Plymouth, N.C. Roanoke Pub. Co., [1898]. 24pp., including two full-page illustrations. Original printed wrappers. Minor soiling to wrappers, old ink stamps on front wrapper, edges and spine a bit chipped, vertical crease throughout. Internally clean. An apparently unrecorded catalogue for an early North Carolina African American school. Around 1880, the..... More
[High Point, N.C. ca. 1880-1910]. Six leaves, illustrated with two small tintypes and eleven photographs on paper, plus two ephemeral items pasted in. Contemporary brown padded cloth over boards, metal fore-edge clasp. Spine perished, corners worn. One photograph chipped, moderate wear to remainder, a few faded. A mysterious but absorbing..... More
Cambridge, Ma. [ca. September 11, 1909]. [1]p., on Alice Freeman Palmer Memorial Settlement letterhead, with original transmittal envelope. Original mailing folds, minor toning. A fundraising form letter sent by Charlotte E. Hawkins, later Charlotte Hawkins Brown, informing the recipient of the progress of her school and ostensibly soliciting donations for..... More
[Raleigh?]: 1911. 23pp. Square 12mo. Original black cloth. Minor wear to covers, text block detached. Minor soiling, small ink stamp to final blank and verso of title page. A rare little volume published by author and English instructor Harry Houston Peckham, possibly in North Carolina during his time teaching there..... More
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[Salisbury, N.C. 1844]. Small broadside, 12.5 x 7.75 inches. Several minor chips at edges. Light, even tanning. A rare campaign broadside for a State Senate candidate in North Carolina, A.G. Carter, which discusses his position on the annexation of Texas. Carter had held his seat representing Rowan and Davie counties..... More
Asheville, N.C. August 13, 1884. [2]pp., on a single sheet of stationery from The Weekly Register newspaper in Asheville, with separate docketed and once stapled to the letter. Original folds, removed staple on each leaf. A fascinating political letter sent from a North Carolina journalist and editor named E.H. McLaughlin..... More