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CONFEDERATE CIVIL WAR ARCHIVE OF THE ALLDREDGE FAMILY, MOSTLY RELATING TO CONFEDERATE 3rd...

[CONFEDERATE CIVIL WAR ARCHIVE OF THE ALLDREDGE FAMILY, MOSTLY RELATING TO CONFEDERATE 3rd SERGEANT WILLIAM VALIENT ALLDREDGE AND HIS BROTHER ANDREW PERRY ALLDREDGE, COMPANY "C," 35th ALABAMA INFANTRY, WITH IMPORTANT BATTLE CONTENT IN LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI, AND GEORGIA, INCLUDING THE SINKING OF THE USS MISSISSIPPI, THE BATTLES OF CHAMPION HILL AND CORINTH, AND ACTIVITIES AROUND ATLANTA].

Alldredge, William Valient, Sgt.: [Civil War]:

[Various locations in Mississippi, Louisiana, and Georgia. August 11, 1862 - September 13, 1864]. Thirteen autograph letters, signed, totaling forty-eight pages, plus approximately thirty- five pages of additional assorted manuscript documents. Minor chipping or loss to a few letters, costing a small amount of text, one separated along horizontal folds.....

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ORNITHOLOGICAL BIOGRAPHY, OR AN ACCOUNT OF THE HABITS OF THE BIRDS OF THE UNITED STATES OF...

ORNITHOLOGICAL BIOGRAPHY, OR AN ACCOUNT OF THE HABITS OF THE BIRDS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

Audubon, John James:

Edinburgh. 1831-1839. Five volumes. A few in-text illustrations. Half title in each volume. Large, thick octavos. Modern buckram, printed paper labels. Bookplate on front pastedowns. Contemporary ownership inscription on titlepage. Some light foxing, primarily to first and last few leaves. Tear in half title of second volume, repaired with tape.....

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THE NATIONAL LEGEND OF THE CHAHTA-MUSKOKEE TRIBES. D. G. Brinton

THE NATIONAL LEGEND OF THE CHAHTA-MUSKOKEE TRIBES.

Brinton, D.G.:

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.....

Price: $400.00

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HISTORY OF NEWTON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, FROM 1834 TO 1894. A. J. Brown

HISTORY OF NEWTON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, FROM 1834 TO 1894.

Brown, A.J.:

Jackson, Ms. 1894. xv,[1],472pp. plus errata. Portraits. Original cloth. Ex-lib. with old mark from shelf label, and bookplate. Cloth bit soiled, text slightly tanned. A good, sound copy. A rare southern local history. Includes material on Indian removal, native tribes and their customs, the Civil War, Reconstruction, Blacks and slavery.....

Price: $325.00

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AN ACCOUNT OF THE EUROPEAN SETTLEMENTS IN AMERICA. IN SIX PARTS. Edmund Burke

AN ACCOUNT OF THE EUROPEAN SETTLEMENTS IN AMERICA. IN SIX PARTS....

[Burke, Edmund, et al]:

London. 1777. Two volumes. [6],xii,324; xii,308pp. Folding frontispiece map in each volume. Later speckled calf, maroon and black gilt morocco labels, ornate gilt spines. Front board of second volume detached, but present. Covers slightly bowed. Armorial bookplate and early 19th-century ownership signature on front paste down of each volume. Later.....

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ACCOUNT LEDGER FOR THE CANTON, ABERDEEN & NASHVILLE RAILROAD, AND ITS SUCCESSOR, THE ILLINOIS...

[ACCOUNT LEDGER FOR THE CANTON, ABERDEEN & NASHVILLE RAILROAD, AND ITS SUCCESSOR, THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL, SPANNING OVER SIXTY YEARS, FROM ITS INCEPTION IN THE 1880s UNTIL THE 1940s].

[Canton, Aberdeen & Nashville Railroad]: [Illinois Central Railroad]:

[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.....

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THE DAILY CITIZEN. THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1863. Civil War

THE DAILY CITIZEN. THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1863.

[Civil War]:

Vicksburg, Ms. J.M. Swords, Proprietor, 1863. Folio broadside, printed on wallpaper. Old folds, closed tear in blank margin of one fold, some spotting. Very good. The newspapers printed on wallpaper in Vicksburg during its siege were widely noted at the time, and the Union troops who took possession of the.....

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COLLECTION OF ELEVEN CIVIL WAR LETTERS FROM PVT. AARON A. SMITH TO ADDIE D. JONES DESCRIBING HIS...

[COLLECTION OF ELEVEN CIVIL WAR LETTERS FROM PVT. AARON A. SMITH TO ADDIE D. JONES DESCRIBING HIS TRAINING IN NEW ENGLAND, HIS TIME AT SHIP ISLAND AND THE EARLY DAYS OF THE UNION OCCUPATION OF LOUISIANA].

[Civil War]: Smith, Aaron A.:

[Manchester, N.H., Boston, Ma., Ship Island (off the coast of Mississippi) and locations in Louisiana, as detailed below]. January 22 - December 10, 1862. Eleven autograph letters, signed, (ten with envelopes), totaling [36]pp. Later transcriptions accompany the letters. Old folds, occasional light staining and/or tanning, one letter with small tears.....

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GENERAL COURT MARTIAL ORDERS NO. 20. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF MISSISSIPPI, VICKSBURG, MISS.,...

GENERAL COURT MARTIAL ORDERS NO. 20. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF MISSISSIPPI, VICKSBURG, MISS., JUNE 6 1865 [caption title].

[Civil War]: [African-Americana]:

Vicksburg, Ms. June 6, 1865. 4pp., on a small bifolium. Slight chips at upper right corner, two slits at gutter margin for intended binding. Faint foxing at edges. About very good. A brief report on two courts-martial of two officers in the 58th Colored Infantry in Vicksburg, two months after.....

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BATTLE OF CORINTH. OCT. 1862 [manuscript caption title]. Civil War, Alexander? Simplot

BATTLE OF CORINTH. OCT. 1862 [manuscript caption title].

[Civil War]: [Simplot, Alexander?]:

[Corinth, Ms. 1862]. Pencil drawing, 13 1/2 x 21 inches. Small tears at right and left edges, lower right corner torn away. Small red ink stain on lower edge. Central vertical fold. Light soiling and wear. About very good. An original pencil sketch depicting a crucial moment in the Second.....

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MISSISSIPPI, AS A PROVINCE, TERRITORY AND STATE, WITH BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF EMINENT...

MISSISSIPPI, AS A PROVINCE, TERRITORY AND STATE, WITH BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF EMINENT CITIZENS...VOLUME I [all published].

Claiborne, J.F.H.:

Jackson, Ms. 1880. xxiii,[1],545pp. plus plates and errata. Frontis. Recent half calf and marbled boards. Ownership and gift inscriptions on front endpapers. Occasional foxing. Very good. Good, detailed history of the state and region, with chapters on early exploration and settlement, native Indians, the controversy over West Florida, the influence.....

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AN INDEX TO J.F.H. CLAIBORNE'S MISSISSIPPI, AS APROVINCE, TERRITORY AN STATE. J. F. H. Claiborne,...

AN INDEX TO J.F.H. CLAIBORNE'S MISSISSIPPI, AS APROVINCE, TERRITORY AN STATE.

[Claiborne, J.F.H.]: Lagrone, C.M.:

Hattiesburg, Ms. The Book Farm, 1939. 39,[1]pp. Original printed wrappers, loose gatherings. Light shelf wear. Internally clean. Very good. Scarce index for Claiborne's voluminous history of early Mississippi, compiled nearly sixty years after the publication of the first edition in 1880. Another twenty- five years elapsed before history and index.....

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DIARY OF THE WAR FOR SEPARATION, A DAILY CHRONICLE OF THE PRINCIPLE EVENTS AND HISTORY OF THE...

DIARY OF THE WAR FOR SEPARATION, A DAILY CHRONICLE OF THE PRINCIPLE EVENTS AND HISTORY OF THE PRESENT REVOLUTION, TO WHICH IS ADDED NOTES AND DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL THE GREAT BATTLES INCLUDING WALKER'S NARRATIVE OF THE BATTLE OF SHILOH.

Clarke, H.C.:

[Augusta, Ga. Steam Press of Chronicle & Sentinel, 1862]. 191pp. Modern half morocco and cloth. Old ex-lib. ink stamp on titlepage and two other leaves. Somewhat dust soiled. Else very good. A revealing account of the war by the leading wartime printer of Vicksburg, Mississippi. The DIARY... covers the period.....

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LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI. By "Mark Twain" [pseud]. Samuel L. Clemens

LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI. By "Mark Twain" [pseud].

[Clemens, Samuel L.]:

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883. 624pp., plus frontispiece, plates, and in-text illustrations. Large octavo. Brown cloth, elaborately decorated in gilt and black, a.e.g. Spine ends very slightly worn, inner hinges neatly repaired. Bookplates on front pastedown and front free endpaper. Clean internally. A fine copy. In a half.....

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MAP OF THE COURSE OF THE MISSISSIPPI FROM THE MISSOURI AND THE COUNTRY OF THE ILLINOIS TO THE...

MAP OF THE COURSE OF THE MISSISSIPPI FROM THE MISSOURI AND THE COUNTRY OF THE ILLINOIS TO THE MOUTH OF THIS RIVER [caption title].

[Collot, Georges Henri Victor]:

[Paris. 1804 (but distributed in 1826)]. Engraved map, approximately 13 x 37 inches. Matted. Old fold lines. Scattered foxing, mostly in margins and along uppermost fold. Very good. A long and highly detailed map of the course of the Mississippi River from St. Louis to the Gulf of Mexico from.....

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OFFICIAL REPORTS OF BATTLES, EMBRACING THE DEFENCE OF VICKSBURG, BY MAJOR GENERAL EARL VAN DORN,...

OFFICIAL REPORTS OF BATTLES, EMBRACING THE DEFENCE OF VICKSBURG, BY MAJOR GENERAL EARL VAN DORN, AND THE ATTACK UPON BATON ROUGE, BY MAJOR GENEAL [sic] BRECKINRIDGE.

[Confederate Imprint]: [Vicksburg, Battle of]:

Richmond. 1863. 170pp. Later stitching. Titlepage heavily foxed, some wear. Light foxing to text, some light dampstaining. Wear to final leaf. Good. A rare official report concerning the important battles for control of the Mississippi, and printing official battle reports by Confederate officers covering operations at Vicksburg; Baton Rouge; Corinth;.....

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A HOME ON THE MISSISSIPPI. Currier, Ives

A HOME ON THE MISSISSIPPI.

[Currier & Ives]:

New York. 1871. Handcolored lithograph, 11 x 14 inches, framed under glass. A fine copy. A handsome Currier & Ives lithograph showing a gracious plantation house along the Mississippi, with a steamboat, a road along the levee with several carriages, trees with Spanish moss, etc. "...Old times there are not.....

Price: $750.00

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HISTORY OF THE CHOCTAW, CHICKASAW AND NATCHEZ INDIANS. H. B. Cushman

HISTORY OF THE CHOCTAW, CHICKASAW AND NATCHEZ INDIANS.

Cushman, H.B.:

Greenville, Tx. Headlight Printing House, 1899. 607pp. Portrait. Original brown cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Three-cent "Indian centennial" stamp affixed to front free endpaper, bookplate on rear pastedown. Printed on poor paper and tanned, otherwise in near fine condition. Cushman's parents were missionaries to the Choctaw beginning in 1820.....

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FORTY YEARS A GAMBLER ON THE MISSISSIPPI. George H. Devol

FORTY YEARS A GAMBLER ON THE MISSISSIPPI.

Devol, George H.:

New York: George H. Devol, 1892. 300pp. plus frontispiece portrait and four plates. Original green cloth, gilt. Cloth moderately rubbed, light edge wear. Previous owner's signature and presentation inscription on front free endpaper. Titlepage partially torn at gutter, not affecting text. Lightly toned. A very good copy. Rare presentation copy.....

Price: $1,500.00

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MISSISSIPPI QUESTION. REPORT OF A DEBATE IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, ON THE 23d, & 25th...

MISSISSIPPI QUESTION. REPORT OF A DEBATE IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, ON THE 23d, & 25th FEBRUARY, 1803, ON CERTAIN RESOLUTIONS CONCERNING THE VIOLATION OF THE RIGHT OF DEPOSIT IN THE ISLAND OF NEW ORLEANS.

Duane, William:

Philadelphia. 1803. [2],198pp. Modern half morocco. Ex-lib. with ink stamp on verso of titlepage and on first text leaf. Tanned, second half of text more severely than the first. Still, a good, solid copy. This copy bears the ownership signature of Lawrence Washington, nephew of George Washington on the front.....

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RECOLLECTIONS OF THOMAS D. DUNCAN, A CONFEDERATE SOLDIER. Thomas D. Duncan

RECOLLECTIONS OF THOMAS D. DUNCAN, A CONFEDERATE SOLDIER.

Duncan, Thomas D.:

Nashville: McQuiddy Printing Company, 1922. 213pp. plus four portraits. Original stiff brown wrappers, stapled. Light chipping and wear. Ownership ink stamp on titlepage. Light wear to first and last leaves. Very good. Memoir of Thomas Duncan, who enlisted with the Corinth Rifles in April 1861, and subsequently saw action at.....

Price: $175.00

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SKETCHES OF AMERICA. A NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY OF FIVE THOUSAND MILES THROUGH THE EASTERN AND...

SKETCHES OF AMERICA. A NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY OF FIVE THOUSAND MILES THROUGH THE EASTERN AND WESTERN STATES OF AMERICA....

Fearon, Henry B.:

London. 1819. xv,454pp. Contemporary three quarter calf and marbled boards. Slightly rubbed, else very good. Third edition of this "unflattering picture of the western frontier" (Howes) after the first edition of the previous year. The author was "deputed" by a number of families in England to ascertain whether or not.....

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STUDIES ON SLAVERY, IN EASY LESSONS. COMPILED INTO EIGHT STUDIES, AND SUBDIVIDED INTO SHORT...

STUDIES ON SLAVERY, IN EASY LESSONS. COMPILED INTO EIGHT STUDIES, AND SUBDIVIDED INTO SHORT LESSONS FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF READERS.

Fletcher, John:

Natchez: Published by Jackson Warner, 1852. 637pp. plus errata leaf. Modern half morocco, blindstamp and inked number on titlepage. Internally very clean. Very good. Pro-slavery work in the form of a textbook, drawing on a number of religious sources including the Bible. Several editions or printings were issued after this.....

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SPEECH OF HON. H. S. FOOTE, OF MISSISSIPPI, IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, FEBRUARY 16,...

SPEECH OF HON. H. S. FOOTE, OF MISSISSIPPI, IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, FEBRUARY 16, 1848, ON THE RESOLUTION OF THANKS TO GENERAL TAYLOR.

Foote, H.S.:

[Washington]. 1848. 7pp. Dbd. First leaf removed, stab holes in gutter. Tanned at extremities. A good reading copy. In his speech Foote criticizes a New Hampshire senator for voting against the Resolution of Thanks to Gen. Taylor for Taylor's service to the nation in the Mexican- American War. Foote argues.....

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CASKET OF REMINISCENCES. Henry S. Foote

CASKET OF REMINISCENCES.

Foote, Henry S.:

Washington. 1874. 498pp. Original decorated cloth. Some chipping to edges. Very good. The memoirs of a lawyer, chiefly of his meetings with important legal and political figures, from the 1820s to 1860s. Foote was prominent in Mississippi, involved in Texas, and saw many of the great events of his day.....

Price: $175.00

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