Philadelphia: Keystone Publishing Company, 1890. Detailed elephant folio chromolithograph, oblong 26" x 20." "Copyright 1890 Keystone Pub. Co. Phila." printed at lower left; "Sparks From the Camp Fire" printed at lower right. Closed tear at top margin [slightly into image] and a short closed tear, both expertly repaired on verso..... More
Hartford: Publsihed by the the State, 1908. Large 8vo in original blue publisher's cloth, with gilt-titled and decorated cover. [8], 73, [1 blank] pp. Two frontis photo illustrations. Inner hinges a bit weakened. Very Good. More
[Atlanta: 1874]. Broadsheet, 10" x 13" and printed in four columns. Light wear, Very Good. The Report provides analyses "of most of the leading guanos and phosphates that are sold in this State." Included also are articlues by Mark W. Johnson of Atlanta on Cheap Corn Culture, using the Thomas..... More
[Atlanta: 1884]. Broadside, 6" x 9-3/8". Fine. A new firm was birthed by J.M. McCombs, F.M. McCombs, and George Taylor of Boston "under the firm name of McCombs, Taylor & Co., and will continue the business of the Atlanta Machine Works in all its various branches... Our Mr. Taylor who..... More
[Atlanta: 1883]. Broadside, 5-3/8" x 8-1/2". Very Good. More
[Washington: 1849]. 8pp, folded folio sheet, untrimmed and uncut. Caption title [as issued]. Near Fine. Berrien of Georgia issues a dramatic, taut, and well-reasoned statement of the Southern position at the height of the dispute over slavery in the Mexican Cession. The Founding Fathers deemed "slavery as an elementary principle..... More
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Tallulah Falls: 1922-1925. Folio ledger, 11" x 16-1/4" Original half morocco and dark paper over boards [spine morocco loss, rubbed]. Several hundred pages, with names and residences of guests in ink, 28 June 1922 through 15 July 1925. Nearly all leaves filled. Very Good with light wear. Guests come from..... More
Athens, Ga. Gazette Job Establishment, 1849. 47, [1 blank] pp, interspersed with several blank leaves. Original cloth, with "Supreme Court Manual" in gilt lettering on front cover. Covers rubbed, spine reinforced with early tape, text uniformly browned. Good plus, with the prominent ownership signature of "David Irwin, Marietta Geo January..... More
London`: 1820. Pages [229]-273, [1 blank], as issued. Stitched. Very Good The Georgian Crawford, Secretary of the Treasury during the Madison and Monroe administrations, had previously been U.S. Senator, Minister to France, and Secretary of War. He was, with John C. Calhoun, the most powerful contemporary Deep South politician. His..... More
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Augusta [GA]: Printed at the Office of the Chronicle and Sentinel, 1848. 32pp. Light toning and foxing. Frontis portrait of Taylor, with facsimile inscription, "Your obt Servt Z. Taylor." Good+ or better, in later quarter morocco and modern marbled paper over boards. No consulted source records this Georgia printing among..... More
[Savannah: 1919]. Folio, 11" x 15" printed and illustrated broadside, depicting with oval portraits the eight pastors of this Church, from 1788. Several extremity chips. One chip just touches the upper portion of the title word "P" in "Pastors." One closed tear touches the oval border of Pastor Love's portrait..... More
26th Cong., 1st Sess. SD273. 1840. 15pp, disbound, minor wear. Very Good. A vivid illustration of the interstate irritations caused by the Fugitive Slave Act and the outrageous demands of southern states for the return of Negroes who in all likelihood had never been enslaved. Georgia insists that Maine extradite..... More
Turnwold, Putnam County, Ga. 1862. Each issue a folio sheet, folded to [8] pp. Each page 9-1/4" x12." Each number printed in three columns per page. No. 1 is browned. Very Good. Crandall does not record Numbers 4 and 5; but AAS, which says The Countryman was "suspended intermittently," evidently..... More
Turnwold, Putnam County, Ga. 1862. Each issue a folio sheet, folded to [8] pp. Each page 9-1/4" x12." Each number printed in three columns per page. No. 12 with a persistent corner chip and occasional small loss. Light foxing. Very Good. EACH ISSUE $250, OR THE ENTIRE RUN FOR $1000..... More
[np: 1931?]. 45, [1 blank] pp, with original printed front title wrapper. Disbound roughly [no effect on text], library rubberstamp and pencil notes on wrapper. Clean text, Good+. The plaintiff, a Georgia charity, sought payment of a legacy under the will of Gazaway B. Lamar, who died in 1874. Lamar's..... More
Milledgeville: Printed by Grantland & Orme, 1821. 40, [ii Index] pp, bound in later buckram. Blank corner of title page torn and repaired, institutional rubberstamps. Else Good+. The Session was called to enact a Statute on the distribution of lands acquired by Georgia pursuant to the Creek Indian Treaty with..... More
Columbus, Georgia: S.W. Flournoy, State Printer. [1846]. 235, [1 blank] pp. Disbound, faint rubberstamp, light to moderate foxing, Good+. Several Acts issue pardons to persons convicted of murder. DeRenne 503. More
Milledgeville: Miller Grieve, State Printer. 1848. 352pp. Disbound, faint rubberstamp, light to moderate foxing, Good+. A busy and productive session treating a variety of subjects. DeRenne 517. More
Lumpkin County, Georgia: 1844. Folio, 8" x 12-3/4". Three leaves: [1], [1 blank], [1], [1 blank], [2] pp. Completely in ink manuscript. Light tanning, old folds, minor wear and some short splits at fold edges. Prepared and signed by William H. Underwood, as Solicitor for the complainant. Very Good. From..... More
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Atlanta, Georgia: [Jas. P. Harrison & Co.], 1878. [4], 119, [1 blank] pp. Contemporary half morocco and marbled paper over boards [inner hinges worn]. A clean and Fine text. With the bookplate on front pastedown of Charles C. Jones, Jr., "Vince Malum Bono." All the advantages of Georgia for trade..... More
Savannah, Ga. The Morning News Print. 1888. [20], 360 pp. Frontis illustration of the First African Baptist Church, and another full-page illustration preceding the table of Contents. Well-used with contemporary ownership signatures of "Mr. Cornelious Adams, 1819 Reynolds." Inner hinges cracked and some loosening from binding, scattered foxing. Text portraits..... More
Washington, GA: Printed at the Christian Index Office, 1834. 42pp. Front wrapper dated 1835. Stitched and untrimmed in original printed wrappers [archival repair to upper blank corner of front wrapper; blank inner margin chips to front wrapper]. Scattered foxing. Good plus. The rear wrapper advertises books published by Mercer, whose..... More
[Augusta: 1830]. Printed broadside, 8" x 9-3/4." Signed in type, "WM. C. MICOU, Attorney at Law. Office at the Corner of Broad and Kollock streets, nearly opposite Wheeler's Building." Toned and lightly foxed, several blank margin chips. Good+. Micou [1807-1854] was born in Augusta and died in New Orleans. In..... More
[Washington: 1815]. 6pp, caption title [as issued], disbound and toned. Good+. Considering the terms of the Georgia Cession of the Mississippi Territory to the United States, the Committee recommends admission. AI 36393 [2]. Not in De Renne. More
Philadelphia: Printed by R. Aitken and Son, Market Street, 1795. 25, [3 blanks] pp. Bound into later morocco, with gilt-lettered spine label. Upper portion of front free endpaper clipped. A clean text. Very Good. This variant without the folding leaf of Clement Biddle's certification found in some copies, but frequently..... More