Set of 12 volumes titled, ìThe South In The Building Of The Nation, "A history of the Southern states designed to record the South's part in the making of the American nation; to portray the character and genius, to chronicle the achievements and progress and to illustrate the life and traditions of the Southern people". Set of 12 volumes, full leather bound, gold stamping. Published in 1909 by the Southern Historical Publication Society, Richmond, Va. Full leatherbound, gold stamping, marbled end papers and illustrated with colored engravings and gravures. Covers 1607 thru the 1900 census. Much emphasis is placed on the War Between The States and slavery as well as social and literary life in the South. Vol. I, II, III – History of the Southern States; Vol. IV – Political History; Vol. V, VI – Economic History; VII – History of the Intellectual Life; VIII – History of Southern Fiction; Vol. IX – History of Southern Oratory;Vol. X – History of the Social Life; Vol. XI – Southern Biography; Vol. XII – Biography. Condition – All but the first volume are in excellent condition, the first volume having wear to covers. All top edges are gilded and the pages