from Pages Past Used and Rare Books

Boston, MA: The Christopher Publishing House, 1959. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. 407 pages, indexed. Hardcover with a tan, red and blue dust jacket. Moderate wear to the jacket, which has some brief edge tears and which has a couple of dents on the front panel. SIGNED by the… Read more

McKenney, Virginia: John R. Doyle, 1995. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 392 pages. Hardcover bound in light grey glossy paper-covered boards. Minimal wear to the binding. Inscribed (presumably by the author) on the title page, "To Mary Virginia Burgwyn in memory of… Read more

Fort Mill, South Carolina: Aviv Moon Publishing, 2013. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Quarto. 388 pages. Soft cover bound in brown wrappers. Light wear to the binding. There are a couple of bumps and contact marks on the front cover. A… Read more

Asheville, NC: Citizen-Times Publishing Company, 1967. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Dorothy Luxton Parris. Octavo. 372 pages. hardcover in green cloth and with a blue and green dust jacket. Light wear to the dust jacket. INSCRIBED by the author on the front flyleaf, "For Grace and Morris Brown- With the best of all good… Read more

Asheville, NC: Citizen-Times Publishing Company, 1967. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Dorothy Luxton Parris. Octavo. 372 pages. hardcover in green cloth and with a blue and green dust jacket. Heavy wear to the dust jacket, which has a large 5 inch tear running from the bottom of the spine to halfway up the front panel near… Read more

New York: The William Fredericck Press, 1961. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo. 273 pages. Hardcover bound in brown cloth and with a partial brown dust jacket. The jacket is in two pieces and lacks nearly half of the spine. The book is sound with… Read more

Raleigh: The General Board Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, 1967. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 454 pages, indexed. Hardcover with a grey and blue dust jacket. The jacket has 1.5 inch wide by 1 inch tall chip missing at the headcap. Jacket… Read more

San Antonio, Texas: The Naylor Company, 1963. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo. 176 pages. Hardcover with an orange and brown dust jacket. Light to moderate wear to the jacket; jacket spine is a bit sunned. A sound copy with secure inner hinges.… Read more

Roanoke, Virginia: A & W Enterprises, 1989. Third Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo. 449, 3 pages. Hardcover with a red, white and blue pictorial dust jacket. The jacket shows some rubbing, and there is a vertical crease in the jacket running down the front panel near the spine.… Read more

Roanoke, VA: A & W Enterprise, 1985. Ninth Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo. 170, (25) pages, indexed. Hardcover with a red, white and blue pictorial dust jacket. The jacket shows some rubbing, and there is Sicker residue and some wrinkling to the surface of the jacket at… Read more

Roanoke, VA: A & W Enterprise Gurtner Printing Co., 1985. Fourth Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo. 182 pages, indexed. Hardcover with a red, white and blue pictorial dust jacket. The jacket shows some rubbing. The book is sound and clean. INSCRIBED by the author on… Read more

Boston and Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, 2001. Fourteenth Printing . Soft cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. 403 pages, indexed. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY BURKE DAVIS to NC historian Lindley Butler. Hardcover with a green dust jacket, which is not price clipped (with price of $21.95). The jacket shows light wear. The book has… Read more

Indianapolis and New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1945. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo. 384 pages. SIGNED by the author on the second front flyleaf. Hardcover with a tan, pink and blue dust jacket. The jacket is rubbed and worn with some and a bit soiled from handling. The… Read more

Niwot, Colorado: Roberts Rinehart Publishers, 1990. Soft cover. Very Good. Quarto. 86 pages. Soft cover bound in red, blue and green pictorial wrappers. Light wear to the binding. A sound copy an clean within. Illustrated throughout. INSCRIBED on the half title by the author, "Best Wishes! Alfred Runte.

Greenville, NC: Williams & Simpson Publishers, 1986. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo. 89 pages. Hardcover with a tan and grey dust jacket. The jacket shows heavy wear and chipping about the edges. Inscribed by the author on the half title, "For Mary Bradford, with all good wishes-- / Congratulations on… Read more

Paris: The Limited Editions Club, 1937. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Mariette Lydis. Folio. [122] pages. Hardcover bound in blue cloth with titles in gilt. The binding is rubbed and worn but sound. There are some pale damp stains at the bottom edge of… Read more

N. P. : The Author, 1972. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 400 pages, indexed. Hardcover in red cloth. The binding shows moderate wear and has some soiling from handling on the edges near the spine. The outside edges of the text block have some foxing or stains. Front flyleaf… Read more

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1987. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. 436 pages. Hardcover in green leather with gilt illustrations. Binding has light wear. All edges of text block are gilt and show light wear. Marbled endpapers. Text is clean. SIGNED by author

New York: Bureau of Publications / Teachers College, Columbia University, 1935. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. 106 pages. Hardcover bound in blue cloth. Light to moderate wear to the binding. A sound copy with secure inner hinges and clean text. Inscribed by the author on the front flyleaf, "To Mary Armand Nash with… Read more

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co. Inc, 1967. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 12mo. 240 pages, indexed. Hardcover in green cloth with white and green illustrated dust jacket. the jacket has a few stains, is toned. All edges of text block are foxed. INSCRIBED by the author on the front flyleaf which has a strip of… Read more