1882, The Oddities of Southern Life and Character, Antique Book

“The Oddities in Southern Life and Character” by Henry Watterson. Illustrated by W. L. Sheppard and F. A. Church. Published in Boston, by Houghton, Mifflin & Company; 1883.

This antique book is aimed at encapsulating some of the quirkiness and amusing traits in Southern Life. This is a handsome Antique book, aged over 140 years old. It is bound in a decorative green cloth binding. The front cover features an image of some men in suits on the front cover, with embossed black ink, and “Oddities” written in gold gilt. The spine has a decorative black design, and gold gilt text showing the book’s title and publisher. It is illustrated with numerous full-paged, black and white plates throughout it’s text.