Asheville and Buncombe County with Genesis of Buncombe County
Asheville, North Carolina: Citizen Company, 1922. 200 pp. Softcover in original binding/wraps. SCARCE title.
Asheville, North Carolina: Citizen Company, 1922. 200 pp. Softcover in original binding/wraps. SCARCE title.
Fayetteville, North Carolina: E.J. Hale & Son, 1858. Previous owner bookplates on ffep. Not Ex-Lib. Two volumes: 254; 591 pp. Portrait plate, eight maps, five folding. Contemporary brown half-sheep (rubbed) and marbled boards (edges bumped), endpapers, and edges, leather spine labels. Previous owner bookplates on ffep. Not Ex-Lib...
Raleigh and New York: Cooke and Putnam, 1853. 237 pp. Illustrated, 5 plates. Hardcover bound in blue publisher's cloth. The binding shows rubbing and wear, with chipping to the extremities of the spine, and ordinary wear to the corners. A sound copy with secure inner hinges. Text is tone and.....
Raleigh, North Carolina: Cooke and Putnam, 1853. 237 pp. Illustrated, 5 plates. Hardcover bound in brown publisher's cloth. The binding shows rubbing and wear, with chipping to the extremities of the spine, and ordinary wear to the corners. A sound copy with secure inner hinges. Text is tone and foxed.....
Raleigh, North Carolina: P. M. Hale, state printer and binder, 1886. vii pages, 1 leaf, [3]-151 pages including tables. Large Folding Map in rear. Original softcover wraps. This survey was prosecuted by the Department of Agriculture through a federal expert, Lieutenant Francis Winslow. Report on oyster culture.
Newbern, North Carolina: From the translator's press, 1793. 244 pp. Professionally and beautifully rebound in marbled boards and brown leather spine with new gilt titles on leather spine labels. Some toning and foxing. An incredibly SCARCE early North Carolina imprint.
New Orleans, Louisiana: Printed by A.T. Penniman & Co., 1829. 2 volumes: xii, 325, (1), civ [i.e., cxiv]; (2), 411, (1) pp. Half-titles; errata for each volume. Hardcover, rebound in brown library buckram with embossed gilt titles on spine. Both volumes are Ex-Lib. with rubber-stamp mark on title page and.....
Newbern, North Carolina: Martin & Ogden, 1803. viii, xiii-xvi, 320, [8] pages. Full leather binding. Rebacked with new leather spine label and gilt title. Text is complete. SCARCE early NC Law book.
Philadelphia, PA: Lutheran Book Store, 1872. 557 pp. Hardcover in original pebbled cloth binding with gilt design on cover and gilt title on spine. Ex-Sondley Reference Library copy (non-circulated), with bookplate on front pastedown. History written by the pastor of the St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Wilmington, N.C......
1745. Land Grant to Edmund Murphy two hundred and fifty acres of land in the County of Craven on the West side of Handcock’s Creek on the South side of Neuse River, dated 20 April 1745 and signed by Gabriel Johnston and certification as a true copy on 18th May.....
1990. Quarto. 591 pages, indexed. Hard cover bound in black cloth with a gold seal on the front cover. A nice copy of this important North Carolina history and genealogy title. LOTS of pictures and family histories throughout. This publication was not intended to be a comprehensive history of.....
Chicago: 1880. Hardcover in red cloth w/ gold stamped front board, 3.75" x 5.5”, 24 pp + map 22x31”. Map has many separations along the fold lines.
Raleigh, North Carolina: 1866. [NORTH CAROLINA]. [BROADSIDE]. Worth, Jonathan. Gov. Worth's Circular to the People of North Carolina. Raleigh, June 11, 1866. Broadside, 7-1/4" x 12". Printed in two columns. Tanned uniformly, old folds, several tape repairs not affecting text. Governor Worth's rare broadside announces his candidacy for re-election.....
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1857. Two Volume Set. 570, 605 pp. A married set. Volume I is rebound in marbled boards and leather spine. Volume II is rebound in plain blue buckram. Volume II is Ex-Lib. Howes M-185 aa. SCARCE.
Lumberton, NC: Lumbee Publishing Company, 1909. 192 pp. Softcover in original printed wraps (chipped). Fourth edition of the Norment account; and first edition with the updated history of Robeson County with particular emphasis on the Tuscarora and Lumbee Indians by Olds. Illustrated from photographs. Henry Berry Lowrie, of.....
Raleigh, North Carolina: W.L. Pomeory, 1859. xii, [1], 14-120 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, folded map with linen backing. Hardcover, professionally rebound in marbled boards and leather spine. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. A really nice copy of this work. Not Ex-Lib...
Raleigh, North Carolina: J. Gales, 1821. Two volumes, complete set. Paginated continuously, Volume I: 1-800 pp.; Volume II: 801-1653 pp. Full leather binding with gilt titles on leather spine labels (some fading and chipping, see pic). Leather covers are scuffed. Both volumes are relatively solid and tight (they are incredibly.....
Raleigh, North Carolina: Edwards, Broughton & Co., Steam Printers and Binders, 1884. 256 pages. Hardcover bound in quarter brown cloth with green printed paper-covered boards. The binding is worn and rubbed, and some splits to the cloth along the spine edges have been neatly repaired. There is a damp spot.....
Raleigh, North Carolina: Walters, Hughes & Company, 1867. 75 pages approx., plus 12 pages advertising in rear; 3 fold-out maps as issued on thin paper in near-pristine condition; Front cover is identical to title page which follows immediately, no free endpages, front or back; Rear cover is full page advertisement.....
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Thomas Dobson, 1812. Two Volume Set. Bound in the original publisher's blue boards (scarce to find in this state). Lacks the map. The standard history of North Carolina by a prominent southern physician, particularly valuable for its coverage of the Revolutionary period. HOWES W494, "aa." THORNTON.....
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Thomas Dobson, 1812. Two Volume Set in original leather binding! xix, (2), 289; viii, 289 pp. Foldout MAP of North Carolina in rear of Volume One. SCARCE title to find in this condition and in original matching binding. Front board of Volume Two is cracked and loosening, but.....
1860. Civil War/ South Carolina Infantry Soldier J.C. Rambo's Journal: AN INTRODUCTION TO MENSURATION & GEOMETRY. This is handwritten and hand drawn from the original book. It is correctly copied from beginning to end. I imagine to pass the time during the war. Rambo family of Aiken, South Carolina. A......
London: Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly, in the Poultry, 1775. [12],464pp., plus folding map. Half title. Quarto. Modern calf in an antique style, spine ruled in gilt, gilt leather labels. A few marginal annotations in ink and pencil. Small closed tear to top of leaves Ff and Ff2 (no.....
Wilmington, North Carolina: J.A. Walker, 1902. 11 unnumbered pages. Bound in exquisite fine binding. Text is complete. Not Ex-Lib. "Done at Wilmington, N.C., this the 12th day of November, 1902"--Page [2]. Also discusses Major John Walker, General Thomas Davis, and the Owen family.
Hayes & Zell, 1858. Compiled by James Augustus Graham, Class of 1860. Hardcover in full black morocco leather, decorated in gilt and blind. The outer binding is in good shape overall, with secure hinges and fully intact attached boards and very little wear to the outer leather. Internally quite sound.....