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Adams, William H.
THE WHIG PARTY OF LOUISIANA.
Publisher: USL History Series/Univ. of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, LA: 1973.
Hardcover. Very Good+. Blue cloth, 305 pages. This book is in very good shape overall; board corners and spine ends lightly worn, top corners and spine end lightly bumped, previous owner's ink mark on first page, but otherwise clean & bright internally with a strong binding.
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AUD 14.01 | CAD 15.03 | EUR 11.24 | GBP 9.62 | JPY 1,318.18 | MXN 161.11 | ZAR 145.00 |
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Item number: 255343.
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Ailenroc, M. R.
The White Castle of Louisiana
Publisher: Louisiana Library Association 1986.
Originally published by John P, Morgan, Louisville, 1903. 264 pages, 5 b/w illustrations, 8vo, blue cloth. Near fine, gift note; no dust jacket. Story of Nottoway plantation written by Cornelia, daughter of the original owner Reprint Hard Cover
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AUD 11.59 | CAD 12.44 | EUR 9.30 | GBP 7.96 | JPY 1,090.91 | MXN 133.33 | ZAR 120.00 |
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Item number: 024719.
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Alexander, Elizabeth Urban
Notorious Woman: The Celebrated Case of Myra Clark Gaines (Southern Biography Series)
Publisher: Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA, 2001.
Trade softcover in brown ilustrated wraps, 8vo. Southern Biography Series. xiv+301pp. Index, bibliography, footnotes throughout. One section b/w plates on paper. Fine. Mildest of wear/curl to tips of corners of wraps. Prev. owner's name/date along upper edge inner side of front wrap. Else as new: bright, tight, sharp and unmarked. Neither remainder nor ex-lib. ISBN: 0807130249. Paperback Fine
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AUD 9.18 | CAD 9.84 | EUR 7.36 | GBP 6.30 | JPY 863.64 | MXN 105.56 | ZAR 95.00 |
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Item number: 011487.
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Ashkenazi, Elliott, Illustrated by: Photos, Tables & Maps
Business of Jews in Louisiana, 1840-1875
Publisher: The University of Alabama Press Tuscaloosa, AL 1988.
xii, 219 pp, blu cloth covered boards w/silver lettering, glossy wht dj w/purple borders & illustration & w/purple-green lettering on the spine. The book researches whether the Jews who lived in the SOuth during the 19th century, acted differently from their non-Jewish neighbors in commercial matters. Very Good+ Hard Cover Very Good+ 8vo - over 8" - 9" Tall Octavo
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AUD 14.58 | CAD 15.64 | EUR 11.70 | GBP 10.01 | JPY 1,371.82 | MXN 167.67 | ZAR 150.90 |
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Item number: 035424.
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Bagur, Jacques D., Illustrated by: Photos & Maps
A History of Navigation on Cypress Bayou and the Lakes
Publisher: University of North Texas Press Denton, TX 2001.
xii, 821 pp, brown cloth covered boards w/gilt lettering, dj brown-wht-black w/pictorial front, spine, & rear panels. The book examines water transportation and natural and socioeconomic factors that affected it in Northwest Louisiana, East Texas and the Red River. The author explains how a natural logjam formed a continous waterbody west of Shreveport. Near Fine Hard Cover Near Fine 8vo - over 8" - 9" Tall Octavo
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AUD 81.92 | CAD 87.87 | EUR 65.73 | GBP 56.26 | JPY 7,708.18 | MXN 942.11 | ZAR 847.90 |
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Item number: 036688.
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Baker, Lewis
The Percys of Mississippi: Politics and Literature in the New South
Publisher: Lousiana State Baton Rouge 1984.
Southern Biography series. 237 pages, b/w illustrations, notes, bibliography, index, 8vo, tan cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Serving the antiquarian and used book world since 1980 Second Printing Hard Cover
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AUD 21.26 | CAD 22.80 | EUR 17.05 | GBP 14.60 | JPY 2,000.00 | MXN 244.44 | ZAR 220.00 |
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Item number: 020164.
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Blassingame, John W.
BLACK NEW ORLEANS, 1860-1880.
Publisher: Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago: 1973.
Hardcover. Very Good+, Dust Jacket Good+. 0226057070 1st edition, beige cloth, 301 pages. This book is in excellent shape; textblock edges & endpapers lightly foxed, otherwise clean & bright, with sharp corners and a tight binding. Dust Jacket top edge lightly worn, spine lightly sun-faded, very small chip on front panel, now protected in mylar cover.
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AUD 62.80 | CAD 67.36 | EUR 50.39 | GBP 43.13 | JPY 5,909.09 | MXN 722.22 | ZAR 650.00 |
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Item number: 226708.
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Brasseaux, Carl A.
THE FOUNDING OF NEW ACADIA: THE BEGINNINGS OF ACADIAN LIFE IN LOUISIANA, 1765-1803.
Publisher: Louisiana State Univ. Press, Baton Rouge, LA: 1996.
Paperback. Very Good. 0807120995 Grey wraps, 229 pages. This book is in excellent shape; wrap corners very lightly worn, previous owner's tiny ink mark to first page, but otherwise clean & bright internally with a strong binding.
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AUD 9.18 | CAD 9.84 | EUR 7.36 | GBP 6.30 | JPY 863.64 | MXN 105.56 | ZAR 95.00 |
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Item number: 262332.
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Briley, Richard III
Death of the Kingfish! Who did Kill Huey Long?
Publisher: Dallas: Triangle, 1960 1st ed..
139pp. paperback 8vo: Good [some wear @ spine strip; else a nice clean, complete & tight copy] Journalist Briley's (1893-1966) take on the assassination of Louisiana Governor and Senator Huey P. Long (1893-1935).
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AUD 24.15 | CAD 25.91 | EUR 19.38 | GBP 16.59 | JPY 2,272.73 | MXN 277.78 | ZAR 250.00 |
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Item number: 18177.
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Burke, James Lee
Burning Angel: A Novel
Publisher: Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A., Hyperion Books, 1995.
First Edition ISBN: 0786860820. First edition. Signed by the author on title page. Fine condition in fine dust jacket. Book condition: Fine/Fine DJ. Signed by Author
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AUD 35.75 | CAD 38.34 | EUR 28.68 | GBP 24.55 | JPY 3,363.64 | MXN 411.11 | ZAR 370.00 |
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Item number: 9000696.
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Cable, George W.
Bonaventure: A Prose Pastoral of Acadian Louisiana
Publisher: International Association of Newspapers and Authors New York 1988.
314 pages, 12mo, red cloth boards, b/w illustraion front cover. Very good, slight soil a few pages, rubbing; no dust jacket Reprint Edition Hard Cover
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AUD 14.49 | CAD 15.54 | EUR 11.63 | GBP 9.95 | JPY 1,363.64 | MXN 166.67 | ZAR 150.00 |
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Item number: 021609.
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Calhoun, Milburn
Louisiana Almanac 1995-96
Publisher: Pelican Publishing Gretna, LA, 1995.
Trade softcover in glossy illustrated wraps, 8vo. 660pp. Index. World Almanac-like data and categories, all specifically relating to Louisiana. Mildest of curl to extreme tips of corners, faint rolling bump lower corner rear wrap. Light stress crease (apparent bindery error) pp.405-406. Else as new: bright, tight, sharp and unmarked. ISBN: 1565540492. Soft Cover Fine
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AUD 13.77 | CAD 14.77 | EUR 11.05 | GBP 9.46 | JPY 1,295.45 | MXN 158.33 | ZAR 142.50 |
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Item number: 007070.
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Carter, Hodding, Illustrated by: Photos
John Law Wasn't So Wrong
Publisher: Esso Standard Oil Company Baton Rouge, LA 1952.
105 pp, green SC wraps w/white spine, illustrated endpapers. The story of Louisiana's Horn of Plenty. Book describing the development of Louisiana's resources, agriculture & industry. The endpapers are full-color illustrations by Jay Broussard. bottom of the spine bumped. No Jacket Soft Cover Very Good 8vo - Over 8" - 9" Tall
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AUD 12.32 | CAD 13.21 | EUR 9.88 | GBP 8.46 | JPY 1,159.09 | MXN 141.67 | ZAR 127.50 |
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Item number: 036909.
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Charlevoix, Pierre Francois Xavier de. Charles O'Neill, Editor.
Charlevoix's Louisiana. Selections From the History And The Journal.
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge. 1977..
Reprinted in a hardcover format in 1977 for the Louisiana American Revolution Bicentennial Commission. Pierre Francois Xavier de Charlevoix (1682-1761) was a French Jesuit traveler and historian that traveled in the interior of America in the first third of the 18th century. His writings cover in detail the only full description of the interior of America during this time. 257 pages, index. This book contains reproductions of maps found in the "History and General Description of New France". The fold out map (17 1/2 in. x 13 1/2 in.) is present in this book and is in fine condition, plus eight full pages of map reproductions. The book is bound in a dark brown leatherette with gold titles on the front and spine. No dust jacket as issued. No names, writing, or marks. Very difficult to find in this condition. Book is in Fine condition. Reprint. ISBN: 087102504. Book condition: Fine. Book issued without a jacket. Binding is: Hardcover. Standard Book Size.
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AUD 124.64 | CAD 133.68 | EUR 100.00 | GBP 85.60 | JPY 11,727.27 | MXN 1,433.33 | ZAR 1,290.00 |
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Item number: 123140.
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Colten, Craig E.
Transforming New Orleans and Its Environs: Centuries of Change
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press Pittsburgh, PA, 2000.
Trade soft cover in green illustrated wraps, 8vo. 2nd printing. x+272pp. Index, notes, illustrations throughout. Urbanization and environmental change in New Orleans (pre-Katrina). Fine. Upper corner clipped from half-title page, very mild curl extreme tip lower corner front wrap. Else as new: bright, tight, sharp and unmarked. ISBN: 082295740X. Soft Cover Fine
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AUD 9.18 | CAD 9.84 | EUR 7.36 | GBP 6.30 | JPY 863.64 | MXN 105.56 | ZAR 95.00 |
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Item number: 007067.
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Commercial National Bank Of Shreveport, Louisiana.
A Historical Perspective. The Red River.
Publisher: Moran Publishing Corp., Baton Rouge, La. 1979..
A First Edition in hardcover, issued without a dust jacket. This history of the Red River was issued by the Commercial National Bank of Shreveport, Louisiana as a Christmas promotional item for its customers. A card to that effect is laid in the book. Illustrated with photographs, many vintage. 87 pages. No names, writing, or marks in the book. Book is in Fine condition. First Edition, First Printing. Book condition: Fine. Book issued without a jacket. Binding is: Hardcover. 8 3/4 in. x 11 1/4 in.
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AUD 28.02 | CAD 30.05 | EUR 22.48 | GBP 19.24 | JPY 2,636.36 | MXN 322.22 | ZAR 290.00 |
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Item number: 123724.
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Commonwealth Associates, Inc. of Jackson, Michigan.
A Cultural Resources Survey of the Red River Waterway from Shreveport, Louisiana to the Mississippi River.
Publisher: New Orleans, Louisiana: Department of the Army, November 1980..
Wraps. Quarto, 537p, Includes Bibliography and Appendix A: Radiocarbon Dates; Appendix B: Field Forms. Volume II: Site Survey Forms was submitted to New Orleans COE only. A Cultural Resources Survey conducted for the Department of the Army, New Orleans District - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers under Contract No. DACW 29-79-C-0060. This project was to locate, evaluate and prepare mitigation plans for cultural resources within the channelization zone. Investigation centered on the main channel of the Red River, from its confluence with the Mississippi River in east-central Louisiana, to Shreveport - approximately 250 miles. Includes assessment of National Register eligibility. Numerous site maps, charts and tables. Text incudes archeological and historical background from Paleo-Indian Occupation to Modern Period as well as a discussion of artifacts, folklore, ethnohistory, flora and fauna. Detailed site descriptions. Wraps Wraps Very good comb bound document with minor page bending
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AUD 72.46 | CAD 77.72 | EUR 58.14 | GBP 49.77 | JPY 6,818.18 | MXN 833.33 | ZAR 750.00 |
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Item number: 2712.
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De Conde, Alexander
AFFAIR OF LOUISIANA
Publisher: Scribner New York 1976.
First Edition Hardcover Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; DJ is worn and torn at edges. Front endpaper is missing. ; B&W Illustrations; 325 pages
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AUD 9.66 | CAD 10.36 | EUR 7.75 | GBP 6.64 | JPY 909.09 | MXN 111.11 | ZAR 100.00 |
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Item number: 52264.
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Din, Gilbert C.
THE CANARY ISLANDERS OF LOUISIANA.
Publisher: Louisiana State Univ. Press, Baton Rouge, LA: 1999.
Paperback. Near Fine. 0807124370 Black wraps, 256 pages. This book is in excellent shape; previous owner's tiny ink stamp on first page, but otherwise clean & bright internally with a strong binding.
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AUD 14.44 | CAD 15.49 | EUR 11.59 | GBP 9.92 | JPY 1,359.09 | MXN 166.11 | ZAR 149.50 |
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Item number: 262324.
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Easterling, Renee
Gifts from God
Publisher: New York 1953.
Very Good in Good dust jacket Pageant Press, Inc. First Edition Hardcover Foxing on top edge. dust jacket has some creases and small tears, mostly near the edges. ; 8vo; 88 pages; A short story and a novella that incorporate the flavor of Lousiana.
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AUD 14.34 | CAD 15.38 | EUR 11.50 | GBP 9.85 | JPY 1,349.09 | MXN 164.89 | ZAR 148.40 |
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Item number: 3206.
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Evans, Oliver
New Orleans
Publisher: Macmillan New York 1959.
195 pages, b/w plates, index, 8vo, brown/black cloth. Very good, slight wear spine end, light spotting top cover, note on puchasing date; dust jacket good+, mended tears, edgewear, rubbed. Serving the antiquarian and used book world sicne 1980 Stated First Printing Hard Cover
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AUD 18.36 | CAD 19.69 | EUR 14.73 | GBP 12.61 | JPY 1,727.27 | MXN 211.11 | ZAR 190.00 |
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Item number: 020214.
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Federal Writers' Project.
THE WPA GUIDE TO NEW ORLEANS.
Publisher: Pantheon Books, New York: 1983.
Hardcover. Near Fine, Dust Jacket. 0394532694 Quarter green cloth, with grey paper boards, 430 pp. Book is in great shape, clean and sharp all around; book has light foxing to top edge of pages but is otherwise in excellent shape. Dust jacket is in very good shape, clean and sharp as well; tips of corners show light wear but jacket is otherwise nearly as new and now protected in mylar cover.
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AUD 120.77 | CAD 129.53 | EUR 96.90 | GBP 82.95 | JPY 11,363.64 | MXN 1,388.89 | ZAR 1,250.00 |
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Item number: 230680.
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Forman, L. Ronald et al.
AUDUBON PARK: AN URBAN EDEN.
Publisher: Audubon Park Pr, No place: 1985.
Hardcover. Very Good+, Dust Jacket Very Good+. Quarto, green cloth, 164 pages. This book is in excellent shape; tops of boards lightly sun-faded, ex-library (part of ink stamp on rear pastedown endpaper is only indication), but otherwise clean & bright internally with a strong binding. Dust jacket spine is lightly sunned, but otherwise clean and protected by a mylar cover. Signed presentation by author Ronald Forman on front free endpaper. Due to size, overseas shipping will cost more for this item. Signed presentation by author Ronald Forman on front free endpaper. Due to size, overseas shipping will cost more for this item.
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AUD 28.94 | CAD 31.04 | EUR 23.22 | GBP 19.87 | JPY 2,722.73 | MXN 332.78 | ZAR 299.50 |
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Item number: 242906.
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Freiberg, Edna B.
BAYOU ST. JOHN: IN COLONIAL LOUISIANA 1699-1803.
Publisher: Harvey Press, New Orleans: 1980.
Hardcover. Very Good+, Dust Jacket Very Good. Beige cloth-covered boards, 436 pages. This book is in great shape; spine tips lightly bumped, light spotting to edges of text block, but otherwise clean & bright internally with a strong binding. Dust Jacket lightly rubbed with some minor tears to top and bottom of spine, spine slightly faded, now protected in a mylar cover. Folding map in sleeve pasted to rear free endpaper Folding map in sleeve pasted to rear free endpaper
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AUD 24.11 | CAD 25.85 | EUR 19.34 | GBP 16.56 | JPY 2,268.18 | MXN 277.22 | ZAR 249.50 |
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Item number: 261474.
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Fremaux, Leon & edited by Geary, Patrick J. , Illustrated by: Fremaux, Leon
Leon Fremaux's New Orleans Characters
Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company Gretna, LA 1987.
56 pp, brown-white cloth covered boards w/dark brown lettering, red endpapers w/black silhouette illustrations, dj light brown w/maroon border lines and w/color illustrated front panel of the Sicilian monopolistic vender of fruit. The book is in English and French. The book captures the striking images of nineteenth century Louisiana. It has 18 full-color prints. Fremaux was civil engineer by profession that delighted in sketching scenes of his adopted Louisiana as a break from surveying & supervisory responsibilities. He was a captain of engineers during the Civil War, continued his practice of sketching everyday scenes and sometimes included his illustrations in his letters home. This is a reprint of the original. Howes F362. The dj has been laminated by previous owner. Very Good Hard Cover Very Good+ Folio - over 12" - 15" tall
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AUD 36.96 | CAD 39.64 | EUR 29.65 | GBP 25.38 | JPY 3,477.27 | MXN 425.00 | ZAR 382.50 |
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Item number: 004074.
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Howard, Jacob M.
SPEECH OF HON. JACOB M. HOWARD, OF MICHIGAN, ON THE JOINT RESOLUTION FOR THE RECOGNITION AND READMISSION TO THE UNION, OF LOUISIANA. DELIVERED IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, FEBRUARY 25, 1865.
Publisher: Towers Print, Washington, DC: 1865.
Paperback. Very Good+. 1st edition, one 24" x 19" leaf folded into 16 panels. Opposes recognition until reconstruction is complete. Publication date approximately 1865. Opposes recognition until reconstruction is complete. Publication date approximately 1865.
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AUD 15.94 | CAD 17.10 | EUR 12.79 | GBP 10.95 | JPY 1,500.00 | MXN 183.33 | ZAR 165.00 |
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Item number: 105812.
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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 / Dunbar, William, 1749-1810.
Documents Relating to the Purchase & Exploration of Louisiana.
Publisher: Mansfield Centre, CT., Martino Pub., 2007..
45, 189, 76 p., folded map, ports.Originally published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin & Co., 1904. Texts: The limits and bounds of Louisiana / by Thomas Jefferson The exploration of the Red, the Black, and the Washita rivers / by William Dunbar. (1801x). Fine, new from publisher / no dj.
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AUD 62.80 | CAD 67.36 | EUR 50.39 | GBP 43.13 | JPY 5,909.09 | MXN 722.22 | ZAR 650.00 |
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Item number: 1801.
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Junior League Of Lafayette
TALK ABOUT GOOD II Le Livre De Cuisine Des Acadiens
Condition: VG/NONE. First Edition; First Printing. Spiral bound. ISBN: 0935032509 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Member of FABA (Fl Antiquarian Booksellers' Assoc)
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AUD 16.09 | CAD 17.25 | EUR 12.91 | GBP 11.05 | JPY 1,513.64 | MXN 185.00 | ZAR 166.50 |
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Item number: 7280.
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Kane, Harnett T
The Bayous of Louisiana
Publisher: New York, William Morrow & Co., 1943.
. 340p., illus. Hardcover Good condition
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AUD 18.36 | CAD 19.69 | EUR 14.73 | GBP 12.61 | JPY 1,727.27 | MXN 211.11 | ZAR 190.00 |
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Item number: 008269.
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Kane, Harnett T, Illustrator: James Ricau
The Golden Coast
Publisher: New York, Bonanza Books, c1959.
. 212p., illus. Photos by James Ricau Hardcover Ex-library, Very good condition in fair d.j. fair
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AUD 13.53 | CAD 14.51 | EUR 10.85 | GBP 9.29 | JPY 1,272.73 | MXN 155.56 | ZAR 140.00 |
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Item number: 26315.
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Kane, Harnett T.
Queen New Orleans: City by the River
Publisher: Bonanza New York 1949.
(x) 374 pages, map, b/w plates, index; 8vo, yellow boards. Very good+, nameplate and name; dust jacket very good, light edgewear, bright. Serving the antiquarian and used book world since 1980 Fifth Printing Hard Cover
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AUD 13.53 | CAD 14.51 | EUR 10.85 | GBP 9.29 | JPY 1,272.73 | MXN 155.56 | ZAR 140.00 |
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Item number: 020084.
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Kinser, Samuel.
CARNIVAL, AMERICAN STYLE: MARDI GRAS AT NEW ORLEANS AND MOBILE.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 1990.
Hardcover. Near Fine, Dust Jacket Near Fine. 0226437299 Small quarto, blue cloth-covered boards, 415 pages. Book is in excellent condition: clean, bright and tightly bound. Jacket is also clean and bright and protected in a mylar cover.
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AUD 19.28 | CAD 20.67 | EUR 15.47 | GBP 13.24 | JPY 1,813.64 | MXN 221.67 | ZAR 199.50 |
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Item number: 261448.
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Kirk, Susan Lauxman; Smith, Helen Michel.
THE ARCHITECTURE OF ST. CHARLES AVENUE.
Publisher: Pelican Pub Co Inc, 1977.
Hardcover. Very Good, Dust Jacket Good+. 088289174x 1st edition, Quarto. Blue paper-covered boards, 146 pp, many photo illustrations. This book is in very good shape overall; endpapers lightly foxed, bottom edges of boards a little shelfworn, but otherwise clean & bright internally with a strong binding. Dust Jacket foxed, scarring down front panel near spine, now protected in a mylar cover.
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AUD 28.94 | CAD 31.04 | EUR 23.22 | GBP 19.87 | JPY 2,722.73 | MXN 332.78 | ZAR 299.50 |
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Item number: 234151.
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La Commission des Avoyelles & Sue L. Eakin.
AVOYELLES PARISH . . . CROSSROADS OF LOUISIANA WHERE ALL CULTURES MEET.
Publisher: La Commission des Avoyelles, 1981.
Hardcover. Very Good+, Dust Jacket Very Good. 0865180210 Quarto, red paper-covered boards, 217 pages. This book is in excellent shape, clean & bright, with sharp corners and a tight binding. Dust Jacket has a few small chips & closed edge tears, now protected in a mylar cover.
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AUD 28.94 | CAD 31.04 | EUR 23.22 | GBP 19.87 | JPY 2,722.73 | MXN 332.78 | ZAR 299.50 |
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Item number: 262187.
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Looney, Ben Earl, Illustrated by: Looney, Ben Earl
Cajun Country
Publisher: The University of Southwestern Louisiana Lafayette, LA 1977.
xii, [6], 201 pp, cream clothcovered boards w/dark brown lettering on the front cover and spine w/dark brown illustrations on the front cover, SIGNED by the author who is also the illustrator on the ffep, glossy cream dj w/dark brown illustrations on the front panel. The book presents through sketches and accompanying descriptions of the author, some of the landmarks, customs and scenery of twenty-two south Louisiana parashes which comprise Acadiana. The text is in English and French. small bump on middle of the top edge of the front & rear cover, dj large tear on rear panel repaired w/archival tape. Signed by Author 2nd Printing Good+ Hard Cover Very Good Oblong 8vo - Over 8" - 9" Tall
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AUD 23.41 | CAD 25.11 | EUR 18.78 | GBP 16.08 | JPY 2,202.73 | MXN 269.22 | ZAR 242.30 |
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Item number: 050701.
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Looney, Ben Earl.
CAJUN COUNTRY.
Publisher: University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, LA: 1977.
Hardcover. Very Good, Dust Jacket Very Good. 2nd printing, Oblong octavo, illustrated beige cloth, 201 pages. This book is in very good shape overall; cover edges and edges of text block lightly spotted, but otherwise clean & bright internally with a strong binding. Dust Jacket lightly soiled, tiny tear to front top edge,
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Item number: 261493.
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Lynn, Stuart M.
New Orleans
Publisher: Bonanza NY 1949.
Very good; no dust jacket. 8 x 10 1/4. 168 pp. Entirely b/w photos, green cloth-backed boards/tan cloth backstrip. Originally published by Hastings House. Hard Cover
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Item number: 002468.
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Martinez, Raymond J. and Jack D. L. Holmes
New Orleans: Facts and Legends
Publisher: Hope Publications Jefferson, La, 1970.
Good, Paperback Covers mildly rubbed/soiled, remainder mark on bottom edge; Paperback. Vi + 144 pp. B&W illustrations. Sources, biblio; 8vo; vi + 144 pages
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Item number: 35088.
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Myers, Rose.
A HISTORY OF BATON ROUGE, 1699-1812.
Publisher: Louisiana State Univ. Press, 1976.
Hardcover. Very Good+, Dust Jacket Good+. Orange cloth, 149 pages. This book is in excellent shape; gift inscription, but otherwise clean and sharp all around. Dust Jacket price- clipped, spine faded, now protected in mylar cover.
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Item number: 261874.
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N/A.
WELCOME . . . NEW ORLEANIANS, 1947-1948.
Publisher: New Orleans Item, New Orleans: 1947.
Paperback. Good+. Black comb-bound wraps, (120) pages. This book is in good shape overall; covers have a few light rub spots, light foxing, but otherwise clean & bright internally with a strong binding.
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Nichols, Pauline Wright.
THE BREATH OF GOD: BLACK VOICES FROM THE THIRTIES. Illustrations by Edith Mahier
Publisher: privately printed, No place: 1979.
Hardcover. Very Good. 1st edition, brown cloth, 78 pages. Binding lightly soiled, bottom corners lightly bumped. Signed Presentation Copy. Limited to 1, 000 copies. Signed Presentation Copy. Limited to 1, 000 copies.
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Item number: 161677.
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No Author Given
Katrina: Devastation, Survival, Restoration
Publisher: No Place Given: Pediment, 2006.
Hardback, with dust jacket. Fine/Fine. White on black spine. 11 by 10 inches. 192 pages.
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Item number: 20285.
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O'Donnell, Edwin Philip, 1895-1943
Green Margins [by] E. P. O'Donnell
Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1936.
6 p.l., [3]-499 p.; 22 cm. Maps on lining-papers. Novel set in the Mississippi Delta where the river joins the Gulf of Mexico. Stock#46303. Vg, owner stamp on lining page does not affect map / no dj.
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Item number: 46303.
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Opotowsky, Stan
The Longs of Louisiana
Publisher: New York: Dutton, 1960 1st ed..
271pp. illus. mustard cloth 8vo: Good+/no dj [ink name; else G+] A biography of the famous Louisiana political family.
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Item number: 15322.
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Prothro, James Warren .
DOLLAR DECADE: BUSINESS IDEAS IN THE 1920'S.
Publisher: Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA: 1954.
Hardcover. Very Good. 1st edition, Green cloth. x, 256 pages. This book is in very good shape overall; neat name on endpaper, but otherwise clean & bright internally with a strong binding.
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Item number: 236339.
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Puneky, Claire (editor).
LOUISIANA LEADERS BY LOUISIANA PEN WOMEN.
Publisher: Claitor's Pulishing Division, Baton Rouge, LA: 1970.
Hardcover. Near Fine, Dust Jacket two small tears. 1st edition, quarto, green cloth, 168 pages.
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Rand, Clayton, Illustrated by: Naar, Constance Joan, and Harry Coughlin
Stars in Their Eyes; Dreamers & Builders in Louisiana
Publisher: Dixie Press Gulfport 1953.
Inscribed by the author to John Sloan Smith, Marth 1958. (xii) 228 pages + official program for the 150th Anniversary celebration of the Louisiana Purchase, b/w portraits of each person by Constance Joan Naar and Harry Coughlin, 17 color plates, index, map endpapers, 4to, blue cloth/tan buckram. Near fine; no dust jacket. Laid in typed brief biography of Rand on verso. Jung Hotel, New Orleans stationery Inscribed by the author Stated First Edition Hard Cover
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Item number: 020318.
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Reeves, Miriam G.
The Felicianas of Louisiana
Publisher: Baton Rouge: Claitor's Book Store, 1967.
Quarto. Red boards. xiii, 126pp with many black & white full-page illustrations from photographs plus endpaper maps of East and West Feliciana Parishes. The author covers 45 of some of the most lovely plantation homes and other period structures. Fine in dustjacket with a small scuff at the spine on the upper panel.
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Item number: 007769.
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Rice, James
GASTON DRILLS AN OFFSHORE OIL WELL
Publisher: Pelican Publ. Gretna, LA 1982.
ISBN: 0882892894 fine, dj torn, ownership sticker, vg, 1st ed, boards
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Item number: BOOKS009498I.
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Roberts, W. Adolphe; Milo M. Quaife, ed.
Lake Pontchartrain; The American Lake Series edition
Publisher: Bobbs-Merrill Indianapolis 1946.
376 pages, b/w plates, appendices, bibliographical note, index, map endpapers; 8vo, olive cloth, small yellow lake/titles front cover. Very good, spine ends bumped, titles slightly faded spine, some rubbing; dust jacket good+, top of spine chipped with some loss, light edge wear Good Hard Cover Very Good
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Item number: 027554.
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Saxon, Lyle
Children of Strangers
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap New York 1937.
294 pages, 8vo, tan cloth. Spine slightly bumped, endpapers, margins slightly toned, very good-; dust jacket strip of discolored tape top, worn edges with some loss, good- Reprint Edition Hard Cover
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Item number: 021432.
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Saxon, Lyle, compiler
Gumbo Ya-Ya: A Collection of Louisiana Folk Tales
Publisher: New York, Bonanza Books, c1945.
later printing. 581p. Hardcover Very good condition in good d.j. good
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Item number: 17952.
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Smith, Reid, and John Owens
The Majesty of Natchez
Publisher: Gretna, Louisiana, U.S.A.: Pelican Pub Co Inc. 1986.
VG paper over board hardback, no DJ. Pictorial cover with slightly frayed spine edges and corners, some scuffs. Binding tight. End papers and pp look unused. 8vo, 84 pp with color photos. Exterior and interior photos of some of the historic homes in Natchez.
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Item number: 8607.
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Somers, Dale A.
The Rise of Sports in New Orleans 1850-1900
Publisher: Louisiana State Baton Rouge 1972.
Fine; dust jacket price clipped, small chips spine, very good. 8 vo. (xiv) 3 20 pp. Bibliography, index, yellow cloth-backed boards. Hard Cover
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Item number: 004583.
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Taylor, Joe Gray
Louisiana: A Bicentennial History. States and the Nation series
Publisher: W.W. Norton/ American Association for State and Local History New York/Nashville 1976.
Ex lib. 194 pages, b/w plates, map, further reading list, index; 8vo, gray cloth. Tape cover, pocket, a few library stamps, very good-; contents fine; dust jacket very good, label spine First Printing Hard Cover
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Item number: 024106.
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Vals-Denuziere, Jacqueline
Maisons de Plantation Photographies de David King Gleason
Publisher: Baton Rouge, Claitor's Publishing, c.1984.
xvi, [4], 194p. illus.( some color), 23 cm. Promenades Historiques en Louisine. Text in French. Stock# 31,086. Vg/ wrappers.
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Item number: 31086.
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Viosca, Percy
LOUISIANA OUT-OF-DOORS A Handbook and Guide
Publisher: Private Printing New Orleans, La 1933.
First Edition Softcover Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear; Includes Facts and Figures, Parishes, Special Information for Outdoor People, Guide to Louisiana's Great Outdoors and more. ; B&W Illustrations
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Item number: 66801.
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Voorhies, Felix, with Andrew Thorpe
Acadian Reminiscences : With the True Story of Evangeline
Publisher: Jacobs News Depot Company; Opelousas, La: 1907.
Very Good- with no dust jacket Hardcover 107 pages; 12mo (7.25") 19 cm; Pale gray gloth, gilt lettering, 5 b/w glossy photo plates, including photo of old Catholic Church at St. Martinsville, Louisiana, and the famous Evangeline Oak. ; Published in Opelousas, Louisiana, by Jacobs News Depot Company, 1907. From introduction by Andrew Thorpe: 'Acadian Reminiscences is a word painting of the life of the Acadians in the Teche Country (St. Gabriel) in the long ago.' ; Light exterior wear. Several very small, pale spots to front. Gift note (To Shirley Muth from M. L. Harty, April 1930) on half title in old ink. Interior clean, binding tight.
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Item number: 8463.
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Wells, Carol editor
CANE RIVER COUNTRY LOUISIANA
Publisher: Northwestern State University Press Natichitoches, La 1979.
Limited Edition Hardcover Very Good+ with no dust jacket; Limited edition #208 of 300 copies all edges gilded. Filled with historical photographs; B&W and color photographs; 266 pages
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Item number: 24780.
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