Bruce, Virginia Rebirth Of The Old Dominion and similar items

Bruce, Philip, Alexander. VIRGINIA REBIRTH OF THE OLD DOMINION, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1929. 1st eds. thus, brown embossed leatherettes w/pseudo graining, five vols. complete, 8vo (10.125x6.25?), near fine/n.a., t.e.g., V.1, 524pp.; V.2, 534pp.; V.3, 532pp.; V.4, 513pp.; V.5 498pp.; 2601 total pp. Virginia capitol rotunda embossed on front boards, embossed titling on spines, copiously illustrated (b/w), extremely light wear to joints, as well as head and tail of spines, a bit of moisture damage around the edges of the front free flyleaf of v.1, very lightly age-toned to period, in remarkable condition actually ? and a complete set ? getting harder to find in this condition as the years go by. The first two volumes offer a narrative history, while the latter three serve as a biographical encyclopedia, preserving the legacies of influential Virginians. Quite the distinctive and simplistically elegant set ? yet another splendid example of Captured Tyme!