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.....
Taylorsville, North Carolina: 1840. 8 pp. Disbound pamphlet. Incredibly SCARCE. I believe this to be an UNRECORDED Western North Carolina political satire pamphlet. All of the names appear to be fictitious plays on words. I've searched and have not found any other records of this pamphlet anywhere. A fascinating piece.....
1828. Small Broadside Announcing the First Number of the "Evangelical Mission" and of "The Virginia and North carolina Presbyterian Preacher" to Subscribers. Dated January 14th, 1828 in Fayetteville, NC. Published: 1828 Single sheet, measures 7-34/" x 9-1/2". Some closed tears and separation along the old fold lines.....
Newbern, North Carolina: Martin & Ogden, 1802. Two volumes bound as one. [xii], 364; [x], 315, [1] pp. Full leather binding. New leather spine label with gilt title recently added. Text is complete. Two small sections clipped from title page (see pic), though not affecting the text. Presumably this was.....
Raleigh, North Carolina: 1822. Debate on the convention question, in the House of Commons of the legislature of North Carolina; Dec. 18 & 19, 1821 By North Carolina General Assembly House of Representatives Published: Raleigh. Gales. 1822. FIRST EDITION. -- BOUND WITH --...
New Salem, North Carolina: 1833. Two volumes. 440, 418 pp. Volume I has a New Salem, NC imprint. Volume 2 has a Greensborough, NC imprint. Volume 2 is lacking pages at the rear (see pic), complete text ends on p. 418. An unusual and early North Carolina compilation.....
New Salem, North Carolina: 1836. Volume I only. 440 pp. Hardcover in full leather binding. Front board is detached and the last few pages of text are chipped. Covers are rubbed and the text is foxed throughout. SCARCE in any condition. An unusual and early North Carolina compilation of.....
Asheborough, North Carolina: Printed at the Southern Citizen Office, 1841. [2], [5]-248 pages. Original full leather binding. Boards attached, but there is some loss of leather along the outer spine. Consistent toning to the pages throughout. Incredibly scarce with few known remaining print copies. The earliest "Asheborough" (ie Asheboro) North.....
Raleigh, North Carolina: J. Gales & Son, 1829. 36 pp. Original wraps, now bound professionally bound in marbled boards with leather spine and gilt title on spine. A truly beautiful copy of this exceptionally SCARCE early NC almanac. Not Ex-Lib.
Salem, North Carolina: Gedruckt bey Blum und Sohn, 1849. 8pp., original printed paper wraps. Text in German. Stained throughout, foxed, soiled, edge worn (including small losses & tears), several corners turned, worn but still serviceable. Existing as a separate body from 1820 to 1920, the Evangelical Lutheran Tennessee.....
Salem, North Carolina: Printed by Blum & Son, 1847. 24 pages. Contemporary plain paper wraps, sewn. Unlocated via OCLC. Slight edgewear, several page corners turned, moderately foxed & tanned. Existing as a separate body from 1820 to 1920, the Evangelical Lutheran Tennessee Synod was characterized by commitment to.....
Edenton: James Willis, 1798. February 1, 1798. 4 pp. Folio. Very early North Carolina newspaper in remarkable condition. “Secretary of the U. States” written in ink across top of front page. The earliest North Carolina newspaper I've ever come across. Not Ex-Lib.
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.
Raleigh, Noth Carolina: Printed by and for Joseph Gales, 1816. 418 pp. Hardcover in original leather binding. Boards are scuffed, soiled, worn and barely attached. Top half of spine cover is lacking. Text is foxed throughout. First edition (a second edition appeared in 1828). The author was serving.....
Newbern, North Carolina: Printed by James Davis, 1774. [4], 404, [3] pp.. Full Leather binding, with boards slightly bowed and hinges tender. A good deal of tanning and foxing within the text. Also a good amount of 18th-century period writing in various places throughout, with the majority near the first.....
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: J. Gales & Son, 1823. 179 pp. Hardcover in original paper-wrapped boards. Housed in a customer cloth clamshell case. Some pages, near the middle of the text are chipped with some loss to content. These have been expertly cared and restored with tissue (see below) which is.....
Raleigh, North Carolina: 1829. [1]p., printed on a folio sheet, 12 x 8 inches. Old folds. Early manuscript signature on verso. Very good. A scarce "slip bill" printing of a bill in the North Carolina legislature to alter the method of electing sheriffs in the state. This printing, with.....
Edenton, North Carolina: Hodge & Wills, 1789. Two Exceptionally Rare Early North Carolina imprints, offered together! 1. Journal of the House of Commons. State of North Carolina. By North Carolina Published: Edenton: Hodge & Wills, 1789. FIRST EDITION. 56 pp., plus 12 pp. tables. Folio.....
Newbern, North Carolina: Martin & Ogden, 1804. 226 pp. + index + errata + book ad. Professionally and beautifully rebound in marbled boards and red leather spine with new gilt titles on leather spine labels. Some toning and foxing. Original endpapers. Voume II only. A scarce revised and enlarged.....
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.....
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.....
Newbern, North Carolina: Martin & Ogden, 1802. 151 pp. Hardcover in early leather binding. Front cover is detached. Text is slightly foxed. Original owner's bookplate: "John H. Peyton" on front pastedown. Very scarce early 1st American edition and early North Carolina imprint. Not Ex-Lib.