Search Results: Trade Catalogues from Citation Books, ABAA/ ILAB

New York: American Tract Society, 1863. First edition Sextodecimo (6.25" x 4"), 206 pages, with frontis illustration. Publisher's green cloth lettered & decorated in gilt & blind. Sabin/ Dictionary of Books Relating to America 24635
Binding rubbed, spotted & soiled, brief wear at extremities & corners, previous owner's annotation in pencil at front pastedown, moderate toning & foxing, otherwise Good
"The labors of this single-hearted, devoted, and fearless servant of Christ were at first secured for one year to explore some of these wild mountain gorges Having continued five years as above, the were extended southward in the Allegheny range, and at length over the whole states of Virginia and North Carolina, till he had had the cooperation of three hundred colporteurs, and their visits had reached five hundred thousand families, over forty thousand of whom attended no place of evangelical worship …"
 ~Excerpted from the note on page 206 by secretary of the society, W.A.H. (William Allen Hallock).

Richmond: Davis Bottom, Bulletin of the Virginia State Library, volume xi, numbers 3 - 4, July, October, 1919. 8vo, [3], 41 - 144 pp. (as issued). Original printed, stapled paper wraps.Wraps soiled, with edge wear including tears, corner chipped away at rear wrap, covers nearly detached, spine partially perished, about good & still quite useful.Wealthy planter, substantive contributor to agricultural studies, & vociferous advocate of slavery, Edmund Ruffin, proclaiming his "unmitigated hatred to Yankee rule—to all political, social and business connections with Yankees, & to the perfidious, malignant, & vile Yankee race," wrapped himself in a Confederate flag & blew his brains out after the surrender of Robert E. Lee.

Atlanta, Georgia: Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, printed by Byrd Printing Co., 1904. Second edition, enlarged from the 1903 first printing. Octavo (9" x 6"), 40 pages, illustrated throughout mostly from photographs. Publisher's gray, stapled paper wraps, the title embossed in red on the upper cover.Lightly toned, slight edge wear, otherwise Very Good or better. A splendid promotional pamphlet which describes and illustrates hotels, "Residential Advantages," business, demographics, government, education (including "Institutions for Negro Education"), and more! "General Sherman was unable to destroy Atlanta with fire and sword. In 1864 he burned the town and laid waste the country from Chattanooga to Savannah, but on his return fourteen years later there was on the same site a flourishing city four times as large as the town he had burned, and the wilderness he had created in the heart of the South was booming with prosperity ..." ~Excerpted from page one.

Little Rock, Arkansas: States Rights Council, January 29, 1959. Reprinted from the Arkansas Democrat. Folio broadside, single sheet measuring 20 inches by 14 inches printed recto only on paper.
Folded once horizontally & vertically, couple of short tears in the margins, slight soiling & trace foxing, otherwise Very Good or better.
An appeal for donations by the States Rights Council presumably of Arkansas who note:
"We either stand together in this fight against Federal Encroachment or fall one-by-one. TAKE YOUR CHOICE."

Richmond: Virginia Conservation Commission, Division of Publicity and Advertising, no date (1940 per OCLC). First edition. 4to (10" x 7"), 88 unnumbered pages, profusely illustrated in black & white from photographs, the covers in color depicting Williamsburg on the upper & the Skyline Drive on the lower. Additionally includes a whimsical double-page "Fun Map" of the state. Original pictorial, stapled paper wraps.Light edge wear including a couple of nicks, brief soiling & toning, staples rusted, otherwise Very Good or better. "In the present world-wide struggle between the ideologies of democracy and dictatorship, it is a source of pride to Virginians that many of the fundamental principles of democracy were formulated by native sons of the Mother State. In fact, the history of Virginia is a moving story of an uphill yet successful march in helping to declare, establish, defend and strengthen a government dedicated to the assure freedom for all his people." 
~Excerpted from the text.

New York: Tilden & company, 1852. First edition. 8vo, 28 & [4] pp, with engraved frontis. Original printed wraps, sewn, with an illustration of distilling equipment on the rear wrap. Romaine; p. 135.
Soiled, foxed & spotted, modest edge wear including a couple of small losses, upper wrap partially separated, previous owner's name in pencil at front wrap, label pasted in at the last page of text apparently correcting an error in the address of a retailer, good or better. Formed in 1847, the company was the family business of Samuel J. Tilden, Governor of New York & 1876 Democratic nominee for president. Their most successful product, known as "Tilden's Extract," was extracted from cannabis indica &, as described on p. 21, "specially recommended for tetanus, hydrophobia, neuralgia, gout, rheumatism, epidemic cholera, , convulsions, hysteria, mental depression, insanity, and uterine hemorrhage." OCLC finds 9 copies under 4 accession numbers, all but 2 with 28 pages, apparently omitting the final 4 pages… Read More

Charles Town, West Virginia: A.G. Wynkoop, Charles Town Real Estate Agency, no date, circa 1895. Original broadside handbill measuring 9 inches by 6 inches, single sheet printed in black ink in two columns on light paper. Not found in OCLC as of 7/2/2023.
Old folds, moderate edge wear including a 3/4 inch tear without loss, lightly toned & foxed, otherwise Very Good.
"We have Episcopal, Presbyterian, Baptist, Methodist, and Catholic Churches, besides four colored Churches ... Three hotels, three weekly papers, three Sash Blind and Planing Mills, Bark Mills, The Vulcan Iron Bridge and Road Machine Works, Brass Factory, Harness Factory, Cigar Factories, two Foundries, 15 Building and Loan Associations and 2 Banks with a capital of $400,000 ..."
 ~Excerpted from the text.
A splendid & informative promotional broadside, Mr. Wynkoop, who apparently also sold insurance, advises in closing that "The Charles Town Real Estate Agency has many fine farms for sale, also a number of valuable town properties and… Read More

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."

New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Distributed by Crown, (1984). Later printing, this copy inscribed & signed in ink, with a sketch of a simmering pot, at the half-title page by Chef Jamie Shannon. Octavo (9.5" x 7.75"), xvii & 206 pages, illustrated. Publisher's blue cloth-patterned paper over boards lettered in gilt on the spine & in blind on the upper cover, in pictorial dust jacket.
A fine copy in fine dust jacket.
Presents over 175 recipes for Cocktails, Appetizers and Soups, Salads, Egg Dishes, Seafood, Chicken and Game, Beef and Veal, Desserts and Coffees, Lagniappe: Seasonings, Stocks, and Sauces.
Jamie Shannon, who signs, replaced Emeril Lagasse as Executive Chef at Commander's Palace in 1991. He passed away from cancer in 2001 at age 40.

Brandon, Mississippi: True Exposures Publishing, (2002). First edition, this copy signed in ink by Barnes at the ffep in 2003. Oblong quarto (9.25" x 12.5"), 142, [1] pp, profusely illustrated in color from photographs. Publisher's green cloth-patterned paper over boards lettered in gilt on the front cover, in pictorial dust jacket.Edges briefly rubbed, couple of bruises at the lower cover, otherwise very good in like dust jacket with slight edge wear.The author/ photographer, who passed away in 2006, "carries us on the varied and annual excursion men take when they dare turn the nettles into the gray, silty soil and seed cotton into that fertile womb" ~William H Craven, Jr, from the dust jacket

[Nashville, Tennessee: M'Kennie & Brown, 1855]. First edition. 8vo, 12 pp. Removed from a larger volume, lacking wraps. OCLC finds five copies under two accession numbers as of 8/12/2022.Moderately toned & foxed, last leaf detached, removed & lacking wraps, otherwise good or better."Theodore Clapp (March 29, 1792-May 17, 1866), an early Unitarian preacher in the southern United States who established an outpost of liberal religion in New Orleans and built it into a beacon of religious moderation, was born in Easthampton, Massachusetts … In 1823, his church established itself as the First Presbyterian Church of New Orleans and associated with the Mississippi Presbytery. The financially troubled College of Orleans made him its President in 1824, but was able to keep its doors open only long enough for Clapp to create a scandal by holding balls at the school for As part of his conversion to his newly adopted city, however, he also became an enthusiastic apologist for slavery, which he regarded as less… Read More

Charles Town, West Virginia: Woman's Auxiliary, no date [ca. 1910's]. First edition. Octavo (8" x 5.25"), 28 pages. Original printed, stapled stiff paper wraps.
Wraps moderately browned, foxing mostly at early & late leaves, previous owner's name in ink at ffep, brief manuscript annotation in ink correcting an error in date in the margin of page 15, otherwise good or better.
"In my earliest ventures, looking lovingly back over the history of this country I used to remark that as from Spotsylvania sprang Orange, from Orange, Berkeley: so Berkeley, in a final acme of evolution as a tree breaks into blossom, bore the fair flower of Jefferson ..." ~Excerpted from the text.

[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.

Austell, Georgia: Sweetwater Press, (1976). First edition, number 32 of 300 copies signed by the author. 8vo, unpaginated [24 pp]. Original orange stiff paper wraps, stapled.
Slightly soiled, trace edge wear, otherwise near fine.
The noted poet's second book, preceded by A Sexual Tour of the Deep South. Ms. Daniell is the recipient of the 1999 Palimpsest Prize & a Governor's Award in the Humanities for her contributions to Georgia's literary heritage in 2008.

New York & London: D. Appleton-Century Company, Inc., (1946). First edition. Octavo (8" x 5.5"), 208 pp. Publisher's black lettered blue cloth-patterned paper over boards, in pictorial dust jacket.
Slightly rubbed, minor foxing mostly at endpapers & pastedowns, otherwise very good or better in very good lightly rubbed & soiled dust jacket with modest edge wear including a couple of nicks & tiny losses.
Author's first book. Hubert Creekmore was a closeted gay man whose views on fundamentalist christianity in Mississippi are well represented in this title.

Norfolk, Virginia: Wills-Smith Company, [1926]. Octavo (9" x 6.25"), unpaginated. Publisher's printed, stapled paper wraps. Not found in OCLC as of 6/10/2023.
Wraps with edge wear including nicks & small losses, soiled, brief evidence of biopredation affecting the upper margin of the front cover & first 3 leaves (text not impacted), otherwise good & still quite useful.
A voluminous directory which, of course, includes copious advertising and lists "business firms in the larger cities. Also hotels and banks over the state."

Pensacola, Florida: Santa Rosa Island Authority, no date (pre zip code, circa 1958). Single sheet measuring 17 inches by 11 inches folding to 8.5 inches by 3.75 inches (as issued) presenting illustrations in color & black & white from photographs & art work plus descriptive text.
Trace edge wear, slightly soiled, otherwise Fine.
An uncommon pre-zip code promotional brochure which is not found via OCLC.
"Really Live ... Laugh ... Relax on Florida's Island Paradise.Here's a vacation center refreshingly different - Florida's newest beach resort, an unspoiled natural paradise flavored with a fascinating history. Santa Rosa Island - a picturesque strip of the whitest sand on earth ... the island pleasureland of your dreams!"~Excerpted from the text.

[Charleston, South Carolina: Thompson Transfer Company, printed by Walker, Evans & Cogswell, no date but 1924]. Octavo (8" x 5.5"), 8 pages plus covers, small two-color whimsical illustrations from art work throughout. Original stapled pictorial paper wraps. OCLC locates one (University of South Carolina) as of 7/14/2023.
Moderately soiled, brief edge wear, staples rusted, otherwise very good.
"By a fortunate arrangement with Hon. James Allan, the Thompson Transfer Company presents, herewith, a story of Folly Island--the beach, the road and the environs--reflecting some of the interesting things that will attract the visitor as well as the native." ~Excerpted from the Foreword.

[Washington, DC]: [GPO?], February 16, 1869 4to, 6, [1, blank], [1] pp, docketed on the rear cover Original printed wraps.
Old folds, light edge wear, brief foxing, printing occasionally light, Very Good Names 222 individuals from various counties in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Virginia, South Carolina, Texas, Mississippi, Kentucky, & 1 from Washington, D.C. The act further stipulates that the named individuals "who have been or shall be elected or appointed to any office or place of trust" will "take and subscribe an oath to be taken by persons from whom legal disabilities have been removed." The act passed the House of Representatives on February 16, 1869 and was apparently awaiting action in the senate. OCLC does not record a separate printing.