Crown Publishers, Inc, 1980, Hardcover (1/2 Cloth 3/4 Boards), Book Condition: Very Good, Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good, First, Illustrated By: Photographic and Illustrations

acknowledgements, introduction by author, selected bibliography and index. The text is illustrated with two inserts of 16 pages each, of black-and-white photography and illustrations. 1/4 beige coloured cloth covered back strip with gilt coloured titles. 3/4 green coloured boards with a self embossed decoration. Illustrated dustwrapper with pale orange and white coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Black-and-white photograph of author to the rear fold over panel. "Spanning three centuries, including the present, A Class by Themselves contrast the genteel, quasi-European Old South in the decades preceding this Civil War with the rough-hewn, industrial New South of the postwar years, emphasising the difficulties faced by the New South and attention it affected as it tried to emulate the past glory of the original founding families." -- from front fold over panel blurb. Major Southern families are looked at in detail. Rubbing to the book corners and back strip corners. Offset tanning and faint foxing to the endpapers with age toning of the text block edges. Rubbing of the dustwrapper panels with a small split to the top edge of the front panel. Full Number Line. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [4], V - X, [2], 276 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic and Illustrations. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Sociology & Culture; United States; History. ISBN: 0517537354. ISBN/EAN: 9780517537350. Inventory No: 0121112.