[Rarebooks] fs: Chesapeake Bay Country, inscribed

[Back Creek Books]

Greetings All,

For your consideration:
~
(No. 6935 )  Earle, Swepson. THE CHESAPEAKE BAY COUNTRY (SIGNED).
Baltimore: Thomsen-Elllis Company, 1923. First printing, Full cloth, Quarto,
510 pages, Black & white photographs, fold-out map. Fine.
      Classic history of tidewater Maryland and Virginia. Well illustrated
with many fine photographic plates of historic homes. Colored fold-out map
of the region. Two somewhat odd plates of photographs bound into the index
depicting old slave quarters and aged blacks, presumably former slaves,
under the unfortunate title "In the Good Old Days." See PRATT, EASTERN SHORE
#7. This copy INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Earle on recto of frontispiece. The
inscription, dated in the year of publication, is to Samuel King Dennis, who
was a note Eastern Shore judge, lawyer, and politician. Dennis was also one
of the patrons of this book as named on verso of title page. Bound in dark
green cloth over boards with gilt stamped spine and upper board. Prior owner
bookplate on front pastedown. Hinges sound, gilt remains bright and crisp. A
few small bumps to extremities.    $125.00
See photo: http://www.backcreekbooks.com/bookphotos/6935.jpg

=:::=:::=T E R M S=:::=:::=
All books fully guaranteed and returnable if not as described. Normal
domestic shipping $3.50 for the first book, $1.00 each additional book or
volume. International shipments or other carriers at cost. Payment accepted
by credit card (V,MC,Amex, Discover), check, money order, or PayPal.

Thank you for your interest.

Best regards,

Rock Toews
Back Creek Books
Post Office Box 3540, Annapolis, MD 21403, U.S.A.
Tel. 410-626-1363 or toll free 877-626-1363 -  Fax. 815-425-8542
Web: http://www.backcreekbooks.com  ~  Email: admin at backcreekbooks.com
--
Military & Naval History, Americana, Nautical & Maritime, Marylandiana
 ~ New arrivals: http://www.backcreekbooks.com/index.html
 ~ Books wanted: http://www.backcreekbooks.com/wants.html
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Today's featured book from our stock at the booksellers' cooperative,
TomFolio.com:
 Riley, Elihu S..  'The National Debt that American Protestants Owe to Their
Brethren of the Roman Catholic Church (Riley's Historic Series, Number
One).'
 Details and secure ordering:
http://www.tomfolio.com/mall/backcreekbooks/bookdetails.asp?book=7418
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
'Jane Austen's books, too, are absent from this library. Just that one
omission alone would make a fairly good library out of a library that hadn't
a book in it.' - Mark Twain