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Lot 3246
History of North Carolina, Six Volume Set
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Variously compiled by R. D. W. Connor, William K. Boyd, J. G. de Roulhac Hamilton, and "Special Staff of Writers." HISTORY OF NORTH CAROLINA. Chicago and New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1919. (6) volumes. First edition. Illustrated. Hardcover in dark green cloth boards with gilded lettering and raised bands on spine, North Carolina seal on cover; marbled edges, pictorial endpapers. 4to; 519pp., 407pp., 434pp., 400pp., 400pp., 405pp.

Each volume 8 1/4 x 10 5/8 in.

Private Collection, Wilmington, North Carolina

This complete set presents the history of North Carolina from 1584 to the early 20th century. North Carolina Biography presented in Volumes IV, V, and VI.

Scuffs to boards, edgewear, spines slightly browned with rubbing and some wear to head and tail, titles still clear; pages mildly toned, scattered foxing, mostly on free endpapers (with heavier foxing on Vol. V and VI and title page of Vol. II), occasional mark or soiling and waviness to pages, Vol. III with two tears, generally clean overall; occasional wear at hinges, Vol IV. with some cracking and sign of repair; some volumes with separation from text block but bindings sturdy overall. An overall good scarce set.