A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia
A great classic of Americana, this account of the first attempt to plant an English colony in America is also the first published book illustrated from drawings executed in what is now the United States. $12.95
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Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America
This fascinating book is a history of American folkways as they have changed through time. $34.95
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Commonwealth and Community
Melvin Urofsky shows, aside from their religious beliefs, there is little to distinguish Virginia Jews from their Christian neighbors. $11.95
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Cradle of America: Four Centuries of Virginia History
In this first single-authored history of Virginia since the 1970s, Peter Wallenstein traces major themes across four centuries in a brisk narrative that recalls the people and events that have shaped the Old Dominion. $29.95
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 Facts & Legends of Sports in Richmond
Brooks Smith and Wayne Dementi have co-authored a delightful book that celebrates the sports of Richmond—the venues, memorable events, and athletes. $14.95
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Genius in the Garden: Charles F. Gillette and Landscape Architecture in Virginia
In this engaging study of Charles Gillette and his work, George Longest provides a sympathetic portrait of a complex man who was at once cultured and charming, yet also opinionated and irascible. $39.95
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 George Washington's America: A Biography Through His Maps
This unique biography of George Washington—inspired by the maps he used throughout his life—offers new insight into the historic events of his era. $67.50
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Grand Avenues: The Story of Pierre Charles L'Enfant, the French Visionary Who Designed Washington, D.C.
Scott W. Berg's deft narrative account of this little-explored story in American history is a tribute to the genius of Pierre Charles L'Enfant and the enduring city that is his legacy. $15.95
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A Guidebook to Virginia's Historical Markers
Including nearly nine hundred new and replacement markers that have been installed along the commonwealth's roadways since the last edition was published in 1994, this third edition of A Guidebook to Virginia's Historical Markers brings together and updates the texts of more than 1,850 official state historical markers placed along Virginia's highways since 1927. $19.95
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 Historic Houses of Virginia
From the Tidewater region of its Atlantic Shore to the Blue Ridge Mountains, Virginia has some of the most architecturally rich, and perhaps the most historically important, homes in America. $55.00
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Historic Photos of Virginia
These black-and-white images tell the story of Virginia, its people and places, with a vividness only historic photographs can offer. $39.95
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Historic Virginia Gardens
For more than seventy-five years, The Garden Club of Virginia has undertaken garden research and preservation work at numerous historic sites across the Old Dominion, restoring and creating beautiful landscapes for the education and enjoyment of all, from backyard gardeners to design professionals. $49.95
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The Hornbook of Virginia History
Since 1949, The Hornbook has been the definitive, handy reference guide to Virginia's past. $29.95
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John Smith's Chesapeake Voyages 1607–1609
Scholars from multiple disciplines take the reader on Smith's exploratory voyages and reconstruct the Chesapeake environment and its people as Smith encountered them. $19.95
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Kanawhan Prelude to Nineteenth-Century Monopoly in the United States
In Kanawhan Prelude, historian John Edmund Stealey III presents the foundational legal documents for the salt industry in western Virginia in the antebellum era. $11.95
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A Kingdom Strange: The Brief and Tragic History of the Lost Colony of Roanoke
In this gripping account based on new archival material, colonial historian James Horn tells for the first time the complete story of what happened to the Roanoke colonists and their descendants. $26.00
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On Hallowed Ground: The Story of Arlington National Cemetery
An intimate, behind-the-scenes chronicle of America's most sacred ground. $28.00
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Painted History: The Landscapes of Valley View Farm
The paintings will endure as a lasting record of a place, time, and lifestyle. $14.95
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Photography in Virginia
A companion to the upcoming exhibition, Photography in Virginia covers images made within the state's borders from the 1840s to the 1960s. $45.00
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Quilts of Virginia, 1607–1899: The Birth of America Through the Eye of a Needle
This new book anticipates Virginia's 400th anniversary in 2007 by presenting over 270 beautiful historic quilts and ephemera. $29.95
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Remarkable Trees of Virginia
This stunning collaboration among noted garden writer Nancy Ross Hugo, Virginia Tech forestry professor Jeff Kirwan, and photographer Robert Llewellyn showcases the fruits of an effort to research, locate, and photograph Virginia's most remarkable trees. $49.95
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The Story of Virginia
A powerful historical chronicle of the state. $24.95
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Virginia: A Guide to the Old Dominion
Compiled by Workers of the Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Virginia. $35.00
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Virginia: Catalyst of Commerce for Four Centuries
Takes readers on a vivid journey through the centuries as Virginians face and overcome daunting odds, setting the stage for the America that was to come. $59.95
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Virginia in Maps: Four Centuries of Settlement, Growth, and Development
Traces the discovery, settlement, expansion, and growth of the commonwealth from the Native American world first encountered by the European explorers and expansionists to the urban, modern state closely connected to national and international economies. $95.00
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 The Virginia Landmarks Register
The fourth edition of The Virginia Landmarks Register is an entirely new, fully illustrated compilation of the state's buildings, structures, sites, and districts that have been officially designated as historic landmarks by the Virginia Board of Historic Resources over the past thirty years. $65.00
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 Virginia Silversmiths, Their Lives and Marks
Containing 1,798 biographies of Virginia artisans plus references outside of Virginia, and more than 930 photographs of marks used by 324 Virginia silversmiths, this book is a must for collectors, curators, decorative arts historians, and genealogists. $100.00
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Virginians at War (5 DVD Set)
Created by the Virginia War Memorial, this DVD set features 19 programs which tell the real-life experiences of more than 700 Virginia veterans and citizens. $49.95
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 The Wild Vine: A Forgotten Grape and the Untold Story of American Wine
A rich romp through untold American history featuring fabulous characters; the tale of a little-known American grape that rocked the fine-wine world of the nineteenth century and is poised to do so again today. $15.00
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Witness to a Century (DVD)
Discover the past one hundred years in Virginia through stories from centenarians. $21.95
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