Search Results: South Carolina from Citation Books, ABAA/ ILAB

Charleston, South Carolina: Chamber of Commerce, with covers providing a photographic view of the city by Fairchild Aerial Surveys of NYC, no date, ca. 1930. Narrow 8vo, 20 pages including covers, illustrated throughout. Original folding brochure in pictorial stapled paper wraps.
Moderate edge wear including a couple of small losses along the fold, lightly soiled & stained (mostly affecting the last two pages), staples rusted, otherwise Good or better.
A wonderful memento of old Charleston which, as we learn from the text is "to acquaint the reader with some of the many interesting facts about one of the nation's most interesting cities" [and to] "touch upon the several phases in which Charleston excels and to outline briefly the varied opportunities and advantages."

No place [Camden, New Jersey] Thomas Nelson, (1970). First edition. Octavo (8.75" x 6.75"), 176 pages, illustrated throughout. Publisher's gilt lettered maroon cloth in pictorial dust jacket.
A fine copy in good or better dust jacket, price clipped, browned at the spine, moderately soiled & toned, with edge wear including small losses & tiny tears.
A title in the Colonial Histories series "for students. teachers, and the general reader with an interest in America's colonial past."

Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1951. Octavo (9.25" x 6.5"), xxii & 209 pages, with Thomas Kitchin's map of the Carolinas and Georgia (from the 1765 original). Publisher's maroon cloth lettered & decorated in silver.
Spine a bit faded, upper cover slightly spotted & sunned, binding started in a couple of places (still secure), "Winston Lane" in ink at ffep, minor internal toning, otherwise good or better.
The first title in the South Caroliniana Sesquicentennial Series. Provides facsimiles of Governor James Glen's Description of South Carolina; Containing, Many Curious and Interesting Particulars relating to the Civil, Natural, and Commercial History of that Colony (originally published in London, 1761) and George Milligen's Short Description of the Province of South-Carolina; with an Account of the Situation, Air, Weather, and Diseases of Charlestown (originally published London, 1770).

[Columbia, South Carolina: R.L. Bryan, 1955]. Staple card covers. [Columbia, South Carolina: R.L. Bryan, 1955]. Offprint, reprinted from the Illustrations and Introduction to Tales of Edisto. Octavo (8.75" x 6"), 31 pages, with illustrations from photographs & a map. Publisher's pale green wraps die cut to reveal a portion of the title page. Printed label over imprint: "Copyright 1955. By Nell S. Graydon."Covers browned & soiled, text toned, otherwise very good. "In the stillnes of the early evening, the faint haunting melody of a slave lullaby drifting through the twilight, the galluping of a horse passing by, the echo of a footstep, or the swish of a silken skirt can bring forth, half-forgotten memories of long ago. Then, if you have been welcomed into the homes and hearts of the Island, you may hear stories of the people and the land ..." ~Excerpted from page 5.

[Bonneau, Berkeley County, South Carolina]: St. John's Hunting Club, 1935. Printed paper wraps.
[Bonneau, Berkeley County, South Carolina]: St. John's Hunting Club, 1950. Octavo (9" x 6"), 21 pages. Publisher's printed, stapled stiff paper wraps.
Soft vertical crease throughout, brief annotation in red pencil at the upper margin of the front cover, lightly soiled, staples rusted, otherwise very good.
Author Kirk presents a fascinating history of the club which was actually a social organization with no connection to hunting. Pooshee Plantation, where many club meetings were held, succumbed to the creation of Lake Moultrie in 1939.

Union, South Carolina: Federation of South Carolina Music Clubs, (1948). Printed paper wraps.
Union, South Carolina: Federation of South Carolina Music Clubs, (1948). First edition. Octavo (9" x 6"), 22 pages. Original printed, stapled paper wraps. OCLC locates two copies as of 6/3/2023.
Soft vertical crease throughout, lightly soiled, otherwise very good.
"As South Carolina grew, so grew her music." It wasn't quite that simple, but in brief paraphrase may be found the essence of the Palmetto State's musical history. Along with it go the story of the pioneers, of their lore, and of the South Carolina Federation of Music Clubs." ~Excerpted from the text.

New York: Privately printed by the Derrydale Press, 1927. Complete in 7 variously paginated & profusely illustrated tall octavo volumes. Limited edition, an assembled set, volume one number 440 of 500, the others number 435. Original green cloth with pairs of gilt-lettered black leather spine labels on each volume, the upper covers with armorial crests in gilt. Volume one with large, lithographed "by the name of Howe" bookplate at the front blank. Partially unopened.
This set signed by illustrator & author Edith Somerville at the half-title page of volume one. Tipped to the verso is an autograph letter signed from Somerville to Harry Worcester Smith on "Drishane House" letterhead (2 pp, approximately 236 words recorded in purple ink recto & verso). Responding to a letter from Harry Worcester Smith, founder of the Masters of Foxhounds Association in America, Ms Somerville replies on July 6, 1928 She indicates that she is supplying sketches at his request which are "re-drawn little subjects from my… Read More

New York, Doubleday, Page & Co., 1904. First edition. Octavo (8" x 5.5"), 340 pages, with frontis & 2 plates. Publisher's pale green cloth lettered in black & decorated in black & yellow depicting an ear of corn.
Binding moderately soiled particularly at the base of the spine, slight edge wear, corners bruised, top edge of the text block dusty, foxing mostly at pastedowns & endpapers, otherwise very good.
McCants was born & raised in Ninety Six, South Carolina in 1865. A graduate of The Citadel, he was an educator as well as an author & was inducted posthumously into the South Carolina Academy of Authors in 1996. As noted in a contemporary review (NYT, May 7, 1904), In the Red Hills is:
"Only another weaving of the old material of the Southern novelist. The time after the war, the old planter stock finding its legs again, the low-bred money lender, the foolish negro, the idle "po' white trash" — and yet Mr. McCants's story is not the average story of its kind. It is better than most, cheerfuller… Read More

Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, (1972) First edition. 8vo, xxix, 195 pp, plus 8 pp of illustrations. Publisher's gilt-lettered light blue cloth, in printed & decorated dust jacket. Endpaper maps Slight shelf wear, lightly soiled, otherwise Very Good or better in price-clipped dust jacket browned at the spine, with modest soiling & edge wear including a couple of short tears, about Very Good. "Eliza Lucas Pinckney, distinguished as the mother of two national figures, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney and Thomas Pinckney, as well as her own attainments, emerges from South Carolina history as won of the most notable women in America in the prerevolutionary period." ~Excerpted from the dust jacket

[Orangeburg, South Carolina]: unpublished, September, 1950 - June, 1956. Quarto (10.5" x 8.25"), 154 pages recorded in different hands & inks in "Standard Blank Book No. 21."
Binding a bit rubbed & soiled, otherwise very good & internally about fine.
A voluminous account of this auspicious group providing minutes, membership rolls, summaries of educational presentations, and often descriptions of performances & events. In addition to Ms. Shuler, contributors include: Elise Watson, Arnette Culler, Margaret G. Yongue, Mrs. Otto Warren, Jr., & Ellen Putnam.
"March, 1953.The meeting was then turned over to Mrs. J.C. Godowns, chairman of the folk dance festival. She introduced Mrs. T.F. Reid who gave an interesting study of folk music. Mrs W.O. Whitsell assisted her by the folk melodies at the piano … Following the program the hostesses served delicious punch, sandwiches and cookies, and a social hour was enjoyed."

Philadelphia: Anthony Finley, engraved by Young & Delleker, no date (circa 1824). Original copper-plate engraved map on thick paper with contemporary hand-coloring measuring approximately 8.5 inches by 11.25 inches on a 10.25 inch by 13.5 inch sheet. Removed from the Finley's New General Atlas. Upper margin trimmed close to neatline, light foxing & toning, offsetting on verso from adjacent map, otherwise Very Good or better. A lovely map with strong visual impact map showing 28 South Carolina counties which reflects the configuration prior to 1826. The state now has 46 counties. Finley's New General Atlas was issued seven times between 1824 & 1834.

Philadelphia: Dorrance & Company, (1972). First edition, this copy inscribed, signed, & dated in ink in the year of publication at the first blank page by Colonel Booth. Octavo (8.5" x 5.75"), 168 pages. Publisher's black lettered tan cloth, in pictorial dust jacket.
Top corners bruised, minor foxing mostly at the edges of the text block, otherwise very good in very good lightly soiled & foxed dust jacket, with brief edge wear including a short closed tear & a couple of nicks.
The author was the commanding officer of the Proust program which sent French military personnel recruited by the Office of Strategic Services (predecessor to the C.I.A.) to France to produce intelligence for the Allied invasion at Normandy. This copy is inscribed "with thanks" to Carroll Godwin who was news director, anchorman and talk show host at WCSC- Channel 5 in Charleston, South Carolina.
Mission Marcel Proust "is a story of incredible heroism displayed by patriotic Frenchmen and of their amazing accomplishments.… Read More

Newberry, South Carolina: Newberry College, Group of 4 issues: Sophomore Number, Vol. xxI, No. 5, February, 1918; Vol. xxi, No. 6, March, 1918; Vol. xxi, No. 3, December, 1919; Junior Number, Vol. xxi, No. 5, March, 1920. Octavos (9" x 6"), variously paginated, with occasional illustrations in text from art work, & a full page photographic portrait of the editorial staff in the March, 1918 issue. Original stapled, printed & decorated stiff paper wraps.
Moderate edge wear, brief evidence of bio-predation affecting the rear cover of one issue, scattered foxing mostly at or adjacent to the frontis portrait, light soiling & toning, otherwise Good or better.
"The students publish a magazine known as "The Stylus." All its departments are conducted by student editors, elected by the Literary Societies. It is made up each month by contributions from the young men and young women of the college. A medal is offered by the South Carolina College Press Association for the best contribution in any of the college… Read More

Gaffney, S.C., Limestone College Press, 1961. First edition. Octavo (9.25" x 6.25"), 12 pages. Publsher's stapled paper wraps. OCLC locates two copies as of 12/23/2023.
One corner with shallow diagonal crease, otherwise fine.
The author was professor of philosophy & political science at Limestone College. The subject of her essay, Henry Timrod, is described here as "The Poet of Nature" but is more commonly remembered as the Poet of the Confederacy. Mrs. Stackhouse [nee Ford] was the first woman to serve on the South Carolina Probation, Pardon and Parole Board and was described by Alice Spearman as "definitely a pioneer, particularly in race relations and care of the elderly."

[Bluffton, South Carolina: Sam Burnett, no date, ca. 1995]. Original photo shot with infrared film & developed in house using selenium toner, one of twenty-five examples signed & numbered in pencil by the photographer. The image measures 12.25 inches by 8 inches & is matted & backed to 20.5 inches by 16 inches. The label of Hilton Head Island's Pink House Gallery is applied to the back.
The mat is mounted to the backer, otherwise fine.
A beautiful image depicting a fully nude young woman sitting in tall grass at night on the beach at Pine Island in Beaufort County, South Carolina.

No place [Columbia, South Carolina]: no publisher [the author ?], no date [1973 ?]. First edition, this copy signed in ink by Devereux at the ffep. Octavo (9.25" x 6.25"), viii & 125 pages, illustrated. Original tan cloth lettered & decorated in black in dust jacket which replicates the binding.
A fine copy in very good price-clipped dust jacket, moderately browned at the spine, toned & soiled, with brief edge wear including a tiny loss at the top of the spine & a short closed tear.
This issue with no publishing information which we believe precedes the edition published by the State Printing Company of Columbia, S.C. in 1973.
"My aim is to write a biography of two owners of Hagley Plantation in Georgetown County ... I will mainly put into this writing facts that are illustrative of the strengths and weaknesses of a great antebellum Southern agrarian civilization ..." ~Excerpted from the author's preface.

[Dillon, South Carolina: published by the compilers], (1957). First edition. Octavo (8.5" x 5.5"), vii & 89 pages. Original pictorial, stapled, stiff paper wraps. Laid in is a statement from the compilers addressed generically to a "leader in South Carolina" indicating that this complimentary copy "will contribute to your understanding of the vital and timely problem of race relations in our state."
Covers browned at the margins, llightly foxed & soiled, otherwise very good.
Extremely controversial in its day & condemned by Governor George Bell Timmerman, South Carolinians Speak gathers statements from 11 contributors including Claudia Thomas Sanders whose house was fire-bombed by the Ku Klux Klan following publication.
"The present controversy in the field of race relations is no exception. Recent days in South Carolina as well as in the entire Southern region of the United States, have seen the development of a climate of opinion and emotion in which extreme positions have dominated. Not only… Read More

Charleston, South Carolina: G.W. Aimir, corner of Vanderhorst and King Streets, no date, ca. 1885. Broadside, 8vo (9.5" x 8"), employing different fonts and type sizes, a portion of the text printed vertically along the left margin. OCLC currently locates a single copy at the Library Company of Philadelphia.
Slight edge wear, browned, otherwise very good.
"In severe and painful cases of rheumatism and neuralgia, headaches included, this medicine may be taken every 3 or 4 hours until relieved. ... This preparation, since its introduction to the public in 1875, has gained such a reputation that it requires no advertising …"
George W. Aimar established his pharmacy in 1852. During the Civil War the facility served as an official dispensary for the Confederate States of America and the upper floors were used as a hospital. Ceasing business in 1978, the pharmacy was operated by the Aimar family for 126 years.

Florence, South Carolina: publisher not identified [Quality Education, Inc., John T. Harllee]. Lot of three issues: Volume XIII, Numbers 4, 7, & 10, August & November, 1985, February 1986. First editions. Quartos (11" x 8.5"), 8 pages each, illustrated. Original stapled newsletters.
Old folds, mailing labels on each, moderate edge wear, light soiling, Good or better.
Editor John T. Harllee was one of the founders of the South Carolina Libertarian Party. His newsletter was published from 1972 until his death in 1994. Articles & essays include: "Waste of Money," "Do We Need a License to Die?" "Decriminalize Pothibition Now," & more.

Columbia, South Carolina: State Printing Company, (1970). First edition, this copy inscribed, signed & dated by the author ("Sam L") in ink at the half-title page to Cartha"Deke" DeLoach, then number 3 at the FBI. Octavo (9.25 x 6.25"), xv & 407 pages including numerous illustrations (some in color, some folding) Publisher's white cloth lettered in blue at the spine & upper cover, in pictorial dust jacket.
Inscription faintly offsets to title page, otherwise fine in very good dust jacket, lightly browned, foxed & soiled mostly at the spine, with modest edge wear incuding short tears & small losses.
The author was the long-time editor & publisher of The State newspaper.
Cartha "Deke" DeLoach was deputy associate director of the FBI, the third highest ranking position behind only J Edgar Hoover and Clyde Tolson. In 1963, just after the assassination of John F Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson requested of Hoover that DeLoach be assigned to the White House. As described by New York Times reporter Tim Weiner… Read More