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

University , Alabama: Confederate Publishing Co., 1977. Reprint. . Soft cover. Fine. F/F/reprint. This is NOT a print on demand. This copy was printed in 1977 by Confederate Publishing, which faithfully reproduce the original regimental history. 52 pages in length, pages consist of lists of the companies, list of field and staff as originally organized, a short history of the regiment, along with pertinent information about some of the battles. Stapled binding is strong and solid, wrapper is clean and has no nicks or tears. Pages are unmarked, clean and complete. An excellent copy of a scarce regimental history in anything other than print on demand., Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage. I can have it in the mail tomorrow. BASI

Tifton Georgia: The Sunny South Press, 1978. Reprint. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good +. NF/VG+/Reprint-1978. Saturday Night Sketches is a collection of 51 stories about the Georgia Wiregrass region in the years following the Civil War. First published in 1918, this reprint was used in matching a National Endowment for the Humanities Challege Grant made to the Georgia Agrirama in Tifton Georgia. 303 pages, the 1978 reprint. Clean and tight, pages arel ightly tanning. Light dust marks on top of pages. Dust Jacket has some small chips at bottom of jacket, which is very clean, bright and has been covered with a mylar sleeve. Attractive solid copy.

Chapel Hill , NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 2003. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good +. VG+/VG+/1st prntng. Close to Fine, tight and clean, sharp cornered. No marking or writing to interior or exterior. Jacket has no tears or nicks, great even color and has been covered with a mylar sleeve. Not ex library or remainder. Pages white. 406pp., military abbreviations, roster, portrait section, 2 appendices: Confederate Staff Officers other than the Army of Northern Virginia, General by General list of Army of Northern Virginia Staff Officers. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage, boxed for mailling. I can have it in the mail to you tomorrow.

New York, New York: Laird, Bissell & Meeds, 1925. First Edition. . Soft cover. Very Good/None Issued. VG+/original copy. This is a 19 page preliminary prospectus of E.I. Du pont De Nemours Chemical and Holding Company for the year 1925. Contains a brief history of the company, a list with definitions of products Du Pont made, and information about investments in Movie Studios and General Motors. Also shown are charts of consolidated income comparisons. Booklet is firmly stapled, with some minor surface soiling to cover, and a small water stain on the lowest corner of the pages. A very nice early business history piece for someone doing research or someone that works for the Du Pont Comapny.

Athens Georgia: McGregor Company, 1930. First Edition. . Soft cover. Very Good. VG/1st ed. A nice solid copy. Missing the front free endpaper, Clean, white pages with many portraits and historic buildings in pictures. A few pages have short tears at the top of the page, not interfering with text. 169pp. Parts two and three included here, compiled by Mrs. Horace M. Holden, who was Chairman of Alexander H. Stephens Institute. Several pages of advertisments in back, large biographical syllabus. Binding sound, covers firmly anchored with some nicks to overhang of covers. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage. I can have this in the mail for you tomorrow.

University of Delaware Press, 1986. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. VG/VG/1st ed. A solid copy with very little wear. Book is clean and tight, with just a couple of very light spots of foxing on the front and rear paste down. Interior has no foxing, and white unmarked pages. Corners sharp. Dust jacket is clean with excellent even color, and a little wear at each corner. Jacket now covered with a mylar sleeve. 222pp., portraits, maps, tables and graphs, biographical essays, 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. BRBC

Savannah Georgia: Beehive Press Book Library of Georgia, 1980. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Fine/Fine. VF/F/1st. ed. Some of Savannah's most beautiful historic homes and public buildings were designed by John Norris including Williams- Mercer House (wasn't that in some book a few years back.), the Andrew Low House(childhood home of Juliet Low), the beautiful Unites States Custom House on East Bay, and the first home of the Georgia Historical Society on East Bryan Street. This beautiful and informative book was published by Beehive Press in 1980, does a lovely job of showcasing his work. Book Condition is Very Fine; gray cloth over boards with silver lettering on spine. 62pp. First Edition. Clean, with no marking or soiling. Tight binding with sharp corners. Black and white photographs of buildings, with many interior pictures. Appendices, notes, bibliography and secondary sources. Dust Jacket Condition is Fine; matte navy jacket with very light touches at the very ends of corners and top… Read More

Savannah Georgia: Beehive Press Book Library of Georgia, 1993. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good +. F/VG+/1st ed. A tight, square copy with sharp corners. The dust jacket has one small skinned area on the back cover, and is in excellent shape other than that. Jacket is now covered with a mylar sleeve. No marking anywhere in the book. 275pp., index. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage--and I can have this in the mail to you tomorrow.

Philadelphia, PA.: J.B. Lippincott & Company, 1875. First Edition. . Hardcover. Good/None Issued. G/1st ed. Wear to top and heel of spine, wear at tips of all corners with board exposed. Binding firm with exception of front free endpaper, which is still attached, but holding on for dear life. Coated endpapers in front side of book, regular in rear. Brown cloth covered boards, with "Florida" on palms leaves in gold on front cover, and title in gold on spine. Light rubbing on most cover edges, with a couple of small spots with lost of color on back cover. Pages have occasional spots of foxing, but basically pages are bright and clean. This edition has 268 pages with a 5 pages General Itinerary as an appendix. Many illustrations. A solid copy of the First Edition.

Tuscaloosa AL: The University of Alabama Press, 1998. Reprint. . Soft cover. Fine/Fine. F/F/reprint. An As New facsimile reprint. 296pp. Large full page drawings. Discusses aboriginal mounds found on the Georgia Coast, South Carolina Coast, Savannah River Mounds, and mounds of the Altamaha River. Includes index and appendix. I can have this in the mail to you tomorrow.

Atlana Georgia: Index Printing Comapny, 1919. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/None as Issued. VG/1st ed. Rebecca Latimer Felton was a woman unique to her times. Born in 1835 in Dekalb County Georgia, she was a writer and an ardent supporter of many Progress Era reforms. Her nemisis was the noted historian and educator Mildred Lewis Rutherford, who was anti-sufferage even though she was ambitious herself and did'nt mind the spotlight of success shining on her. The wife of a powerful politican in Georgia; Mrs. Felton ran his campaigns. Mrs. Felton was a supporter of white supremacy and felt that lynching was a way to control the black male population. This copy of her autobiography has very old water stains to the last third of the pages at the top of the page margins. Tighly and securely bound in maroon buckram with gold lettering on the spine, this copy has been rebound by the National Library Bindery some time early --the forties or fiflies. Some light spots on covers, but no wear. No… Read More

Williamsburg NC: Broadfoot Publishing Company 207, 2007. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. F/F/1st ed./ Signed and inscribed. A handsome copy, lightly read with a perfect jacket with no wear and now covered with a mylar sleeve. No wear at all to book, tight binding, clean white pages, signed and inscribed by author: "To Jim--A Proud "son of the South.--John W. Latty". Not ex-library, not a remainder. 289pp., some portraits of officers and a few others, index, bibliography, notes, appendix of the muster roll for the 11th Georgia Cavalry, the Lumpkin Artillery, the Alleghany Troopers, and the Wilson Lumpkin Artillery. The author also wrote the Gallant Little 7th, a history of the Georgia 7th Cavalry, which has been reviewed well. I can have this in the mail to you tomorrow.

Fernandina Beach, FL: Amelia Island Museum of History, 1997. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/None Issued. Phil Jaccard. F/0/1st ed. A handsome solid first edition, this copy was signed by the author to a friend. 192 pages, with the flags that flew over Amelia Island through different periods of history as endpapers. Contains history from the earliest times through the Civil War. High quality slick paper has abundant b&w illustrations, photos, and a few maps. No dust jacket as issued, but a lovely drawing of the shore for the laminated front illustration.

Charleston South Carolina: Legendary Locals (Arcadia), 2015. First Edition. . Soft cover. Fine. F/1st ed./Signed. An unread copy; no wear, no creasing, not ex-library or remaindered copy. 126pp. with index and many b&w photos. Short mini biographies covering from the first settlers to the present day. Signed by author on the title page. Comes to you in acid free document bag for storage. And I can have it in the mail for you tomorrow. BASB

University , Alabama: University of Alabama Press, 1984. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good +. VG+/VG+/1st ed. The true story of the CIA's secret "Air Force". Book Condition is Very Good+; tight, clean and square, no markings or soiling. . Small skinned place on front free endpaper, and some light dust marks on top edge of pages. 281 pages, First Edition. B&W photos,equipment lists, operating statistics, notes, bibiliography, index. Not ex library. Dust jacket is clean with no nicks or tears, and covered with a mylar sleeve. Scarce.

Salt Lake City, Utah: Gibbs Smith, 2008. First Edition. . Soft cover. Very Fine/None Issued. VF/1st revised ed., 1st prntng/Signed. A truly as new copy that has never been opened excepted to be signed. This copy was signed at the Savannah Book Festival in 2009. 416 pages of every concievable Deep South dish known to man. Beautiful photography by John Robert Carrington. Bibliography and index. Signed by Mr. Fowler on the title page:" Eat Well and Live your Dreams! Damon Lee Fowler." Now sporting a new mylar sleeve, and sent to you in an acid free document bag for storage. I can have it in the mail tomorrow.

Salt Lake City, Utah: Gibbs Smith, 2008. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Fine/Very Fine. VF/VF/1st ed. 1st prntng/Signed. With a deep love of Savannah, and a way with words, Damon Lee Fowler guides us through a tour of Savannah's culinary history. Savannah's always been the queen of Southern Hospitality, and fabulous food has always been part of that hospitality. 222 pages with gorgeous photography by John Robert Carrington. Signed on the half title page: "Eat well and live your dreams! Damon Lee Fowler". A virtually new book, only opened to be signed and covered with a mylar sleeve.

New York, New York: Broadway Books, 1998. First Edition. . Soft cover. Near Fine/None Issued. NF/1st ed., 1st prntng/Signed. One of Mr. Fowler's earlier cookbooks; this one centering on vegetables. And fabulous Southern vegetables they are too. 308 pages, with a extensive bibliography. Book is clean and unmarked, with no crease to binding. Signed on titile page with Mr. Fowler's signature signature, " Eat well and live your dreams!". First Edition, first printing.

McClain Printing Co, 1969. Soft cover. Very Good. VG/ later printing. A gently read copy. Store stamp on front free end paper, otherwise unmarked, no soiling. Tight glued binding. 216pp., notes, b&w photos, 3 appendices, index. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage, mailed boxed, and I can have it in the mail tomorrow. BRBAS

Mechanicsburg PA: Stackpole Books, 1997. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good +. F/VG+/1st ed. Focusing on the Confederacy's four major military colleges--the Virginia Military Institute, the Virginia Military Institute, the South Carolina Military Academy, the Georgia Military Institute, and the University of Alabama---The Young Lions is the story of the cadets and their schools at war. It is also the story of the Confederate government's lack of a cohesive policy toward military colleges and its failure to adequately support these nurseries for its officer corps. Book is clean and tight, with no wear, no markings, no soiling. 198 pages, First edition, first printing. Contains notes, bibliography, index, maps, and small b&w photo section. Dust Jacket has a small tear at top of spine(closed edges) and is otherwise a Fine with no nicks or tears and excellent even color, now encased in a mylar sleeve.