[NEALE IMPRINT] [SIGNED] [CONFEDERATES] WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS. THE TRADITIONS, HISTORY AND SOCIAL LIFE OF THE GREENBRIER WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS

New York: The Neale Publishing Company, 1906. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Signed. 8vo. (9 1/8” x 6 1/8”); in the publisher’s orange cloth, top edge gilt, 410 pages, including the index; with frontispiece; and 48 additional photographic illustrations (of which 6 have scribbled on in the margins in pencil; this copy is signed by the author on the front endpaper, with a personal inscription to his friend, Col. John D. Potts; there is an additional ownership name on the pastedown: “Lucy Pendleton Bell | Wytheville | Virginia | Southern Book Company | April 1941”. The endpaper has a number of small indentations.~~Krick’s comments illuminated the importance of “The White” in the post Civil War era: “The Springs was one of the favorite watering spots of prominent~19th Century Southerners. Governor MacCorkle’s informal history of the resort provides interesting material on some of the leading men who made it their headquarters for rest and recreation ... A chapter on Dry Creek, August 27-28, 1864, will interest students of the war, as will a description of the successful efforts to thwart David Hunter’s eager torch.” (Krick 106). Very Good binding.