Raleigh, North Carolina: W.R. Gales, Printer, 1842. iv, 56 pages, includes index. Hardcover in period plain cloth boards. Contains ownership name and date of the Cameron Family in Raleigh, NC in 1864. Hard to definitively make out the first two letters, but the Cameron family has a strong connection to.....
Raleigh, North Carolina: Printed by Joseph Gales and Son, 1836. 424 pp. (2), 6 pp. Full period leather binding. Boards are scuffed and front board is bowed. Scattered foxing throughout the text. "The Convention of 1835 was a turning point in the history of North Carolina, its achievement.....
Raleigh, North Carolina: Printed by J. Gales, Printer to the State, 1805. 556, xvii pp. Hardcover in full leather binding. Text is complete. SIGNED by Cyrus P. Mendenhall of Greensboro, N.C. Cyrus was a lawyer, a mayor of Greensboro and contributed to growth of Greensboro as a city. He.....
Winston-Salem, NC: Winston Printing Co, 1925. 326 pp. Hardcover in custom leather hinged binding. This is the personal copy of Miss Adelaide Fries, the famous Salem, NC Moravian historian. Exceptionally rare, with OCLC locating only 2 other copies. A nice association copy as well. Text is complete, clean and unmarked.....
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.
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.....
Edenton, North Carolina: 1791. Folio. 712, (xxiv), [2 leaves], 713-732, 20, 19, (2), 8, 20, 45, 15, 27, 20, 8 pages. Bound in early full calf with blind tooling along the edges of the binding. The front and rear hinges appear to have been reinforced with a flexible type of.....
Halifax, North Carolina: Abraham Hodge, 1800. Octavo, viii, 400 pages. Rebacked in light brown calf with red label and gilt lettering; Boards in contemporary dark brown sheep, show moderate plus bumping to corners, moderate warping to front and back covers, and cracking/chipping to leather overall; Text-block has moderate and uneven.....
Raleigh, North Carolina: Printed by J. Gales, 1819. viii, 675 pages. Original leather binding. White ink writing to spine cover. Ex-Sondley Reference Library copy with bookplate on front pastedown. SCARCE.
Halifax, North Carolina: Printed by Abraham Hodge, 1799. 502, [18] pages. Professionally and beautifully rebound in full leather. Some toning and foxing. An incredibly SCARCE early North Carolina imprint. McMurtrie, No. 265.
1855. 200, viii, 463 pages. Hardcover in full leather binding. Includes index. Issued with Private laws of the State of North Carolina, passed by the General Assembly at its session of l854-'55. Jonathan Worth's personal copy, with his signature on the front pastedown. Worth was an Asheboro, NC attorney.....
Raleigh, Noth Carolina: J. Gales, 1805. 556, xvii, pp. Original leather binding, Front board is detached. Previous owner signature ("Thomas Williams, Esq., of Knoxville, Tennessee, 1820") on front pastedown and title page. The first North Carolina appellate court, created in 1799, was called the Court of Conference. It.....
Raleigh, North Carolina: Printed by Joseph Gales, 1814. Complete Two-Volume Set. 570 pp. + 656 pp. Hardcover, with both volumes uniformly rebound in mid-20th century leather bindings. Tanning and foxing throughout, as can be seen on the title pages. I also included a picture of some more severe tanning to.....