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Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, [printed by Hazell Watson and Viney, Aylesbury, U.K., 1957]. 232 pages, plus frontispiece. Original green cloth with gilt spine lettering. [22.1 cm.] Very good plus in good plus dust jacket. Bookplate on front pastedown, faint vertical crease to first few leaves, a little foxing to title. Jacket shows sunning to spine panel, a few tiny chips and tears, and light soiling. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, using the sheets of the English original. Dobbs was governor of North Carolina from 1753 to 1764, a period coinciding with the French and Indian War.

[New York]: Cambridge University Press, [1992]. xv, [1], 332 pages. Original cloth. [23.5 cm.] Fine in near fine dust jacket. Jacket shows some faint rubbing. FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, on the front free endpaper. It reads: "To Arthur, Thanks for our long friendship, Best wishes, Jack." [The recipient was presumably Arthur Ferguson, who served on the faculty of Duke University, where Cell taught for many years. Ferguson is acknowledged in the preface to this book, amongst others, for his "long-term friendship and encouragement." --p. xiv. When Ferguson died in 2001, Cell eulogized him as follows in the history department bulletin: "Ferguson published several important books on historical consciousness and other subjects in the intellectual history of the English Renaissance; he was a brilliant teacher and director, a talented craftsman of furniture and breeder of dogs."] In addition, this copy bears an AUTOGRAPH NOTE BY THE… Read More

Edinburgh: Printed by James Ballantyne for Archibald Constable and Co., [et al.], 1804. 8vo. viii, 294 pages. Contemporary full mottled calf with black leather spine label, gilt rules and decorations on spine, and gilt borders on covers. [21.7 cm.] A respectable ex-library copy with only light internal markings. Tasteful bookplate of Sondley Reference Library on front pastedown, embossed stamp on title and one other leaf, and small number stamp on verso of title and in margin of one other page. Front hinge cracked, but holding well. Else very good. Light wear to leather with minor loss to head of spine and erosion of decoration in lowest compartment of spine. Some light scattered foxing. FIRST OF THIS EDITION, being the first faithful printing of a manuscript describing the dethronement of Mary Queen of Scots in 1567 and the reign of James VI (later James I of England) under his regents. The manuscript is often attributed to John Colville (c. 1540-1605), the Scottish minister and… Read More

London: John C. Nimmo, [printed by Ballantyne, Hanson, and Co., Edinburgh and London], 1889. 4to [28.4 cm]. xxxvii, [1], 396 pages, including half title. Complete with frontispiece portrait and 11 plates. The other etchings are vignettes appearing as chapter headpieces and tailpieces. Contemporary half dark blue morocco by Bumpus of Oxford Street (London), with raised bands and gilt tooling on spine, single gilt rules on covers, and top edge gilt. Penciled ownership inscription of North Carolina collector, Forster A. Sondley, on the front flyleaf. Tasteful bookplate of Sondley Reference Library and gilt manuscript call number on front pastedown. Ink stamp on front free endpaper, verso of title, and in margin of one other page. Embossed stamp on title page and on each of the plates, placed on the border of the printed area, not affecting the subject matter. Else very good plus. Binding shows some minor wear, but hinges are solid, inside and out. Occasional and light traces of marginal… Read More