ANTIQUARIAN & COLLECTIBLE BOOKS

This is only a partial list of books we have on site:

MISSISSIPPI HISTORY/BIOGRAPHY

A History of Mississippi, McLemore, 1973, 2 vol, 2nd prtg $125

Mississippi: A History, Taylor/Etheridge ca 1940, 1st, 4 vol. $160

Mississippi Provincial Archives 1763-1766 English Dominion, Rowland,
1911 1st ed. $90

A History of the University of Mississippi, Cabaniss, 1st ed., SIGNED $50

The Maroon Bulldogs : Mississippi State Football, William W. Sorrels, 1975, 1st edition. $25

In and About Vicksburg, An Illustrated Guide Book to the City of Vicksburg, Mississippi. Its History, Its Appearance, Its Business Houses, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1890, 1st ed. $300

History of the Discovery and Settlement of the Valley of the Mississippi..., Monette, John W., 1846, First Edition. Two volumes professionally rebound in leather, Facsimile copy of maps laid in at front of each volume. $575

Encyclopedia of Mississippi History, Rowland, 1907 $450

YESTERDAY'S CONSTITUTION TODAY; AN ANALYSIS OF THE
MISSISSIPPI CONSTITUTION OF 1890, UNIVERSITY OF
MISSISSIPPI. $100

Hell, Heaven or Hoboken, J McVey, 1935 1st ed signed. (WWI, Mississippi) $125

Mississippi Blue Book 1935-1937 $250


USA & STATES HISTORY/BIOGRAPHY

Indian Wars Of The United States; From The Earliest Period To The Present Time, Frost, John, 1853, half leather, seventh thousand. $110

A brief history of Texas from its earliest settlement; to which is appended the constitution of the state; for schools, 1873, 1st ed., "adopted by the Board of Education for the use of the Free Schools of this State," professionally repaired, original covers saved, new spine cover. Ex Libris John Dimitry, a famous author in his own right. $250

Washington, Guizot, M., 1840, full leather, professionally rebound. Ex Libris John Dimitry, a famous author in his own right. $65

The Oregon Territory and the British North American Fur Trade with an Account of the Habits and Customs of the Principal Native Tribes on the Northern Continent, by John Dunn, Late of the Hudson's Bay Company; Eight Years a Resident in the Country., Dunn, John, 1845 1st American ed. $475

A Life of George Washington, in Latin Prose, Glass, Francis, 1835, First Edition. Professionally rebound dark brown cloth, Signature of C. B. Dana, Episcopal Minister, Natchez, 1835, in pencil ffep. $75

Secret Proceedings and Debates of the Convention Assembled at Philadelphia, in the Year 1787, for the Purpose of Forming the Constitution of the United States of America . Cincinnatti: Alston Mygatt, 1838, rebound $300

C. Sallustii Crispi Opera: Adapted To the Hamiltonian System by a Literal and Analytical Translation By James Hamilton, Clark, Thomas, 1857, assumed first ed. $430

Organization of the British Army in the American Revolution, Curtis, 1926
1st ed RARE $80

Laws, Treaties and Other Documents, Having Operation and Respect to
The Public Lands. Collected and Arranged & Pursuant to an Act of
Congress, Passed April 27, 1810, Washington City 1st ed. $600

My Larger Education, Being Chapters From My Experience, Booker T. Washington, 1911, assumed 1st edition. 4 1/2" X 3 1/2" Tuskegee Institute card mounted on the inner front cover signed by Booker T. Washington and dated January 20. $1,995

A History of Texas from the Earliest Settlements to the year 1885...., H. S. Thrall, 1885 $45

University of Virginia, David Culbreth, 1908 1st ed, $175

Pictorial Field Guide to American Revolution, Lossing, 1859, no covers $150

Ladies of the White House, Holloway, 1st ed 1886, leather, 2 vols $85

Library of American Biography, vol IV, lives of Wayne and Vane, 1851 VG $45

Historical Collections… Pennsylvania…, 1846 $60

Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Randolph, 1829 1st ed, 4 vols, leather $3500


RELIGION

Great Iron Wheel Examined, Brownlow, Nashville 1856, 1st
(Methodists/Baptists) $45

Ecce Ecclesia: An Essay… the Church in All Ages, 1868 $75

Methodism Explained and Defended, inskip, 1851. First Edition $50

An Alphabetical Compendium of the Various Sects Which Have Appeared from the Beginning of the Christian Era to the Present Day, Hannah Adams, 1784, 1st edition, original or contemporary leather (sheep?) binding. $1,150

Hebrews in America, A Series of Historical and Biographical Sketches, Markens, Isaac, 1888, 1st ed., signed by Mr. Markens, Ex Libris John Dimitry, a famous author in his own right. $190

Religion in America; or An Account of The Origin, Progress, Relation to the State, and Present Condition of the Evangelical Churches in the United States. With Notices of the Unevangelical Denominations, Baird, Robert, 1845, assumed 1st ed. $170

The English Hexapla, exhibiting the six important English translations of the New Testament Scriptures, Wyclif, M. CCC. LXXX.; Tyndale, M.D. XXXIV; Cranmer, M.D. XXXIX, Genevan, M.D. LVII; Anglo-Rhemish, M.D. LXXXII; Authorised, M. DC. XI.; the original Greek text after Scholz, with the various readings of the textus receptus and the principal Constantinopolitan and Alexandrine manuscripts, and a complete collation of Scholz's text with Griesbach's ediction of M. DCCC. V; preceded by a history of English translations and translators. London: Samuel Bagster and Sons, Paternoster Row. $1500

(The Bagster polyglot New Testament is one of the foundational books in any collection of Bibles and Testaments. The six versions included in this large (9 1/2" x 12" x 3" thk) volume are arranged with the Wiclif (Wycliff), 1380, the Tyndale, 1534 and the Cranmer,1539 in 3 columns of the left pages and the Geneva, 1557, Rheims,1582 and the Authorized,(KJV) 1611 in 3 columns on the right hand pages. The Greek version of the matching translations is printed across the top of each page).


VINTAGE MEDICAL

THE ACID-BASE BALANCE OF THE BODY; ITS RELATION
TO HEALTH AND DISEASE, ca 1931 $20

Pathological & Practical Researches… Diseases of the Brain & Spinal Cord, Abercrombie, 1831 $150

MAGENDIE'S FORMULARY FOR THE PREPARATION AND MODE OF EMPLOYING SEVERAL NEW REMEDIES; NAMELY, MORPHINE, IODINE, QUININE, CINCHONINE, THE HYDRO-CYANIC ACID, NARCOTIN, STRYCHNINE, NUX VOMICA, EMETINE, ATROPINE, PICROTOXINE, BRUCINE, LUPULINE, &C., &C., WITH AN INTRODUCTION, AND COPIOUS NOTES BY THE LATE CHARLES THOMAS HADEN, ESQ. TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH OF THE THIRD EDITION OF MAGENDIE'S 'FORMULAIRE.' BY ROBLEY DUNGLISON, M. D., PROFESSOR... REVISED AND CORRECTED BY A PHYSCIAN OF PHILADELPHIA. WITH AN APPENDIX, JAMES WEBSTER, 1824, first American edition." $500

Rheumatism and Gout, Satterlee, 1890 $30

Full and Accurate Account of the New Method of Curing Dyspepsia... with Observations on Diseases of the Digestive Organs, O Halstead, 1830 $40

Lexicon-Medicum; Or Medical Dictionary; Containing an Explanation of the Terms in Anatomy, Physiology, Practice of Physic, Materia Medica, Chemistry, Pharmacy, Surgery, Midwifery, and the Various Branches of Natural Philosophy Connected With Medicine, Hooper, 1824 $85

Pathological and Practical Researches on Diseases of the Stomach the Intestinal Canal the Liver and Other Viscera of the Abdomen, Abercrombie, 1830 1st $90

The rules of aseptic and antiseptic surgery;: A practical treatise for the use of students and the general practitioner, Gerster, 1890 $35

Seats and Causes of Diseases, Morgagni, 1824, 2 vol., rebound leather $5,000



CIVIL WAR/SLAVERY/BLACK


Varina Howell/Wife of Jefferson Davis, Rowland, 2 vol, 1st ed 1927 $90

Civil War and Reconstruction in Mississippi, Broadus B. Jackson, 1st $35

Anatomy of Four Race Riots : Racial Conflict in Knoxville, 1919-1921, Lee E. Williams & Lee E. Williams II, first edition $70

Captain Canot; or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver, Brantz Mayer, 1854. $400

Recollections of a Southern Matron, Caroline Howard Gilman, 1838
(on title page), assumed 1st ed. $190

Confederate Supply, Goff, Richard D, 1969, 1st ed. $120

Life and Campaigns of Lieut.-Gen. Thomas J. Jackson, Dabney,
Prof. R. L., 1866, 1st ed. $195

My Cave Life in Vicksburg, Mary Loughboro, 1864, 1st ed. $350

Brief Sketch… Fifty-Ninth Reg. U. S. Colored Troops, 1971 reprint $50

Going to Meet the Yankees (6th Miss), H G Howell, Jr, 1981, SIGNED $120

Campaign for Vicksburg, Bearss, 3-vol set $150

Decision in Mississippi, Bearss, 1962 Signed 1st ed $125

Northern Editorials on Secession, 2 vols, 1942 reprint, G $125

Within the Enemy’s Lines, Oliver Optic, 1889 $25

Stand By the Union, Oliver Optic, 1892 $25


VINTAGE LAW

Cases Determined in the Superior Courts of Law and Equity of the State of North Carolina, Taylor, John Louis, 1802, 1st ed., rebound in tan leather. $775

A Treatise on the Law and Practice of the Probate Courts of Mississippi...., Ralph North, 1845 $275

Commentaries on American Law, James Kent, Vol. IV, 2nd ed., 1832 $695

An Essay Upon the Learning of Devises, From the Inception of Writing, to Their Consummation by the Death of the Devisor, John Joseph Powell, 1st American ed., 1806 $350

Laws of the United States of America, from the 4th of March, 1789, to the 4th of March, 1815, including the Constitution of the United States, the Old Act of Confederation, Treaties, and many other..., in Five Volumes, Vol. II, 1815 $45

A Treatise on the Pleadings in Suits in the Court of Chancery by English Bill, John Mitford, second ed., 1795 $295

Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Chancery of the State of South Carolina, from the Revolution to December, 1813, Inclusive, in Three Volumes, Henry William Desaussure, volumes I, II, and III, 1817 $495

Cases Nisi Prius..., Espinasse, 1795, rebound leather $500


ANTIQUARIAN/FIRST EDITIONS/SIGNED

Hold Autumn In Your Hand, George Sessions Perry (OF Texas), 1941,
1st ed., 2nd printing, signed by Perry $125

Walls Rise Up, George Sessions Perry, 1939, first edition, signed by Perry $400

Bronc Peeler, the Lone Cowboy, Harman, Fred, 1937, assumed 1st ed. $40

Confessions of An English Opium Eater. Being an Extract from the Life of a Scholar. From the Last London Edition. De Quincy, Thomas, 1841, first Boston edition, rebound in tan leather. Signature of Epicopal minister C. B. Dana. Dana was an influential clergyman who served in Boston and Natchez. Ref: http://www.natchezbelle.org/adams-ind/trinity.htm $175

Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World, Twain, Mark,
1897, 1st ed. $275

War and Peace, Tolstoy, Count Leon, 1886, Gottsberg 1st edition. These are the final two of the original 6 volumes. Both are stamped on top of title page "Ex Libris John Dimitry" (Dimitry is a well-known author of Civil War works). First Edition in English. $2,500

Last of the Mohicans (Edition De Luxe), (Works of J. Fenimore Cooper, Volume II), Cooper, James Fenimore, 1896, half leather, limited to 1000 copies $125

Last of the Mohicans, A Tale of 1757, Cooper, James Fenimore, 1834, three quarter leather, “Revised, Corrected Edition.” $425

Last of the Mohicans , Cooper, James Fenimore, 1829 (first editon was published in 1826 in a three volume set; this is volume one of the two-volume set printed in 1829). $725

The Elements of Natural or Experimental Philosophy, Cavallo, 1832 $90

The LIFE Of NAPOLEON BUONAPARTE, Emperor of the French. With a Preliminary View of the French Revolution. In Three Volumes. Scott, Walter
(By The Author of "Waverly" &c), 1827. 1st US ed. $150

Crime: Its Nature, Causes, Treatment, and Prevention. Sanford M. Green, Lippencott, 1889 FIRST EDITION $195

Organization of the British Army in the American Revolution, Curtis, 1926
1st ed RARE $80

HOCHELAGA DEPICTA Or the History and Present State of the Island
and City of Montreal, Greig, 1839 1st ed. $140

Law Dictionary, vol. 1 of 6, Giles Jacob, 1811 $35

Chapman's Sectional Map of the State of Iowa. A S Barnes
& Co, L P Lippincott & Co., 1856. $475

MITCHELL'S NATIONAL MAP OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC OR
UNITED STATES OF NORTHAMERICA. TOGETHER WITH MAPS OF
THE VICINITIES OF THIRTY-TWO OF THEPRINCIPAL CITIES AND TOWNS IN THE UNION, PUBLISHED BY S. AUGUSTUS MITCHELL PHILADELPHIA, 1843, AND A CONCISE VIEW OF THE NUMBER, RESOURCES, AND INDUSTRY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN THE YEAR1840 $550

Poetical Works John Milton, Milton/Mitford, 1854, 2 vol $125

Book of Recollections, Jeaffreson, 1894 1st ed, VG $275

History of England, 1861, vols 2, 3, 4, 5 $80

Key to Marshall’s Astronomical Atlas, 1847, fair $35