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Martin, William TBiblio.com

History of Franklin County : A Collection of Reminiscences of the Early Settlement of the County; with Biographical Sketches

Martin, Francois-XavierBiblio.com

History of North Carolina from the Earliest Period. Volumes I & II

1829053217New Orleans: Printed by A. T. Penniman & Co. 1829. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavos. xii 325 3 cxii; 2 410 pages. Untrimmed. Lacks the final leaf of Volume II part of Table of Contents. Hardcovers bound in early 20th century 3/4 leather with black cloth-covered boards. Raised bands and gilt titles on the spines. Housed in a sturdy cloth-covered slipcase. An ex-library set with removed shelf numbers at the foot of the spines. Library bookplate on the front pasteowns. Each volume has the name of "Junius Davis" stamped in gilt on the front cover. The bindings show moderate rubbing and wear and has a little hinge cracking at the headcap and foot of the spines. Still a sturdy set. In Volume I about 1/3 of the half title is torn away affecting some of the text. The final three leaves have large tears at the bottom margins not affecting the text. In Volume II the leaf for pages 409-410 is torn away at the fore edge with significant loss of text part of the Table of Contents it lists the contents of the last two chapters of the volume. There is heavy damping to the bottom half of the text blocks in both volumes and both volumes have soiling to the title pages and final leaves. Wide margins to the text. This was the copy of Junius Davis 1845-1916. Davis was a lawyer who was the son of George Davis the Attorney General of the Confederate States. Junius was born in Wilmington and studied at the Bingham School near Hillsborough before he enrolled in the Confederate Army at 17 serving with the Tenth North Carolina Regiment. He was in the Battles of Drewry's Bluff and Bermuda Hundred and was part of the attack on Fort Harrison. He was slightly wounded in the trenches around Petersburg during the last days of the war and was part of the retreat to Appomattox. He and some others were cut off from the main group and retreated into the woods only to hear the next day that Lee has surrendered. They were not certain of this and went to Lynchburg where they were advised to go home. They then returned to Greensboro North Carolina in hopes of joining up with Johnston but they learned that Johnston had surrendered there and so they turned themselves over to the Federal Provost Marshall. After the War Junius Davis studied law and joined his father at his law firm. There is a partial faint pencil signature on the torn half title of Volume I reading "Geo." This is likely his father George Davis. Although the Table of Contents at the end of Volume II is incomplete this is overall an attractive and sound set and contains an interesting provenance. <br/> <br/> Printed by A. T. Penniman & Co. hardcover

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LUNT, GeorgeBiblio.com

Radicalism in religion philosophy and social life; four papers from the Boston Courier for 1858.

1858000378Boston: Little Brown and Company 1858. First Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. First Edition in book form. 8vo. pp. 79 1. Bound in a well preserved green blind stamped publisher's cloth. The front cover contains an area of fading or discoloration. A mild water stain line is visible on front end papers; pages are generally clean but lightly age-toned. George Lunt 1803-1885 was the U.S. district attorney for Massachusetts during President Zachary Taylor's administration. In 1857 he became editor of the conservative "Boston Courier." DAB. Lunt's book collects four anti-liberal essays which were originally published in the "Courier." Among them are the following - a diatribe against reformer Theodore Parker a refutation of a lecture given by Ralph Waldo Emerson a refutation of a pro-suffrage lecture given by Georg W. Curtis and an article entitled the "Philosophy of Abolition." PROVENANCE: Inscribed by Rev. Luther Farnham to Rev. Thomas Smyth on front blank page. A three page letter written by Farnham dated "Boston Feb. 2 1858" is also attached to the verso of the front free end paper. The letter is addressed to "Rev'd dear Sir" presumably Smyth. Rev. Luther Farnham 1816-1897 authored a booklet survey entitled "A Glance at Private Libraries" 1855 "the first study of its kind to be done in the United States." See Basbanes "A Gentle Madness" p.155-56. Farnham was also Secretary of the Southern Aid Society a missionary organization which preached the Gospel to poor whites and blacks down south. The letter concerns Farnham's intent to write a series of articles on the history agriculture religion and education of the southern states in the hopes of promoting better feelings between north and south. Rev. Thomas Smyth was presumably the well known Presbyterian theologian who lived in Charlestown South Carolina. He is mentioned in Farnham's library survey as possessing about 17000 books. for G. Lunt see Sabin 67423. <br/> <br/> Little, Brown, and Company hardcover

Robert McDowell Antiquarian Books · États-Unis185,00 $US≈ 156,53 €

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