Search Results: Authors starting with A from Books About The South

New York NY: Bonanza Books, 1958. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. VG+/VG/1st ed., 1st prntng. This is the best jacket I've seen on this book in several years. Other than some small chipping at the top of the spine and a couple of small chips across the top of the back cover, it's very nice. The color is excellent, price is intact, clean and covered with a mylar sleeve. The book has lightly tanned pages, no marking or soiling to pages---and no dreaded previous owners names. Red cloth over boards with gold lettering on spine. 558pp.; illustrations, acknowledgements and bibliography. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage, mailed boxed, and I can have it in the mail tomorrow.

Savannah Georgia: Kennickell Printing Co., 1975. Trade Paperback. Fine. F/0/Later Printing. The history of Savannah Georgia from the very beginning, plus Savannah's Roll of Honor--the roster of soldiers involved in three wars: the Mexican War, the Civil War and the Spanish-American War. Wonderful pictures of Savannah at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th. Book has a large inscription inside the front cover, otherwise appears unread. Clean without a fold to front cover. Reprinted from the 1900 original, both printings are getting scarce Comes to you in an archival bag for storage. I can have it in the mail tomorrow. BASC.

New York, New York: Dorset Press, 1989. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. F/NF/1st ed., 1st prntng. Beautiful book in excellent condition. Jacket has very small nick at foot of spine Otherwise, no flaws. Price intact. Book is clean, unmarked and tight. Sharp cornered. Includes an article from Southwest Art, "History through Maps" by William R. Talbot. 191pp., 32 color maps, and 62 black and white maps. List of plates, List of Useful books to readers. I own this book and can have it in the mail to you tomorrow.

Elgin, Ill.: The House of York, 1980. First Edition. . Soft cover. Fine/None Issued. F/1st ed. Three Volumes--first editions--appear never used. These are for Civil War reenactors or costume designers. Volume 1 has 44 pages of drawings of fashion prints from ladies' magazines of the day, and also information on making some accessories. Volume 2 has 44 pages of patterns for sewing basic items and crocheting items. Also includes 6 pages of children's clothing. Volume 2 also includes a list of other clothing sketchbooks by The House of York Publishing on the back cover. Volume 3 has drawings taken from personal collections of clothing or the Museum of the Confederacy in Richmond VA. Volume 3 also has 6 pages of children's clothing. All three list reference materials in back of books. Very detailed information. All three come to you in an acid free document bag for storage. I can have these in the mail for you tomorrow.

Lexington Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky, 2002. Reprint . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. F/F/1st pntng of this edition. This was originally published in 1956, and has been reprinted by the University Press of Kentucky at least 3 separate times. This copy from 2002 appears unread and very newish--no nicks or tears to jacket, great even color, and now covered in a mylar sleeve. Book is also in pristine shape-no writing or marking, square, tight binding.This is the 1st printing of this edition. 218pp., notes, maps, photo sections, index.. I can have it in the mail to you tomorrow.

Macon Ga: Tiger Iron Press, 2006. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. F/F/1st ed., stated. A Fine first edition, with an equally Fine jacket. Jacket clean and has no wear, not price clipped, and sporting a new mylar sleeve. Book is clean, tight, unmarked. 266pp., notes, bibliography, Questions for Discussion, with black and white photos scattered throughout. Winner of the Independent Publisher Award- Regional Southeast-2007, and the Eric Hoffer Award for Books, 2007. A handsome copy signed, inscribed, and dated by the author. I own this book and can have it in the mail tomorrow.

Savannah Georgia: Self Published, 2007. Second Edition. . Hardcover. Fine. F/2nd edition. This is the 2nd edition of the history of the Georgia Society of Colonial Wars, written by A. Preston Russell, MD, local Savannah historian and author of several books on Savannah history. He also wrote the preface to the First Edition; the preface to the Second Edition was written by Gordon B. Smith, a lawyer in Savannah who is involved in many history associations, and is also a author of several books on Georgia history. 115 pages with several photos of association members, history of the society, roll of members, roll of ancestors, and by laws of the society. The pristine red leather covers have whitle lettering on the front and spine, with the society's emblem on the front cover. Interior is clean and tight, with the previous owner's name on the front pastedown, along with the date and page of his information. A truly beautiful copy, these do not come up for sale often. Comes to you in an acid… Read More

DA Capo Press, 2003. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. F/F/1st ed., 1st prntng. The truth behind the legends and myths of America's greatest and most tragic battle. Gettysburg, has become the defining conflict in American history, with Lincoln's 2 minutes speech, and 51,000 American causalities. This book is virtually new, with no flaws, tight binding, clean unblemished jacket covered with a mylar sleeve. 243 pages, photo section, notes, bibilography and an index.

Baltimore Maryland: Butternut and Blue, 1998. Reprint. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. F/F/reprint. Originally published as a pamphlet by the Enterprise Job office, a commerical printing outfit owned by a North Carolina newswpaper in 1893. The origial publication had a very limited printing and was pretty much forgotten over the years until reprinted by the Butternut and Blue Press in 1998. 127 pages, with a extensive index, list of officers and enlisted men, and an account of W.J. Holdclaw's account of the trip from Petersburg to Appomattox with a wagon train. The unit served in North Carolina and Southern Virginia, fought at Melvern Hill and Antietam, and the history gives a detailed account of the Seige of Petersburg. No wear or faults to either jacket or book; jacket covered with a mylar sleeve.

Charleston South Carolina: The Nautical and Aviation Publishing Company of America, 1998. Reprint. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. F/F Eleven years after the close of the Civil War, Abner Doubleday wrote Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61. According to Doubleday , he wrote the book".to record the facts and incidents connected with the first conflict of the Rebellion.aware that later and more absorbing events have caused the earlier struggles of the war to recede in the distance." Doubleday fired the first gun in defense of Fort Sumter and was a captain of artillery and second in command when the dramatic events that lead to the outbreak of the Civil War took place in 1860 at Fort Moultrie. Book and Dust Jack are Fine; clean, tight, never read, no marking or soiling.

New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2000. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. VG+/VG/1sted. This copy has lost the rear lower of the dust jacket--the very tip of the corner. Book is clean and tight, square with no marking or writing. The previous owner left his blind stamp on the table of contents page. Pages bright white. Dust jacket has no fade, and has been covered with a mylar sleeve. 356pp., 17 short biographies, some with portraits, illustrations, references. 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, New York: Readex Microprint Corporation, 1966. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/None Issued. F/1st ed. Truly nice copy of an (facsmile) important pamphlet published in 1797 by Abraham Bishop about what turned out to be called the (Georgia) Yazoo Land Scandal. Book is clean, with no wear to green leatherette cover. Silver lettering on spine and front cover is all present and bright. Interior is clean and has no marking, soiling, or foxing. 39 page pamphlet is an excellent summary of the situation that resulted in this scandal. This publication is part of the Great Americana series produced by Readex Microprint Corporation. An important event in Georgia that paved the way for even more land speculation, and ironically, this is the only copy of this pamphlet I found for sale in Georgia. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage. Mailed boxed and I can have it out tomorrow. BASQ

New York, New York: Patheon Books, 1992. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. F/F/1st ed. In the American south before the Civil War, a harvest celebration developed surrounding the shucking of the corn each autumn. this event brought together both slave and master with the slaves encouraged to perform. In Singing the Master, Roger Abrahams reconstructs the genesis of the celebration---and offers a controversial and radical interpetation of the occasion. Book and Jacket are in Fine condition, clean and unmarked, with a tight binding and no wear. Dust jacket is covered with a mylar sleeve.

New York, NY: Clarkson Potter/Publisher, 2011. First Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/None as Issued. NF/first printing/Signed. A nice copy, clean and tight, no writing or marking, certainly not a ex library or a remainder. Signed on the titile page twice-once with an inscription, once under his printed name. 299pp., many full color pictures, acknowledgements, index. Recipes with Southern items and a new slant on cooking them. Blurbs on the back from the Lee Brothers, Martha Foose, Frank Stitt and others. A large cookbook. I can have this in the mail to you tomorrow.

Kingsport TN: Privately Printed, 1932. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+. VG+/1st ed. Some minor spotting to back and front panels. Blue cloth over boards with faded gold lettering on spine. Two of previous owner's attractive book labels on front free end papers. Interior is clean and has very lightly tanned pages. No writing or marking. 365pp. illustrations, Biographical Sketches, index of family names.. Sixty or so biographical sketches of from 1807 through 1932. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage. Mailed box--and I can have it in the mail to you tomorrow. BRBC

Florida: Privately Published, 1923. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. VG/1st ed. A nice copy of a hard to find biography. A clean unmarked copy with a tight binding, no foxing. The only thing that keeps this from a Fine condition is that the front free end paper is missing. 31pp. pretty evenly divided between family photos and text. This is not a remainder or an ex library. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage, mailed boxed, and I can have it in the mail tomorrow. BRSEC

Norfolk, Connecticut: New Directions, 1944. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. F/F/1st ed. A very nice solid tight copy. Slightly tanned pages. This issue of The Poet of the Year Series is less common in hard cover. 32 pages, First Edition. Clean with no marking or soiling. Jacket is covered with a mylar sleeve for protection. Not ex library or remaindered.

Americus, Georgia: Privately Published, 2006. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Fine/Very Fine. VF/VF/1st ed. Considering every aspect and angle of this church's 175 year history, historian and author Alan Anderson has crafted an account of First Baptist Church, Americus, which is thorough and honest. Thorough it all, it is the story of God's people serving the First Baptist Church of Americus, attempting to do God's will through faith and grace. This a pristine copy, new, never read. no wear to book or jacket. Dust jacket is covered with a mylar sleeve. 181 pages, First Edition. many b&w early photos, list of previous Pastors, Ministers and Directors of Education, Ministers and Directors of Music, Ministers ordained by First Baptist Church of Americus, 1913 Articles of Faith, 1913 Church Covenant.

Santa Barbara, CA: Bellerophon Books, 1988. Later Printing. . Paperback. Near Fine/None Isssued. Alan Archmbault. NF/later Printing (1997) Clean, very close to new, coloring book that illustrates both Union and Confederate uniforms(and/or lack of uniforms) in different areas where the Civil War was fought. Uniforms such as : Fifth New York Volunteer Infantry(Duryea's Zouaves) compared to Zouave of the Louisiana Tiger Battalion. Sailors, drummers, and sailors are also illustrated. Colors of uniforms are part of the author's information printed on each page, with some brief history. Nothing has been colored in, no markings or soiling of any kind. Very light wear to cover edges. Comes to you in an archival acid free document bag. BOXA

Athens Georgia: University of Georgia Press, 1989. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. F/F/1st ed., first printing. A sharp cornered, clean inside and out first printing of this scarcish Georgia history and biography. The book does have the previous owners blind stamp on the title page, but that's all as far as negetives. The jacket has excellent even color, no nicks or tears, and has now been covered with a mylar sleeve. 282pp., maps, notes, bibliography, index. Six diffrent appendices dealing with Jonathan Bryan's land and plantation empire. Bryan was truly one of the most influential figures in Colonial Georgia. I can have this book in the mail to you tomorrow.