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White Pillars - the Architecture Of the South - Early Life and Architecture Of the Lower Mississippi Valley Country
by J Frazer Smith
Mississippi, Comprising Sketches Of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged In Cyclopedic Form Vol IIi
by Dunbar Rowland
Antiquities Of Jefferson and Clear Creek Counties, Colorado, Etc
by George L, Moses Strong, J N Dehart, E E Breed, M W Moulton, Mrs Gilbert Knapp, W H R Lykins, James Shaw, J Cochrane, George W Hill, H B Case, F Miller, Joseph Friel, W M Clark, R S Robertson, Charles C Jones, Jr, W B F Bailey Cannon
Mississippi Books & Ephemera
Yazoo City Blues Selected Poetry and Prose
by Gayton, Tomás
San Diego, CA: Drury Lane Press, 2004. Trade Paperback. xv, 188pg paperback, 5.5 x 8.5 inches. Inscribed and signed by Gayton on the half-title page. Small sticker scar on rear cover, else very good. Seattle, Washington-born African American poet. The 'theme' essay, "Yazoo," is about his journey back to his grandfather's oppressive Southern roots, "confronting the past and the remains of fear and rage.
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CA$27.66
Journal of American History; Volume LI, No. 1-4, June 1964 - March 1965
no pl: Mississippi Valley Historical Association, 1965. Hardcover. 849p., hardcover, 7x10 inches + 2.5 inches thick; four volumes of the quarterly journal rebound by library, minor soil on bottom edge from shelwear, else in very good condition. Some topics of interest include racial intolerance in the 1920s, the Communist Party and the Midwest Farm Crisis of 1933, and the origin of the open-shop movement.
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CA$34.58
My Purple Winter
by Corley, Carl
San Diego: Publishers Export Co, 1966. Paperback. 160p., very good first printing PBO in colorful campy pictorial cover by Corley depicting a gorgeous nude equestrian astride a white stallion spied on by an equally lovely nude male in the strategically placed bush, wraps. French Line FL 1. Southern author from Mississippi who also illustrated most of his works and wrote and illustrated for Physique. First book in the French Line from PEC. Mississippi and New Orleans settings.
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CA$345.75
The State of Mississippi, to the Sheriff of Hinds County - Greeting: We Command You to Summon..
by G.E. Beauchamp, Clerk; Wm. C. Demoss, Sheriff; [Maxfield Anderson, William Anderson Sr., and William Anderson Jr.]
[Raymond], Mississippi, October 4, 1837. [1]p. Partly-printed document. 6¼ x 8 inches. Contemporary docketing on verso. Folds; some ink bleed-through; very good. 1837 legal summons addressed to the Sheriff of Hinds County, Mississippi, William C. Demoss. The sheriff is hereby directed to summon Maxfield Anderson, William Anderson Sr., and William Anderson Jr. to give evidence in the case of David Anderson, plaintiff, against Frederick Miller, defendant. The Andersons were summoned to appear on the...
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CA$207.45
Looking Back to Move Ahead; an experience of History, A Journey of Hope. Canton Mississippi's Best Selling Author, 10th Anniversary Celebration Edition
by Wright, Flonzie Brown
Jackson, MS: FBW & Associates, 1994. Paperback. xiii, 113p., frontis., illus., pictorial wraps slightly shelfworn, else in very good condition.
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CA$22.13
The Citizen: Official Journal of the Citizens Councils of America. January 1977
by Simmons, W.J.; editor
Jackson, MS: Citizens' Councils of America, 1977. Single issue of the slender digest-sized pro-segregation monthly, 31p., very good. The neo-Confederate journal stood for "States rights and racial integrity." Cover depicts Jimmy Carter embracing Martin Luther King Sr., with an article lamenting his election. Another article describes a verdict against the NAACP for its role in leading a boycott in Port Gibson.
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CA$41.49
A Fool's Advice
by Corley, Carl , cover by author
San Diego: Publishers Export Co, 1967. Paperback. 156p., price sticker on cover else a very good first printing PBO in camp pictorial wraps. Gay pulp fiction. cover by Corley. Gay pulp fiction. French Line FL-9. Mississippi author and artist.
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CA$48.40
An American Insurrection: the Battle of Oxford, Mississippi, 1962
by Doyle, William
New York: Doubleday, 2001. Hardcover. viii, 383p., endpaper maps, prologue, 16p. glossy b&w photo section, source notes, selected bibliography, index, very good first edition, first printing stated in boards and bright unclipped dj.
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CA$20.74
Blues, An Anthology; Complete Words and Music of 53 Great Songs, Edited by W.C. Handy With an Historical and Critical Text by Abbe Niles. With Pictures by Miguel Covarrubias. Revised by Jerry Silverman, New Introduction by William Ferris
by Handy, W. C., editor
New York: Da Capo Press, Inc, 1990. Paperback. 224p., Covarrubias' paintings reproduced fullpage in b&w, bulk of text comprised of music notation and lyrics, softbound in 11x8 inch decorated silver wraps. Slight edgewear to covers and a small neat ownership on half-title, this is a sound, clean, otherwise unmarked copy.
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CA$27.66
The American Magazine. July 1940. Vol. CXXX, No. 1. 25 cents
by Blossom, Sumner, editor
Springfield OH: Crowell-Collier Publishing Co, 1940. Magazine. 166p., slick magazine in 11.5x8.5 inch color wraps, some color within. Cover text announces "I Backed Hitler by Fritz Thyssen" but full title starts "I Made a Mistake When.." First couple of leaves bear marginal tears and the terminal leaves are very faintly rippled by damp; no adhesions, a pretty good copy. Besides the many visuals (some dreadful, of course), find an essay by Turner Catledge (Mississippi-born, managing editor at NYT...
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Tenn-Tom Country: The Upper Tombigbee Valley
by James F. Doster; David C. Weaver
Tuscaloosa, AL: The University of Alabama Press. Very light edge wear, jacket has light rubbing, slightly faded spine. Clean copy. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1987.
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CA$16.60
The Epidemic of 1878, in Mississippi Report of the Yellow Fever Relief Work
by Power, J. L
Jackson, Mississippi: Clarion Steam Printing Establishment. Poor. 1879. Paperback. Poor softcover, no name or marks Cover is tattered and rear cover is missing. The book ends at 208, but some pages are missing at the rear. The book is held together by a large clamp. Sold AS IS. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 208 pages .
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CA$76.06
Mississippi: The Closed Society
by Silver, James W. (James Wesley)
NY: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., , 1964. 2nd printing; dj w/lite wear, unclipped price, in mylar; 250 clean, unmarked pages/index.... 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by b/w Plates. 8 Vo.
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CA$22.06
Administration of justice in Mississippi: a report of the Mississippi Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights
by Mississippi Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights
Washington: the Commission, 1963. Pamphlet. 33p., stapled wraps, ex library (newspaper library) with stamp on title page and front wrap, and one page (on police conduct) heavily bracketed in ballpoint; else good condition. Cover title: "Report on Mississippi
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CA$62.24
We're on our way..." A progress report on the Fayette Experiment
by Evers, Charles
New York: The Medgar Evers Fund, 1969. Pamphlet. Six panel brochure; 7.5x9 inches; photos., slight toning on edges, else in very good condition.
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CA$34.58
![San Francisco Bay Times: the gay/lesbian/bisexual newspaper & calendar of events for the Bay Area; [aka Coming Up!] vol. 15, #12, March 10, 1994; Greetings from Mississippi](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/327/902/1348902327.0.b.jpg)
San Francisco Bay Times: the gay/lesbian/bisexual newspaper & calendar of events for the Bay Area; [aka Coming Up!] vol. 15, #12, March 10, 1994; Greetings from Mississippi
by Corsaro, Kim, editor, Tim Kingston, Mindy Ridgeway, Tommi Avicolli Mecca, Alison Bechdel, Dean Goodman et al
San Francisco: Coming Up!, 1994. Newspaper. 68p. folded tabloid newspaper, news, events, reports, opinion, services & resources, photos, ads, very good on newsprint. The tabloid began life as San Francisco Bay Times. That paper folded quickly and was reformed as Coming Up! and went through another change adding the original name and eventually dropping the Coming Up!
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CA$20.74
A Quantum Life. My Unlikely Journey from the Street to the Stars
by Oluseyi, Hakeem, and Joshua Horwitz
New York: Ballantine Books, 2022. Paperback. xv, 345p., illustrated only with author portrait on vita leaf; trade paperbound in 8x5 inch wraps, from the first (hardbound) issue. Nice copy, but a Library of Congress Duplicate with its rubberstamp on titlepage (indicating it was not to be accessioned) and its sticker on back-cover corner. Entirely sound and clean, and otherwise unmarked.
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CA$19.36
After All That---Affection I Threw: An Autobiography in Prose and Poetry
by Hobbs, Glen W.; illustrated by Eddie "Wine" Anderson and Deborah A. Descarreaux
Ayer, MA: Hale-Moore Printing, 1976. ix, 315p., wraps, 5.5 x 8.5 inches, illus., 2.75 inch tear along spine on front wrap repaired with tape, previous owner's owernship label on first page, rear wrap lightly soiled else good condition. Autobiography and poetry by the African American Mississippi native. Some Christian content. Only 4 in OCLC as of 6/2020.
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CA$34.58
New University News: Vol. 1, No. 2, February 1962
by Dorfman, Ron, editor
Chicago: New University Thought Publishing Co, 1962. Newspaper. 8p., folded tabloid newspaper format, evenly toned, vertically creased, small tear along fold on front wrap, else very good condition. By the same publishers as the journal New University Thought. Includes a report from a SNCC organizer in Mississippi.
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CA$20.74
The Citizen: Official Journal of the Citizens Councils of America. December 1976
by Simmons, W.J.; editor
Jackson, MS: Citizens' Councils of America, 1976. Single issue of the slender digest-sized pro-segregation monthly, 31p., very good except for several titles in the literature list at the end having been crossed out as no longer available. The neo-Confederate journal stood for "States rights and racial integrity." Much on the situation in Port Gibson, where it is reported that Black protesters from up north are attacking locals who fail to comply with a boycott of white-owned businesses. Other articles...
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Troublemaker' memories of the freedom movement
by Hartford, Bruce
San Francisco: Westwind Writers, 2019. Paperback. 395p., wraps, as new, signed and dated by Hartford on the title page.
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CA$27.66
Fallen Eagle
by Corley, Carl
San Diego: Publishers Export Co, 1967. Paperback. 155p., lightly worn else good first edition PBO in camp pictorial wraps, cover by Corley. Gay pulp fiction by a Mississippi author. French Line FL11. World War II erotic gay novel set in the Pacific Theater. Color pictorial cover featuring Bald Eagle with wings strategically spread across a hunky, cut and ripped nude,
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CA$62.24
Jackson Rising Redux: Lessons on Building the Future in the Present
by Akuno, Kali and Matter Meyer, editors; foreword by Richard D. Wolff
Oakland: PM Press, 2023. Hardcover. xx, 559p., very good condition in like dust jacket.
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CA$82.98
![[Charles Evers letter to supporters] A progress report on the Fayette Experiment](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/283/222/1564222283.0.b.jpg)
[Charles Evers letter to supporters] A progress report on the Fayette Experiment
by Evers, Charles
New York: The Medgar Evers Fund, 1971. Pamphlet. 8.5x11 inch letter; slight toning on one edge, else in very good condition.
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CA$27.66
United States of America: State of Mississippi, to wit: By This Public Instrument of Protest..
by A.H. Arthur [Alexander H. Arthur]; [H.G. Bankston]; [Wm. Burton]
Vicksburg, Mississippi, March 3, 1838. [1]p. Document Signed. 10 x 8 inches. Partly printed; contemporary docketing. Folds; minor wear; some foxing; good. Legal instrument of protest signed by Alexander H. Arthur, Notary Public for the Office of the Planters' Bank of the State of Mississippi at Vicksburg. Arthur declares that he presented a bank note for $267.73 to the Planters' Bank and that the teller there "...refused to pay the same, saying that the drawers not accepted [sic] had made no deposit of...
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