The Old Virginia Gentleman and Other Sketches. Edited and Arranged by his Daughter Ellen M. Bagby

  • SIGNED
  • Richmond: Dietz Press, 1938
By BAGBY, George W. [FREEMAN, Douglas Southall, introd; Thomas Nelson Page, preface]
Richmond: Dietz Press, 1938. First Thus. Presentation copy, inscribed by the editor Ellen M. Bagby to "Churchill & Elizabeth [Chamberlayne]," undated but apparently contemporary with publication. Octavo (23cm). Publisher's textured maroon cloth, titled in gilt on spine with gilt monogram device to front cover; xxvii,296pp. Tight and straight, unmarked copy; Near Fine.

An altogether different volume from the 1910 Scribner's edition of the same title. Expanded with the addition of a dozen further pieces, retaining the Preface by Thomas Nelson Page but adding an Introduction by Douglas Southall Freeman and a Foreword by Bagby's daughter Ellen M. Bagby. This a presentation copy to the prominent Virginia minister, educator and antiquary Churchill Gibson Chamberlayne, founder of St. Christopher's School in Richmond; and his wife Elizabeth Chamberlayne.

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