Search Results: Titles starting with N from Eilenberger Rare Books, LLC

Cleveland: Burrows Brothers Co., [printed by John Wilson and Son, University Press, Cambridge], 1895. [2], 272 pages. Original green cloth with gilt spine lettering. [21.1 cm.] Near fine. A few traces of faint soiling to cloth, hint of rubbing to base of spine. Embossed stamp on rear free endpaper, but no other marks. FIRST OF THIS LIMITED EDITION. No. 730 of 750 copies. The work was originally published in 1815 in London, where it was reprinted the following year. An American edition was also issued in 1816. There were no other issues until the present edition. Helen Maria Williams (b. 1761 or 1762; d.1827) was an English poet who sympathized with the French Revolution and emigrated to France in the early 1790's. She was imprisoned in Luxembourg during the Terror and lived briefly in Switzerland after her release, but she spent most of the remainder of her life in France. Williams published a series of memoirs and sketches for English audiences that portrayed life in France from… Read More

Charleston: Office of the Southern Christian Advocate, C. Canning, Printer, 1849. 31 pages. Original printed wraps. [22.6 cm.] Embossed library stamp on title and one other leaf, number stamp on verso of title and in margin of one other page, but no other signs of institutional use. Else a good copy. Chip to head of front wrap, not affecting text; rear wrap detached and with old tape remnant along spine; moderate foxing to front wrap and title; some light foxing and marginal damping internally. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. Rev. Whitefoord Smith (1812-1893) was a Methodist minister from Charleston, and a professor of English a Wofford College. The occasion of his sermon was the national day of fasting and prayer declared by President Taylor in response to the cholera epidemic. Smith declares that the scourge was the result of God's punishment for various sins, including greed (for territorial and monetary gain), the "licentiousness of the press," and sabbath breaking. In 1849, the… Read More

Cincinnati: Moore, Wilstach & Baldwin, 1866. 159 pages. Original cloth. [19.3 cm.] Ex-Sondley Reference Library with internal markings only. Tasteful bookplate on front pastedown, embossed stamp on title and one other leaf, and number stamp on verso of title and in margin of one other page. Else good only. Cloth mostly faded from original purple to tan, with some wear and spotting; shallow chips to spine ends; one centimeter split to front hinge; light scattered foxing. FIRST EDITION. Scarce. Cornelius Neff was an officer in Co. H, 54th Ohio Infantry, who rose to the rank of captain by the end of the war. He fought with Sherman's army until Dec. 13, 1864, when he was severely wounded in the leg during the attack on Fort McAllister. He returned to service two months later, landing at Hilton Head on Feb. 20. He traveled to Charleston, where he visited Fort Sumter, and was stationed at the nearby encampment at St. Andrew's Depot. He rejoined his unit at Goldboro in April, passing through… Read More

Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, [1954]. xv, [1], 228 pages. Original cloth. [20.9 cm.] A very good plus copy in good plus dust jacket. A few very faint spots to cloth; bright and clean internally. Jacket has small chip to head of spine (1.5 cm deep), short closed tear and associated crease to front panel, and some light wear to extremities with minor loss. FIRST EDITION. Foreword by Owen J. Roberts. An influential examination of school segretation based on a lengthy study initiated by the Ford Foundation's Fund for the Advancement of Education. The book was released to the public on May 16, 1954, a day before the Supreme Court issued its decision in Brown vs. Board of Education. However, the Justices were given advance copies some time beforehand, and may have read the work during the course of deliberations. Chief Justice Warren later stated that the court consulted the book while writing the decision in Griffin v. County School Board of Prince Edward County (a.k.a.… Read More

New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1929. xiii, [1], 168 pages. Original black cloth and blue paper covered boards. [25 cm.] Very good plus in good plus dust jacket. Corners rubbed, neat tape repair to half-title, a few minor traces of foxing. Partially unopened. Jacket has a few tiny chips, internal tape repairs at spine ends, and sun-tanning, especially to spine panel. FIRST LARGE PAPER EDITION. #123 OF 175 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.

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.

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… Read More