Tan cloth covers with gilt lettering on the spine. The author's bookplate is affixed inside the front cover and hidden behind the dust jacket's front flap. Pictorial, tan paper jacket. [v] vi-xi, [2] 3-413 pages with Bibliography. Contents: PART ONE: An Introduction to Louisiana History; PART TWO: French Colonial Louisiana; PART THREE: Spanish Colonial Louisiana; PART FOUR: Early Years of the American Regime; PART FIVE: Ante Bellum Louisiana; PART SIX: Civil War and Military Occupation; PART SEVEN: Reconstruction and Slow Progress, 1877-1920; and PART EIGHT: Modern Louisiana. The author, Edwin... View More...
Couple of small spots to the fore-edge and top edge of the page block, otherwise a clean copy in tight binding. Burgundy leatherette with faded gilt lettering to the spine. xi, 3-394 pp. with Bibliography. Unpaginated Index follows (10 pp.). Illustrations. Preface to Second Edition and Foreword by the author. This edition includes corrections, new maps and pictures grouped into four sections in the text rather than at the end of the book. Contents: PART ONE: An Introduction to Louisiana History; PART TWO: French Colonial Louisiana; PART THREE: Spanish Colonial Louisiana; PART FOUR: Early Year... View More...
Blue pebbled cloth, gilt lettering on the spine. Couple of tiny spots or stains to the top edge of the page block. A bit of fading to the gilt on the spine. Otherwise, a nice, clean copy of this scarce edition. This was the author's copy, with his bookplate affixed inside the front cover. [vi] vii-xi [2] 3-394 pp., with Bibliography, followed by A Pictorial Portfolio section and Index. The accompanying prospectus, The Story of Louisiana, also with the author's bookplate, was actually published prior to 1957 for a three-volume set (or four depending on sources), under the same title, which was ... View More...
Dark blue pebbled cloth, faded gilt to the spine. Light spotting to the top edge. The Pictorial Portfolio section at the back of the book is showing slight separation from the binding. This was the author's copy, which he corrected with notes, marginalia, and type-written sheets, including three (and one handwritten) paper-clipped to the last page of the book. [iii] iv-xi [2] 3-394 pp. Edwin Adams Davis (1904-1994) was a long-time professor of history at Louisiana State University, an author, and head of the Louisiana State University Department of Archives. PART ONE: An Introduction to Louisi... View More...
Mild edge wear to boards and page block. Previous owner stamp on the endpapers. The dust jacket shows wear at the corners and chipping at the spine ends. Protected now in a Mylar sleeve. 700 pages with Appendices and Index. View More...
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