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

Baton Rouge LA: Louisana State University Press, 2005. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good +. F/VG+/1st ed. Two scrapes on the back side of the cover, otherwise, clean and bright with even color and now covered with a mylar sleeve. Book clean and unmarked, tight binding. 308pp. maps and illustrations, notes, index. I can have this book in the mail to you tomorrow.

Lithonia, GA: Chimney Hill Press, 1995. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good +. VG+/VG+/Limited1st ed. A short history of Atlanta Georgia culminating, in the Centennial Olympics held in Atlanta in 1996, sixty years after Jesse Owens showed the Germans How to Do It at the 1936 Summer Olympic games in Berlin. Atlanta in the Age of Pericles recounts this most southern city's transformation. Book Condition is Very Good+, tight and clean with no writing marks. Signed by James Sage Jenkins on front free endpaper to previous owner at the Olympics and dated July 19, 1996. Also includes an business card of the author's, which has left a rust mark on the following blank page. I changed the paper clip for a coated one. No other markings. 181pp. Limited first edition. Black and white photo section and an index. Dust jacket has light wear at every corner, but no nicks or tears. Price intact and covered with a mylar sleeve.

Atlanta Georgia: Lyons-Young Printing Company, 1930. First Edition. . Soft cover. Very Good+/None Issued. A very nice sound copy of the dedication for the Oglethrope Monument located on Grassy Knob (later renamed Mount Oglethrope) Georgia in 1930 by Colonel Sam Tate, the owner of Georgia Marble Company, at that time the largest marble quarry in the United States. The Monument was located 10 miles east of the quarry, at the terminus of the Appalachian Trail until 1958. It was restored and moved to Jasper Georgia in 1999. This handout for the dedication in 1930 contains the addresses by Mr. Tate, Justice Price Gilbert and Hon. Randolph Anderson and celebrates the 200th anniversary of Oglethrope's landing in Georgia. Booklet is 32 pages long, with several black and white photos of the area, and attendees. Paper is clean and unmarked, with an occassional wrinkle to the first few pages of the booklet. Wrapper is heavy brown construction paper, with a marbled affect. No tears to either pages or… Read More

Macon Ga: Mercer University Press, 2007. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. F/F/1st Ed./Signed. This copy looks absolutely new. Grey paper over boards with black cloth over spine and title in silver on spine. Tight, clean and sharp cornered. Interior is spotless. 109 pages. Signed and inscribed by Mr. Sams on the half title page. This is a stated First Edition. Jacket has been covered with a mylar sleeve for protection. Will come to you in an archival document bag for storage. Mailed boxed, and I can have it in the mail tomorrow.

Atlanta Georgia: Longstreet Press, 1988. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. NF/NF/1st ed./Signed. A clean, tight copy with very little wear at all. No wear to jacket, not price clipped, great even color and now covered with a mylar sleeve. Signed and inscribed on the half title page by Ferrol Sams. Bright clean pages, no marking or soiling anywhere in book. 144pp., text by Ferrol Sams; paintings by Jim Harrison. Comes to you in an archival document bag for storage. Mailed boxed, and I can have it in the mail tomorrow.

Boston Mass.: Richard G. Badger, 1916. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/None Included. VG/1st ed./Review Copy-includes letter. A nice solid copy of this early work on anthropology and the sociology of insolated groups. Hard to come by in it's original form, this copy was a review copy and there is a letter from the publisher included. No jacket, green cloth cover, with a small water stain at the top of the front cover. Tight binding, some very light tanning to pages. Wear at the top and bottom of the spine, wear at all corners with the bottom corners worn through and the boards exposed at the very tips. 145 pages, clean and unmarked. A good serviciable copy, excellent reference copy. Housed in an acid free document bag for storage. Mailed boxed, and I can have it in the mail tomorrow. BASM

New York, New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2015. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. NFNFG/1st ed. 1st, printing. A tight clean copy; no nicks or tears to the dust jacket, and price intact. No writing or marking to interior. Clean bright white pages. Not a remainder or ex-library. Jacket now covered with a mylar sleeve. On the scarce side. 288pp., letters, documents, photos, illustrations, notes, acknowledgments, index. Large heavy book. Comes encased in an acid free document bag, mailed boxed, and I can have it in the mail tomorrow. BRBC

Macon Georgia: Mercer University Press, 1984. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Near Fine/Very Good +. VNF/VG+/1st ed./Signed. This collection of essays is about a place--the Georgia coast that lies south of the Ogeechee River and the adjoining pine barrens--and the people who have lived there. Crowded with interesting events and personalities, these vignettes portray the rhythms and tensions generated by change and tempered by dreams and schemes of the planters, ministers, scientists, soldiers, abolitionists, philanthropists, and plain folk--the major participants in this unending struggle for survival. The authors, George A. Rogers and Frank Saunders, are both professors at Georgia Southern College in Statesboro Georgia. This volume, is their first published effort on the history of their area. Book Condition is Near Fine; green cloth over boards with silver lettering to spine. 253pp. Thirteen Essays, b&w photos, bibliography and index. First Edition. Signed by George Rogers on the front free… Read More

Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publications, 2013. Soft cover. Near Fine. Ben Gibson. Near Fine later prntng. This copy is in excellent shape. Very little wear, cover lays pretty flat, no writing or marking. 126pp., lots of b&W photos, index. Comes to you in an acid free document bag. I can have this in the mail to you tomorrow. BASH

Tallulah Falls, Georgia: Tallulah Falls School, 1986. First Edition. . Soft cover. Fine. F/1st ed. This booklet is in perfect condition; clean, bright, no wear to interior or exterior, firmly attached to cover. 30pp. with quite a few photos. At the turn of the 20th century, Talluhah Falls was one of the largest resorts in the Southern Mountains. This little book was written to commemorate the town's 100th Anniversary. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage. I can have it in the mail to you tomorrow. BASQ

Atlanta Georgia: William R. Scaife, 1988. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good. VG/0/1st ed., stated/Signed. A excellent copy with some light water damage at the bottom of the first 3 pages, and some light spotting on front free endpapers. Otherwise, clean and unmarked. Binding tight and solid. Black leather with gold lettering on spine and front panel. 140 pages, stated First Edition, signed on title page by author. Chronological record of the Georgia Brigade, roster of Georgia Brigade surrendering at Appomattox, biographical sketches of General, Field and Medical Officers, bibliography and index. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage, mailed boxed and I can have it in the mail tomorrow.

Gainesville FL: University Press of Florida, 2013. First Ediion. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. F/F/1st ed. A brand new book in pristine condition. No wear to jacket or book. Dust jacket covered with a mylar sleeve. 336pp. illustrations, several appendices, notes, bibliography, index. Placed in an acid free document bag for storage--and that's how I'll send it to you. I can have it in the mail to you tomorrow..

Jacksonville FL: Florida Publishing Company, 1984. First Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good +. NF/VG+/1st ed. Jacksonville Florida was only forty years old at the time of the Civil War. During that war Jacksonville was occupied four times in less than two years and burned twice; once by Conferderates and once by Federal troops. This book is in Near Fine condition, clean and tight, pages white and unmarked. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper keep this copy from Fine condition. Dust Jacket has rubbing around cover edges and top of spine . Small tear with no loss of paper from jacket. Excellent deep color, price intact. Covered with a mylar sleeve. Solid copy of important Jacksonville history.

St. Augustine Florida: St. Augustine Historical Society, 1997. Paperback. Very Good+. VG+/Revised and Expanded Edition. The remarkable story of an African teenage slave that married a slave trader and Florida planter Zephaniah Kingsley Jr. Emancipated in 1811, only five years after being torn from Africa, she became a landowner and the master of slaves of her own. Book is clean , securely and firmly stapled in covers. No marking or writing to interior or exterior. A little rubbing to cover along spine. Contains notes, b&w photos, maps. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage. I can have it in the mail to you tomorrow. BASP

Darien Georgia: Privately Published, 1986. First Edition. . Paperback Stapled. Very Good/None Issued. VG/1st ed. Fifteen page booklet written by the great-great-great-great granddaughter of Donald and Elizabeth McIntosh, original Scottish Highlanders of Darien Georgia, for the 250th Anniversary celebration. Inforamation taken from the Bessie Lewis files at the Georgia Historical Society in Savannah Georgia. Lists of Early Settlers, list of descendants of original Highlanders. Booklet has some surface dirt and tanning around stapled spine. Firmly stapled, clean interior with all pages present. Scarce.

Dayton Ohio: Morningside House Inc., 1988. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. VG/VG/1st ed. A nice copy. Clean, tight with sharp corners, no marking or writing. Jacket has great even color, with just a little wear to the two top corners on the front, and a little rubbing on the top of the spine. Jacket now covered with a new mylar sleeve. 375pp., end papers are maps of the Richmond - Petersburg area, 22 maps in the interior, chapter notes, appendix, manuscripts, books and periodicals, index. Comes to you in an archival document bag for storage, mailed boxed, and I can have it in the mail tomorrow. BRBC

New York, New York: Center Street, 2010. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. F/F/1st ed. A first rate biography of the blueblood tobacco heir, R. J. Reynolds, Jr. He shaped America as businessman, financier, politician philanthropist and amazing sportsman. He was also an philanderer, a horrible uncaring father, and a narcissistic alcoholic. Book Condition and Jacket are in Fine condition; book is tight and clean, no markings. Jacket is clean with price intact, no nicks or tears. Light crease in front inside flap. Jacket covered with a removable mylar sleeve. First edition, first printing.

Greenville SC: Southern Historical Press, 1999. Hardcover. Near Fine. NF/1999. A real nice copy; all gilt present on front and spine, binding tight, sharp corners. No marking to interior, clean white pages. 266pp., Text divided in to 3 sections: Georgia Citizens, Georgia Patriots Soldiers, and Georgia Loyalist Soldiers. Lots of genealogy information. Appendices : Post Revolutionary War Lists, Georgia Military Records Book, Federal pensions list, list of Georgia loyalists claims. Housed in a non acid document bag for storage, mailed boxed, and I can have it in the mail tomorrow. BRBC

Edwin Mellen Press, 1993. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. NF/1st ed. A very uncommon book--this one is a first edition in excellent shape. No soiling or writing, no wear to the cloth, great even color and a tight sewn binding. However the Publisher's name on the front panel is hard to read, and there's no title on the spine. Clean bright white pages, no marking or writing to the interior. 264pp., illustrations of artifacts, b&w photos, a map or two, endnotes, index. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage, mailed boxed, and I can have it in the mail tomorrow. LVRSEC

Boston Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1996. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. NF/NF/1st ed./1st printing. A solid near perfect copy. No nicks or tears to this dust jacket with excellent even color. Dust jacket now covered with a mylar sleeve. The binding is tight and the pages are unmarked and bright white. 593 pp., maps, photo section, 3 appendices, notes, bibliography, index. Comes to you in a acid free document bag, mailed boxed, and I can have it in the mail tomorrow