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[First Edition] A History of North Mississippi Methodism 1820-1900 Miller, Gene Ramsey [Used - Very good] [Hardcover] 58.18 CAD Hardback bound in blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titles. Book has light edge wear with a small rub on lower front cover with clean, tight and unmarked interior. Dust jacket has edge wear with small tears. 158 pages including the Index. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall

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[Signed] [First Edition] A Century on the Mississippi A History of the Memphis District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 1876-1976 SGINED by a River Pilot 55.18 CAD Hardcover. Very Good condition. Note pasted in with info on the owner of the book. SIGNED inscription by A Mississippi River Pilot. Some vintage photos laid in. (See Pics)

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[Signed] [First Edition] A RAFT PILOT'S LOG: A HISTORY OF THE GREAT RAFTING INDUSTRY ON THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI 1840-1915 WALTER A. BLAIR 164.18 CAD TITLE: A RAFT PILOT'S LOG: A HISTORY OF THE GREAT RAFTING INDUSTRY ON THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI 1840-1915 By WALTER A. BLAIR signed AUTHOR: WALTER A. BLAIR PUBLISHER - (LOCATION) / COPYRIGHT: THE ARTHUR H. CLARK COMPANY, CLEVELAND 1929 on copyright page and 1930 on title page EDITION: First Edition CATEGORY: Signed, History, Boating, Education, Regional BINDING/COVER: Hardback without dust jacket COLOR: BLUE SIZE: 5 ½ x 8 ½ (approximately) PAGES: 328 pages. CONDITION: The book is without a dust jacket. The outside is in good condition. The inside is in good condition. The author has signed the second front free endpaper "Dear Captain Breed - I shall retain a pleasant memory of your kindness to the old skipper - W. A. Blair - Oct 2, 1934." Book is without other marks or writings, pages are clean and book is tight and sturdy. All the pages are present in book. Good+/None dust jacket condition. BACKGROUND/DESCRIPTION: WALTER A. BLAIR WAS MASTER AND PILOT OF THE "TEN BROECK." Signed copy. There is only one other signed copy found for sale on the internet at the time of this research, and it is selling in the $275+ range! COMPETITIVE PRICING! Once paid, book(s) will ship immediately to customer (it's on the way), you are welcome to email about shipment date! REFUNDS: All ViewFair books, prints, and manuscript items are 100% refundable up to 14 business days after item is received. InvCodePrc E H V VIEWFAIR BOOKS: 008224

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[Signed] [First Edition] Govans, Village and Suburb: a picture history of a north Baltimore community John Brain [Used - Very good] [Softcover] 185.18 CAD Very good clean, bright first edition, signed by author at bottom of first page in 1997. Quarter of an inch tear at bottom left corner of front cover. 96 pages.

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[Signed] [First Edition] The North Lexington Baptist Church, "They Came from Everyone". A History of the Birthplace of the North Lexington Baptist 65.18 CAD Quarto. 192 indexed. Hardcover with a brown dust jacket. The jacket shows moderate wear and has some spotting. Some foxing to the endpapers. The rear flyleaf is creases. Book is sound and clean. SIGNED and inscribed by the author on the front flyleaf and dated 1991.

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[Signed] [First Edition] NORTH CAROLINA: The History of a Southern State. ( Signed ) Lefler, Hugh Talmage and Albert Ray Newsome [Used - Very good] 110.18 CAD 1st edition, 1954. SIGNED by Lefler on half title page. A Very Good book in a Good dust jacket. 8vo., xii, 676pp., illustrated with maps and charts in text. Olive green cloth with title on spine in gilt. Jacket spine is faded, chipped and rubbed along edges, tips and top/base of spine. Text edges lightly soiled. Text appears unmarked. Dust jacket now protected in mylar sleeve.

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[Signed] [First Edition] The Sway of the Grand Saloon A Social History of the North Atlantic Brinnin, John Malcolm [Used - Very good] [Hardcover] 535.18 CAD 599p octavo, illustrated. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. Warmly inscribed "with love for Jeff in my own seaside saloon Key West 9.30.93 John Malcolm" Laid in are two long typed letters signed to Jeff recounting his travel adventures, meeting Rita Dove and her views on Maya Angelou and inviting Jeff to join him on a cruise. Brinnin toured with Dyland Thomas and recounted his horror on the tour withthe drunken poet, which eventually resulted in a play on Briadway in 1964.

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[Signed] [First Edition] Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota & North Dakota : A Social History of Frontier Life in the Great Plains Prairie Region during 210.18 CAD Johnsen Publishing Company, Lincoln, Nebraska. 550 pages including index. First edition, third printing stated. Ornately signed on the title page by author, historian, Union College professor and Seventh Day Adventist, Everett Newfon Dick. Book is bright, tight and clean. Binding and hinges are strong and sound. Illustrated map endpapers. No writing within. Gray cloth stamped in burgundy. A couple of tiny, minor faint specks on front panel. Pages and endpapers are bright and clean. Original DJ is bright and attractive. A touch of minor rubbing along front flap fold. Price-clipped flap. A beautiful signed copy of the celebrated Prairie Region classic that illustrates the people of the frontier, their ways of life, the prairie wars with Indians, to statehood of Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota & North Dakota. NF/NF, signed. Loosely laid-in is a copy of a Wall Street Journal book review for this title.

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[Signed] [First Edition] University of the Northern Plains: A History of the University of North Dakota 1883-1958 Geiger, Louis G. [Used - Near fine] 75.18 CAD A comprehensive history of the University, with two sections of photographs, 491 pages including appendices and index. Spine ends gently bumped with light shelf rubbing to the lower edges of the boards. Jacket rubbed with chips and tears, including a 2" tear to the spine head, in Brodart. Signed on the verso of the front end paper "Congratulations and best wishes, Louis G. Geiger." Some spots of ink have transferred over to the half title page.

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[Signed] [First Edition] A Regional History of Makarewa - North Makarewa - Lorneville MacIntosh, Joan [Used - Very good] [Hardcover] 65.18 CAD Previous owner's name and address. Adhesive tape stains to endpapers. Dust-jacket worn with extensive adhesive tape stains. Long tear along front flap fold of dust-jacket. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; This copy signed by the author in blue ink on the title page "Joan MacIntosh". 239, [1] pages + folding panoramic photograph taken at the school jubilee held in 1950. Illustrated. Pale green papered boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 206mm x 148mm. New Zealand regional history. ; Signed by Author

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[Signed] [First Edition] A Recent History of Thomasville, North Carolina 1952-1991. Capel, Wint. [Used - Very good] [Hardcover] 65.18 CAD Octavo. 210 pages, indexed. Hardcover with a white dust jacket. The jacket has some wear and smudging from handling as well as several edge tears. INSCRIBED by the author on the front flyleaf and dated 1992. A sound copy and clean within. Contains several illustrations.

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[Signed] [First Edition] A History of Banks, Bankers, and Banking in Northumberland, Durham, and North Yorkshire Phillips, Maberly [Used - Very good] 430.18 CAD Blue cloth cover with gilt lettering, large folio, very good condition, Limited edition signed by Maberly Phillips. over 500 pages with plates and photos, index Size: Folio

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[Signed] [First Edition] And Wealth for Toil. A History of the North-West and Western Tasmania, 1825-1900 PINK, Kerry [Used - Fine] [Hardcover] 126.15 CAD Burnie, Advocate Marketing Services, 1990. Large quarto, xii, 387 pages with numerous illustrations (some in colour) plus a large addendum slip. Cloth; a fine copy with the very good dustwrapper (sunned on the spine, slightly chipped and a little scuffed). Inscribed and signed in ink by the author on the title page.

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[Signed] [First Edition] History of the American Indians; Particularly those Nations adjoining to the Mississippi, East and West Florida, Georgia, 6835.18 CAD First edition. London: Printed for Charles and Edward Dilly, 1775. Quarto (10 1/8" x 8", 258mm x 203mm): [xii] (half-title, blank, title, blank, 4pp. dedication, 2pp. preface, 2pp. contents), 464. With a folding engraved map. Bound in later mottled calf with a triple gilt fillet border by Bedford (signed at the upper fore-corner of the verso of the first free end-paper). On the spine, five raised bands with a gilt roll. In the panels, gilt florals. Title gilt to red morocco in the second panel, author gilt to red morocco in the third panel. Double gilt fillet to the edges of the boards. Gilt inside dentelle. Red, orange and blue marbled end-papers. All edges of the text-block gilt. Rebacked, with the original back-strip laid down. Some wear to the fore-corners. Else a near-fine copy with quite luxurious margins (roughly 35mm) and hardly any toning or foxing, except for the usual offsetting of the map. Adair's History stands as the first definitive history of the indigenous people of the Southeast. The folding map "Map of the American Indian Nations" is notable for its lack of European powers' borders. Adair (d. 1783) was an Irishman who came to trade with the people of whom he wrote especially the Chickasaw, but also the Cherokee and Catawba providing for curious Europe (a German translation was made soon after) a true first-hand account of the Native Americans. James believed that the indigenous people of America were in fact the lost tribe of Israel, and the first half of the book lays out his thesis with gusto (much ink was spilled in refutation in the years to come). The second half reflects his wide-ranging experience traveling through the country, with accounts of the practices of the people he met as well as the climate, flora and fauna of the largely unsettled American Southeast. Clark, Old South 28; Howes A-38; Sabin 155.

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[First Edition] The History of Mississippi (signed first edition 1935) Pearly Vivian Guyton [Used - Very good] [Hardcover] 85.18 CAD First edition, inscribed by author to the Georgia State historian. A very good copy with very light wear. See my photos of the book you will receive, not stock photos. More available upon request. This book is in my possession and will be packed in bubble wrap and shipped in a cardboard box. USPS tracking provided. #9

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[First Edition] The Architecture of Rowan County North Carolina; A Catalogue and History of Surviving 18th, 19th and Early 20th Century Structures Dav 85.18 CAD A unique item. It appears that an owner has taken the softcover first edition and bound it in burgundy cloth with the softcover pasted on the front cover. A fine copy. See my photos of the book you will receive, not stock photos. More available upon request. This book is in my possession and will be packed in bubble wrap and shipped in a cardboard box. USPS tracking provided. #175

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[First Edition] The Sway of the Grand Saloon: A Social History of the North Atlantic Brinnin, John Malcolm [Used - Near fine] [Hardcover] 85.18 CAD Hardcover. No DJ. Cloth. Marbled end papers. Stated first edition, first printing. A fine book with little faded top edge stain. Untrimmed fore edges. Clean fresh internally. With owner's name. A handsome copy. W/O DJ priced accordingly. xxii, 599pp

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[First Edition] University of the Northern Plains: A history of the University of North Dakota 1883-1958 Louis G. Geiger [Used - Very good] 70.18 CAD First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by University of Dakoda Press, 1950. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good. Dust jacket is very good with some shelf and edgewear.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

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[First Edition] Images of Yancey: Pictorial History of a Western North Carolina County [Two Volume Set] BAILEY, Hope and Lloyd, and Mike and Toni 110.18 CAD Quarto. 8.5 x 11.25 in. vi, 176; vi, 182 pp. Fully illustrated with black & white and some color reproductions of photographs, maps, etc. Fine in original blue cloth boards, gilt tilting, and near fine pictorial dust jackets with some shelfwear and a small closed tear to head of fore-edge and rear spine of volume one. Volume one is a second printing (1994) and volume two is a first edition, first printing (2012).

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[First Edition] The Sway of the Grand Saloon: A Social History of the North Atlantic John Malcolm Brinnin [Used - Very good] [Hardcover] 55.18 CAD First Edition, First Printing. Published by Delacorte Press, 1971. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good with blue top stain and light edgewear. Dust jacket is very good with light shelf wear, light edgewear, and price clipped from left flap.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

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[First Edition] Land Among the Lakes. A History of the Deville and North Cooking Lake Area (Alberta, Canada) The Deaville-North Cooking Lake 80.18 CAD 414 pgs. including index. b/w photos throughout. Endpaper maps. 4to. Gently used local history of this small community within Strathcona County, about 50 km east of Edmonton.

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[First Edition] The Battle Of The Narrow Seas A History of The Light Coastal Forces in the Channel and North Sea 1939-1945 ( With Handwritten Letter 657.44 CAD This is a Very Good + Copy of this Book in Publisher's blue cloth with black title lettering to spine and upper cover in a Very Good + Dust-Jacket.This is a fascinating and scarce copy with a handwritten letter tipped onto the front pastedown by Lieutenant CWS Dreyer a British officer who commanded MTB 102, 3rd Motor Torpedo Boat Flotilla and MTB 30, 4th Motor Torpedo Boat Flotilla in GB coastal waters, English Channel and during Dunkirk Evacuation, 1940; commanded 5th, 6th and 9th Motor Torpedo Boat Flotillas in GB coastal waters, 1942; commanded 24th Motor Torpedo Boat Flotilla in GB coastal waters and Mediterranean, 1943; served as staff officer with Operations Division (Coastal) and to Captain, Coastal Forces (Channel), Coastal Forces in GB, 1944.His two sided letter from 1944 was written to Lieutenant GJ Peel of the Royal Navy Voluntary Reserve.In the letter there is some mention of the attack and demolition of the German U-Boat which was in the papers (see picture of newspaper article) which is also laid in at the front of the book.The dust-jacket has survived superbly well as it's has been protected in brown paper and on the front is the title of the book and it's date.Now the writing to the brown paper sheet is not dissimilar to the hand writing of Pater Scott The Author,however we are not able to verify it to be sure it comes from the hand of Peter Scott.Regardless of that the book remains a great looking copy and certainly rare in this condition and is a great copy for the collector of Navy or Maritime History with this wonderful letter laid in by Christopher William Stuart Dreyer.Illustrated work with 8 colour plates and some 76 monochrome plates.The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness and there is no leaning or rolling to spine.As an MTB commander, Peter Scott saw action against the enemy during the course of World War Two. In this book he recalls the struggle for control of the narrow seas of the Channel and the southern North Sea during the war,4to 228pp First Edition 1st Impression [1945]

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[First Edition] M'Chan's Local Histories: A series of pamphlets on North Antrim and The Glens (1923) Compiled by Cahal Dalat [Used - As new] 97.41 CAD Excellent condition with dust jacket wraparound watercolour panorama of Fairhead and Ballycastle Quay and other locations. The book is based on 25 pamphlets on the North Antrim area written by Robert M'Cahan, each essay separated by a colour sheet insert.

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[First Edition] The Battle Of The Narrow Seas A History of The Light Coastal Forces in the Channel and North Sea 1939-1945 ( With Handwritten Letter 69.75 CAD This is a Near Fine Copy of this Book in Publisher's light blue cloth with black title lettering to spine and upper cover.No Dust-Jacket.There is one former bookseller's catalogue entry tipped onto the verso of the front frontispiece.Fascinating account of Boat Flotilla in GB coastal waters, English Channel and during Dunkirk Evacuation, 1940; commanded 5th, 6th and 9th Motor Torpedo Boat Flotillas in GB coastal waters, 1942; commanded 24th Motor Torpedo Boat Flotilla in GB coastal waters and Mediterranean, 1943; served as staff officer with Operations Division (Coastal) and to Captain, Coastal Forces (Channel), Coastal Forces in GB, 1944.Illustrated work with 8 colour plates and some 76 monochrome plates.The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness and there is no leaning or rolling to spine.As an MTB commander, Peter Scott saw action against the enemy during the course of World War Two. In this book he recalls the struggle for control of the narrow seas of the Channel and the southern North Sea during the war,lovely clean tight copy for the collector,4to 228pp First Edition 2nd Impression [1946]

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[First Edition] Mareotis : being a short account of the history and ancient monuments of the north-western desert of Egypt and of Lake Mareotis Anthon 89.81 CAD First Edition. Pages clean and bright, no markings, light wear to edges. Complete with numerous illustrations and folding maps. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING

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[Signed] [First Edition] The Ghosts Of Medgar Evers: A Tale Of Race, Murder, Mississippi, and Hollywood Willie Morris [Used - Fine] [Hardcover] 135.18 CAD 1st Edition, 1st Printing. Fine in Fine DJ. Signed by Morris.

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[Signed] [First Edition] Mississippi Argonauts- a Tale of the South Carter, John Henton [Used - Very good] [Hardcover] 225.17 CAD Original maroon cloth gilt, TEG, pictorial pastedown to front cover. Inscribed to the verso ffep by Carter. Front cover gilt tarnished, cloth soiled/lightly mottled, spine ends/points worn. Front hinge a bit loose, minor scattered foxing. Bookseller pencilling to ffep. Pencilled checkmarks next to list of illustrations. Firm binding, crisp pages. All Plates are present but not in order listed in contents. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 292 pages; Signed by Author

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[Signed] [First Edition] THE GHOSTS OF MEDGAR EVERS: A TALE OF RACE, MURDER, MISSISSIPPI, AND HOLLYWOOD Willie Morris [Used - Near fine] [Hardcover] 145.18 CAD Signed. First Edition. Signed by the author at first free endpaper. Quarter black cloth over navy paper-covered boards with gilt-debossed particulars to spine and debossed author's initials to front board. Pages are clean and unmarked. Text block is clean and unmarked. Boards are clean and bright with bump to top corner of rear board and tail of spine. Binding is tight and square. Dust jacket is clean, bright and unmarked. Dust jacket is covered in a protective mylar jacket.

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[Signed] [First Edition] The History of Taxation in North Carolina During the Colonial Period 1663-1776 PARKER, Coralie [Used - Near fine] [Hardcover] 235.18 CAD First edition. Small octavo. 178pp. Blue cloth gilt. A couple of tiny spots on the page edges, near fine without dustwrapper. Nicely Inscribed by the author: "To Professor Simkhovitch from a friend and grateful pupil. Coralie Parker." Vladimir Simkhovitch (1874-1959) was an economist and Professor of Economic History and Economics at Columbia. He is also acknowledged by the author in the Preface.

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[Signed] [First Edition] HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA: From Its Beginning to the Death of President Swain, 1789 - 1868. (Volume I & 560.18 CAD 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st edition. Two-volume set, published in 1907 and 1912. A Very Good set. 8vos. [Vol.1] ix, (1), 880; [Vol.2] viii, (2), 875 pp., illustrated with portrait frontispieces, and photographic portrait plates. Bound in burgundy cloth, with the title on the front board and spine n gilt. Minor shelf wear to the boards, and a small drop of stain on Vol. 1's spine. Pages 259-270 are loose, and laid in. A Very Good set. *** A Presentation copy, with a SIGNED letter from the author, affixed to the dedication page. The letter addressed to Mr. J. Eliot Coit, and written on University of North Carolina letterhead, dated 1908, reads: "My Dear Mr. Coit, Please allow me to present you with a copy of my History of U. N. C. I trust you will be interested in it for the sake of your grandfather, his associates and his University. It will go by express prepaid. Very truly, Kemp P. Battle". Mr. Coit is a graduate of North Carolina State, and goes on to become "The Father of the Avocado Industry in California". From 1913 to 1917, Coit was Professor of Citriculture, at the University of California, Berkeley. In 1919 he founded the "Coit Agricultural Service". Interspersed among the pages of Vol. 1 are several notes, concerning Coit's ancestry, one written on stationary from "Coit Agricultural Services". Also, laid in, are newspaper articles about Elisha Mitchell, the namesake of Mt. Mitchell in western NC, indicating that Mrs. Mitchell was a relation to Coit. COit's grandfather, referred to in the letter from Battle, was a Captain in service to the CSA. A detailed index at the rear lists all the graduates of UNC to 1868, with accomplishments and Confederate Service, including where they were killed in battle.

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[Signed] [First Edition] The History and Architecture of Lee County, North Carolina Pezzoni, J. Daniel [Used - Near fine] [Hardcover] 335.18 CAD 366p, quarto. Signed by author Pezzoni on first free end paper. A near fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Touch of faint foxing on text block and end papers, else fine.

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[Signed] [First Edition] HISTORY OF WAKE COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA: With Sketches Of Those Who Have Most Influenced Its Development Chamberlain, Hope 135.18 CAD 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st edition. A Very Good to Near Fine copy. 8vo., 302 pp., illustrated with portrait frontispiece and b&w plates. INSCRIBED by the Publisher (and copyright holder). Blue cloth with gilt title on spine. Spine very lightly soiled. Internally clean and bright. *** Howes C-268 ***.

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[Signed] [First Edition] Up-Lot Reveries: An Oral History of The North Fork Maria Parson [Used - Very good] [Hardcover] 65.18 CAD First Edition, First Printing. Published by Amereon House, 1984. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good with the author's signature and inscription on the half title page. Dust jacket is very good with a small tear on the bottom right corner of the front cover.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

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[Signed] [First Edition] History of Anson County North Carolina 1750-1976 Medley, Mary L. [Used - Very good] [Hardcover] 105.18 CAD Red cloth boards show light wear, mild bump top edge and now in protective plasticine jacket. Map endpapers. Author inscribed dedication page. History of Anson County, North Carolina through 1976. Appendices list first land grants, early deeds as recorded, marriage records 1786-1787, Regulator Petition 1769, principal slave holders 1790, war veterans, etc. Index. ; MCN35867; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 417 pp; Signed by Author

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[Signed] [First Edition] History of the Voyages and Discoveries Made in the North. Translated from the German of John Reinhold Forster and Elucidated 6635.18 CAD ***SUPERB*** THE MOST COMPLETE AND BEAUTIFULLY BOUND COPY I SEE FOR SALE. History of the Voyages and Discoveries Made in the North. Translated from the German of John Reinhold Forster and Elucidated by Several New and Original Maps. With the provenance of Eric Gerald Stanley, distinguished professor at the University of Oxford and close friend of J.R.R. Tolkien*** Condition: VG, collated and complete. IMPORTANCE Cornerstone work by Forster (chief naturalist for the Resolution on Cook's second voyage), chronicling the history of northern hemispheric exploration and the search for both a Northwest and Northeast passage. Includes chapters on the voyages of principal seafaring countries from 1497 to 1780. BOOK INFO Published in London by G.G.J. and J. Robinson in 1786. True first edition in English. This magnificent copy was bound by hand by world-famous bindery Bayntun-Riviere of Bath, England using the same antique tools and refined craftsmanship that it has since the Victorian age--over 130 years ago. It is an example of some of the finest, most luxurious binding that Bayntun offered in the latter half of the 20th century. In stunning full Levant rich brown morocco fine binding: boards with an exceptionally large crushed grain pattern and single gilt filet paneling; spine features five gilt bordered raised bands with two gilt lettered morocco spine labels and gilt tooled clipper ship emblems in the other compartments; all edges marbled; turn-ins tooled with a single gilt filet. Signed by Bayntun on front blank flyleaf. Quarto, 11.5" x 9.25". Collated and impressively complete, including blanks, half-title, errata and publisher ads (often lacking one or more of these pages): [viii], xvi, 489, [19]. Includes all three engraved folding map plates as called for. Beautifully wide margins (bottom margin and fore-margin measure 2"). The first English edition of this foundational work documents the search for the north-west and north-east passages from the earliest recorded explorations to 1780. The explorations include those of Cabot, Verazzano, Frobisher, Davis, Weymouth, Hudson, Fox, James, Cartier, Cook, Clerke, and others. PROVENANCE Oxford University Professor Eric Stanley (1923--2018) was born in Germany and moved to England with his family in 1934 to escape Nazi persecution. He was appointed Oxford's Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor in 1977, a post he held for 15 years before being elected to emeritus status, succeeding his good friend JRR Tolkien in that role. Over his career he had more than 600 pieces of work published and played a key advisory role in the revision of the Oxford English Dictionary and was considered a towering figure in Medieval literature. CONDITION REPORT VERY GOOD. Refreshed endpapers and blanks. Frontispiece bound at rear. Exterior and Binding: FINE. Square spine, firm hinges and joints, sharp corners. Leather is supple, glossy, rich in color, unfaded and vibrant. Presents beautifully on the shelf. Trivial rubbing....

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[Signed] Three Score And Ten: A History of Christ School, Arden, North Carolina 1900-1970 (SIGNED BY AUTHOR) David W. McCullough [Used - As new] 135.18 CAD Volume unveils the story of a mission school which grew into a first class college preparatory school without losing its mission. Memorable pictures included from the past to 1970. Frontispiece photograph of author, Preface, Introduction, 301 pp. CONDITION: Green hardcopy, gilt title on cover and spine. Clean interior. Green dust jacket with photograph and entitled in white print. Title on spine. Light shelf wear to edges. Full refund if not satisfied.

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[Signed] [First Edition] Portrait of the Past, The Civil War on Hatteras Island North Carolina, A Pictorial Tour DRAPALA, Robert V., and Drew Pullen 85.18 CAD First edition. Oblong quarto. An illustrated history, with contemporary photographs by Robert Drapala. Text by Drew Pullen. Scattered light soiling at the edges, near fine in a near fine dustwrapper. From the library of the artists Ben Shahn and Bernarda Bryson Shahn, with an estate label designed by their son, Jonathan Shahn. Warmly Inscribed by Drapala to Bernarda Shahn on the title page.

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[Signed] [First Edition] N by E A Record of Expeditioning North-By-East Across Baffin Bay and Beyond Kent, Rockwell [Used - Near fine] [Hardcover] 310.18 CAD B&W Illustrations; SIGNED EDITION. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The text pages are mostly clean and bright, but there is some light generalized toning to the endpapers and edges of the text block. The dust jacket has edge wear and nicking along with rubbing and tears to the spine ends and flaps. There is one chip missing from the middle spine of the dust jacket. Trade copies of this book with the dust jacket are actually quite scarce in comparison to the limnited edition. This copy has been signed, with an inscription on the front endpaper. "A transcendentalist and mystic in the tradition of Thoreau and Emerson, whose works he read, Kent found inspiration in the austerity and stark beauty of wilderness. After Monhegan, he lived for extended periods of time in Winona, Minnesota (19121913), Newfoundland (191415), Alaska (191819), Vermont (19191925), Tierra del Fuego (192223), Ireland (1926), and Greenland (1929; 193132; 193435). His series of land and seascapes from these often forbidding locales convey the Symbolist spirit evoking the mysteries and cosmic wonders of the natural world. "I don't want petty self-expression", Kent wrote, "I want the elemental, infinite thing; I want to paint the rhythm of eternity."; Signed by Author

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[Signed] [First Edition] The Wilderness of the North Pacific Coast Islands: A Hunter's Experiences While Searching for Wapiti, Bears, and Caribou on 1035.18 CAD First edition. Just a touch of rubbing at the spine ends, a fine copy with the gilt lettering bright. Inscribed by the author: "J.B. Townsend Esq. from C. Sheldon. September 24, 1912."

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[Signed] [First Edition] A History of North Mississippi Methodist 1820-1900 Miller, Gene Ramsey [Used - Very good] [Hardcover]

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