Southern Antiques, by Paul H. Burroughs.
This book covers the field of furniture-making over a period of two hundred years, from 1620 to 1820, and is concerned with that part of the old South which comprised the original colonies of Maryland, Virginia, North and South Carolina and Georgia. The text is arranged by sections according to the kinds of furniture illustrated and described. Profusely illustrated. 8½ × 11 inches. Drawings and illustrations. $5.00.
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Homes and Gardens in Old Virginia, edited by Susanne Williams Massie and Frances Archer Christian for the Garden Club of Virginia.
This book tells of more than one hundred and fifty homes and gardens in every part of the Old Dominion. The authors include H. J. Eckenrode, Lyon G. Tyler, Rosewell Page, Alexander Weddell, Harold Jefferson Coolidge, Arthur Kyle Davis, Robert A. Lancaster, Amélie Rives (Princess Troubetzkoy) and many others. 6¾ × 9½ inches. 130 full-page illustrations. $5.00.
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Thomas Jefferson: Architect and Builder, by I. T. Frary.
This is the first book published covering Jefferson’s complete work as an architect. The unusually fine photographs were made by the author and include exteriors, interiors, detail studies and landscapes, as well as reproductions of Jefferson’s original drawings. I. T. Frary, author, lecturer, teacher, is an authority on architecture. Covers stamped in gold. Introduction by Fiske Kimball. 8½ × 11 inches. 96 full-page illustrations. $5.00.
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In the Picturesque Shenandoah Valley, by Armistead C. Gordon.