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The Earl Of Louisiana
by A J Liebling
"Much of the material in this book originally appeared in the New Yorker"--T.p. verso.
New Orleans and Its Environs
by Italo William Ricciuti
Originally published: New York, N.Y. : W. Helburn, inc., 1938.
Maps on lining papers.
Maps on lining papers.
Louisiana Books & Ephemera
![Circular." Fall and Winter Trade, 1867-1868. James W. Price, (of Texas.) Merchandise and Produce Broker, Agent for the Sale of Manufactured Tobacco, Havana Cigars and Cuba Produce... [caption title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/343/914/1309914343.0.b.jpg)
Circular." Fall and Winter Trade, 1867-1868. James W. Price, (of Texas.) Merchandise and Produce Broker, Agent for the Sale of Manufactured Tobacco, Havana Cigars and Cuba Produce... [caption title]
by [Louisiana]
New Orleans: Pelican Job Print, 1867. Very good.. Broadside, 9.75 x 7.75 inches. Quarto on a folded folio sheet. Old fold lines. Minor soiling. Broadside circular advertising the services of James W. Price, "merchandise and produce broker" located at No. 34 Tchoupitoulas Street in New Orleans. The text reads: "I will give personal attention to all business entrusted to my care, for the purchase of every description of Merchandise and Produce, also Manufactured Tobacco, Havana and Domestic Cigars, Leaf...
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A$310.10
Statement of the Sugar Crop Made in Louisiana, in 1851-52, with an Appendix
by Champomier, P.A
New Orleans: Cook, Young & Co, 1852. Very good.. viii,52pp. Original printed wrappers. Contemporary ownership inscription at top of front cover, minor wear. Minor foxing. Report on the sugar cane crop of Louisiana, listing plantations in each parish and their output for the season. The preface appears printed in both English and French, though the remainder of the work is in English. Interestingly, the preface provides significant information about the weather the preceding year and its influence on...
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A$1,162.88
THE GOOD PIRATES OF THE FORGOTTEN BAYOUS: FIGHTING TO SAVA A WAY OF LIFE IN THE WAKE OF HURRICANE KATRINA.
by WELLS, Ken
Publisher's maroon cloth with silver spine lettering, octavo, pp. xi, 245. Illustrations. Map of St. Bernard Parish region.
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A$22.40
HISTORY OF MISSISSIPPI, THE HEART OF THE SOUTH, Vol. IV, (Biographical)
by Rowland, Dunbar
708 pp., index, 125 illus. Biographical information on the following individuals is contained in Volume IV: Abernethy, H.B.; Aby, S.H.; Aderholdt, T.S.; Aldridge, F.M.; Alexander, J.P.; Alexander, G.B.; Alexander, H.N.; All Saints College; Allen, Arthur; Allen, J.F.; Allen, J.T.; Allen, T.D..; Anderson, E.A.; Anderson, R.B.; Andrews, F.H.; Armstrong, T.C.; Arnold, G.L.; Arrington, J.H.; Ashley, W.F.; Aycock, W.J.; Backstrom, J.W.; Bailey, C.K.; Bailey, J.W.; Bailey, P.G.; Baird, R.W.; Ballard, E.E.;...
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A$127.92
THE OLD ROUGH AND READY ALMANAC. 1849
by [Taylor, Zachary]
Philadelphia and New York: Turner and Fisher, Publishers, 1848. Stitched in original printed and illustrated wrappers. [36] pp. Engraving frontis of Captain Drum's victory at the Battle of Contreras. Rear wrapper illustration of "The Skirmish Between a Mexican Guerilla Party and the United States Dragoons, at the National Bridge." Other illustrations profusely scattered throughout. Some blank margin chipping, untrimmed. Else Very Good. A scarce almanac, popular Mexican War history, and laudatory...
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A$1,007.82
Acadia Parish, Louisiana A History to 1900 (Signed) #173
by Fontenot, Mary Alice
Claitor's Pub. Division. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1976. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Book is clean and tight. Corners and ends of spine are bumped and shelf worn. This Limited Bicentennial Edition #173 of 1000 copies is signed by both authors on the verso. There is a gift inscription on the front flypage "For Susan, with much love, Dorcus October 29, 1979" ; Signed by All Authors .
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A$232.58
![[NEW ORLEANS] [FOOD AND WINE] Fifteenth Annual Convention Louisiana Hotel Association Banquet and Entertainment Saturday September 21, 1940 Grand Ball Room The Roosevelt Hotel](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/168/946/1332946168.0.b.jpg)
[NEW ORLEANS] [FOOD AND WINE] Fifteenth Annual Convention Louisiana Hotel Association Banquet and Entertainment Saturday September 21, 1940 Grand Ball Room The Roosevelt Hotel
by [Louisiana Hotel Association - corp. author]
[New Orleans]: [Louisiana Hotel Association], 1940. First Edition. Sewn binding. Near fine. Large octavo, [6]pp. A near fine copy in the publisher's textured illustrated wraps, with gold fringe as the binding. Scarce program with dinner menu and list of entertainments for this New Orleans-based association of Louisiana hotel owners. Not separately catalogued in OCLC, and we cannot find this or any similar example at the Historic New Orleans Collection. Nice piece of pre-war New Orleans culinary...
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Louisiana and part of Arkansas
by BRADFORD, Thomas Gamaliel
Boston: W.D. Ticknor, 1835. unbound. Map. Engraving with original hand outline. Image measures 7 3/4" x 10 1/4".<br/> <br/> Lovely map of Louisiana and Arkansas published in 1835. Hand colored to show early county divisions. Rivers, cities, and parishes are labeled. The Masserne Mountains, now known as the Ozarks, are depicted pictorially. Several Indian villages are noted - including Caddo, Coshatta, and Delaware. From "A Comprehensive Atlas Geographical, Historical and...
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Reminiscences of an Active Life: The Autobiography of John Roy Lynch. (Signed by John Hope Franklin)
by John Roy Lynch
Chicago and London: University of Chicago, (1970). 521 pages. Hardcover with light spotting to edges of text block and dustwrapper; a very good copy. First edition. Inscribed by John Hope Franklin, the series editor and dean of African American historians. Published for the first time, the autobiography of John Roy Lynch who was enslaved from birth on a Louisiana plantation. Lynch rose to become Speaker of the House for the Mississippi legislature and later became the first African American elected to...
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Ghosts Along the Mississippi: An Essay in the Poetic Interpretation of Louisiana's Plantation Architecture
by Clarence John Laughlin
New York, NY: Bonanza Books , 1961 Bonanza Books, New York. 1961. Hardcover. Later Printing (O). Book is tight, square, and unmarked. New Revised Edition. Book Condition: Good +; light shelfwear to board edges; light foxing to textblock edges and endpapers. DJ: Good +; rubbing to panels; closed tear to bottom of front flap fold; light toning to DJ reverse. Black cloth over boards with gray overlay on the spine with bright black lettering on the spine. Unpaginated [224 pp by count] Folio. This book...
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HISTORY OF MISSISSIPPI, THE HEART OF THE SOUTH
by Rowland, Dunbar
Orig. pub. Chicago & Jackson 1925. Reprinted 1978. Print on Demand Edition 2013. The set Available by volume The result of years of laborious research by the gifted director of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, this four-volume work was written to satisfy the need for a definitive narrative history based on original sources of information. Volumes I and II contain the historical narrative, beginning with the physical features of Mississippi, a description of the Indians, the European...
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THE ADVANCE-GUARD OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION
by Gilmore, James R
Orig. pub. New York 1888. Reprinted 1974. Print on Demand Edition 2015. (ii), xvi, 344 pp., map, index In his trilogy about the men who settled the Old Southwest, the author develops the thesis that these men, under the leadership of John Sevier, Isaac Shelby, and James Robertson, not only planted a civilization beyond the Alleghenies but exerted an important influence in shaping the ultimate destinies of this country. Two of these men, Sevier and Shelby, during the Revolution helped thwart the British...
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HISTORY OF ALABAMA AND INCIDENTALLY OF GEORGIA AND MISSISSIPPI FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD. With Annals of Alabama, 1819-1900, by Thomas McAdory Owen
by Pickett, Albert James
Orig. pub. Birmingham 1900. Reprinted 1975, 1988. Print on Demand Edition 2013. 773 pp., illus., index Pickett's history, one of the most valuable works on the history of the Southern country, is an account of the territory of Alabama prior to its admission as a state with later chapters containing many biographical sketches of men prominent in the later developments of the commonwealth. The Annals by Owen, historical facts in outline fashion, continue that history from statehood in 1819 to 1900....
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![Official Drawing of the Louisiana State Lottery... Drawn at New Orleans, on Tuesday, June 17th, 1879 [opening lines of broadside]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/499/054/1514054499.0.b.0.jpg)
Official Drawing of the Louisiana State Lottery... Drawn at New Orleans, on Tuesday, June 17th, 1879 [opening lines of broadside]
by [M.A. Dauphin]
New Orleans: Graham, Print[er], 127 Gravier St., [1879]. Printed in multiple columns. 11 x 17¾ inches. Folds, as issued, light wear; near fine condition. A rare and ephemeral New Orleans-printed broadside advertising this Reconstruction Era lottery. The commissioners are identified in the broadside as "G.T. Beauregard" and "J.A. Early", i.e., the famed former Confederate Generals P.G.T. Beauregard and Jubal A. Early. As early as 1877 these two men profited from the dubiously-legitimate Louisiana...
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Bonaventure: A Prose Pastoral of Acadian Louisiana
by CABLE, George W
New York: Scribner, 1888. First. hardcover. fine. 8vo, maroon cloth, lettered in orange & gilt. N.Y.: Scribner, 1888. First Edition.<br/><br/> Inscribed by the author: A remarkable echo in this book: every time the read says 'good' the author says, - Yours truly". Fine, ina 1/2 blue morocco slipcase.<br/><br/>
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A$465.15
![First Judicial District Court. The State of Louisiana.... [Citizens Bank of Louisiana vs. Hagan, Niven & Co., & Buchanan, Hagan & Co.]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/048/573/1321573048.0.b.jpg)
First Judicial District Court. The State of Louisiana.... [Citizens Bank of Louisiana vs. Hagan, Niven & Co., & Buchanan, Hagan & Co.]
by P. Le Blanc; Francis J. Trubat; [Citizens Bank of Louisiana; Hagan, Niven and Buchanan]
New Orleans, Louisiana, June 20th. 1837. [1]p. Document Signed. Folio. 13 x 7¾ inches. Contemporary docketing on verso. Short splits expertly mended at folds; tanning and edge stains; corner paper loss. Writ of execution issued by New Orleans judge Charles Watts in the case of Citizens Bank of Louisiana vs. Hagan, Niven & Co., & Buchanan, Hagan & Co. The writ was issued on June 20, 1837, just a little over a month after banks in New York City suspended payment in specie. This action by banks in New...
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![[Early Promotional Photographic Postcards for Hammond, Louisiana]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/632/347/1538347632.0.b.jpg)
[Early Promotional Photographic Postcards for Hammond, Louisiana]
by [Louisiana]. Hammond Real Estate & Investment Company
Hammond, La: Vindicator Job Print, 1920. Very good.. Six photographically-illustrated postcards, each 5.5 x 3.5 inches. Minor edge wear, some toning around the edges and at corners, one slightly misprinted with very minor loss of text. A visually-interesting group of a half dozen promotional postcards picturing various locations around Hammond, Louisiana, issued by the Hammond Real Estate & Investment Company, Limited. The company encourages potential emigrants and investors to contact them: "If you...
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![General Orders No. 120. Headquarters, Department of the Gulf... The Following Proclamation Is Published to the Troops of This Department for the Information and Government of All Concerned... In Obedience to Orders from the President, I Have Assumed Command of the Department of the Gulf, to Which Is Added, by His Special Order, the State of Texas... [caption title and first part of text]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/344/950/1495950344.0.b.jpg)
General Orders No. 120. Headquarters, Department of the Gulf... The Following Proclamation Is Published to the Troops of This Department for the Information and Government of All Concerned... In Obedience to Orders from the President, I Have Assumed Command of the Department of the Gulf, to Which Is Added, by His Special Order, the State of Texas... [caption title and first part of text]
by [Civil War]. Banks, Nathaniel P
New Orleans: December 26, 1862. Very good.. [1]p. Old folds, short closed edge tear, one repaired edge tear. A rare general order from the Department of the Gulf, issued by Major General Nathaniel Banks as he was taking over command of the Union's western forces in December 1862. This order, dated December 26, promulgates to the army a proclamation issued by Banks ten days earlier in which he announced that "I have assumed command of the Department of the Gulf, to which is added, by his special order,...
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![[Autograph Letter, Signed, from Abner Phelps to Gilmer Marston, a Friend Back Home in New Hampshire, Describing Life in New Orleans]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/656/047/1555047656.0.b.jpg)
[Autograph Letter, Signed, from Abner Phelps to Gilmer Marston, a Friend Back Home in New Hampshire, Describing Life in New Orleans]
by [Louisiana]
New Orleans: June 30, 1832. Good.. [3]pp. on a single folded sheet, addressed on verso of second leaf. Old mailing folds, minor foxing, tiny hole in second leaf from removal of wax seal costing a couple of words, significant fading to text. An informative and content-rich manuscript letter from Abner Phelps, a transplanted New Englander living in antebellum New Orleans, written to Phelps's school fellow and close friend Gilman Marston, later a Civil War Union General and U.S. Senator from New...
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![Negro Migration From the Shreveport Area. Causes and Suggested Remedies [Cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/730/836/1544836730.0.b.jpg)
Negro Migration From the Shreveport Area. Causes and Suggested Remedies [Cover title]
by Jameson, Frank
[Shreveport, Louisiana]: [Shreveport Journal], 1945. Good. 9" x 6". Stapled selfwrappers. Pp. 8. Good: several ink blots, affecting a couple characters of text; outer bifolium loose from bottom staple; faint water stains to edges; a few penciled notations and visible scratches. This is an offprint of a report lamenting the migration of African Americans from the Shreveport area due to racism and fear. It provides suggestions to improve race relations and working conditions for African Americans in...
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Johnson's Arkansas Mississippi and Louisiana
by JOHNSON & WARD
New York: Johnson & Ward, 1863. unbound. near fine. Map. Steel engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 24.25" x 17.25".<br/><br/> Classic map of Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana divided into counties and townships. Shows all major towns, cities, routes, waterways and railroads. Alvin Jewett Johnson (1827-1884) is one of the most prolific American publishers of the 19th century. He opened his own company in 1856 that produced atlases, maps and encyclopedias....
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Degas in New Orleans. Encounters in the Creole World of Kate Chopin and George Washington Cable.
by Benfey, Christopher
Berkeley: University of California Press. 1999. Very Good condition. Remainder mark to bottom-edge. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 294 pages. . Reprint. Trade Paperback.
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A$15.00
Johnson's Arkansas Mississippi and Louisiana
by JOHNSON, A.J
New York: Johnson, A.J., 1870. unbound. very good(+). Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 23" x 16.75".<br/><br/> Beautiful double page map of Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi divided into counties and townships. Shows towns, major routes, railroads and waterways. In excellent condition. Alvin Jewett Johnson (1827-1884) is one of the most prolific American publishers of the 19th century. He opened his own company in 1856 that produced atlases, maps and...
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Early Louisiana and Arkansas Oil: A Photographic History, 1901-1946 (Montague History of Oil Series)
by Franks, Kenny Arthur; Paul F. Lambert
College Station, Texas: Texas a & M Univ Pr, 1982. 1st Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. First edition. A Fine copy and Fine dust jacket. 4to., xiv, 243 pp., illustrated with b&w photographs. Black cloth in blue photo illustrated dust jacket. In the publishers shrinkwrap.
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A$23.26
MISSISSIPPI AS A PROVINCE, TERRITORY AND STATE with Biographical Sketches of Eminent Citizens
by Claiborne, J.F.H
Orig. pub. Jackson 1880. Reprinted 1978. Print on Demand Edition 2011. vi, xxiii, 591 pp., illus., new intro., new index This classic work by "the Father of Mississippi History" is considered by the Mississippi Historical Society to be the best of the early histories. Claiborne, a congressman, newspaper editor, and member of a family which played an important part in the affairs of the state, used as sources original manuscripts, newspapers, books, government records, personal reminiscences of prominent...
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