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

Lynchburg, Virginia: H.E. Howard inc., 1999. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/None as Issued. F/1st ed. A beautiful copy with bright white pages, a tight binding sharp corners.. Bright gold lettering on front and spine. Clean and unmarked. No foxing or previous owner's name, not ex library or remaindered. This is #19 in a limited edition of a 1000, signed by author Richard M. McMurry on the limitation page. Housed in an acid free document bag for storage. Shipped well packaged and boxed. And I can have it in the mail to you tomorrow.

New York, New York: Garland Publishing Inc., 1998. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good+/None Issued. VG+/1st ed. An excellent copy- a duplicate from the Library of Congress stamped on the front endpaper and the verso of the title page with a Library of Congress label on back cover. Otherwise unmarked-clean and tight. 274 pages, covers Antebellum and Post Antebellum years. Contains an index and bibliography. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage. Mailed boxed, and I can have it in the mail tomorrow. BASP

Spartanburg, SC: Reprint Company, 2001. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. F/F/1st ed. Savannah Georgia and West Point always have had a reciprocal relationship, from their very beginnings in the early 1700s. Robert E. Lee was responsible for most of the early work on Fort Pulaski, which was built on Cockspur Island, situated in the Savannah River. Book conditionis Fine; clean and tight with no wear or markings.Not ex-library or remainder. Dust jacket is Fine; clean, no nicks or tears, excellent color. Jacket is covered with a mylar sleeve.

Savannah Georgia: The Pigeonhole Press, 1959. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. VG+/VG/1st ed. This small slim volume about the steamship Savannah and the Savannah Boat Company of Georgia was published by the Pigeonhole Press in celebration of the launching of the nuclear submarine, the Savannah. The result is an enjoyable tale of many historical folks whose names are very well known throughout the state of Georgia. It is a short and quite enjoyable read. Book is Very Good+ and Jacket condition is Very Good; clean and tightly bound, with a little rubbing on the heel of the boards(no wear through). Short gift inscription on front free end paper. No other markings, no foxing. Dust Jacket has one small chip on front panel, and a couple of small closed tears. Jacket has tanned evenly, and has a couple of spots of soiling. More than just presentable. BASA

Bridgeport, PA: The Chancellor Press Inc., 1962. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/None Issued. VG/0/1st ed. Sixty five pages, clean, unmarked interior with a few b&w photos and illustrations. Exterior is blue cloth over boards with gilt lettering on front and spine. Soiling to cloth, some loss of coloring to cloth along spine. Corners fairly sharp, spine firm, no jacket as issued. Interior is clean with no foxing or marking. Higher quality slick paper. Mostly about places settled in the United States by the Huguenots, individuals named, but very little information on families. Author was very involved in many national organizitions from the earliest colonial period to the War of 1812. Comes to you in an non acid document bag for storage, and I can have it in the mail tomorrow. BASU

Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Marine Institue, 1987. First Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. NF/NF/1st ed., 1st prntng. If you think of Gone With the Wind when you think of Antebellum Georgia, this book is not for you. If, on the other hand, you enjoy a little scandal with history, this 672 page book will fill the bill. In many ways, this is the typical story of antebellum plantation life: someone carves out of nothing a wealth producing farm and the later generations will fritter it away--kind like the Hilton family. Add in the heartbreak of slavery and a civil war, and you've got a fascinating family history. Book Condition is Near Fine; tan cloth over boards with tan cloth over spine, gold lettering on spine. 672pp. First Edition, first printing. Tight and secure, no markings or soiling. Lower front corner lightly rubbed; no board exposed. B&W photos, notes, bibliography, index. Covered with a removable mylar jacket.

Savannah Georgia: Morris Newspaper Corporation, 1977. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good +. VG+/VG+/stated First Edition/Signed. A beautiful copy of this photographic history of Savannah Georgia. Clean and tighly bound, with higher quality paper and no marking or soiling. Book is covered with buckram, with the title running the length of the cover. Very slight shelf wear to tail of boards, from being moved on a shelf, very small light chips to the top jacket. Dust jacket has very good color with some very small nicks on tail of the spine. Covered with a mylar sleeve. Excellent copy.

Atlanta, Georgia: The Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Atlanta, 1960. First Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good +. NF/VG+/1st ed./Signed, w/seal. This volume testifies to the spiritual vigor of countless souls who have borne witness to our Faith during the two and one quarter centuries of the life of the Episcopal Church in the State of Georgia. Church history through Colonial Georgia, the Civil War, the expansion of the Church through the mid 20th century. Signed by the Bishop of Atlanta with the diocese seal on the blank page before the half title page. Book is clean and tight, with no markings or soiling. Dust Jacket has a library classification label at bottom of spine. There are no markings in book for a library. Dust jacket is covered with a removable mylar jacket.

New Haven Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1997. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. F/F/1st ed. Challenging the prevailing view of a modern English Culture besotted with its history and its aristocracy, Mandler portrays instead a continuously changing and modernizing society in which both popular and intellectual attitudes towards the aristocracy--and its stately homes--have veered from selective appreciation to ourtright hostility, and only recently to thoroughgoing admiration. Book and Dust Jacket are fine; clean and whole, no soiling or marking. Book is 523 pages, B&W photos, notes, bibliography, acknowledgements, index and photograph credits.

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.

Xlibris, 2014. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. As New/As new/First ed. Tight, with sharp corners and gold lettering down the spine, no wear to boards. Dust Jacket is whole, no wear, and has been covered with a mylar sleeve. 294pp., first edition, some illustrations, notes, appendix, works cited. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage, mailed boxed, and I can have it in the mail tomorrow. BRBC

Columbia South Carolina: University of South Carolina Press, 2002. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good+/Fine. VG+/F/1st. ed. When sisters Mary and Louisa Poppenheim, daughters of a prominent Charleston, South Carolina mercanitle family, left their childhood home in the 1880s to attend Vassar College in New York, they entered a world that challenged their beliefs about women and society. In a stream of letters home, the sisters chronicled the opportunities and ideals they encountered. Their letters also illuminate the tension between progress and tradition that charaterized the New South. Book Condition is Very Good+; tightly bound and clean with no markings or soiling to interior or exterior. 258pp. First Edition, first printing. A very few b&w photos scattered throughout. Notes and index. Previous owners name on front free endpaper with date. Dust Jacket Condition is Fine; clean with no soiling or tears and nicks. Covered with a mylar dust jacket.

New York, NY: Authors Choice Press, 2001. First Edition. . Soft cover. Very Good. VG/1st ed. A clean, tight unread copy with some light spotting on the rear free endpaper and rear inside cover. 136pp. with large photo section plus an index. Highlights the work of the American Red Cross and Clara Barton to help the residents of Coastal Georgia and South Carolina. Many of the victims were Gullah who lived on the barrier island of these 2 states. Over 2000 people were killed in this storm. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage. I can have it in the mail to you tomorrow. BASQ

Athens Georgia: University Press of Georgia, 2007. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. F/F/1st ed. Marsh looks at the experiment of white, black, and Native American women---old and young, married and single, working in and out of the home. Book and dust jacket are as new, pristine condition. This copy is a First Edition, first printing. Dust Jacket has been covered with a removable mylar cover, and comes to you in an acid free archival bag. Boxed for mailing and I can have it in the mail tomorrow.

Sea Island GA: Sea Island Company, 1978. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. VG/VG/1st ed. Signed on the title page by Harold H. Martin, over his printed name. Dust jacket has a small rubbed place at top of spine. Jacket has excellent even color, no tears or nicks, and has been covered with a mylar sleeve. Book is tightly bound, no marking or staining. Loads of b&w photos, many of the Cloister before renovation. 236pp.. The book comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage, mailed boxed, and I can have it in the mail tomorrow. BAS R

New York, New York: Clarkson Potter Publishers, 1997. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good +. Photography By Kelly Bugden. VG+/VG+/1st ed.. A Pristine copy of Hoppin John's more sophisticated cookbooks. Charleston, Savannah and Beaufort are considered the regal old ladies of the Coastal Deep South(think New Orleans only a lot more proper). These are definitely "best china" lowcountry dishes. 175 pages with many beautiful color photos, each city is represented. Section on Condiments, Sources, Index and a Conversion Chart. Speaking of New Orleans; did you know that a lot of the rice recipes made famous in New Orleans actually originated in the Lowcountry? Well, my dear ! Both Book and Jacket are clean and show no wear. Dust Jacket is price clipped, but the jacket has no nicks or tears and great even color. Book has inscription to previous owner on front free endpaper. No other marks or soiling in book.. First Edition, first printing... Jacket is covered with a mylar… Read More

Sylvester, Georgia: Barnard Trail Chapter of NSDDAR, 1970. Hardcover. Near Fine. NF/later printing 1970. This is a later printing of Worth County's first eighty years by the Barnard Trail Chapter of the NSDR. A nicely kept copy: clean and tight with no markings anywhere. Pages are white. 594pp., discusses religion and churches, business, early court system, Militia Districts, industries, postmasters, doctors, patriotic organizations, senators and representatives from the county, officers and their families, family history, genealogy and Bible records. Confederate Soldiers who moved to Worth County after the Civil War. A comprehensive history well researched. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage, mailed boxed, and I can have it in the mail tomorrow. BRBC

New Orleans, LA: Hope Publications. Soft cover. Very Good+. VG+/0/circa mid 1950's. A wll preserved copy, clean and securely stapled. No foxing or soil to interior. A few places of light rubbing on cover. 80 pages, includes historical sketches of some of the restaurants and popular locations in New Orleans. Original recipes from many of the famous New Orleans Restaurants. Book comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage. I can have this in the mail tomorrow. BASK

Richmond, VA: Garrett & Massie Inc., 1933. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good+/None Issued. VG+/0/limited first ed.; 77/250/signed. The Colonial Dames of America published this history of Georgia for Georgia's Bicentennial. This is a chronological outline of Georgia history from it's earliest beginnings into the 1930s. Contains 13 plates, all covered with tissue paper, and most from the Wymberley Jones De Renne Library at Wormsloe outside Savannah. This copy, which is numbered as 77, is part of a limited First Editon of 250 copies. Signed by 3 of the 4 authors, with a limitation page present in the back of the book. Many references to Savannah and St. Simons Island where Fort Frederica is located. Book Condition is Very Good rose cloth over boards with silver embellishment to front and lettering on spine. This copy is firm and securely bound with the previous owners name and address on the front free endpaper. Clean and unmarked, with light occassional foxing to tissue paper covering… Read More

Charleston South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, 1999. First Edition. . Paperback, Trade. Fine. F/0/1st ed. Clean, uncreased cover, no wear. 95 pp. with pictures on nearly every page. Signed by Mr. Massengill on the title page, name only. Store name stamped on title page. Part of the Images of America Series. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage. I can have it in the mail to you tomorrow. BAGH