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New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The The history of North Carolina. VOL. II.

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Philadelphia: Printed for Thomas Dobson, at the Stone House. Fry and Kammerer, Printers, 1812. 1st Edition. Leather. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st edition. Volume 1 (of 2) only. A Good to Very Good copy. 8vo., xix, 288 pp. Lacking the map and the errata sheet. Bound in early, period full leather with title on a red morocco label. Board edges rubbed; joints worn but holding. Text generally clean, with wide margins. Previous owner's neat signature and gift inscription, dated 1859. A Good + copy. Howes W494 aa.

First Edition, 2 Volumes, published 1812 by Thomas Dobson, Philadelphia, PA. Original marching, full tree calf leather bindings, complete with folding map in volume I. xix, 289; viii, 289pp. Ex-library with bookplates and a couple markings, former owner's name on title pages. Covers show heavy wear on spines, otherwise moderate wear, still quite handsome, title paste-on missing from vol. 2, vol. 1 front cover just starting to separate along spine, all pages held securely. Folding map in very nice condition. Aside from scant library markings, pages are very clean. A very decent First Edition set of this very rare history.
The standard history of North Carolina by a prominent southern physician, particularly valuable for its coverage of the Revolutionary period. HOWES W494, "aa." THORNTON 14962. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 27566. SABIN 104449.
Hugh Williamson, (1735-1819) was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, and became a physician and polymath who served as one of North Carolinaâ™s delegates to the… Leer más

Philadelphia, 1812.. Two volumes. xix,289; viii,289pp., plus folding map and errata page in first volume. Half titles. Modern black buckram, spines gilt. Light, scattered foxing, particularly to half titles, minor dampstaining in gutter of last few leaves of volume one. Very good. In a cloth slipcase. The standard history of North Carolina by a prominent southern physician, particularly valuable for its coverage of the Revolutionary period. HOWES W494, "aa." THORNTON 14962. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 27566. SABIN 104449.