The Dwelling Houses of Charleston South Carolina.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1917. Limited {1000 copies}1st edition.(many copies destroyed in warehouse fire after plates destroyed). Hardcover in original embossed tan cloth binding, untrimmed paper, very good, 387 pp, 6.5" x 9.75”, Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown, along with handwritten “Mary Hilliard Hinton, “Midway Plantation” Raleigh, North Carolina. December 1917 on ffep.
This book depicts the notable houses (and the families who inhabited them) throughout Charleston that exemplify the prominent styles of the time. The authors examine the architectural history of the area as well as provide full coverage of the buildings they focus on.
This book was the personal copy of Mary Hilliard Hinton (June 7, 1869 – January 6, 1961) who was an American painter, historian, clubwoman, and political activist. She was a leader in North Carolina's anti-suffragist movement and an outspoken white supremacist, co-founding and running North Carolina's branches of the States Rights Defense League and the Southern Rejection League. A prominent clubwoman, Hinton was active in the Daughters of the American Revolution, the United Daughters of the Confederacy, the Colonial Dames of America, and the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America; serving as a booklet editor, artist, registrar, and state regent for the North Carolina Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Item #101540
Price: $450.00