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The Earl Of Louisiana
by A J Liebling
"Much of the material in this book originally appeared in the New Yorker"--T.p. verso.
New Orleans and Its Environs
by Italo William Ricciuti
Originally published: New York, N.Y. : W. Helburn, inc., 1938.
Maps on lining papers.
Maps on lining papers.
Louisiana Books & Ephemera
Before & after North Dorgenois: growing up the the sixth ward
by Bolding, Ebony
New Orleans and Brooklyn: Neighborhood Story Project, Red Rattle Books/Soft Skull Press, 2005. Trade Paperback. 75p., very good in 9x8 inch photodecorated matte wraps. Part of the post-Katrina series.
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NZ$20.58
Department of Middle American Research of The Tulane University of Louisiana. Its activities and its aims
New Orleans: Tulane University, 1928. Staplebound. 30, [2]pp., illustrations, wraps. 9 x 6 in. Mildly dusty covers, but otherwise Very Good. Overview of the Middle American Research Institute (est. 1924) at Tulane University which furnished the latest research on Mexico and Central America to scholars and businessmen. Includes sections on library collections, expeditions, and artifact collections.
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NZ$25.72
Creole Families of New Orleans (Facsimile Reproduction)
by Grace King
Macmillan. Hardcover. Like New. Grace Elizabeth King (November 29, 1851 – January 14, 1932) was an American author of Louisiana stories, history, and biography, and a leader in historical and literary activities" (Wikipedia). Blue glossy paper hoards. Some illustrations throughout. This book is free from marginalia within. 465pp. Full refund if not satisfied.
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NZ$60.01
MISSISSIPPI AS A PROVINCE, TERRITORY AND STATE with Biographical Sketches of Eminent Citizens
by Claiborne, J.F.H
Orig. pub. Jackson 1880. Reprinted 1978. Print on Demand Edition 2011. vi, xxiii, 591 pp., illus., new intro., new index This classic work by "the Father of Mississippi History" is considered by the Mississippi Historical Society to be the best of the early histories. Claiborne, a congressman, newspaper editor, and member of a family which played an important part in the affairs of the state, used as sources original manuscripts, newspapers, books, government records, personal reminiscences of prominent...
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Black flags and windmills. Hope, Anarchy, and the Common Ground Collective. Forewords by Kathleen Cleaver & John P. Clark
by Crow, Scott
Oakland, CA: PM Press, 2014. Paperback. xxvi, 256p., pictorial wraps, illus., second edition, as New. Collective did relief & political work in New Orleans after Katrina. Includes some material on the Black Panthers, and Crow's work in Texas.
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NZ$20.58
Fabulous New Orleans
by Saxon, Lyle
This Book tells the story of the celebrated past of New Orleans with a history of cultural diversity. Against that back drop, the Author tells historical accounts and his personal accounts of the Mardi Gras celebration. Book has 334 pages and several illustrations.
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Beauregard: The Great Creole
by Hamilton Basso
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933. First Edition with "A" on copyright page. Octavo; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($3.50); xiv,333pp.; portrait frontispiece, six leaves of plates, additional illus. and facsimiles throughout text. Moderate wear to jacket margins, spine panel lightly discolored, corners tapped, textblock gently toned, else Very Good and sound overall. Glowing biography of the...
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NZ$145.74
Three carpetbag governors
by Current, Richard N
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University, 1967. Hardcover. xiii, 108p., preface, biographical notes, ownership name in ink on front pastedown endpaper otherwise a very good first edition in clothand unclipped dj. The Walter Lynwood Fleming Lectures in Southern History Series. Essays on governors Harrison Reed of Florida (1868-1872) Henry Clay Warmoth of Louisiana (1868-1872) and Adelbert Ames of Mississippi (1872-1876). FYI, ownership signature is Alexander Saxton, very likely the historian of...
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HISTORY OF MISSISSIPPI, THE HEART OF THE SOUTH
by Rowland, Dunbar
Orig. pub. Chicago & Jackson 1925. Reprinted 1978. Print on Demand Edition 2013. The set Available by volume The result of years of laborious research by the gifted director of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, this four-volume work was written to satisfy the need for a definitive narrative history based on original sources of information. Volumes I and II contain the historical narrative, beginning with the physical features of Mississippi, a description of the Indians, the European...
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NZ$625.83
30 Years Under the Bench and How I Got There: A Light-Hearted and Humorous Account of People and Happenings in Law and the Courts
by A. Dallam O'Brien, Jr
New Orleans: A.D. O'Brien, Jr., Publishers, 1973. Very Good. New Orleans: A.D. O'Brien, Jr., Publishers, 1973. First Edition. Comb-bound wraps. Octavo. 218 pages with black and white photographs. Signed by the author on cover verso with inscription, "To Judge Wright in memory / of our friendship and some / very pleasant times working / together / Dallam O'Brien." Some soiling and toning to wraps with rubbing along fore-edge, else sound.
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NZ$51.44
THE ADVANCE-GUARD OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION
by Gilmore, James R
Orig. pub. New York 1888. Reprinted 1974. Print on Demand Edition 2015. (ii), xvi, 344 pp., map, index In his trilogy about the men who settled the Old Southwest, the author develops the thesis that these men, under the leadership of John Sevier, Isaac Shelby, and James Robertson, not only planted a civilization beyond the Alleghenies but exerted an important influence in shaping the ultimate destinies of this country. Two of these men, Sevier and Shelby, during the Revolution helped thwart the British...
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NZ$77.16
HISTORY OF ALABAMA AND INCIDENTALLY OF GEORGIA AND MISSISSIPPI FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD. With Annals of Alabama, 1819-1900, by Thomas McAdory Owen
by Pickett, Albert James
Orig. pub. Birmingham 1900. Reprinted 1975, 1988. Print on Demand Edition 2013. 773 pp., illus., index Pickett's history, one of the most valuable works on the history of the Southern country, is an account of the territory of Alabama prior to its admission as a state with later chapters containing many biographical sketches of men prominent in the later developments of the commonwealth. The Annals by Owen, historical facts in outline fashion, continue that history from statehood in 1819 to 1900....
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NZ$120.02
HISTORY OF MISSISSIPPI, THE HEART OF THE SOUTH, Vol. IV, (Biographical)
by Rowland, Dunbar
708 pp., index, 125 illus. Biographical information on the following individuals is contained in Volume IV: Abernethy, H.B.; Aby, S.H.; Aderholdt, T.S.; Aldridge, F.M.; Alexander, J.P.; Alexander, G.B.; Alexander, H.N.; All Saints College; Allen, Arthur; Allen, J.F.; Allen, J.T.; Allen, T.D..; Anderson, E.A.; Anderson, R.B.; Andrews, F.H.; Armstrong, T.C.; Arnold, G.L.; Arrington, J.H.; Ashley, W.F.; Aycock, W.J.; Backstrom, J.W.; Bailey, C.K.; Bailey, J.W.; Bailey, P.G.; Baird, R.W.; Ballard, E.E.;...
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NZ$141.45
Ramparts: Vol. 3 no. 4, December 1964
Menlo Park: The Layman's Press, 1964. Magazine. 64p., stapled wraps, 9x12 inches, illus., wraps lightly worn, else very good condition. Ramparts in its original incarnation as a Catholic literary quarterly. Cover story on John Adams by Truman Nelson, plus articles on Gandhi, African Americans and the Catholic Church in New Orleans, and more.
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NZ$42.86
Mirations and Miracles of Mandy
by Natalie Scott; Olive Leonhardt [cover art]
New Orleans, LA: Robt. H. True Co, 1929. Very Good. New Orleans, LA: Robt. H. True Co., 1929. First Edition. Octavo. 61 pp. Illustrated stiff wraps. Edgeworn with chipping to edges and minor loss at spine ends. Split at edges of joints but binding holding and pages unmarked. A Very Good copy.
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NZ$342.92
![Rally and march: in support of the brothers and sisters at Southern University [in Baton Rouge, La.] and to oppose genocidal acts of racist America in the murder of two students! At 3pm, Sunday, Nov. 26th - meet at the Malcolm X Unity House, 1553 Fulton Street - San Francisco](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/487/804/1447804487.0.b.jpg)
Rally and march: in support of the brothers and sisters at Southern University [in Baton Rouge, La.] and to oppose genocidal acts of racist America in the murder of two students! At 3pm, Sunday, Nov. 26th - meet at the Malcolm X Unity House, 1553 Fulton Street - San Francisco
San Francisco: n. pub, 1972. Handbill. 1p. flyer, 8.5x11 inches, small rust stain at top edge else very good condition. Drawing depicts police laying out the bodies of dead black men. "Whenever we move to take control over our lives, whether it be in Africa, or America we are faced with the dog-like forces of the police or the military. Well the big fat pig cannot scare us. We will not stand by and let these murders continue to happen....
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NZ$20.58
![The Pickwick Club of New Orleans [Signed Limited Edition]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/451/913/1399913451.0.b.jpg)
The Pickwick Club of New Orleans [Signed Limited Edition]
by Augusto P. Miceli
New Orleans: Pickwick Press, 1964. Very Good. New Orleans: Pickwick Press, 1964. Limited First Edition, signed by the author and numbered 366 of 600 copies on limitation page at front. Tall octavo; 278pp. Color frontis with illustrations throughout. Illustrated endpapers. Lacks slipcase. Boards bumped at corners with some nudging to spine ends, a bit of a cock to spine, and some general light smudging / fingerprinting to surface. Opens easily between a few gatherings and at endpapers, but binding is...
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NZ$428.65
Accordion Dreams. A Journey into Cajun and Creole Music
by Kilpatrick, Blair
Jackson MS: University Press of Mississippi, 2009. Hardcover. xii, 250p., scattered snapshot illustrations, hardbound first edition in clothbacked boards and glossy dust jacket. Cloth spine bears a faint reader's crease, sound clean and unmarked, a nice copy. An incidental gem of information, the San Francisco Bay Area is "home to the largest cajun-zydeco music scene outside of the Gulf Coast
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NZ$25.72
Documentary History of the Cession of Louisiana to the United States till It Became an American Province
by Rufus Blanchard
Chicago: R. Blanchard, 1903. First Edition. Very Good. Chicago: R. Blanchard, 1903. First Edition. Octavo (9.25" x 6"); 68p. Illustrated, with full-color fold-out map at back. Pebbled black/gray cloth with blindstamped border, beveled edges, and gilt lettering. Covers dusty and faded along edges, with fading to spine and some general scuffing and smudging. Front hinge cracked to about halfway down with spine starting to pull away from page block, but still secure at bottom half and back. Contemporary...
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The Cabildo on Jackson Square: The Colonial Period 1723-1803 by Samuel Wilson, Jr., with The American Period 1803 to the present by Leonard V. Huber (First Edition)
by Samuel Wilson, Jr., and Leonard V. Huber
New Orleans, LA: The Friends of the Cabildo, Inc, 1970. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good +. Illustrated. This is a stated First Edition (1970). Pictorial cover. Illustrated (black & white). iv, 116pp. Scarce first edition. Full refund if not satisfied.
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NZ$85.73
The Genocide Pact
San Diego, CA: Americans for Americanism, 1954. Handbill. Single sheet, legal size, printed on one side, lightly worn else very good condition. Handbill consists largely of the text of a 1954 editorial from the Monroe, Louisiana "Morning World," stating that the UN Human Rights Covenant will place a stranglehold on American freedoms. For example, it will become a crime to criticize the NAACP or to oppose interracial marriage. Commie schemes like socialized medicine and minimum wage laws will follow. At...
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Steamboats on Louisiana's Bayous: A History and Directory
by Brasseaux, Carl A. and Fontenot, Keith P
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. 2004. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine copy in a Very Good dustjacket. DJ now protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. DJ has a small tear to spine top and tiny chip to upper front panel. Black & white illustrations. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. xi, 277 pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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NZ$66.10
Investigation of Communist propaganda in the United States, part 4 (Foreign propaganda - entry and dissemination in New Orleans, LA area). Hearing before the Committee on Un-American Activities
by United States. House of Representatives. Committee on Un-American Activities
Washington: GPO, 1957. viii, p. 65-118, ii, wraps lightly worn. Testimony by police and postal inspectors about the raging flood of propaganda being mailed to local sympathizers by the Soviet, Chinese and other foreign governments.
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Ghosts Along the Mississippi: An Essay in the Poetic Interpretation of Louisiana's Plantation Architecture
by Clarence John Laughlin
New York, NY: Bonanza Books , 1961 Bonanza Books, New York. 1961. Hardcover. Later Printing (O). Book is tight, square, and unmarked. New Revised Edition. Book Condition: Good +; light shelfwear to board edges; light foxing to textblock edges and endpapers. DJ: Good +; rubbing to panels; closed tear to bottom of front flap fold; light toning to DJ reverse. Black cloth over boards with gray overlay on the spine with bright black lettering on the spine. Unpaginated [224 pp by count] Folio. This book...
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NZ$60.01
Reminiscences of an Active Life: The Autobiography of John Roy Lynch. (Signed by John Hope Franklin)
by John Roy Lynch
Chicago and London: University of Chicago, (1970). 521 pages. Hardcover with light spotting to edges of text block and dustwrapper; a very good copy. First edition. Inscribed by John Hope Franklin, the series editor and dean of African American historians. Published for the first time, the autobiography of John Roy Lynch who was enslaved from birth on a Louisiana plantation. Lynch rose to become Speaker of the House for the Mississippi legislature and later became the first African American elected to...
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NZ$128.60
