THE CAROLINAS
THE CAROLINAS
Astro-Theology & Freethinking
Duhecquet, H.M. [pseud. of Robinson, H.D.], ed. The comet. Vol. I. New York: H.M. Duhecquet, 1832–33. 8vo (22.5 cm, 8.8"). 416 pp.
“Free Masonry” as well. 
Some material relates to current or recent events; e.g., no. 23 is devoted to the notorious trial, for infidelity, of Columbia (S.C.)
College president Dr. Thomas Cooper —by his own the board of governors.
This is the first volume only, out of two; the serial only survived for another six months (through 28 July 1833) after the last issue present here.
• 19th-century half calf over marbled paper–covered sides, spine with gilt-stamped leather title-label and gilt-stamped decorations in compartments; boards a bit scuffed, leather chipped and cracking over spine and joints, with a good portion of leather lost over spine. Foxing throughout, some pages browned; a very few pencilled annotations.
NC “Sketches” — A Presentation CopyFoote, William Henry. Sketches of North Carolina, historical and biographical, illustrative of the principles of a portion of her early settlers. New York: Robert Carter, 1846. 8vo (23.5 cm, 9.25"). [4], [ix]–557, [9 (adv.)] pp.
Presentation copy: Front fly-leaf with inked inscription reading “Dr. A. Neander — with the respects of the Author.”
• Howes F240; Sabin 25028. Publisher’s blind-stamped black cloth, spine with gilt-stamped title and arabesque decorations; sides a bit scuffed, cloth chipped in spots on spine and edges. Front pastedown with private collector’s 19th-century bookplate, front fly-leaf with presentation inscription as above, first few leaves with institutional pressure stamps. Back fly-leaf with contemporary inked and pencilled annotations. One small area of staining carrying through about five leaves, last few leaves lightly foxed, pages otherwise clean.
Evocative
OverviewGallatin, Albert. Indexes to documents relative to North Carolina during the colonial existence of said state, now on file in the offices of the Board of Trade and State Paper Offices in London. Transmitted in 1827: by Mr. Gallatin, then the American minister in London. Raleigh: Pr. by T. Loring at the office of “The Independent,” 1843. 8vo (22.2 cm, 8.75"). [2], 120 pp. 
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• Sabin 55624. Original printed paper front wrapper (only, and detached; back wrapper lacking); wrapper torn, with inked inscription in upper margin. Wrapper, title-page, and next four leaves gnawed by a rodent with loss to printed border of wrapper and a letter or two on the title-page — main text not affected. Pages creased, with some instances of light spotting.
France Sadly
Disappointed HimHarper, Robert Goodloe.
Observations on the dispute between the United States and France, addressed
by...one of the representatives in Congress for the state of South Carolina,
to his constituents, in May, 1797...second edition. London: (Pr. in Philadelphia
& repr. by) Philanthropic Press, 1798. 8vo (21.5 cm, 8.5"). [2 (lacking
half-title)], 5–109, [1] pp. 
South Carolina and later as a senator from Maryland, admits
in this address his former pro-French sympathies before going on to critique
the French assertions regarding various American actions and the U.S. treaty
with Great Britain—in fact, he goes so far as to call for war. This much-discussed
tract was reprinted numerous times throughout the United States and Great Britain,
both in English and in French, immediately following its initial appearance
in 1797.
• ESTC T110138; Sabin 30433. On Harper, see: Dictionary of
American Biography, VIII, 285–86. Recent quarter blue morocco with
blue cloth sides, spine gilt-stamped with title within gilt-ruled raised bands
and with trefoils at head and foot. Half-title lacking; one page (not the
title) stamped by a now-defunct institution. Faint traces of waterstaining
to lower outer margins of most leaves. A handsome copy of an important document.
Sad Tales of
Orphans, Widows, & Mistreated Stepchildren Rush, Caroline E. Robert Morton, or the step-mother: A book founded on fact. Containing Edmund and Ione, Letters from the South, &c. &c. Philadelphia: Pub. for the author by Crissy & Markley, 1850. 12mo (19.4 cm, 7.6"). Frontis., vi, [2], 191, [1] pp.
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of Southern culture. The title piece and “Edmund and Ione” are moral tales encouraging (broadly speaking) kindness to children and the poor. In “Letters from the South,” the author describes her visits to Charleston and Savannah; she says of Charleston, “The blacks are very kindly treated, so far as I am able to judge. In no instance have I been a witness to the slightest cruelty . . . In the cities of Philadelphia and New York, I have been witness to misery and wretchedness far exceeding even what I have heard of the South” (p.
123).
The frontispiece lithograph was printed by P.S. Duval's firm after a design by W. Croome.
• Wright, I, 2260; Sabin 74247. Not in Clark, Travels in the Old South. Publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth, spine embossed, with gilt-stamped title; binding slightly cocked, cloth faded and discolored, extremities rubbed. Front free endpaper with two gift inscriptions, one inked and dated 1888, one pencilled and dated 1891. Frontispiece guard-leaf and title-page foxed; a few leaves spotted or stained (not many). Occasional traces of pencilled underlining. (24418)
Someone
Had to Be . . .Thomas, Joseph. A poetical descant on the primeval and present state of mankind; or, the pilgrim’s muse. Winchester, Va.: A. Foster, pr., 1816. 12mo (13 cm; 5.25"). 219, [1 (errata)] pp.
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• Wegelin, American Poetry, 1168; Shaw & Shoemaker 39076. Recent quarter cloth with blue-green paper sides, in the style of early 19th-centry American books. Ex–mercantile library with a few stamps, including on title-page. Two letters of title abraded and mostly invisible, yet, still, a clean copy.
"Merchants,
Traders & Farmers"
Petition Congress — N.C.
United States. Congress. House. Committee of Commerce and Manufactures. Report of the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures, to Whom Were Referred, on the Sixth Ultimo, Several Petitions of Sundry Merchants, Traders and Farmers on the Waters of Roanoke and Cashie Rivers, in the District of Edenton, and State of North Carolina; Together with a Report Thereon, Made at the Last Session of Congress. January 12, 1807. City of Washington: A. & G. Way, 1807. 8vo. 7 pp., fold. table.
• Shaw & Shoemaker 14060. Removed from a library-style pamphlet binding and in new wrappers.
White of Savannah Opines as to
EnglandWhite, Joshua E. Letters on England: Comprising descriptive scenes; with
remarks on the state of society, domestic economy, habits of the people, and condition of the manufacturing classes generally.... Philadelphia: M. Carey (pr. by William Fry), 1816. 8vo (23.5 cm, 9.4"). 2 vols. I: xv, [1], 358 pp. II: xi, [1], 324 pp.
• Shaw & Shoemaker 39807; Smith, Americans Abroad, W66. Contemporary paper-covered boards, spines with printed paper labels; darkened and worn, vol. I with covers detached and paper cracked over spine, vol. II with front joint open though presently holding Front pastedowns with bookplates of the Salem Library Company; vol. I with early inked inscriptions to endpapers and half-title. Light to moderate foxing, no other stains.
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