Search Results: State & Regional History from Motte & Bailey, Booksellers

Montgomery: Coffeetable Publications, 1980. First edition. Oversized Paperback. Good. Tom Sangster. Good quarto-sized softcover in dark brown wrapper. Wear and rubbing to edges of covers with small tears on heel of spine. Some scuffing to covers with some faint streaks and light marks on front cover. Laid in is a paper guide to Alabama's covered bridges by the Alabama Historical Commission. 162 pages with illustrations, maps, appendices, endnotes, bibliography, glossary, biographies of authors, and index.

Baltimore: Samuel Young, 1833. First edition. Half Leather, hardcover. Very good. Duodecimo (small than standard). In a modern rebinding with a burgundy leather spine, gilt titling, and marbeled paper over boards. New enpapers. Includes the complete folded map of Baltimore backed with tissue paper at the time of rebinding Iimagine, with one tear in a crease at the center of the map above the "Power House". Stamped on title page, copyright page, and on map by a now defunct organization. Numerous check marks in pencil at margins, light foxing throughout, and dampstaining, primarily in the final third of the book at hinge. 166 p. w/ the afore-mentioned map, 4 illus., excursion diary, and directory. Uncommon and important early Baltimore and B&O railroad reference by late 18th c. French emigre Varle, with a sparce but useful map.

New Bern, N.C.: Owen G. Dunn Co., 1961. First edition. Hardcover in full cloth. Very Good. Small octavo (standard size). A pamphlet bound with original covers in red library-like binding with gilt lettering to spine. Emboss of previous owner on corner of title page and corner of last page. Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. A financial tally for the pamphlet and binding on endpaper. Small finger smudge to title page. 125 p. w/ reprints of various documents, index, genealogical charts, and more. A survey of the Chadwicks of the Northeast and North Carolina, focusing on the period from 1725 ro so and just after the Civil War, though with little mention of the war itself.

Johnson County Historical Society , 1981. Third printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Quarto. From original 1921 work. Binding slightly bowed. Slight soiling to covers and page edges. Some soiling at endpapers. 211 p. with additional newly added index of 36 pages at end.

Philadelphia: John Campbell, 1870. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo (standard size). Three quarter black leather binding, ruled in gilt, with dark blue cloth over boards, and blue endpapers. 5 raised bands, with title, author, and year in gilt. Slight wear to edge and corners, a bit more at spine. A few pages have tiny tears at edges. All 15 numbers bound in one volume, all yellow wraps (front and rear) included. 478 p. w/ footnotes. The only volume of a projected larger history, this work covers the early years of Delaware down to approx. 1664. Unfortunately the work was not enough of a financial success for more volumes.

Cincinnati, OH: H. W. Derby & Co., Publishers, 1854. Hardcover. Good. Thick octavo (standard size). Original binding, chipping at head of spine. Some wear to edges and corners of boards. Ex-library. Remnant of sticker on spine, library name in a cursive hand with gift sticker on pastdown. Old library notations in ink. Circular emboss on title page. Remnant of label on rear endpaper, more library notations in ink on rear pastedown, which has also been damaged where someone has probably roughly removed a pocket. light foxing on many pages, much less so towards the center pages of the book. xii, 13-557 p. w/ appendices. The only volume published of a projected 4 volume series to cover Ohio history to 1851. Extensive coverage of Native Americans, early settlers, the French and Indian war, and the Revolutionary period. Uncommon.

Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Printing and Publishing Company, W. M. Day, 1893. First edition. Hardcover. Fair. Fair hardcover in brown binding (also staplebound) without dustjacket. Wear and rubbing to edges of boards tears/heavy wear on upper corner of front cover and wear on other corners as well. Scuffing and spotting to covers with waterstain on fore-edge of front cover. Front hinge is weak. Pencil inscription on front free endpaper. Damage to last page of ads from where staples tore loose. Endpapers and page edges are browned and foxed. 104 pages wi9th maps, illustrations, music, and ads.

Northridge: Windsor Publications, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Very good quarto (oversized) hardcover in very good dust jacket. Wear to edges of boards with bumping to head and heel of spine. Dj has light wear along edges with a sticker attached to front cover and some light scuffing. Signed by author on half-title page. 223 pages with illustrations, bibliography, and index. An interesting history of Palm Beach, Florida.

Columbia, SC: Summerhouse Press, 1997. First edition, second printing. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of dj and boards. Small crease at lower edges of dj. Gift message on first pastedown in ink. 287 p. w/ illustrations, notes, index, maps and several appendices. A study of Tondee and his role in Revolution era Georgia, from the 1730s to the 1780s.

Silver Bay, NY: Silver Bay Association, 1992. First edition. Very good quarto-sized hardcover in grey cloth binding with silver lettering without dust jacket. Light wear and rubbing to edges and corners of boards with bumping to head and heel of spine and upper corners of covers. Slight scuffing to covers. Silver Bay Association bookplate on front fly page. 100 pages with iullustrations and bibliography.

Boulder, CO: University Press of Colorado, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Photography by Barbara Sparks. Quarto-sized. Light wear to edges of boards. Number written in red ink on upper corner of front pastedown endpaper. Dj has some light wear along edges and light scuffing to covers, mainly on lower part of spine from a removed tag. 185 pages with illustrations, list of variant spellings, and bibliography. A look at these twin peaks in Colorado and the stories that surround them.