A HISTORY OF MISSISSIPPI. VOLUME I and VOLUME II. [Complete set as issued; Vol. 1-One & Vol. 2-Two.]

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COMPLETE TWO VOLUME SET SIGNED BY TWO MISSISSIPPI GOVERNORS AND FOUR CONTRIBUTORS. Both first printings (not stated per publisher's contemporary practice). Both hardcover, each H 24cm x L 16cm, with dust jackets and uniformly bound in brown cloth having spines decorated with black stamping within vibrant gilt blocks. VOLUME I: xiv, 703 pages. Dust jacket toned and soiled; 1cm deep chip at spine heel with several other smaller chips and nicks at edges; tear at lower rear flap fold; front flap is not price-clipped; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. Slight dings at front board's top edge and rear board's bottom edge. Light toning to top edge. Four ink signatures - [Governor] John Bell Williams, [editorial board member] William D. McCain, [University of Southern Mississippi historian and contributor to Vol. II] John Ray Skates, and [Governor] William Winter - on front free endpaper; editor's ink signature "R.A. McLemore" on title page. Two unpaged plate leaves immediately following page 482 are creased at their top fore-edge corners; a few spots of minor soiling but interior pages are, overall, quite clean. Binding retains some crispness. A very good+ copy in a very good- dust jacket. Reviews history from early settlement through the Civil War and Reconstruction to 1890. VOLUME II: xii, 651 pages. Dust jacket toned and lightly soiled with nicks and a few short tears at edges; stray ink marks at front panel's upper center and lower spine; short slender surface scuff at rear panel's top center; front flap is not price-clipped; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. Light toning to top edge. Ink signature of Volume I index compiler Laura D.S. Harrell near top of half-title page. Strong impressions from removed paper clips at tops of several early leaves; interior pages are otherwise clean. Binding retains some crispness. A very good copy in a very good- dust jacket. Reviews history from 1890 forward to 1970. Each volume with endpaper maps, b/w photographs, illustrations, and each separately indexed. Remains a highly-regarded reference regarding Mississippi featuring 43 chapters on multiple facets of state history by numerous contributors. Please note that this heavy set has an approximate shipping weight of 7.25 pounds (3.28 kg) and will require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail. {MS Shelf #17D} ISBN 0878050132.

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A HISTORY OF MISSISSIPPI. VOLUME I and VOLUME II. [Complete set as issued; Vol. 1-One & Vol. 2-Two.]

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Hattiesburg, MS: University and College Press of Mississippi, [January] 1973.

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1973

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ISBN 10

0878050132

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9780878050130

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