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Lot 1033

17 North Carolina History Books and One Medal

Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000

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including The Rural Philosopher by John Maunde, Newbern: Franklin and Garrow, 1804, bound in full tree calf, with morocco spine label, bookplate on the front pastedown, front board starting, preliminary pages with some tears, otherwise good; Sketches of North Carolina, Historical and Biographical by Rev. William Henry Foote, New York: Robert Carter, 1846, bound in original blind-stamped cloth, gilt decorated spine, bookplate on the front pastedown, wear at the head of the spine, front board starting, otherwise very goodHistoire et Commerce des Colonies Angloises by Georges-Marie Butel-Dumont, 1775, second edition of an important economic survey of the North American colonies, bound in full leather, elaborately gilt decorated spine, morocco spine label, rebacked earlier, bookplate on the front pastedown, corners bumped, wear at the extremities, otherwise good; 1875 Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence Centennial Medal, housed in a custom chemise and slipcase, leather spine and marbled boards, good, ungraded; plus several other titles: 2 volumes of The Man of Business by Swaim; North Carolina in the War of Independence, Address by McLean; Sketches of Life in North Carolina by Michaux, 1894; 2 copies of The Old North State in 1776 by Caruthers; Memorials of North Carolina by Joseph Jones, 1838; The Campaign of 1781 in the Carolinas by Henry Lee, 1824; The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence by William Henry Hoyt, 1907; The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence by Henderson; A Chapter on the Colonial History of the Carolinas, 1885; Selden's Table Talk, 1821; Castle Rackrent by Maria Edgeworth, 1802; and Myrtle Leaves by Mangum, 1864; some with receipts from William Reese Company 

, Provenance: The Collection of Thomas A. Gray