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New York: Random House, 1936. Hard Cover. near Very Good binding. Octavo. [48] pp, illus. French fold. Limited edition, number 769 of 1250 copies. Signed by Ward. As issued, metallic paper over boards with paper spine; lacking the slipcase. Spine a trifle sunned; boards abraded; offsetting at the endpapers, otherwise contents are clean. One of six… Read more about this item

New York: Kunst Editions, 1998. Unbound. Very Good+ binding. 12mo. Limited edition, number 6 of 15 copies, signed by Grunberg. 3 booklets of 12 unnumbered pages, as well as 2 leaves (half title & title), laid in clamshell, colophon printed on the floor of the box with pasted down signature and copy number. Each booklet with small, business… Read more about this item

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1917. Hard Cover. Good binding. Octavo. xxxi, [1], 231 pp., frontis, plates, folding map, folding genealogy. First edition. Signed and inscribed by Claiborne. In publisher's cloth with title in gilt on the spine and arms in gilt on the front cover; all plates and map are present as called for. Light rubbing… Read more about this item

Monte Carlo: Andre Sauret, Editeur, 1960. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding/Very Good+ dust jacket. Folio. 220, [1] pp., lithographs. First edition. As issued, in publisher's cloth with lithographed dust jacket; all original lithographs present as called for. Light foxing to the cloth at the top of both boards, otherwise and exceptionally nice binding, clean throughout; dust jacket has… Read more about this item

New York: The Colophon, Ltd, 1931. Hard Cover. Good binding. Quarto. Limited edition, one of 3000 copies. Bound as issued in printed paper over boards. Milne's etching is present. Lightly rubbed some wear to the joints, though it remains a solid copy; minor dampstaining to the top corner of the spine and boards, a stain that carries into… Read more about this item

Tuscaloosa, AL: Alabama Historical Society, 1906. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Octavos. 204; 251; 639; 282 pp., frontis. In publisher's cloth. Generally, minor shelfwear, but all volumes with a minor silverfishing to the binding, moderate to heavy to Volume IV; contents are clean and bindings are solid. The society was organized in 1850. It's constitution clearly… Read more about this item

Knoxville, TN: F. S. Keiskell, 1834. Quarter Leather. Good+ binding. 12mo. 299 pp. First edition. In original calf spine with paper over boards expertly renewed with period paper; new pastedown and preliminary blank; final leaf of the contents is supplied in a surprisingly good facsimile. A sophisticated copy, but the conservation was done with great care to the… Read more about this item

Charlottesville, VA: F. Carr, and Co, 1829. Hard Cover. Good binding. Octavo. viii, [2], 466 pp. First edition. In publisher's cloth-backed boards with printed paper label. Binding toned and soiled; label is rubbed and somewhat darkened; some closed tears to the cloth of the spine; lacking rear free endpaper; contemporary owner presentation inscription on the half title; foxing… Read more about this item

New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1941. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding/Very Good+ dust jacket. Octavo. [111] pp. Second printing of the first ordinary issue. As issued, in reddish tan cloth with dust jacket. A very bright copy in a similarly fresh jacket with just a bit of rubbing to the edges and spine and some toning; $2.00… Read more about this item

New Orleans: Loujon Press, 1963. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding. Octavo. [4], 98, [4] pp. Signed, first edition, limited to 777 copies. In original flexible boards with complicated series of jackets and wrap-arounds. Light rubbing to the extremities, contents clean. Generally, a very good+ copy, signed and dated by Bukowski in silver ink, "5/25/1963." This is the first… Read more about this item

Richmond: Aug. Davis, 1799. Full Leather. Very Good binding. Octavo. [12], 468, xxiv (appendix I), 32 (appendix II), xv (index), [1 (blank)] pp. Second edition. Bound in contemporary sheep with morocco title label on the spine. Light rubbing to the binding, but a fairly handsome copy; contents are generally foxed throughout. This copy with the contemporary owner name… Read more about this item

Richmond: Samuel Pleasants, Jun and Henry Pace, 1812. Full Leather. Good binding. Octavo. [2], vi, 454, [2], 72 (index); vi, 167, [1], 322, [2], 209. [1] pp. First edition. Format and bindings are not uniform, both in contemporary sheep with morocco title labels. Boards are abraded; chipping to the spine ends; contents are evenly toned with a few… Read more about this item

Richmond: Samuel Shepherd & Co. for Ritchie and Cook, 1830. Full Leather. Very Good binding. Octavo. iv, 919, [1] pp. First edition. In original marbled calf with later spine label. Light rubbing to the extremities, but quite an attractive copy with only minor separation at the bottom of the front joint; front free endpaper has been excised; light… Read more about this item

Hafniae [Copenhagen]: Academicis Martzani sumptibus Petri Hauboldt, 1654. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Small octavo. [16], 360, [8] pp., plates, illus. First edition. Rebound in recent cloth with morocco title label; engraved title plus 9 engravings, of which 2 are folding. Additional in-text woodcuts scattered throughout. Complete. Preliminary leaves and final leaves of the index are a bit… Read more about this item

New Orleans: James Harmanson, printed at the Pelican Press, 1947. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding. Octavo. [16], xxvi, [2], 376 pp., map, illus. Limited edition, one of 600 copies. This copy signed by Harmanson on the colophon. In publisher's cloth with morocco title label. Light rubbing, but quite a fresh copy. Le Page du Pratz offers… Read more about this item

Reading, PA: Johann Ritter, 1826. Full Leather. Good binding. 12mo. xii, 322, [2] pp. First edition. In contemporary leather with morocco title label. Within the pagination are four blank leaves of a "Familien-Register"--two of which have been excised, presumably because there was family information; the remaining two leaves have not been filled in. General edgewear including a split… Read more about this item

London, Dublin, and San Francisco: (1, 4, 5, & 6) W. H. Guest, (2) Carson Brothers, (3) S. W. Partridge, (7) A. L. Bancroft, 1880. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 7 pamphlets on Christian pyramidology and British Israelism bound together. Octavo. 83, [5]; 128; viii, 60; 63, [1]; [2], 40; 16; 28 pp., plates. In contemporary marbled boards… Read more about this item

New York: J. C. Buttre, 1861. Full Leather. Very Good binding. Quarto. 286 pp., frontis, ports. First edition. In publisher's elaborately decorated morocco. 14 steel engravings, with tissue guards, all present as called for. Light rubbing to the extremities and some minor rippling to the backstrip, but quite an attractive binding. Light and scattered foxing, mostly to the… Read more about this item

Belton, TX, 1910. Three Quarter Leather. Very Good+ binding. 16mo. 40 pp. First edition in book form. Issued in self-wrappers, this copy has been bound in three-quarter morocco with corners and cloth over boards by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Binding bright; contents clean throughout. From the library of noted Confederate collector, Charles R. Sanders, Jr. with his bookplate on… Read more about this item

Montgomery, AL: White, Pfister & Co. | printed by Wood, Hanleiter, Rice & Co, Atlanta, 1861. Half Leather. Very Good+ binding. Octavo. v, [3], xii (index) [9]-464 pp. First edition. In contemporary half sheep with marbled paper over boards. Binding is solid with limited wear; contents are foxed throughout. A remarkably nice copy. Smith in his… Read more about this item