NORTH CAROLINA from Eilenberger Rare Books, LLC

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… Read more about this item

[Durham: Press of the Seeman Printery, 1920.] 229 pages, plus frontispiece and 11 full page plates from photographs. Most of the plates are portraits with the remainder depicting Durham businesses. Original maroon cloth lettered in gilt. 20.5 x 14 cm. The cloth shows light speckling along the edges of the boards and spine; spine is just a little… Read more about this item

Raleigh, N.C.: Edwards, Broughton, & Co., 1884. 16 pages. Original printed wraps. 22.5 x 14.5 cm. Good. The lower third of the spine is split; some foxing and marginal soiling to the wraps; minor foxing to title page. FIRST EDITION. The topic of Reade’s address is "The Legal Profession of North Carolina -- What It is and What It… Read more about this item

Salem, N.C.: O.A. Keehln; Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott and Co., 1857. iv, [13]-206 pages. Original green cloth with gilt spine lettering. 16 x 10.5 cm. The cloth is a little faded and shows some faint stains; endpapers are browned. Moderate scattered foxing; leaves browned along the edges. Good plus. Penciled owner's inscription, "B.F. Crosland, New York, 1857," on front… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

Greensboro, N.C.: University of North Carolina at Greensboro, [1991]. x, 213, [1] pages. Illustrated throughout with black & white photographs. Original cloth. 29 x 22.5 cm. Fine in very good dust jacket. Jacket shows sun-fading to the spine panel, a slight crease to the base of the spine panel, and some faint rubbing. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR… Read more about this item

Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1958. viii, 597 pages. Original blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. 23.5 x 16 cm. A fine, fresh copy. FIRST EDITION. Based on the North Carolina Collection at U.N.C., the work contains over 15,000 entries and remains a standard reference for North Carolina books. It is the companion volume to Thornton's “Official… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

[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.… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

Nashville, Tenn.: Confederate Veteran, 1901. xv, [i], 404 pages, plus frontispiece portrait of the author. Numerous full-page portraits and maps printed with the text. Errata slip tipped-in. Original dark red cloth lettered in gilt with pictorial flag centerpiece stamped in red, white, and blue. 24 x 17 cm. Good. Spine sun-darkened, worn at ends, and with small chip at… Read more about this item

Winston-Salem, N.C.: John F. Blair, [1991]. xi, 288 pages, plus [30] pages of illustrations (photographs and three maps). Original dark blue cloth with silver spine lettering. 23.5 x 16 cm. A fine copy in very nearly fine dust jacket (minor rubbing to the jacket). FIRST EDITION. The first chapter discusses private academies… Read more about this item

[Winston-Salem]: Red Maple Press, [1998]. Unpaginated. [80] pages, mostly comprised of full-page color photographs. Original blue-green cloth. Oblong: 21 x 25.8 cm. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER on the front free endpaper and additionally signed by him on the title page.… Read more about this item

Raleigh, N.C.: Commerical Printing Co., 1930. viii, 376 pages. Numerous full-page photographs (portraits and few views) printed with the text. Original blue cloth with gilt spine lettering and gilt emblems on the front cover. 23.5 x 16.5 cm. Good. Spine is partially faded, gilt is a bit dull, some spotting to the spine and… Read more about this item

Chapel Hill: John B. Neathery, 1861. [Title and publisher from front wrap.] 8vo. 34 pages. Original printed wraps, bound into dark blue library cloth with gilt spine lettering. Gilt call number on front cover and bookplate on front pastedown, but the only library marking on the pamphlet itself is a penciled call number on… Read more about this item

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)… Read more about this item

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. … Read more about this item

Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Library, 1955. 52, [1] pages. Original green cloth with gilt cover title. [23.4 cm.] Very good plus. Foxing to endpapers and a few minor traces internally. Bookplate on front pastedown. FIRST EDITION. Harris (1892-1973), a native of Wake County, North Carolina, and a graduate… Read more about this item