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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.
Black Flags and Windmills Hope, Anarchy, and The Common Ground Collective Foreword By Kathleen Cleaver
by Scott Crow
Old New Orleans Mardi Gras Masks, Closed Shutters, Strife, and Widows Only
by Frances and Edward Larocque Tinker
Louisiana Books & Ephemera
Constitution and By-laws of the Colored Association of Louisiana Incorporated
by [African Americana]. [Louisiana]
Shreveport, 1934. Good.. 37pp., plus two ephemeral items laid in. Original orange printed self wrappers, stapled. Moderate rubbing and soiling to wrappers, a couple of short closed edge tears. Short closed tear to top margin of first several leaves, central bifolium detached from staples, ownership signature and address on last blank page. The founding articles of incorporation, constitution, and other documents of an important southern African-American mutual aid group, the Colored Association of...
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A$2,711.45
Sherwood Anderson & Other Famous Creoles: A Gallery of Contemporary New Orleans
by FAULKNER, William
New Orleans: Pelican, 1926. First. hardcover. near fine. Drawn by W.M. Spratling and Arranged by William Faulkner. Thin 8vo, green boards; darker green printed label. New Orleans: The Pelican Bookshop, (1926). First Edition.<br/><br/> Of an edition of 250 copies this is number 15 of about 50, signed on the flyleaf by Spratling, and with some of plates hand tinted by him. Spratling has added a presentation on the dedication page to author Kenneth Roberts, whose ex-libris is on the endpaper....
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A$7,747.00
![[French Legal Manuscript Concerning Monetary Claims Against the Estate of Joseph John Miller, a Philadelphian in Paris]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/759/427/1483427759.0.b.jpg)
[French Legal Manuscript Concerning Monetary Claims Against the Estate of Joseph John Miller, a Philadelphian in Paris]
by [France]. [United States]. [International Law]
[Paris, 1809. Very good.. [12]pp. Small folio; loose sheets. Light foxing and toning. Accomplished in multiple, mostly legible hands. A very interesting French legal manuscript, bearing details of an 1809 dispute over the estate of Joseph John Miller, an American businessman from Philadelphia living in Paris until his death in 1806. The extent of Miller's business in Paris is opaque, but it seems at least to have involved the production and shipment of salt peter, which is mentioned here. His business...
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A$1,355.73
The British at the Gates: The New Orleans Campaign in the War of 1812
by Robin Reilly
G.P. Putnam, 1974. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: . 376 pages. Light wear and discoloring, a little bit of a sweet odor to the pages; a good solid book overall. The jacket has some wear and discoloring. Illustrator: . Quantity Available: 1. Category: Military; Inventory No: 189534. .
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A$6.97
![Varieties Theatre Gravier Street. Lewis Baker, Stage Manager. Sunday Evening, Feb. 14 1864 and Every Evening Until Further Notice. The Ticket of Leave... [caption title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/387/043/1566043387.0.b.jpg)
Varieties Theatre Gravier Street. Lewis Baker, Stage Manager. Sunday Evening, Feb. 14 1864 and Every Evening Until Further Notice. The Ticket of Leave... [caption title]
by [Louisiana]. [Theatre]
[New Orleans], 1864. Very good.. Broadside, 21 x 6 inches, on thin paper. Old folds, moderate toning, occasional small marginal chipping, tip of lower left corner chipped, light offsetting to itself while folded. A scarce Civil War-era broadside from Union-occupied New Orleans. The Varieties Theatre on Gravier Street in New Orleans was established by the Variete Association Theatre Club of New Orleans, a stockholder association of individuals committed to producing local theatre and who oversaw hiring...
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A$1,936.75
The Daily Item Almanac and Encyclopedia for 1899
by [Louisiana]
New Orleans: The Daily Item, 1899. About very good.. 600pp. Original printed pictorial wrappers. Extremities worn, covers rubbed and lightly soiled. Some slight worming, heavier at front of text. Light tanning and wear. A rare New Orleans almanac full of facts and figures on a wide array of subjects ranging from Queen Victoria's income to information on the Texas petroleum industry. With numerous advertisements for businesses across the country, including a woodcut depicting the publisher's premises....
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A$1,007.11
Poor Man's Provence: Finding Myself in Cajun Louisiana (inscribed)
by Johnson, Rheta Grimsley w/foreword by Bailey White
Montgomery, AL: NewSouth Books, 2008. INSCRIBED on half-title p. by author. 221pp. hardback 8vo: near Fine in a near Fine dj in Brodart poly cover.
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A$23.24
![Charter, Constitution and By-Laws of the Ladies' Catholic Benevolent Association of the Sacred Heart of Mary of the Fifth District of the City of New Orleans, La. [wrapper title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/666/200/1571200666.0.b.jpg)
Charter, Constitution and By-Laws of the Ladies' Catholic Benevolent Association of the Sacred Heart of Mary of the Fifth District of the City of New Orleans, La. [wrapper title]
by [Louisiana]. Ladies' Catholic Benevolent Association
New Orleans: A.M. Escudier, Book and Job Printers, 1901. About good.. 19pp. Original printed front wrapper, rear wrapper not present. Front wrapper a bit chipped and creased, old adhesive repairs to closed tears, bottom corner reinforced with tissue, partially split along spine. Text block a bit toned, foxed, and creased. A seemingly unrecorded turn-of-the-20th century New Orleans imprint recording the founding and governing documents of the Ladies' Catholic Benevolent Association of the Sacred Heart...
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A$542.29
Degrees of Freedom. Louisiana and Cuba after Slavery
by Scott, Rebecca J
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. 2005. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Near Fine copy in a Very Good dustjacket. DJ now protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Black & white illustrations. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 365 pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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A$25.00
The Sun King: Louis XIV and the New World: An Exhibition
by Macdonald, Robert R., and Glasgow, Vaugn L., and Leomoine, Pierre (Curated by); Reinhardt, Steven G. (Edited by)
New Orleans, LA: Louisiana State Museum, 1984. 343 pages, illustrations (some colour); 30 cm. Studies in Louisiana Culture, vol. 3. Exhibition held at the Louisiana State Museum, New Orleans, La., April 29 to November 18, 1984; the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., December 15, 1984 to April 7, 1985. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Wraps rubbed, with a small corner crease/back cover. Age toning. Another copy available. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. Profusely...
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A$14.72
The British At the Gates: The New Orleans Campaign in the War of 1812
by Reilly, Robin
Toronto: Robin Brass Studio. Very Good; Covers lightly rubbed.. 2003. Later Printing. Softcover. 1896941257 . xvii, 399pp. Foreword, acknowledgments, black and white photos and illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, and index. The British at the Gates is a fascinating blend of diplomatic, political, social and, above all, military history. It sets the battle to capture New Orleans within the context of the War of 1812, explaining the issues that led the United States to declare war on Britain. (from...
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A$18.59
A New Map of Louisiana with its Canals, Roads & Distances from place to place, along the Stage & Steam Boat Routes
by THOMAS, COWPERTHWAIT & CO
Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co, 1853. unbound. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 11.5" x 14.5".<br/> <br/> Beautiful map of Louisiana divided into counties. Shows towns, major routes and waterways. Includes inset town plan of New Orleans and information about steam boat routes. Minor overall toning and light scattered foxing. Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co. took over publication of S. A. Mitchell's important "Universal Atlas" in 1850, and...
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A$271.15
The French Quarter: An Informal History of the New Orleans Underworld
by Asbury, Herbert
Knopf. Fine+ with no dust jacket. 1936. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover, illus.. Book Very Fine, square, tight, clean. NO defects. NO notes, names or ANY markings. Without a DJ as published. ; 478 pages .
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A$40.28
![The Retrocession of Louisiana in Spanish Policy [from the] American Historical Review. Vol. XXXIX, No. 3. April, 1934](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/685/506/214506685.0.b.jpg)
The Retrocession of Louisiana in Spanish Policy [from the] American Historical Review. Vol. XXXIX, No. 3. April, 1934
by Whitakre, Arthur P
[Bloomington]: American Historical Review, 1934. Offprint. Stapled paper wrappers. A very good+ unopened (uncut) copy with faint browning around edges of wrappers.. [456-476] pp. Sm. 4to.
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A$18.59
![[Vernacular Photograph Album Featuring Views in and Around Lake Charles, Lake Arthur, and Jennings, Louisiana, Taken by a Local Woman at the Turn of the 20th Century]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/822/214/1471214822.0.b.jpg)
[Vernacular Photograph Album Featuring Views in and Around Lake Charles, Lake Arthur, and Jennings, Louisiana, Taken by a Local Woman at the Turn of the 20th Century]
by [Louisiana]. [Wilkinson, May Hill]
[Various locations in Louisiana, 1903. About very good.. Twelve leaves, illustrated with twenty silver gelatin photographs. Contemporary gray cloth photograph album, string-tied, front cover stamped in gilt, "The Kodak Book." Noticeable soiling and rubbing to boards, edges worn. Two photographs detached, mild wear to a few pictures, but overall nice condition. A charming collection of vernacular images of southern Louisiana in the first few years of the 20th century, taken by local resident May Hill...
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A$1,471.93
Louisiana: Its Colonial History and Romance
by Gayarre, Charles
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1851. Octavo. xiv, 546pp., 6pp., publisher's catalog, The appendix titled "Black Code' list 54 articles of the law of Louisiana such as: Art. I: Decrees of expulsion of the Jews from the colony. Art. II: Makes it imperative on masters to impart religious instructions to their slaves. Art. V: Sundays and holydays are to be strictly observed. All Negros found at work on these days are to be confiscated. Much more presented, mostly of rules of slavery. From the library of...
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A$255.65
Carte de la Florida et de la Georgia
by TARDIEU, Pierre-Francois
Pierre-Francois Tardieu. unbound. Map. Engraving with modern hand coloring. Image measures 12.5 x 16.75 inches. Sheet measures 17 x 22 inches. In very good condition.<br/> <br/> Beautiful early map of Florida and Georgia, western Louisiana, southern parts of the Carolinas and the Bahamas, circa 1798. The interior of Florida was not yet mapped with distortions to Baie du St. Espirit. Pierre Francois Tardieu (1711-1771) came from a family of engravers and map makers based in Paris. This map...
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Fabulous New Orleans
by Saxon, Lyle
New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1936. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good+/Poor. Reprint, 1936, hardcover with decorative cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, 334pp., illustrated in b&w. Book VG+ with mild wear to corners and spine ends, titles on spine rubbed, binding tender, text clean and unmarked. DJ poor with front flap removed, edgewear that includes some missing parts to spine ends and corners, toning rubbing and soil, held together in protective mylar wrap.
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A$44.93
Madaline: Love and Survival in Antebellum New Orleans.
by EDWARDS, Madaline Selima. UPTON, Dell (Editor)
Publisher's light brown cloth with black spine lettering, octavo, pp. xviii, 366. Black and white illustrations; maps.
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A$28.59
Crowley A Louisiana Romance
by [Louisiana]. [Agriculture]
Crowley, 1919. About very good.. [31]pp. 16mo. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Moderate soiling to covers, contemporary pencil ownership notation on front cover. Doodle inside front cover. Minor soiling internally. "The city that sets the pace in the race for prosperity in the rice belt, takes nobody's dust and keeps her head turned always in the direction of success." A promotional work for the city of Crowley, Louisiana, located in the south-central portion of the state. The work is extensively...
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A$697.23
![Hello, Friends! Don't You Want to Go? Where? Sand Beach. How? On a Hay Ride...Given by National Fraternal Brothers and Sisters of America. A Colored Society...[caption title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/154/920/1572920154.0.b.jpg)
Hello, Friends! Don't You Want to Go? Where? Sand Beach. How? On a Hay Ride...Given by National Fraternal Brothers and Sisters of America. A Colored Society...[caption title]
by [African Americana]. [National Fraternal Brothers and Sisters of America]
[Shreveport, La, 1930. Good.. Broadside, 11 x 8.5 inches. Old folds, some tenderness to folds, a few short fold separations, some creasing and edge wear, mild rubbing. Some pencil notations on the verso. With organizational leader's ink stamp at bottom right. Very likely a unique surviving letterpress broadside advertising a fundraising social event and membership drive for the National Fraternal Brothers and Sisters of America (NFBSA), a "charitable organization" and mutual aid society based in...
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A$2,711.45
Memorial from the Board of Levee Commissioners of the State of Louisiana...Asking National Aid and Assistance in the Reconstruction of Levees on the Mississippi River
by [Louisiana]
New Orleans, 1866. Very good.. 12pp. Original printed wrappers, sewn. Minimal soiling, light edge wear to wrappers. Vertical center crease throughout. Light even toning to text, otherwise very clean. A scarce work issued by the Reconstruction government of the state of Louisiana seeking funds from the United States Congress to make repairs to the Mississippi River levees, "together with its tributaries, the Arkansas and Red rivers." The Board of Levee Commissioners was seeking federal aid because the...
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A$1,316.99
![[Group of General Orders from the Military Division of West Mississippi, Covering the End of the Civil War]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/357/485/1535485357.0.b.jpg)
[Group of General Orders from the Military Division of West Mississippi, Covering the End of the Civil War]
by [Civil War]
Natchez & New Orleans, 1865. Very good.. Eighty-seven & sixty-three orders for each year, respectively. Lacking five for 1864 (1, 2, 70, 72, 90) and three for 1865 (27, 41, 44). Contemporarily stitched with ribbon. Minor soiling and wear to outer leaves. A few orders with manuscript signatures. Extensive run of General Orders for the Military Division of West Mississippi, encompassing two full years of its existence. The Division was organized in October 1863 and dissolved in August 1866, making this...
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A$5,035.55
Louisiana
by FINLEY, Anthony
Philadelphia: Finley, Anthony, 1824. unbound. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 8 5/8" x 11 3/8".<br/> <br/> Classic map of Louisiana showing early county divisions. Includes historic counties of Natchitoches, Opelousas, and Attakapas. Shows major towns, routes and waterways. Several Indian villages are noted, including Caddo and Coshatta. Minor toning to edges. Anthony Finley (c. 1790-1840) was a prominent American cartographic publisher in the early 19th...
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A$464.82
Ghosts Along the Mississippi
by Laughlin, Clarence John
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons , 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/poor. Tall quarto, illustrated. Tape ghosts on the inside front panel, insect evidence on the front cover, and a bit on the rear, jacket is poor having insect damage on the foredge and bottom edge , spine heads of jackets chipped. Insect attacked th lower corner of the front fly leaf. That being said Laughlin has inscribed the book to photographer and publisher of Jargon, Jonathan Williams in August of 1959, scarce thus.
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A$1,162.05
