Premier Catalog Auctions - Session III
Sat, Sep 15, 2018 09:00AM EDT
Lot 1027
The History of North Carolina, 1860
Estimate: $400 - $800
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| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
| $3,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
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Containing the Exact Description and Natural History of That Country, etc., by John Lawson, Raleigh: Strother and Marcom, 1860, first American edition, a basic and important work regarding the Indians of North Carolina, and the first history of the Carolinas, Lawson, a government land surveyor, was burned at the stake by the Tuscarora Indians in 1711, Howes L155, Sabin 39452, bound in three-quarter leather over marbled boards, with four raised bands, morocco spine label; with receipt from William Reese Company
, Provenance: The Collection of Thomas A. Gray