1771. 4 pp. Original Colonial era newspaper from England that contains an account of the Battle of the Regulators in which Royal Governor William Tryon led troops loyal to King George III against North Carolina patriots. Uncommon and quite scarce.
1830. North Carolina Land Grant dated at Raleigh 21 December 1830 and recorded 10 March 1833 granting to Henry Allison fifty acres of land in the County of Burke lying on Newburg’s Fork Waters of the Catawba River signed by Montfort Stokes. SCARCE.
New Market, Virginia: Office of Our Church Paper and Shenandoah Valley, 1884. 15 pp. Softcover in original wraps. Some chipping to the outer wraps. SCARCE.
Wilmington, North Carolina: Fulton & Price, Steam Power Press, 1861. 10, 22 pp. Disbound, no wraps. Parrish & Willingham 6078. P&W notes only one copy, at UNC-CH. SCARCE, no auction records. Not Ex-Lib.
Raleigh, North Carolina: Uzzell & Gatling, Steam Printers and Binders, 1884. Rare Book with Great Association! Given to Former Confederate Surgeon Edmund Burke Haywood by NC Inspector General Frances Hawkes Cameron. 12mo. 280 pages. The binding measures 6 inches tall by 4 1/4 inches wide. Hardcover bound in brown.....
Salisbury, North Carolina: 1856. RARE Original Republican Banner newspaper from Salisbury, North Carolina (Rowan County, NC). Tuesday, August 19, 1856. Includes Presidential Ticket of James Buchanan and John C. Breckenridge. Large single sheet, folded. The paper is fragile and splitting along the old fold lines. There is also some loss.....
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: John Conrad and Co, 1816. 8vo. xx, 264pp., clxxxix appendix. Restored. Original publishers boards with new matching spine. Untrimmed pages. Portrait evidently not issued in all copies," (Howes). This copy without the portrait and lacking the atlas. Latour (1778-1837) was General Jackson's chief engineer and provides here.....
Charleston, South Carolina: A. E. Miller, 1856. [4]pp advertisements, unpaginated [48]pp., [20] "Interleaved" sheets lined paper. Paper covered boards with title lettered in black and surrounded in black borders on front cover. Illustrated advertisement for Walker, Evans & Co. on rear board. Black leather spine and joints (cracked and separating.....
Savannah, Georgia: The Morning News, 1907. Large octavo. 560 pp. Profusely illustrated with black & white portraits. Frontis portrait of Oglethorpe. Binding somewhat worn and rubbed, shallow chip to the head of the spine, still a good copy of a very scarce book. De Renne p 1050.III. A History.....
Winston-Salem, NC: MESDA, 1989. Complete in Five Volumes. Exceptionally SCARCE comprehensive work of the famed MESDA author and historian Bradford Rauschenberg. Bound in brown cloth buckram, I've not been able to locate any other copies of this work in this format. A monumental reference work.
New Orleans, Louisiana: W.B. Stansbury, 1886. 263 pp. Hardcover in marron embossed cloth with gilt title on label on front cover. Includes lots of advertisements in the rear. Exceptionally Scarce title -- rare to find an original 1st edition printing! Not Ex-Lib. OCLC (155449457) locates only 1 other copy.....
London: Oliver Payne, 1741. Small Octavo. 122 pages. With FOLDING MAP IN FACSIMILE. Hardcover rebound in late 19th or early 20th century three quarter brown morocco leather with marbled paper-covered boards. The binding is rubbed and bumped, at the front hinge is starting near the foot of the spine. Ribbed.....
New York: Reprinted for Joseph Sabin, 1865. xxvi, 86 pages. Softcover in original printed brown wrappers, with title on front panel. The spine is missing sections at the crown and tail. Wrappers toned and lightly soiled. Hinges tender. Previous owner's handsome bookplate. Internally clean and bright. Bookplate of John Henry.....
1815. RARE 1815 David Ramsay, ADS, April 8, 1815, along with Engraving of Dr. Ramsay. Autograph Document Signed (ADS). Promissory note for $250.00 signed April 8, 1815, when he received from John Aikens of the Charters and Mechanics Bank. Fully penned in Ramsay's hand and signed both front and.....
Trenton, New Jersey: Printed by Isaac Collins, 1785. Volume II only. xx, 574 pp. Includes one foldout map of Charleston Harbour. Bound in full leather. Boards attached, but loosening. Text block is also splitting near the middle, as evidenced by the split in the leather along middle of the spine.....
Charleston, South Carolina: 1855. 202 pp. Original blindstamped cloth, spine gilt. Cloth a bit spotted and rubbed. A couple small pencil notes, scattered light foxing. Very good. Written as a series of letters to a friend and recounting instances of 17th- and 18th-century Carolina history. Contains the genealogy of.....
Charleston, South Carolina: Published by, 1852. [1], xviii, pages 9-249 pages, [2] pages of advertisements, [1]. Frontispiece circle illustrated chart titled "Vegetables All The Year Round by H. W. Ravenel, of South Carolina" is present. A few small illustrations in text. Light to moderate scattered foxing and toning to the.....
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.
Charleston, South Carolina: Published by E. Thayer, at his theological Bookstore, Broad Street. Arch'd. E. Miller, Printer, 120 Broad street, 1820. vii, 613 pp. + Subscribers List. Hardcover in full leather binding with gilt title on leather spine label. Foxing throughout. Considered one of the most complete and authoritative.....
Goldsboro, North Carolina: Nash Brothers, Book and Job Printers, 1901. 122, 6pp. Soft cover with the simple front grey wrapper detached but present; lacks the rear wrapper. Some of the grey paper on the spine is chipped or peeled away. INSCRIBED on the front flyleaf, "Genl. C. Irvine Walker /.....
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.....
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.....
Nashville, Tennessee: The Nashville Christian Advocate, 1850. 215 pp. Full leather binding with gilt leather label. Tanning, faint scattered foxing. A scarce series of essays on the subject of baptism and against Baptist beliefs. Chapman was a Methodist minister from Memphis. ALLEN 2784. AII (TENNESSEE) 435. A......
Knoxville, TN: Printed for the author by Heiskell and Brown, 1823. (6), 504 pp. Bound in full leather. Overall good condition. Front cover and front matter page are separated from spine. Covers with wear, scuffs, areas of flaking and loss, largest 2 1/4". Pages with ink and pencil inscriptions, foxing.....
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.....