. New York, 1867

284. POLLARD (JOHN G.). The Pamunkey Indians of Virginia. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth, uncut. Washington, 1894

285. PORCHER (FRANCIS P.). Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests being also a Medical Botany of the Confederate States. 8vo, boards, roan back. Charleston, 1863

The Scarce FIRST EDITION.

286. PRESTON (THOMAS L.). Historical Sketches and Reminiscences of an Octogenarian. Portrait. 8vo, cloth.

FIRST EDITION.

Richmond, 1900

287. PRICE (RICHARD). Additional Observations On the Nature and Value of Civil Liberty, and the War with America. 8vo, old calf (one hinge weak). London, 1777

288. PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF VIRGINIA. Journal of the Proceedings. From 1825-1830, 1832-1837, 1839-1846, 1851, 1852, 1855-1860, 1862, 1865, 1867, 1869 and 1873. 34 vols. 8vo, wrappers and sewn. Richmond, 1825-1873

An extremely long run of these proceedings. Very scarce.

289. RAINBOW (THE). First Series. Originally Published in the Richmond Enquirer. [All published.]

8vo, sewn.

Richmond, 1804 290. RANDOLPH (BEVERLEY, Gov. of Va.). D. s. on vellum. 1p. large 4to. Williamsburg, June 25, 1787. Land Grant.

291. D. s. on vellum. 1 p. 4to, Richmond, August 8, 1787. Land grant. Signed also by John Harvie, Member O. С.

292. [RANDOLPH (EDMUND).] A Vindication of Mr. Randolph's Resignation. 8vo, original blue wrappers, uncut.

Philadelphia, 1795

Randolph resigned from the office of Secretary of State in 1795 because he was suspected by Washington and his Cabinet of maintaining improper relations with France. The "Vindication" was written by Mr. Randolph himself.

293. RANDOLPH (JOHN). Letters to a Young Relative, embracing a series of Years, from Early Youth to Mature Manhood. 8vo, original cloth (a little loose and pp. foxed). Philadelphia, 1834

FIRST EDITION.

294. RANDOLPH (JOHN OF ROANOKE). A. L. s., 1 p. 4to. Washington, Jan. 29, 1827. To John Randolph Bryan. On the Virginia elections. With seal. Worn in folds.

295. RANDOLPH (PEYΤΟΝ, Member O. C.). D. s., 1 p. oblong 4to. Undated. Receipt for £156 three months' salary. Inlaid. With a fine inlaid portrait.

296. RANDOLPH (THOMAS M., Gov. of Va.). D. S., 1 p. 4to. Richmond, Dec. 28, 1821. Appointing a Sheriff of Brunswick County. With seal. And another similar. 2 pieces.

297. RESOLUTIONS of Virginia and Kentucky, penned by Madison and Jefferson, in relation to the Alien and Sedition Laws, and the Debates and Proceedings in the House of Delegates of Virginia, on the same, in December, 1798. 8vo, half sheep.

Richmond, 1835

298. [REVERE (PAUL).] Bond of the State of the Massachusetts Bay. Sept. 1, 1777. Engraved heading and border. With device "Independence" in corner. Small 4to.

The engraving is attributed to Paul Revere.

299. RICHARDSON (JAMES D.). A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. 1789-1897. Engraved portraits by the Government Printing and Engraving Office. 10 vols. 8vo, cloth. Washington, 1896

300. RICHMOND. The Richmond Directory and Business Advertiser for 1852. By William L. Montague. 12mo, cloth.

The Second Richmond Directory.

Richmond, n. d.

301. RICHMOND THEATRE. Calamity at Richmond, being a Narrative of the affecting circumstances attending the awful Conflagration of the Theatre in the City of Richmond, Dec. 26, 1811. Frontispiece. 12mo, half morocco, original wrappers bound in (edges crudely trimmed).

Philadelphia, 1812

302.

Particular Account of the Dreadful Fire at Richmond, Virginia, December 26, 1811, which destroyed the Theatre, etc. 8vo, half sheep (name on title and some pp. spotted).

Baltimore, 1812

303. Full Account of the Burning of the Richmond Theatre, on the Night of December 26, 1811. With reprint of the Play Bill. 8vo, boards. Richmond, 1858

304. [RITSON (MRS.).) A Poetical Picture of America, being Observations made, during a Residence of several Years, at Alexandria, and Norfolk, in Virginia, etc. 12mo, original boards (worn), uncut. London: Printed for the Author, 1809

FIRST EDITION.

305. ROBINSON (CONWAY). An Account of Discoveries in the West until 1519, and of Voyages to and along the Atlantic Coast of North America, from 1520 to 1573. 8vo, cloth.

FIRST EDITION.

Richmond, 1848

306. RULES AND ARTICLES For the better Government of the Troops Raised, or to be raised and kept in pay by and at the expence of the United States of America. 8vo, original blue wrappers (worn and some margins stained), uncut.

Scarce.

Richmond: Aug. Davis, 1787

307. RUGGLES (CAPTAIN DANIEL). L. s., 3 pp. 4to. Tacubaya, Mexico, August 22, 1847. To Mrs. Richard E. M. Ruggles. A Copy of his full Military Record signed in pencil, as Captain.

308. RUSSELL (J., Jr.). The History of the War between the United States and Great Britain, 1812-1815. Second Edition. 8vo, original sheep (pp. time-stained). Hartford, 1815

309. SAINT PETER'S, VA. The Parish Register of St. Peter's, New Kent County, Va., from 1680 to 1787. 8vo, cloth.

Richmond, 1904

310. SCOTT (W. W.). A History of Orange County, Virginia, from its Formation in 1734 to the end of Reconstruction in 1870. Map and illustrations. 8vo, cloth. Richmond, 1907

FIRST EDITION.

311. SCOTT (WINFIELD). 4 A. L. s. (one in the third person). 5 pp. in all. Written from 1837-1861.

312. SECRET PROCEEDINGS and Debates of the Conven tion assembled at Philadelphia in the year 1787 for the purpose of forming the Constitution of the United States of America. 8vo, boards. Albany, 1821 313. SEMPLE (ROBERT B.). A History of the Rise and Progress of the Baptists in Virginia. 8vo, sheep. 2 copies (one stained). Richmond, 1810

FIRST EDITION.

314. SIMCOE (J. G.). Simcoe's Military Journal. A History of the Operations of a Partisan Corps, called the Queen's Rangers during the War of the American Revolution. Now first published, with a Memoir of the Author, and other additions. 10 maps. 8vo, original boards (worn). New York, 1844

Scarce.

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315. [SIMMS (WILLIAM GILMORE).] Poems by a Collegian. 12mo, boards, cloth back, uncut.

316.

FIRST EDITION. Very Scarce.

Charlottesville, 1833

Poems: Descriptive, Dramatic, Legendary and Contemplative. Portrait. 2 vols. 12mo, cloth (names partly removed from titles).

317.

FIRST EDITION.

New York, 1853

The Sassique of Kiawah. A Colonial Romance. Frontispiece and illustrated title. 12mo, cloth. New York, 1859

318.

FIRST EDITION.

War Poetry of the South. 12mo, cloth, gilt top.

FIRST EDITION.

New York, 1866

319. SLAUGHTER (PHILIP). A History of St. Mark's Parish, Culpeper County, Virginia. With Notes of Old Churches and Old Families. Maps. 12mo, cloth.

[Baltimore], 1877

320. A History of Bristol Parish, Va., with Genealogies of Families connected therewith, and historical illustrations. Frontispiece. 12mo, cloth. Richmond, 1879

321. SMITH (CAPT. JOHN). The Generall Historie of Virginia, New England, and the Summer Isles, with the names of the Adventurers, Planters, and Governours from their first beginning An. 1584. to this present 1624. Facsimile engraved title of the First Edition, and facsimile maps. Folio, full mottled calf, gilt edges.

London: Imprinted by I. D. and I. H. for Michael Sparkes, 1624 FIRST EDITION. A good copy, with the exceptions above noted, and a few slight repairs to some leaves.

322. The True Travels, Adventures and Observations of Captaine Iohn Smith, in Europe, Asia, Africke, and America, beginning about the Yeere 1593, and continued to this present 1629. Frontispieces, maps and plates. 2 vols. 8vo, original boards, uncut (a little worn in hinges). Richmond, 1819

323.

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Another copy. 2 vols. 8vo, sheep (rubbed).

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