The Louisiana Book: Selections From the Literature of the State (FIRST EDITION)
New Orleans LA: R.F. Straughan, 1894. Illustrated with Portraits. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION, 1894. Authors, poets and historians from Louisiana have added much to the world of literature, culture and knowledge of Louisiana. The five parts of this volume are:
Part I: Historical Sketches include, but not limited to, Alcee Fortier, Alexander Walker, the Battle of Chancellorsville, Ulysses S. Grant and Radicalism.
Part II: Specimens of Oratory, essays written by Judah P. Benjamin, Pierre Soule and Emmanuel de la Moriniere to name a few.
Part III: Controversial and Mixed Essays written by John J. Audubon, Robert Sharp, Charles Gayarre, etc.
Part IV: Fiction including Alfred Mercier, Edward Dessommes and Albert Delpit.
Part V: Poetry--Dramatic and Micellaneous featuring Richard Henry Wilde, Richard d'Alton Williams, Eliza J. Nicholson, etc.
Inscribed by author on fly leaf; frontispiece with tissue, portraits throughout. Contents, Index of Authors, [xviii] 581 pp.
CONDITION: Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title on cover and spine. there is wear to head and tail of spine, corners with soiling and rubbing. Binding is sound. A few pencil notations in margin on a Contents page and pages 2, 3, and 5. The remainder of volume is unmarked. Evenly age toned; a lovely copy. Full refund if not satisfied. Very Good / No Jacket.
Item #071493
Price: $350.00