[Philadelphia]: Published by order of the House of Representatives, 1800. 14pp. Printed self-wrappers, stitched. Very good, untrimmed and partially unopened. Report from the House of Representatives regarding a petition for change of government in the Mississippi Territory. The Congress has resolved to defer the institution of changes until the population.....

Grand Gulf, Ms. Dec. 31, 1835. [4]pp. Folio newspaper. Minor fold lines, light browning. Institutional deaccession stamp in lower margin. Contemporary ownership signature in right margin. Very good. An early issue of this scarce Mississippi newspaper. Edited by W.M. Smyth, publication of the GRAND GULF ADVERTISER began on Feb. 17.....

Jackson: E. Barksdale, 1861. 256pp. Inserted extra leaf between pp. 50 and 51. Large folding table. Modern three-quarter calf and marbled boards, spine gilt. Light soiling and foxing. Very good. Report of the proceedings of the Mississippi state convention in 1861 that voted for secession from the United States. With.....

Jackson, Ms. E. Barksdale, 1861. 7,[1],86pp. Contemporary plain wrappers. Minor creasing of rear wrapper. Old institutional stamp on upper inner corner of front wrapper. Moderate foxing. Very good. The laws of Mississippi passed at a special session at the beginning of the Civil War, ending in September 1861. Laws treat.....

Jackson: E. Barksdale, State Printer, 1856. xvi,455pp. Original marbled boards and sheep corners, rebacked in modern cloth. Good. Over 200 amendments, resolutions, and acts, ranging from marriage licenses to town charters. Bound in is an unrecorded broadside advocating the "American Ticket" of E.M. Yerger for governor and a ticket of.....

Washington. 1811. 4pp. on folded quarto sheet, string-tied. Folded edge a bit rough. Near fine. One of Mississippi's first attempts at statehood. "It and other attempts...were unsuccessful largely because of the interruption of the War of 1812 and because agreement could not be reached over the question of whether or.....

[Washington. 1816]. 10pp. Modern red cloth. Toned. Good. A land office report regarding how claims for lands stemming from the Spanish and British occupations of parts of the Mississippi Territory from 1763 to 1803 were to be treated. OCLC locates eight copies.

Washington. 1811. 6pp. Dbd. Near fine. The committee finds that for reasons of population, commerce, and the integrity of the Union, statehood should be encouraged for Mississippi. They resolve that a constitutional convention be called in the territory, as a necessary step to statehood.

Washington. 1803. 6pp. Dbd. Near fine. The memorialists appeal to the U.S. Congress for assistance in resolving their difficulties with the Spanish government regarding the deposit of merchandise at the port of New Orleans. In December 1802 the Spanish governor at New Orleans had revoked the right of deposit granted.....

Cleveland, Ms. [ca. 1910?]. Single card, 2 x 3 3/4 inches. Minor soiling and creasing. Very good. A business card for the Gordin House in Cleveland, Mississippi, Mrs. S.S. Floyd, proprietress. The card indicates: "Special attention paid to traveling men." Patrons can stay for a mere two dollars per day.....

London. 1839. Two volumes. xvi,473; xi,372pp. Half title in second volume. Lithograph frontispiece in each volume. Original cloth. Sunned, extremities worn, hinges repaired, tears to frontispiece in first volume expertly repaired with no loss. Some scattered foxing, bookplates. A sound set. The first and best edition of this work, in.....

Rutland, Vt. 1825. 144pp. Contemporary half morocco and paper-covered boards. First and terminal blank leaves lacking; pp.137-138 lacking, replaced with facsimile leaf. Small hole in inner margin of first four leaves, not affecting text. Gift inscription, dated 1826, on fly leaf. Scattered foxing and occasional stains. Early pencil and ink.....

St. Louis. 1950. 351pp. Many illustrations. Cloth. Very good. In worn dust jacket. Revised edition. One of the first elaborate exhibitions to celebrate the American art of the West and the Mississippi. Useful reference.