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GAINES, Frances Pendleton. SOUTHERN ORATORY: A STUDY IN IDEALISM. [Tuscaloosa, Alabama]: University of Alabama Press, [1946]. Small 8vo., cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. A study of Southern orators from Patrick Henry through the ante-bellum period, including appraisals of Negro and Indian oratory. Signed by Gaines on the title page. Very Good; few small chips & short tears (few small repairs with clear tape) d/j. $125.00.…

GAINES, Frances Pendleton. SOUTHERN ORATORY: A STUDY IN IDEALISM. [Tuscaloosa, Alabama]: University of Alabama Press, [1946]. Small 8vo., cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. A study of Southern orators from Patrick Henry through the ante-bellum period, including appraisals of Negro and Indian oratory. Signed presentation from Gaines on the title page: "This copy for Mr. T. M. Smith, my dear friend Scottie, with deep admiration and regard- Frances Pendleton Gaines." Very Good (little bumping head of spine); few small nicks & short tears d/j. $125.00.…

A study in the development and the accuracy of a tradition. Dissertation, New York 1924. (4),x,245 pages. Soft, slightly worn covers. Small stamp on front cover.[#176285].

Cloth. Zustand: Near fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: very good. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, [6], 72pp. Burnt orange cloth, title in gilt on spine. No additional printings listed on copyright page. Solid text block, dust remnants to top edge, a near fine example. In publisher's dust jacket, price-clipped, archival tape to verso, a few small chips at corners, soiling to cover, a very good example. Signed by the author on title page, "This copy for / Mr. and Mrs. Percy H. Johnston / with admiration and warm regard / Francis Pendleton Gaines." Dr. Francis Pendleton Gaines (1892-1963) was a historian, president of Wake Forest University, and later the president of Washington and Lee University (1930 to 1959). The recipient of this book, Percy Hampton Johnston (1881-1957), was president of Chemical Bank from 1920-1946. Johnston's portrait hangs in the National Portrait Gallery. Signed first edition of Southern Oratory by Francis Pendleton Gaines. (illustrator). Signed.…