Durham, North Carolina: 1938. Outer binding of cork boards (chipped). Internally this scrapbook contains a lot of ephemera related to Ms. Vaughn's student life at Duke University, beginning as a Freshman in 1938. There are lots of items pertaining to sorority life, student life, travel and even sporting event tickets.....
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.....
Welcome, North Carolina: Wooten Printing Co., Inc., 1984. 429 pages. Hardcover bound in black cloth. The binding shows light wear. The inner hinges are secure, and the text block is sound. Outside edges and the end papers are foxed, but the text is unmarked. A limited edition. This is #167.....
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.....
Raleigh, North Carolina: Printed by Thomas Henderson, at the Star Office, 1812. 48 unnumbered pages. Original wraps in string-tied binding. Overall good and complete, with expected toning and edge fraying, the title page is chipped at top. Remarkable that this copy has survived, as very few early North Carolina almanacs.....
Washington, DC: The Potomac Press, 1930. Hardcover in original binding. Cover is sun faded and inner hinge is loosening. Not Ex-Lib. SIGNED Limited First Edition copy. Daisy Breaux, born "Margaret Rose Anthony Julia Josephine Catherine Cornelia Donovan O'Donovan," grew up in New Orleans, married into money and was part.....
Raleigh, NC: The Observer State Printer and Binder / Edwards, Broughton & Co., 1879. [Cover Page Outer Wrap Title] What Northern Men Say of North Carolina, This Pamphlet Contains a Most Interesting Resume of the Material Resources of North Carolina By Prof. W. C. Kerr, State Geologist.....
The Netherlands: 1729. Folio book bound in full leather with six raised bands, elaborately gilt decorated leather bound wooden boards with intact brass clasps. Some wear at extremities and occasional losses to leather, some bumped or chipped corners, pages with light wear and small edge tears, scattered light staining throughout.....
Columbia, South Carolina: The R. L. Bryan Company, 1969. Hardcover in original binding. Not Ex-Lib. SIGNED and inscribed by author on ffep.
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.
Elon College, NC: Christian Sun, 1905. 97 pp. Hardcover in original binding. SCARCE title and an uncommon Elon College, NC imprint. Not Ex-Lib.
Raleigh, NC: Edwards & Broughton Printing, 1890. 242 pp. Hardcover in original maroon cloth with bright gilt title on cover and spine. The binding is gently worn with some ex-library labelling internally and white labeling on bottom of spine. Contains a portrait frontis and a coats of arms at the.....
London: C. Smith, 1809. Smith's Classical Atlas, engraved title and 14 hand-colored engraved maps, 8 double-page. Marbled paper wrapped boards with leather spine. Linen tape repair to inner hinge, adhered to left of title page. Leather spine loosening. Maps all in great condition! Complete. Large 4to. Not Ex-Lib...
Colton, 1859. Beautifully matted and framed. Frame measures approx. 24" x 21"
Charleston, SC: Walker, Evans, & Cogswell Co., 1893. 579 pp. Hardcover in original binding. Front hinge weak, frontis piece, loose and laid in. Book needs to be handled with care due to the weaking inner hinges. SCARCE. "Graduates of the South Carolina Military Academy, Since its Organization in.....
London: Edward Moxon, 1840. 828 + [4] pp. index & adverts. Dark brown half-calf over marbled paper, with red leather spine label, titled in gilt, affixed to spine; marbled endpapers. Engraved title page by William Finden after Richard Wilson's fabulous landscape 'Cicero at his Villa'. Illustrated with tissue-guarded frontispiece bust.....
Purple Mountain PressLtd, 1994-06-01.
W. W. Norton & Company, 2003-01-01. Tells the story of the part played by Darwin's eight-year study of barnacles and how the examination of this tiny marine organism contributed to the development of his theory of evolution.
Greenwood, 1995-01-01. PRnew edition of the definitive bibliography of the modern Npy-adventure-intrigue novel. After a discussion of early Dpy fiction, Smith and White provide a detailed listing of DAvels from 1940 onward. The bibliography is organized alphabetically, with entries providing brief content annotations. Access is enhanced by cross references as.....
Running Press, 2001-03-28. J. R. R. Tolkien is one of the most beloved and enigmatic writers of the twentieth century, yet surprisingly little is known about the personal life of the author of The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings. After a traumatic childhood, Tolkien experienced the bloody trenches of.....
Murine Press, 2013-02-01. Biography of Dr. John Dee, adviser of Queen Elizabeth.
Thomas Publications (PA), 1997-01-01.
HarperCollins Publishers, 1990-01-01. Recounts the twenty-five-billion-dollar battle for control of RJR Nabisco--reputedly the largest takeover in Wall Street history--providing unvarnished portraits of the players involved.
2010-03-15.
Alfred a Knopf Incorporated, 1992-01-01. A collection of fourteen short stories includes tales of the well-born and those who serve them as they struggle to display their correctness to those beneath them in the world. A first collection.