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BEESLEY'S ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH, CHARLESTON, SO. CAROLINA.
Charleston, S.C.:
Charles Norbury Beesley
1908.
Paperback.
78 pp. B/w photo ills. Light blue covers have silver-gray lettering to the front. Covers lightly soiled, virtually unworn. Binding is with a navy cord, holding all pages tight. T.p. slightly soiled, other glossy pps. are unmarked. Contains a history of a church originally opened in 1731, and whose present building dates to 1761. This parish suffered earthquakes, cyclone, and the Civil War. Interesting, containing much history.
Very Good
[Book #8097]
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Carson, WIlliam E.
HISTORIC SHRINES OF VIRGINIA.
Richmond, VA:
State Commission on Conservation and Development
1934.
Wraps.
Second.
77 pp. B/w ills. and map frontis. Written in collaboration w/ H.J. Eckenrode, Va. State Historian. Gray wraps titled in black front and spine have yapped edges. Edges a bit creased. Clever eps are patterned to look like hinges on old gates. A collection of 35 historical sites are described, illustrated with b/w woodcut-style drawings. A nicely done book from the Old Dominion State.
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[Book #8534]
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Ebeyer, Pierre Paul.
GEMS OF THE VIEUX CARRE.
New Orleans:
Windmill Publishing Co.
1945.
Hard Cover.
First Edition.
348 pp. "The story of four historic romances of the Frence (sic) Quarter of old New Orleans depicting living conditions and home life of the Creole and their slaves in pre-Civil War days." Dark green cover lettered front and spine in black. Touches of rubbing to lower corners, upper corners bumped. Spine sun-darkened with creases at ends. Clean and tight, this book was originally printed on "newsprint" paper which has aged very well. See our Book #010229 for the author's "Paramours of the Creoles.".
Very Good / No Jacket
[Book #10228]
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Hanie, Robert, et al.
GUALE, THE GOLDEN COAST OF GEORGIA.
James Valentine, Photographs.
San Francisco:
Friends of the Earth
1974.
Hard Cover.
First Edition.
143 pp. Color photo ills. Linen-textured cover has gilt lettering front & spine. Minute wear at lower corners; a small white mark on edge near lower front corner. Pictorial dj with marshy earth-tones on a cream lower border has tiny crease at upper back edge. Dj price-clipped. Color eps of flowering dogwood in a swamp. Ink inscription on flyleaf. Interior as new, a beautiful, beautiful book of photos of the coastal islands of Georgia, with selections from authors Rachel Carson, William Bartram, John McPhee, John and Mildred Teal, Marjorie Rawlings, John Muir, and others. Intro by Eugene Odum and John P. Milton, foreword by David R. Brower.
Very Good / Very Good
[Book #5832]
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Horn, Stanley F.
INVISIBLE EMPIRE: THE STORY OF THE OLD KU KLUX KLAN 1866-1871.
Boston - New York:
Houghton Mifflin Co.
1939.
Hard Cover.
First Edition.
434 pp. Inscription by author on ffep. Dj has edgewear and a few nicks and scrapes; in protective book cover. 20+ b/w ills. Book is in three parts: "The Growth of the Empire," "The Realms of the Empire", and "The Decline of the Empire." Appendix includes Prescript of the Ku Klux Klan, an interview with General N. B. Forrest, and personnel of the Congressional Investigating Committee. References, Index.
Fine / Very Good
[Book #11874]
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Kemp, John R.
New Orleans: An Illustrated History.
Woodland Hills, CA:
Windsor Publications, Ink.
1981.
Hard Cover.
First Edition.
First Printing. Jacket has minor tears at top and bottom of spine edges. Inside text is crisp and clean.
Very Good / Very Good
[Book #20036]
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Leiding, Harriette Kershaw.
CHARLESTON HISTORIC AND ROMANTIC.
Philadelphia:
J.B. Lippincott Company
1931.
Green Cloth.
Stated First.
293 pp. B/w ills. Green cover has design in gilt of gate and fencing, letters in gilt. Spine had gilt letters, now sunned. Light shelf-wear. Corners and bottom front edge bumped. Small tear in back of spine. Previous owner's initials and date on ffep. 80 illustrations of this beautiful American city included in this well-researched book.
Very Good
[Book #3768]
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Lyell, Sir Charles.
A SECOND VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. VOL. 2.
New York:
Harper & Bros.
1849.
Hard Cover.
First Edition.
First American Edition. 287pp + 12 pp. pub ads. Few b/w ills. Heavily blindstamped cover is ruled and embellished front and back. Still-bright gilt lettering on spine. Corners bumped. Prelims intermittently foxed, which continues throughout text. Pencilled p.o. on ffep and at top of t.p. Binding tight. Lyell was president of the Geological Society of London and an author. In this his second visit he concentrated on the American South, with particular attention to geology and natural conditions. He traveled to Georgia, Alabama, New Orleans, to the mouths of the River, up the Mississippi to Tennessee, Kentucky, and into Ohio. From there he crossed Pennsylvania, went to New York, and on to Boston. All the while he observed political practices, land usage, Indian customs, laws, slavery, the cotton industry, the western emigration, and more. Always he made geological observations and experiments. Still a fascinating book 150 years later!.
Very Good / No Jacket
[Book #9918]
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Lyell, Sir Charles.
A SECOND VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. VOL. 2.
New York:
Harper & Bros.
1849.
Hard Cover.
First Edition.
First American Edition. 287pp + 12 pp. pub ads. Few b/w ills. Heavily blindstamped cover is ruled and embellished front and back. Still-bright gilt lettering on spine. Corners bumped. Prelims intermittently foxed, which continues throughout text. Pencilled p.o. on ffep and at top of t.p. Binding tight. Lyell was president of the Geological Society of London and an author. In this his second visit he concentrated on the American South, with particular attention to geology and natural conditions. He traveled to Georgia, Alabama, New Orleans, to the mouths of the River, up the Mississippi to Tennessee, Kentucky, and into Ohio. From there he crossed Pennsylvania, went to New York, and on to Boston. All the while he observed political practices, land usage, Indian customs, laws, slavery, the cotton industry, the western emigration, and more. Always he made geological observations and experiments. Still a fascinating book 150 years later!.
Very Good / No Jacket
[Book #20465]
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Nornabell, Major H.M., Director.
THE SANCTUARY AND SINGING TOWER, MOUNTAIN LAKE, FLORIDA.
Florida:
The American Foundation, Inc.
1929.
Paperback.
Presumed First.
20 pp. Color, b/w ills. Ivory wraps have color photo of The Sanctuary pasted on center front. Back cover lists publication info. Staple binding tight. The first page states "This singing tower with its adjacent sanctuary was dedicated and presented for visitiation to the American People by Calvin Coolidge, President of the United States. February the first, Nineteen Hundred and Twenty Nine." Next is "A Personal Foreword" by Edward S. Bok, who planned this building and presented it to the country in memory of his grandfather. Perhaps obscured by the Disney attractions in Centrel Florida, the Tower was crerated to provide a retreat of natural beauty for the human, a refuge for birds, and a study of Southern planting.
Very Good
[Book #11282]
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Pamphili, Eusebii.
SOCIAL LIFE IN OLD VIRGINIA.
The Misses Cowles.
New York:
Charles Scribner's Sons
1897.
Hardcover.
Presumed First.
109 pp. B/w ills. Burgundy cloth front cover signed by Margaret Armstrong features a border of gilt flowers surrounding a log burning on a hearth, with title and author worked into design. Spine, with gilt, sunned with one scuff mark in center, separatinig from covers. Back cover sunned at edges and marked in one place with black ink(?). Edgewear to bottom edge. Teg. A previous owner has signed the rear free end paper upside down in ink. Printed on glossy stock, a sentimental memoir of the pre-war South.
Very Good
[Book #10818]
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Randolph, Vance and George P. Wilson.
DOWN IN THE HOLLER. A GALLERY OF OZARK FOLK SPEECH.
Norman, OK:
University of Oklahoma Press
1953.
Terra-Cotta Cloth.
Stated First.
320 pp. Cover has gilt and black on spine. Spine sunned and a bit worn at edges. Library markings also on spine, eps, t.p., and dedication page. Blurb from jacket flaps pasted on feps. Clean, tight, and bright. "The narrative style of the book enables the reader to gain a true picture of the customs, superstitions, and philosophy of the hill people.".
Very Good
[Book #7475]
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Register, James.
SHADOWS OF OLD NEW ORLEANS.
Baton Rouge, LA:
Claitor's Book Shop
1967.
Hard Cover.
First Edition.
72 pp. Full-page b/w photo ills. Cover lettered in black front and spine. Unworn, but with a light "handled" look. A book designed for the photographer, with 72 pps. of photos involving shadows, mostly of New Orleans architecture. Laid in is a brouchure for the Saint Louis notel with a 1978 rate card. A wonderful trip down memory lane!.
Very Good / No Jacket
[Book #10281]
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Weems, Bill.
Georgia: The Home Place.
Washington, D. C.:
Self Published
1979.
Hard Cover.
First Edition.
Jacket is discolored on back, no tears or losses, gift inscription on inside front flap. First free end paper also has gift inscription. Inside text is crisp and clean. Color photographs throughout.
Good / Good
[Book #20987]
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