Southern History
Small Blessings
Doubleday, June 1977. First American. Hardcover. In spine sunned dust jacket. First/first. More
Small Blessings
Doubleday, June 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. [Octavo in jacket with tanning & marginal foxing & sun lightened spine. Burgundy cloth covered spine with gold lettering along spine edge. Off white paper covered boards with embedded fibers. Celestine Sibley's signature in ink front free end page. Also on same page a...... More
Tokens of Myself
Longstreet Press, October 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. {7' x 9 & 1/2'} First/first. In edgeworn dustjacket. Front flap is clipped. Tan cloth spine with gold lettering alongs spine. Forest green textured paper covered boards. [160 pages]. More
The Scout or The Black Riders of Congaree -- New and Revised Edition
W.J. Widdleton, Publisher, 1868. Reprint. Leather. Brown leather with rather faded gold lettering and decor on spine. Spine is sun bleached with considerable wear at top and bottom, where it is visibly flaked and bruised. Front and rear board corners brumped and worn. Front end pages tanned, curled and damp..... More
The intimate story of Lurleen Wallace;: Her crusade of courage
Communications Unlimited, January 1969. Paper Back. Octavo. Mild storage wear. Toning. 121 pages. More
Killers of the Dream
W. W. Norton & Company, July 1994. Trade Paperback. Published to wide controversy, it became the source (acknowledged or unacknowledged) of much of our thinking about race relations and was for many a catalyst for the civil rights movement. It remains the most courageous, insightful, and eloquent critique of the..... More
Lectures on the Philosophy and Practice of Slavery: Philosophy and Practice of Slavery as exhibited in the institution of domestic slavery in the United States; with the duties of masters and slaves
Stevenson and Evans, 1856. First Edition. Cloth. {5'x 7 &3/4'} Brown, decorative blindstamped cloth with gilt titles on spine. Heavy wear along board edges. Corners bumped and a bit rounded and bruise with interior cardstock exposed, Frayed at head & base of spine. One inch split starting at top of..... More
Charleston: Alone Among the Cities (SC) (Images of America)
Arcadia Publishing, November 2000. Oversize Softcover. Few cities linger in the imagination as does Charleston. A place where legend meets history, Charleston commands a special seat in the Southern experience, from its commercial influence in colonial America, to its genteel traditions in the antebellum South, to its incendiary role in..... More
Buddy Stall's Big Easy
Harlo Printing, January 1994. Hardcover. Creasing, chipping and corner bumps on the jacket. More
French Quarter montage
Harlo Printing Co, January 1992. Cloth. Light edge and corner wear on the jacket. A couple of small marks on the cloth cover. More
Chip off My Shoulder
Princeton University Press, January 1940. First Edition. Cloth. Octavo. In heavily edgeworn and torn jacket with clear tape 'repairs'. Darkened at folds and margins. Flap is not clipped. Orange cloth covered front and rear board with silver and black cloth spine. Foxing/tanning to end pages. [561 pages]. More
The smell of matches
Rutgers University Press, January 1972. Hardcover. Very moderate wear to book and jacket. Warm, personal inscription on front free endpaper inscribed by John Stone. More
Chattanooga's Terminal Station (Images of Rail)
Arcadia Publishing, April 2009. Trade Paperback. Long before Glenn Miller made the world-famous Chattanooga Choo Choo an American icon, Chattanooga was already a bustling railroad community. By the beginning of the 20th century, passenger trains overwhelmed Chattanooga's two railroad depots and a larger station was needed. The solution was Terminal..... More
The Confederate Carpetbaggers
LSU Press, June 1988. Hardcover. {6' x 9'} In heavily edgeworn and marginally darkened. With some damp stains, a darkened spine and soiling. Heavy tanning of jacket verso. Off white cloth covered boards with blue foil lettering and darkened spine. Dark brown end papers with a previous owner's name and..... More
The New South's New Frontier : A Social History of Economic Development in Southwestern North Carolin (New Perspectives on the History of the South)
University Press of Florida, November 2001. Hardcover. From the foreword: "[This] well-researched, broadly conceived, and gracefully written narrative charts the economic transformation of the upper Little Tennessee River Valley [and] revises long-standing misconceptions about the people, economy, and culture of southwestern Appalachia. . . . While Taylor's book has much..... More
Express Lanes and Country Roads: The Way We Lived in North Carolina, 1920-1970 (Way We Lived in North Carolina Series)
Univ of North Carolina Pr, June 1983. Oversized Hardcover. Jacket spine sunned. More
Bayou Farewell : The Rich Life and Tragic Death of Louisianas Cajun Coast
Random House Inc, March 2004. Trade Paperback. The Cajun coast of Louisiana is home to a way of life as unique, complex, and beautiful as the terrain itself. As award-winning travel writer Mike Tidwell journeys through the bayou, he introduces us to the food and the language, the shrimp fisherman..... More
When Southern Hospitality Was In Flower
Triangle Pub. Co, January 1959. Cloth. Green cloth with white lettering. Shelf wear. Foxing to end pages & textblock edges. More
What Made the South Different?: Essays and Comments (Chancellor's Symposium on Southern History Series)
Univ Pr of Mississippi, October 1990. Trade Paperback. More
Fight Against Fear: Southern Jews and Black Civil Rights
University of Georgia Press, April 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. In the uneasily shared history of Jews and blacks in America, the struggle for civil rights in the South may be the least understood episode. "Fight against Fear" is the first book to focus on Jews and African Americans in that..... More
They Took Their Stand: The founders of The Confederacy
Putnam, January 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing w/ no subsequent printings stated; Tight binding, gently worn at spine; Clean, sturdy coth-covered boards w/ inset flag at front, gilt text at spine; Boards gently edge-worn with mild discoloration/rubbing present; Previous owner name present at front free-end page; Text free of..... More
Huntsville Air and Space (Images of Aviation)
Arcadia Publishing, February 2010. Trade Paperback. Join author and Huntsville native T. Gary Wicks as he uncovers the beginnings and inventions that influenced air and space engineering in Alabama and America. The air age in Huntsville began more than a century ago with Will Quick's design and construction of a...... More
Foxfire 3 (Foxfire (Paperback))
Anchor, August 1975. Trade Paperback. First published in 1972, The Foxfire Book was a surprise bestseller that brought Appalachia's philosophy of simple living to hundreds of thousands of readers. Whether you wanted to hunt game, bake the old-fashioned way, or learn the art of successful moonshining, The Foxfire Museum and..... More
The Foxfire Book: Hog Dressing, Log Cabin Building, Mountain Crafts and Foods, Planting by the Signs, Snake Lore, Hunting Tales, Faith Healing, Moonshining -- AO-36
Anchor Books/ Doubleday, March 1972. Trade Paperback. In the late 1960's, Eliot Wigginton and his students created the magazine "Foxfire" in an effort to record and preserve the traditional folk culture of the Southern Appalachians. This is the original book compilation of Foxfire material which introduces Aunt Arie and her..... More