57 North Carolina History Books

including two volumes [History of North Carolina: with Maps and Illustrations] by Francis L. Hawks, Fayetteville, N.C.: E. J. Hale & Son, 1857, Howes H325, Sabin 30965, Weeks, p. 26 "Hawks possessed the broadest scholarship and the highest literary attainments of any one who has written on the history of N.C., but he is at times bigoted and a partisan," in original blind stamped cloth, 9-1/4 x 6-1/4 in.; [History of North Carolina] by Samuel A'court Ashe, Greensboro, N.C.: Charles L. Van Noppen, 1908, two volumes, in original cloth, 9-1/4 x 6-1/4 in.; [Chronicle of the Cape Fear River 1660-1916], by James Sprunt (North Carolina, 1846-1924), Raleigh: Edwards & Broughton Printing Co., 1916, second edition, bound in three quarter leather over cloth boards, with gilt lettering to spine, Howes S-859, 9-1/2 x 6-1/2 in.; and others, Provenance: Collection from an Important American Family
Condition Report: Hawks: corners bumped, backstrap detached but present, front board starting, otherwise good only; Cape Fear: with wear to extremities, and considerable losses to spine; all others in good condition, most with minor wear to extremities