1005029M The Potomac, by Frederick Gutheim. Published by Rinehart & Company, New York in 1949. Index, illus., notes, maps, pictorial endpapers, tan cloth (spine distorted), 8vo., 436 pp. VG condition. One of the Rivers of America Series. Full of local history. $15.00

1005030 Virginia, A Guide to the Old Dominion, compiled by workers of the Writers’ Program of the Works Projects Administration of the State of Virginia. Published by Oxford University Press, New York in 1947. 4th printing. Index, photos, maps, large folding state map in rear pocket, green cloth (upper front corner is bent), 8vo., 710 pp. Interior in VG condition. Part of the American Guide Series. $25.00

1005026  The Shenandoah, by Julia Davis. Published by Rinehart & Company, New York in 1945. Index, illus., map, pictorial endpapers, blue cloth (spine faded), 8vo., 374 pp. VG condition. One of the Rivers of America Series. Full of local history. $22.50

1005027  The Shenandoah, by Julia Davis. Published by Rinehart & Company, New York in 1945. Index, illus., map, pictorial endpapers, dj. (edges chipped), blue cloth, 8vo., 374 pp. VG condition. One of the Rivers of America Series. Full of local history. $30.00

1005054 Seashore Chronicle. Three Centuries of the Virginia Barrier Islands, edited by Brooks Miles Barnes and Barry R. Truitt. Published by University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA in 1997. 1st edition. Index, notes, illus., photos, map, white cloth, dj., 8vo. 248 pp. A “..blend of history, personal accounts and natural history..” $20.00

1005021 The Social Record of Virginia, edited by Helena Lefroy Caperton. Published by The Social Record of Virginia, Richmond, VA in 1951. Black cloth (light edge wear), 8vo., 245 pp. Arranged alphabetically. Lists name, address, wife’s maiden name and place of birth, names of sons and daughters, married names of daughters, husband’s profession, his clubs, societies and organizations, and the wife’s clubs, societies and organizations. $30.00

1005024 Wills of Westmoreland County, Virginia 1654-1800, by Augusta B. Fothergill. Published by Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, MD in 1973. Reprint edition. Index, green cloth, 8vo., 229 pp. VG condition. Will abstracts arranged chronologically. $40.00

1005023 The Stronghold: A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People, by Miriam Haynie. Published by The Deitz Press, Richmond, VA in 1959. Later printing. Sources, illus., endpaper map, navy cloth, dj. (remains of price sticker, light edge wear), 8vo., 237 pp. The Northern Neck lies between the Potomac River and the Rappahonnack River and includes the counties of  King George, Richmond, Northumberland, Stafford and Lancaster. $30.00

1005033 At the Falls: Richmond, Virginia, & Its People, by Marie Tyler-McGraw. Published by The University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, NC in 1994. Index, notes, b& w and color illus., photos, maps, softcovers (one corner of spine rubbed), 4to. 361 pp. VG condition. This book is printed on heavy, glossy paper. “A beautifully written and beautifully illustrated history…” $22.50

1005034 At the Falls: Richmond, Virginia, & Its People, by Marie Tyler-McGraw. Published by The University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, NC in 1994. Index, notes, b& w and color illus., photos, maps, burgundy cloth, dj., , 4to. 361 pp. VG+ condition. This book is printed on heavy, glossy paper. “A beautifully written and beautifully illustrated history…” $30.00

1005050 Williamsburg, Virginia, A City Before the State 1699-1999. A 300th Anniversary History, edited by Robert P. Maccubbin. Published by The City of Williamsburg, VA in 2000. More than b&w and color illus., and photos, selected sources, navy cloth, dj., 4to., 301 pp. VG condition. $35.00

1005035 The 1989 Register of Former Cadets of the Virginia Military Institute, Sesquicentennial Edition. Published by the VMI Alumni Association, Lexington, VA in 1989. Blue cloth, square 4to., 528 pp. VG condition. Arranged alphabetically. Traces each matriculate through his career. Dates of death and place, if known, are given for many. $50.00

1005014M Bristol Tennessee/Virginia A History – 1852-1900, by V. N. (Bud) Phillips. Published by Overmountain Press, Johnson City, TN in 1992.  Index, biblio., photos, black cloth, dj.(fair condition), 8vo., 479 pp. Chapters on all aspects of early Bristol life. Due to a printing error, the book lacks title page, table of contents, and pages iv, viii, 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 12, 13, 16, 17, and 20. Sold “AS IS” $15.00

1005019 “A Just and True Account”: Two 1833 Censuses of Albemarle County Free Blacks, by Ervin L. Jordan, Jr. in The Magazine of Albemarle County History, Volume 53, 1995. Published by the Albemarle County Historical Society. pp. 115-139. Other topics in this issue include Baptist Education for Young Ladies in Charlottesville and The Charlottesville Woolen Mills. Index, adverts, photos, softcovers, 8vo., 148+ pp. VG condition. $7.50

1005017 Virginia Folk Legends, edited by Thomas E. Barden. Published by University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA in 1991. 1st edition. Notes, light tan cloth, dj., 8vo., 343+ pp. VG+ condition. The legends were gathered by WPA workers between 1937 and 1942 in 40 counties in Virginia. Arranged by topic, ranging from ghosts, haunted houses and spirit dogs to place names and events. $22.50

1005016 Home to the Cockade City [Petersburg], by M. Clifford Harrison. Published by The House of Dietz, Richmond, VA in 1942. Red cloth, dj. (light wear), 8vo., 143 pp. VG condition. The author describes this book as a “partial biography” of Petersburg, Virginia which “places emphasis on human nature – old, young, white, black, ‘the Elite and the literally lousy’”. $40.00

1005013 Wills and Estate Records in the Virginia State Library: A Researcher’s Guide, by John Vogt and T. William Kethley, Jr. Published by Iberian Publishing Company, Athens, GA in 1987. Softcovers (light wear), 8vo., 186 pp. Former owner’s book plate inside front cover. Includes a folding map of Virginia counties in 1850.  Arranged by county, gives microfilm as well as published sources. $17.50

1005012 Virginia County Records: Spotsylvania County 1721-1800 Being Transcriptions, From the Original Files at the County Court House, of Wills, Deeds, Administrators’ and Guardians’ Bonds, Marriage Licenses, and Lists of Revolutionary Pensioners, edited by William Armstrong Crozier. Published by Fox, Duffield & Company, New York, 1905. 1978 Reprint by Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore. Index, red cloth, 8vo., 576 pp. The upper corners or several pages are lightly creased, o/w VG condition. The title says it all! $35.00

1005011 Yorktown 1781-1931, Sesquicentennial of the Battle of Yorktown, Virginia, by Elmo Jones. Published by Garrett & Massie, Richmond, VA in 1931. Illus., thin hardcover (edges worn), 8vo., not paginated. The book consists of plates of 12 drawings: Victory Monument, Moore House, Battle Field, York Hall (Home of General Nelson), Street Scene, Oldest Custom House in America, Mulberry Trees, Digges House, West House, Shield House, Grace Church, Homeward Bound.  $10.00

1005004 Keeping the Faith, A History of the First Baptist Church, 1863-1980, In Light of its Times, West Main and Seventh Streets, Charlottesville, Virginia, by Richard I. McKinney. Published by The First Baptist Church, Charlottesville, VA in 1981. Index, biblio., photos, navy cloth, 8vo., 319 pp. Near-new condition. Includes lists of persons who have held key positions in the church. $20.00

1005005 The History of Eastern Shore Chapel and Lynnhaven Parish 1642-1969, by Louisa Venable Kyle. Published by the author, in 1969. 2nd printing. Author’s presentation copy. Index, biblio., photos, map, 121 pp. The author traces the influence of the Church of England and the Episcopal church in Virginia Beach through 3 centuries. $22.50

1005006  Pittsylvania’s Eighteenth Century Grist Mills, by Herman Melton. Published by the author in 1989. Index, biblio., sources, illus., photos, maps, green cloth, dj.( 2 small tears, edges discolored), 8vo., 178 pp. VG condition. Author’s presentation copy. “Pittsylvania History Project” stamp on rear fep. and a date stamp on the front fep. The author has documented nearly 100  grist mills in the county, including information on the builders and subsequent owners. $50.00

1005007 Vinton [Roanoke County] History 1884-1984, by Irma T. Moseley and Madeline S. Forbes. Published by Centennial Committee of Vinton, VA in 1984. Index, illus., photos, maps, songs, tan pictorial cloth, 8vo., 205 pp. Some pages lightly creased, o/w VG condition. Many references to residents and many captioned photos. $27.50

1005008  Marriage Bonds and Minister’s Returnes of Brunswick County, Virginia 1750-1810, compiled and published by Catherine Lindsay Knorr, 1953. 1982 reprint. Bride’s index, blue softcovers (corners bumped, rear cover stained), 8vo., 111 pp. + index. Interior VG. Arranged alphabetically by groom’s name. $17.50

1005009 Colonial Residents of Virginia’s Eastern Shore Whose Ages Were Proved Before Court Officials of Accomack and Northampton Counties, by William R. M. Houston and Jean M. Mihalyka. Published by Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, MD in 1985. Green cloth, 8vo., 143 pp. VG+ condition. Includes a separate listing of slaves and Indian servants without surnames. $22.50

1002020 Mt. Olivet Methodist, Arlington’s Pioneer Church, A Story of the First One Hundred Years of Mt. Olivet Methodist Church, by Frank L. Ball. Published by the author, Arlington, VA in 1965. Illus., photos, endpaper map, brown cloth, dj., 8vo., 174 pp. + appendices. VG condition. The church was organized in 1854. Some information on families who were church members and a list of WW II veterans. $22.50

0903002 Frederick County, Virginia, Marriages 1771-1825, compiled by Eliza Timberlake Davis. Published by Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore in 1973. Reprint of 1941 publication. Index, red buckram (few spots on rear cover), 4to., 129 pp. Interior VG condition. Marriage bonds 1771-1798, ministers' returns arranged alphabetically by groom with index of women, names of ministers. $32.50

0901127 Virginia County Records, New Series, Volume I, Westmoreland County, edited by William Armstrong Crozier. Reprint of the 1913 original, published by Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, MD in 1971. Index, red buckram, 8vo., 102 + a-h pp. VG condition. Includes: Wills (Book 1-18) 1655-1794; Militia Order Books 1777-1781; Land Grants (Books 3-6) 1653-1679; and Proprietors’ Deed or Grants (Books 1-5 and Books A-Y) 1690-1793. Arranged chronologically by type of record. $25.00

0901128E A Composite History of Alexandria, Volume I, edited by Elizabeth Hambleton and Marian Van Landingham. Published by The Alexandria Bicentennial Commission in 1975. Maps, footnotes, softcovers (lower spine and small part of both covers damaged), 8vo., 104 pp. Name in green ink on title page. The focus is on pre-1800s history. $10.00

0901129 Lost Trails and Forgotten People: The Story of Jones Mountain, by Tom Floyd. Published by The Potomac Appalachian Trail Club, Washington, DC in 1981. Index, biblio., photos, maps, softcovers, 8vo., 160 pp. VG condition. Most of Jones Mountain is today in Shenandoah National Park. The last residents of the mountain left in 1936 and all remaining buildings were burned to allow the mountain to return to the wild. The story of the mountain and the people who lived there beginning in the 1720s, left their mark, and died there. Much information and photos of the last families to leave. $10.00

0901131 A Pictorial Booklet on Early Jamestown Commodities And Industries, by J. Paul Hudson. Published by The Virginia 350th Anniversary Celebration Corporation, Williamsburg, VA in 1957. Illus., photos, biblio., softcovers, 8vo., 78 pp. VG condition. A sample of topics: boatbuilding, wine, silk, brewing, bread-baking. $15.00

901132 Jamestown 1544-1699, by Carl Bridenbaugh. Published by Oxford University Press, New York in 1980. Index, illus., notes, black cloth, dj., 8vo., 199 pp. VG condition. “Well-researched and readable”. $25.00

0902003 Charles City County Order Book 1676-1679, abstracted by Margaret McNeill Ayers. Published by the author, Memphis, TN in 1968. Index,, softcovers (stapled and bound with tape) bound into library stiff-cardboard covers, 4to., 135 pp. An ex-library copy, with the usual markings and card pocket. Pages 1-162 of the order book were missing. The first entry abstracted was for May 1677.  $25.00

805098M Set Fair for Roanoke: Voyages and Colonies, 1584-1606, by David Beers Quinn. Published by The University of North Carolina Press in 1985. Index, illus., maps, softcover (lower rear corner bent), 8vo., 467 pp. Previous owner’s name inside front cover. VG condition. A concise, scholarly history of the voyages sponsored by Sir Walter Ralegh and the efforts to colonize what is now North Carolina and Southern Virginia. $15.00

805031 Patronage and Poverty in the Tobacco South: Louisa County, Virginia, 1860-1900, by Crandall A. Shifflett. Published by The University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville in 1982. Index, notes, photos, map, tables, charts, orange cloth, dj.(one small tear), 8vo., 159 pp. VG condition. The author examines the “changes in the social, political, and economic structures of Louisa County between 1860 and 1900, illustrating on a local level how postwar southerners reacted to the changes imposed on them by the emancipation of slaves.” $20.00

702007 From the Archives, by Eleanor P. Cross and Charles B. Cross, Jr. Published by Norfolk County Historical Society of Chesapeake, Virginia, 1966. Illus., photos, wraps, 8vo., VG condition, 53 pp. Short vignettes of local history from Norfolk County, Virginia.  A number of documents and letters make their first appearance in print in this slim volume. $12.50

612070 Tidewater Virginia Families: A Social History, by Virginia Lee Hutcheson Davis. Published by the author in Urbana, VA in 1989. Limited edition. Author signed.  Index, illus., notes and references, photos, maps, softcovers (corners of cover and several pages are bent, date stamp on fep.), thick 4to., VG condition, 799 pp. Well-documented social history and genealogy of ancestors of the Hutcheson, Peatross, Butler, and Lee families: the families of Bell, Binford, Bonner, Campbell, Cheadle, Chiles, Clements, Cotton, Dejarnatt, Dumas, Ellyson, Fishback, Fleming, Hamlin, Hampton, Harnison, Harris, Haynie, Hurt. Mosby, Mundy, Nelson, Pettyjohn, Ruffin, Short, Spencer, Tarleton, Tatum, Taylor, Terrell, Wakins, Winston, and Woodson. $125.00

612054 Potomac Interlude: The Story of Woodlawn Mansion and The Mount Vernon Neighborhood 1845-1943, by Dorothy Troth Muir. 2nd edition, 2nd printing. Index, illus., photos, map, folding map, blue cloth (small gouge on front cover), 8vo., VG condition, 198 pp. A history of the neighborhood of George Washington’s Mount Vernon from 1846 until the mid-20th century. Much information about Quaker settlement in the area and about the Civil War. $25.00

202008 Home Spun Stuff, by Roy V. Wolfe, Sr., Published by the author in Gate City, VA, 1968. Green cloth, 8vo., 208 pp. VG condition. Vignettes of Scott County, Virginia history, life and people. $32.50

601004 The Town of Fincastle, Virginia, by Frances J. Niederer. Published by the University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville, later printing, 2003. Index, footnotes, illus., plans, fold-out insurance plan, softcover, 8vo., 68 pp. VG condition. There is no map inside the back cover as indicated in the list of Illustrations and there is no indication that it was ever present in the book. Much information on and photos of early homes and their owners. $17.50

 511036 Old Houses in Rockingham County 1750 to 1850, by Isaac Long Terrell. Published by McClure Press, Verona, VA in 1970.  Illus., biblio., photos, red cloth, dj. (chipped, previously taped to inside front cover of book), 8vo., 116 pp. Author’s presentation copy; also signed by author’s sister to whom the book is dedicated. Capsule histories of 75 Shenandoah Valley homes, each containing information about the houses’ occupant families. Many homes date from the 18th century. Now quite scarce. $50.00

 511042 Upper Brandon, by Robert P. Hilldrup. Published by the James River Corporation, Richmond, VA in 1987. Index, maps, black & white and color photos and illustrations, genealogical chart, boards with ¼ leather spine (4 raised bands), aeg., 8vo., 98 pp. Very Fine condition. Upper Brandon lies on the southern shore of the James River in Prince George County. Much information on Benjamin Harrison I and his wife Mary, an 1632 emigrant to Jamestown. A beautifully made book. $17.50

 511051 A Tryal of Glasse: The Story of Glassmaking at Jamestown, by J.C. Harrington. Published by the Eastern National Park and Monument Association in 1972. Illus., references, softcover (light soil), 8vo., 54 pp. VG condition. Glassmaking began in Jamestown, Virginia in 1608, just a little more than a year after the first colonists arrived from England. $12.50

202030 Arlington County, Virginia: A History, by C. B. Rose, Jr. Published by Arlington Historical Society, Arlington, VA, 1976. Index, biblio., illus., photos, maps, cloth, dj., 8vo., 274 pp. VG condition. Arlington County, less than 26 square miles, was known as Alexandria County unitl 1920. $22.50

202044 The Record of the Bruton Parish Church, by Wimmiam Archer Rutherfoord Goodwin.  Mary Frances Goodwin (ed.). Published by The Dietz Press, Richmond, VA, 1941. Index, photos, cloth, dj. (chipped, some soil), 8vo., 205 pp. VG condition. Contains a complete list of deaths 1652-1751,  baptismal abstracts 1739-1792, tombstone transcriptions, and lists of vestrymen.  The church is located in Jamestown. $30.00

404002M Army Life In Virginia: The Civil War Letters Of George G. Benedict, edited by Eric Ward.  Published by Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, PA, 2002. 1st edition. Index, biblio., notes, illus., maps, gray cloth, dj., 8vo., 246 pp. New condition. The writer, George Grenville Benedict (1826-1907), was a member of the 12th Vermont Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. These letters, written to the Burlington Free Press, provided his friends and neighbors with Benedict's first-hand accounts of army life in 1862-63. $25.00

304004 Iron Works at Tuball: Terms and Conditions for their Lease as stated by Alexander Spotswood on the twentieth day of July 1739, by Alexander Spotswood. Published by Reacy W. McGregor Library of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 1945. 1st edition, limited to 1100 copies. Folding map showing Germanna in 1738, softcover (light soil, minor creasing), 8vo., 22 pp. VG condition. $22.50

305093 Alexandria, U.S.A. Yesterdays Remembered. Published by First & Citizens National Bank of Alexandria, Alexandria, VA, no date, circa 1965. Illus., photos., softcover, 4to., 30 pp. Very good, except for some small damage to bottom of cover and first page. Profusely illustrated local history issued by local bank. $17.50

304012 New Guidebook of Fredericksburg, Virginia, by Carolus Becker. Published by Holly Hill Press in Fredericksburg, VA, 1966. Later edition. Illus., maps, softcover, 8vo., 48 pp. VG condition. Includes maps of battlefields, the city, the college, historical points of interest, and Colonial, Revolutionary and Civil War facts about Fredericksburg. $12.50

211057 Preliminary Checklist for Abingdon 1807 -1876 [Virginia Imprint Series Number 1], by John Cook Wyllie. Published by The Virginia State Library, Richmond, VA, 1946. Index, biblio., soft covers (water stained), stapled, 4to., 45 pp. Red ink notation on cover, all pages heavily water stained. Water staining throughout. A checklist of books printed in Abington. $10.00

211157 Lee County Marriages, 1830 -1836, by John Vogt and T. William Kethley, Jr. Published by Iberian Publishing Company, Athens, GA, 1984. Folding map of VA counties, soft covers, 8vo., 28 pp. Owner's stamp on cover. Arranged alphabetically by grooms' and brides' names. $7.50

909462 Behold Virginia: The Fifth Crown, by George F. Willison. Published by Harcourt Brace, New York in 1952. Index, biblio, cloth, 8vo., 434 pp. Light cover wear. By the author of Saints and Strangers, this well-researched work tells the story of Virginia before the Revolution. $12.50

909331 Cows on the Campus: Williamsburg in Bygone Days, by Parke Rouse. Published by Dietz Press, Richmond in 1973. Index, illus., photos, cloth, dj., 8vo., 219 pp. Near-fine condition. $20.00

909049 Methodist Church on Shockoe Hill, by Floyd S. Bennett. Published in Richmond in 1962. 1st edition. Illus., index, 8 vo, 214 pp. Near-fine condition. A History of the Centenary Methodist Church of Richmond, VA. 1810 - 1960 $22.50

909057 The Face of Virginia, by A. Aubrey Bodine. Published by Bodine, Baltimore in 1963. Illus, index, photos, cloth, dj.( repaired), folio., 176 pp. VG condition. Hundreds of well-captioned photos by a master photographer. This copy signed by the Governor of Virginia in 1967. $12.50

909327 The Journal of John Harrower, by Edward Miles Riley (ed.). Published by Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg in 1963. 1st edition. Illus., index. light. wear, 8 vo, 202 pp. VG condition. Harrower was an indentured servant in colonial Virginia. The journal covers the period 1773-1776. $22.50

909047 The Old Dominion and the New Nation: 1788 - 1801, by Richard R. Beeman. Published by University Press of Kentucky, Lexington in 1972. Index, biblio, maps, cloth, dj. (slightly scuffed), 8vo., 282 pp. VG condition. Largely a political history, demonstrating how power was retained by planters and lawyers. Lists of Delegates. $20.00

909365 The Shenandoah and Its Byways, by William O. Stevens. Published by Dodd, Mead, New York in 1941. Index, illus, frontis, map, cloth, 8vo., 281 pp. An ex-library copy, with the usual markings; o/w a nice copy. People, places and happenings up and down the Valley. $22.50

909136 The Virginians, by Michael Edelhart. Published by Doubleday, Garden City in 1982. 1st edition. Index, black and white and color photos, cloth, dj. (edges worn, crease on rear cover), 4to., 232 pp. VG condition. $17.50

909330 Virginia Reader: A Treasury of Writings From the First Voyages to the Present., by Francis C. Rosenberger (ed). Published by E.P. Dutton, New York in 1948. 1st edition. cloth, dj. (chipped), 8vo., 576 pp. VG condition. Virginia in history and literature, mostly by Virginian authors. $22.50

202029  Flowerdew Hundred: The Archaeology of a Virginia Plantation 1619-1864, by James Deetz.  Published by University of Virginia  Press in Charlottesville, VA, 1993. 1st edition.  Index, illus., photos., charts, plans, cloth, dj., 8vo., 204 pp.  VG condition. This thousand-acre plantation was located on the south side of the James River between Richmond and Williamsburg.  Includes much information of interest to the social historian. $22.50