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Condizione: very_good. Gently read. May have name of previous ownership, or ex-library edition. Binding tight; spine straight and smooth, with no creasing; covers clean and crisp. Minimal signs of handling or shelving. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships USPS Media Mail.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. Inscribed First Edition, First Printing of this engaging portrait of rural Sussex County, Delaware in the mid 20th century. A collections of observations and anecdotes about Sussex County in the 1950s and early 1960s with elements of the discussion spurred by photographs of period objects and scenes. Inscribed by Everett Moore to a previous owner on the front endpaper. Blue cloth, 228 pages, illustrated. Minimal sign of previous use. Signed by Author(s).

COMPLETE TWO VOLUME SET. Both first editions, first printings (not stated per publisher's contemporary practice). Hardcover, each H 24cm x L 16cm. Tan dust jackets toned and soiled with varied chips, tears, and creasing; front flaps are not price-clipped; djs now presented in mylar Brodart protectors. Brown cloth boards; spines decorated with black stamped lettering within gilt blocks. Light toning to text block edges. Bindings are firm. ***** VOLUME I. xiv, 703 pages. Past owner's ink stamp "Jess McKee | Geography Dept." appears twice upon text block's fore-edge and again twice at front free endpaper's top margin; a few spots of soiling to leaves; stray ink mark on page ix; among Chapter 5 (pages 110-133) are pencil notes and margin marks along with top half of one b/w plate clipped out. Reviews history from early settlement through the Civil War and Reconstruction to 1890. Contributors include Robert V. Haynes, Glover Moore, Edwin C. Bearss, John K. Bettersworth, David G. Sansing, et al. ***** VOLUME II. xii, 651 pages. Past owner's ink signature "Jess McKee" at top right of front free endpaper; pencil notes and margin marks occur within Chapter 42 (pages 492-515); several leaves at rear with shallow creases and staining at their top fore-edge corners. Reviews history from 1890 forward to 1970. Contributors include J. Oliver Emmerich, John Ray Skates, Jr., William F. Winter, Neil R. McMillen, Nollie W. Hickman, Frank E. Everett, Jr., et al. ***** Each volume with endpaper maps, b/w photographs, illustrations, and each separately indexed. A highly-regarded reference regarding Mississippi featuring 43 chapters on multiple facets of state history. Acquired from the estate of Dr. Jesse Oscar McKee (1941-2023) who earned his Ph.D. from Michigan State University and served on the faculty of the Geography Department at the University of Southern Mississippi from 1964-2003. Please note that this set has an approximate shipping weight of 7.5 pounds (3.4 kg) and will require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail. {MS Shelf Set #CMS-00645} ISBN 0878050132.