Preserving the printed past for future generations.
1812. Joseph COWAN/COWEN was born in 1753 in COWAN's FORD, NC, and died October 30, 1835 in NC. The battle was fierce on June 20, 1780, when a group of Whig Militia met some 1300 local Tories from the Lincoln County area at Ramsour's Mill on Clark's Creek near the.....
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: T.M. Scroggy, 1855. "I'm Off for Charleston", Negro Minstrel Song Sheet Broadside Published by T.M. Scroggy, Philadelphia, 1855. Broadside, 8-1/8" x 6- 1/8," text only, being 5 quatrains and chorus, within an ornamental border. Minstrel song in dialect. Nice condition. SCARCE.
1861. North Carolina Military Commission signed by John W. Ellis, 15 June 1861 to John W. Taylor appointing him Captain of Volunteer Company Chatham Riflemen,
Columbia, South Carolina: ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF SOUTH-CAROLINA, from February, 1791, to December 1794, Both Inclusive [and:] Acts of the General Assembly of the State of South-Carolina, from December, 1795, to December 1804, Both Inclusive, 1808. First edition. Two Volumes. Thick 8vo. Hardcover in blue.....
Approx. 15” x 19” Broadside. Printed single-sided. Stiff paper, some fold lines, and some discoloration near the middle, though not obscuring any text. Unused/Unfilled. Engraving illustration at the top. SCARCE.
1860. Large albumen photograph of the grave of John C. Calhoun, St. Philip’s Churchyard West. This 9.25" x 6.75” albumen photo of John C. Calhoun’s grave/final burial site—not to be confused with his modern tombstone. This photo is of great historical significance as it is taken from a different angle.....
Virginia: Shenandoah Photograph Company, 1889. RARE Vintage Photo of the Ministers of the E.L. Tennessee Synod, Convened at Holly Grove Church in Lexington, Davidson County, North Carolina on November 8, 1889. Fine condition. Measures approx. 8" x 10". Produced by Shenandoah Photograph Co. in Virginia. SCARCE. Please let me.....
Columbia, South Carolina: Bryan Co, 1972. 252 pp. Hardcover in original black cloth binding. SCARCE title. Not Ex-Lib.
London: Printed for Alexander Donaldson, 1779. 347, 329 pp. Hardcover in matched early period leather binding. Now bound in an exquisite custom red leather clamshell case. This is the finest set of this work I have ever seen. Alexander Hewatt (Hewat) (1739-1824) was a Scottish-born Presbyterian minister who presided.....
Columbia, South Carolina: 1869. One page. Letter written by C.E. Kirk (Foreman in Charge of Work on State House) to W. Finneger (?) Keeper of the State House. The letter is a formal request to have the old bell from the State House restored and placed in the State Capitol.....
1954. Lot of 6 books, all in original hardcover bindings. Not Ex-Lib. SCARCE. Includes list of members, rules, by-laws, etc. Includes: 1954-1955 1955-1956 1956-1957 1957-1958 1958-1959 1960-1961.
Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University of North Carolina Press, 1940. 438 pp. Hardcover in original binding and dust jacket. Not Ex-Lib. SIGNED and inscribed by author on ffep.
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.
1927. Porgy By Dubose And Dorothy Heyward - Ford's Theater - Art By Cook (1927) US Stage Play Window Card. Original printing, measures 13.5" x 21.75"
New York: Farrar & RInehardt, 1939. 230 pp. 6" x 8.25" 1st edition. Inscribed by author. Hardcover in original orange cloth. Inscribed “Elizabeth (?Meyer)/with love/ from/DuBose” on ffep.
Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University of North Carolina Press, 1937. Carl Julien. 1st edition. Signed by author. Hardcover in original tan cloth binding. 6.25" x 8.75”, 256 pp. Not Ex-Lib.
Bladen County, North Carolina: 1858. Lot of 5 hand-written letters connected to the GILLESPIE Family, Plantation owners in antebellum Bladen County, North Carolina. Each framed individually. All are antebellum and Civil War era (1858-1864). Letter, dated January 6, 1862, from "Franky" Gillespie to his mother, in which he refers.....
Madisonville, Tennessee: B. Parker & Co., 1837. 1st edition. Hardcover in full calf leather binding, 5" x 8”, 688 pp. SCARCE Tennessee Medical rarity! An early Madisonville, Tennessee printing dealing with herbal remedies to both common and uncommon illnesses.
New Orleans, Louisiana: Rogers Printing Company, 1935. 1st edition. SIGNED and Inscribed by author. Hardcover in original green cloth binding with scuffs and chips mostly along the spine (see photo), 6.25" x 9.25”, 238 pp+3 pp addenda, inserted is poem/bookmark by Wilkinson and the printing announcement, inscription on ffep “To.....
Charleston, South Carolina: A. E. Miller, 1821. Volume I only (of a Two-Volume Set). 1st edition. Full leather, front board absent, spine faded and dry, ffep missing, frontis portrait of William Henry Drayton is present, along with the folding map of Williamson’s marches against Cherokee Indians, 5,25" x 8.25”, 430.....
Charleston, South Carolina: B.B. Hussey, 1842. 88 pp. Hardcover in original red leather. Front board detached, rear board is missing. Text is in great condition. Includes three full page lithographic illustrations. This copy is INSCRIBED by the Author to Major General (Winfield) Scott. With a location notation of.....
Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press, 1981. 1st edition. SIGNED and inscribed by subject. Hardcover in original dust jacket, 8.5" x 9.25”, 154 pp, previous owner name on ffep, with inscription on half-title page “To Neil Sonnemann, Best Wishes, Philip Simmons 12-9-88”, VG+/NF.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1934. 1st British edition. Hardcover in original brown cloth binding. Bookplate on front pastedown. 6" x 8.75”, 251 pp. Julia Peterkin won the Pulitzer Prize for her novel Scarlet Sister Mary in 1929.
Charlotte, North Carolina: Stone Publishing Co, 1913. [4], 87 p. {1}, ii, 14 p. of Distinctive Dixie Books, frontis, photos, partial roster. Hardcover bound in original grey cloth with faded flag design on cover. Text is complete. Some scattered pencil markings. Not Ex-Lib. Louis Leon, a Jewish Southerner from.....
Nashville, Tennessee: Kingsport Press, 1936. 555 pp. Hardcover in original publisher's blue cloth and dust jacket. SCARCE title. Not Ex-Lib.
