Seeing The Sunny South by Faris, John T - 1921

hardcover. color Frontis., 115 b/w illus. 8vo, cloth; (ex-lib). Philadelphia, 1921.<br/> <br/>

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co., 1921. 320 pages, plus color frontispiece and numerous plates, reproducing 115 photographs. Original pictorial cloth stamped in green, white, and blue; top edge gilt. 23 x 15 cm. Spine a little sunned and soiled; a tiny bit of flaking to cover illustration; neat, early gift inscription on front free endpaper; light foxing to margins of plates and facing pages; still a very good copy. FIRST EDITION. The author visited Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, and West Virginia. In his preface, he touts the advantages of traveling by automobile. John Thomson Faris (1871-1949) was a publisher and Presbyterian minister who wrote several other travelogues. "This is a handbook for the traveling public written by a professional. Like most modern purveyors of the tourist trade, Faris traveled by auto, stayed but little in one place, and indulged in no social commentaries that could offend… Read More

J. B. Lippincott, 1921-01-01. Hardcover. Good. Good Hardcover. Ex-library with typical indications. Light edgewear. Text is clean, bright and unmarked. Tight binding.

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1921. Bound in tan pictorial buckram, sans DW; previous owners inscription on ffep.; color frontispiece and numerous black & white double-sided plates; 320pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket.

Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1921. First edition. 320p, Decorative cloth, DW, ill, some edgewear to DW, in mylar, VG+/VG-

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott. 1921. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very good in boards. Inner hinge is starting to loosen. Owner bookplate. .

FARIS, John T. SEEING THE SUNNY SOUTH. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1921. 8vo. Cloth. (ii), 320 pages, (83) plate First edition. Take descriptive tour of the American South from Maryland to Texas as the aut visits some of the most scenic spots in the south. One hundred fifteen doubletone illustrations highlight the modern technologies of the day as well each regions history. Very good.

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1921. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding/Very Good dust jacket. Octavo. [2], 320 pp., frontis, plates. First edition. In publisher's cloth with dust jacket; all plates are present as called for. An exceptionally bright, fresh copy in a dust jacket with minor wear to the spine ends and edges; though there is some early tape reinforcement to the the verso at the spine ends, folds, and edges, the jacket presents remarkably well because none of this reinforcement is visible from the front. Clark calls this "a handbook for the traveling public written by a professional" Clark, Travels in the New South II, 66. Scarce in the dust jacket.

Philadephia: J.B. Lippincott, 1921. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. 115 illustrations. Decorative cloth. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Very scarce in jacket.