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4to, [4], 12pp., orig. printed wrappers. General Berthier was sent by Napoleon in 1800 as Ambassador-Extraordinary to Spain to negotiate the retrocession of Louisiana to France. The progress of these negotiations are recorded in the following 7 lots here offered by Maggs Bros. Ltd.
pp. 598 + Color plates. Tall 8vo. Nice faux leather cloth binding. A very tight and clean copy. A really excellent and still useful study. W147
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Beige cloth boards darkened on spine and top edge. Signed by James Pipes and Edith Mahier (illustrator) on front free endpaper. 190 pages. White store clerk James Pipes's writings about the black workers of the sawmills and cotton plantations in the swamplands of Louisiana in vernacular with decorations by Edith Mahier.
MARSEILLE, Ed. Le Corsaire / A. Simide - 1946 - Grand in-4 - Feuillets sous jacquette illustrée en couleurs - léger manque au verso -Illustrations en couleurs d'Edouard Pannetier, dont 16 aquarelles originales PP et HT - 136 pages
Outer dimensions: 10.75" x 14.5". Counties individually colored. Clean and unmarked with light wear. An attractive vintage copy. Bonus: includes separate list of Louisiana counties and cities/towns, complete with their (1889) populations. Book
Outside dimensions 10.75" x 14.5". Unmarked with light wear and soiling. An attractive vintage copy. Book
320 pages. Presents decoys in the most sensible and comprehensive way: by region, with each region discussed by a recognized expert in that area. Thus the entire range of decoys is covered, from Canada down the Atlantic Coast and inland along streams and rivers to Louisiana and up the Mississippi to the Great Lakes and across to California and Oregon. Also included are chapters on European decoys, the history of decoys, how decoys were made, and how to go about collecting decoys. A list of public collections of decoys, a bibliography, a record of top auction prices, maps of waterfowl flyways, and an index complete the package. Beautifully illustrated with colour photography throughout. Gift greetings upon front endpaper else book clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Dust jacket bears tape-repaired tear to central portion of front panel and large chunk missing from base of back flap. A small part of this chunk is from bottom corner of back panel. Other than this, dust jacket is bright and attractive with moderate wear. Overall, a nice copy of this most substantial work. Book
66 pages. Features: Perlman's piggyback; Photo ad/portrait of Howard E. Simpson of GM Electro-motive division; News Photos; Formula for a Chant - photos of the 'chanting' V-16 2-stroke diesel engine; Be (Berea)Tower in Ohio - more than 50 trains converge on this 111-lever plant daily - excellent article and photos; Where Diesels Fear to tread - a steam loco replaces a deisel in 38" floodwaters in Louisiana - near the Red River; Would You Believe it? - news bits with photos; Flat Faces - a wonderful photo study of multiple cab-forward locomotives; "2-in-1" Engines - Austrian railroaders move iron ore up 7% grades using a rack and adhesion line; North of Lake Erie - many wonderful pages of photos of interurbans, etc. in southern Ontario; The True Story of Kate Shelley - the girl they stopped the trains for - an 1881 Iowa wreck and a 15-year-old girl - wonderful story and photos; Question of Survival - how can railroads survive?; Where Are We? - fun photo test; Trona Totes Trona - three Baldwins haul Trona on the Mojave Desert - article and photos; ; and more. Great vintage ads. Average wear. Unmarked. Short opening along cover fold which is loosening from bottom staple. Book
Features: Garett's Death - Conspiracy or Doublecross? - Patrick F. Garrett; Scotty Lovelock's Mysterious Assayer - Andrew H. Scott; Queen Caches in the Old West; Hunting Redskins and Their Nests - Colonel George Hunter in Washington state; Roaming the Back Country - "Chicken Red"; On to Telluride and Gold! - Julius Hansen; Ross' Bad Leg - Ross Estes; Rainbow Over the Dragoons - Courtland, Arizona; The Legacy of Jean Lafitte - in the Neutral Strip of Louisiana; Hudson's Bay Company - oldest and most powerful North American Enterprise. Light wear. Unmarked. Quality copy. Book
Book shows light wear at edges, bumped and lightly worn corners, covers in dark green cloth with gilt embossed lettering and border on front and spine. Text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind save stamp at free front endpaper "Clement's news & cigar store." Back cover has little marks, straight, solid binding. Noted Louisiana author and historian Grace King King?s final novel was a historical romance titled La Dame de Sainte Hermine (1924), set in eighteenth-century Louisiana. Combining her love and command of historical detail with her novelistic skill, this work embellished the well-known historical phenomenon of the "casket girls," young French women given money and passage to Louisiana by the king in hopes of populating the New World settlement.
463p. + Portrait Frontis and full page plates. 4to. Original full brown cloth binding, lettered in gold. Beveled edges. Spine repaired. Hardbound. Apparently Limited to only 100 copies, this original First Edition is rarely found in the marketplace. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! AMERICANA BOX 3
Two Volumes bound in one: pp. 464; 276. Early inked ownership of N. K. Randall on title page. Damp stained. Age stained. Top edge of first few signatures chewed, without text loss. 225mm. Original full leather binding, very worn. Howes F200; Thomson 423; AI / SS 12424. "The text of the second volume had not appeared previously." - Graff 1356. Includes much useful and early infomation on Texas and Oregon. AMER BX 10
This is a hardcover copy in a very nice pink dust jacket, that is not price-clipped ($5.00) that is also printed with a woodcut illustration of the fabled "Oak Alley". The book itself is in very good condition, as the light brown cloth covers are very clean and unmarked, even the tipped-on title on pink paper (the same paper as the jacket) looks as fresh as the day it was published. Inside the book there is some offsetting on the printed pink paper paste-down, some foxing to about 10 pages at the beginning and 15 pages or so at the end, otherwise very nice. The dust jacket is almost all there: the back panel is fine, the front panel and spine are present, but there is a small piece missing from the top of the spine which just extends onto the edge of the front panel, not affecting the image or text on the front cover. 10" high X 7 1/2" wide, 162 pages. Text by Natalie Scott. Introduction by N.C.Curtis. About 37 wonderful woodcut illustrations of Louisiana plantation houses by William Spratling, as well as headpiece and tailpiece decorations and other small vignettes for each of the 8 chapters. Index of old houses mentioned or illustrated in the text lists 73 properties. All in all, a beautiful copy in the rare dust jacket. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
Outside dimensions 14.5" x 10.5". Circa 1902. Centerfold. Light wear. Please see our photo for details. Book
40 Pages plus fourteen pages of nice vintage ads. Features: Cover illustration is A.Y. Jackson's "Yellowknife Bay"; Louisiana French; The National Trust of Britain; Machu Picchu; Upper Canada and New York State; and more. Nice one-page two-colour recruiting ad for the RCAF; Attractive 1957 DeSoto car ad inside back cover; Back cover black and white photo ad for BOAC features couple being served a gourmet meal on-board. Taped repairs to damage at upper corner of front cover, otherwise a sound and unmarked copy. Magazine
Outside dimensions 14.5" x 10.75". Steam and horse roads indicated. Includes many street names plus lists of prominent buildings and hotels. Unmarked with light wear and soiling. An attractive vintage copy. Book
100 pages. Features: Possibilities for planting wall gardens - rock walls; Showing civic pride with trees; The proper way to remove branches - photo-illustrated article on pruning trees; The third season in my garden; How shingles help in remodeling; Homes of famous Americans - part XLVI - Lockerbie Street, the home of James Whitcomb Riley; Let's have a fireplace; Nice one-page Johnson's Polishing Was ad features illustration of mother and child waxing floor; Preparing for your garden next year; Nice one-page color ad for Johns-Manville asbestos shingles features illustration of castle under attack; Nice one-page color Congoleum ad; Reader's letters; How proper insulation will help improve the home; Nice one-page ad for the Louisiana Red Cypress Bureau features the birth of New Orleans; A garden for a playmate; Nice one-page ad for 'Say it With Flowers' features George Washington and his mother; Poet Lew Sarrett's prescription for a tired world - with photo of Sarrett; Nice 2/3-page ad for True Temper yard tools; Nice vintage 2/3-page ad for Stanley Tools shows man installing bookrack; Nice 2/3-page ad for Yale door lock hardware; Poultry - a profitable hobby; Nice one-page Montgomery Ward & Co ad for their catalog; Nice 2/3-page ad for Sargent locks and hardware; Budgets for couples; Charming 2/3-page ad for the Wurlitzer Studio Grand piano; Beware of fake music publishers; Building healthy bodies - trees in the yard allow kids to exercise; One-page illustrated ad for the Kalamazoo Stove company; Attractive color ad for Sun-Maid raisins inside back cover; Soiled color ad for Mohawk Rugs on back cover. Above-average wear and soiling. Nibbling to upper corners. Covers detached but present. A worthy copy of this nice vintage issue. Magazine
1st Edition. 5 ¼ X 3 ¼ inches. An artists depiction of Temple Sinai in Lake Charles, Louisiana with the caption Jewish Temple. Sometime during the year 1879 when the present city of Lake Charles was a small village of five hundred people, two Jews migrated from Washington, LA. To that village and became the first Jewish residents of this city. Those two were Leopold Kaufman and David Block. With the coming of those two men the Jewish community in Lake Charles came into existence. The congregation of Temple Sinai originated in September, 1894 Temple Sinai was erected in 1904. The onion domes on the original structure were blown off during the storm of 1918. (templesinai. Info) . Jewish Bibliographer Joshua Bloch served there as his first pulpit position, during WW I. This depiction of the temple is from its early days, and depicts the onion domes on the original structure before they were blown off. The Temple celebrated 100 years with its rededication in October, 2004. In very good+ condition. Early Small-town American synagogue postcards are rare, especially in this condition. (AMR-49-14)
Pages 109-144. Features. Cover photo of The London dock strike; Two pages of photos and write-up of the London dock strike - action and stagnation; Photos of Princess Elizabeth and family; Photos of personalities of the week include Dr. Douglas Hyde, Gen. Sir Kenneth Wigram, Major-Gen. V.E. Prichard, Senor Don R.R. Schreiber, the Emir of Cyrenaica, Mr. William H. Newton, Mr. H.R. Knickerbocker, Mr. F.R. Brown, Brian Close, Mr. Douglas Fairbanks, Captain E.W.H. Brookes, Otto Abetz, Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe, Chiang Kai-Shek, Philippine President Quirino and Sir Hartley Shawcross; Photos from the A.A.A. Championships include G.W. Nankeville, McDonald Bailey, D.O. Finlay, A.S. Paterson, H.G. Churcher and H.E. Whittle; Photos of de-fusing of a 1940 German bomb in Grafton Way, off Tottenham Court Road; Photo of the new turbine liner Presidente Peron; Photographing underwater from three miles up in Africa, using a magnetometer; History repeats itself in the Balkans - with photos of Marshal Tito; Four photos of a massive German gun with 33-inch calibre, now scrapped, designed to blast Gibraltar; Photos of yachts competing in the Clyde Fortnight Regattas; Illustrations of forgotten inventions and outmoded gadgets include a faciallyl-mounted cigarette-holder for the man who needs both hands free!; Centrefold illustration celebrates centenary of Hurstpierpoint College, Sussex; Article and aerial photos of dry ice being used to create rain over Louisiana; Striking discoveries from recent excavation in remote Azerbaijan; Photos of Royal occasions in London; Czech lawn-tennis players V. Cernik and J. Drobny; fire aboard the Turkish ship Coram; Former ammo dump near Pruem explodes; Police raid of Marx House, the Australian H.Q. of the Communist Party; French luxury liner Ile De France sails again; Photos of downed K.L.M. Constellation near Bombay which killed 33 in India's worst air disaster to-date; and more. Complete, intact and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 57-84. Features: Front cover photo of model of the new House of Commons; Photos of personalities of the week include Richard Tauber, Lord Trefgarne, Dr. Groza, Mrs. Anna Pauker, Sir Arthur Fforde, Sir Miles Thomas, the crew of the Penlee lifeboat, the former ruler of Rumania in exile -ex-King Michael with his mother, Queen Helen, at Lausanne, Maj. Gen. N. Cantlie, Dame Anne Laughlin, Sir Donald Cameron, Salih Jabr; Two pages of photos with map illustrate the daily bloodshed visited upon Jerusalem, including the bombed-out Semiramis Hotel; Book review of "No Dishonourable Name", by D. C. Quilter; Six photos and a map illustrate troubled Greece - the Konitza Battle; Photos of the Surrey house chosen by the Princess and the Duke of Edinburgh as a weekend residence, Windlesham Moor; Two pages of photos of devastated Berlin; Centrefold illustration of construction of one of Britain's newest monster flying boats in the Cowes workshop where the S.R. 45 is now being built; Page of photos and maps illustrate the spread of communism in China, where Civil War seems unending; Page of photos of communist China's leaders and military scenes, including Mao, Lin Piao, Gen. Chu Teh, and General Liu Po-Cheng; Photo of massive crowd gathered to hear Gen. DeGaulle; Photo of crash scene of Vickers-Viking which killed the pilot at Ruislip Common; Photo of tornado devastation in Cotton Valley, Louisiana on January 1; Photo of Japanese payphone operated on the honour system (payment made with banknotes); Photo of "Schwere Gustav's" monster shell - this 7.5 ton shell is said to be the largest in the world - it was used against Sebastopol and Leningrad; Two pages of photos of recent Mayan discoveries at Xochicalco; Colour back cover Johnnie Walker ad compares antique trains to those of the modern day. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Features: The embarrassment of Louisiana - this state was glowing with prosperity until the integration conflicts broke out in all their ugliness; Abortion (part 2 of 3) - a reporter's portrait of the abortionists - who they are, and how they practice their trade; The face of America - River of Ice - photo of the Mendenhall Glacier; Pitfalls of buying a boat - Richard Bertram's Miami 'supermarket' sold $5,000,000 worth of sail and power vessels last year despite the disdain of competitors who think he's too high-pressured; A Call on the 'Candid-Camera' Man, Allen Funt; Can Ivan read better than Johnny? - Arthur S. Trace Jr. points out that Russian kids are far more literate than their American counterparts; Adventures of the Mind - The Hidden Heart of Nature, by Elliot Lovegood (E.L.) Grant Watson. Nice color Pepsi ad. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
76 pages. Cover: Japan's Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai. Contents: National Affairs: Louisiana: Twelve Years (Concluded) - Governor Race - Sam Houston Jones defeats Earl Long; Michigan: Chase Salmon Osborn Takes on U.S. Bureau of Census; Foreign Affairs: Scandinavia - Foreign Ministers for Norway, Sweden and Denmark Meet over Finnish-Russian War; India: Frontier Firebrand - Mirza Ali Khan a.k.a. Fakir of Ipi; Russia: White Red City - Leningrad in the Middle of Finnish-Russian War; Japan: Son of a Samurai - Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai; Dominican Republic: Smiling Plot - General Rafael Leonidas Trujillo donates land to Jewish and Non-Jewish Refugees of World War II; World War: Grand Strategy - Widening out in the Northern Blockade and Southern Stirrings in Rumania; Northern Theatre: Russians battle into Viipuri; The Press: South's Guardian - Courier-Journal in Louisville, Kentucky; Education: Growing Concern - Frank Aydelotte to Leave Swarthmore College; Science: Tough Guys - Charles Wilkes and Elisha Kent Kane (1820 - 1857); Psousennes Found - Archeologist Pierre Montet finds tomb of King Psousennes I; Religion: Interdict - Interdict imposed on Holy Redeemer Church in Cleveland, Ohio by Archbishop Joseph Schrembs; Business & Finance: Associated Gas & Electric - Bankruptcy Restructuring; and Manufacturing: Schoolgirl Complexion - Colgate-Palmolive-Peet Comapny. Full page colour vintage print advertising with Susann Shaw, Florence Dornin and Dana Dale promoting Chesterfield Cigarettes. Binding intact. Small mailing stamp bottom right back cover. Contents clean and unmarked. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Carta geografica, in due fogli, raffigurante i territori di California, Messico, Texas, Luisiana e Florida. Rigobert Bonne (1727-1795) fu uno dei più importanti cartografi del tardo XVIII secolo. Nel 1773 succedette a Jacques Bellin come cartografo reale in Francia.
pp. xii, 543 + Folding diagram; no map. The last few leaves of the Alphabetical Table were apparently used in the binding, and are not readable. Foxed. 12 mo. 185 mm. Early paper wraps. Very good. Full Title: VOYAGES DANS L'INTERIEUR DE LA LOUISIANE, de la Floride Occidentale, et dans les Isles de la Martinique et de Saint-Domingue, Pendant les annees 1802, 1803, 1804, 1805 et 1806 ; Contenant de Nouvelles Observations sur l'Histoire Naturelle, la Geographie, les Moeurs, l'Agriculture, le Commerce, l'Industrie et les Maladies de ces Contrees, particulierement sur la Fievre Jaune, et les Moyens de la prevenir. En outre, contenant ce qui s'est passe de plus interesssant, relativement a l'Etablissement des Anglo-Americains a la Louisiane. Suivis de la Flore Louisianaise. This the third volume deals mainly with Louisiana rather than the West Indies. It is especially important for its comments on natural history and "La Flore Louisianaise" later translated into English by C. S. Rafinesque and published in New York in 1817. In 1807, C. C. Robin published in French an account of his travels. Rafinesque was a controversial figure and his revision was not entirely satisfactory. He not only translated, but abridged and augmented Robin's flora quite extensively. The result being a systematic catalogue enumerating over 525 species. Rafinesque claimed 30 genera and 196 species as new to science. Plant taxonomists since then have had extreme difficulty in interpreting the status of these so-designated new taxa, because of the often cryptic descriptions Rafinesque provided and the fact that no specimens (or types) that Robin might have obtained are known to exist. Howes R362; Sabin 72039; Graff 3524. Quite scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! FR-VOYAGES
A farm and home weekly for Mississippi, Tennessee, Louisiana and Arkansas. Hundreds of vintage ads for such products as tree killer, rat-killing virus, one-man log-saws, organs, Kerosene engines, C.O.D. Revolvers (pistols), Dynamite (to dig ditches), Columbia Grafonola. Articles include "Are Tractors a Good Investment". Average wear. Usual library markings. Yellowed with age. Binding sound. Measures 14" x 10" x 1". A treasure trove of farming history. Book
