DISCOVERY OF THE MISSISSIPPI
Austin: Shoal Creek Publishers, 1975. Facsimile Reprint. Octavo, 99 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Red spine with gold text. Boards clean. Textblock has foxing to head edge. Shelved ND-B. More
Austin: Shoal Creek Publishers, 1975. Facsimile Reprint. Octavo, 99 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Red spine with gold text. Boards clean. Textblock has foxing to head edge. Shelved ND-B. More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1902. First Edition. Octavo, viii, 427 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in the publisher's blue cloth bearing gilt lettering to the spine. Boards show mild shelf wear including slight age toning. White decorations to the spine. Text block has moderate age toning to the edges. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Illustrated. First edition. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column D, ND-D. More
Birmingham, Alabama: Gryphon Editions, 1991. Special Edition. Octavo, 270 pages. In Very Good condition. Three-quarter in green fine genuine leather, paneled spine has gilt lettering and spine, front, and back covers have profuse gilt tooling. All edges gilt with mild scratching to side and bottom edges of textblock. Contains a silk ribbon, marbled endpapers. Nameplate on front pastedown. Textblock clean. Shelved in Franklin Library. More
New York: DoubleDay and Co, 1905. First Edition. Octavo, 374 pages. In Good Plus condition. Red spine with faded white lettering. Full binding in red cloth. Boards show light shelf wear, slight bumping to corners, moderate fraying to headband and tailband and tiny open tears on corners. Text block exhibits modest age-toning to edges. More
New York: Doubleday, Page and Company, 1903. Octavo, 469 Pages. In very good condition. Beige spine with gilt lettering. Full binding in beige cloth. Boards show modest soiling and minor fraying to corners. Text block has deckled fore and bottom edges along with mild foxing spots to pages. More
New York: DoubleDay and Co, 1902. First Edition. Octavo, 465 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Sand spine with green lettering. Full binding in sand cloth. Boards show light edge wear and modest fraying to corners, headband and tailband. Text block exhibits mild age-toning. More
Birmingham AL: Webb Book Company, 1940. Octavo; VG-; red spine with gilt text; missing jacket; cloth exterior shows only slight wear; strong, sturdy boards; text block exterior edges have modestly age toned; tight binding; illustrated endpapers; mild foxing to fore edges to endpapers; previous owner's name to half title page; interior pages good; illustrated; pp 435. More
New York: Harper's Magazine Press, 1974. First edition. Octavo; G+/G; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, black with white print; DJ has light edgewear, light shelfwear; Boards in blue cloth, clean and strong; Text block has spotting to edges, else clean and tight; xxi, 226 pages. More
New York: Garland Publishing, 1992. Octavo; 261 pages; VG-; Bound in blue cloth with white text; Minor wear to edges; Textblock has slight spotting along edges; RWO. More
Baton Rouge: Beauregard Press, 1977. First limited edition (#1576 of 3300 copies); signed. Folio in ivory cloth hardcovers with black and white DJ in brodart; VG/VG; DJ shows some shelf wear protected by brodart; boards with slight foxing; ex-libris plate on ffep; photos on glossy paper; pp. 128; shelved Front Table. More
Boulder: Pruett Publishing Company, 1976. First Edition. Quarto, xii, 219 pages; VG-/VG-; Light beige spine with brown lettering; Dustjacket has light wear along bottom edges, minor creasing to top edges, very light wear to head/tail of spine and corners, two pieces of adhesive tape are placed along bottom edge of the front cover, and light age-toning to spine; Boards show soiling to bottom edges and minor bumping to head/tail of spine; Textblock is clean; Illustrated (b/w photos and illustrations); NOTE: Shelved on bookshelf in hallway outside of Room A. More
Gonzales, LA: Chef John Folse and Co., 2008. First edition. Sixth printing. Folio, 842 pages. In Very Good Condition with Very Good Dust Jacket. Spine black with yellow lettering. Signed flat by Folse on front endpaper. Minor shelfwear and soiling. Printed on all glossy stock, many photos in color. Textblock interior clean but slightly sunken due to weight. Shelved in cookbooks. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1901. Octavo; G-; Hardcover; Spine, brown with gold print; Boards in brown illustrated cloth with gold print, light wear to spine caps and corners, light shelfwear; Text block has gilt top edge, deckle edges, portrait of author affixed to front pastedown, spine crack a p. 134, small stain to fore-edge of pp. 253-256, cracked rear hinge, clean text; x, 294 pages, frontispiece, illustrated (b&w). More
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1982. Octavo; 306 pages; VG-/VG-; Blue spine with yellow and white text; Dustjacket has mild edgewear and shelfwear; Boards have bumping to corners; Textblock has slight writing in pen on front endpaper; NOTE: Shelved in Front Desk Alcove. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. Octavo, Four volumes. In Good condition. Spines are red with gold print. Boards in red cloth with gold print. Light wear to spine caps and corners, mottled staining to second volume, toning to spines. Text blocks have grey tinted top edge. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece and plates. CONTENTS: Vol. 1. (pages at rear uncut) xviii, 647 pages — Vol. 2. (tanning to front endpapers) xi, 621 pages — Vol. 3. xi, 559 pages — Vol. 4. viii, 594 pages. [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Column E. More
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1954. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 272 pages; VG-/G+; spine age toned white, with red and black lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; mild shelf wear and soiling to volume; some shelf wear and soiling to jacket; small chips missing from corners of flap folds; long chip missing at upper edge of jacket front; crown and tail of jacket spine missing; 2.5 inch closed tear to lower edge of jacket back; four chips missing from upper edge of jacket back; jacket age toned overall; price uncut '$5.00'; previous owner's inscription at half title; inscribed by Gardner at half title; contains numerous black and white photographs; pages clean; CX consignment; shelved Case 1. More
Athens: The University of Georgia Press, 1946. Octavo; G+; Hardcover; Spine, brown with gold print; Boards in brown cloth, light wear to spine caps and corners, else clean and strong; Text block clean and tight; xiii, 257 pages, frontispiece (port.), illustrated (b&w plates). More
Columbia, Mo: E.W. Stephens, 1896. Octavo; Leather Binding; VG-; Hardcover; yellow spine with red and black labels and gold text; Volume is ex-library; Boards have shelf wear with rubbing, bumping and stains to corners, edges and exterior; Front and rear hinges are slightly separated but pages are unaffected;Text block is minimally age-toned, book plate is posted on front paste down; end papers and paste downs are sunned to the margins; bottom and fore edges have liquid stains and rubber stamps,otherwise clean; 733p.(Vol.3) NOTE: Shelved in Room X, Case #7. More
Columbia, Mo: E.W. Stephens, 1896. Octavo; Leather Binding; VG-; Hardcover; yellow spine with red and black labels and gold text; Volume is ex-library; Boards have shelf wear with rubbing, bumping and stains to corners, edges and exterior; Front and rear hinges are slightly separated but pages are unaffected;Text block is minimally age-toned, book plate is posted on front paste down; end papers and paste downs are sunned to the margins; bottom and fore edges have liquid stains and rubber stamps,otherwise clean; 733p.(Vol.3). More
Columbia, Mo: E.W. Stephens, 1896. Octavo; Leather Binding; VG-; Hardcover; Yellow spine with red and black labels and gold text; Volume is ex-library; Boards have shelf wear with rubbing, bumping and stains to corners, edges and exterior; Front and rear hinges are slightly separated but pages are unaffected;Text block is minimally age-toned, book plate is posted on front paste down; rear paste down has a rubber stamp; end papers and paste downs are sunned to the margins; edges are tanned otherwise clean; 711p.(Vol.4) NOTE: Shelved in Room X, Case #7. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 273 pages. In Very Good condition. Red and brown spine with white and brown text. Boards have light shelf wear. Textblock clean. Shelved ND-E. More
Birmingham: Oxmoor House, Inc., 1975. First Edition. Large Quarto; VG-/VG-; sage green spine with white text; first edition; dust jacket exterior shows minimal wear; slight crinkles to lower rear; other slight dings to rear; minor edge wear; price clipped front flap; cloth clean; mildly bowed boards; text block exterior edges show little wear; frontispiece; profusely illustrated; interior pages clean; signed bookplate to front pastedown by Irwin Glusker; signed, numbered copies; this is no. 41,795 of 50,000; additional shipping may be necessary due to size/weight restrictions for international/expedited orders. More
Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1984. Octavo; G+; Paperback; Spine, staple binding; Cover has slight creasing and peripheral toning at top, else clean and bright; Text block clean and tight; “An exhibition organized by Newcomb College of Tulane University and the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service”—title page; 24 pages, illustrated (b&w). NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Oversized Ephemera Case. More
Little Rock: Rose Publishing Company, 1984. Octavo; G+/G; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, tan with grey print; DJ has small tears at spine ends and flap corners, edgewear, rubbing, light shelfwear; Boards in green cloth with gold print, mild wear to spine caps and corners, else clean and strong; Text block clean and tight; “Sponsored by Grant County Museum, Sheridan, Arkansas”— title page; xviii, 495 pages, illustrated (b&w). More
New York: Garland, 1990. Octavo, xxiii, 376 pages. In Good plus condition. Spine is blue with gilt lettering. Light bumping to tail of spine. Binding loose. Light age toning to both exterior and interior of textblock. RWO Consignment. More
Raleigh: Edwards & Broughton, 1899. First Edition. Large Octavo, xxix, [2], 345 pages; G-; Full brown cloth, gilt lettering to spine largely faded; Boards have light bumping to corners and head/tail of spine, and light plus soiling overall; Textblock has light age-toning and foxing to edges, some occasional minor foxing to pages interiorly, and several small tears to the fore-edge of the ffep; Floral design endpapers. RWO. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1845. First Edition. 8vo., 487pp.; VG; spine green with gilt lettering; mild shelfwear, rubbing to boards, age-toning to spine, peeling to head and tail of spine; interior has mild finger smudges; folding map; DS consignment; shelved case 1. More
Chapel Hill and London: The University of North Carolina Press, 1994. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo; VG/VG-; teal blue spine with greenish beige text; first edition; first printing; dust jacket exterior shows mild wear; head edge slightly curled; cloth exterior has lightly sunned spine and edges; tight binding; strong boards; text block exterior edges show light wear; interior clean; illustrated; pp 318. More
Spartanburg: The Reprint Company, 1974. Octavo, 315 pages. In Very good minus condition. Green spine with gilt lettering. Full binding in green cloth. Boards show modest foxing and slight sunning to spine. Text block has light age-toning throughout pages and moderate foxing spots on top, fore and bottom edges. Note: Shelved in Netdesk Column F, ND-F. More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1886. Octavo; Poor+; Hardcover; Spine, black without print; Boards quarter bound with black cloth to spine and brown paper to boards, wear to spine caps, paper is worn away from corners and edges, with scratches and rubbing/surface tears; Text block has bookplate on front pastedown, penciled name on front flyleaf, cracked hinges, many spine breaks with many loose pages, deckle edges chipping with small tears, some color doodled on to some illustrations, foxing throughout; 231 pages, frontispiece, illustrated (b&w). More
Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press, 1940. First Edition. Octavo, xiv, 518 pages. In Good condition with Good dust jacket, price unclipped, "$3.50". Dust jacket shows rubbing and age toning to front and back boards, sunning on spine, and some mild foxing spots on front and back boards. Dust jacket shows bumping to tail, mild tearing to fore, head edge corner of back board, mild tearing to headcap, tail, and fore edge corners of front board. Dust jacket shows creasing to spine hinges to front and back boards. Textblock is stained black on head edge and shows age toning on fore and tail edge. RWO Consignment. More
Cranbury NJ: The Scholar's Bookshelf, 2006. Facsimile Reprint. Octavo; VG-/paperback; white spine with black text; volume one only; facsimile reprint; originally published in 1857-1858; covers show mild wear; only one or two smudges to exterior; textblock exterior edges have light wear; interior pages clean; illustrated; pp 591. More
El Dorado Hills CA: Savas Beatie, 2022. First Savas Beatie Edition, First Printing, Number 97 of 700. Octavo, xi, 220 pages. In Very Good plus condition. Quarter bound dark blue spine with gilt lettering. Boards greenish gray. Illustrated. First Savas Beatie Edition, First Printing. Ribbon marker. Signed by author and T. Savas, Number 97 of 700. More
North Carolina Yearly Meeeting, North Carolina Friends Historical Society, 1984. Octavo; G+/Fair+; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, brown with white print; DJ has edgewear with small tears at spine ends and flap corners, toning to spine; Boards in blue cloth, mildly cocked spine, else clean and strong; Text block clean and tight; ix, 342 pages, frontispiece, illustrated (b&w). More
San Antonio: Henrietta Anderson Holden, 1948. First Edition. Thin Octavo; G; blue spine without text; first edition; no dust cover; cloth shows some sunning to exterior, mostly to spine and toward edges; gilt lettering to front; gilt illustration to front; sturdy, intact binding; textblock exterior edges have slight foxing; inscribed by author to fep; chip to hinge to tail edge; signed by author and artist to title page; slight chipping to edges to endpapers, possibly worm holes; slight foxing to first and last few years; frontispiece; interior pages good; illustrated; numbered, limited copies; this is no. 356 of 500; pp 44. More
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1977. Octavo; G/G-; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, grey with black and white print; DJ has edgewear, toning to spine, mild rubbing/shelfwear; Boards in grey cloth, slight wear to spine caps else clean and strong; Text block has light spotting to edges and endpapers, else clean and tight; 269 pages, tables, graphs. More
New York: Penguin Press, 2019. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 476 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine white with red, black and blue lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Extremely light wear exteriorly including two, very small smudges to the rear and minor wear to the edges. Previous bookshop's "Signed Edition" sticker to the front. Boards show very faint wear with very small smudge to lower front. Minimal wear to the exterior edges. Text block has very slight wear and light creamy toning. Frontispiece. Illustrated. First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, ND-HV Column. More
New York: Columbia University Press, 1954. Octavo; 329 pages; VG-; Bound in dark green cloth with gilt text on spine; Covers have mild edgewear and shelfwear, bending along spine edges; Textblock clean; RWO. More
Washington, D.C. Cornelius Wendell, 1857. First Edition. Octavo, 239 pages. In Good condition. Side-sewn, with original salmon wrappers. Covers have light toning and soiling. Some creasing to corners, chipping to tail of spine, and tears to wraps near head of spine. Back cover is missing. Text-block has light age-toning to edges, and creasing to corners on title page. RW consignment. Shelved in Case 7. More
Raleigh: E.M. Uzzell & Co., 1914. Octavo; pp 399+508; VG-; dark brown spines with gilt text; full leather bindings; newly rebound; decorative borders and tooling to boards; 2 volumes; exteriors show slight scratches; lightly sunned spines; strong boards; text blocks show slight toning to exterior edges; marbled endpapers; light cracks to endpaper gutter at front, vol. 2; frontispieces with tissue guards; interiors clean; Oversized order. Additional shipping and handling may be necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy international shipping unavailable due to size/weight restriction(s). Contact seller if you have any questions. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #2. More
Houston: Texas Books, 1938. Founders' edition; Limited edition 409/500. Octavo, xv, 433 pages. In Good plus condition. Spine is blue with white print. Boards in blue cloth with red print on white banner. Light wear to spine caps and corners. Text block has blue tinted edges, white ribbon marker. bookplate on front pastedown, light tanning to endpapers. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece and plates. Signed in ink by the author on the bookplate on front pastedown. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column C. More
Washington DC: Devon Publishing, 1994. Octavo; G+ Paperback; Gold spine with Black text; Coveers have slight edgewear, slight shelfwear, bending to front cover; Textblock clean; 249 pp; Signed by P.B. Innis on title page. More
[Washington]: [n.p.], 1833. Presumed First Edition. Octavo, 112 pages; Quarter bound in brown leather with marbled paper boards; Some rubbing at head and tail of spine; Text block age-toned and foxed. Background: Jackson's State of the Union Address, wherein he addresses the Convention in South Carolina that approved nullification during the Nullification Crisis. NOTE: Shelved in Room G. More
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1980. Octavo; G-/Fair-; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, white with grey print; DJ has tears to all edges, stain to spine, shelfwear; Boards in yellow cloth, light wear to spine caps, else clean and strong; Text block has light spotting to edges and endpapers, light amount of penciled notation through p. 45, else clean and tight; xvi, 301 pages, illustrated (b&w plates). More
Columbia: Telescope Office, 1832. First Edition. 16mo., 110 pages, [1]. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in paper-covered boards rebacked with modern green cloth spine with gilt tooling. Boards show light staining and bumping to corners. Text block shows tear at top margin of title page with archival repair, annotations to dedication page, foxing, and damp staining to lower edge near spine in second half of volume. RW Consignment. More
Silver Spring, MD: N/L Press, Inc., 1997. First Printing. Octavo; pp 259; VG-/VG-; brown, orange, yellow pictorial spine with black text; first printing; dust jacket has several small punched marks to exterior, slight exterior wear otherwise; cloth has mild wear; small indentations to exterior; strong boards; text block edges modestly foxed; interior clean; tight binding; inscribed by author. More
Columbia SC: Privately Printed, 1966. Octavo; VG-/G-; dark blue spine with white text; out of print; dust jacket has moderate exterior wear; front list date in title as "1896-1962", title page states date as "1876-1962"; slight whitish spots to exterior; few chips to edges with some rubbing wear; slightly rubbed joints and fore edge; light foxing to flap edges; light foxing inside dj; cloth exterior shows minimal wear; straight boards; text block exterior edges have some sprinkling of foxing; tight binding; very light foxing to feps; interior pages clean; illustrated; pp 233. More
Chicago, Il: Center for American Places, 2008. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 261 pages; VG-/VG-; spine white, with blue and black lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; some shelf wear and soiling; small chips missing at corners of flap folds; large water stain from crown of jacket spine to back flap fold; price uncut; inscribed by Kahn and Fox at half title; water stain at upper edge of gutter of page 249 to back pastedown; profusely illustrated with black and white and full color photos; shelved Front Table. More
New York: Bonanza Books, 1949. Octavo; VG/G+; red, brown and green pictorial spine with white and yellow text; dust jacket exterior shows mild wear; minor edge wear; cloth exterior clean; tight binding; strong boards; text block exterior edges have slight toning; interior good; illustrated; pp 374. More
Garden City NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1956. First Edition. Octavo, 320 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Pictorial spine in green and blue with black and white lettering. Dust jacket shows moderate shelf wear with minor edge wear and price clipped front flap. Boards have mild rubbing to head/tail edges. Text block has very light age toning to edges. Pictorial end papers. Inscribed by Gloria Shatto with signed letter laid in. First Edition. More