The Story of the Old North State (North Carolina)
Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott, 1907. Hardcover in original binding. This copy is SIGNED and inscribed by the author to his wife. Not Ex-Lib.
Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott, 1907. Hardcover in original binding. This copy is SIGNED and inscribed by the author to his wife. Not Ex-Lib.
Raleigh, North Carolina: 1864. 132 pp. Contemporary half morocco and marbled boards, rebacked in leatherette. Front cover is cleanly detached. Ex-Lib. with ink stamp on title page and last page of text. Second edition, published the same year as the first, and only distinguished by the stated edition on the.....
Salisbury, North Carolina: A.W. Mangum? 1866. 80 (1) pp. Scarce devotional published in the wake of the Civil War. Thornton 8327. OCLC locates five copies (Duke, Durham Public, East Carolina, State Library of N.C., North Carolina). Original decorated tan wrappers (rubbed, soiled, spine partly eroded), ad for another Mangum book.....
Lexington, North Carolina: 1979. 237 pp. Hardcover in original binding and dust jacket. SIGNED by author. DJ shows some wear along the edges. SCARCE title, especially in the first edition printing. Not Ex-Lib.
New York: Robert Carter, 1846. 557 pp. Hardcover in original embossed binding. Boards rubbed along the corners and edges. Previous owner bookplate on front pastedown. SIGNED by author on the bookplate (see pic). Not Ex-Lib.
London: Printed by H. Clark, for Dorman Newman, 1687. First Edition, First Printing. Full leather. 4 ¾ X 7 ¾ Inches. 262 PP + Appendix. Good +. First Edition, First Printing copy of Blome's description of British possessions in the Americas. "A popular but unreliable guide which did much.....
1794. North Carolina Land Grant signed by Richard Dobbs Spaight granting to Sarah Gwyn (but now Sarah Lenoir) one hundred and five and a half acres [reverse] in Wilkes County dated 9 July 1794. Richard Dobbs Spaight (March 25, 1758 – September 6, 1802) was the eighth Governor.....
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: R.S.H. George, 1843. 36 pp. Original pamphlet bound into black library buckram. Ex-Sondley Reference Library bookplate on front pastedown. "Withdrawn" rubberstamp on title page. Very SCARCE title.
Raleigh, North Carolina: S.D. Pool, 1876. 128 pages. Soft cover bound in original grey wrappers. Moderate rubbing and wear to the binding, which is quite sound. There is a bit of damping at the top left corner near the spine which affects the interior margins some. The text is generally.....
Richmond, Virginia: The Hermitage Press, 1911. 191 pp. Hardcover in original cloth binding. Covers lightly soiled. Excellent condition overall. Incredibly SCARCE work of poetry from Elkin, North Carolina Female Poet Sherley Pegram (1863-1934). Not Ex-Lib.
The Court at Whitehall: 1601. Autograph letter signed (‘W Ralegh’), written during his governorship of Jersey, 27 lines written on one page, TO: My verie loving friends The Bailife and Justices of Jersey …. concerning ‘the controversies between Mr. John de Carteret and John Dumaresq’; dated: The Court at Whitehall.....
Baltimore, Maryland: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1940. 292 pp. Hardcover. SCARCE. Not Ex-Lib. Underlining and penciled notes throughout the text.
2006. 376 pp. Hardcover in original binding. Not Ex-Lib. SIGNED by author on ffep. On Christmas Day, 1929, Stokes County, N.C. tobacco farmer Charlie Lawson murdered his wife and six of his seven children, then committed suicide. This tragedy drew people from all over who paid 25 cents.....
1832. Sammelband of 21 North Carolina University History Pamphlets, 1832-1841 Published: 1832-1841 Twenty-one individual pamphlets, bound together in a period leather binding (gilt title on leather spine label). A remarkable collection of North Carolina history, many of which are incredibly scarce. 1. Mr. Gaston’s Address Delivered.....
1831-1841. Signed. Contemporary sammelband of UNC and other North Carolina pamphlets, by the landowner, railroad promoter, and representative of Lincoln County, N.C. in the state legislature. He writes on the pastedown, "when I left college-Chapel Hill- in 1841, I had these addresses, catalogues, &c. Bound by Turner & Hughes" of.....
North Carolina: Various, 1837. Sammelband of 13 North Carolina History Pamphlets, 1837-1861 Published: 1837-1861 Thirteen individual pamphlets, bound together in a fine binding (leather spine, gilt title and marbled boards). Previous owner bookplate on front pastedown. A remarkable collection of North Carolina history pamphlets, many of which are.....
Raleigh, North Carolina: Raleigh Register Steam Power Press, 1862. Original printed drab wrappers, 8.38 x 5.25 inches, 22, [2] pages. A Confederate celebration of the late ardent anti-Federalist congressman Macon. An ex-library copy, with the embossed stamps for the Walter Hines Page Library, Randolph Macon College (two to the title.....
Raleigh, North Carolina: Presses of Edwards and Broughton Printing Company, 1906. 1st ed. 349pp. Portrait frontis., portraits, plates. Hardcover in original gilt-armorial cloth binding. Some faint scattered foxing, else near fine. Green records his childhood in the antebellum South, his travels, and his experiences during and after the Civil War.....
Raleigh, North Carolina: Alfred Williams & William W. Williams, 1883. 386 pp. Original gilt-stamped decorated green cloth (spine ends a little worn, corners bumped), floral endpapers, all edges red. Wood engravings (some of them from illustrations by William A. Walker), plates, folding map; ads for Western North Carolina businesses...
Raleigh, North Carolina: Nichols & Gorman, Book and Job Printers, 1871. 34 pages. Soft cover bound in glossy dark blue wrappers. The front cover has a couple of creases including an 8 inch crease from near the top corner to the middle of the bottom edge and a smaller creases.....
Raleigh, North Carolina: Nichols & Gorman, Book and Job Printers, 1871. 34 pages. Soft cover bound in glossy dark blue wrappers. The front cover has a couple of creases including an 8 inch crease from near the top corner to the middle of the bottom edge and a smaller creases.....
1855. 16 pp. Pamphlet bound into cloth buckram. Ex-Lib. with rubberstamp mark on first and last pages. W. Gerhardt, at his inauguration as principal of "Western Carolina Male Academy," located at Mount Pleasant, Cabarrus County, N.C.
Wilmington, North Carolina: Broadfoot Publishing Company, 1993. Reprint edition. 30 volumes, printed into 28 books. Hardcover, printed on acid-free paper and all volumes brand new in original publishers shrink wrap. The Colonial Records (10 vols), gathered and edited by William L. Saunders and the State Records (16 vols), gathered.....
Boston: John West and Co, 1810. SIGNED in period ink on the front endpaper by James Graham, as a student at the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill) in 1813 (more below). Sixth American edition from the Twelth English edition. First published in 1785. The Existence of God.....
Norfolk, Virginia: J. O'Connor, No. 60, Main-Street. 1808. 15 pp. Disbound pamphlet housed in a beautiful custom clamshell case. Lightly tanned and soiled, contemporary ownership inscription on title page. First two leaves trimmed closely, affecting some text at the edge. Not Ex-Lib. Proposal for a canal from Norfolk, Virginia.....