Virginia History
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Notes On the State Of Virginia
by Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson’s chronicle of the natural, social, and political history of Virginia is at once a scientific discourse, an attempt to define America, and a brilliant examination of the idea of freedom.
The First Emancipator
by Andrew Levy
ANDREW LEVY was born in Mount Holly, New Jersey, in 1962. He received an M.A. from the Johns Hopkins Writing Seminars in 1986 and a Ph.D. in literature from the University of Pennsylvania in 1991. Levy has published essays in Harper’s, Dissent, and The American Scholar, book reviews in the Chicago Tribune and The Philadelphia Inquirer, and has written or co-edited several books on American literature and writing. He lives in Indianapolis with his wife, Siobhan, and their son, Aedan, and is...
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Legacy From the Past, a Portfolio Of Eighty-Eight Original Williamsburg Buildings
by Foundation, Colonial Williamsburg
AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE COLONIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA, Vols. 1 & 2
by Hewatt, Alexander
Orig. pub. London 1779. Reprinted 1962, 1971. Print on Demand Edition 2015. The set Dr. Alexander Hewatt (or Hewat) is known as the first historian of South Carolina and is best known for this two-volume work. He was a Presbyterian minister in Charleston from 1763 to 1777. Not sympathetic with the Patriot cause, he returned to England in 1775 but remained interested in South Carolina until his death in 1828. While the books are primarily South Carolina material with a strong Charleston and lowcountry...
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£73.16
THE CAROLINA PIRATES AND COLONIAL COMMERCE, 1670-1740
by Hughson, Shirley Carter
Orig. pub. Baltimore 1894. Reprinted 1971, 1992. Print on Demand Edition 2009. 136 pp. The North Carolina coast in the colonial period furnished a haven for pirates, for its inlets and islands enabled those overly romanticized brigands, who preyed on the extensive shipping industry of Charleston, South Carolina, to escape pursuit. Drawn from colonial records and legislation, this book gives an authentic presentation of the pirate problem as it confronted not only North Carolina but also South Carolina...
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£26.42
TRACKS ACROSS THE BLUE RIDGE Short Stories of the Blue Ridge Mountains Including the Gabe Randleman Reader
by Yeatts, John Hassell
Delmar Company. Near Fine. 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by author on first endpaper. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 108 pages; Signed by Author .
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£9.75
THE MINERAL WEALTH OF VIRGINIA Tributary to the Lines of the Norfolk & Western & Shenandoah Valley Railroad Companies
by McCreath, Andrew Smith
Harrisburg, PA: Lane S. Hart, Printer and Binder. Fair. 1884. First Edition. Softcover. Two folded maps. Top and bottom half inch of the spine is missing. Covers split at the joints about a quarter top and bottom. Covers worn. Owner's name on endpaper. Signature crack at the Preface page, pages browned. Folded map in rear has splits at the folds. Scarce. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 157 pages .
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£105.68
THE CAMPAIGN OF 1781 IN THE CAROLINAS
by Lee, Henry
Orig. pub. Philadelphia 1824. Reprinted 1975. Print on Demand Edition 2019. (vi), 511, xlvii pp. Henry Lee published this work in response to aspersions cast upon his father, "Light Horse" Harry Lee, by chroniclers of the American Revolution, in particular Justice William Johnson of South Carolina. Notwithstanding the son's obvious bias, the volume is a standard source for the history of the Revolution in the South. The author covers background events in the life of General Nathanael Greene, and...
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£52.84
VIRGINIA SOLDIERS OF 1776, Vol. III
by Burgess, Louis A., ed
Orig. pub. Richmond 1927-29. Reprinted 1973. Print on Demand Edition 2021. Vol. III, (ii), 520 pp.
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£48.77
AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE COLONIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA, Volume 1
by Hewatt, Alexander
Vol. 1, (ii), (xiv), 348 pp.
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£36.58
NOTABLE SOUTHERN FAMILIES, Vol. II
by Armstrong, Zella
Orig. pub. Chattanooga 1922. Reprinted 1974. Print on Demand Edition 2012. 382 pp., frontis Genealogies of the following families: Bean, Boone, Borden, Bryan, Carter, Davis, Donaldson, Hardwick, Haywood, Holliday, Hollingsworth, Houston, Johnston, Kelton, Magill, Rhea, Montgomery, Shelby, Vance, Wear, and Williams.
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£36.58
Notes on the State of Virginia
by Thomas Jefferson
Notes on the State of Virginia by Thomas JeffersonPrinted by David Carlisle for Thomas & Andrews [et al], Boston, 1801. Eighth American Edition. In original calfskin morocco label, gilt. 364pp. folding map, and folding table - lacking the frontis. portrait of Jefferson. The map by Samuel Lewis is dated 1794. It is the same map as that issued with the Philadelphia 1794 edition. Condition: The map is torn and so is the fold-out table (please see the photos) This edition is lacking the engraved frontis....
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£402.39
KING'S MOUNTAIN AND ITS HEROES: History of the Battle of King's Mountain, October 7th, 1780, and the Events Which Led to It
by Draper, Lyman C
Orig. pub. Cincinnati 1881. Reprinted 1967, 1973, 1982. Print on Demand Edition 2011. xv, 17-612 pp., index + illus., maps The Battle of King's Mountain, October 7, 1780, turned the tide of the Revolution in the South, bringing to an end many months of British occupation in the Carolinas and Georgia. Draper's classic account of this important battle includes early background events, notes of the life of British commander Patrick Ferguson, other upcountry skirmishes and battles, and finally a lengthy...
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£50.81
MEMORIES OF GRAYSON Volume Two
by Wingate, Clevie H
Pictorial Histories Publishing Company, Inc.. As New in As New dust jacket. 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to 11" - 13" tall; 305 pages; Extra postage required for priority and international shipping. .
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£36.58
A History of Scott County, Virginia
by Addington, Robert M
Overmountain Press, 1992. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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£80.38
Christmas at Bethlehem of Virginia not of Judea
by Lucille Chaffin Kent
Inscribed by author on Forward page.
Book is in Near Fine condition, with some tanning to spine and cover extremities. Text pages clean and tight.
Book is in Near Fine condition, with some tanning to spine and cover extremities. Text pages clean and tight.
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£24.39
CHRISTOPH VON GRAFFENRIED'S ACCOUNT OF THE FOUNDING OF NEW BERN
by Todd, Vincent H., ed
Orig. pub. Raleigh 1920. Reprinted 1973. Print on Demand Edition 2010. (vi), 434 pp., map, index This is an account of the efforts of Baron Christoph von Graffenried, along with a partner, to settle a colony of German Palatines and Swiss in 1710 on the tongue of land he acquired between the Trent and Neuse rivers. It would be called New Bern in honor of his native home in Bern, Switzerland. The first one hundred pages of text is a substantive historical introduction by Editor Todd. That essay is...
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£40.64
HISTORY OF NORTH CAROLINA with Maps and Illustrations, Volume 2
by Hawks, Francis L
Orig. pub. Fayetteville, NC, 1858. Reprinted 1961, 1966, 1969. Print on Demand Edition 2016. 591 pp., illus., maps
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£48.77
NOTABLE SOUTHERN FAMILIES, Vol. IV, The Sevier Family
by Armstrong, Zella
Orig. pub. Chattanooga 1926. Reprinted 1974. Print on Demand Edition 2012. 344 pp., frontis. Contents include: Antecedents and Emigration, William Sevier, the emigrant and his descendants, Valentine Sevier, the emigrant and his descendants, Joanna Goode Sevier, wife of Younger Landrum Jr. and her descendants, and Governor John Sevier and his descendants.
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£36.58
HISTORY OF NORTH CAROLINA with Maps and Illustrations, Vols. 1 & 2
by Hawks, Francis L
Orig. pub. Fayetteville, NC, 1857-58. Reprinted 1961, 1966, 1969. Print on Demand Edition 2016. the set Francis L. Hawks was born in New Bern, NC. He was a lawyer, Episcopal priest, and college president. According to the late North Carolina historian, Dr. Hugh T. Lefler, "He had the broadest scholarship and literary attainments of any of the nineteenth-century North Carolina historians. . . .his two-volume history is of high quality, scholarly, original, and according to a competent contemporary...
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£81.29
JOHN SEVIER AS A COMMONWEALTH BUILDER. A Sequel to the Rear-Guard of the Revolution
by Gilmore, James R
Orig. pub. New York 1887. Reprinted 1974 from 1898 ed. . Print on Demand Edition 2015. (ii), xvi, 322 pp., map, index In his trilogy about the men who settled the Old Southwest, the author develops the thesis that these men, under the leadership of John Sevier, Isaac Shelby, and James Robertson, not only planted a civilization beyond the Alleghenies but exerted an important influence in shaping the ultimate destinies of this country. Two of these men, Sevier and Shelby, during the Revolution helped...
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NOTABLE SOUTHERN FAMILIES, Vol. VI, The Doak Family
by French, Janie Preston Collup
Orig. pub. Chattanooga 1933. Reprinted 1974. Print on Demand Edition 2012. 100 pp., frontis., index Contents include: Genealogy of the Emigrant Doaks, Genealogy of the Reverend Samuel Doak, D.D., Other Doak lines, Sketch of the Reverend Samuel Doak, D.D., Washington College, Miscellaneous records, Doak Wills, and Mathews-Mathes.
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£24.39
VIRGINIA SOLDIERS OF 1776, Vol. II
by Burgess, Louis A., ed
Orig. pub. Richmond 1927-29. Reprinted 1973. Print on Demand Edition 2021. Vol. II, (ii), 516 pp.
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£48.77
NOTABLE SOUTHERN FAMILIES, Vol. III
by Armstrong, Zella
Orig. pub. Chattanooga 1926 Reprinted 1974. Print on Demand Edition 2012. 394 pp., illus Genealogies of the following families: Armstrong ("Trooper"), Cockrill, Duke, Elston, Lea, Park, Parkes, and Tunnell.
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£38.61
Journey on the James
by Earl Swift
Book Condition: Very Good. Pages clean and tight. Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Slight shelf wear. See photos.
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£28.45
THE ADVANCE-GUARD OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION
by Gilmore, James R
Orig. pub. New York 1888. Reprinted 1974. Print on Demand Edition 2015. (ii), xvi, 344 pp., map, index In his trilogy about the men who settled the Old Southwest, the author develops the thesis that these men, under the leadership of John Sevier, Isaac Shelby, and James Robertson, not only planted a civilization beyond the Alleghenies but exerted an important influence in shaping the ultimate destinies of this country. Two of these men, Sevier and Shelby, during the Revolution helped thwart the British...
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BON AIR A History
by Claflin, Mary Anne and Elizabeth Guy Richardson
Hale Publishing. Good in Good dust jacket. 1977. Hardcover. DJ worn, torn and stained. Top three inches of the foreedges stained. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 144 pages; Extra postage required for priority and international shipping. .
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£67.47
The Virginia Adventure: Roanoke to James Towne - An Archaeological and Historical Odyssey
by Ivor Noel Hume
Paperback / softback. New. This history of England's first ventures into the New World combines information gathered from excavations of sites with accounts from journals, letters and official records. The exploits of Sir Walter Ralegh, Captain John Smith, and the life and death of Pocahontas are illuminated.
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£52.40
