Search Results: History--Civil and Otherwise from Books About The South

Plainsfield Indiania: Indiania Boy's School, 1967. First Edition. . Soft cover. Very Good. VG+/0/1st ed. Published and compiled during the Centennial Celebration. Book includes a handout for the Celebration Program and then a tour of the facility. Book is clean appears new. 15 pages. Here's an interesting fact: Charlie Manson escaped from the Indiania Boys School; the article didn't say if he was caught and returned(though I hate to think he was, because something didn't take--). Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage. I can have it in the mail tomorrow. BASI

DeLhi, New York: The Republican Express, 1960. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/None Present. VG/1st ed. This book is rare; I find no other for sale, and only one listed in a genealogy library in Salt Lake City Utah. The cloth covering the boards is mottled, or is disolving, but no boards are exposed. Binding is tight, with a line of the binder's glue darkening at the front and back gutter. Title in gold on front cover. Samll book label from previous owner on front pasteddwn. Some very light spotting on page edges. Higher quality paper. No marking or soiling to interior of book. 350 pages of text. Excellent candidate for rebinding. Excellent genealogy and historical reference for local families. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage, which is a good idea because of the cloth and you can't just buy another copy---Let me know and I'll pop it in the mail to you.

Knopf, 2011. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. NF/VG/1st ed.,stated. There is a little wear at each corner of the dust jacket, and a little rubbing on jacket front fore edge. The rest of the jacket has no tears or nicks or rubbing, great even color, and the price intact. Jacket now covered with a mylar sleeve. No markings or foxing to interior. Tight binding and sharp corners. 560 pp., maps, illustrations, notes, works cited, index. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage, mailed boxed, and I can have it in the mail tomorrow.

New York, New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2001. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. F/NF1st ed./Signed. Best know as the man who killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel in 1804, Aaron Burr was socially prominent, brilliant, handsome and charismatic. He was a gifted lawyer, a Revolutionary War hero and the Vice President in Thomas Jefferson's administration. But he was not trusted by many of our founding fathers. Buckner F. Melton, a historian and professor of law at the University of North Carolina, offers fascinating insights into Burr's protean character and personal demons that toppled his life and political career, and marked his as treasonous villian in United States history. Book Condition is clean and tight, no marking or soiling. Author signed book on title, with a very nice inscription, and dated this copy in year of publication. 278 pages, first edition, first printing. Contains maps and illustrations, index, notes, and suggestions for further reading. Dust Jacket… Read More

East Aurora , New York: The Roycrofters, 1932. Reprint. . Soft cover. Very Good+. VG+/0/Reprint. An excellent reprint from Hubbards' little journey series. Wraps on tight, clean cover, a drawing of Lincoln on front cover. Interior of wraps are advertisements for International Trust Company bank. Frontis piece is B&W engraving of Lincoln. One b&w photo in first chapter, 60 pages of text followed by the Gettysburg Address. One check mark in interor, crease on cover at very tip of top front corner. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage. I can have this in the mail to you tomorrow. BASI

Fordham University Press, 2000. Soft cover. As New. AS New. A pristine copy, never read, clean and tight with no crease to the cover, no marking or soiling. 519 pages, sources, b&w photos section, index. Part of the North's Civil War Series. Comes to you in an archival bag for storage. I can have this in the mail to you tomorrow. BASA

Vidalia, Georgia: Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas Jr., 1950. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/None as Issued. VG+/1st ed./Signed by Previous Owner. Very nice copy with just a touch of wear at the corners. No break to the navy blue cloth over boards; gold lettering on front panel and spine. No soiling exterior or interior, no foxing, no markings. Not ex library or remainder copy. This copy was owned by historian Virginia Steele Wood and was signed on the front pastedown. Ms. Wood has written several books about Coastal Georgia over the last 10 years. 638pp., a couple of pictures of important historical homes in Abbeville, and an Alphabetical Index. Comes to you in an acid free document bag. I can drop it in the mail to you tomorrow.

Acworth Geogia: Carrie Dyer Woman's Club, 1976. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/None Issued. F/1st ed. Green buckram over boards with gold lettering to front. 109 pages, First Edition. Clean and tight, with white unmarked pages. Ten chapters with patron acknowledgements at end of book, illustrations, maps and charts. Many bibliography references scattered throughout book. Once part of the Cherokee Indian Nation, Acworth resides in Cobb county, at the foot of the North Georgia Mountains. This history contains information about the town's history; the Cherokee and early history, land lotteries, farming, local churchs and government, the Civil War, Sherman's March, industry, etc. A great copy.

Augusta Georgia: Chronicle Printing Establishment, 1984. First Edition. . Paperback. Very Good+/None Isssued. VG+/1st ed. This address is significant because the address is about General Sherman's March from Atlanta to the Coast. Col. Jones was president of the association when this address was written. This copy is very firmly stapled in its paper cover. Nineteen pages, complete. No soiling or marking to the interior of booklet. The booklet was at one time folded in half, and theres a light crease down the middle of the booklet, both front and bac. Some surface soiling to cover. No nicks or tears. Comes in an archival acid free document bag.

Athens Georgia: The University of Georgia Press, 2009. First Edition. . Hardcover. As New/As New. As New/As New/1st ed. Ten essays on various aspects of lives of the black inhabitants of the Georgia Lowcountry, including history, religion, culture, and isolation. The book was published by the University of Georgia Press and the Georgia Humanities Council and is based on an 2008 conference by the Ossabaw Island Foundation. Book and Jacket is as new in condition, never read, and jacket is covered with a removable mylar sleeve.

New York, and London: Garland Publishing Inc., 1996. First Ediion. . Hardcover. Very Good+/None Issued. VG+/1st ed. A excellent copy of a very scarce title. Contains a stamp on the front free endpaper stating "Surplus Library of Congress Duplicate" and the number '20"lightl in ink on the top edge of pages. Light shadow of label on back cover. Otherwise, the book is new. Clean and tight, no wear to interior or exterior. 183 pages, conclusion, notes, references, index. Very Scarce.

Niwot, Colorado: University Press of Colorado, 1998. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. F/F/1st printing. A clean, tight, copy that appears to have never been read. No markings of any kind, and nice square corners. No wear to jacket and has now been covered with mylar sleeve. 275pp. with many excellent early photos of African American Westerners. Notes, Appendix, index, maps. May have been a review copy, contains a "With Compliments from the Editors" card. Not ex-library, not a remainder.

Knoxville Tennessee: University of Tennessee Press, 2004. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Fine/Very Fine. F/F/1st ed. Alexandria Goes to War chronicles the lives of men and women whose service made the city unique in the exceptional quality and variety of talent it provided to the Confederate Cause. Their stories reflect the sacrifices made throughout the region for a cause that became hopeless. Book and Jacket are in Very Fine condition, no wear, jacket has always been covered with a mylar sleeve. Notes, biblography, appendix of notable characters, and index. An exceptional copy.

New York, NY: Post Road Press, 2000. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. NF/NF/1st ed.,stated. This first edition is a collectible copy -- not a remainder or ex-library and is in great shape. Tightly bound, square, with white unmarked pages. The dust jacket has great even color, is not price clipped, has no nicks or tears and has now been covered with a mylar sleeve. 423pp., maps, illustrations, sources, notes, illustration credits, index. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage. Mailed boxed, and I can have it in the mail tomorrow.

Fayetteville Arkansas: University of Arkansas Press, 1982. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good +. VG/VG+/1st ed. 456 pages, First edition. Bibliography and index. Clean and tight, with no wear to book. Dust Jacket has light rubbing on both ends of jacket, with two or three small nicks. Covered with an removeable mylar dust jacket. Nice copy. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage, mailed boxed, and I can have it in the mail to you tomorrow.

New York NY: Oxford University Press, 2003. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. F/F/1st Prnting. Solid and clean, this is a first printing of this publication. Does not appear to have been read. Dust jacket has no wear, and there is no shelf wear at the heel of the book covers. Dust jacket has been covered with a mylar sleeve. 286pp., notes, illustrations, bibliography, index. Comes to you in a acid free document bag for storage. Mailed boxed, and I can have it in the mail to you tomorrow.

Lincoln Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press, 2003. First Edition. . Soft cover. Fine/None Issued. F/F/1st University of Nebraska paperback. Duplicate for Historical Society-Not Ex Library. Never read, no wear. 189 pp., 8 articles gathered and reprinted with permission. Inclues index and notes. List of books in series-Indians of the Southeast. Comes to you in a non-acid archival bag for storage, mailed boxed, and I can have it in the mail tomorrow.

Penguin Press HC, The, 2010. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. NF/NF/1st ed. A real nice first edition. No writing or marking, no damage to dust jacket which has been covered a mylar sleeve. Tight binding, square, a well taken care of copy. 544pp., b&w photos, endnotes, acknowledgements, bibliography, index. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage, mailed boxed, and I can put it in the mail tomorrow.

Columbia South Carolina: University of South Carolina Press, 2006. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Fine/Very Fine. VF/VF/1st ed.,1st prntng/Signed. An "as new " copy of ancomparitive history that centers more on class and family ties across the Mason Dixon Line. Many of the planter class of the South had friends and family in Philadelphia before and after the Civil War. Book is clean and tight with no inside or out. Dust jacket has no wear and has been covered with a mylar sleeve since 2006. 216 pages with b&w illustrations and photos,notes, bibliography and an index. Signed by the author Daniel Kilbride on the half title page," to Robbyne again-My third autograph, Dan Kilbride". A fairly scarce title with an fresh and well researched angle on the social implications of the Civil War.

Philadelphia Pennsylvania: Jewish Publication Society of America, 1951. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. NF/1st ed./Signed and inscribed. A nice tight First Edition sans dust jacket. Blue cloth over boards with silver lettering on spine. Light rubbing at the front side of the heel of the spine. No foxing or marking, sharp corners. Author's inscription on the front free end paper reads, "For --------- and -------- Coleman, two wonderful friends Most Sincerely Bertram W. Korn" 31 MAY 1951. 331pp., black and white photos scattered throughout volume, Allen Nevin introduction, list of illustrations, 4 appendices(list of printed sermons, speeches, and prayers dealing with the Civil War, p.221-222), Jonas- Lincoln Correspondence, Zacharie-Lincoln Correspondence, the Jewish Record's description of Jewish participation in the NY Lincoln Memorial Exercises, chapter notes, bibliography, index. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage, mailed boxed, and I… Read More