New York: Knopf, 1936. Illus. 462pp.+ 16 page index. 8vo, original 1/2 black cloth with pictorial boards, edge of corners worn, otherwise very good. New York: Knopf, 1936. More about The French Quarter; An Informal History of the New Orleans Underworld
Barre: Barre Publishers, 1972. Many photo Illus. by George Francois Mugnier. Oblong 8vo, brown cloth, d.w. torn and chipped, corners of cloth bumped. Barre: Barre Publishers, (1972). More about New Orleans and Bayou Country
Austin: University of Texas Press, 2008. Many color photo Illus. by Dan Burkholder. 119pp. Oblong 4to, burgundy cloth, d.w. Austin: University of Texas Press, (2008). Very good. More about The Color of Loss; An Intimate Portrait of New Orleans after Katrina
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1983. Illus. 8vo, green cloth, d.w. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, (1983). Fine. More about Grace King; A Southern Destiny
Boston: James Osgood, 1885. 473pp. 12mo, blue decorated cloth, spine ends and edges of bottom covers rubbed. Boston: James Osgood, 1885. A novel set in New Orleans. More about Dr. Sevier
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1980. Over 185 Illus. 4to, black cloth, d.w. chipped. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1980. More about Lost New Orleans
New Orleans: L. Graham, 1905. Illus. iv, 350pp. Small 8vo, original gray cloth, spine and endpapers lightly soiled. New Orleans: L. Graham, 1905. Second Edition. On life in antebellum Louisiana. Howes C-225. More about New Orleans As It Was; Episodes of Louisiana Life
New York: Will H. Coleman, 1885. Edited and Compiled by Several Leading Writers of the New Orleans Press. Plates. 324pp. 12mo, original brown cloth, lacks folding map, spine ends worn, cloth lightly soiled. New York: Will H. Coleman, 1885. First Edition, Second Issue. Engraved plates depict local architecture. Contributing writers include Lafcadio Hearn, Charles Gayarre, Alexander Walker, Charles E. Whitney and Marion A. Baker. "Map not issued in all copies." Howes C -574. Internally a bright, tight, clean copy. Also... More about Historical Sketch Book and Guide to New Orleans and Environs
New York: Knopf, 1975. Illus. 8vo, 1/2 brown cloth, d.w. chipped and repaired. New York: Knopf, 1975. More about The New Orleans Cookbook; Creole, Cajun, and Louisiana French Recipes, Past and Present
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1984. Illus. 12mo, pictorial boards. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, (1984). Fine. More about New Orleans, Yesterday and Today, A Guide to the City
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1996. Illus. 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, (1996). Very good. More about The New Orleans Cabildo; Colonial Louisiana's First City Government, 1769-1803
New Orleans: Louisiana Press, 1980. Many color photo Illus. by Bernard Hermann. 4to, red boards, d.w. New Orleans: Louisiana Press, (1980). Very good. More about New Orleans
New York: Routledge, 2006. Illus. 8vo, pr. wrs. New York: Routledge, (2006). Near Fine. More about Sustaining New Orleans; Literature, Local Memory, and the Fate of a City
Boston: Design Media Concepts Corporation, 1978. Poster. Offset lithograph. 27.5" x 22.5". In very good condition. Original exhibition poster for "Costumes of the Latin Quarter" at the Boston Center for the Arts. Art work by Erte with decorative text that reads "Woman As Fantasy". Romain de Tirtoff (23 November 1892 %u2013 21 April 1990) was a Russian-born French artist and designer known by the pseudonym Erté. 20th-century artist and designer who flourished in an array of fields, including fashion, jewelry... More about Costumes of the Latin Quarter
New Orleans: Pelican, 1926. Drawn by W.M. Spratling and Arranged by William Faulkner. Thin 8vo, green boards; darker green printed label. New Orleans: The Pelican Bookshop, (1926). First Edition. Of an edition of 250 copies this is number 15 of about 50, signed on the flyleaf by Spratling, and with some of plates hand tinted by him. Spratling has added a presentation on the dedication page to author Kenneth Roberts, whose ex-libris is on the endpaper. The very delicate binding... More about Sherwood Anderson & Other Famous Creoles: A Gallery of Contemporary New Orleans
Written En Route and Dedicated to the City of New Orleans. 4p. n.p. n.d. Inscribed by Field: "First published in the New Orleans papers in December 1908. Printed by the delegation (The Chicago Association of Commerce) after the return to Chicago." More about When Waters Meet
London: John Murray, 1821. 8vo, contemporary calf, spine worn, edges of corners lightly worn, scattered light foxing. London: John Murray, 1821. First Edition. More about A Narrative of the Campaigns of the British Army at Washington and New Orleans under Generals...
Boston: Little Brown, 1993. Many color photo Illus. Square 4to, 1/2 green cloth, d.w., corners of boards bumped, many pages in the upper right corner margin are lightly creased. Boston: Little Brown, (1993). More about The Secret Gardens of Vieux Carre; The Historic French Quarter of New Orleans
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1976. 12mo, brown cloth. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, (1976). Fine Colorful Mayor of New York under the Tweed period. In 1849 he was admitted to the New Orleans bar. More about The Manhattaner in New Orleans; or, Phases of "Crescent City" Life
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1995. Illus. 8vo, blue boards, d.w. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, (1995). Book Club Edition. Very good. More about The Capture of New Orleans 1862
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1924. Ed. by Charles Woodward Hutson. Illus. by the author. 12mo, red cloth, spine ends worn, edges of corners rubbed and bumped. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1924. More about Creole Sketches
Jackson: University of Mississippi Press, 1983. Illus. 8vo, pr. wrs., some pages creased in upper right corner margins. Jackson: University of Mississippi, (1983). Very good. More about In Old New Orleans
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1969. 8vo, red cloth, d.w. slightly chipped, lightly soiled, and rubbed. (Baton Rouge): Louisiana State University Press, (1969). More about New Orleans in the Gilded Age; Politics and Urban Progress, 1880-1896
New Orleans: 1873. Including Biographical Sketches of its Distinguished Citizens, Together with a Map and a General Stranger's Guide. Folding Street Map of New Orleans. Many engravings. Small folio, original green cloth, head of spine lightly worn, blank side of map and some page margins crudely repaired with tape. New Orleans, 1873. First Edition. Many of the engravings depict commercial buildings and important non-commercial buildings in New Orleans. More about Jewell's Crescent City Illustrated; The Commerical, Social , Political and General History of New...
New Orleans: Caroline Merrick Jones, 1972. Foreword by Dorothy Dix. xii + 178 pages, 8vo, printed wrappers, clear mylar dust wrapper, cover illustration by Olive Leonhardt. New Orleans: Caroline Merrick Jones, (1972). A fine copy. More about Gourmet's Guide to New Orleans
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