Search Results: Titles starting with P from Books About The South

Savannah Georgia: Aniversary Commission of the City of Savannah, 1933. First Edition. . Soft cover. Near Fine. VG+/0/1st ed. A very nice copy of Georgiana. This book was issued for participants and spectors of the 200th anniversary celebration in Savannah of the founding of Georgia. Book is clean with a sound binding and no soiling or foxing. Cover has crease mark on the lower front cover. Several b&w drawings of Savannah landmarks. 127pp. Comes to you in an archival acid free document bag. I can have this in the mail to you tomorrow. BASA

Harris Neck Island, Georgia: Spartina Publishing Company, 1996. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. F/F/stated 1st ed. Forty-nine stories in this collection explore a full range of hunting and fishing adventures that will appeal to those who love any aspect of the outdoors. Book is Fine-as new- no wear at all to exterior or interior. 282 pages, First Edition. Many b&w photos,full section on collectible hunting items. Book was printed in limited quantity.

New York, New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 2013. First Edition. . Cloth. Fine/Fine. F/F/1st ed. stated. HC On May 31, 1953, twenty-year-old Sylvia Plath arrived in New York City for a one month stint at "the intellectual fashion magazine" Mademoiselle to be a guest editor for its prestigious annual college issue. Drawing on in-depth interviews with fellow guest editors whose memories infuse these pages, Elizabeth winder reveals how these twenty-six days indelibly altered how Plath saw herself, her mother, her friendships and her romantic relationships, and how this period shaped her emerging identity as a woman and as a writer. Thoughtful and illumination, this captivating protrait invites to see Sylvia Plath before the Bell Jar, before she became an icon--a young woman with everything to live for. Book is as new, clean, tight, unmarked. Dust Jacket is also in like condition. 263 pages, notes, bibilography, interviews, correspondence and credits.

Darien Georgia: Ashantilly Press, 1960. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good+/None Issued. G+/1st ed./ #67 Printed by Ashantilly Press, a small privately owned press housed in the Darien Georgia plantation home of Thomas Spaulding. Closed for quite a few years, Ashantilly Press was considered one of Georgia premier small presses. This is copy 67 of 100 printed, in marbled paper over boards and has a hand tied binding. Clean and secure in its binding, this copy has some light foxing throughout and a little more conscentrated on pastedowns. Paper lable on front has some light staining. Truly better than Good+ condition, but priced with faults considered. Size: Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall

New York NY1992: Vantage Press, 1992. First Ediition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. F/F/1st prntng/Signed. A pristine copy, signed on the title page(name only) by the author, David Thompson. Dust jacket has no flaws and has been covered with a mylar sleeve. The book is clean, square, tight, and has white pages with no markings. Sharp corners. 343pp. with a few photos scattered throughout the book. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage. I can have this puppy in the mail to you tomorrow.

New York, New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1862. Reprint. . Hardcover. Very Good. VG/Reprint. Illustrated by Maps and Engraved Views. This is a sturdy, tight clean and bright reprint probably from the 1970s( I can find no other date of printing in book the other than 1862). It is an ex-library copy, more than likely used for on site research. No card pocket, and a skinned area on front free endpaper suggesting removal of a label. Accession info located at top title page is the only marking in the book. Book appears almost new; no wear to red cloth over boards with gold lettering on spine and front. On the back pastedown is a pocket added by publisher to hold 3 maps of fort and surrounding area and an illustration of mortar platforms used in the siege. All items are present, and in excellent condition. Interior is clean and bright, no foxing, no soiling. Stamped on outer edge of pages is "Learning Resources Division-Library". 96 pp., with 8 full page plates of damage to fort, 6 appendices which… Read More

Clay County Board of County Commission: Clay County Bicentennial Steering Committee, 1976. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. VG/VG/1st ed. A short inscription to the previous owner(not from the author) on the front free end paper. Jacket is whole but does have some light soiling and some faint foxing. Jacket now covered with a mylar sleeve. Book is tight and clean. Some very light foxing on first three pages with no marking or soiling to interior pages. No breaks in cloth over boards, corners fairly sharp. This copy is probably not a collectible copy but an excellent working copy and will be of service for many years. 311pp., photo section. appendix, footnotes, bibliography, index. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage, mailed boxed, and I can have it in the mail tomorrow.

New York, NY: Random House, 1988. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. F/F/1st ed. Clean, bright dust jacket with no nicks or tears, great even color and not price clipped. Dust Jacket now covered with a mylar sleeve. Book is unmarked, no foxing. Pages are clean and white. Some rubbing to title on spine. Some lightening of black cloth(spots) over spine. Tightly bound and square. 306pp., stated First Edition, In 1988 Random House used "2" in number line to indicate a first printing, and this is present. Book has been housed in an acid free document bag for storage. Mailed to you boxed, and I can have it in the mail to you tomorrow. BRBC

Charleson, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2002. Paperback. Fine. F/0/as new. An as new copy of Alvarez's history of the Marine Recruit Training Center on Parris Island South Carolina. Does not appear to have been read, binding is uncreased. 128pp., many b&w photos. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage. I can have it in the mail to you tomorrow. BASH

New York, New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 2001. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. F/F/1st prntng. Good looking copy-first printing. What is it with South Carolina? Long before the Civil War they were making the British mad--right outside of Charleston of course. Author Walter Edgar brings the fight down from New England to the South. It was a back woods fight were neighbor turned on neighbor--the Tories against the American patriots. Book is clean and tight, no wear, not ex library, not a remainder. Jacket has great even color, is not price clipped and has been covered with a mylar sleeve. 198 pages, contains an Chronology, Glossary, Biographical Information, along with an pretty extensive index and notes. The introduction provides background on America's very First Civil War.

Boston Mass.: University of Massachusetts Press, 2002. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. F/F/1st ed. An as new, first edition of an American family's odyssey through the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. Clean and tight, with no wear or marking to book. Jacket is now covered with a mylar sleeve. 284pp., notes, bibliography, index. Several portraits of family members throughout book. An amazing story. I own this book and can have it in the mail to you 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.

Brunswick Ga.: Privately Printed, 1974. First Edition. . Soft cover. Fine. F/1st ed. A vey nice copy of Bessie Lewis' "pocket" history of St. Simons plantations, drawing mostly on Retreat Plantation. Clean, and firmly stapled, appears new with no marking or soiling. map of Retreat Plantation. Art work by Mildred Huie. Comes to you in an acid free document bag. I can have this in the to you tomorrow. BASD

El Dorado Hills CA: Savas Beatie, 2020. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. F/F/1st ed., 1st prntng, stated./signed plate. An absolutely brand new copy with no flaws, jacket now covered with a mylar sleeve. 241pp., appendix, bibiliography, index. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storaged. Mailed boxed, and I can have it in the mail tomorrow. LVRMBC

Chapel Hill North Carolina: University of North Carolina Press, 1990. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Fine/Very Fine. VF/VF/1st ed.; 1st prntng. In Patriotism for Profit Mary DeCredico explores the response of business leaders to the demands of mobiliation for the Civil War in four Key Georgia cities: Atlanta, Savannah, Columbus, and Augusta. She is the first historian to assess the relationship between Confederate war effort and Southern entreprenteuraship. Book Condition is Very Fine; blue cloth over boards with gold lettering on spine. 211pp. First Edition, first printing. Brand new. No flaws to jacket or book. Dust Jacket has be covered with a removable mylar jacket.

Rhodos International Publisher, 1987. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. F/F/First edition. Collaboration by Donald B. Wagner Clean and tight, this book has no apparent wear. Jacket has excellent even color, no nicks or tears. Now covered with a mylar sleeve. Book has no foxing, no marking to the slick higher quality paper. Cloth covering on book is clean with no breaks to material, title in black on front cover. 316pp., with bibliography, index, and many black and white illustrations. Sent to you in an acid free document bag for storage, mailed boxed, and I can have it in the mail tomorrow. BRBC

Guilford Connecticut: Lyons Press, 2011. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. F/F/1st ed., 1st prntng. Clean tight copy that appears brand new. No flaws to jacket--excellent color and covered with a mylar sleeve. Book pages are bright white with no markings. Not a remainder or ex-library. 239pp. with a large photo section, index, sources, About the Author page. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage. I can have this in the mail to you tomorrow.

Charleson, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2005. Paperback, Trade. Fine/None Issued. F/F A pristine, unread copy. 128pp. Loaded with b&w photos of prominent local families, businesses, public buildings. Another superior Images of America publication.

New York, New York: Oxford University Press, 2007. First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. F/F/1st printing. A close to new copy, a first printing, with a perfect dust jacket that has been encase in a mylar sleeve for protection. The book is clean tight and square, with no soling or marking to either jacket or book. Not ex-library, not a remainder. 372pp., with illustrations, maps, photos, a Political Chronology and a Military Chronology, index. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage.

New York, New York: The New Press, 2006. First Edition. . Soft cover. Fine/None Issued. F/1st ed PBK/Signed. Clean and tight, uncreased binding, as new copy of this history of the Civil War with the average Reb and Yankee in mind. A wonderful easy to read history that rings true as soon as you read it. Autograph sticker on front panel, signed by Mr. Williams on title page. Will come to you in an acid free document bag. Did I mention he teaches at Valdosta State University in South Georgia?