Down Among the Sugar Cane: The Story of Louisiana Sugar Plantations and Their Railroads de Butler, W.E - 1980

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA: Moran Publishing Corporation, 1980. First U.S. Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 266pp w bibliography. Illust w historical bw photographs, maps. Photo illustrated endpapers. Brown cloth w gold lettering to cover and spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. Photo illustrated DJ is clean, however previous owner has neatly trimmed top and bottom edges w masking tape (3/8") to guard against edgewear and reinforced backside of the spine and fore edges the same (not visible). Quarto: 287 x 257mm.

Hardcover. 266 pp. Moran Publishing Corporation, Baton Rouge, LA (1980). First Edition. First Printing. Clean, bright, and unmarked, except for author W.E. Butler's signature on Title Page. Minor edgewear at corners and spine. Lacking the dust jacket. Clean and unmarred covers and spine, and perfectly intact gilt titles and other script on front cover and spine. More photos on request. Shipped in a box within a box, in bubble wrap, with a tracking number.

Signed by author on title page. Presumed 1st edition. Book is in Very Good+ condition, with very light edgewear to cover, pages very lightly age-tanned, but otherwise clean and secure. Dust jacket is in Good+ condition, with light edgewear, mostly at corners, shallow open tear along bottom of jacket spine, light chipping at edges of jacket spine.

MORAN PUBLISHING, 1980 hardback book and dust jacket in near fine condition,inscribed,signed by the author on title page-dated 10/23/82. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine.