Varina Howell, Wife of Jefferson Davis.

New York, NY The Macmillan Company, 1927. Hardcover First Edition (1927), not directly stated, but indicated according to Macmillan's customary practice at the time of publication. First Edition (1927), not directly stated, but indicated according to Macmillan's customary practice at the time of publication. Very Good in Good+ DJ: The Book shows indications of careful use: slight spine lean; moderate shelving wear to the lower extremities and some crimping to the head of the backstrip. toning to the front and rear endpapers; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing moderate wear and minor, unobtrusive flaws. The DJ shows considerable wear to extremities, with several small chips and a one-inch closed tear at the top of the front panel; mild rubbing and faint soiling to the panels; the price has not been clipped, but the upper and lower corners of the inside front flap have been clipped anyway; mylar-protected. Flawed, but not unattractive. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8.85 x 6.25 x 1.6 inches). xv, 499 pages. Deckle Fore-Edge. Language: English. Weight: 1 pound, 11.2 ounces. Hardback with DJ. A well regarded historian in her own right who received an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from the University of the South at Sewanee, Tennessee in 1933, Eron Opha Moore Rowland (1861-1951) was the wife of noted Mississippi historian and author Dunbar Rowland (1864-1937) who served as the director of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History from its founding in 1902 till his death in 1937. Eron Rowland is best known as the first biographer of Varina Howell and for her 1926 book "Andrew Jackson's Campaign Against the British, or the Mississippi Territory in the War of 1812" also published by Macmillan.