Octavo. [2], 410 pages. Blue-green cloth hardcover with gilt title on the front cover and spine. Light edge wear to the cloth extremities. Presentation copy. Inscribed (but not signed) by the author - "James P. Leavith (sp.?) - Presented by the Author May 19th - 1900. Decatur, Georgia." Front hinge slightly cracked and end sheets slightly loose and soiled. Light soil to the last 4 pages and rear end sheets. "Library of E. A. Deiss Lexington, KY." purple stamp located on the front paste down, pages 409 and 410, rear paste down, and bottom text edge. Tall Cotton 68; Nevins II page 90.