A CAROLINA RICE PLANTATION OF THE FIFTIES; 30 PAINTINGS IN WATER-COLOUR, BY ALICE R. HUGER SMITH; NARRATIVE BY HERBERT RAVENEL SASS WITH CHAPTERS FROM THE UNPUBLISHED MEMOIRS OF D.E. HUGER SMITH.
Smith, Alice R. Huger [Alice Ravenel Huger Smith], 1876-1958 (illustrator). Herbert Ravenel Sass, 1884-1958; D.E. Huger Smith [Daniel Elliott Huger Smith], 1846-1932 (contributors). William Alexander Percy, 1885-1942 (past owner).
Published by New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1936.
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WILLIAM ALEXANDER PERCY'S COPY. First edition (not stated but per matching dates upon title and copyright pages) INSCRIBED, DATED, AND SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR. Paged as [half-title/color frontis], [title/copyright], [dedication], [contents], xi-xii, [2], [29 color plates], 1-97. Hardcover: H 29.75cm x L 22cm. No slipcase (i.e. lacking). No dust jacket (as issued?). Beige cloth soiled; slight scuffing to spine ends and board corners. Reddish-brown top edge with several stains; toning to bottom edge and fore-edge with leaves lightly affected at margins; staining and shallow abrasions at upper portion of fore-edge as well. Personal bookplate of William Alexander Percy affixed upon front pastedown; artist's three-line ink inscription "To Will, of the Mississippi Delta | From Huger, of the Carolina Low Country | Christmas 1936" in a casual script at the top of the front free endpaper; artist's ink signature "Alice R. Huger Smith" in a more formal cursive upon the dedication page. Binding is firm. Greenville, Mississippi native William Alexander Percy (1885-1942) was a Harvard-educated attorney and renowned poet who remains best known for his 1941 autobiography "Lanterns on the Levee." Book was acquired from a Greenville estate of a Percy family descendant. Seller Inventory # CMS-01558
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Title: A CAROLINA RICE PLANTATION OF THE FIFTIES; ...
Publisher: New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1936.
Binding: Hardcover
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: 1st Edition
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