Greenwood, Mississippi: Association of Citizens' Councils, [ca. 1956]. First edition. Stapled wrappers (4” x 9”), 14 pp. Faint toning to wrapper edges, but about Fine. Seven copies found in OCLC institutions. An anonymous “Jewish Southerner” argues against integration and opposes the meddling of the Anti-Defamation League. He states, “I am engaged..... More
Richmond, Va. The "Southern Clinic" Press, 1907. First edition. Slim 12mo. Half blue, half grey ribbed cloth stamped in gilt; 102 pp.; frontispiece + one illustrative plate executed by the author's daughter, Mildred. A love story set in the post-Civil War South concerning the titular Kitty Dixon, "a Yankee girl..... More
New York: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1912. First edition. Octavo (20 cm). Grey pictorial cloth; 224 pp.; photographic frontispiece of a Mountain Schoolhouse. A scarce piece of Kentucky regional fiction. A Very Good+ copy with some light speckling to top edge and two marks of soiling to fore-edge. More
Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1969. First edition. Octavo; marbled wrappers printed in red; vii, 123 pp. A collection of letters from middle and upper middle class denizens of Athens to their loved ones fighting for the Confederacy. Very slight wear to wrapper edges, but Near Fine. More
Chicago: General Defense Committee, [1932]. First edition. Stapled, illustrated wrappers (5 ¾” x 8 ¾”), 27 pp., four photographs. Some browning to wrappers, but a surprisingly well-preserved copy. Scarce in commerce, with no other copies currently available (July, 2019). Less than two dozen copies in OCLC. A sympathetic account of the..... More
Lawrence, Kansas: The University of Kansas Libraries, 1962. Octavo; plain, stapled wrappers; 57 pp.; frontispiece of Fraser, one illustration. A long introduction contextualizing Col. Fraser's imprisonment at C.S.M Prison in Columbia before reprinting his petition. Some light foxing to wrappers, but about Near Fine. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1942. First edition. Octavo (21.5 cm). Light blue cloth pictorially stamped in blue; 224 pp.; five full page illustrations by Helen Blair; dust jacket. In this novel for young adults, a group of children flee from their Tennessee home for a cottage on the South Carolina..... More
[Savannah]: The Civil War Centennial Commission of Savannah and Chatham County, 1961. First edition. Octavo; perfectbound, plain white wrappers printed in blue; 57 pp.; photographs, illustrations. SIGNED by the author to ffep. An historical account of the Oglethorpe Light Infantry of Savannah, GA, during the Civil War. Appendices include various..... More
Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson, [ca. 1855]. Reprint. 12mo.; brown blind-stamped cloth with gilt spine, 276, 16, [2] pp., engraved frontis with tissue guard. A Southern morality tale set on a Mississippi plantation, in which the heroine, Linda Walton, must rebel against the superficialities and conventions of her class in order..... More
Columbia: League of Women Voters of South Carolina, 1970. First edition. 8vo; orange, illustrated, stapled wrappers, 46 pp. A collection of recipes from members and friends of the League of Women Voters of South Carolina. Appetizers, soups, salads, meat, vegetables and desserts. Some light soiling and wear to wrappers and..... More
Dayton, Ohio: Morningside Bookshop, 1981. First edition. Tall 4to.; grey cloth boards; 96 pp. The author has performed a thankless task in assembling the names of 3,872 Confederate Northern Virginia soldiers killed at Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863, which he estimates is approximately 85% complete. Tables at the front tabulate by..... More
Raleigh: The North Carolina Confederate Centennial Commission, [ca. 1961]. First edition. 4to.; side-stapled wrappers with linen tape along spine as issued; 4, 43, 30, 7, [1] pp. Some browning to covers, else a clean and tight copy. Organized into four sections: I. Numerical Designations of Confederate Organizations; II. Local Designations..... More
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Cambridge: Published by the museum, 1904. First edition. Octavo. Original brown wrappers stamped in black; 23-63 pp. followed by seventeen leaves of plates. A detailed report of two excavations conducted under the auspices of Harvard's Peabody Museum by Mr. W. C. Farabee and Charles Peabody in Coahoma County, Mississippi, in..... More
Lexington, Kentucky: Privately printed, 1969. Limited ed. Folio-size (9 ½” x 12”); red cloth boards with hand-colored paper label to front board, 31 leaves hand-lettered and hand-colored on variegated stock (rectos only). Some light soiling to cloth, presumably issued without dust jacket. A VG+ copy. We find four copies in..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1859. First edition. Twelvemo (19 cm); viii, [5], 14-269, [1], 6 pp.; frontispiece; 12 plates of illustrations by John M'Lenan. Green, blind-stamped publisher's cloth; bright gilt-stamped spine; chocolate endpapers. Cloth is slightly rubbed with some dust-soiling to top edge, but easily very good or..... More
Washington, D. C. Chisolm Monument Association, 1878. Third edition. Octavo. Publisher's green cloth ruled and stamped in black to front board with gilt-stamped spine; 330 pp.; frontispiece + one plate of Chisolm monument. A sympathetic account of Judge Chisolm and members of his family who were killed by a Ku..... More
Atlanta: Atlanta Historical Society, 1979. 4to.; perfect-bound, illustrated wrappers, 149 pp., illus. A special issue of “The Atlanta Historical Bulletin” on the personal perspective of Atlanta in the Civil War, which was also a major 1979 exhibition of the Atlanta Historical Society. Includes, “Life at the Crossroads of the Confederacy..... More