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1941WRCAM56386Detroit: Spencer & Wyckoff 1941. Large format photograph 12 x 19 3/4 inches. A few small chips and short tears. Mild scuffing moderate staining and soiling. Good condition. A rare aerial view of the short-lived American military installation at Camp Livingston Louisiana. The camp opened in 1940 and closed in 1945 and was created to train field artillery regiments during World War II hence the "F.A." in the title of the photograph. The most notable use of Camp Livingston began the year after this photograph was taken when the American government used the camp to house thousands of Japanese German and Italian prisoners of war. In addition as many as a thousand Japanese-American citizens were held at Camp Livingston as part of the War Relocation Authority's wartime internment program. The present photograph would be useful in studying the accommodations for wartime prisoners and internees or perhaps the changes over time to the camp to accommodate them. No copies located in OCLC. Spencer & Wyckoff unknown books
185659083Baton Rouge LA 1856. Folio on blue paper; on the verso docketed by the French Consulate at New Orleans. Staining to lower portion with some ink fading the governor's signature a little light but quite legible. Folded tiny breaks at corner folds some wear at edge. #5636. <br/><br/> unknown books
1804WRCAM49186Paris: Ballard 1804. viii1831-176pp. plus folding table. Lacking pp.19-30. Later 19th-century marbled wrappers. Library label on front cover from Shwartz Historical Library. Minor rubbing and edge wear. Bookplate on front pastedown. Loss to portions of thirteen leaves affecting some text reinforced with tape. Dust soiling on titlepage dampstaining to some leaves toward end of text. A battered copy of a great rarity. An extraordinarily rare account of travels in Louisiana the Mississippi Valley and the Illinois-Ohio country especially interesting in that the travels practically coincide with the Louisiana Purchase. The work has been attributed to either Wante or G. Boucher de la Richardiere. "The author - whoever he was - travelled extensively throughout the lower Mississippi Valley" - Howes. "There is also much on the Illinois-Ohio country but the body of the work has to do with the Louisiana Cession" - Eberstadt. Incomplete but quite rare as Howes accorded it a "b" rating. The great Simon Shwartz library of Louisiana material had a copy sold for $15 in 1926 in blue morocco with an inked name on the titlepage. This is perhaps an additional Shwartz copy not auctioned at the time. The only other copy we can find any record of selling is that listed by the Eberstadts in 1953. HOWES W87 "b." SABIN 101246. EBERSTADT 132:412. SHWARTZ SALE 622. Ballard unknown books
1986135438Lafayette La: University of Southwestern Louisiana 1986. Softcover. VG- Ex-library with few marks and labels some edge wear on outer spine pages are beginning to tan at top margin. White and illus. wraps 138 pp. many BW & color illus. Title on cover: A Century of Vision Un Siecle de Vision. Issued on the occasion of the exhibition by the same name shown in New Orleans and Lafayette in 1984 and 1986. Herman Mhire's introductory essay appears in English at the front of the book and in French at the end. The photograph catalog lies in the middle. University of Southwestern Louisiana paperback books
19077540New Orleans 1907. 16mo. 20 pp. <br><br>Detailed account of the organization's activities during the year 1907. Camp Beauregard No. 130 U. S. C. V. was organized 24 October 1898 at Memorial Hall New Orleans Louisiana. With a portrait of P. G. T. Beauregard on the front cover. Stapled in original printed wrappers. Pamphlet creased from lengthwise folding. Wrappers lightly soiled back wrapper with short tear to top edge front wrapper pressure-stamped by the New-Jersey Historical Society. unknown books
1838291492New Orleans 1838. unbound. very good. Rare autograph document signed: The Citizens Bank of Louisiana trades shares in the capitol stock of the bank for parcels of land and slaves. Folio 4 pages City and Parish of New Orleans Louisiana September 8th 1838 whereby Demey Kemp and wife who are wealthy land owners with many slaves enters into a contract with Victorin Patin President of the Citizens Bank of Louisiana to secure the sum of fifteen-hundred dollars the amount equal to fifteen shares in the Capital Stock of said bank with fifteen shares in an additional allowance of stock for the following described property to wit as adjudicated by Judge Samuel Leonard and certified by Theodore Seghers notary public in small part: ".that including four tracts or parcels of land in the Parish of St. Helena containing two-thousand and forty acres; a tract of land situated on the River Licksaw containing six-hundred acres. Likewise further: Demey Kemp declares that one of the Slaves therein mentioned and named Adelin aged nine years has died since appraisement; and he referred to the title papers in the possession of the said Bank to show from when the appraised property is derived; with the exception of twenty-eight slaves who were born on the property. A mortgage is granted by the said Demey Kemp . to secure fifteen additional shares allowerd on his subscription in the Capital Stock of the Citizens Bank of Louisiana. According to the Judge's certificate there is no mortgage in this office on the different described properties except the mortgage granted in the sum of two-hundred schares in the Capital Stock of said Bank . then this said . Demey Kemp will be recognized as a stockholder of the Citizens Bank of Louisiana for fifteen additional shares." This document has been certified by Justice Samuel Leonard on verso with his signature and embossed seal October 6th 1938. Condition: usual folds with light soiling and minor toning on the Court Filing page: Very good.<br/><br/> Between 1831 and 1866 Citizens Bank of Louisiana currently owned by J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. accepted 13000 slaves as collateral on loans and repossessed 1250 enslaved individuals on loans that plantation owners defaulted on. Though this information is readily available through extensive historical research much of it financed by J.P. Morgan Chase and personally authorized by Jamie Dimon 2003-2005 this is the first document we have ever encountered whereby Citizens Bank of Louisiana is knowingly trading stock in their bank for slaves to shareholders.<br/><br/> unknown books
188658867Baton Rouge LA 1886. Estate papers. Folio 4to and 12mo. Eight pages of manuscript plus the invitation. One of the manuscript items is quite worn otherwise a very good lot. #5567. <br/><br/> unknown books
195046926n.p. 1950. 1st Printing. Card stock leaf decorated like an old piece of paper printed in black and red now housed in a mylar sleeve. A VG copy. Edges a bit rubbed vertical crease due to being folded overall clean and bright. Broadside. Small vignette of a ship to head. 19-1/2" x 12-1/2" <br/><br/> unknown books
1828WRCAM53272Washington: Printed by Galen & Seaton 1828. 25pp. plus three folding maps. Later paper wrappers manuscript paper label on front wrapper. Moderate foxing and tanning. Good plus. Congressional printing of local arguments in an 1827 dispute between New Orleans and the federal government over several land sales. With three folding maps depicting the street plan of the city in the relevant areas. Printed by Galen & Seaton unknown books
1955011818New Orleans: National Association of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Louisiana 1955. 4th Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. Local New Orleans cookbook published on the occasion of Mardi Gras this apparently the first version that became an annual publication. Stated fourth printing 1955 after the first 1952 on the copyright page. Spiral bound illustrated covers of polished stock the front cover a bit soiled the rear cover with an abraded patch. Internals as new. 196 pages. Illustrations credited to Marjorie Clark Ferguson. National Association of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Louisiana unknown books
186737280New Orleans: Printed at the Commercial Bulletin Job Office 1867. 60 25- advertisements 3 blanks pp. Original printed yellow wrappers some extremity chipping. Originally stitched now loosened. Illustration on rear wrapper: 'Front Entrance Gentilly Road. Several institutional stamps scattered foxing and dusting. The final 25 pages are advertisements from various commercial enterprises mostly from New Orleans. Good.<br/><br/> The Report announces Louisiana's entry into the post-War New South displaying its "improvements" in agriculture and the "Mechanic Arts." The advertisements alone demonstrate impressively Louisiana's determined recovery from the War. <br/> Officers Directors and Committee Members are listed after the title page. The Fair's President was the merchant I.N. Marks. "As indicated by his name ISAAC N. MARKS is of Hebrew descent and is a distinguished representative of his highly favored race but contrary to the usual customs of that people he has adopted the Christian faith. This change in his creed is due to the independent manner of thought which has characterized him from his boyhood and has ever made him master of his personality in the domain of both his sentiments and business. Mr. Marks is a native of South Carolina having been born at Charleston on the 5th of May 1817. At the age of nineteen he came to New Orleans and linked his career with that of his adopted city then lacking much of the greatness and grandeur which to-day places her a queen among cities" online 'Genealogy Trails History Group Orleans Parish <br/> The pamphlet records Louisiana's first Fair after the War's end in late November 1866. An essay explains its establishment and inauguration in late November 1866. "The mellow light of an Indian Summer's sun shone down." The various exhibits are listed followed by Marks's Address lamenting the "long and disastrous war leaving in its desolated path ruin upon every side; agriculture paralyzed; commerce languishing; a well-regulated labor system grown venerable in its usefulness and its humane tendencies suddenly and violently destroyed." Other Addresses call for immigration manufactures agricultural improvements and modernization.<br/>Not in Thompson which records later fairs of this Association. OCLC 24446596 1- Historic New Orleans Collection as of December 2020 but not collating the 25-page advertisement section. Printed at the Commercial Bulletin Job Office unknown books
1838700031838. The First Annotated Louisiana Civil Code Louisiana. Upton Wheelock S. Annotator. Jenning Needler R. Annotator. Civil Code of the State of Louisiana; With Annotations. New Orleans: E. Johns & Co. 1838. xl xl 536 536 v 48 pp. French translation on facing pages. Octavo 10" x 6-1/2". Later library cloth red and black lettering pieces to spine endpapers renewed. Light soiling and shelfwear light wear to lettering pieces front free endpapaer lacking following endleaf partially detached. Light toning to text faint library stamps and a few minor library markings to preliminaries. $950. First edition. In 1822 Derbigny Livingston and Lislet were commissioned to revise the 1808 compilation of territorial laws. The result of their effort was the Civil Code of 1825. Upton and Jennings's edition of that code is significant because it was the first to include annotations. Actually printed in Philadelphia by T.K. & P.G. Collins this book was also issued in two single-language editions one in English and one in French. Some libraries list these two books as Volumes I and II. Babbitt Hand-List of Legislative Sessions and Session Laws 138. Jumonville Bibliography of New Orleans Imprints 1014. unknown books
1825666061825. Paris 1825. 1st French edition. Paris 1825. 1st French edition. First Foreign Edition of the Louisiana Civil Code Louisiana. Livingston Edward 1764-1836 Compiler. Moreau-Lislet Louis 1766-1832 Compiler. Derbigny Pierre 1767-1829 Compiler. Civil Code of The State of Louisiana Preceded by the Treaty of Cession with France The Constitution of the United States of America And of the State. Published by a Citizen of Louisiana. Paris: De L'Imprimerie de E. Duverger 1825. xvi 714 pp. Octavo 7-1/2" x 4-1/2". Recent period-style calf blind fillets to boards blind fillets and original lettering piece to spine free endpapers renewed title page mounted and re-hinged. Moderate toning and light foxing to text early owner signatures to title page small early owner stamp to p. v first page of table of contents brief annotations to a few leaves extensive annotations to rear endleaves. $1500. First French edition one of two issues the other in French. In 1822 Derbigny Livingston and Lislet-Moreau were commissioned to revise the 1808 compilation of Louisiana territorial laws. Principally the work of Livingston the result of their effort was the Civil Code of 1825 one of the great codes of the nineteenth century. Duverger's was the first foreign edition. Jumonville Bibliography of New Orleans Imprints 459. unknown books
1824687131824. New Orleans: s.n. c. 1824. New Orleans: s.n. c. 1824. Livingston's Louisiana Code of Civil Practice Louisiana. Livingston Edward 1764-1836. Lislet-Moreau Louis 1766-1832. Derbigny Pierre 1769-1829. Code of Practice in Civil Cases For the State of Louisiana. New Orleans: s.n. c. 1824. 410 pp. English and French on facing leaves. Quarto 10-3/4" x 7-1/2". Recent period-style quarter calf over marbled boards lettering piece gilt fillets and blind ornaments to spine endpapers renewed. Light browning and faint dampspotting to text small darker dampstains to upper margins of preliminaries and a few following leaves. A nice copy in a handsome binding. $2500. First edition. This important code was one of a series of codes produced for the Louisiana legislature. Principally the work of Livingston work on the civil practice code began in 1823. Submitted to the legislature and first published in 1824 it went into effect the following year. Like the other codes it was a decisive influence in the codification movement. It was for example the main inspiration and source for the 1848 Field Code of Procedure which incorporated many of its provisions. Not in Cohen. Babbitt Hand-List of Legislative Sessions and Session Laws 148. Jumonville Bibliography of New Orleans Imprints 458. unknown books
19156294New Orleans LA: F.F. Hansell & Bro 1915. Octavo 268 pages. Frontispiece. Third edition styled "Second edition". While the title page states "1885" it was likely printed about 1915. A classic American cookbook and one of the great books of Creole cuisine. The original was one of the first two books on the subject.; it was anonymously printed in 1885 but it is generally accepted that Lafcadio Hearn is the author. In the same year the Woman's Christian Exchange published The Creole Cookery Book. Both books were issued to be marketed at the 1884 World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition. This work has been almost continuously in print since the original issue. Previous owner's name to front paste down gilt-stamped blue cloth with color illustration pasted down. Some light wear to boards and to head of spine otherwise a very good copy. For notes on various editions see: Perkins Lafcadio Hearn A Bibliography page 10; Johnson American First Editions page 94; BAL 7913; Bitting page 221; Cagle 348; Uhler 115. F.F. Hansell & Bro hardcover books
1839700551839. Greiner's Annotated Edition of the Louisiana Code of Practice Louisiana. Greiner Meinrad Editor. Code of Practice of the State of Louisiana Containing Rules of Procedure in Civil Actions; With an Abstract of the Decisions of the Supreme Court Placed Under the Appropriate Articles in the Code; To Which is Appended the Laws Creating the City Court And the Laws Relative to Justices of the Peace. New Orleans: M. Greiner 1839. xx 281 pp. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5-1/4". Later library cloth red and black calf lettering pieces and paper shelf label to spine endpapers added. Light shelfwear and soiling slight darkening to spine. Moderate toning to text slightly heavier in places light edgewear to preliminaries light soiling and library stamp to title page "8063" in tiny hand to verso. $350. First edition. Intended as a practical edition for lawyers Greiner's annotated edition of the code was somewhat overshadowed by Upton's edition which appear in the same year. It was well-received however and had a second edition in 1844. Not in Cohen. Jumonville Bibliography of New Orleans Imprints 1057. unknown books
1845700771845. French-Language Account of Louisiana's 1845 Constitutional Convention Louisiana. Constitution of 1845. Foullouze Foulhouze James Reporter. Rapports Officiels Des Devats sic de la Convention la Louisiane. New Orleans: J. Bayon Imprimeur de la Convention 1845. i 460 11 pp. Text in parallel columns. Octavo 9-1/2 x 6-1/4. Later library cloth red and black calf lettering pieces and paper location label to spine endleaves added. Some soiling and light shelfwear some chipping to edges of lettering pieces. Light browning and foxing to text early mark sin pencil to a few passages lower corners lacking from a few leaves with no loss to text library stamp to title page "8049" in early hand to its verso. $1850. Only edition. Louisiana's first constitution was adopted in 1812 its second in 1845. More liberal than its predecessor it expanded white male suffrage established public schools and granted the right of appeal to felons sentenced to death or hard labor. The final 11 pages contain a French translation of the 1845 Constitution. Also issued in English Foullouze's report is not to be confused with the Official Reports of Debates 1844 a different account by an anonymous author. The French edition of Foullouze's report is scarce the English edition in rare. Jumonville Bibliography of New Orleans Imprints 1390. Babbitt Hand-List of Legislative Sessions and Session Laws 150. unknown books
1863WRCAM55510New Orleans 1863. 2pp. printed on a folded quarto sheet. Faintest toning at bottom edge else fine. An interesting New Orleans imprint encapsulating the tensions between Northern political forces and indigenous conservative political actors during the brief Free State movement in Confederate Louisiana. Here George F. Shepley military governor of Louisiana from 1862 to 1864 rebukes Conservative Unionists H.H. Pugh E. Ames and J.Q.A. Fellows of the "Executive Central Committee of Louisiana." They had issued what "in effect purports to be a proclamation for an election of members of Congress and officers of the State government." Shepley pronounces such a proclamation void writing that "no authority for such action has been given by the National Government or by the military authorities in this State." Further Shepley demands the organizers of the committee answer a series of questions about the who what when where and why's of the committee's existence. <br> <br> The Executive Central Committee in Louisiana was a conservative organization that sought to re-institute the original American Constitution in Louisiana mainly to restore slavery and lobbied Abraham Lincoln on the matter in the summer of 1863. Of course Lincoln did not comply siding with the more radical Free State Committee and insisting on a new constitutional convention for Louisiana followed by new elections before Congress met in early December. The present document surely came about as a reaction to efforts by the Executive Central Committee to get their way before a new Constitution based on eventual Reconstruction the Emancipation Proclamation and new elections could be drafted and approved. Lincoln's efforts at a new constitution and elections for Louisiana continued into 1864 and came to fruition for a brief time with new elections in late February and a new constitution ratified by public vote in September. This new political landscape for Louisiana was short-lived however as the U.S. Congress refused to seat the Louisiana delegation in December 1864. <br> <br> Not in Jumonville or Thompson and with no copies in OCLC. An illuminating entry in the brief Free State movement in Louisiana during the Civil War. unknown books
1869WRCAM55594New Orleans: A.L. Lee State Printer 1869. 30pp. Original printed wrappers. Soft vertical crease throughout wrappers somewhat chipped mild soiling. Small stain to upper corner of titlepage and following leaf otherwise text evenly toned. Withal a very good copy. A scarce and interesting report that is tantamount to a Reconstruction-era promotional for the state of Louisiana with commentary on emancipated African Americans in the state. The dramatic social revolution caused by the Civil War Emancipation and Reconstruction is reflected in the present work. After the Civil War Confederate nationalistic passions had not cooled sufficiently to encourage settlement in Louisiana. In fact immigration seemed to be headed the other way with "an emigration of thousands of our best citizens to the North" according to the report. <br> <br> Now however "an era of good feeling seems to be at hand." A diversifying society an abundance of crops and respect for "the political opinions" of northern immigrants are all bringing positive changes to Louisiana. Emphasizing the necessity of peaceful race relations Immigration Bureau Chief James Noyes counsels the former plantation owners "Never did any one people under the sun owe a greater debt of gratitude to another than do the property owners of Louisiana to the blacks just released from the hardships of slavery.The wonderful progress they have already made is the best possibly augury for their future." The wrapper title reads REPORT OF JAMES O. NOYES CHIEF OF THE BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF LOUISIANA. <br> <br> Quite uncommon with OCLC recording just nine physical copies - seven under the title on the titlepage and two under the wrapper title. OCLC 82805252 10640135 82805252. A.L. Lee, State Printer unknown books
1914WRCAM52759New Orleans 1914. 45pp. including thirteen photographic illustrations plus folding map. Oblong octavo. Original stiff pictorial wrappers. Light shelf wear price label on front wrapper with small closed tear at lower edge. Map detached but fine. About very good. Illustrated report on construction and trade at the port of New Orleans during 1913. The pamphlet addresses projects undertaken by the state and federal governments and charts the growth of trade from the beginning of the 20th century. With photographic reproductions of port buildings and ships plus a large folding map showing improvements along the Mississippi River with three panoramas of the riverfront on the verso. unknown books
1720WRCAM48868Amsterdam 1720. Single-sheet map 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches. Minor foxing. Near fine. A scarce early map of the Mississippi River Valley depicting the American region between the Gulf of Mexico and the Great Lakes taken from HET GROOT TAFEREEL DER DWAASHEID. THE GREAT MIRROR OF FOLLY a scathing account of the speculative crashes that led to European financial disaster in 1720. The work was a chronicle of the failed attempts by John Law Controller General of Finances for the French government to open Louisiana to trade in order to help alleviate France's financial problems. This led to the creation of the Mississippi Company which created the "Mississippi Bubble" incident that destroyed the Banque Générale Privée the General Private Bank which Law founded. The map depicts the Mississippi River parts of Louisiana and Florida Lake Michigan referred to here as "Lac de Illionis" and Lake Superior the extent of French colonial explorations in the region and names of Indian tribes. It is decorated with a title cartouche incorporating the arms of John Law and depicting two Native Americans holding a cornucopia through which flows the mighty Mississippi River. unknown books
1828WRCAM31957New Orleans: Benjamin Levy 1828. First volume only of two. iv688pp. Contemporary plain boards rebacked in period style. Original spine remnants laid in. Faint dampstain in upper margin throughout. Overall internally clean. Contemporary ownership signature on rear board later ownership signature on front free endpaper later ownership stamp on front board. Overall very good partially unopened and untrimmed. The first volume only of this comprehensive listing of the laws of Louisiana from 1804 to 1828. Also issued in French the same year. Scarce. COHEN 5664. SABIN 42228. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 38099. JUMONVILLE 629. FOOTE p.179. KORN 130. Benjamin Levy hardcover books
1870WRCAM56244New Orleans 1870. 128pp. Folio. Contemporary three-quarter calf and black pebbled cloth boards gilt leather label on front board. Most cloth on front board and calf on spine and lower outer corner of front board perished rear board worn and scuffed. Front board almost completely detached textblock tender in some places. Minor occasional foxing and spotting to text. Overall good condition. A rare surviving ledger from Reconstruction- era New Orleans containing tax assessment records for the Eighth Assessment District in 1869 and 1870. Most of the properties listed herein are in the heart of New Orleans including the French Quarter. The ledger is labeled "No. 1" on the front board and indicates it was kept by a tax assessor named Charles Lewis though the entries are made by at least two different hands. The text is comprised of ledger entries organized by squares within the city of New Orleans listing the streets bounding each particular square and containing the taxable entities in each square. For example Square 12 bounded by Ursulines Ave. Gallatin St. Hospital and Peters St. lists entries for eleven residential "taxable persons" their lot numbers measurements and real estate value in both 1869 and 1870. There are also eleven separate entries locations lot numbers and amounts of commercial capital for various businesses in Square 12; the businesses are specified in the "Remarks" column and include coffee houses liquor stores feed stores and a vegetable wholesaler. A couple of the squares are entirely residential in nature. <br> <br> The remainder of the ledger continues in the same manner relating important information on the residential and commercial makeup of New Orleans just after the Civil War with the last few pages reporting personal property brought forward from other ledgers and a recapitulation of each square. In total the ledger reports names of property owners real estate values commercial capital amounts and types of businesses for almost 1300 residents and businesses in Reconstruction New Orleans providing a rich foundation for further research. The front pastedown bears an attractive label from John W. Madden Stationer Printer and Blankbook Manufacturer at 73 Camp Street in New Orleans. hardcover books
182514007Washington: Pr. by Gales & Seaton 1825. 8vo. 4 pp. <br><br>Government document: 18th Congress 2d Session. 57. Removed from a nonce volume; four tears at inner margin not touching text. Age-toned. A few small dark spots. Pr. by Gales & Seaton unknown books
1844715Washington D.C. 1844. Folio broadside. 340 x 220 mm. 13 1/3 x 8 ¾ inches. Wide geometric mourning border. Old folds. Two small pieces lacking from right hand margin but very good Bossier was of a Creole family one of the earliest to settle in Louisiana. He was a cotton and sugar plantation owner. A Calhoun democrat he served from March 4 1843 until his death on April 24 1844. He was later reinterred in Natchitoches La.  His funeral service was conducted in the well of the House of Representatives and a newspaper notice about the event reads as follows:  "The lighted candles the priests in their white surplices and the clouds of incense wreathing in the Hall presented a scene calculated to strike the beholder with awe. The Rev. Mr. Ryder then took his seat at the desk and delivered an eloquent sermon."  Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.  See History Art and Archives of the United States House of Representative  "The Funeral of Pierre Bossier of Louisiana" for details on the funeral.  . unknown books
