Talladega, Al. French, [ca. 1905]. Silver gelatin photograph, 7 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches, on 10 x 12-inch mount. Moderate chipping to mount, small chip at upper right corner re-attached with tape on verso, tiny tear to photograph at upper right corner. Overall very good condition. A scarce image of.....
Philadelphia: Alexander Towar, 1833. xlvii,[1],574pp. 20th-century buckram, gilt leather labels. Titlepage stained, with dampstaining near the gutter of the first few and last few leaves, minor foxing. Good plus. The second digest of laws for the state of Alabama, after the 1823 digest compiled by Judge Harry Toulmin. For this.....
Montgomery: Montgomery Advertiser Book and Job Office, 1862. 112,81-96,129-303,[1]pp. Contemporary half calf and paper-covered boards, gilt morocco label. Binding worn, with a few small contemporary ink doodles. Contents tanned. Good. With an extra sixth gathering and no eighth gathering, therefor lacking pp.97-128. The majority of the present acts concern Alabama's.....
Montgomery: N.B. Cloud, 1858. 468pp. Original half sheep and paper boards. Spine almost perished, boards somewhat soiled and nearly detached, edges and corners worn. Light foxing and tanning. Good. A scarce printing of state laws from the Alabama legislature just prior the Civil War. Only six copies located by OCLC.....
Tuscaloosa; Montgomery; Jacksonville, Fl. 1841-1899. Twelve imprints in eleven volumes. Early 20th-century buckram, gilt leather spine labels. Cloth somewhat dust soiled, Labels chipped. Paper shelf labels on spines, institutional ink and blind stamps on titlepages and several initial leaves. Gutter tape repairs and contemporary bookseller's label on titlepage of one.....
Tuscaloosa: Ferguson & Eaton, 1838. 136pp. Modern half morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt with leather label. Ownership inscription on titlepage. Light foxing and soiling. Very good. The rare military code for the state of Alabama. The text includes constitutional provisions, organizational guidelines, training and exercises, regulations for war, duties.....
Montgomery. 1861. 64,[4],xcvi pp. Original printed wrappers. Front wrap detached, slightly chipped. Moderate foxing and tanning. Good. An annual meeting of this lodge of Masons, with an appendix printing correspondence from other lodges all around the country. A Confederate imprint.
Montgomery, Al. Richards Film Services, Inc., 1918. Panoramic photograph, 16 x 61 1/4 inches. A few creases and moderate wear. 13 1/2-inch closed horizontal tear into the image area from left edge, 2 1/2-inch closed horizontal tear at right edge just touching image area. Overall good condition. A substantial and.....
Washington. 1854. viii,851pp. Original cloth, stamped in blind and gilt. Toe of spine frayed. Overall very good. The Senate issue, published a year after the House issue, of Andrews' extensive report on trade between the United States and Canada, with information on internal improvements in Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, and Florida.....
Birmingham. 1910. xxxiv,[1],581pp. plus plates. Original red cloth, gilt stamped. Light wear to corners and spine extremities. Light tanning. Very good. A detailed mining, industrial, and railroad history of Alabama from the beginning of the 19th century, published by the state's Chamber of Commerce. An uncommon book, with "many copies.....
Morrisania, N.Y. 1870. 13pp., printed in double columns. Folio. Original printed front wrapper, bound into later three quarter green morocco and cloth, gilt morocco spine label. Bookplate on rear pastedown. Wrapper chipped and soiled. Foredge of each text leaf reinforced with tissue. Good. Field has very kind words for this.....
[Various locations, including Massachusetts, Florida, Alabama, and New York. May 1861 to March 1888]. Twenty-one autograph letters, signed, and manuscript documents, totaling approximately fifty-one pages. Old folds, many with slight tears and slight separations along folds and at cross folds. Overall, in good plus condition. An interesting collection of manuscript.....
[N.p., likely Chicago. 1882-1944]. 190pp. Folio. Contemporary black pebbled cloth boards with later red leather corners and backstrip, gilt title on front board. Endpapers renewed. Minor rubbing and soiling to boards. Light thumb-soiling to text. Very good. An extensive and informative company ledger listing the assets, properties, profits, losses, and.....
[Richmond? 1863]. Printed form, approximately 24 x 36 inches, completed in manuscript. Folded. Light wear and a few small separations along folds. Slightly wrinkled at right edge. Moderate tanning, scattered foxing. Still very good. A rare example of a Civil War muster roll for a Confederate unit. This roll is.....
New York. 1860. 233,6pp. plus engraved frontispiece, with numerous full- page engravings reckoned in the pagination. Original publisher's cloth. Spine ends and corners worn, light insect damage to boards and joints. Ownership inscription on front pastedown, modern bookplate on rear pastedown, light occasional foxing. Very good. Memoirs and adventures of.....
[Washington. 1837]. 61pp. Dbd. Somewhat tanned. Good plus. A rare presidential document relating Andrew Jackson's message and the subsequent investigation of the relations between the United States and Creek Indians in the American southeast. Includes good historical background information on the relationship between natives and Americans in the state. Rare.....
Philadelphia: Printed by T.H. Palmer, 1821. vii,[1],[5]-92,[8]pp. Large folding frontispiece map. Original printed brown paper-covered boards, neatly rebacked in matching paper. Boards edgeworn and stained, corners worn. Faint ink stamp of previous owner on titlepage. Text with uniform moderate tanning and foxing. Very small closed tear in the map, neatly.....
Tallahassee, Fl. 1966. 6,48pp. plus folding plan. Original printed yellow wrappers bound into modern three quarter morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt. Fine. From an edition limited to 210 copies. A presentation copy, inscribed by N. Orwin Rush to the noted collector, C.R. Sanders, and with Sanders' bookplate on the.....
Madrid: Jose Porrua Turanzas, 1959. 90pp. plus plates. Quarto. Original cream printed wrappers bound into half red morocco and cloth, spine gilt. Modern bookplate on rear pastedown. Internally clean. Near fine. "Segunda edicion con tres planos." From an edition limited to 200 copies. Second edition, after the first of 1781.....
Paris: Geofroi Nyon, 1711-1712. [18],281,[3],249,[11]pp. Second part with separate titlepage. 12mo. Contemporary calf, ornate gilt spine, raised bands, gilt maroon morocco label. Crossed-out contemporary ownership signature on titlepage and verso of front free endpaper, old institutional stamp also on titlepage. Later manuscript note tipped in at front. Overall internally clean.....
[Washington. 1844]. 114pp. plus three (of seven) folding maps. Dbd. Very good. Lacks four of the maps. The handsome maps in this pre-Mexican War report depict Alabama, Florida, and Michigan.
Chicago & Montgomery. 1895. 331pp. plus index and folding map. Contemporary cloth boards, spine gilt. Patterned endpapers, modern bookplate on rear pastedown. Near fine. In a cloth slipcase. First edition. A detailed account of the Creek War, its major players, and significant battles. Includes several portraits and maps, including one.....
Edinburgh. 1829. Three volumes. iv,ii,421; [4],ii,432; vii,[1],436pp. plus folding colored map and folding table. Half titles. 12mo. Contemporary calf, expertly rebacked to style, spine gilt, corners rubbed. Contemporary bookplate on front pastedowns. Internally clean. Very good. Captain Hall travelled throughout much of the Northeast and the Midwest, including the Great.....
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1897. xii,[2],447pp., plus 14 maps and plates. Original blue cloth boards, spine gilt. Crown of spine scuffed. Author inscription on front flyleaf. Front inner hinge cracked but secure. Light toning, else very clean. Very good. In a blue cloth slipcase. First edition. An historical narrative.....
[Mainly Virginia, Alabama, and Texas. 1857-1929]. Approximately thirty-two letters, some with original transmittal envelopes; twenty-three photographs and real photo postcards; and assorted family documents, calling cards, and greeting cards. Overall very good condition. Housed in a modern gray archival box. A wide-ranging collection of correspondence, photographs, and documents centered on.....
