Old Free State Contribution (49 results)

paperback. Condition: Good. Two volume set. Paper covers. Both have minor wear. Both are clean, have good bindings. Previous owner name and date are written on the first page of both volumes, few pages have notations. (s.u.).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. VG+ in mat light purple wrappers. Paperbound. Light shelf-rubbing. Front cover edges lightly bumped, creased. Spine concave, tight, creased. Copyright page and rear inside cover have name label of prior owner. Text clean, unmarked.

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Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Massive one volume edition of the two parts of the title work: 623 pages for the first part, 644 for the second. Ex-libris, with a couple stamps from a genealogical library. Generally worn, with a bit of separation at the front hinge. Bound in fold-out map.

Soft cover. Condition: New. No Jacket. Undeniably the most important work ever undertaken on Southside Virginia, and the standard history of Lunenburg County, this noble work identifies the early pioneers and settlers of the territory; examines its political, social and economic development; surveys the early churches, courts and military establishment; argues the case of slavery, secession and the Civil War; and traces approximately 20,000 Southside residents both in original records and in separately prepared genealogies. 1,267 pp. [415-C].…

Unknown. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. A wonderful and increasingly scarce two-volume set of The Old Free State by Bell, published in 1927 by The William Byrd Press, Printers, Richmond, Virginia. This handsome set is made even more desirable by a 1933 author inscription, adding both historical charm and collectible appeal. Landon Covington Bell (1881thru 1960) was a Virginia historian, attorney, and respected scholar of Southside Virginia history. Best known for his landmark two-volume work The Old Free State (1927), Bell devoted years to documenting the people, families, and Civil War history of Lunenburg County and the surrounding region. His research remains an important genealogical and historical resource nearly a century later. A signed copy represents not only a collectible book, but a personal connection to one of Virginia's dedicated early 20th-century historians. Both volumes are bound in classic blue cloth with embossed spines that remain intact and attractive. The covers show only light, age-appropriate wear with very slight bumping to the corners. For books approaching a century in age, they present remarkably well on the shelf. The interiors are clean and well-preserved, free from writing or highlighting. Each volume contains a neatly handwritten former owners name and address along with an address label. Volume I shows minor gouging and some bending at the very top edge of about twenty pages, importantly, the text is fully unaffected, and the binding and spine remain in very good condition. Volume II has a few tears and small rips confined to several index pages, again without loss of content. Its binding shows slightly more use than Volume I but remains solid and fully functional. (BR) Shelf 175. Inscribed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued. 2nd Edition. reprinting of the original 1927 edition, but with two volumes in one book, maroon c w/gilt spine titles; owner's name; 623 + 644 clean, unmarked pages. B/w illus./maps, some folding (illustrator).

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

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Paperback. Condition: Like New. LIKE NEW. SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book.

paperback. Condition: Like New. LIKE NEW. SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Blue cloth with gilt titles along spine. Vol II has its plain, white DJ, vol 1 lacks its DJ. Page 32 loose in Vol 2. Inscribed by author on FFEP, pencil notation and portion of inscription blotted out with white out. Brochure about book's publication and copy of typed letter mailed to author laid in book.…

paperback. Condition: Acceptable. Acceptable. Dust Jacket NOT present. CD WILL BE MISSING. SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. ] Hardback, tall thick octavo, appx 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches, gilt on navy blue cloth, 623 pages, Good/no dj. Generally very clean inside and out but hinges neatly repaired & appx 10 consecutive pages with an archival tape-repaired very short top edge tear. Not much external rubbing at all but tear in spine cloth repaired (appx 3-inch tear down from head of spine, no type affected). Author has inscribed, SIGNED and dated ffep (January 17, 1936) near top edge. RWR5 Regional Interest American History Virginia. Inscribed by Author.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st edition. 1st edition, 1927. A Good set. Two volumes, 8vo., 623, 644 pp., bound in publishers blue cloth. Covers are worn especially at spine and edges. Tear along top of rear joint causing spine backing to flap on volume 2. All hinges starting. Previous owners signature (JD Eggleston) along with a gift inscription from his daughter Elizabeth C. Eggleston. A few correction notes in text. Laid in letter from author to Eggleston dated April 22, 1931. From the estate of Joseph Dupuy Eggleston II (November 13, 1867 March 15, 1953) was an American educator, the seventh president of Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (now Virginia Tech), and the 14th president of Hampden-Sydney College. Eggleston also served as a public school teacher and administrator and as the chief of the Division of Rural Education for the United States Bureau of Education. - Wiki.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. 1st edition, 1927. A Very Good set. Two volumes, 8vo., 623, 644 pp., bound in publishers blue cloth with titles on spine in gilt. Spines slightly dulled/sunned. Minor rubbing to top/base of spine, tips and edges. Previous owners names and notes inside front covers, otherwise appears unmarked. Fold out map has been mis-folded and as a result some minor chipping along edge. "Altogether, "The Old Free State" is a very satisfying book to all who look back to Virginia for their ancestral origins and who have the least pride in the history of that state." Darley Hiden Ramsey review.…

Condition: Very Good. SIGNED/INSCRIBED! VA: William Byrd Press 1927. 2 volume set. Presumed 1sts but not stated. Hardcovers 8vo 623, 644 pgs. 2 b/w fold-out maps. Signed and inscribed by Bell on front endpaper of vol 1. Very good to near fine in a poor slipcase. Navy cloth with bright gilt. Contents clean and binding sound. Errata sheet at end of vol 2. Slipcase is worn and is broken on 1 top edge. (Virginia, Lunenberg County, Genealogy, History) Inquire if you need further information.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition First Printing. 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. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Two-volume hardcover set of the 1927 original edition with signature in pencil of Edmonia C. Wilkins in volume 1. Blue cloth covers lightly worn at edges. Hinges sound, uncracked; pages tight, clean, unmarked but for light, minor foxing. No DJs. Not former library copies. .