Remarks During A Journey Through North America in the Years 1819, 1820, and 1821, In A Series of Letters: With an Appendix, Containing An Account of Several of the Indian Tribes, and the Principal Missionary Stations, &c. Also, A Letter to M. Jean Baptiste Say, on the Comparative Expense of Free and Slave Labour
Hodgson, Adam (Esq. of Liverpool, Eng.); Whiting, Samuel (Collected, arranged, and published by) Quarto. viii, 9-335 pages. Restored. Original publishers tan paper covered boards. New gray paper spine with white paper title label. Original end papers. Untrimmed foredge. Front and rear hinges repaired. Light to moderate scattered foxing to the text. The author traveled in numerous locations including New York, Philadelphia, Norfolk, Salem, Charleston, Mobile, Savannah, Natchez, Richmond, Monticello, and more. Author also remarks on the Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Cherokee Indian tribes. Howes H 560; Sabin 32358.- $300
- $300
Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush Includes Author signed letter (ALS)
Maclaren, Ian (John Watson) Quarto. [7], 323 pages., [2]. Illustrated by William Hole. Three quarter light Moroccan green binding with blueish marbled paper covered boards. 4 raised bands, title and gilt floral decorations on spine. Gilt top edge. Untrimmed foredge. Blueish marbled paper end sheets. Edge wear to boards and corners. Light rubs to outer joints and one raised band on the spine. Limited edition - hand written number #40 (of 450 copies). Small binders stamp upper left corner, verso of right front flyleaf - "Bound for Stewart Kidd by Whitman Bennett." Book includes author letter signed (ALS) pasted down on the front blank end sheet. The letter, written on Sefton Park Church, Liverpool note paper, dated March 16 '95, is addressed "Dear Madam. I am greatly obliged by your note and kind references to my book.(difficult to transcribe next two lines).(signed) Yours Faithfully, John Watson." Pastor John Watson's pen name was Ian Maclaren. "Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush", stories of rural life in Scotland, first appeared in 1894.- $250
- $250
Letters of the Secretary of War, Transmitting Report on the Organization of the Army of the Potomac, and of Its Campaigns in Virginia and Maryland, Under the Command of Maj. Gen., George B. McClellan from July 26, 1861, To November 7, 1862
McClellan, Maj. Gen. George B. Octavo. [1], 242 pages. Brown cloth hardcover with gilt title on spine. Cloth edge worn head and base of spine and corners. Some shelf wear to the cloth binding. Published in the same year McClellan ran against Lincoln for President.- $50
- $50
Slavery And The Race Problem In The South. With Special Reference to the State of Georgia. Address of Hon. Wm. H. Fleming, Before the Alumni Society of the State University, Athens, June 19, 1906
Fleming, W. H. Octavo. [6], 66 pages. Light gray paper covered boards with white cloth joints and spine. Gilt lettered title is vertical on the front board and spine. Gift inscription by the publisher Dana Estes written on the front cover. Light foxing to the covers, end papers, and foredge. Limited edition - number 95 of 1000 copies.- $75
- $75
Wit and Wisdom of Warren Akin Candler
Dempsey, Elam Franklin (edited by) 12mo. 285 pages. Photograph frontispiece. Illustrated. Blue cloth hardcover with gilt title on front cover and spine. Light edge wear top and bottom of spine. Dust jacket is folded, creased, chipped and split into two parts and placed inside book.- $25
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Geography, Geology, and Mineral Resources of the Fort Hall Indian Reservation Idaho With a Chapter on Water Resources
Mansfield, G. R.; Heroy, W. B. Octavo. 152 pages. Ex-institutional copy from "Red Lodge Research Library." Maroon cloth hardcover with gilt title on spine. Illustrated with diagrams, plates, photographs, and maps. Large folding map in rear pocket. Hinges are cracked. Edge wear to boards. Pocket is torn on rear paste down.- $25
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James Louis Petigru: A Biographical Sketch
Grayson, William J. Octavo. xviii, 19-178 pages. Frontispiece engraved portrait of Petigru. Brown cloth hardcover with gilt stamped signature on front cover. Gilt stamped title on spine. Covers spotted. Cloth edge worn head and base of spine and corners. Light scattered foxing, soil to the text, and toning to the contents. Rear end sheet torn out. Old blind bookstore embossed stamp from Blelock & Co. Booksellers & Stationers 130 Canal St. N.O. on the title page. A fair copy only.- $40
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The Green Pastures: A Fable Suggested by Roark Bradford’s Southern Sketches, “Ol’ Man Adam an’ His Chillun.”
Connelly, Marc Quarto. xvii, 141pp., [3]. Illustrated by Robert Edmond Jones. Green cloth hardcover with gilt title on the front cover and spine. Green illustrated dust jacket. A few stains and creases to the dust jacket. Light edge wear base of the covers. Previous owner bookplate on the front paste down. Period dialect used in this book.- $35
- $35
Across the Atlantic By the author of “Sketches of Cantabs.”
[Lewis, John Delaware] 12mo. xi, 274 pages. Green cloth hardcover with gilt title on spine. Cloth binding faded and shaken. Lean to the binding. Edge wear to cloth head and base of the spine and corners. Cloth chipped on the front joint. Hinges are tender. Stained rear end papers. "Lancaster's Library 2 Portland Place Clifton" written in old ink on the front paste down. Contents include impressions of Boston, a walk on Broadway, Philadelphia, Newport, Baltimore, American Railways, Washington, Slavery, and more. Fair only. Clark III 46.- $35
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Evolution of To-Day: A Summary of the Theory of Evolution as Held by Scientists at the Present Time, and an Account of the Progress Made by the Discussions and Investigations of A Quarter of A Century
Conn, H. W., Ph. D. (Professor of Biology at Wesleyan University) Octavo. ix, 342 pages. Green cloth hardcover with gilt title on spine. Cloth is faded. Brentano's New York Bookseller ticket on rear paste down. Interior contents clean.- $25
- $25
Representative Georgians: Biographical Sketches of Men Now in Public Life With Portraits
12mo. 233 pages, [3] pages of advertisements. Illustrated. Brown cloth hardcover with gilt stamped title on front cover. Edge wear to boards with cloth starting to fray. Cloth covers are rubbed. Light foxing to the end papers. Interior contents clean. The Evidences of Christianity: In Their External Division, Exhibited in a Course of Lectures Delivered in the City of New York, In the Winter of 1831-2
12mo. 408 pages. Brown patterned cloth hardcover. Faded paper title label on spine. Moderate to heavy foxing and toning to contents. Light edge and shelf wear to cloth binding. Previous owner name on the front paste down (A M Egerton). Memorial of the Centennial Anniversary of the First Presbyterian Church Augusta, Georgia The Anniversary Exercises May Fifteenth to Eighteenth 1904
Small quarto. 178 pages. Frontispiece photograph of the Pastor. Illustrated. Blue cloth hardcover with gilt title on front cover and spine. Gilt top edge. Untrimmed foredge. Light shelf wear to cloth. Light foxing to front end sheets. This copy was inscribed to "Mrs. C. P. Crawford President Woman's Presbyterian Foreign Missionary Union. With the Compliments of the Editorial Committee (name not legible) Nineteen Hundred & Five." This book was limited to 600 copies. This is copy number 317 and signed by the Pastor. T. Butler King of Georgia
Octavo. viii, 204 pages. Frontispiece illustration of King. Red cloth hardcover with title on spine. Dust jacket with title on front and spine. Jacket price clipped front inner fold. Edge and shelf wear to the dust jacket. Extensive book review notes written in pencil on the rear end sheets. Men of Mark in Georgia: A Complete and Elaborate History of the State from its settlement to the present time, chiefly told in biographies and autobiographies of the most eminent men of each period of Georgia’s progress and development Historical Introductory by John Temple Graves, Editor. Volume I.
Quarto. Volume I. xxiii, 403 pages. Illustrated with steel engraved portraits. Red cloth hardcover with faded gilt title on the spine. Gilt top edge. Untrimmed foredge. Ex-library copy with blacked out label rear paste down. Rear hinge is broken and board barely attached by thin strip of mesh. Cloth is faded and split on rear outer joint. Corners bumped. Fair only. The Dead Towns of Georgia
Octavo. 263 pages. Illustrated with 5 plans. Olive green cloth hardcover with gilt title on spine. Cloth is faded and worn on the corners and split upper joint and spine. Small splits to cloth on the rear joint. Hinges are cracked. Binding is shaken. Light pencil marginalia in text. Previous owner name, "P. W. Weldum 1894" written in pencil on the right front flyleaf. Fair only. DeRenne II p.775; Howes J 195. Lucy’s Journal Copyright, 1967 Mrs. Charles Buchananb, Mrs. Edmund McCabe, and Fred M. Sandifer, Jr. M.D.
Octavo. [8], 108 pages, [8]. Illustrated. Hardcover with green paper marbled covered boards. Green cloth spine with gilt stamped title. Inscription on front free endpaper from Louise McCabe, Granddaughter of author and participant in the publication of this book, "to Dr. Sam Sanders, My doctor." Contents include list of Lucy's friends, "Honor Roll" of soldiers, and some family genealogy. Pioneer Citizens’ History of Atlanta and its Pioneers 1833-1902
Octavo. 400 pages. Frontispiece photograph of James Etheldred Williams. Illustrated. Brown cloth hardcover with black stamped title and designs on front cover. Faded gilt title on spine. Cloth is rubbed with insect damage to the cloth binding. Damp-stains bottom edges of front end sheets and in the gutter of the rear end sheets. Fair. A General History of the United States of America; From the Discovery in 1492, to 1792: or, Sketches of the Divine Agency, In Their Settlement, Growth, and Protection; and Especially in the Late Memorable Revolution In Three Volumes. Vol. 1. Exhibiting A General View of the Principal Events, from the Discovery of North America, to the Year 1765. (Volume 1 all that was published)
Octavo. (Volume I all that was published) viii, 9-442 pages. Restored. Original publishers paper covered boards. New brown cloth spine with paper title label. Hinges repaired. Untrimmed foredge. Old pencil gift inscription by Charles Isham on the right front flyleaf. A very small period ink note written at bottom of title page states " * the only volume printed" Light scattered foxing to the text. This edition was printed in the same year as the first edition was printed in Boston. Scarce. Howes T 367; Sabin 97185. Events in Indian History, Beginning With an Account of the Origin of the American Indians, and Early Settlements in North America, and Embracing Concise Biographies of the Principal Chiefs and Head-Sachems of the Different Indian Tribes, with Narratives and Captivities Including The Destruction of Schenectady, Murder of Miss McCrea, Destruction of Wyoming, Battle of the Thames and Tippecanoe, Braddock’s Defeat, General Wayne’s Victory at Miami, Life of Logan, Massacre of the Indians at Lancaster, PA., &C. Also An Appendix, Containing the Statistics of the Population of The U. States, and An Indian Vocabulary.
Octavo. 633 pages. 8 folding plates. Restored. Brown calf leather binding with red leather title label on the spine. Front board has been reattached. Both hinges have been reapired. Outer joints cracked. Leather is dry, rubbed, and worn on the lower corners. Light to moderate scattered foxing and toning to text and plates. Some of the folding plates have old tape repairs on the versos. A fair copy. Howes W 548. The Story of the Presbytery of Atlanta Signed, inscribed by the author
Octavo. xiv, 242 pages. Illustrated with 3 maps. Brown cloth hardcover with title on spine. Illustrated dust jacket. Inscribed by author on the right front flyleaf. Toning to the jacket. Talmage was once pastor of the Presbyterian Church in the Kirkwood (Atlanta) community. Dead Towns Of Georgia
Octavo. 263 pages. 5 Illustrations. Light green cloth hardcover with gilt title on spine. Light edge wear bottom and top of spine. Tipped in card on fright front flyleaf - "With Compliments from "Charles Edgeworth Jones, Augusta Georgia (Xmas 1893 written in pen on card)." Previous owner name, Rt. Rev. Cleland K. Nelsoulep (sp?) Bishop of Georgia, written on below the card on the right front flyleaf. DeRenne II p.775; Howes J 195.