Search Results: savannah duels and duellists 1733 1877 by gamble thomas

Savannah: Review Publishing & Printing Company. Fair with No dust jacket as issued. 1923. Original Edition. Softcover. Savannah: Review Publishing & Printing Company, 1923. 8vo. vii,302,xi (index)pp. Printed wraps, text secured with three staples. Wraps worn, some loss to spine, tears, front cover separated. Text secure, brief wear to few corners. Illustrations mostly from photographs. First Edition. From the Foreword: "They were made virile - and sometimes bitter - men, by the severe trials and tribulations they unflinchingly faced and overcame. They had strong virtues, and what to us may seem equally pronounced weaknesses. They transmitted to their posterity the best of the traits, and the sterling character of many later Georgians may be traced to the qualities inherited from these men who, sword, pistol, or rifle in hand, faced each other complacently on the 'Field of Honor'".; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 302 pages .

Savannah, GA: Review Publishing & Printing Company, 1923. First Edition. Octavo, paperbound (stiff, brown wrappers), vii pp + 302 pp + xi pp. Very Good, with wear to covers. From Foreword: We look back on the customs and standards and ideals of the men of former generations with critical eyes, sometimes with amusement twinkling therein, all too frequently with condemnation wrinkled on our faces. The quickly passing years have made it most difficult to put ourselves in their places, to understand their surroundings, the social atmosphere in which they lived, to visualize the spirit of their times. Perhaps it would be better, before we criticise, if in all humility we studied the customs and standards and ideals of to-day, and asked ourselves, what will future generations think and say of them and of us? It is not necessary to endorse duelling to emphasize that in some of the cardinal elements of high manhood the forefathers of Savannah, who believed in and fought duels, do not suffer by… Read More

The Reprint Company, Publishers. Good with no dust jacket. 1974. Hardcover. Hardback without dustjacket; light foxing to edge of pages, otherwise good in dented and marked green cloth boards. ; A history of duelling in Savannah, Georgia. Reprint of 1923 edition first published by Review Publishing & Printing Company. A volume in the Annals of Savannah series. ; 302 pages .

Savannah, GA.: Review Publishing & Printing Co., 1923. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good +. First Edition, no other dates listed. This, a Good Plus copy. Brown wraps (soft cover) have a few shallow creases (rear cover a bit more so) . A small previous owners name and 1923 date on front cover top edge; a shadow of a damp stain to upper quarter of cover - goes no further. Tight text block. A FACSIMILE autograph of authors at center of front cover. Page corners/tips are creased throughout with a lightly soiled title page and rear blank page. Interior pages are clean, no markings. Spine paper complete. Great reference material. Illustrated with b/w photographs. Printed on glossy stock. 302 pages plus an 11 page Index at rear. Priced to reflect these blemishes. Protected in a mylar slip.

Savannah, GA: Review Publishing & Printing Company, 1923. Softcover. G. Wear to wraps with tears at top and bottom of spine. Foxing to edges of text block. Rusted staples visible where front cover has slightly seperated at title page. Some creasing to corners of various pages. Contents otherwise clean and tight.. Brown wraps with black lettering. vii. 302 pp. plus Index. Stapled text block. 37 bw illus. Extensive index - however, pages of index are bound out of order. Fascimile signature of author on cover and ffep.

Spartanburg, S. C.: The Reprint Company,. 1974. Hardcover. 0871521695 . 1974 reprint copy (first published 1923) with green cloth covers that show uneven fading. Pages tight, clean, unmarked, with 2 pinpoint spots on front free endpaper. No DJ. ; .

Savannah:: Review Publishing & Printing Company,. 1923. Softcover. 1923 softbound edition in black-lettered brown paper covers, which are clean, bright, w/small ding at spine foot. Pages tight, clean, unmarked. ; .

Savannah: Review Publishing & Printing Company, 1923. First Edition. Soft cover. Good +. Wraps. Approx. 8.75" x 6". [1], vii, 302 pages, xi index. Illustrated. Brown paper covers with title on the front cover and spine. Back cover and last few pages have tiny indentations but no tears. A gift inscription written on the recto the front blank end sheet - For Corvell? Jones - See chapter V for some interesting facts on Thomas Gibbons Sincerely Bob Carver 10-19-62." Robert Wallace Carter armorial book plate placed next to the inscription. Interior contents very clean.

Savannah GA: Review Pub. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1923. First Edition. Hardback. Inscribed; Newspaper clipping by author glued in rear endpaper, minor wear & foxing. ; 302 +11 pages .