Light upper-corner crease to the front cover, otherwise fine. 321 pages with Notes and Index. Illustrated with black and white photos. From the rear cover: "This wide-ranging collection of essays by distinguished scholars is the first collaborative work to focus exclusively on the particularity and contradictions of the Arkansas portion of the Mississippi River delta. Individual chapters deal with the French and Spanish colonial experience; the impact of the Civil War; the roles of African Americans, women, and various ethnic groups; and the changes that have occurred in towns, in social life,... View More...
Nice, clean condition. 209 pages, illustrated. "An engaging collection of narratives by an older generation of North Carolinians on the mountain life they have lived and loved." View More...
Brown cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. Faded spine and some edge wear. Previous owner name on the front free endpaper. Binding is firm. 281 pages with Bibliography and Index. Illustrations, maps, and black and white photos. View More...
Faint spotting to top edge of page block, otherwise fine. The dust jacket has several shallow chips at the top edge. 199 pages, illustrated with black and white photos. A nostalgic look at steamboat and river town days by the author, who worked on river boats and came from a family that produced 14 river boat captains. View More...
Red leatherette with silver Lettering and graphic on the front cover. A trace of edge wear, otherwise fine. The dust jacket is chipped and edge-worn and protected now in a Mylar archival sleeve. 310 pages with black and white photos of pastors and church leaders and members throughout the years. A good number are signed. There is an inscription form the author to the previous owners of the book on the front endpaper along with other signatures. Marginalia and many other signatures are scattered throughout the book in the way a school yearbook would be signed by classmates. Likely, the collecti... View More...
Just a trace of wear to the book and jacket. About Fine, but graded Very Good because of two things: On the front free endpaper is an ink stamp that reads, Parkway Place Library and the Index has some underlining of entries. There are no other indicators that this book resided in some sort of library, nor are there any other markings. 480 pages with Appendices, Notes, and Index. Following page 240 is a 16-page section of black and white photos. Signed by Mounger on the title page. View More...
Clean, sharp copy. No date, circa 1990s. 276 pages. Issue of 5000, this is number 2876. Multiple black and white photos on just about every page documenting the history of this county. View More...
Previous owner name on title page (and start of Bibliography for some reason). Barely a trace of wear noticeable on the dust jacket. A clean sharp copy. 8 1/2 X 11 inches (22 x 29 cm) oblong. xii, 300 pages, primarily photographs, with Annotated Bibliography of Photographic Sources, Suggestions for Further Reading, and Index of Photographic Collections. Photographic history examines Alabama's past from end of New South era to birth of Atomic Age. View More...
Light reading wear and a small spot or stain on the fore-edge. Signed by the editor, Mary Sam Ward, on the titel page: "Best wishes to ___, Mary Sam Ward, August 1977." 182 with Index. Numerous photos. View More...
205 pages with References. Inscribed by the author to the book's previous owner (Mrs. Harris). The author grew up in rural South Carolina during the Great Depression, received her medical training during World War II in North Carolina (Bowman Gray & Duke) and later at Baylor in Houston, where she joined the faculty in 1955 and remained there until 1989. She received many honors during her career as a physician, teacher, and research scientist. View More...