THE SOUTH IN THE BUILDING OF THE NATION: A History of the Southern States Designed to Record the South's Part in the Making of the American Nation; to Portray the Character and Genius, to Chronicle the Achievements and Progress and to Illustrate the Life and Traditions of the Southern People

Julian Alvin Carroll Chandler, Franklin Lafayette Riley, et al., eds

Published by The Southern Historical Publication Society, Richmond, VA, 1909

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13 volumes bound as 7 books. Ex-library. A complete thirteen-volume set bound as 7 books. The binding is 3/4 black leather with green cloth boards and marbled endpapers. Good condition overall. Covers lightly scuffed on the leather and cloth. Library stickers torn off the spines, and library stickers inside each volume. Piece torn off margin of page 483 in vol. 6, not affecting the text. Some light, spotty stains on foredges. The pages in vol. 9-10 are dampstained, and more lightly in vol. 11-12. Rear free endpaper in vol. 13 is torn and tape-repaired. Very mild foxing on the plates, but otherwise, text clean and binding secure across the set. Sturdy copies in nice shape for reference. Generously illustrated with lots of black and white plates. The volumes are subtitled HISTORY OF THE STATES (vols. 1-3), POLITICAL HISTORY (vol. 4), ECONOMIC HISTORY (vols. 5-6), HISTORY OF THE INTELLECTUAL LIFE (vol. 7), HISTORY OF SOUTHERN FICTION (vol. 8), HISTORY OF SOUTHERN ORATORY (vol. 9), HISTORY OF THE SOCIAL LIFE (vol. 10), SOUTHERN BIOGRAPHY (vols. 11-12), and INDEX AND STUDY COURSES (vol. 13). Seller Inventory # 177514

Bibliographic Details

Title: THE SOUTH IN THE BUILDING OF THE NATION: A ...

Publisher: The Southern Historical Publication Society, Richmond, VA

Publication Date: 1909

Binding: Leather