The Rice Princes: A Rice Epoch Revisited [Signed by Author] by Devereux, Anthony Q - 1973

National Sculpture Society, 1929. Hbk, 12mo, 196pp, quarter white cloth over fine blue boards with gilt titles and ornament, now in custom acetate jacket, illustr throughout full-page b+w photo plates, a fine, clean and unmarked copy, almost as new

State Printing Co, 1973. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

State Printing Co, 1973. hardcover. Good/Good. 9x6x1. Signed. Signed by the author on the front endpaper. Dust jacket and book have minor wear. Cloth boards have the same illustration as the dust jacket. Clean, has a good binding. Has a full page of gift inscriptions written by children in the front (dated 1973), no other marks or notations.

No place [Columbia, South Carolina]: no publisher [the author ?], no date [1973 ?]. First edition, this copy signed in ink by Devereux at the ffep. Octavo (9.25" x 6.25"), viii & 125 pages, illustrated. Original tan cloth lettered & decorated in black in dust jacket which replicates the binding.
A fine copy in very good price-clipped dust jacket, moderately browned at the spine, toned & soiled, with brief edge wear including a tiny loss at the top of the spine & a short closed tear.
This issue with no publishing information which we believe precedes the edition published by the State Printing Company of Columbia, S.C. in 1973.
"My aim is to write a biography of two owners of Hagley Plantation in Georgetown County ... I will mainly put into this writing facts that are illustrative of the strengths and weaknesses of a great antebellum Southern agrarian civilization ..." ~Excerpted from the author's preface.

State Printing Co, 1973. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket in good condition. SIGNED by the author. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Sound binding; Clean, sturdy boards; Text free of markings; Dust jacket shows mild wear and is now housed in protective mylar for further preservation; A solid copy, fit for any collector's library; Stored and shipped in protective polybag; Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.