Wilder, The Colonial Cavalier Or Southern and 10 similar items

Goodwin, Maud Wilder, THE COLONIAL CAVALIER Or SOUTHERN LIFE BEFORE THE REVOLUTION, New York: Lovell, Coryell Company, 1894 1st ed. red cloth hardcover w/gilt titling to spine, as well as gilt titling with the arms of Captain John Smith to front board, 8vo (7.250x5?), very good/n.a., 304pp. A couple of light spots on front board, gilt has majoritively faded from the spine titling being discernible but not clear nor crisp, slightest bit of age-toning, otherwise fine. This nicely written, and quite collectible tome, explores the cultural and social life of the Southern colonies, particularly Virginia and Maryland, before the American Revolution. It contrasts the Cavalier settlers?depicted as aristocratic, secular, and tied to English gentry traditions?with the Puritan settlers of New England. The book examines their virtues, vices, and plantation-based society, highlighting how these "gentlemen" shaped the region?s character ? yet another marvelous Capture of Tyme.