In Ole Virginia, or, Marse Chan and Other Stories

239, [1] pp. Green cloth, cameo decoration on front board, gilt titles and rules, top edge gilt. Author's first book, comprised of stories of the American South with some associated dialect. "Thomas Nelson Page (April 23, 1853 - November 1, 1922) was a lawyer and American writer. He also served as the U.S. ambassador to Italy under the administration of President Woodrow Wilson during World War I. His 1887 collection of short stories, In Ole Virginia, is Page's quintessential work, providing a depiction of the Antebellum South. Criticism of Page's works runs the gamut, largely based upon whether the critic holds traditionalist or revisionist viewpoints of the antebellum South, War, and Reconstruction years. His most well-known short-story from that collection was 'Marse Chan'. 'Marse Chan' was popularized because of Page's ability to capture southern dialect."