Three Extremely Scarce First Editions on the Legends and Traditions of North Carolina’s Cape Fear Region

Lot Details & Additional Photographs

James Sprunt. Tales and Traditions of the Lower Cape Fear, 1661-1896. Wilmington, N.C.: LeGwin Brothers, Printers, 1896. First edition. Hardcover. Rebound in red cloth-covered boards. Square 12mo; 215, [1], lxivpp. Illustrated throughout. (Boards with light shelf wear, spine slightly darkened; mix of fresh and old endpapers with offsetting to rear endpapers, frontispiece partially detached and with some repairs(?) at inner margin, contemporary gift inscription; occasional handling wear to text block including a few tears and edge chips, and infrequent marks and spots of grime; last several pages with damp stains and light associated wear; occasional gutter wear.)

Andrew J. Howell, Jr. A Money Island Legend. [Wilmington, N.C.?]: [Andrew J. Howell, Jr.?], [1908]. First edition. Printed at Commercial Printing Co. Cream color paper wraps with yapp edges and red printed and pictorial front cover. 16mo; 68pp. (Expected age and handling wear to wraps such as light scuffing and creasing, toning, and an occasional closed tear at edges; interior with scattered staining, wear and glue residue at front hinges, first free endpaper partially detached, text pages overall clean with infrequent foxing and light toning and handling wear.)

Hubbard Fulton Page. Lyrics and Legends of the Cape Fear Country. [Durham, N.C]: [Presses of Christian Printing Co.], 1932. First edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth-covered boards. Small 8vo; xi, [1], 163, [1]pp. (Boards with light shelf wear and a stain to lower board; front pastedown with label remnants; front hinge cracking; clean interior with light marginal toning, infrequent spotting, a few areas of wear (mostly from opening leaves), with text pages overall very clean and many leaves still partially unopened.)

Largest 7 5/8 x 5 1/2 in.

From a Private Wilmington, North Carolina Collector

All three found at a relatively small number of institutions and extremely scarce on the market. According to our records, none have sold at auction in over fifty years.