The Life and Times of King Cotton.
Frontis. 8vo, cloth; (spine lightly soiled). N.Y.: Oxford UP, (1956). Presentation copy from the author to George W. Ball. With the bookplate of George W. Ball. More
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The Life and Times of King Cotton.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1956. Frontispiece. 8vo, green cloth, pictorial d.w., chipped. New York: Oxford UP, (1956). First Edition. Very Good in poor dust wrapper. More
Cotton and Race in the Making of America: The Human Costs of Economic Power
Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 2009. A few illustrations. xiv + 416 pages, 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 2009. A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Facts and Figures for Textile Manufacturers, Concerning the Propoer Methods of Equipping and Running Mills
Hopewell, Mass. Geo. Draper, 1896. Illustrations, charts & tables. Small 8vo, gray cloth. Hopewell, Mass.: Geo. Draper, 1896. Including special treatises on Carding, Spinning, Spooling, Warping, Dyeing, Reeling, Twisting & Weaving. More
Transforming the Cotton Frontier; Madison County, Alabama, 1800-1840
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1997. Map. 8vo, white cloth, d.w. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, (1997). Near Fine. More
Gift of the Cotton Maiden: Textiles of Flores and the Solor Islands
Los Angeles: Fowler Museum of Cultural History, 1994. Illustrated abundantly in color and in black and white. 287 pages. 4to, glossy pictorial wrappers. Los Angeles: Fowler Museum of Cultural History, (1994). Near fine. More
The Pursuit of a Dream.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1981. xi + 290 pages, 8vo, tan cloth. New York: Oxford University Press, 1981. A near fine copy lacking dust wrapper. Community of ex-slaves in a utopian community that raised cotton in Mississippi. More
Inventing the Cotton Gin; Machine and Myth in Antebellum America
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003. Illus. 8vo, black cloth, d.w. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, (2003). Fine. More
Tombee: Portrait of a Cotton Planter.; With the Journal of Thomas B. Chaplin, (1822-1890).
New York: William Morrow, 1986. 750 pages. Thick 8vo, white cloth-backed brown boards, d.w. (tattered). New York: William Morrow, (1986). First edition. A near fine copy in a poor dust wrapper. More
Capital and the Cotton Industry in the Industrial Revolution.
8vo, cloth, d.w. Cornell UP, (1967). vg. More
Memoir of Samuel Slater, the Father of American Manufacturers. Connected with a History of the Rise and Progress of the Cotton Manufacture in England and America.
Philadelphia: 1836. Illustrated with fine lithographic plates, some folding. Tall 8vo, original blind-stamped patterned brown cloth; quite worn and joints strengthened, foxed throughout. Philadelphia, 1836. Second Edition. A very good(-) copy. One of the foremost pioneers of American commerce. Kress C4284, Sabin 13385. Howes W-355. More
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