ROYALL, Anne

The Tennessean: A Novel, Founded on Facts

First edition. 12mo. Early or near contemporary three-quarter green straight-grain morocco, with marbled paper-covered boards, spine decorated and titled in gilt. Very slight rubbing to the joints, a couple of faint spots on the foredge, bottom corner of the title page has a little professional restoration affecting no text, a nice, near fine copy. The author's second book, and only novel, something of a potboiler that contained tales of pirates and fierce Indian attacks with long passages of life in rural Tennessee. Royall, disappointed by the reaction to this novel, returned to writing travel books, eventually completing ten such books of some importance. Grolier Club. Emerging Voices. American Women Writers 1650-1920, pp. 20-21; James. Anne Royall's U.S.A.; Wright I, 2257; Sabin 73825. A rare book, OCLC locates only microform copies.

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