Mississippi
Little Classics of the South New York: The Purdy Press, 1927.
First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. [7], 20 pages, [3], 16 pages, [4]. Frontispiece portrait of Ms. Sherwood Bonner. Tan paper covered boards with paper title label pasted down on front cover. Dust jacket present with decorative borders and title in black on the front cover. Damp stain upper left corner edge of front cover. Head of spine chipped. Dust jacket is creased, lightly soiled and chipped at head. Jacket repaired with 3 small pieces of tape on the blank verso. Contents include two stories of life on the southern Plantation before the Civil War: Gran'Mammy by Sherwood Bonner and "A Trip Through the Piney Woods" by J F H Claiborne. Contents also include a short biography of the writers. 225 copies of this book were printed at the Harbour Press New York City. Good / fair. Item #14426
Price: $75.00