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The Earl Of Louisiana
by A J Liebling
"Much of the material in this book originally appeared in the New Yorker"--T.p. verso.
New Orleans and Its Environs
by Italo William Ricciuti
Originally published: New York, N.Y. : W. Helburn, inc., 1938.
Maps on lining papers.
Maps on lining papers.
Louisiana Books & Ephemera
The Daily Item Almanac and Encyclopedia for 1899
by [Louisiana]
New Orleans: The Daily Item, 1899. About very good.. 600pp. Original printed pictorial wrappers. Extremities worn, covers rubbed and lightly soiled. Some slight worming, heavier at front of text. Light tanning and wear. A rare New Orleans almanac full of facts and figures on a wide array of subjects ranging from Queen Victoria's income to information on the Texas petroleum industry. With numerous advertisements for businesses across the country, including a woodcut depicting the publisher's premises....
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£526.04
THE BRITISH AT THE GATES
by Reilly, Robin
Norwalk: Easton Press, 1990. First Edition Thus; Collector's Edition. Hardcover. Book condition is Very Good, bound in full, genuine leather with gilt accents, 22kt gold page edges and a hubbed spine. Bump to three of four corners of volume, resulting in some splitting at the corners. A few small bumps to page edges. High-quality smyth sewn binding, the interior vaunts moire end papers, acid-neutral paper (won't yellow or become brittle over time) and a silk ribbon page marker. Text is clean and...
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£60.70
The History of Louisiana, Particularly of the Cession of That Colony to the United States of America, with an Introductory Essay on the Constituion and Goverment of the United States, Translated from the French By an Ameircan Citizen
by Barbe-Marbois, Francois
Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1830. First American Edition. Octavo. xviii,[2],[17]-455pp. plus errata. First published in France in 1829. In this work, "Barbe-Marbois represented France in the preliminary negotiations with the United States on the Louisiana purchase and his book is one of the main sources on that subject. It shows that in the claim by the United States in the negotiations with Great Britain, that the northern boundary of Louisiana included the area now comprised in Oregon, Washington and...
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£343.95
Louisiana
by COLBY, Charles G
New York: Samuel Gaston, 1857. unbound. Miniature map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 6" x 5.25".<br/> <br/> Charming map of Louisiana showing counties, railroads (existing and proposed), waterways and major routes and towns. The map appeared in Colby's "Diamond Atlas" and is in excellent condition. <br> Charles G. Colby (1830--1866) was an American map-maker active in the mid-19th century who is known best for his miniature maps. His...
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£21.24
![[Collection of Four Letters Detailing a Railroad and Steamboat Journey from Baltimore Through Cincinnati to New Orleans Down the Mark Twain-Era Mississippi River]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/777/949/1557949777.0.b.jpg)
[Collection of Four Letters Detailing a Railroad and Steamboat Journey from Baltimore Through Cincinnati to New Orleans Down the Mark Twain-Era Mississippi River]
by [Mississippi River]. Robinson, Matthew
[Cincinnati and New Orleans, 1859. Very good.. Four autograph letters, signed, totaling [10]pp., with original transmittal envelopes. Minor wear, light spotting. A group of delightful letters written between November 22 and December 14, 1859 by Matthew Robinson, all sent to his mother in Baltimore, providing vivid descriptions of his passage by train to Cincinnati and thence by steamboat to New Orleans down the Mississippi River. At the time Robinson traveled down the "Father of Waters," Mark Twain was...
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£1,618.60
Cleveland Benjamin's Dead: A Struggle for Dignity in Louisiana's Cane Country.
by SIMS, Patsy
Publisher's tan cloth with blue spine lettering, octavo, pp. xxix, 247. Illustrated.
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£11.69
Along the River Road : Past and Present on Louisiana's Historic Byway
by Mary Ann Sternberg
Louisiana State University Press, 1996. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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£6.46
FABULOUS NEW ORLEANS
by Saxon, Lyle
Gretna, La: Pelican Books. 1988. Reprint. Softcover. 0882897063 . Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear; 338 pages .
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£8.09£5.67
Cleveland Benjamin's Dead! A Struggle For Dignity In Louisiana's Cane Country
by Sims, Patsy
New York: E. P. Dutton. Hardcover. 1981. 1st Edition. 8vo 170pp . Fine in Fine DJ. B&W Photographs. Tells the story of the farming community deep behind southern Louisiana's 'cane curtain'. Cleveland Benjamin was a black cane worker killed in a farming accident. The author takes us on a journey into the world of America's truly forgotten poor .
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£14.28
![[French Legal Manuscript Concerning Monetary Claims Against the Estate of Joseph John Miller, a Philadelphian in Paris]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/759/427/1483427759.0.b.jpg)
[French Legal Manuscript Concerning Monetary Claims Against the Estate of Joseph John Miller, a Philadelphian in Paris]
by [France]. [United States]. [International Law]
[Paris, 1809. Very good.. [12]pp. Small folio; loose sheets. Light foxing and toning. Accomplished in multiple, mostly legible hands. A very interesting French legal manuscript, bearing details of an 1809 dispute over the estate of Joseph John Miller, an American businessman from Philadelphia living in Paris until his death in 1806. The extent of Miller's business in Paris is opaque, but it seems at least to have involved the production and shipment of salt peter, which is mentioned here. His business...
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£708.14
MARDI GRAS AND BACCHUS Something Old, Something New
by Tassin, Myron & Gaspar Stall
Pelican Publishing Company. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1984. Hardcover. Edgeworn, torn and price clipped DJ that is browned to the inside. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 128 pages; Extra postage required for priority and international shipping. .
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£19.42
Fabulous New Orleans
by Lyle Saxon
First Edition/Seventh Printing of February 1933Measures 12 3/4 x 16 3/4 inches. Signed and titled "E. H. Suydam, New Orleans". The elaborate drawing is of downtown New Orleans and was possibly used as an illustration for Lyle Saxon's Fabulous New Orleans published in 1930. Very good+ condition._______________________________________________Shipping costs are based on books weighing 2.2 LB, or 1 KG. If your book order is heavy or oversized, we may contact you to let you know extra shipping is required....
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£641.77
Ten Flags in the Wind: The Story of Louisiana (signed)
by Dufour, Charles L
New York: Harper & Row, 1967. A Regions of America Book. Inscribed and signed by author on title page: "For His Excellency, Ambassador Edward Ritchie, on behalf of Bab MacNeill, this story which started in Canada, with the best wishes of the author.". Boards faded along top and bottom edge, previous owner's (Ritchie's) signature in ink on ffep, number in ink on rear pastedown, else very good plus. Pages clean and binding tight. DJ price-clipped, light smudges on front, lightly...
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Pere Antoine's Date Palm
by Hearn, Lafcadio
Edwin B. Hill, 1940. First Edition Thus. Ephemera. On a single sheet of stiff yellow paper, folded. 8-1/2 by 5-1/2 inches. One of 50 copies. First separate edition. Included in the 1885 Historical Sketch Book and Guide to New Orleans and Environs. First edition thus. Near fine; just a touch of edge wear. BAL 8044.
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£50.58
RECIPES FROM THE FRIENDLY KITCHENS AT FRIENDSHIP HOUSE.
by CAMPBELL, John, and Ginny DOWNS (editors). Baptist Friendship House
Publisher's green wrappers with brown lettering and plastic comb binding, octavo, pp. 113. The old wrappers and pages have softened through the years and are subject to tearing if not handled carefully. One such tear at top edge of front panel is mended inside with a piece of tape. About GOOD condition. Friendship House is a Ministry of the Home Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention.
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£11.69
The Earl of Louisiana
by Liebling, A. J
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1986. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Clean and intact throughout. Pages with some edge and corner wear. Cover intact and clean with some edgewear and light bending (slight bow overall to book). 252 pages.
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£12.14
KINGDOM COMING
by BRADFORD, Roark
First edition, so stated, in the publisher's patterned cloth with yellow spine label, octavo, pp. 319 plus colophon. Cloth has some uneven sun exposure and the spine label is worn with age and handling. GOOD condition withal. Wanting the dust jacket.
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£22.66
Scenes of African-American Life in New Orleans: Late 19th-early 20th c. American genre painting attributed to Swedish-American artist Thure de Thulstrup
by Thure de Thulstrip ; [Bror Thure Thulstrup], attributed to
[Likely New Orleans, late 19th to early 20th century]. 12 x 9 inches. Oil on artist's board. Partial label affixed to the verso of Frost & Adams, located at 37 Cornhill in Boston, known to have been selling artists' materials at least as late as 1898. Unsigned. Varnished, else very good. In this American genre painting attributed to the Swedish-American artist, Thure de Thulstrup (1848-1930), seven African American men, likely in New Orleans, are depicted in a room adjacent to another room marked "Post...
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Examination of the Judgment Rendered in the Cause Between Jean Gravier and the City of New Orleans
by [New Orleans Batture]. [Moreau de Lislet, Louis]
Washington DC: A. & G. Way, 1809. Good plus.. 19,[1]pp. Disbound. Soiling to top margin of first few leaves, minor foxing and toning, small inked number on title page, bottom corner of first text leaf clipped. A scarce early entry in the landmark Federal-era Louisiana legal battle known later as the New Orleans "batture case." Jean Gravier, a major landowner in New Orleans, claimed title to an "alluvian bank, such as in this country is called a batture, which is covered by the Mississippi when its...
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£1,416.28
Working with History: The Historical Records Survey in Louisiana and the Nation, 1936-1942
by Noggle, Burl
Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1981. 139 clean, unmarked pages; dj in mylar. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8 vo.
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£7.24
![Hello, Friends! Don't You Want to Go? Where? Sand Beach. How? On a Hay Ride...Given by National Fraternal Brothers and Sisters of America. A Colored Society...[caption title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/154/920/1572920154.0.b.jpg)
Hello, Friends! Don't You Want to Go? Where? Sand Beach. How? On a Hay Ride...Given by National Fraternal Brothers and Sisters of America. A Colored Society...[caption title]
by [African Americana]. [National Fraternal Brothers and Sisters of America]
[Shreveport, La, 1930. Good.. Broadside, 11 x 8.5 inches. Old folds, some tenderness to folds, a few short fold separations, some creasing and edge wear, mild rubbing. Some pencil notations on the verso. With organizational leader's ink stamp at bottom right. Very likely a unique surviving letterpress broadside advertising a fundraising social event and membership drive for the National Fraternal Brothers and Sisters of America (NFBSA), a "charitable organization" and mutual aid society based in...
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Autographed Letter Signed on "Senate Chamber" letterhead
by GIBSON, Randall Lee
Washington, D.C., 1883. unbound. very good. Autographed letter signed on "Senate Chamber" letterhead, 1 page, 8vo, 8 x 5 inches, accompanied by a handwritten envelope, 3.25 x 5.5 inches, with the printed return address "Senate Chamber." In part: " I wish sincerely it was in my power to render...some really practical service. I sent letters commending them to the newly appointed Democratic office holders in New Orleans but I fear these letters may lead to disappointment. These...
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£202.33
Memorial from the Board of Levee Commissioners of the State of Louisiana...Asking National Aid and Assistance in the Reconstruction of Levees on the Mississippi River
by [Louisiana]
New Orleans, 1866. Very good.. 12pp. Original printed wrappers, sewn. Minimal soiling, light edge wear to wrappers. Vertical center crease throughout. Light even toning to text, otherwise very clean. A scarce work issued by the Reconstruction government of the state of Louisiana seeking funds from the United States Congress to make repairs to the Mississippi River levees, "together with its tributaries, the Arkansas and Red rivers." The Board of Levee Commissioners was seeking federal aid because the...
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£687.90
The Louisiana Book: Selections From the Literature of the State (FIRST EDITION)
by Thomas M'Caleb
New Orleans LA: R.F. Straughan, 1894. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illustrated with Portraits. Inscribed by Author. FIRST EDITION, 1894. Authors, poets and historians from Louisiana have added much to the world of literature, culture and knowledge of Louisiana. The five parts of this volume are: <br>Part I: Historical Sketches include, but not limited to, Alcee Fortier, Alexander Walker, the Battle of Chancellorsville, Ulysses S. Grant and Radicalism. <br>Part II:...
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£283.26
![[Original Muster Roll for Louisiana's 99th Regiment, Company I, United States Colored Troops, Serving in the Florida Keys During the Latter Months of the Civil War]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/077/991/1527991077.0.b.jpg)
[Original Muster Roll for Louisiana's 99th Regiment, Company I, United States Colored Troops, Serving in the Florida Keys During the Latter Months of the Civil War]
by [Civil War]. [Florida]. [African Americana]
[Way Key, Fl, 1865. Very good.. Partially-printed muster roll completed in manuscript, approximately 21 x 31 inches. Old folds, some separations at crossfolds (as usual), minor wear and soiling. A rare muster roll recording details of the service of an African-American infantry company while stationed in Florida during the final year of the Civil War. The roll details pay from February to June 1865 for thirty-five privates, one bugler, and nine officers, including name, rank, location and date, the...
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£1,820.92
