Search Results: Titles starting with R from White Pine Books

Mercer University Press, 1999. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. "The fall and destruction of this Confederate city placed Atlanta in the legendary realm of Atlantis, Troy, Athens, and Moscow. 'Requiem for a Lost City' shows us the reality of Civil War Atlanta from the eve of secession to the memorials for the fallen, through the memories of a participant. Sallie Clayton would have been the same age as the fictional Scarlett O'Hara during the Civil War. Sallie Clayton's memoirs, however, are not a work of fiction, but bittersweet reminiscences of growing up in a doomed city in the midst of losing a war. Althoough her memoirs provide invaluable detail on Civil War Atlanta, they also tell of her personal experiences on a plantation in Montgomery, Alabama, and in postwar Augusta and Athens. Sallie Clayton belonged to one of Georgia's wealthiest and most prominent families. Her memoirs are colored by the losses suffered by her family. Robert Davis's introduction to this work… Read More

"An absorbing tale of grand dreams, shady politics, daring engineering experiments, greed, ambition, and westward expansion, Rails Across the Mississippi is the first book-length history since 1881 to document the planning, financing, and construction of the first bridge across the Mississippi River at St. Louis, a national engineering landmark completed in 1874 that is now known as the Eads Bridge." (from the back cover). Condition notes: minor edge wear, outer page block has some spots / discoloration, a few interior page smudges, cover curl and the plastic coating over the stiff wraps has numerous "bubbles" on the spine (see photos).

Sewanee, Tennessee: Proctor's Hall Press, 1993. 1st Thus. Trade Paperback. Fine-/No Dj. Sewanee, Tennessee: Proctor's Hall Press, 1993. 1st Thus. Fine-/No Dj. Very, very light corner bumps. Light sticker shadow on back. Please do not hesitate to ask questions or request photos if you would like more information before ordering. I will combine shipping on request whenever practical to do so.

Athens, GA: Athens Historical Society, 1996. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/No Dj. Athens, GA: Athens Historical Society, 1996. 1st. Fine/No Dj. Dark blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine & front board. Unmarked. Appears unread. Extremely rare. Please do not hesitate to ask questions or request photos if you would like more information before ordering. I will combine shipping on request whenever practical to do so. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Athens, GA, London: Brown Thrasher Books, the University of Georgia Press, 1993. 1st Thus. Hardcover. VG+/Near Fine. Athens, GA, London: Brown Thrasher Books, the University of Georgia Press, 1993. 1st Thus. VG+/Near Fine. First thus, first printing. DJ has extremely light wear. Book is fine except that top & bottom board edges have some small light spots of unknown origin. There is only one on the top edge, but 4 noticeable ones and some additional very tiny ones on the bottom edges. These do not affect anything except the very edges of the boards. It almost looks like a little bleach touched the edges. The DJ is also unaffected by this mysterious affliction. DJ is UNclipped. NOT ex-lib. NOT a remainder. FLATSIGNED "ROBERT BURCH" ON FFEP. Please do not hesitate to ask questions or request photos if you would like more information before ordering. I will combine shipping on request whenever possible. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.