Dixie or Southern Scenes and Sketches by Ralph, Julian - 1896

NY: Harper & Brothers. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1896. Hardcover. Brown cloth gilt. Early printing presumed (dates are 1896, 1895.) Light rubbing/soil to cloth. Sound and square; pages lightly toned. Frontis and illustrations. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

New York : Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1896. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 6". None stated. The first edition of this illustrated work describing scenes from the southern states, written by Julian Ralph. The first edition. Bound in the original cloth. Illustrated with a frontispiece and over 100 monochrome illustrations including vignettes and 31 full page illustrations. Collated complete. This work was written by author and journalist Julian Ralph. Ralph is best know for his work in 'The Sun' newspaper in New York. This work first appeared in 'Harper's Magazine'. 'Dixie' provides a description of the scenery of the southern states in America and the conditions at the time from his own experience and through the experiences of the locals. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally very smart with fading to the spine, slight bumping to the extremities resulting in a very small closed tear to the tail of the spine and the odd minor mark to the boards. Hinges tender and a bookplate to… Read More

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1896. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Tall octavo. 411, [3]pp. Illustrated. Light brown cloth decorated in green and white and titled in gilt. A handsome very near fine dustwrapper.