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The Old Free State, a Contribution to the History of Lunenburg County and Southside Virginia. (Two Volume Set); (SIGNED & INSCRIBED TO SAMUEL A'COURT ASHE)
by Bell, Landon C
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Richmond, Virginia: The William Byrd Press, Inc., Printers, 1927. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Octavos. 623; 644 pages. Indexed at the rear of Volume II. Two volumes bound in original blue cloth with spine titles in gilt. Moderate wear to the bindings. The bindings have some chips or abrasions in the cloth which seem to have been touched up with blue paint or coloring. This is more evident at the top edge of front cover on Volume II as well as on the side of its spine. Endpapers foxed. Text is toned but generally clean. INSCRIBED by the author on the front flyleaf of Volume I, "To S. A. Ashe, / with the author's esteem, / Landon C. Bell / May 20, 1929." Samuel A'Court Ashe (1840-1938) was a lawyer and a Confederate Captain in the Civil War. After the War he served in the North Carolina legislature and was a noted historian, author, and defender of the Confederacy. There is also a signed typed letter laid in loosely from Drewry McKee Smith to Captain Sam Ashe, dated 1929. (This is actually a copy of a letter to someone else that the sender signed and sent to Captain Ashe). Includes the original stamped envelope, which is on browned paper. Unfortunately someone has stuck this in a folded and taped mylar sleeve, and the envelop is stuck to the tape inside the sleeve. The books are NOT signed by Samuel A. Ashe.
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- Bookseller
- Pages Past Used and Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 044798
- Title
- The Old Free State, a Contribution to the History of Lunenburg County and Southside Virginia. (Two Volume Set); (SIGNED & INSCRIBED TO SAMUEL A'COURT ASHE)
- Author
- Bell, Landon C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Publisher
- The William Byrd Press, Inc., Printers
- Place of Publication
- Richmond, Virginia
- Date Published
- 1927
- Weight
- 5.10 lbs
- Keywords
- 1927; Landon C. Bell; Lunenburg County; Virginia; History; Southside, Virginia; Samuel A'Court Ashe; North Carolina; Raleigh; Drewry McKee Smith; Signed.
- Bookseller catalogs
- North Carolina; Signed Books & Association Copies; Virginia;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Pages Past Used and Rare Books
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Greensboro, North Carolina
About Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.
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