The book exhibits only light wear. The dustjacket has edge and corner wear including some small chips and tears. Though, except for these edge problems the dustjacket is VG or better. This is an attractive copy . ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 286 pages; This is a book of essays on rhetorical styles and speechmaking in the South following the Civil War. The book tries to show how speeches by men like Henry Grady, various Confederate veterans, Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. Dubois used speeches and oratory to bring about change in the South. Interesting essays.