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18886036551888. "F.A. Cooper" in black ink on pictorial Miss Georgie Woodthorpe Sixth Annual Tour letterhead September 9 1888. 7 1/2" x 10"; 1 page recto only. Very good old tape upper margin only. To Mr. Wyatt: Miss Woodthorpe's manager writes Mr. Wyatt the manager of an opera house attempting to place her act. No Binding. Very Good. unknown books
186137603Sumter County GA 1861. Manuscript document 7-1/2" x 25." Neat ink manuscript listing after the prefatory sentence quoted in our title 57 names in the first column and names 58-64 in the second column. Similar flourishes in the names suggest that at least many were written in an identical hand. The two columns are separated by a rule in manuscript. Old folds Very Good.<br/><br/> Allen Sherrod Cutts listed as Captain heads this list of 64 volunteers. Cutts raised this Battery of Artillery at the outbreak of the War. The Battery arrived in Virginia after the First Battle of Bull Run and saw action at the Battle of Dranesville. In 1862 Cutts expanded the Battery to a Battalion the 11th Georgia Artillery Battalion as its commander. <br/> Cutts was promoted to Major Lieutenant Colonel both in 1862 and colonel April 1864. The Battalion served in the Artillery Reserve of the Army of Northern Virginia under General Pendleton in the Seven Days Battles; and it fought at Antietam Fredericksburg Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. After the War Cutts entered politics as a Democrat was mayor of Americus-- the County Seat of Sumter County-- and a member of the Georgia General Assembly.<br/>Speicher THE SUMTER FLYING ARTILLERY 2009. Wikipedia article on Cutts. unknown books
1897WRCLIT68094New York: Bonnsell Silver & Co. 1897. 4134pp. Gilt cloth. Frontis. White cloth spine darkened and a bit frayed at tips; a good sound copy. First edition of Madden's first book published under the pseudonym that would be attached to her novels and young adult fiction for the next 35 years. Not all references - Smith and OCLC for example - recognize the pseudonymous status. Not in Wright but likely excluded because of its inspirational young adult nature. Madden was on friendly terms with Annie Fellows Johnston of "Little Colonel" fame joining with her in an "Author Club" situated in Louisville Kentucky. OCLC: 7570741. Bonnsell, Silver & Co. hardcover books
180960420Milledgeville GA 1809. Partly printed document 6 5/8 x 8 inches employing several sizes and styles of type the text enclosed within an ornamental border and with a seal attached picturing an arm brandishing a sword. Irwin a native of North Carolina moved as a child with his family to the Georgia back county and served with his father and brother during the American Revolution; as governor he signed the act rescinding the fraudulent Yazoo land law. "His leadership patriotism and impartiality were recognized and honored throughout his career" DGB. Marbury is best remembered for his role in the publication of Georgia's first official digest of laws Digest of the Laws of the State of Georgia 1802. Some browning but very good. Folded. A nice example of early and somewhat crude Georgia letterpress printing. #7651. <br/><br/> unknown books
1821589031821. Augusta: Published by T.S. Hannon 1821. Augusta: Published by T.S. Hannon 1821. 1821 Compilation of Georgia Law Georgia. Lamar Lucius Q.C.A. Compiler. A Compilation of the Laws of the State of Georgia Passed by the Legislature Since the Year 1810 to the Year 1819 Inclusive: Comprising All the Laws Passed Within Those Periods Arranged Under Appropriate Heads With Notes of Reference to Those Laws Or Parts of Laws Which Are Amended or Repealed: To Which Are Added Such Concurred and Approved Resolutions As Are Either of General Local or Private Moment: Concluding with a Copious Index to the Laws And a Separate One to the Resolutions. Augusta: Published by T.S. Hannon 1821. iv 1300 pp. Quarto 10-1/2" x 8-1/2". Recent period-style imitation sheep raised bands and lettering pieces and gilt fillets to spine marbled endpapers. Light rubbing to extremities owner bookplate to front pastedown. Light to moderate browning foxing and occasional marginal damp staining internally clean. $1000. First edition. This was the fourth digest of Georgia state laws preceded by others from 1801 1802 and 1812. It is digested alphabetically by topic. Babbitt Hand-List of Legislative Sessions and Session Laws 86. unknown books
1831589071831. Milledgeville 1831. 1st ed. Milledgeville 1831. 1st ed. 1831 Compilation of Georgia Law Georgia. Dawson William C. Compiler. A Compilation of the Laws of the State of Georgia Passed by the General Assembly Since the Year 1819 to the Year 1829 Inclusive: Comprising All the Laws Passed Within Those Periods Arranged Under Titles With Marginal Notes And Notes of Reference to the Laws Or Parts of Laws Which are Amended or Repealed: To Which are Added such Concurred and Approved Resolutions As are Either of General Local or Private Nature: Concluded With a Full and Ample Index to the Laws and a Separate One to the Resolutions. Milledgeville: Published by Grantland and Orme 1831. 488 150 xxix pp. Text in parallel columns. Quarto 10" x 8". Contemporary sheep blind fillets to boards lettering piece and blind fillets to spine. Light rubbing to boards and extremities corners bumped a few minor scuffs and stains to boards hinges starting. Toning and light foxing to text faint dampstaining in places to margins internally clean. A desirable copy. $400. First edition. This was the fifth digest of Georgia state laws preceded by others from 1801 1802 1812 and 1821. It is digested alphabetically by topic. Babbitt Hand-List of Legislative Sessions and Session Laws 87. unknown books
1812616541812. Augusta: Printed by Adams & Duyckinck 1812. Augusta: Printed by Adams & Duyckinck 1812. 1812 Compilation of Georgia Law Georgia. Clayton Augustin Smith Compiler. A Compilation of the Laws of the State of Georgia Passed by the Legislature Since the Political Year 1800 To the Year 1810 Inclusive. Containing All the Laws Whether in Force or Not Passed Within Those Periods Arranged in a Chronological Order With Comprehensive References to Those Laws or Parts of Laws That are Amended Suspended or Repealed: Together with an Appendix Comprising Such Concurred and Approved Resolutions As Are of a General Operative Nature And as Relate to the Duty of Officers The Relief of Individuals And the Settlement of Boundary Between Counties And this State with North Carolina: Concluding with a Copious Index to the Whole. Augusta: Printed by Adams & Duyckinck 1812. vi 708 20 pp. Includes four pages of testimonials. Quarto 10" x 8". Later buckram calf lettering piece to spine endpapers renewed. Some rubbing to extremities light fading to spine later owner bookplates to front pastedown and free endpaper one of Ellis Merton Coulter. Light browning and foxing to text occasional dampstaining. Early annotations to front endleaf interior otherwise clean. A solid copy with a nice provenance. $900. First edition. This was the third digest of Georgia state laws preceded by others from 1801 and 1802. It is digested alphabetically by topic. Ellis Merton Coulter 1890-1981 was a notable American historian of the South and a founding member of the Southern Historical Association. He was known for his glorification of the Old South belief in white supremacy and segregation. Catalogue of the Wymberley Jones De Renne Georgia Library I:346. Babbitt Hand-List of Legislative Sessions and Session Laws 86. unknown books
1849WRCAM54037Augusta Ga 1849. iv96113-192pp. Contemporary three-quarter calf and marbled boards spine gilt. Extremities worn spine chipped front board detached rear joint tender and partially split. Two 20th-century bookplates on front endpapers small ink library deaccession stamp on rear blank some toning. Good. An almost-complete run of the seventh year of this rare southern agrarian periodical. THE SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR was an important southern agricultural manual published in Georgia from 1843 until the 1880s when it acquired other periodicals and changed its name. Unlike many of its contemporaries the periodical was published throughout the Civil War though it moved from Augusta then to Athens after the war and then finally to Atlanta. The subtitle describes the work and its goal: "a Semi-monthly Journal devoted to Southern agriculture designed to improve the mind and elevate the character of the tillers of the soil and to introduce a more enlightened system of culture." Present here are eleven of the twelve issues for 1849 each 16pp. lacking only issue seven. A rare run of an important southern agricultural publication. hardcover books
1843WRCAM54035Augusta Ga 1843. 4208pp. Contemporary black morocco and marbled boards rebacked in 20th-century buckram. Boards quite rubbed edges worn. Institutional bookplate on front pastedown one-fourth of titlepage lacking filled with blank paper with seven letters supplied in manuscript facsimile some toning and foxing ink stain to bottom margin of some leaves top corner of last leaf torn costing about twelve lines of text in the third column. Good. The entire first year run of this rare bi- weekly southern periodical published in Georgia from 1843 until the 1880s when it acquired other periodicals and changed its name. THE SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR was an important southern agricultural manual that unlike many of its contemporaries was published throughout the Civil War though it moved from Augusta then to Athens after the Civil War and then finally to Atlanta. The subtitle describes the work and its goal: "a Semi-monthly Journal devoted to Southern agriculture designed to improve the mind and elevate the character of the tillers of the soil and to introduce a more enlightened system of culture." Present here are the first twenty-six issues of the periodical each 8pp. each preceded by the titlepage and an Index. Individual issues of the magazine are scarce but the entire first year is positively rare. SABIN 88334. hardcover books
1895WRCAM54049Atlanta 1895. 31pp. plus folding map. Original printed wrappers. Wraps somewhat dust soiled. Small dampstain through top corner light tanning. About very good. A short guide book to Civil War battlefields around Atlanta published near the end of the 19th century with a folding map showing the battle lines. DORNBUSCH III:2718. paperback books
1893WRCAM53817N.p. either New York or Washington D.C. 1893. 45pp. Original printed front wrapper rear wrapper lacking. Unobtrusive institutional ink stamp on front wrapper. Minor toning to paper. Good. A rare pamphlet comprising the defendant's response to the United States Supreme Court in a case regarding funds for the care of former slaves that were supposed to be paid out of the estate of Gazaway B. Lamar according to his will. The plaintiffs argue for the $100000 bequeathed to them in Mr. Lamar's will funds intended "to be devoted to establishing and sustaining one or more hospitals in Augusta and Savannah for colored persons.who have been slaves and their descendants giving preference to those which once belonged to or were hired by me." The respondents' attorney Joseph H. Coates breaks his argument down into five points and in summation states that there simply isn't enough left in the estate to satisfy the claim. The plaintiff's circuit court appeal is present in OCLC in only one copy but there are no physical copies in OCLC of this response from the defendants. OCLC 576732450 digital reproduction. unknown books
1803WRCAM31627Washington City: William Duane & Son 1803. 32pp. Dbd. Light tanning. Very good. An appeal to Congress transmitted by Henry Dearborn for reimbursement due the Georgia militia for services rendered while defending the state against Creek Indian incursions. Contains much on Creek wars. Scarce. DE RENNE I p.315. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 5342. OCLC 10530192. William Duane & Son unknown books
183018028Washington 1830. 8vo. 1 f. verso blank. <br><br>Resolution in favor of repeal of the Tariff Act of 1828. Government document: 21st Congress 1st Session. Rep. No. 98. Ho. of Reps. Removed from a nonce volume. Ink numeral at top margin of p. 1. Light spotting. unknown books
182818795Washington: Pr. by Duff Green 1828. 8vo. 15 pp. <br><br>February 9 1828. Referred to the Committees on Manufactures and Roads and Canals and ordered to be printed." Letter signed in type: "John Forsyth." Report on pp. 5-15 signed in type: "Read and agreed to. Thomas Stocks president. . In the House of Representatives December 24 1827. Read and concurred in. Irby Hudson speaker ." Government document: 20th Congress 1st Session. 90. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shoemaker 36496. Removed from a nonce volume; stitch holes in inner margin not touching text. Three small holes on center of title-page and two small holes on pp. 3/4 5/6 7/8 costing a portion of two or three words on pp. 58 and touching one letter of p. 3. Ink numeral in top margin of title-page. Heavily foxed. Several leaves detached. Toned copy. Good. Pr. by Duff Green unknown books
184011957Washington D.C.: Blair & Rives 1840. Small 8vo. 15 1 pp. <br><br>A desperate attempt to extend judicial authority. Senate document 273 26th congress 1st session. Removed from a nonce volume. Blair & Rives unknown books
1897WRCAM55574N.p. likely Augusta Ga 1897. 173pp. plus a sample stock certificate from the Georgia Mutual Colony Association laid in. In-text illustrations. Tall octavo. Original pictorial wrappers. Front wrapper soiled around the edges upper corner of front wrapper chipped. Text a bit tanned but clean. Very good. An uncommon promotional for a small agricultural community developed in Georgia in the last decade of the 19th century. The work touts the "extraordinary suitability of the Belair lands for settlement into a prosperous suburban farm and town colony.surrounded by the most favorable conditions and attractive environments." The Belair Colony was comprised of 4000 acres of land near Augusta and most of the directors of the board were Augusta businessmen. The text includes a description of the area in and around Belair and has chapters on the "Plan of Colonization" and the "System of Farming Recommended." The work has numerous photographic illustration showing the Belair railroads housing in the area a "famous spring" in Belair local farmlands watermelon and cantaloupe dealers in Augusta the Richmond County Agricultural Society building a cluster of pears grown near Belair the Augusta high school and fields of sugar cane pears peaches and a poultry farm near Belair. The last three pages include samples of the stock application the title bond and one page of promotional text about Augusta. A sample stock certificate is laid in. OCLC records two physical copies of this rare promotional at Augusta University and the University of Georgia. OCLC 13997010. unknown books
1859WRCAM32502Milledgeville Ga 1859. 64pp. Original printed wrappers. Vertical fold wrappers worn contemporary manuscript notes on rear wrapper. Scattered foxing. Withal about very good. Prints the acts passed in the two-month session as well as the court calendar and an appendix addressing the procedures for returning fugitives from justice who have fled the state. DE RENNE II p.605. unknown books
1821WRCAM32408Milledgeville: Grantland & Orme 1821. 40ii pp Dbd. All leaves loose. Edge wear and chipping heavier to first leaf. Evenly toned. Good. The laws of Georgia passed at the relevant session. "This is the original edition of this scarce work" - De Renne. OCLC locates only one copy at the University of Texas at Austin. DE RENNE I p.376. OCLC 48543920. Grantland & Orme unknown books
1862WRCAM32497Milledgeville: Boughton Nisbet & Barnes 1862. 1581pp. Contemporary three quarter calf and boards. Minor wear to extremities small chip in spine. Moderate foxing. Overall very good. The acts of the Georgia assembly for the relevant period. A useful resource regarding Georgia's management of state affairs in the early years of the Confederacy. Scarce. DE RENNE II p.643. PARRISH & WILLINGHAM 2778. Boughton, Nisbet, & Barnes hardcover books
1810WRCAM32385Milledgeville Ga 1810. 1762xv pp. Gathered signatures stitched. Moderate edge wear. Heavy foxing minor dampstaining occasional minor tears. Good. The acts of the Georgia assembly for the relevant session including legislation on the lottery county management and personal petitions. Rare. OCLC locates only four copies. DE RENNE I p.340. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 20205. OCLC 10269041. unknown books
1817WRCAM32374Milledgeville Ga.: S. & F. Grantland 1817. 164v pp. with 143 and 144 repeated in pagination. Dbd. First leaf lightly toned. Contemporary ownership signature at head of first leaf. Overall internally clean. Very good. The acts of the Georgia assembly for the relevant period. Of particular importance are the provisions for the disposition of lands lately acquired or about to be from the Creeks and Cherokees. "The Penal Code of December 20 1817 is printed on pp.92-143 repeated" - De Renne. A scarce Georgia imprint. DE RENNE I p.360. CHECKLIST OF SESSION LAWS p.46. S. & F. Grantland unknown books
1826WRCAM32400Milledgeville Ga 1826. 248pp. Original plain wrappers. Spine perished foxed. Else fine uncut and untrimmed. The collected Georgia laws for the relevant session. DE RENNE I p.398. unknown books
1808WRCAM32382Milledgeville: Printed by D.L. Ryan 1808. 4173pp. Half title. Later half sheep and paper boards. Titlepage and final text leaf detached. Tanned and foxed. Good only. Scarce printing of acts passed at a special session of the Georgia Assembly in May 1808. The legislation enacted included laws regarding the state militia a lottery to raise funds to build a church in Savannah and several acts regarding judicial procedures. OCLC locates only two copies at the University of Virginia and the University of Washington. DE RENNE I p.335. MACDONALD CHECKLIST OF SESSION LAWS p.46. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 15096. OCLC 10603318. Printed by D.L. Ryan hardcover books
18681909240th Cong. 2d Sess.: HED174. 1868. 4pp. Disbound. Caption-title as issued. Very Good. HED174. unknown books
188740729Macon: J.W. Burke and Company 1887. Hardcover. Very good. 2622pp. 15pp; 16pp; 17pp; 16pp; 15pp; 24pp; 9pp; 15pp; 20pp; 19pp; 20pp; 15pp; 23pp; 10pp; 23pp; First twenty years of reports supplied in contemporary facsimile. Printer's ticket on front pastedown scattered foxing throughout else very good in contemporary calf over boards. Extremities rubbed with some minor loss else a sound example. <br/><br/> J.W. Burke and Company hardcover books