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New York: Arrow Editions, [1940]. 162 pages, including index. Original quarter tan cloth and gray paper covered boards with paper spine and cover labels. [25.7 cm.] A good copy. Tiny chip to spine label, not affecting lettering. Boards sunned near top edges and lightly soiled. Minor foxing to endpapers. Text block is clean, but a little age-toned. FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, on the front free endpaper. It reads: "For Jack, The envelopes are in all the fruit trees. Always, Julian. 5/7/46.

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1860, [c.r. 1859]. Small 8vo. 179, [1] pages, including half-title, plus frontispiece portrait of the author. 16-page publisher's catalog at rear dated Oct. 1859. Original brown cloth with gilt spine lettering; covers ruled and decorated in blind; brown coated endpapers. [18.5 cm.] Spine worn at ends and in vertical line along center, with loss of most of the "T" in "The." Corners bumped and a little worn. Name on front pastedown. Foxing to frontispiece; slight offsetting and foxing to title; a few minor traces of foxing scattered in the text. Good plus. FIRST EDITION. BAL 17291 (binding "A").

[Durham, N.C.: Christian Printing Co.], 1941. 24 pages. Original printed wraps. 24.5 x 16.5 cm. Good plus. Wear and short tears to the spine ends, creasing and a few tiny tears to the yapp edges of wraps; light toning and foxing to wraps. Bump to top edge of the text leaves creating faint crease to the upper margins throughout. FIRST EDITION. Scanlon's brief history of the College (pp. 3-8) is followed by lists of the faculty and graduates, a list of known living students and their places of residence, and several addresses by the school's founder and his wife. Shenandoah Normal College was a small, co-educational institution founded in 1883. The prospectus for the college proclaimed it a "School for the People . . . Thorough, Practical, Progressive" (Hoenshel, “Shenandoah Normal College,” circa 1883). Its primary mission was to train teachers, but it also had a few graduates each year in a scientific track. The college was originally established in Middletown, Virginia,… Read More

New York: Twayne Publishers, [1992]. xv, 151 pages. Original cloth. [22.2 cm.] Fine in fine dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Review copy with slip laid-in.

Edinburgh and London: Printed by James Ballantyne and Co., for Archibald Constable and Co., Edinburgh; and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London, 1815. Octavo. [Sheet height: 21.1 cm.] [6], 443 pages, plus half-title leaf and [1] page terminal ad. Handsomely bound in 19th century full calf. Each cover has a morocco grained panel enclosed in multiple blind rules, an ornate gilt border, and double gilt rules. Spine with raised bands, new spine labels in red and black leather, and gilt decorations on other compartments. Marbled endpapers and all edges marbled. About very good. Lightly rubbed, some sunning evident on upper third of boards, and faint reminder of small removed label on front board, but binding is still attractive. Ex-Sondley Reference Library with tasteful bookplate on front pastedown, embossed stamp on title and one other leaf, and number stamp on verso of title in margin of one other page. Scattered foxing to two gatherings (N and O), and a few minor traces elsewhere, but… Read More

Raleigh, N.C.: Alfred Williams & Co., [printed by Bynum Printing Co.], 1925. 314 pages, plus six full-page photographic plates. The front free endpaper is printed with a copyright notice on the recto and prior appearance notice on verso. Original olive-green cloth with gilt spine lettering. 20 x 15 cm. There was a variant in blue cloth, priority unknown. A good copy in good plus dust jacket. Moderate stains to both covers along and near the joints. The binding is a bit fragile internally (cracked between most gatherings), however, all contents are holding well (stitching is intact) and the hinges are sound. Foxing to the pages facing the plates, but only faint marginal foxing to the plates themselves. Jacket shows tiny tears to the head of the spine panel and upper corners, a short (2 cm) closed tear at the bottom of the front hinge, and a pinhead-sized hole near the top of the spine panel. FIRST EDITION. Joseph Lacy Seawell (1869-1936), a native of Raleigh, was an attorney and for many years the… Read More

New York and Cincinnati: Fr. Pustet & Co., 1881. [2], viii, 499 pages. Original maroon cloth stamped in gilt and black. 19.5 x 10.5 cm. Spine a little sun-faded; wear and tiny tears to spine ends; moderate spotting to covers. Edges are a bit soiled, but the surface of the leaves, though mildly toned, are clean. Good plus. Early bookseller's ticket on the front pastedown: "Edward Perry, Bookseller, Stationer, & Printer, Charleston, S.C." FIRST OF THIS EDITION, being the first English language edition of Heinrich Himioben's "Die Schönheit der Katholischen Kirche" (1841), but substantially revised and augmented by the translator to adapt the work for use in the United States. Himioden's book was itself a heavily revised version ("almost a new work" writes Shadler, p. viii) of Gregor Rippel's "Alterhumb, Ursprung und Bedeutung aller Ceremonien, Gebräuchen und Gewohnheiten der Heil. Catholischen Kirchen" (1723). Shadler's… Read More

Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press [ie. Raleigh: North Carolina State University Print Shop, 1965]. 313 pages, plus frontispiece and numerous plates, all photographs by Bayard Wootten. Original quarter dark green pebbled cloth and brown buckram covered boards with raised bands on spine and gilt spine lettering. Marbled paper is used for pastedowns and facing free endpapers in the place of endpaper maps, which are instead bound as free endpapers, front and rear. [22.2 cm.] A fine copy. Fourth edition, revised and with a new preface by Malcolm Ross. "An intimate portrait of the hill people of the Toe River Valley." --Books from Chapel Hill, p. 234.

London: [Lloyd's Register of Shipping], 1927. 923 pages, including 38 full-page color plates of flags, plus [2], 17 pages of ads for nautical equipment and services. Original green cloth stamped in gold with pictorial emblem on front cover; all edges gilt. Oblong: 19 x 24 cm. This is copy no. 1559, so stamped in gilt on the front cover. Very good. Head of spine a little worn, tiny tear to base of the spine. Slightly over-opened in the prelims, but sound with hinges intact. Half-title and final text leaf foxed, a few minor traces of soiling, else a nice copy. FIRST EDITION.

London: [Lloyd's Register of Shipping], 1931. 849 pages, including 38 full-page color plates of flags, plus [2], 18 pages of ads for nautical equipment and services. 20-page "Supplement to the 1931 Edition" laid-in. Original green cloth stamped in gold with pictorial emblem on front cover; all edges gilt. Oblong: 19 x 24 cm. This is copy no. 367, issued to M. Atkinson Adam, Esq., with the number and his name so stamped in gilt on the front cover. A little staining to the lower quarter of the spine. Half-title and margins of last few text leaves foxed, faint marginal toning throughout. Still, a sound, about very good copy. The supplement is foxed. FIRST EDITION.

Boston: James Munroe and Co., 1844. viii, 373 pages, plus frontispiece, extra engraved title page, and [2] pages ads. Original embossed brown cloth with gilt decorations and lettering on spine. [18.1 cm.] Ex-Sondley Reference Library with very faint reminder of removed call number at base of spine and light internal marks. Tasteful bookplate on front pastedown, embossed stamp to frontispiece and titles, ink stamp on verso of printed title and in margin of one other page. Else a good copy. Small chips to head of spine, light wear to base of spine. Moderate to heavy foxing, in no way affecting legibility; marginal browning. Signature of O[liver] S[mith] Sammis (1827-1912), a prominent merchant and real estate developer in Huntington, Long Island, on front free endpaper. SECOND EDITION, revised and enlarged. "A reprint of the 1842 edition with some changed titles and the addition of `The Rose Geranium' and `Westminster Hall'." --BAL. PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION BY THE AUTHOR,… Read More

Boston: J.K. Wellman, [printed by D.H. Ela], 1844. 16mo. 56 pages. Original printed green wrappers. 11 x 17 cm. Approximately one half of spine perished. The wraps are still attached and the book is held by the original stitching, but the lower third of the text block shows separation between gatherings and along some folds. Some soiling and small stains to the wraps. Corners worn or slightly turned throughout, with slight loss to lower corner of front wrap. Foxed throughout and with occasional small spots of damping. Good only. Twenty-fourth edition, so stated, following the first of the same year. While described as "carefully revised and enlarged" (p. [2]), all of the preceding editions we have been able to identify had the same pagination as this, with the exception of the first edition (46 pages with only 37 recipes advertised). By the end of 1844, the forty second-edition had been published and it was reprinted again in 1845 and 1846. By 1847, an expanded edition was… Read More

[Raleigh, N.C.]: North Carolina Confederate Centennial Commission, [1961]. 32 pages. Original printed wraps. [21.6 cm.] Near fine. FIRST EDITION. A play about the end of the Civil War in North Carolina. Betty Smith is best known as the author of "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn."

Tucson: University of Arizona Press, [1967]. 298 pages. Illustrated with drawings by the author. Original cloth. [23.5 cm.] About fine in near dust jacket. Book has a light trace of dust soil to top edge. Jacket has tiny tear (less than one quarter inch) to head of spine, neatly repaired with archival tape on verso, and faint mark to rear panel. Still a nice copy. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, on the title page, with his generic presentation inscription ("With the compliments of the author").

Boston and N.Y.: Houghton, Mifflin and Co., [printed by] the Riverside Press, Cambridge, 1896. [6], 246, [1] pages, plus one page ads. Complete with frontispiece and 18 plates (inserted, but reckoned in the pagination), with tissue guard for frontispiece. Original green cloth with cover illustration in red, white and black against a gold background, and gilt lettering and triple rules on spine and front cover. Top edge gilt. [19.1 cm.] Near fine. A few tiny spots to cloth, traces of faint marginal foxing to some plates and facing pages, still a nice copy. Second printing. BAL binding A (no priority established).

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

Raleigh, N.C.: Office of the Secretary of State, by authority of the General Assembly; [printed by] Edwards & Broughton Printing Co., 1916. 40 pages. Original printed self-wraps; stapled as issued. 23 x 15 cm. Good plus. A few small spots and slight toning to wraps; some light marginal creasing. FIRST EDITION. Laid-in is a one-page printed circular letter, signed (in type) by the governor and secretary of state. The pamphlet contains the text of the existing state constitution and an act proposing four constitutional amendments that were to be submitted to the people for their approval, together with directions for administering the ballot. The amendments provided for prohibiting the General Assembly from enacting certain local, private, and special legislation; providing for special or emergency judges to prevent delays in trials; and prohibiting the General Assembly from granting special charters to corporations or towns. All of these measures were approved by the electorate in the election of… Read More

Wien [Viena]: Artaria & Co., 1907. Quarto. [2], 122 pages. Illustrated from photographs throughout. Original three-quarter red morocco over marble-paper covered boards with gilt title on the front cover, raised bands, and marbled endpapers; top edge gilt. The binding, signed "A[lbert] Günther, Wien," is identical to another seen on the market and is presumed to be an edition binding. 34 x 26 cm. Shallow chip to head of spine, small (1 cm) chip to base of the spine, corners worn with boards showing. Front joint cracked but holding and rear joint started at the ends, but the hinges are intact and the volume is sound. The title and final pages are moderately foxed; a few minor traces of faint marginal foxing elsewhere. Good plus. FIRST SEPARATE EDITION, reprinted from "Kunst und Kunsthandwerk." A handsome survey of the wooden furniture in the collection of Albert Figdor (1843-1927), a prominent Viennese banker. Figdor's estimable collection was dispersed in 1930 when it… Read More

Tokyo: Kairyu-Do Press, 1929. [4], 152, [1] pages. Original boards with coated dark blue paper on spine and patterned gray paper on covers; gilt spine lettering and blue cover lettering. 19 x 13 cm. A very good copy in poor dust jacket. Spine ends a little rubbed, faint stains to covers. The jacket is chipped with the loss of most of the spine panel, a penny size portion of the front panel, and the top 2 cm of the rear panel. The header on the rear panel is affected, however, the publisher's priced list of books is intact. The extant portion of the spine panel is repaired on the verso. Apparent FIRST OF THIS EDITION. An early publication of the Kairyu-Do Press (sometimes styled Kairyudo), which began operating circa 1924. Previous offerings of the press included Stevenson's Kidnapped in both English and Japanese; works by Hawthorne, Hardy, and Irving; and several titles by Lafcadio Hearn. The editor, Kentaro Omiya, was a professor at Nihon University who studied comparative languages. This… Read More

Raleigh: State Department of Archives and History, 1970. 64 pages. Photographs and other illustrations in the text. Original printed wraps. 23 x 15 cm. Fine. FIRST EDITION. A history of the coastal North Carolina county which contains most of the Outer Banks, including Bodie, Roanoke, and Hatteras Islands. The booklet was later reissued as "Dare County: A Brief History."