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Unless otherwise indicated, all books in this list are in sound, usable condition ("very good"), in the original cloth binding and are 8vo. (approximately 6" X 9" in size.) Most are not new; however, previous owners' names, bookplates, stamps and other marks of ownership are not noted unless such markings are disfiguring. Bindings on older books will usually show normal signs of wear and use relative to the age of the book. Excessive wear or damage is noted in the description. Books whose condition is above average are also noted.
1002026 Index to Wills of Charleston County, South Carolina 1671-1868, compiled under the direction of the Charleston Free Library. Published by Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, MD in 1974. Green cloth (a few spots), 8v0., 324 pp. Arranged alphabetically. Previous owner has made several small ink notations. $45.00
1002001E The Highland Scots of North Carolina, by Duane Meyer. Published by The Carolina Charter Tercentenary Commission, Raleigh, NC in 1963. Illus, map, softcovers (edges bent and worn), 8vo., 75 pp. This is an adaptation and condensation of the author’s book The Highland Scots of North Carolina, 1732-1775 published in 1961. Chapters on motives for migration, the voyage to America, settlement, and the American revolution. $15.00
805098M Set Fair for Roanoke: Voyages and Colonies, 1584-1606, by David Beers Quinn. Published by The University of North Carolina Press in 1985. Index, illus., maps, softcover (lower rear corner bent), 8vo., 467 pp. Previous owner’s name inside front cover. VG condition. A concise, scholarly history of the voyages sponsored by Sir Walter Ralegh and the efforts to colonize what is now North Carolina and Southern Virginia. $15.00
612045 The Annals and Parish register of St. Thomas and St. Denis Parish in South Carolina From 1680 to 1884, compiled by Robert F. Clute. Published in Charleston, SC in 1884. green cloth (edges a little worn), ex-lib. (bookplate is the only indicator), 8vo., VG condition, 111 pp. Includes marriages, births and baptisms, deaths and burials. $65.00
612028 Obituaries and Marriage Notices from the Carolina Watchman 1832-1890: An Index, by Marian Camper Fuller. Published by A Press, Inc., Greenville SC in 1981. Originally published circa 1947 in two volumes. Blue cloth, 8vo., VG condition (date stamp on fep.), 342 pp. The index reflects the holdings of the North Carolina Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as of 1947. Additional holdings may have been added. Arranged alphabetically by decedent for obituaries and by both bride and groom for marriages. $65.00
611059 North Carolina Land Grants in South Carolina, by Brent H. Holcomb. Published by the author in 1980. Index, maps, softcover, 8vo., VG condition, 184 pp. Previous owner’s embossed stamp on 1st page. Before the surveys of 1764 and 1772, more than 1,000 land grants were issued in North Carolina in what is now South Carolina. Arranged alphabetically by county. $20.00
611060 Marriage Notices in Charleston Courier 1803-1808, compiled by A. S. Salley, Jr. Published by Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, MD in 1976. Index, soft covers (a little abraded), 8vo., VG condition, 83 pp. Arranged chronologically. $15.00
611061 A Guide to Local Government Records in the South Carolina Archives, by the Staff of the South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Published by University of South Carolina Press, Columbia, SC, in 1988. Index, softcovers, 8vo., VG condition, 315 pp. Arranged by county. $14.00
611063 Ray’s Index and Digest to Hathaway’s North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register with Genealogical Notes and Annotations, compiled by Worth S. Ray. Published by Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, MD, in 1971. A facsimile reprint of The Lost Tribes of North Carolina, Part I, originally published in 1945. Green cloth, 8vo., VG condition, 192 pp. $27.50
611064 The Granville District of North Carolina 1748-1763: Abstracts of Land Grants, Volume I, by Margaret M. Hofmann. Published by The Roanoke News Company, Weldon, NC, in 1986. Indexes, green cloth (corners bumped), dj., 8vo., VG condition (date stamp on fep.), 199 pp. Covers Anson, Bladen, Bertie, Beaufort, Currituck, Chowan, Cumberland, Dobbs, and Edgecombe Counties. $45.00
611066M Less Time for Meddling: A History of Salem Academy and College 1772-1866, by Frances Griffin. Published by John F. Blair, Winston-Salem, NC in 1979. Index, biblio., notes, illus., photos, tan cloth (dent in front cover), dj. (very shabby), interior in VG condition, 311 pp. Previous owners’ names on fep. Salem Academy was founded by Moravians in Salem, North Carolina in 1772 to educate the girls of the community. The college still survives. $22.50
611067M The Material Basis of the Postbellum Tenant Plantation: Historical Archeology in the South Carolina Piedmont, by Charles Orser, Jr. Published by The University of Georgia Press, Athens, GA in 1988. Index, biblio., notes, illus., maps, tables, navy cloth, dj., 8vo., near-new condition. The author combines his archeological research at Millwood Plantation, located on the Georgia-South Carolina border, with written materials to provide a fuller and more accurate picture of the post-Civil War black tenant system. $25.00
602005M Raleigh in Exeter 1985: Privateering and Colonisation in the Reign of Elizabeth I, edited by Joyce Youings. Published by The University of Exeter, 1985. Exeter Studies in History Number 10. Illus., notes, map, softcover, 8vo., 117 pp. VG condition. A collection of papers delivered at the University of Exeter to commemorate the 400th anniversary of England’s attempt to colonize North America. In addition to the article on privateering, there are also interesting essays on the Raleigh (Ralegh) family, the “lost colonists”, Elizabethan ocean-going ships. A good background book. $12.50
512058 The Pirates of North Carolina, by Hugh F. Rankin. Published by The Department of Cultural Resources, Division of Archives, Raleigh, NC, 1986. Later printing. Illus., softcover (remains of small price sticker on rear cover, front cover creased), 8vo., 72 pp. Includes chapters on Stede Bonnet, the Gentleman Pirate, and Blackbeard, the fiercest pirate of the all. An appendix lists a “who’s who” of North Carolina Colonial Pirates. $10.00
202049 The Sesquicentennial History of Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church: Mainly Covering the Period 1903-1951, by W. A. Kennedy. (ed.). Published by General Synod of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, Clinton, SC, 1951. Photos, cloth, 8vo., 701 pp. VG condition. Includes capsule histories of Congregations located throughout the South. Includes lengthy ministers' biographies with much genealogical information. $45.00
202046 Register of St. Philip's Parish, Charles Town, South Carolina, Volume 1: 1720-1758, Volume II: 1754-1810, by A. S. Salley (ed.). Published by University of South Carolina Press, Columbia, SC, 1971. Reprint of 1904 and 1927 editions. Indexes, cloth, 8vo., 355 pp. VG condition. Christenings, marriages, and burials which took place during the years indicated in the title. During the Revolutionary War, the church registrar decided that to continue listing soldiers' and sailors' funerals "would fill up the Register too soon". $45.00
310043 Historic Buildings and Landmarks of Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Published by The Chapel Hill Historical Society, Chapel Hill, 1973. 1st edition, Index, photos, fold-out map, stiff wraps, oblong 24mo,, 36 pp. VG condition. History and photos of 42 homes, buildings and places in Chapel Hill with a fold-out locator map. $15.00
308214 Raleigh in Exeter 1985: Privateering and Colonisation in the Reign of Elizabeth I, by Joyce Youings (ed.). Published by University of Exeter, 1985. Illus., notes, map, softcover, 8vo., 117 pp. VG+ condition. Includes sections on Elizabethan privateering, the "lost colonists" and the Raleigh family. $15.00
308219 White Servitude in Colonial South Carolina, by Warren B. Smith. Published by University of South Carolina Press, Columbia, SC, 1970. 2nd printing. Index, biblio., illus., notes, map, softcover (spine discolored, abrasion on front), 8vo., 161 pp. Interior VG condition. Includes some lists with names of servants, and land grant records of Early Carolina, with number of servants noted. $15.00
308048 Marriages of Chatham County, North Carolina 1772-1868, by Brent H. Holcomb. Published by Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, MD, 1987. Index, cloth, 8vo., 126 pp. As new. $17.50
211079 Not a Conquered People: Two Carolinians View Parliamentary Taxation, by William S. Price, Jr. Published by North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, Raleigh, NC, 1975. Illus., soft covers, 8vo., 49 pp. VG condition. Essays by Martin Howard and Maurice Moore. From the North Carolina in the Revolution Series. $15.00
211024 The Emergence of North Carolina's Revolutionary State Government, by Robert L. Ganyard. Published by North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, Raleigh, NC, 1978.
Illus., map, soft covers, 8vo., 104 pp. Owner's stamp and red ink notation on cover. Number XIV in the North Carolina Bicentennial Pamphlet Series. $10.00211082 The Pirates of Colonial North Carolina, by Hugh F. Rankin. Published by Division of Archives and History Raleigh, NC, 1976. Later printing.
Illus., softcovers (creased, light soil, gouge in front cover), 8vo., 71 pp. Interior VG condition. The Appendix contains "A Who's Who of North Carolina's Colonial Pirates". $10.00909403 Edgecombe County: A Brief History, by Alan D, Watson. Published by North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, Raleigh in 1979. Illus, biblio., wraps. 8vo., 109 pp. VG condition. A short but useful survey. $12.50
909372 Gottlieb Schober of Salem, by Jerry L. Surratt. Published by Mercer University Press, Macon in 1983. 1st edition. Illus., index, biblio., dj., 8vo., 243 pp. As-new condition. In addition to Schober’s biography, provides an accurate description of the Moravian community of New Salem in late 18th and early 19th centuries. $20.00
909368 Graveyard of the Atlantic, by David Stick. Published by University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in 1952. dj. (edgewear), 8vo., 276 pp. VG condition. Signed $25.00
909293 Old Salem, North Carolina, by Mary Barrow Owen (ed.). Published by Garden Club of North Carolina in 1946. 2nd edition. Illus., photos, cloth, 4to., 173 pp. VG condition except for lengthy inscription on fly leaf. Documents the buildings and their history in this old Moravian settlement. $22.50
909321 Southport (Smithville) A Chronology. Volume I (1520 -1887), by Bill Reaves. Published by Broadfoot, Wilmington, NC in 1985 (1978). Illus, index, biblio., photos, softbound. 4to., 129 pp. VG condition. The events, including some vitals, are arranged year by year. Note: pp. 45 - 52 are bound upside down. $17.50
906031 The Outer Banks An
Historical Adventure from Kitty Hawk to Ocracoke, by
Martin R. Conway. Carabelle Books,
Shepherdstown, WV, 1985, 86 pp., 8vo., Photos, Illus., softcover, VG
condition. $10.00
906687 In My Father's House Are Many Mansions: Family and Community in Edgefield, South Carolina, by Orville V. Burton. University of North Carolina P., Chapel Hill, 1985, 480 pp., 1st edition, 8vo., illus, index, biblio., photos, cloth, dj., VG condition. An important study of this area for the period 1850 ‑ 1880. Much on family structure, both black and white. $25.00
906697 Tales of Edisto, by Nell S. Graydon. R. L. Bryan, Columbia, S.C., 1955, 166 pp., 2nd printing, 8vo., Photos by Carl Julien, Cloth, dj. (light wear)., VG condition. Anecdotal history of the island and its families. $30.00
202048 Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Abstracts of Early Wills 1763-1790 (1749-1790), by Brent H. Holcomb. Author-published in Columbia, SC, 1980. Index, softcover, 8vo., 101 pp. VG condition. Mecklenburg County included counties from present day North and South Carolina. Includes wills written when the territory was still Anson County but filed after the county was formed. $15.00
911009 Hanging by A Thread: Social Change in Southern Textiles, by Jeffrey Leiter, et al, (editors). Published by ILR Press in Ithaca, 1991. 1st edition. Index, references, tables, cloth, dj., 8vo., 248 pp. VG condition. Social conditions on the Southern cotton textile industry, mostly in North Carolina. A good background book. $20.00
207103 Tales of Columbia, by Nell S. Graydon. R.L. Bryan Company, 1964. Illus., photos, dj. ( 2 edges discolored), hard covers, 8vo., 263 pp. An attractive copy of one of the cornerstone works about this South Carolina community. $40.00
207059 Historic New Bern, North Carolina; Land of Enchanting Waters, compiled by Marie Basinger. Published by Owen G. Dunn Co., 1960. Photos, illus., folding map, stiff wraps, 12 mo., 68 pp. A guide book to the homes and buildings in New Bern, with local history. $15.00
108158 [Business Directory] Charlotte News Standard Classified Business Directory of Charlotte, N.C. Vol. VII, 1931. Adverts, large folding map, wraps (light soiling), 8vo., 40 pp. $40.00
108155 The Proprietors of Carolina, by William S. Powell. Carolina Charter Tercentenary Commission, 1963. 70 pp. ports, 8vo., wraps. Includes biographies of the eight original proprietors and biographies of 41 later proprietors. $10.00