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

VictoryPublishing, 2013. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine. F/Limited First Edition. A great copy of the Limited First Edition, this is Number 236 of a 440 edition. This book is in excellent condition, no wear and certainly was meant to be a collector's item. The boards are covered with a brown textured buckram, gold lettering, and a picture of the painting depicting the "Filthy Thirteen" getting ready for their flight and jumping into Normandy. No wear to inside or outside of book. High quality paper, lots of maps, lots of photos, lots of information about each member of the Filthy Thirteen (these guys were the inspiration for the Dirty Dozen'). There's a CD packaged on the back paste down that has never been out of packaging. 184pp., notes, maps, bibliography, Normandy Jump Roster, index. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage, mailed boxed, and I can have it in the mail tomorrow. BRBC

Washington DC: Potomac Books, Inc., 2006. First Edition. . Soft cover. Fine/None Issued. F/0/1st ed. This is an unread trade paperback first edition of this publication. 399 pages with notes, bibliography, index, maps and b&w illustrations. Very clean with no creasing to cover, no marking or soiling. New in appearance. " A remarkably well reasearched and readable treatise"--The Civil War Couirer. "Walter Brian Cisco's bibogrpahy is definitive"--Clyde N. wilson, professor of history, University of South Carolina.

Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2008. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. F/F/1s ed. 1st prntng. A clean tight copy of this well researched inclusive biography of Wade Hampton; a General, a Senator and a Governor in a crucial period for South Carolina after the Civil War. Andrew focuses on four major aspects of hampton's character: paternalism, honor, chivalry, and a quest for vindication. Hampton strove to bring stability to South Carolina after the ravages of the Civil War. Both book and jacket have no soiling or marking; dust jacket is covered with a mylar sleeve. 616 pp., notes, bibliography and index. Many illustrations and maps. Also contains the appendix: The Fable of Hampton, "Major S", and the Union Private. I own this book and it can be in the mail tomorrow.

Blackburg Virginia: The McDonald & Woodward Publishing Company, 2002. First Edition. . Paperback. Fine. F/F/1st ed. Three years before Gruber Wagon Works closed its doors, Paul A. Kube, retired from the US Navy and then teaching high school in Boyertown, Pennsylvania, completed his master's thesis on the content, structure, and functioning of the Gruber Wagon Works. Throught the fortuitous convergence of this late-surviving wagon-making business and the skills of a mature graduate student, we have what is perhaps the best description of the wagon-making trade in the United States during the late 19th through mid 20th centuries. Book Condition is Fine; as new, no crease to cover, no writing or soiling, appears unread. 258pp. First Edition, first printing stated. Literature cited, acknowledgements, index and loads of b&w photos. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage. I can have it in the mail to you tomorrow. BASC

Fort Walton Beach, FL: Best Gurl, Inc., 2013. Second Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good+/None Issued. VG+/2nd edition. A solid copy without a blemish. This 2nd edition is boldly signed on the front free endpaper by Mr. Gossom : "Jody-- Many Blessing and War Eagle!--TGJr. #49" 266pp. with a large photo section. Laminated covers. Comes to you in an acid free document bag.

Dulles, VA: Privately Published, 1998. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. F/F/1st ed.(complete number line, starting with 1). A copy that looks brand new. Dust Jacket has been covered with a mylar sleeve. Not ex-library, not a remainder. Tight binding, white unmarked pages, jacket has no wear at all. 287pp., 9 maps, chapter notes, illustrations, bibliography, index. Book comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage. I send hardcover books boxed, and I can have it in the mail to you tomorrow.

Leesburg, Virginia: Gauley Mount Press, 1990. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Fine/Very Fine. VF/VF/1st ed. the story of the American Civil War has been told by many and in several different ways. In War Diaries, David Phillips presents the story from the prespective of the participants.---dust cover. Sections of 5 distinct stories of participants caught up in the horror that was the Civil War. Several of the participants changed sides; revealing the story of West Virginia's break with Virginia. Book is As New, along with the Dust Jacket, has not been read and has no wear.

New York, New York: Atheneum, 2007. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Fine/Very Fine. VF/VF/1st ed., 1st prntng. In the 1920s abd 1930s, women journalists were frequently labeled as "sob sisters" or "newshens," and their news stories ususally appeared on the women's society pages. When war broke out in Europe in 1939, American women had no way of knowing how much the next six years world change their lives. The beginning of World War II not only meant hard work and sacrifice for women in the United States--it also meant opportunity. Book and Dust Jacket are in pristine condition; no marking or soiling, tight binding, price intact. 198 pages, with further reading suggestions, photo credits, notes, select bibliography and index. Great photos throughout.

Roanoke, VA: A & W Enterprises, 1985. Hardcover. Very Good+/Fine. VG+/F/9th printing/Signed. A really nice copy of an uncommon book. Dust Jacket is clean, and has no tears or nicks. Excellent even color. wrinkle on front jacket flap. Jacket now covered with a mylar sleeve. Book has the number # 226 at the top of the front free endpaper, which appears to be in the same ink as the authors inscription which reads: "Hope you enjoy. Gary Walker". No other marking in book. Book is tightly bound, sharp cornered. 170 pages of text, with additional footnotes, index, About the Author, and Author's personal notes. Many black and white illustrations, maps, charts, and short bio information(military).

New York, New York: Three Rivers Press, 1998. Reprint. . Paperback. Fine/Dust Jacket Included. F/F Originally published in 1997 by Crown Publishing, this is a First Edition paperback. Unread, with a small light crease to the front cover. 494 pages, three double maps,appendices and notes. A comparison of 6 generals(three from each side) interweaving the history of these generals with significant battles such as Antietam and Chattanooga. Housed in an acid free document bag for storage. Mailed boxed and I can get this in the mail to you tomorrow. BASL

New York, New York: Grossman Publishers, 1971. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. F/F/stated first prntng. Very nice copy: clean and square with a tight binding, and bright white pages with no markings. Price on jacket intact. No fading or wear. Dust Jacket has been covered with a mylar jacket and has been stored in an archival document bag for storage. Mailed boxed, and I can have it in the mail to you tomorrow.

New York, New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. First Edition. . Paperback, Trade. Fine. F/1st printing. This is an as new copy; never read. Clean with an uncreased binding and no soiling or marking. 404 pages with notes and index. Comes to you in an acid free document bag, and I can have it itin the mail to you tomorrow. BASP

Savannah Georgia: Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1983. First Edition. . Soft cover. Very Good+/None Issued. VG+/1st ed./Signed by photographer. An exhibition catalog of photographs that were exhibited at the Telfair Musuem of Art and Sciences in Savannah Georgia in 1983. The exhibition focused on Savannah Voter Registration, Sit ins and Marches in Savannah in 1964. Many wonderful photos, plus short paragraphs about the times from Andrew Young, Hosea L. Williams, Henry "Trash" Brownlee and other participants from Savannah. A great series of photographs of Martin Luther King at the Municipal Auditorium in Savannah in 1964. Cover has some wear, rubbing along spine and top and bottom edges of the covers, some light scratches on back cover. Overall, in excellent condition, interior is clean and unmarked, very firm in binding. 78 pages, with checklist of photographs and list of interviewees. Signed by Frederick C. Baldwin on front free endpaper; "To Lionel and Julia Drew with… Read More

Marietta, Georgia: Longstreet Inc., 1999. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Dust Jacket Included. F/F/1st ed./Signed. A great copy-looks new and unread. Bright, clean, tight copy with jacket price intact, and jacket covered with a mylar sleeve. Warm insciption to friends on the front free endppaer, and dated. 218 pages. The story of the restoration of John Head's family home, the one his grandfather built, the house his mother grew up in, in Butts County Georgia.

New York NY: IUniverse Inc., 2010. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/None as Issued. VG/1st ed./Signed. A very nice copy--very clean, signed by Mr. Tuttle on the Titile page. There's a light crease along where the binding meets the spine on the front cover; there's a slightly deeper one on the rear cover. No soiling or marking, clean bright white pages. Not ex library or remainder.Lower front corner lightly turns up..Excellent even color on covers. Comes to you in an archival document bag for storage. I can have it in the mail to you tomorrow. BASJ

New York, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2019. Paperback, Trade. Fine. F/0/5th printing PB. A brand new copy, no wear at all. 197pp., a few b&w photos, notes bibliography and index. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage--aand I can have it in the mail tomorrow. BASD

Charleston South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, 1999. First Edition. . Paperback, Trade. Fine. F/0/1st ed. Clean, uncreased cover, no wear. 95 pp. with pictures on nearly every page. Signed by Mr. Massengill on the title page, name only. Store name stamped on title page. Part of the Images of America Series. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage. I can have it in the mail to you tomorrow. BAGH

Atlanta Georgia: Business Press, 1969. First Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/None Present. NF/0/1st/Signed. The Atlanta Times was an ultra-conservative newspaper started in 1964 in reaction to the Civil Rights Movement in Georgia. The Atlanta paper survived for 15 months, officially closing on August 31, 1964, having lost between 2 and 3 million dollars during its short life span. This book is full of financial information, and has quite a bit in the last section of book about Lester Maddox. Book is clean, tight, with no markings or soiling, and signed to former owner with best regards. Fairly scarce.

Athens Georgia: University of Georgia Press, 1996. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. NF/F/1st. Ed. Each of the successive communities on the coast--the philanthropic and imperialistic experiment of the Georgia Trustees, the plantation culture of rice and sea island cotton planters and their slaves, and the postbellum society of wage earning freedman, lumbermen, vacationing industrialists, truck farmers, river engineers, and New South promoters--developed distinctive relationships with the environment, and these in turn developed distinctive landscapes. Book Condition is Fine; green cloth over boards with silver lettering on spine. 370pp. First Edition, first printing. Illustrations, b&w photos, maps, graphs, and tables. Notes, bibliography, appendix: Population of Coastal Georgia, and index. Book is clean and unmarked with the exception of former owner's library seal on title page. Tightly bound, no wear. Dust Jacket Condition is Fine; glossy jacket with no soiling, no tears or nicks.… Read More

Looking Glass, 2003. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. VG/VG/1st ed./Signed by Contributors. There are three well known and loved hot dog joints in Georgia: The Varsity in Atlanta, Nu-Way in Macon, and my own personal favorite, Willie's Wienie Wagon in Brunswick(We Relish Your Buns). Very little wear on this copy, just a tiny nick on the front lower corner of the dj. Signed on the title page with no inscriptions. Five signatures; I have identified four: Erby Walker: a long time counter Commando. the author Dick Parker, Nancy Gordy Simms, now the president of her father's company. There's another signature here, but I can't make it out. The book is tightly bound no markings. Lots of b&w and color photos. Foreword by Zell Miller. I put it in a mylar sleeve, and it comes to you an acid free document bag for storage. Mailed boxed, and I can have it in the mail tomorrow. BRBC