North Easton: Columbia University Press, 1964. Illustrated. xiii, 625 pages. Short thick 4to, blue cloth. North Easton, MA: Designed and produced by the Printing Office of Columbia University Press, 1964. First Edition. A fine copy, protected in the original cardboard shipping box. Signed by the author. One of 250 copies. More

London: Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orne. Map. Original uncolored engraving. Image measures 10 1/4" x 12 1/2". This detailed map of the United States depicts the eastern half of the country, including the Great Lakes, Appalachian Range, and the Mississippi Delta. Published shortly after the Louisiana Purchase, the map features the area west of the Mississippi in lesser detail, noting Native American tribes and villages, rivers, and cities. The Florida peninsula is not depicted. Cities, isles, bodies of water, mountain..... More

Paris: Jacques Nicolas Bellin, 1750. Map. Uncolored engraving. Image measures 8 5/8" x 6.75". Beautiful chart of the Mississippi River feeding into the Gulf of Mexico. Shows depths and sandbars. In excellent condition. Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), was the official hydrographer to the French king and the first person to hold the title of "Ingénieur de la Marine of the Depot des cartes et plans de la Marine" (chief engineer of the French Hydrographical Office). More

U. S. Pacific Railroad Exploration & Survey, War Department. Map. Lithograph with original hand coloring. Image measures 26.75 x 38.5". This fascinating geological section of the Mississippi River derives from the investigations of Jules Marcou, a French geologist who worked extensively in North America. In 1853, under the service of the U.S. government, he became the first geologist to cross the United States as part of the Pacific railroad exploration, headed by A.W. Whipple, that was then then underway. This..... More

New York: Scribner, 1914. A Tale of the Mississippi. Illus. by F.C. Yohn. 8vo, red cloth. N.Y., 1914. First Edition. Inscribed by Cable: "I was at the old landing a few days ago, but what a change!" Fine copy, in a 1/4 blue morocco slipcase. More

80 illus. and folding maps. tall 8vo, cloth. n.p. 1968. More

New York: Harper, 1995. Illus. 8vo, 1/2 maroon cloth, d.w. chipped, d.w. on the blank side and bottom of cloth spine lightly dampstained, some pages with pencil marks in margin. (New York): HarperCollins, (1995). More

illus. 4to, cloth, d.w. Jackson: Univ. Press, of Mississippi, 1981. More

illustrated. 8vo, cloth, d.w. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State UP, (1981). Near fine. More

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1900. Illustrated with maps. xxv + 368 pages, 8vo, blue cloth; corners lightly worn, some loss of cloth at spine ends, neat ownership signature front free endpaper. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1900. Internally fine, a very good copy. More

New York: Knopf, 2003. Illus. 8vo, two-toned boards, d.w. New York: Knopf, 2003. Fine. More

London: Hinton, Simpkin & Marshall, 1832. Map. Uncolored engraving. Image measures 16 1/8" x 10.5". Fantastic early map of Mississippi and Louisiana divided into counties. The bayou is particularly well detailed, along with other topographical and geographical elements. Features towns, waterways, major routes and Indian tribes. In excellent condition with a few very light spots of foxing. Original folds. More

Uncommon full signature: "Charles E. Hooker - Mississippi", most likely executed while serving as a member of the United States House of Representatives, on a 5.5" x 2" pages. Fine condition. American secessionist who was dispatched by the state of Mississippi to South Carolina as a secession commissioner and destribed as a "fire-eater" of the most ultra disunion stripe. He later entered the Confederate States Army rising in rank to Captain in the First Regiment of Mississippi Light Artillery and..... More