Category: Louisiana

A History of Grand Cane [Louisiana]. Volume 1 and Volume 2. [Two volumes of a two volume set].

By: Brown, Linda and Nita Richardson.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Published by the Authors, n.d.

Seller ID: 51618bde

Two Volumes of a two volume set. Quarto, spiral bound (black, plastic spirals with protective clear plastic covers), [iv] + 287 pp, [x] + 294 pp. Fine (As New). Contents, Volume 1: Prehistory to the Louisiana Purchas of 1803; The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 to the Incorporation of Grand Cane in 1899; Map: 1819 Map of William Darby's Traverse of Louisiana; Only the Cemeteries Remain: Cook, Friendship, Hazelwood, Providence, Screamerville, Williams; The Village of Grand Cane, Incorporated: Index to Ordinances, Index to Minutes, Proclamation, State of Lousiiana, Executive Department, Minute...
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Louisiana, A Narrative History. Illustrated. Second Edition.

By: Davis, Edwin Adams; Former Head, Department of History, Louisiana State University and Founding member of the Southern Historical Association and Past President, Louisiana Historical Association.

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Baton Rouge: Claitor's Book Store, 1965.

Seller ID: ess2911

Octavo, burgundy leatherette (hardcover), gilt letters, xi + 394 + [x] pp. Very Good, with former-owner bookplate and inked through signature to pastedown; light soiling to page edges.
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The Amphibians and Reptiles of Louisiana. Illustrated by Eugene C. Beckham.

By: Dundee, Harold A. and Douglas A. Rossman.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, (1989). First Edition.

Seller ID: 61347bd

Large octavo, green cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, xi + 300 pp. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. From dust jacket: The Amphibians and Reptiles of Louisiana is the only detailed and comprehensive study of the state's widely varied herpetofauna ever published. Harold A. Dundee and Douglas A. Rossman describe each of the state's 130 species, providing information on each animal's life history as well as feeding, behavioral, and reproductive habits. They also discuss the taxonomy and taxonomic problems of the various species and provide the keys for the identification of the animals. Eugene C. ...
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Beyond the Bayous: Stories, Poems and Monologues for Pleasure and Oral Interpretation.

By: Engelhardt, Zelma.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Baton Rouge: Claitor's, 1962. First Edition.

Seller ID: vas5287

Octavo, green cloth (hardcover), gilt letters and decoration to upper cover, 133 pp. Near-Fine, with small former owner inscription.
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History of LaSalle Parish, Louisiana.

By: LaSalle Parish Genealogical Association.

Price: $45.00

Publisher: St. Petersburg, Florida: Southern Heritage Press, n.d. [ca. 2000].

Seller ID: 4779bd

Quarto, slick color-illustrated boards (hardcover), [iv], 293, [iv] pp. Photos., portraits. Fine.
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The Rise of Sports in New Orleans, 1850-1900.

By: Somers, Dale A.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, (1972). First Edition.

Seller ID: qms652

Octavo, gold cloth (hardcover), xiv, 320 pp. FIne, in a Near-Fine, price-clipped dust jacket with lightly rubbed edges. From jacket: During the nineteenth century New Orleans won and stoutly defended a reputation for amusement and dissipation that made it distinct among American cities. Exquisite cuisine, theaters, casinos, and private clubs attracted the affluent, while gambling dens, saloons, public ballrooms, cockfights, and ten-pin alleys drew the masses. In the antebellum period, organized sports were added to the nmerous diversions already available. A book on a neglected aspect of...
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Buddy Stall's New Orleans.

By: Stall, Gaspar J. (Buddy).

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Gretna: Pelican Publishing Company, 1990. First Edition.

Seller ID: 17923scs

Signed & Inscribed by Author. Octavo, blue boards (hardcover), gilt letters, 240 pp. Near-Fine, with former-owner inscription, in a Fine, mylar protected dust jacket. Illustrated with numerous drawings, b&w photos. From jacket: ...As Buddy Stall reveals his insider's knowledge on the history and sights of New Orleans, the reader will discover just what it is that makes the Crescent City one of the most inetersting and exciting cities in the world.
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The Machiavellian Madam of Basin Street & Other Tales of New Orleans.

By: Tinker, Edward Larocque.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Austin: Encino Press, 1969. First Edition.

Seller ID: 3221qs

Octavo, cloth-backed boards (hardcover), paper label, vi, 68 pp. Illustrated, tipped-in map. Fine in original acetate jacket with a lengthy tear at lower fore-edge.
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Category: Louisiana