The James
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1939. First Edition. 359pp. Octavo [20.5 cm] Blue cloth with the title gilt on the backstrip. Very good/Near fine. Subtle age-toning to spine of price clipped jacket. Item #10897
Nice copy of the fifth title in the Rivers of America series. Illustrated by Edward Shenton. The James River is Virginia's longest river, flowing 348 miles entirely within the state from its start in the Appalachian Mountains to its mouth at the Chesapeake Bay. Often called 'America’s Founding River,' it was the site of the first permanent English settlement at Jamestown in 1607 and served as a vital transportation corridor for the Powhatan Confederacy and early colonists Fitzgerald J1.
Price: $75.00