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Augusta: Richards & Shaver, 1893. 143 pages. Original embossed maroon cloth stamped in gold. [19.8 cm.] Ex-Sondley Reference Library with no external markings. Tasteful bookplate on front pastedown, embossed stamp on a few leaves including title, and number stamp on verso of title and in margin of one other page. Else very good. Some light rubbing and soiling to cloth, ownership inscription on front free endpaper, neat corner repair to the same leaf, first hundred pages a bit tanned. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. A collection of poems, aphorisms, and essays. One of the essays, "The Drama of Joseph E. Brown's Heart," is a memoir of the Confederate governor. Carlton Hillyer (1844-1918), was the auditor for the Georgia Railroad at Augusta and sat on the Augusta City Council. He served with the Georgia state forces near the end of the Civil War. His father was Julian Hillyer, U.S. Congressman and solicitor of the U.S. Treasury. His brother, George Hillyer, was a Confederate… Read More

Savannah, Ga.: Printed for the [Georgia Historical] Society, [by] Townsend, Printer and Binder, 1888. 25 pages. Original printed pale green wraps with cover title reading: "Sidney Lanier." [24 cm.] Good plus. Tiny chips to spine ends, short closed tear and minor crease at base of front wrap. Front free endpaper has three very short tears due to slightly rough opening, but its conjugate, the titie leaf, is unharmed and the pamphlet is otherwise unopened. Excepting a sliver of foxing to base of one leaf, the interior is clean and bright. A nicer than usual copy. FIRST EDITION. Charles Nephew West (1844-1900) was, like Sidney Lanier, a native of Macon, Georgia and a Confederate veteran. He was an attorney and an active member of the Georgia Historical Society. He also published "The Life and Times of William Harris Crawford" (1892). BAL (Lanier) vol. 5, p. 296.

Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1936. 275 pages, plus frontispiece, two folding maps, and plates. Original red cloth. [23.5 cm.] About very good. Some light soiling and speckling to cloth, spine lettering a bit dull, margins of plates and facing pages foxed (not affecting maps.) FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, on the front free endpaper. It reads: "To Drs. Shamrock and Richard Pearse, with sincere regards, John Tate Lanning."

Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1895. vi, 182 pages, plus frontispiece and three full-page plates by Victor A. Searles. [36] pages publisher's illustrated ads at rear. Original publisher's pictorial cloth stamped in red, silver, and gold. 19.5 x 13.5 cm. Good. Cloth is faded, especially on the spine, a bit soiled with a few stains to rear cover, and lightly worn. Name on front endpapers. Tiny bit of old marginal damping near front of book, otherwise clean internally. FIRST EDITION. Juvenile fiction describing the adventures of two boys who get lost in the Okefenokee swamp and are taken prisoner by a band of Confederate deserters. Louis Beauregard Pendleton (1861-1939), a native of Tebeauville, Georgia, was a novelist who often wrote for children, the author of a biography of Alexander Stephens, and an editorialist at the Macon "Daily Telegraph" (1899-1914). Not in Wright.

Cincinnati: Moore, Wilstach & Baldwin, 1866. 159 pages. Original cloth. [19.3 cm.] Ex-Sondley Reference Library with internal markings only. Tasteful bookplate on front pastedown, embossed stamp on title and one other leaf, and number stamp on verso of title and in margin of one other page. Else good only. Cloth mostly faded from original purple to tan, with some wear and spotting; shallow chips to spine ends; one centimeter split to front hinge; light scattered foxing. FIRST EDITION. Scarce. Cornelius Neff was an officer in Co. H, 54th Ohio Infantry, who rose to the rank of captain by the end of the war. He fought with Sherman's army until Dec. 13, 1864, when he was severely wounded in the leg during the attack on Fort McAllister. He returned to service two months later, landing at Hilton Head on Feb. 20. He traveled to Charleston, where he visited Fort Sumter, and was stationed at the nearby encampment at St. Andrew's Depot. He rejoined his unit at Goldboro in April, passing through… Read More

Atlanta, Ga.: Johnson-Dallis Co., 1923. xvi, [2], 277 pages, including index, plus frontispiece and 23 plates. Original brown cloth with cover illustration and lettering in gold. [20.4 cm.] Ex-Sondley Reference Library with no external markings and light internal signs: tasteful bookplate on front pastedown and embossed stamp on three leaves including title. Else near very good. Light discoloration near base of spine and very faint stain on front cover along hinge. Occasional, very slight foxing to gutters. FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, to unnamed recipient, on the front free endpaper. It reads: "This page is inscribed to one of the most cherished of my friends, a statesman without stain, a gentle man without reproach, and a lover of all the muses. Lucian Lamar Knight, Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 11, 1924." A possible clue to the identity of the recipient appears in the gutter of the dedication leaf in the form of a penciled note indicating the volume was… Read More