SOUTHWESTERN AT MEMPHIS 1848-1948. [Rhodes College, Memphis, Tennessee.]

Published by Richmond, VA: John Knox Press, 1949.

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First edition (not stated but affirmed by author's inscription) INSCRIBED, DATED, AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. [12], 173 pages. Hardcover: H 23.25cm x L 15.5cm. Gray dust jacket rubbed and soiled; some chips, tears, and creasing; front flap is not price-clipped. Red cloth with bright paper title label to spine. Slight foxing to text block's top edge and fore-edge. Some minor foxing to interior leaves; toning to pages 66-67 from two laid-in newspaper clippings; pages 3-4 of December 1949 issue of "Southwestern News" laid-in between pages 116-117. Author's seven-line ink inscription "This, the first copy of | 'Southwestern at Memphis' | is for Eva, Rhoda, and Connie - | with love - | Raymond - | Memphis | Sept. 5, 1949" on front free endpaper. Binding is firm. Acquired from the estate of Alabama historian and Huntingdon College professor emerita Dr. Rhoda Coleman Ellison (1904-2005) with the Eva and Connie mentioned in the author's inscription being her Rhoda Ellison's mother Eva Lucille Cooper Ellison (1879-1975) and sister Cornelia Tullis "Connie" Ellison (1907-2003).…

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Title
SOUTHWESTERN AT MEMPHIS 1848-1948. [Rhodes College, Memphis, Tennessee.]
Author
Cooper, Waller Raymond.
Publisher
Richmond, VA: John Knox Press, 1949.
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1st Edition
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DAVID HALLINAN, BOOKSELLER - specializing in out-of-print, uncommon, and scarce books in all subjects. Mailing address is PO BOX 463, COLUMBUS, MS 39703. Inventory available for inspection at a local antique mall generally from 10am-5pm Tuesday thru Saturday.

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