Hitch Up the Buggy (Signed. First Edition.)

SIGNED by the author. From the acknowledgements/dust jacket: "Greenville, South Carolina's foothills city, was not always bustling with newcomers and multitudes of industries. It was once a quiet Southern town; but it never stood still. This account of "progress" in a town of the old cotton Southland preserves a true-life capsule of Americans during those lusty horse and buggy decades. Hardcover bound in butter-yellow cloth with black lettering. Black lettering on spine. Illustrated cover with horse and buggy. Sticker ghost and several faint stains on bottom right corner of cover. Pages are clean with black and white illustrations. End papers show some tanning and back inside board bears faint acid staining due to age. Dust jacket is a dark yellow color with black lettering, matching the book boards. DJ shows wear with sunning on the spine and small tears on front and back, (particularly in the corners and edges), along with some rubbing. 152 pp. Full refund if not satisfied.Pale yellow cloth with black lettering and design, inscribed by author with "Fond regards to Jim Stockman, son of a good friend" and dated September, 1978 on front free end paper. Illustrated throughout with drawings in black and white. 152 pp. Stockman's bookplate is affixed to the front pastedown. Other than the inscription, this copy is unmarked. Matching dust jacket bears a 1 inch closed tear at the head and some chipping along the edges. A nice copy. Full refund if not satisfied. FROM THE DUST JACKET: "In thirty-nine all too brief chapters, charmingly illustrated by Mrs. Florence S. Brothers, Mrs. Marsh has deftly brought to life some four decades of Greenville roots. She has gathered fascinating reminiscences from diaries, newspaper files, and living descendants of fine people who made Greenville history from the critical days of Reconstruction through World War I. Moreover, she speaks with all the loving tenderness of a true Daughter of the Confederacy." (Mary C. Oliphant, Author and Historian).…