Description: Sign up for my email newsletters by adding my eBay Store to your Favorites - see more of my MISSISSIPPI items not always found with eBay searches: Here's a WORKING & SAFE EBAY LINK to my other MISSISSIPPI collectibles: https://www.ebay.com/sch/m.html?_ssn=catherbrownbooks&LH_PrefLoc=&_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=mississippi&_sacat=0 and a WORKING & SAFE EBAY LINK to my many Alabama collectibles on ebay: https://www.ebay.com/sch/m.html?_ssn=catherbrownbooks&LH_PrefLoc=&_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=Alabama&_sacat=0 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ FREE SHIPPING - AS USUAL Wailes, Benjamin (author)REPORT ON THE AGRICULTURE AND GEOLOGY OF MISSISSIPPI EMBRACING A SKETCH OF THE SOCIAL AND NATURAL HISTORY OF THE STATE[Jackson, Mississippi]: E Barksdale, State Printer, 1854, 1st eition, with xx, 371 pages + folding map (showing what would become Alabama and Mississippi) + 17 plates (many in full color), bound in original cloth.Finished size of the book is approx. 1 1/4 inches deep by 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches opening up to 13 x 9 1/2 inches for reading or perusal.A vitally important book on the history of Alabama and Mississippi. Doesn't just cover geology and agriculture but the entire social history of those 2 states (remember: Alabama was the east half of the Mississippi Territory for many years). The original Alabama State Archivist & historian Thomas Owen, in his monumental BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ALABAMA, had this to say about the Wailes' book: "The historical outline presents a continuous narrative from 1699 to 1798 based on the usual authorities and some hitherto unused manuscripts. The subject of land titles . . . of great importance in the history of Alabama as well as Mississippi [is] treated with a fullness and detail not elsewhere found. The historical illustrations are of great value."CONDITION: BARELY ex-library: has a Birmingham Southern College Library blindstamp in title leaf, perhap a call # blacked out on the lower spine (I'm not really sure), absolutely no other indicators of being ex-library: no rubber stamps, no call letters on spine, no marks (other than blind stamp) on title page; no card pocket at rear of book. Map has a 1" marginal tear where it was bound into the book; binding cloth shows some very minor soiling & chipping, else VG+ with bright gilt on the spine. ALL COLOR & TINTED PLATES are present (though some are out of order) and very bright & sharp. Bought legally at the recent auction of Birmingham Southern's Rare Book Room, sold by the college to help defray expenses of the college's closure. As of 7 Oct. 2024, I could find NO OTHER FIRST EDITION FOR SALE ONLINE ANYWHERE! (Cheap print on demand copies, yes - but no other original edition)********************************************** FREE SHIPPING VIA BOXED & CAREFULLY PACKAGED PRIORITY MAIL, I always ship twice a week within 3 business days (frequently more often than that) of your payment so there is very little turn around time.PLACING A BID IS THE ETHICAL EQUIVALENT OF ACCEPTING THESE TERMS. PLEASE DON'T ASK TO ALTER THEM AFTERWARDS. In return, as our feedback clearly shows, we'll get your item(s) to you, as described, in a safe, timely manner. Thanks!
Price: 389.95 USD
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
End Time: 2024-11-15T15:52:59.000Z
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Year: 1854
Signed: No
Theme: Cities & Towns
What 2 states?: Mississippi and Alabama
are all of the plates present?: Yes, I've collated the entire book & all plates are present
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Illustrated?: Yes, with folding map & COLOR plates
Is folding map present?: Yes.
