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Raleigh, N.C.: Edwards, Broughton, & Co., [1881 or 1882]. 63 pages. Ads included in pagination (pp. 59-63). Original printed wraps. 23 x 15 cm. Spine chipped and showing light evidence of glue repair, front wrap nearly detached, a number of shallow chips to wraps not affecting printed matter. A few corners creased or chipped. Fair to good only. Second edition. We have also seen the first edition of this number. The main body of the text appears to be the same in both editions, however, the second edition has some changes in layout and fewer adds. While the first edition was almost certainly printed in 1881, demand for the second edition may not have arisen until the new year. This almanac has been praised for "collecting and preserving much valuable biographical and historical data concerning the denomination." --Dictionary of N.C. Biography (entry for Bailey). In addition to the usual almanac fare, there is "A Brief Sketch of Baptist History in North Carolina," several… Leer más

Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, [1948-1950]. Two volumes. xv, [1], 607 and vii, [1], 608 pages, plus portrait frontispiece and plates in each volume. Original red cloth. 24 x 16 cm. Very good plus in good only dust jackets. Bookplate on each front pastedown, mild marginal foxing to plates and facing pages, still a nice set. Jackets are rubbed and soiled and have several tears with repairs on the verso and a few small chips. FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION SIGNED BY THE EDITOR, AUBREY LEE BROOKS, on the front free endpaper of the first volume. Brooks was a political ally of Chief Justice Clark and later his biographer. Some of the correspondence in these volumes is his own. Clark once called Brooks "the foremost and most successful lawyer in North Carolina." --qtd. in the "Dictionary of North Carolina Biography." Walter McKenzie Clark (1846-1924) served as justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court from 1889 and was chief justice from 1903-1924. He was a… Leer más

Greensboro, N.C.: North Carolina College for Women, 1923. 125 pages. Original printed wraps. 22 x 14.5 cm. Good. Short tears to spine ends, toning and mild soiling to wraps, some corners creased, a few traces of minor foxing. Name of North Carolina College for Women student, Carrie Yoder, and her campus address on the front wrap, and her occasional marginal notes and underlining in pencil. Miss Yoder, of Lincolnton, is listed among the matriculated students in the college's "Bulletin" of 1924-25. SECOND EDITION, being a reprint of the first edition of 1916 (issued as North Carolina State Normal and Industrial College Historical Publicaion No. 2). The work includes biographies of John Harvey, Cornelius Harnett, Richard Caswell, and Samuel Johnson. R.D.W. Connor (1878-1950), a prominent North Carolina historian, served as the first secretary of the North Carolina Historical Commission, as Kenan Professor of History and Government at U.N.C., and as the first Archivist of the United States… Leer más

Wilmington, N.C.: Wm. L. De Rosset, Jr., 1892. xv, [1], 456 pages, including index. Original maroon cloth with gilt spine lettering. [22.8 cm.] Ex-Sondley Reference Library with bookplate on front pastedown, embossed stamp on title and one other leaf, and a few small ink stamps. No external markings, but light evidence of call number removal at base of spine. Else good with wear to spine ends, corners, and rear hinge, and some stains and spotting to cloth. Binding is sound and text is clean. FIRST EDITION. Contributors include Alfred M. Waddell, Kemp P. Battle, and others.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1947. 247 pages. Original cloth. [21.8 cm.] A fine copy in very good plus, price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket is lightly rubbed on extremities and has several tiny nicks, but is bright and attractive. A nice copy. Fourth printing, following the first of 1941.

Lincolnton, N.C.: L. B. and T. C. Wetmore, June 4, 1886. Vol. I, no. 9. Four-page newspaper printed on two integral leaves, with each leaf measuring 28.2 x 20.1 cm. Good plus with light edge-wear and some creasing and tanning. FIRST EDITION. A weekly from a small North Carolina town. The lead item is an editorial in support of prohibition, which discusses the local option and recent criticisms of the movement based on the involvement of women. The remaining contents are the usual local briefs, notices of property sales, a list market prices, a few literary items, and various ads.

Nashville, Tenn.: Confederate Veteran, 1901. xv, [i], 404 pages, plus frontispiece portrait of the author. Numerous full-page portraits and maps printed with the text. Errata slip tipped-in. Original dark red cloth lettered in gilt with pictorial flag centerpiece stamped in red, white, and blue. 24 x 17 cm. Good. Spine sun-darkened, worn at ends, and with small chip at base; corners worn. Front hinge started but holding; binding cracked after frontispiece, also holding; front free endpaper cleanly detached and present. Frontispiece and the portions of the title page not protected by the tissue guard are tanned; mild age-toning throughout; a few traces of marginal soiling or foxing. Provenance: Signature of T.C.M. Thompson dated Aug. 1902 on the front pastedown and that of his brother, Waddy Thompson, on the front flyleaf. [They were both sons of Hugh Smith Thompson (1836-1904), the Citadel instructor who led the attack on the Star of the West and who later served as governor of South Carolina. Thomas… Leer más

[Winston-Salem]: Red Maple Press, [1998]. Unpaginated. [80] pages, mostly comprised of full-page color photographs. Original blue-green cloth. Oblong: 21 x 25.8 cm. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER on the front free endpaper and additionally signed by him on the title page. An attractive series of photographs depicting the swamps, forests, and waterways of eastern North Carolina, interspersed with a few pages of prose by the photographer discussing his exploration of the region and his vision for its future. Introduction by J. Merrill Lynch.

Greensboro, N.C.: Piedmont Press, 1963. 401 pages, plus frontispiece and four leaves of plates. Original black cloth. [23.3 cm.] A near fine copy in very good dust jacket. Faint foxing to title page and a few other pages (due to contact with plates), still a nice copy. Jacket shows some light rubbing and two minuscule tears, with no loss. FIRST EDITION. WARM PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, on the front free endpaper. TWO AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, laid-in. The inscription and both letters are addressed to Tempie Harris Prince, of High Rock Farm, Rockingham County, North Carolina, whose pictorial bookplate appears on the front pastedown. William Swaim was editor of the Greensboro "Patriot" from 1829-1835, where he promoted the manumission of slaves and various reforms. He was the maternal grandfather of William Sydney Porter, a.k.a. O'Henry.