Chicago: Lawrence Hill Books, 2009. Illustrated sparsely in black and white. ix, 369 pages. 8vo, black cloth-backed boards, d.w. (some wrinkling, small closed tear at bottom edge, small chip at tail). Chicago: Lawrence Hill Books, (2009). First Edition. Small stain at upper edge of text block, internally pristine. A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
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Amsterdam: 1720. Print. Copper-plate engraving. Amsterdam: 1720. Image measures 6 1/8" x 9", with text 11 1/2" x 9". Sheet measures 15" x 11 1/2" This satirical persuasive map depicts the island of "Geks-Kop", rendered as a 'fools head', or man in a 'fool's cap.' The map is an allegorical reference to the economic crash caused by the French Compagnie d'Occident, often referred to as the Mississippi Company, following the burst of the Mississippi Bubble. Surrounding the head are islands..... More
3 color and 15 b/w plates, text illus. 329pp. 8vo, cloth: Philadelphia, 1929. Fine History of armed conflict in the Mississippi Valley. 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
Amsterdam: 1737. Map. Original engraving. 14.75 x 17.25 inches. Beautiful 1737 map of North America featuring giant scaled Great Lakes. Lake Huron is referred to as Karegnondi, an indigenous name meaning big lake or fresh water sea. Possible reference to Manitoulin Island (the largest fresh water island in the world) as 'Cantolon'. Many portage routes are described throughout. Indigenous villages and architecture is noted along with Jesuit settlements. The largest significant French towns that are noted are Quebec City and..... More
Readex Microprint, 1966. 39pp. 8vo, green cloth. N.p.: Readex Microprint, (1966). Fine History of the Yazoo Act of 1795 and the land speculation in Alabama and Mississippi which resulted from the act's enactment. Facsimile of the Hartford, 1797 edition. 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
Mississippi: Confederate Book House Press, 1963. 185 pages. 12mo, black cloth with white lettering, d.w. (quite worn). Mississippi: Confederate Book House Press, 1963. First Limited Edition. Boards dust soiled, outer page edges toned, internally clean and tight. Very good(-) copy of this scarce publication in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More
Washington: National Geographic, 2010. Foreword by Wade Henderson. Illustrated. vii + 120 pages, thin 8vo, glossy pcitorial boards, d.w. Washington, D. C.: National Geographic, (2010). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. Signed by author on title page. 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
Jackson, MIssissippi: University Press of MIssissippi, 1984. Profusely illustrated with color photos of the interior of the mansion. 90 pages, oblong small slim 4to, rec cloth, d.w. University Press of Mississippi; Jackson, Mississippi. 1984. First Edition. Fine. Signatures on the front gray flyleaf of, "Kirk Fordice, Governor" and "Pat Fordice, First Lady." More
New York: Samuel Gaston, 1857. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 5 x 6". This map shows the state of Mississippi in the middle of the 19th century. Published in 1857, it records a moment just prior to the outbreak of the CIvil War in 1861. Although the state is fully politically divided on the map, with counties colored by hand and gridded district divisions, much of land remained unpopulated at this time. The lowest part of the..... More
illus. 122pp. 8vo, cloth. St. Louis, 1879. Presentation copy. 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
Philadelphia: Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., 1857. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 14" x 11.5". Nice clean map of Mississippi divided into counties. Shows major cities, major routes, waterways and railroads. Includes table of steam boat routes. From the "New Universal Atlas". In excellent condition. Plate was originally published by Samuel Augustus Mitchell, who sold the copyright to Thomas, Cowperthwait & Company in 1850, which was in turn bought by Charles Desilver in 1856. More
illus. 4to, cloth, d.w. Jackson: Univ. Press, of Mississippi, 1981. More
illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York, (1941). Travel on the Mississippi River. More
Vol. XXII, No. 5. Saturday, November 3, 1810. folio, 4pp. 5 columns per page. Portsmouth: [William Treadwell], 1810. Contains printing of the Declaration of Independence of West Florida. "...he (Ferdinand VII of Spain) has endeavored to pervert into an engine of destruction, by encouraging, in the most persidious manner, the violation of ordinances sanctioned and established by himself as the law of the land. Being thus left without any hope of protection from the mother country, by being betrayed by..... More
Jackson: University of Mississippi Press, 2000. Illus. 8vo, purple cloth, d.w. Jackson: University of Mississippi Press, (2000). Near Fine. Inscribed by Constance Curry. 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
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1936. 8vo, green cloth. Chapel Hill: Univ. of North Carolina Press, 1936. First Edition. More
Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1988. Illustrated with a handful of b/w images. 465 pages. Tall 8vo, green cloth. Chicago: University of Illinois Press, (1988). Remainder mark on bottom edges, else a near fine copy, lacking the dust wrapper. More
The Hitherto Unwritten Record of a Hero of the War of the Rebellion. illus. 97pp. 16mo, later library cloth, portion of original pr. wrs. mounted on covers; (covers lightly soiled, ex-lib, otherwise very good). St. Louis: Nixon-Jones Printing, 1887. Philip Henson was a native of Alabama. He spied on the Confederacy mostly in Mississippi. Later in the war, Henson was captured and imprisoned. He was later released because of a lack of evidence. More
New York: Johnson & Ward, 1863. Map. Steel engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 24.25" x 17.25". Classic map of Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana divided into counties and townships. Shows all major towns, cities, routes, waterways and railroads. Alvin Jewett Johnson (1827-1884) is one of the most prolific American publishers of the 19th century. He opened his own company in 1856 that produced atlases, maps and encyclopedias. The company made great maps based on those by J.H. Colton and..... More
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Hi. Just letting you know that the 1918 book by Moore has arrived safely. It will be a great addition to my collection. Thanks for shipping it so quickly.