Chambers William Pitt Editor (4 results)

Second edition (as stated upon page 2). 23 pages plus covers. Staple-bound paperback: H 28cm x L 21.5cm. White paper covers soiled. Interior pages are clean. Binding is firm. Evidently published from a family-held manuscript - autobiography of Baptist clergyman Norvell Robertson, 1765-1855, born in Cumberland, Virginia and who married Sarah Denby (Powell) Robertson, 1770-1842, in 1791. After serving in the Virginia State Militia during the American Revolution, Norvell Robertson migrated to Georgia and arrived in Mississippi circa 1818 initially residing near Pineville but later moving north of Old Williamsburg. Robertson children and further descendants resided in the Mississippi counties of Covington, Lawrence, Smith, Carroll, Clarke, and elsewhere.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good / with Protective Cover. First Edition. Some rubbing and edgewear, DJ has minor yellowing. Text has foxing on bottom edge, interior has yellowed slightly, but remains tight in binding. Signed by editor on title page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed. …

Paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

xii, 407 pages. Hardcover: H 24.25cm x L 16cm. No dust jacket. Dark green cloth rubbed with some staining and mottling; boards' top fore-edge corners slightly bumped; spine's gilt stamping remains fairly bright. Text block edges toned/foxed with some soiling and small stains with latter fractionally affecting a few leaves at margins. Mild toning/foxing to endpapers; interior pages mostly remain clean. Binding slightly stressed between pages 18-19 but otherwise is firm. Contents: "Introductory Note" by Dunbar Rowland; "Introductory Note to Peter Chester;" "Peter Chester, Third Governor of the Province of West Florida under British Dominion, 1770-1781" by Mrs. Dunbar Rowland [Eron Rowland] (pages 1-183); "A History of Mississippi College" by Dr. W.H. Weathersby (pages 184-220), "Editor's Preface to 'My Journal'" by Ruth Polk; "Biographical Note of William Pitt Chambers;" "Preface to 'My Journal'" by W.P. Chambers (page 223); "Introduction to 'My Journal'" (pages 225-226); "My Journal: The Story of a Soldier's Life Told by Himself" by William Pitt Chambers; and Index. Born in Covington County, Mississippi in 1839, William P. Chambers started his Civil War service in Company F, 27th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry Volunteers and eventually in the Forty-Sixth Regiment, Mississippi Infantry, with post-war life in Hattiesburg, Mississippi where he died in 1916. His autobiographical journal runs inclusive from page 227-380 with a roster of officers on page 381, muster-roll on pages 382-385, and a list of deaths on page 386.…