Southern Americana from Citation Books, ABAA/ ILAB

Birmingham, Alabama: Crane Hill Publishers, (1994). First Edition, this copy signed in ink at the half-title page by Kathy Kemp & Keith Boyer. Quarto (10.25" x 10.75"), 224 pages, profusely illustrated mostly from color photographs. Publisher's gilt-lettered black linen in pictorial dust jacket. A fine copy in near fine slightly soiled dust jacket with trace edge wear. Provides "profiles of 31 artists… Read more about this item

Burgaw, North Carolina: John Roscoe Dail, (1984). First edition. Quarto (11" x 9"), 295 pages, with illustrations from photographs & a map. Publisher's comb-bound buff pictorial card covers. Lightly soiled, brief edge wear, otherwise very good. The author was a Presbyterian minister who served several churches from 1951 to 1981 throughout North Carolina.

No Place [Savannah, Georgia ?]: Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association, 1915. First edition. 24mo (6" x 4"), 15 pages plus folding panorama measuring 18 inches x 6 inches depicting "17 vessels loading at one of the three great terminals at Savannah." Publisher's pictorial stapled paper wraps. Not found in OCLC as of 12/20/2023. Worn: edge wear, scuffing, soiling, front cover partially split… Read more about this item

New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Distributed by Crown, (1984). Later printing, this copy inscribed & signed in ink, with a sketch of a simmering pot, at the half-title page by Chef Jamie Shannon. Octavo (9.5" x 7.75"), xvii & 206 pages, illustrated. Publisher's blue cloth-patterned paper over boards lettered in gilt on the spine & in blind on the upper… Read more about this item

Knoxville, Tennessee, 1924 - 1925 & later. Scrapbook/ photo album compiled by Christine Wilson, a High School student. Cord-bound album, oblong quarto bound in limp patterned suede {?} lettered in gilt on the upper cover. The album contains 10 partially printed pages completed in manuscript providing a title page followed by "Friends O' Mine" in which 47 friends record names,… Read more about this item

[Nashville Tennessee: Radio station WSM], no date (ca. 1942). First edition. Oblong octavo (8.5" x 5.25"), 48 pages, with illustrations from photographs. Publisher's pictorial stapled paper wraps opening from the top. Moderately toned & lightly soiled, slight edge wear, otherwise very good or better. The introduction by Albert E. Gibson, who was Promotion Manager for Radio Station WSM, provides a brief biography… Read more about this item

No place [Camden, New Jersey] Thomas Nelson, (1970). First edition. Octavo (8.75" x 6.75"), 176 pages, illustrated throughout. Publisher's gilt lettered maroon cloth in pictorial dust jacket. A fine copy in good or better dust jacket, price clipped, browned at the spine, moderately soiled & toned, with edge wear including small losses & tiny tears. A title in the Colonial Histories series… Read more about this item

Leipzig, Paris, Bologna: The Albatross, Modern Continental Library Volume 389, (1938). "Copyright Edition, not to be introduced into the British Empire or the U.S.A." Duodecimo (7.25" x 4.5"), 252, & [4] pages. Publisher's printed & decorated stiff paper wraps in matching dust jacket. Slight edge wear, lightly toned, previous owner's name & date in ink at the half title page, otherwise… Read more about this item

Macon, Georgia: Southern Press, 1963. First edition. Octavo (9.75" x 6.25"), 6 unnumbered leaves followed by 50 leaves printed recto only, with illustrations from photographs interleaved & a folding chart providing "Ancestry of the Family of Mr. and Mrs. I.C. Plant." Publisher's gilt-lettered pebbled maroon cloth. Laid in are 9 printed sheets providing corrections & additions. Lightly rubbed, gilt dull, brief… Read more about this item

New York: Doubleday, (1996). Second printing, this copy inscribed, signed, & dated in ink by Elizabeth Terry at the half-title page. Octavo (9.5" x 8.25"), xi & 352 pages plus 16 pages of illustrations from photographs & art work by Joseph Byrd and Tom Fischer. Publisher's black lettered, decorated paper over boards, in pictorial dust jacket. Slight offsetting/ toning at… Read more about this item

Sanford, Florida: Seminole County Chamber of Commerce, no date (pre zip code, circa 1958). Single sheet measuring 18 inches by 15.75 inches folding to 9 inches by 4 inches (as issued) presenting illustrations from photographs in color & black & white, descriptive text, & a small map. Trace edge wear, otherwise Fine. An uncommon pre-zip code promotional brochure which is not found… Read more about this item

Pensacola, Florida: Municipal Advertising Board, no date (pre zip code, circa 1958). Single sheet measuring 17.75 inches by 14.75 inches folding to 9 inches by 3.75 inches (as issued) presenting illustrations in color from photographs & art work, descriptive text, & a whimsical half sheet color map. Trace edge wear, otherwise Fine. An uncommon pre-zip code promotional brochure which is not found… Read more about this item

Pensacola, Florida: Santa Rosa Island Authority, no date (pre zip code, circa 1958). Single sheet measuring 17 inches by 11 inches folding to 8.5 inches by 3.75 inches (as issued) presenting illustrations in color & black & white from photographs & art work plus descriptive text. Trace edge wear, slightly soiled, otherwise Fine. An uncommon pre-zip code promotional brochure which is not… Read more about this item

Natchez, Mississippi: Regina's Table Press, (2007). First edition, this inscribed & signed in ink by Ms. Charbineau at the ffep. Small folio (12.25" x 9.5"), 247 pages, illustrated throughout in color from photographs mostly by the author. Publisher's pale blue paper over boards lettered in gilt on the spine, in pictorial dust jacket. Some rippling in the last 3 leaves (apparently… Read more about this item

[Charleston, South Carolina: Thompson Transfer Company, printed by Walker, Evans & Cogswell, no date but 1924]. Octavo (8" x 5.5"), 8 pages plus covers, small two-color whimsical illustrations from art work throughout. Original stapled pictorial paper wraps. OCLC locates one (University of South Carolina) as of 7/14/2023. Moderately soiled, brief edge wear, staples rusted, otherwise very good. "By a fortunate arrangement… Read more about this item

Charles Town, West Virginia: A.G. Wynkoop, Charles Town Real Estate Agency, no date, circa 1895. Original broadside handbill measuring 9 inches by 6 inches, single sheet printed in black ink in two columns on light paper. Not found in OCLC as of 7/2/2023. Old folds, moderate edge wear including a 3/4 inch tear without loss, lightly toned & foxed, otherwise Very… Read more about this item

New York & London: D. Appleton-Century Company, Inc., (1946). First edition. Octavo (8" x 5.5"), 208 pp. Publisher's black lettered blue cloth-patterned paper over boards, in pictorial dust jacket. Slightly rubbed, minor foxing mostly at endpapers & pastedowns, otherwise very good or better in very good lightly rubbed & soiled dust jacket with modest edge wear including a couple of nicks… Read more about this item

Norfolk, Virginia: Wills-Smith Company, [1926]. Octavo (9" x 6.25"), unpaginated. Publisher's printed, stapled paper wraps. Not found in OCLC as of 6/10/2023. Wraps with edge wear including nicks & small losses, soiled, brief evidence of biopredation affecting the upper margin of the front cover & first 3 leaves (text not impacted), otherwise good & still quite useful. A voluminous directory which, of… Read more about this item

Detroit, Michigan: Harlo Press, (1974). First edition, this copy signed in ink by the author at the ffep. Octavo (8.75" x 5.75"), 253 pages, with frontis & 1 plate. Original gilt-lettered gray cloth, in pictorial dust jacket. Modest foxing/ offsetting at endpapers & pastedowns, ISBN supplied in ink on the copyright page, otherwise very good in very good moderately soiled &… Read more about this item

Charles Town, West Virginia: Woman's Auxiliary, no date [ca. 1910's]. First edition. Octavo (8" x 5.25"), 28 pages. Original printed, stapled stiff paper wraps. Wraps moderately browned, foxing mostly at early & late leaves, previous owner's name in ink at ffep, brief manuscript annotation in ink correcting an error in date in the margin of page 15, otherwise good or… Read more about this item