Constitution Of The State Of Alabama: December 6, 1819 -

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Legare Street Press. paperback. New. 6x0x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

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1876. (ALABAMA). Constitution of the State of Alabama. December 6, 1819. Printed by Order of the House of Representatives. [House Document, 16th Congress, 1st session, no. 1]. Washington: Gales & Seaton, 1819. 1st ed. 8vo. 24 pp. In modern 3/4 sheep with marbled paper over boards. A partially unopened copy. Expected toning and foxing, but largely a very nice copy. Near fine. Shaw & Shoemaker 49746. First printed in Huntsville, August 1819, this edition of Alabama's first constitution was printed within days of Alabama being granted statehood on December 14, 1819. Functionally it established a state government the mirrored the Federal government-three branches with a bicameral legislature. Of course, there were protections for the institution of slavery, though it did make provisions for the right of trial by jury for enslaved African Americans. Though in some ways it was "progressive for its time as it removed the educational and property-holding requirements for white male voters as in many other… Read More

Penguin Press, 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. Delbanco, Andrew : The War Before the War: Fugitive Slaves and the Struggle for America's Soul from the Revolution to the Civil War. New York : Penguin Press/Random House, 2018. First edition. Size is super royal octavo (8vo), 9.5/25cm h. Quarterbound in publisher's red paper boards and cream white cloth spine, bright gilt lettering imprinted to spine and (author's initials only) front board. Plain white endpapers. Textured semi-glossy dj in color. [x] pp prelim material, 453 numbered pp, one blank following. Numerous b&w photos/illus. Illust credits, notes, index. Condition notes: fine, tight, sharp corners. A bit of rolling to spine ends. No notes or highlighting. Lovely copy. We personally inspect every book we offer.

td [border: 1px solid #ccc;]br [mso-data-placement:same-cell;]Like new dustjacket. Book itself has a minor bump to the bottom corner. Tight, clean and square. Free of any markings except for some initialing on page xvi along with a personal post-it note from the initialer on Clemson Universitypost-it about how they are thanked in the credits of the book. There is a photocopy of a personal note on Clemson University letterhead from Jerry Reed in the front of the book. (see photos) 358 indexed pages with some black and white illustrations and photos. Includes a bibliography. History. Biography. South Carolina. 1.25" X 6.25" X 9.25" 3cm X 16cm X 23.5cm Thomas Green Clemson (1807–1888), the founder of Clemson University in Clemson, SC, was no ordinary man. Fifteen scholars and specialists of history, science, agriculture, engineering, music, art, diplomacy, law, and communications come together to address Clemson's multifaceted life, the century and issues that helped shape him, and his ongoing… Read More

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MARGARET MITCHELL: Gone With The Wind, published December, 1939 by The Macmillan Company. MOTION PICTURE EDITION. First Printing Thus. Paperback. Used. Good Condition/ No DJ issued. Bound in yellow pictorial stiff card wraps. Clark Cable and Vivien Leigh front cover. 391 pages 7 X 9 1/2. Scarce. Includes 12 pages of color prints from the film. Plot summary: "Epic Civil War drama focuses on the life of petulant Southern belle Scarlett O'Hara. Starting with her idyllic life on a sprawling plantation, the film traces her survival through the tragic history of the South during the Civil War and Reconstruction, and her tangled love affairs with Ashley Wilkes and Rhett Butler."

New York: Harper & Brothers, Pubslishers, 1859. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. John M'Lenan. 12mo. 269, [4] pages. TITLE PAGE IN FACSIMILE. Hardcover bound in original blue publisher's cloth with spine titles in gilt and cover designs in blind. The binding is worn and bumped and has some fraying and tearing at the spine ends. A couple of nicks on the spine are touched up with blue. A sound copy with secure inner hinges. Appears to have two identical facsimile title pages tipped in (consequently lacking the original title; the frontis is NOT in facsimile). The text has some moderate foxing throughout. An early owner's blind stamped name is on the first page of the text. There is a folding newspaper article pasted onto the rear pastedown. Collates complete with all illustrations, including the frontis. A scarce volume of 19th century humor looking at the people and stories of Surry County, North Carolina. Hardin Edward Taliaferro (1811-1875) was a southern… Read More

364pp + index, 4 pages b&w photographs, illustrated end papers. DJ intact but frayed on top and left side of spine (see photo). Price intact. Scarce signed first edition of human rights activist Kennedy's visit to the deep South, exposing the "Problem of the South and the historical roots of all its evils..." Boldly signed on title page. Book is in essentially unread condition and appears to be the only signed copy listed online.

Brunswick County Bicentennial Committee, 1999. Near Fine in Near Fine DJ. Edges of boards show minor rubbing. Lower edge of DJ has two small tears and rear panel shows some rubbing. Interior is pristine. Overall a clean, solid copy showing very minimal signs of use. Photo is of the copy at Barbed Wire Books.

Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Book is in NF condition with trace edge wear noted, light bumping to spine ends, a couple small, light scratches to front board else a bright & solid copy. Dust jacket is in VG condition with light rubbing to edges & covers, light bumping to spine ends else still bright, intact & whole. Book is signed/inscribed by author on inner front board. FOLCAS 9/23 ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author .

More than Mercer House: Savannah's Jim Williams & his Southern Houses written and signed by Dorothy Kingery, the hardcover book is like new except at the last page the sewn in bindings comes a little away from the book just for about 1/3 of the way up, no pages are loose and it's the very end of the book, the buckram black cover is beautiful; the dj has edge and cover wear to the front, but still looks good in the sense that you can still see the cover and back photographs very well.

Raleigh, N.C.: Printed at the Recorder Office / Published by Order of the Society, 1846. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 26 pages. Soft cover bound in original pink printed wrappers. The wrappers show wear and have sunning about the edges and soiling from handling. A sound copy. Signed in pencil at the top of the front wrapper, "J. A. Jarratt" or "S. A. Jarratt." Now housed in a removable board back plastic sleeve. The text block is sound, and the text is a bit toned and has just a little sporadic foxing. Bartholomew Figures Moore (1801-1878) was a North Carolina attorney and politician and was largely a Union loyalist during the Civil War He was born in Halifax County and graduated from UNC in 1820 and was a trustee of the University 1840-1868 and then again from 1871 until his death. He was a member of the NC Constitutional Convention of 1835 and was Attorney General of North Carolina (1848-1851).… Read More