The Diary of Robert Rose: A View of Virginia by a Scottish Colonial Parson, 1746-1751

Hardcover with red cloth over boards, navy blue lettering across cover and along spine. Pale yellow DJ with black illustration and red lettering across covers and spine. One crease in DJ along length of spine, paper uncracked. Crown and foot of spine and back top corner lightly bumped. No text or illustration marred. One line of front flap summary has been crossed out with sharpie. Surrounding sentence reads "Two indexes, 40 photographs, [sharpied-out section] are included in the beautifully-bound hardcover volume." No date on title page. Copyright page states second printing 1985, dates first printing to 1977. xxii + 400 pages. Includes foreword by then-president if Southside Historical Sites, Inc., editor's preface and brief biographical introduction, annotated diary entries, epilogue with Rose's will, appendix listing Rose's ministerial acts, index to the diaries, and black and white photographs featured throughout text. About 20 total instances of light highlighting in yellow and green throughout the text. Two instances of annotation in margins of pages 144 and 174. Two former owners' names written on the front free endpaper in blue and black pen. Pages neat and bright, no text obscured. Pictures all pristine. Binding beginning to loosen at crown of spine, but secure at foot and hinges. No cracks to binding, all neat and square. Please email us with questions or to request photos.…