Item #290610 [SOUTHERN AMERICANA] CHORRONESSEE, AND OTHER TALES. James Douglas Thornton.
[SOUTHERN AMERICANA] CHORRONESSEE, AND OTHER TALES.

[SOUTHERN AMERICANA] CHORRONESSEE, AND OTHER TALES.

Norfolk: Printed at the Journal Job Office, 1868.

Hard Cover. First Edition. First Edition of a collection of Thornton’s works, being Chorronessee, Esther, Songs of the Aeronauts, and additional miscellaneous poems. From the Preface, “Southern by birth - Southern in sentiment, education and interest - my book is Southern, too - [...] to the free-born citizens of the South, then, I commit the work.” Contemporary owner’s name on the title page; lacking front endpaper, perhaps also front and rear flyleaves. Scattered foxing; binding somewhat cocked, with a few protruding signatures; moderate shelfwear to the binding, with surface loss to the joints and extremities of the spine. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. (Wright 2494).

Fair binding.
Item #290610

Price: $100.00

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