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Wrappers. Etat : Very Good binding. Octavo. 13-33, [1], vi pp. Off-print from Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society. In printed wrappers. Toning to the covers; contents clean but for one page spread with offsetting from clippings laid in.

579 pages. Hardcover: H 24cm x L 16cm. Original cloth rubbed with light stains; fraying/scuffing at spine ends and board corners; some shelf-wear along boards' bottom edges; gilt stamping to spine and front board remains bright. Toning to text block edges. Past owner's pencil signature on front free endpaper with tear at top center; tear at bottom margin of pages 543-544; interior pages are otherwise clean. Front and rear hinges reinforced by old binding tape; text block is firm. Features 23 essays/chapters, the most interesting of which are: "General Stephen D. Lee - His Life, Character and Services" by Prof. Dabney Lipscomb, "The War in Mississippi after the Fall of Vicksburg, July 4, 1863" by Gen. Stephen D. Lee, "The Vicksburg Campaign" by Hon. Frank Johnston, "The Tupelo Campaign" by Capt. Theodore G. Carter, "Reconstruction in Carroll and Montgomery Counties" by Mr. Fred M. Witty, "Reconstruction in Lee County" by Mr. W.H. Braden, "Reconstruction in Attalla County" by Mr. E.C. Coleman, Jr., The Development of Manufacturing in Mississippi" by Prof. A.M. Muckenfuss, "History of Prohibition in Mississippi" by Col. W.H. Patton, "Beginnings of Presbyterianism in Mississippi" by Rev. T.L. Haman, "A Chapter in the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878" by Mrs. W.A. Anderson, "Aaron Burr in Mississippi" by Bishop Charles B. Galloway, "Jefferson Davis at West Point" by Prof. Walter L. Fleming, "Henry Lowndes Muldrow" by Hon. George J. Leftwich, "History of Port Gibson, Mississippi" by Rev. H.G. Hawkins, "Yazoo County's Contribution to Mississippi Literature" by Judge Robt. Bowman, "Diary of a Mississippi Planter" by Prof. Franklin L. Riley.