THE VIRGINIA “PEERAGE;” OR SKETCHES OF VIRGINIANS DISTINGUISHED IN VIRGINIA’S HISTORY. VOLUME I.

Richmond, VA: William Ellis Jones, 1880. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good binding. Signed. 356pp. 8vo.; in the publisher’s green embossed cloth; vi, 2 blank pages, [1], 2-356 pages; though denoted Volume I, this is the only volume published; there is wear to the bottom of the spine, but a sturdy copy~~Contains sketches of George Washington, Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, John Marshall and John Marshall of Roanoke. We believe it to be well that the author put quotation marks around Peerage, as these important Virginians most certainly did not believe in an aristocracy based on accidents of birth. Good binding.