1945 Philip Vickers Fithian Journal & Letters Virginia Plantation Tutor
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Journal & Letters of Philip Vickers Fithian, 1773–1774: A Plantation Tutor of the Old Dominion. Edited, with an introduction, by Hunter Dickinson Farish. Published by Colonial Williamsburg, Incorporated, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1945. Stated third printing, April 1945.
Fithian’s journal and correspondence offer a firsthand view of colonial Virginia shortly before the American Revolution. His observations as tutor to Robert Carter’s family at Nomini Hall illuminate education, religion, social customs and plantation household life.
An appealing reference for readers of Virginia history, colonial American society and the Northern Neck.
Hardcover bound in black cloth with gilt spine lettering and a gilt crest on the front board. Includes a photographic frontispiece. No dust jacket.
Condition: Fair. Ex-library copy with a spine label and Mathews Memorial Library stamp. Previous owner’s decorative bookplate on the front pastedown. Front inner hinge is split, exposing the binding mesh; the cover remains attached. Cloth shows rubbing, fading, scattered marks and wear at the corners and spine ends. Page edges and endpapers are toned, with occasional spotting. The photographed text pages remain clear and readable.
Please review the photographs for condition details.
SKU D-12
1945 Philip Vickers Fithian Journal & Letters Virginia Plantation Tutor
$39.95
Fithian’s journal and correspondence offer a firsthand view of colonial Virginia shortly before the American Revolution. His observations as tutor to Robert Carter’s family at Nomini Hall illuminate education, religion, social customs and plantation household life.
An appealing reference for readers of Virginia history, colonial American society and the Northern Neck.
Hardcover bound in black cloth with gilt spine lettering and a gilt crest on the front board. Includes a photographic frontispiece. No dust jacket.
Condition: Fair. Ex-library copy with a spine label and Mathews Memorial Library stamp. Previous owner’s decorative bookplate on the front pastedown. Front inner hinge is split, exposing the binding mesh; the cover remains attached. Cloth shows rubbing, fading, scattered marks and wear at the corners and spine ends. Page edges and endpapers are toned, with occasional spotting. The photographed text pages remain clear and readable.
Please review the photographs for condition details.
SKU D-12