Search Results: Authors starting with F from Books About The South

Macon Ga: Mercer University Press, 2010. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. F/F/1st ed. Beautiful Stated First Edition. Book has never been read, has no wear at all, and has been covered with a mylar sleeve. 340pp., a few pictures, notes, bibliography, index. Certainly gift giving quality. LVRBC

Gainsville, Florida: University Presses of Florida, 1975. Facsimile Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/None Issued. F/0/Facsimile Edition. This is part of the Bicentennial Floridiana Facsimile Series which was published to coincide with the celebration of the American Revolution Bicentennial. The author, George Fairbanks was the Vice President of the Florida Historical Society, and was the first to seriously research Spanish Records for his history of St. Augustine. Introduction and index by Michael V. Gannon, Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of History for the University of Florida. 200 pages, with maps and b&w illustrations, notes, indices. Book is clean and tight, no wear, buckram covers, with American Revolution Bicentennial 1776-1976 Florida and emblem on front and title with authors name on spine, both in red lettering. Lightly tanned pages which is common with this series.

New York, New York: Grossman Publishers, 1971. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. F/F/stated first prntng. Very nice copy: clean and square with a tight binding, and bright white pages with no markings. Price on jacket intact. No fading or wear. Dust Jacket has been covered with a mylar jacket and has been stored in an archival document bag for storage. Mailed boxed, and I can have it in the mail to you tomorrow.

Savannah Georgia: Historic Savannah Foundation, 1982. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good +. F/VG+/1st ed. This is the first book to be written about gardens of Historic Savannah. Gardens have flourished here, faded away and flourished again for two hundred and fifty years. Today, with the renaissance of the old city, gardens are once more taking their place beside the old houses. This volume contains fasincation bits of horticultural intelligence such as the native habitat of plants, as well as the landscape architectual designs of many of Savannah's oldest and most important homes. Book Condition is Fine; clean and unmarked, with white slick pages. 80pp. First Edition. Contains Horticultural Charts by James White Morton III, Landscape Drawings by Louise Yancy, and Paintings by Ray G. Ellis. Bibliography and Botanical Nomenclature; botanical and common names for plants are listed. Dust Jacket is Very Good+; excellent color with several small closed tears to front panel. One large chip.… Read More

New York, N Y: W.W. Norton and Company, 1992. First Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. NF/NF/First Edition, first printing. A clean, tight first printing with a excellent jacket. Book corners are sharp, no marking or soiling to interior, previous owners stamp on front free endpaper. Jacket has no nicks or tears, price intact, and has been covered with a mylar sleeve. No ex-library or remainder. Front and rear pastedown are maps of Virginia. 560pp., maps, illustrations, bibliography, index. Comes to you in an archival document bag for storage. I can have this in the mail to you tomorrow.

The Library of America, 1994. Hardcover. Near Fine. NF/4th printing of this edition./slipcase. These are Faulkner's later novels: Go Down Moses, Intruder in the Dust, Requiem for a Nun, and A Fable. Maroon cloth over boards with gold lettering on spine. Tight and clean with sharp corners; I don't think this has ever been read. The interior is spotless, with bright white pages. An excellent copy. Joseph Blotner and Noel Polk wrote the notes and edited the text in this volume. 1115pp., chronology, notes on text, notes, list of Library of America published books. The slipcase is close to perfect with the exception of a few dust spots on the top edge. Also book contains attached maroon ribbon bookmark. Sent to you in an archival document bag for storage. Mailed boxed, and I can have it in the mail to you tomorrow.

New York, New York: Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., 1991. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. F/F.1st ed./ Praying for Sheetrock: A Work of Nonfiction. A finalist for both the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award, this book was honored with the Robert F. Kennedy Award and the Lillian Smith award, among others. It was cited by a panel of judges under the aegis of New York University as one of the best 100 works of American journalism of the 20th century. Book Condition is Fine, green cloth over boards with linen cloth over spine, gold lettering. 335pp. First Edition, first printing. Clean, tight in binding, unmarked with white pages. Dust Jacket Condition is Fine; glossy jacket with price intact, with autographed sticker on front. No nicks or tears. Clean and covered with a removable mylar dust jacket. Comes to you in an archival document bag for storage, mailed boxed and I can have it in the mail tomorrow.

Apalachicola FL: New Hope Press, 1996. First Edition . Paperback. Fine/Fine. F/F/1st ed./Signed. This copy has never been read, is clean with a uncreased cover, signed on the title page with a "Hope you enjoyi t!" inscription. 107pp., with a 2 page "About the Author" at the end. Comes to you in an archival bag for storage and I can have it in the mail tomorrow. BASD

Chapel Hill , NC: The University of North Carolina, 2009. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. F/F/1st ed., 1st prntng/Signed. A nice copy which contains the DVD/CD which has never been opened. Clean, unmarked and tight, with both lower corners lightly bumped. Signed, dated and inscribed by William Ferris on the half title page. There is a shadow of the inscription on the next page. 298 pages, First Edition, first printing. Black and white photos throughout. Selected bibliography, Discography, Flimography, websites and index. Jacket covered with a mylar sleeve.

Ithaca, New York: Cornell University, 1993. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. F/F/1st ed., 1st prntng. Closely follwing dramatic confrontations in the northerastern textile industry, the Fulton Bag strike attracted national attention, drawing teams of investigatiors from the United States Department of labor and from the United States Commission on Industrial Relations. Their reports are further supplemented by an unusually detailed photographic record, as both sides sought to exploit the camera to win the country's sympathy. Book Condition is Fine; spotless, with a tight binding. 180pp. First Edition. B&W photos, notes, index and bibliography. Inscription on front free endpaper reads, " To Bob-- Thanks for all your help with this--G". Dust Jacket condition is Fine; clean with no tears or nicks, and covered with a mylar sleeve.

Darien, Georgia: Darien News, 1963. First Edition. . Soft cover. Near Fine/None Issued. NF/1st ed. This pamphlet was designed by the Ashantilly Press and printed by the Darien News. This 22 page booklet contains a biographical sketch, along with several poems and pictures of Sidney Lanier throughout his life. Book is clean with no markings or soiling. The interior has slightly tanned and there a light tanning down the spine on the rear panel, and at the out most edge of the back panel. Sent to you in an archival acid free bag.

New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1996. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. VG+/VG/1st prntng. A clean, tight copy, with a little general wear to cover. A couple of small rubbed areas on top front of dust jacket, some light wrinkling at top of back cover, now cleaned and covered with a mylar sleeve. No nicks or tears and no fade to jacket. Not a remainder or ex-library. Book itself has no marking or soiling to pages. 734pp., with a large section of illustrations, comments of sources, list of abbreviations and short titles, notes(lots), bibliography, sources, index. I can put this book in the mail to you tomorrow.

Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 2000. Soft cover. Near Fine. NF/ 2000 reprint. A very well taken care of paperback with solid glued binding, excellent color on the covers which also lie flat. No marking of any kind--but a small stain at the bottom of page 19. 304pp., notes, charts, bibliography, index. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage. mailed boxed, and I can have it in the mail to you tomorrow. BRBAS

Chicago Illinois: University of Illinois Press, 1993. First Edition. . Soft cover. Very Good+. VG+/1st ed. Based n an analysis of neary six hundred lynchings, this volume offers a new, full appraisal of the complex character of lynching. In Virginia, the southern state with the fewest lynchings, W. Fitzhugh Brundage found that conditions did not breed endemic mob violence. The character of white domination in Georgia, however, was symbolized by nearly five hundred lynchings and became the measure of race relations in the Deep South. Book is clean and glued binding is tight and secure. No marking or soiling. Binding is not creased, cover gently curves upward. Extensive chapter notes, index and bibilography. Many tables: Mob Lynchings in Virginia/Georgia; Victims of Lynching by race and year in Virginia/Georgia, etc. This copy is not ex-library or a remainder. An attractive copy. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage. I can get it in the mail to you tomorrow. BASG

WBG Marine Press, 1995. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. VG/VG/1st ed/ Signed. A really nice copy with a little light wear around the top --front and back. Jacket now covered with a mylar sleeve and looks more than presentable. The author has signed on the title page, along with "Best Wishes From the Author". The book is clean and tight, with no markings to the white pages. 356pp., illustrations and boat blueprints,4 appendices, notes to text, bibliography, index. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage, mailed boxed, and I can have it in the mail tomorrow. BRBC

Atlanta, Georgia: A.B. Caldwell, 1908. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good-/None Present. VG-/1st ed. William Henry Fleming was a member of the State House of Representives in Georgia from 1888 to 1896. This is a combination of many address, letters to Alexander Stephens, Eulogy for President McKinley, the Confederate Soldier's Home, Education and Labor---40 addresses and or essays besides the one's in the title; a kind of greatest hits. Book cover has lost some color and there is wear to the cloth, but no breaks, no fraying of cloth. Binding is tight, pages are clean and there's no breaking of the hinges--front or back. 299pp.; includes an index. Comes to you in an archival acid free bag.

Da Capo Press, 2013. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. NF/NF/1st prntng. An unmarked copy with a great dust jacket. Jacket has no nicks or tears, no fading, and is now covered with a mylar sleeve. One very small stain on page fore edge(see pictures). Tight binding, sharp corners. 358pp., photo section, Acnowledgements, notes, index. Not a remainder or ex-library. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage, mailed boxed, and I can have it in the mail to you tomorrow. BRBC

New York, New Yoirk: Dutton Books, 1995. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good +. F/VG+/1st ed.(Thus) A rare insight into the conflict from the point of view of a Confederate Army enlisted man. William A Fletcher's compelling memoir has been hailed by historians as a classic and indispensable key to understanding the Southern perspective. The original copies of Mr. Fletcher's exploits were destroyed by a fire before they could be distributed. Book Condition is Fine; clean, tight and unmarked, this is a first printing of this edition. Jacket has wear at the very tips of each corner, otherwise the jacket is whole with great color and is not price clipped. Jacket is covered with a mylar dust jacket.

Augusta Georgia: Richmond County Historical Society, 1986. First Edition. . Soft cover. Very Good. VG/1st ed. Clean and sturdy copy of Richmond County(Augusta)historical markers. Alot of history apparently happened in Richmond County. This book also covers monuments around the county. A nice copy; interior is clean, bright, and unmarked. A water statin on back cover; did not penetrate through covers to pages. 154 pages, b&w photos and illustrations. Maps, Georgraphical index, index. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage. I can have it in the mail tomorrow. BASG

Tuscaloosa AL: University of Alabama Press, 1989. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. NF/NF/1st ed. A very nice copy of the first edition. Book is clean and tight, sharp corners, white pages. Only marking is on the rear paste down: "CJ20" lightly in pen on the upper portion of the page. Blue cloth over panels, black lettering down spine. Dust Jacket is whole, clean with no nicks or tears, and covered with a mylar sleeve.469pp., with illustrations, charts, bibliography, notes, index. No a remainder or ex library. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage, mailed boxed, and I can have it in the mail tomorrow.