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Emporium & Humber Family Collection Auction

Fri, Feb 4, 2022 09:00AM EST
Lot 377

Three 19th Century North Carolina History Titles

Estimate: $600 - $900

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including: The Heart of the Alleghanies or Western North Carolina by Wilbur G. Zeigler and Ben S. Grosscup, Raleigh: Alfred Williams & Co., 1883, with folding map of Western North Carolina at rear and several pages of advertisement, in original pictorial blindstamped upper cover with gilt decoration, Thornton 15513; North Carolina 1780-'81, Being a History of the Invasion of the Carolinas by the British Army Under Lord Cornwallis in 1780-'81 by David Schenck, Raleigh: Edwards & Broughton, 1889, with folding map, in original gilt decorated cloth, Howes S-154; History of North Carolina; From the Earliest Discoveries to the Present Time by John W. Moore, Raleigh: Alfred Williams & Co., 1880, two volumes (complete), in three quarter leather over cloth with gilt lettering on spine, Howes M-775

Provenance: Humber Family, North Carolina

Condition

all very good with wear to extremities