Preface John Allen (7 results)

First edition (not stated per publisher's usual practice). xiv, 202 pages. Hardcover: H 22.25cm x L 14.75cm. Black dust jacket lightly rubbed; slight bumping and minor scuffs at edges. Black cloth boards with gilt and white stamping upon spine. Speckled top edge. Interior pages are clean. Binding retains some crispness. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. With Editor's Note, Preface by Roy V. Scott, and concluding essay "Contributors." Features a collection of essays in honor of Mississippi State University history professor Glover Moore: IN DEFENSE OF OWSLEY'S YEOMEN by John Ray Skates, Jr.; SOUTHERN ATTITUDES TOWARDS SLAVERY AND SECESSION IN 1860 AND EARLY 1861 AS REFLECTED BY 'DE BOW'S REVIEW' by Richard C. Ethridge; CONGRESSMAN WILLIAM BARKSDALE OF MISSISSIPPI by James W. McKee, Jr.; BEAUREGARD AND JOHNSTON AT SHILOH: SOME HISTORIOGRAPHICAL ASPECTS by Frank Allen Dennis; WESTERN REBELS, EASTERN WAR: MISSISSIPPI TROOPS IN THE ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA, 1861-1865 by Fabian Val Husley; THE CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, RIOT OF 1919 by Lee E. Williams II; and REFLECTIONS ON A MURDER: THE EMMETT TILL CASE by William M. Simpson. ISBN 0878051295.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition (Scribner 'A' on copyright pages). NVG/-. Black cloth, gilt and red lettering and decorations. Rubbed at extremities, a little board exposed all corners, fraying at head and heel of spine, gilt darkened on spine. Contents are clean and unmarked, binding and hinges sound.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. There are several color illustrations.

Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Second Printing. Jacket (price-clipped) is worn and has been repaired with care. Book.

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. This is a rare copy of a nonfiction religious Oxford Group book called Oxford and the Groups, copyright 1934, hard cover, no dust jacket, written by various authors like Rev. Geoffrey Allen, John Maud, Miss B. E. Gwyer, C. R. Morris, W. H. Auden, R. H. S. Crossman, Dr. L. P. Jacks, Rev. E. R. Micklem, Rev. J. W. C. Wand, Rev. M. C. D'Arcy, S. J., Professor L. W. Grensted, edited by R. H. S. Crossman, with a preface by Dr. W. B. Selbie. This book has previous owners name stamped in first end page, otherwise in good condition with tight binding and 208 pages. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good or Better. Dust Jacket Condition: Good-. Patrice Pascal (Photography)/Nick Nicholson (Additional B/W Photography)/John Cooper (Design) (illustrator). 256 pp. Original black pictorial cloth covers w/ titles in gilt. Spine and edges sunned. Rear inner hinge cracked. Original publisher's mylar dust cover, which is clear with printed text, has significant chips and tears to edges. Illust. w/ numerous color photos.

Condition: Fine. Gordon Allen (Line drawings) (illustrator). Second Printing (first trade, 1981). 24 x 16 cm. xx 584pp. Illustrated with line drawings, photos of rifles. Housed in slipcase. Sun toning to the slipcase. Blue leather spine and blue cloth cover with gilt emblem.