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Nashville, Tenn.: Published for the Club by the Brandon Printing Co., [1909. Presumed date of publication; foreword dated Sept. 15, 1909.] 338 pages, plus portrait frontispiece. Original black cloth with black leather spine label, stamped in gold. [25 cm.] Ex-Sondley Reference Library with light internal markings and very faint impression of removed call number at base of spine. Tasteful bookplate on front pastedown, embossed stamp on several leaves including frontispiece and title, and number stamp on verso of title and in margin of one other page. Else very good and still a fairly attractive copy overall. Minor rubbing and faint evidence of soil to cloth. Light marginal soiling to title page; one small ink mark in margin of contents page. FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR'S WIDOW, on blank verso of frontispiece (no impact on recto). It reads: "To Miss Maude Waddell, Compliments of Mrs. Joshua W. Caldwell." [Maude Waddell was a North Carolina… Read More

Richmond, [Va.]: Garrett & Massie, [1931]. vii, [2], 74 pages. Original blue-speckled cloth. 21 x 14 cm. Near fine in very good dust jacket. Offsetting to front endpapers from laid-in news clippings; tiny, light spot to title; else a nice copy. Jacket is worn at the ends of the spine panel and corners with minor loss and has neat internal reinforcements at the spine ends. FIRST EDITION. The first of the author's two short story collections. "The Honest Wine Merchant" was recognized by the O'Henry Memorial Award in 1930 and "The Lost Governess" was included in O'Brien's "Anthology of the Best Short Stories of 1930." James Branch Cabell provides a blurb on the dust jacket. Helena Lefroy Capterton (1878-1962), a native of Richmond, wrote on local history, contributed book reviews and articles to the Ricmond Times-Dispatch and other newspapers, and edited "The Social Record of Virginia" (1937). However, she is remembered mostly for… Read More

A collection of seven annual reports as follows: 1) “PROCEEDINGS OF THE MOST WORSHIPFUL GRAND LODGE OF ANCIENT FREEMASONS, OF SOUTH CAROLINA, at Special Communication, October 28, 1874 and Annual Communication, December 8th and 9th, Anno Lucis 5874 [i.e. 1874]. M.W. James A. Hoyt, Grand Master . . . “ Charleston, S.C.: News and Courier Job Presses, 1875. 184 pages. Original printed wraps. 23 x 15 cm. About very good. A few tiny tears and some light soiling to the wraps; inconspicuous tape repair to the rear wrap. 2). “PROCEEDINGS OF THE ONE HUNDRED AND ELEVENTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION OF THE M.W. GRAND LODGE OF ANCIENT FREEMASONS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, December 13th and 14th, A.L. 5887 [i.e. 1887]. M.W. A.H. White, Grand Master . . . “ Charleston, S.C.: Walker, Evans & Cogswell Co., 1888. 101, [1-blank], ii [index] pages. Original printed wraps. 23.5 x 15 cm. Good plus. Small chip at corner of the front wrap and base of the spine; several other tiny chips; short, closed tear to the… Read More

New Bern, N.C.: New Bern Merchants Association and Chamber of Commerce, [printed by Owen G. Dunn], 1934. Unpaginated. [23] pages plus [23] pages of ads for local businesses and a [2]-page ad index. Illustrated with several photographs reproduced in the text and a full-page map keyed to a walking tour of the city. Original printed wraps. 20.5 x 13.5 cm. A small area of tanning to the rear wrap, else very nearly fine. FIRST EDITION. A tourist guidebook for this North Carolina coastal city, describing its history and landmarks. An article, "New Bern - Future," suggests the pamphlet was intended for promotional purposes as well, and it discusses New Bern's advantages in transportation, natural resources, and commercial opportunities. There is also a city directory listing government officials, churches, dentists, doctors, and law firms. Gertrude Sprague Carraway (1896-1993) was a leading figure in historic preservation and education in North Carolina for many decades and is particularly… Read More

[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

Hartford, [Conn.]: Geo. L. Coburn Steam Print., 1872. 24, 33 pages. Original printed wraps. 17 x 11 cm. Chipping to wraps, title, and corners of a few other leaves, not affecting text, and a number of short, marginal tears. Spine has mostly perished, but gatherings are held by the original stitching. Wraps heavily stained, not affecting legibility. Light marginal damp stains throughout; marginal soiling in a few places. A poor, but complete copy. SECOND EDITION, so stated on the front wrap, expanded. The first edition of the previous year contained only the first part of this work (the 24-page manual). The second edition includes a new section, "Ritual" (the second grouping of 33 pages). It contains a diagram of a lodge room and descriptions of ceremonies for opening meetings, initiations, recognizing visitors, installing officers, and instituting new lodges. At the end is a cipher, being a number code for the alphabet and the common vocabulary used by the organization. In addition to the… Read More

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… Read More

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: McGraw-Hill, 1950. Published as part of the "American Forestry Series." xiii, [1], 401 pages. Original cloth. [23.5 cm.] About fine in good plus dust jacket. Just a hint of fading at head of front cover, still an excellent copy. Jacket is sun-faded and has two tiny chips, not affecting text. FIRST EDITION. Numerous maps, photographs, and charts in the text.

N.Y.: Greely & McElrath, Tribune Office, [1844. Imprint at base of p. [1].] 12 pages. Self-wraps; stab-stitched (perhaps added). 22 x 13.5 cm. Removed from a bound volume. Small paper remnant on the gutter of the first page (from later plain wraps, removed and retained). Else good only. Short closed tear to first and final leaves, affecting one word with no loss; scattered foxing and soiling; tiny hole to margin of one leaf. Provenance: Small printed bookplate of Joseph Keith Newell (1837-1895), Springfield, Mass., who served in the Civil War as a captain of Co. I, 10th Massachusetts. He later wrote the regimental history, “Ours:” Annals of the 10th Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers (1875) and was a merchant and councilman in his native city. Newell's bookplate appears on the aforementioned later wraps. (The wraps also bear later library treatments and are crudely bound in a library folder, but there are no marks to the pamphlet itself). EARLY EDITION, PERHAPS THE FIRST. There… Read More

Signature on plain card measuring 3 x 5" (approx. 7.5 x 13 cm). Near fine. Faint paper clip impression to card. General Lucius Dubignon Clay (1898-1978) was the military governor of Germany (U.S. zone), 1947-1949, and is best remembered for implementing the Berlin Airlift (1948-49).

New York: Irving Publishing Co., 1888 [c.r. 1887]. xxiv, [2], 684, [1] pages, plus xx pages ("Opinions of the Press") and [1] page author's advertisement. Frontispiece and 47 full pages plates (of 48 called for), mostly portraits and a few views. This copy was bound without the portrait plate of Chauncey M. Depew. Original dark green, gilt-stamped cloth. 23.5 x 16 cm. Embossed binder's stamp of E. Walker's Son, Brooklyn and New York, on the rear flyleaf. Light rubbing to extremities, very slight rippling to the spine, a few tiny spots and some light soiling to cloth. Hinges are intact and the binding of this large, heavy volume is sound. Text leaves are tanned throughout. A few minor traces of marginal foxing. Good plus. Early printing. The title page of the scarce first printing is dated 1887. An important account of Wall Street during the Gilded Age. Henry Clews (1834-1923) emigrated from England to the United States as a teen and made a fortune on the stock exchange. He was an… Read More

Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1928. ix, 201 pages, plus 123 full-page plates. Original brick-red cloth. 28 x 20 cm. Heavy speckling to the spine (insect nibbling) and a little to the covers; both hinges cracked and the front just holding; brief ink note on f.f.e.p. Moderate foxing to some plates, mostly marginal but with a slight impact on the images in a few cases; foxing to the margins of text pages facing the glossy plates; mild toning to the matte plates. Good only, but a serviceable reference copy. FIRST EDITION. A significant study of a group of fungi including puffballs, stinkhorns, birds' nest fungi, and false truffles, describing over 150 species in great detail. A concise artificial key is provided. William Chambers Coker (1872-1953) was a widely esteemed authority on mycology and, like his co-author, John N. Couch, a professor of botany at the University of North Carolina. "This is a comprehensive treatment of Gasteromycetes . . . The plates include reproductions… Read More

[Davidson, N.C.:] Philanthropic and Eumenean Societies of Davidson, North Carolina, 1907 -1908. Continuously paginated: 540 pages, plus four plates in one issue and several pages of advertisements at the end of each number. Original printed wraps with each rear wrap bearing a college directory on the verso and information on the college and the magazine on the recto. Nos. 1-7 measure approx. 23 x 15 cm; no. 8 measures 24 x 15.5 cm. Wraps show creasing and chipping to the wrap edges, some marginal browning, a chip to one spine with loss of the date, several tears (including a long, closed tear to the front wrap of one issue), and some moderate foxing and soiling. The final number has heavy stains to the rear wrap. Interiors are generally in nice condition with only a few minor spots of foxing and with the first issue showing light crinkling to the lower third of the leaves. A good set overall. A few penciled names appear on the wraps, including J.B. Shearer (probably John Bunyan Shearer, a former… Read More

New York and London: Century Co., 1923. vi, 314 pages, plus frontispiece and numerous photographic plates. Original pictorial dark red cloth stamped in black. [19.1 cm.] A fine copy, lacking the dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. An overview of mountaineering techniques, equipment, and training, with discussions of climbs in the Alps, the Rockies, the Himalayas, etc.

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

Luxeuil: M. Patteguy, [circa early 1930s]. Broadside measuring 112 x 76 cm (44 x 30”). Printed on two sheets of roughly equal size, one coated blue-gray, the other coated red, pasted together as issued. Folded with three vertical and seven horizontal creases, and in want of professional flattening. Else good. Small chips and tears at several of the intersections of the folds and to the edges, with minimal impact on lettering; slight toning along some folds. A large poster addressed to the citizens of Luxeuil, France, thanking them for hosting a celebration in commemoration of Franco-American cooperation in World War I and the American volunteer aviators who flew in the Lafayette Escadrille. Beginning in 1916, Luxeuil served as the Lafayette Escadrille's base of operations. The poster contains messages of gratitude from Gen. Stanley H. Ford, representing the U.S. Ambassador to France; Paul Rockwell, brother of Lafayette Escadrille hero, Kiffin Yates Rockwell; French aviator, Capt. Nazare-Aga;… Read More

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.

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

New York: J.C. Riker, 1850. 12mo. 237 pages, plus frontispiece and extra engraved title page. Original purple cloth lettered and decorated in gilt on the spine and with gilt centerpiece on each cover. [19 cm.] Spine faded and with wear and tears at ends; corners worn. Heavy circular stains and impressions on covers, suggest the volume was perhaps used as a resting place for a tea kettle or the like. Hinges cracked, but holding. Lacking front free endpaper. Marginal damping to first few leaves including plates. Engraved title leaf chipped along lower edge (it apparently adhered to the frontispiece and was then torn free). Scattered foxing and small stains, not affecting legibility. Poor to fair only. First American edition? Title page states: "From the second London edition, improved and corrected," however no earlier edition from either side of the Atlantic is found by OCLC. A novel with the explicit purpose of inculcating Christian morals. "The author has written the… Read More