While in London in 1705, Robert Beverley wrote and published The History and Present State of Virginia , one of the earliest printed English-language histories about North America by an author born there. Like his brother-in-law William Byrd II, Beverley was a scion of Virginia's planter elite, personally ambitious and at odds with royal governors in the colony. As a native-born American--most famously claiming "I am an Indian--he provided English readers with the first thoroughgoing account of the province's past, natural ...
Read More
While in London in 1705, Robert Beverley wrote and published The History and Present State of Virginia , one of the earliest printed English-language histories about North America by an author born there. Like his brother-in-law William Byrd II, Beverley was a scion of Virginia's planter elite, personally ambitious and at odds with royal governors in the colony. As a native-born American--most famously claiming "I am an Indian--he provided English readers with the first thoroughgoing account of the province's past, natural history, Indians, and current politics and society. In this new edition, Susan Scott Parrish situates Beverley and his History in the context of the metropolitan-provincial political and cultural issues of his day and explores the many contradictions embedded in his narrative. Parrish's introduction and the accompanying annotation, along with a fresh transcription of the 1705 publication and a more comprehensive comparison of emendations in the 1722 edition, will open Beverley's History to new, twenty-first-century readings by students of transatlantic history, colonialism, natural science, literature, and ethnohistory.
Read Less
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Very good(-) Ed. by Louis B. Wright. Illus. 8vo, blue cloth, corners bumped, spine lightly rubbed. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1947.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
UsedVeryGood. Hardcover; light fading, light shelf wear to exterior; bumps to the lower corners and spine ends; book plate inside front cover; otherwise in very go od condition with clean tet and tight binding.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Very Good in Very Good- jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 366 pp. Original dark blue cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding very bright and clean. Previous owner's name on blank endpapers. Crease to middle of first several leaves. DJ lightly soiled w/ mild edge wear; few short tears to top of spine. Faint dampstain to top corner of rear panel. Illust. w/ b/w reproductions. Howes B-410.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Very Good- in Good+ jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 366 pp. Original blue cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Edges and spine a bit sunned. Edges of leaves a bit age toned. DJ lightly soiled. Spine darkened w/ tiny chips to ends. Price clipped. Illust. w/ b/w reproductions. Howes B-410.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Edited and with introduction by Louis B. Wright. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, dust jacket. xxxv, 366pp. 17 full-page illustrations. Near fine/very good. Jacket spine a bit age toned, else superb. Outstandingly tight 'n' bright first of this scholarly edition, being also the first volume of the Institute of Early American History and Culture. First published in London in 1705 and qualified by Wright Howes as "the first account of this colony, the first one penned by a native and the best contemporary record of its aboriginal tribes and of the life of its early settlers, " this fine edition reproduces the original title page, frontispiece and all 15 of the original woodblock illustrations. HOWES B 410 note.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Good Fair jacket. Ex-Library. Hardcover. -Disclaimer: May have a different cover image than stock photos shows, as well as being a different edition/printing, unless otherwise stated. Please contact us if you're looking for one of these specifically. Your order will ship with FREE Delivery Confirmation (Tracking). We are a family business, and your satisfaction is our goal!
