Richmond: William Byrd Press, (1927). First Edition. Royal 8vo. 6.25 x 9.25 in. 623, [1] pp. Publisher's navy blue ribbed cloth, titled & double-ruled in gilt on spine. Complete with six illustrations, including folding maps. Very good. Light soiling to covers. Very occasional foxing, especially at plates. Lacking jackets & slipcase.

This copy from North Carolinia historian, scholar, & newspaper man Darley Hiden Ramsey, and includes his contemporary review folded & laid in. '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. Mr. Bell, it might be added, formerly lived in Asheville and married an Asheville girl....'.

Price: $75.00