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Raleigh: Edwards & Broughton Print. Co., 1909. 209 pages. Original dark blue cloth with gilt lettering and rules on spine. [19.3 cm.] Near fine. Spine ends just a trifle rubbed. Light tanning to endpapers appears to have been caused by contact with dust jacket, but none is present. Neat name (J. Tolbert) on front free endpaper. FIRST EDITION. Cornelius Harnett (1723-1781) was one of the most prominent leaders of the Revolutionary cause in North Carolina, who served in the Continental Congress from 1777-1779. The author, Robert Digges Wimberly Connor (1878-1950), was a professor of history of at the University of North Carolina, secretary of the North Carolina Historical Commission, and the first Archivist of the United States (1934-1941). Thornton 2624.

Boston: Printed and published, under the patronage of the Company, by E.G. House, a member, 1820. 8vo (signed in fours). 199 pages. Original quarter orange paper over grey paper covered boards with printed paper spine label. [24 cm.] Spine cracked in several places with the text block holding by cords. It is holding well enough that the book is serviceable for reading as is, although a sympathetic backing is probably desirable. Spine also shows some chips, with some loss to the printed label. Boards soiled and with a faint notation on the front board; wear to all corners; and bend to the front board. Some chips, tears, and browning to the endpapers. Internally very good with occasional foxing only, most evident on the first page of text (see photo); some soiling to p. 158 not affecting legibiltiy; and a closed, marginal tear to pp. 121-122 in no way affecting the text. Faint pencilled name of P.R.L. Stone, a Boston merchant who dealt in West India goods, on front flyleaf. FIRST EDITION.… Read More

Raleigh, [N.C.]: Capital Printing Co., 1901. Subtitle on cover reads: "Great Events in North Carolina History." 7 pages. Original printed wraps. [17.4 cm.] Small stamp of Essex Institute, Salem, Mass., on front cover. Clean separation along spine below lower staple (about three centimeters deep), else a nice copy. FIRST EDITION. Betsy Dowdy was a teen who reputedly rode over fifty miles one cold night in December, 1775, to alert local patriot militia that they were needed to resist British advances near Norfolk, Virginia. The volunteers missed the fight at Great Bridge, dubbed the second battle of Bunker Hill, but Dowdy's gallantry was long celebrated.

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… Read More