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Emporium & Humber Family Collection Auction

Fri, Feb 4, 2022 09:00AM EST
Lot 373

The History of North Carolina by Hugh Williamson

Estimate: $400 - $600

Bid Increments

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$0 $25
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$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

(1735-1819), Philadelphia: Thomas Dobson, 1812, two volumes (complete), with folding frontispiece map, in tree calf leather with gilt ruled spine and morocco spine labels, Howes W-494, Sabin 104449, Thornton 14962

Provenance: Humber Family, North Carolina

Note: Williamson, American Founding Father, signatory to the U.S. Constitution, represented North Carolina at the Constitutional Convention.

Condition

volume one very good with some rubbing to leather covers and some rubbing at the extremities; volume two front board detached, some loss to spine, rubbing to covers and extremities

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