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Presumed first edition (no direct statement provided). xiv, 238 pages. Hardcover: H 23.5cm x L 15.75cm. Dust jacket lightly rubbed with slight bumping at edges; short tear at spine head with tape repair to verso; strong crease to front flap. Red cloth with silver and black lettering to spine; slight bumping to spine heel and to boards' bottom fore-edge corners. Interior pages are bright and clean. Binding retains some crispness. A near fine copy in a very good+ dust jacket. With light gray endpapers, frontispiece, Preface, b/w photographs, Afterword, eight appendices, and Index. James Wesley Silver (1907-1988) taught history at the University of Mississippi beginning in 1936 where he earned a reputation as a vocal sympathizer of the plight of the state's African Americans. Silver's 1963 book MISSISSIPPI: THE CLOSED SOCIETY harshly criticized Mississippi's political and racial practices and the author left Ole Miss soon after its publication. Silver joined the history department faculty at Notre Dame from 1964 to 1969 followed by teaching at the University of South Florida where he retired in 1979. In a bit of Mississippi trivia, William Faulkner used to watch episodes of "Car 54, Where Are You" and occasionally "Bonanza" too at Professor Silver's house on the Ole Miss campus. {MS Shelf #2} ISBN 0878052097.

Condición: Good. On offer is a charming, original manuscript diary dated 1949 handwritten by a University of Mississippi coed enjoying Campus life and academics. Beginning, in the largish 8 x 5 inch page a day book, February 1st and while a little sporadic at times she does a good job detailing her life through to August. Being this was her senior year and she was a popular student with many friends and activities we note her sorority and social life were a whirlwind all while she studied Russian history. Of some small note she was an extra in the filming of the INTRUDER IN THE DUST movie, written by William Faulkner. It was a scene filmed in Oxford. While her name is nowhere to be found we are confident local genealogists or researchers will no doubt discover her name.Some soiling but overall G. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Manuscript.