Rare books from Books About The South

Boston Mass.: House of Edinboro, 1945. First Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good +. NF/VG+/1st ed. A superior copy of this scarce biography of Georgia's own special demagogue, Eugene Talmadge. Huey Long and Eugene Talmadge opened the way up for George Wallace, Lester Maddox and Georgia's also beloved Herman Talmadge. The author was also a professional politician; first an Atlanta attorney, and then the Assistant General of Georgia under three administrations. Book is in excellent condition: clean and remarkably tight (for its age), no foxing, white slick pages, no markings. 269 pages, with a two page addenda. Dust Jacket has very minor edge wear, and a small closed tear at top of spine. Very nice color to jacket with no fading and very minor light soiling to back panel of jacket. Dust Jacket has a removable mylar cover.

Savannah Georgia: Morning News Print, 1901. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good+/None Issued. VG+/1st ed. Jonathan Bryan was born in 1708 in Prince William's parish (Beaufort South Carolina). He was the youngest child of Joseph Bryan, owner of the plantation known as Providence. This is a record of his life in Georgia, starting with the founding of Savannah with Oglethrope, through to his death at age 80, having lived in Georgia for 50 years. Jonathan Bryan was an important civic and political figure in the Georgia and South Carolina colonies, owned a great deal of property in both and owned Brampton Plantation. Book condition is Very Good+; hand sewn binding is firm; there is no foxing, soiling or markings in book. 97pp. First Edition. Brown cloth covered boards have some rubbing to corners, and to the head and tail of spine. Some small spots on back panel. Gilt letter title is bright on front cover. A well preserved copy.

Savannah Georgia: Golden Coast Publishing, 1985. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Fine/Very Fine. Photography By Van Jones Martin. VF/VF/1st ed./Signed. This volume is signed by Mitchell, Martin, and McCall on the half title page. What makes this a truly outstanding copy is McCall's warm inscription on the dedication page to his friends and first Sea Island(Georgia)clients P.L. and Virginia Hay, Jr. Their beautiful home is showcased on pages 97 through 100. This must have been a presentation copy, as it's signed and dated at Christmas time 1985, the year of publication. This copy is clean and tight, with no wear. The jacket is housed in a plastic sleeve, it has wonderful strong color and no nicks or tears. A excellent display of McCall's remarkable homes.

Atlanta Georgia: William R. Scaife, 1988. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good. VG/0/1st ed., stated/Signed. A excellent copy with some light water damage at the bottom of the first 3 pages, and some light spotting on front free endpapers. Otherwise, clean and unmarked. Binding tight and solid. Black leather with gold lettering on spine and front panel. 140 pages, stated First Edition, signed on title page by author. Chronological record of the Georgia Brigade, roster of Georgia Brigade surrendering at Appomattox, biographical sketches of General, Field and Medical Officers, bibliography and index. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage, mailed boxed and I can have it in the mail tomorrow.

Rochester , New York: University of Rochester Press, 2006. First Ediion. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. F/NF/1st ed/Signed. Bach's Changing World: Voices in the Community studies the community in which Bach spent the last, longest, and most prestigious part of his life: the Leipzig middle class. These deeply researched and thought-provoking essays by prominent musicologists and scholars of religious history and German culture highlight the dynamic religious, social, and political forces that emerged during the composer's lifetime. Book condition is Fine, clean and tight, no markings, pages bright and white. Contains maps and illustrations in b&w. Extensive chapter notes, index. 264 pages, first edition. Dust Jacket is Near Fine; jacket has some light shelf wear at both edges of jacket. No tears or nicks. Some very light surface soiling in small sections. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper: "To------, With best wishes to a new friend, Carol K. Baron 5/16/07". This is… Read More

Southern Bell Telephone, 1931. Soft cover. Very Good/None Isssued. VG/1931. Sixty one pages of phone numbers and advertisements. Very clean, no marking to interior or exterior. Some wrinkling to cover, with a few very small soiled spots. Included is a orange paper label for the Jacksonville Baggage and Cab Co. which is attached at the top of spine. Comes to you in an acid free document bag. BOXA

Savannah, Georgia: Golden Coast Books, 1992. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Photography By Van Jones Martin and James R. Lockhart. F/F/1st ed. In 1985 The Tallokas Foundation of Moultrie, Georgia, published "The Architecture of Wm. Frank McCall, Jr., FAIA: A Complete Designer in the Classical Tradition". Frank McCall died on March 12, 1991, and in the little more than five years between the publication of that monograph and his death at age seventy-four, much happened to call for the publication of this companion volume. This copy is in pristine condition; no markings of any kind, tight , square, with a dust jacket with perfect even color, no wear and now sportin' a mylar sleeve. 135 pp.; lists 41 projects featured in the Desig Portfolio, List of Jobs, Selected Floor Plans, Sources. Slick, higher quality paper and all photos in full color. I can have this book in the mail to you tomorrow.

Philadelphia, PA.: J.B. Lippincott & Company, 1915. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/None Issued. VG/1st ed. Limited. A Very Good copy; a little wear along the heel of the covers, exposing the boards on the very tip of the front cover aswell as some wear and exposure on heel of rear cover. Title on cover bright and vibrant. Also bright on spine. 527pp. Illustrations fall into 8 Parts: Jamestown, Williamsburg and Yorktown (Part 1), Part 2 Hampton Roads and the Lower James, Part 3 Richmond, Manchester and the Upper James. Part 4 Gloucester and the York River Country. Part 5 The Pappahannock and Potomac. Part 6 Piedmont and the South Side. Part 7 Beyond the Mountains. Part 8 The Eastern Shore. Many large and small scale photos in black and white. Interior is clean and unmarked. Hand tied binding is firm. Small attractive book mark from previous owner. I can have this in the mail to you tomorrow.

Macon Georgia: Mercer University Press, 1987. First Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. NF/F/1st ed. Clean, tight, square. No wear to Dust Jacket, which is covered with a mylar sleeve. 175pp. Culmulative Muster Rolls of the Georgia State Line, notes, b&w photos, maps, index. One of the very few sources about the 2 regiments that made up the Georgia State Line. I can have this in the mail to you tomorrow.

Lynchburg, Virginia: J.P. Bell Company, 1910. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/None Included. VG/0/1st ed. The only thing wrong with this copy is wear to the cloth over boards, and not a whole lot of that. Even the tissue paper over the front portrait of Stonewall Jackson is spotless. Nary a spot of foxing in the whole book. No marking or writing, mellowed white pages, very firm binding, hinges complete. Gold gilt on the spine and the front cover. 331pp., some protraits, Rockbridge Artillery Roll of Company RARE. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage. I can have this in the mail to you tomorrow. LVRBC

Cincinnati: Caxton Publishing House, 1868. First Edition . Hardcover. Good+/None Included. G+/1st ed./0. A pretty well preserved copy. Leather embossed covers are firmly attached with title in gilt on spine all present and still pretty bright along with several decorations. Hinges on both front and rear are starting, more so the back hinge. Hand sewn signatures are firmly secure and all pages are present. All illustrations are present-with the exception of the one on page 469--only half of that page is present--it's a page of engravings Colonels in the regiment. All the illustrations have foxing of varying amounts. Most of the tissue guards are present, some are not, and that has created some foxing to the text before or behind the illustration but the foxing does not obsure any print. A few other pages have a small amount of foxing started by a fingerprint. I found 2 pages missing a corner- pages 33 through 36. My favorite thing in this book is on page 363: a heart felt account of… Read More

Cambridge MA: The Riverside Press, 1891. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+. VG+/1st ed. A wonderful copy; clean and unmarked; no foxing or soiling with fairly sharp corners and a quite firm and tight binding. Title in gold lettering on spine, none to front panel. Signatures are untrimmed at the head of pages. A bit of shelf wear to bottom corners. Acetate sheeting supplied as a dust jacket for cloth protection. Not an ex-library. 211 pages. Housed in an acid free document bag for storage, well packaged box for shipping and I can have it in the mail tomorrow. BRBC

Decatur Georgia: The Genealogy Company, 2005. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+. VG+/1st ed. A clean bright copy, with a firm sewn binding, and bright white pages that are unmarked. Maroon cloth over boards with gold lettering on front panel and spine. 628pp., the land lottery process, how to use the text, abbrevations, list of persons entitled to draws, etc. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage. Mailed boxed, and I can have it in the mail tomorrow.

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1980. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. F/NF/2nd prntng. Nice copy of an increasingly hard to find book. Dust jacket has a few chips(front top corner, top of spine), some very light fade on the spine. Not price clipped and covered with a mylar sleeve. Book itself is clean and tight with the author's inscription and signature on the front free end paper, no other markings. 499pp. The basis of the 1983 movie of the same name. Comes to you in an acid free archival bag, mailed boxed, and I can have it in the mail tomorrow. BRBC

Williamsburg NC: Broadfoot Publishing Company 207, 2007. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. F/F/1st ed./ Signed and inscribed. A handsome copy, lightly read with a perfect jacket with no wear and now covered with a mylar sleeve. No wear at all to book, tight binding, clean white pages, signed and inscribed by author: "To Jim--A Proud "son of the South.--John W. Latty". Not ex-library, not a remainder. 289pp., some portraits of officers and a few others, index, bibliography, notes, appendix of the muster roll for the 11th Georgia Cavalry, the Lumpkin Artillery, the Alleghany Troopers, and the Wilson Lumpkin Artillery. The author also wrote the Gallant Little 7th, a history of the Georgia 7th Cavalry, which has been reviewed well. I can have this in the mail to you tomorrow.