Victorian Novel "Red Rock" by Thomas Nelson Page Illustrations by B. West Clinedinst buying 1898 1st Edition A Chronicle of Reconstruction

Victorian Novel "Red Rock"
by Thomas Nelson Page
Illustrations by Benjamin West Clinedinst
1898 1st Ed.
Red Rock - A Chronicle of Reconstruction
By T N Page (1853-1922) Copyright 1898
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons New York
First Edition 584 pages w/ 4 pages Ads
Green cloth Hardcover
Gilt Lettering on Front and Spine
Historical Fiction novel of the U.S. Reconstruction
period, after the Civil War, takes place
in an unnamed state that closely resembles
Virginia by acclaimed author.
Decorative emblem on front w/ gilt silhouette
of a man and a rifle in a circle of acanthus leaves.

Thomas Page was an American writer and lawyer
from Virginia who specialized in the
'Plantation Tradition' genre of Southern
writing with an idealized life of the 'Lost Cause'
mythology.
Ten (10) black white illustrations by Benjamin W.
Clinedinst (1875-1933)
National Academy of Design Academician,
Won the Evans Prize from American Watercolor
Society, Illustrations for Leslie Weekly
Tissue paper over Frontispiece illustration
Size: 5 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches
Condition: Binding tight, clean copy,
Spine darkened, front cover has corner
bumps, very little wear for age.
Some foxing on illustration pages. List of
Illustrations page is loose.
Former owner signature, date on fly leaf.
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