Sketch on Crested Paper. This sketch accompanies a letter from J. Dickinson Logan to William Wister of 407 Walnut Street Philadelphia, written 25 February 1867. The letterhead also bears the same crest with 'L' and location 'Summerville' at the top. Also from the same Wister Collection, a letter from C. O. Sanford to William Wister, dated July 29, 1858, showing a hand-drawn pedigree of a dog owned by Wister, dating back 20 years to 1838. The sketch paper measures 4 3/4" x 7 ...click for details
Raleigh: Edwards & Broughton, 1889. Brown cloth binding with gilt lettering; corners and edges are rubbed and bumped, inside the back cover the rear hinge is beginning to separate; very nice internally. 9 1/4" tall.
History of Mecklenburg County And The City of Charlotte From 1740 to 1903 by D.A. Tompkins. Volumes I & II, Charlotte: Observer Printing House, 1903. Brown ribbed cloth with gilt lettering. Volume I has some silverfish abrasion; Volume II has stains on the back cover. 9 1/2" tall.
Book by Hope Summerfell Chamberlain, with pen and ink illustrations by the author. Raleigh, NC: Edwards & Broughton, 1922. Written and printed under the auspices of the Wake County Committee of the North Carolina Society of Colonial Dames of America. Ribbed blue cloth with a little rubbing at the corner and tips; 8 1/4" tall.
Pittsburgh: Printed by Johnston & Stockton, 1832. Full mottled original calf binding, bumped and rubbed corners with chipping at the top of the spine; interior toned overall. 297 pages, 7 1/4" tall.
Signed in Plate; paper has separated along the plate impression mark along the bottom edge and partly up each side. The separation has been stabilized with archival filmoplast repair tape. The etching is toned with an acid burn mark at the center. Measures 3 3/4" x 5 3/4."
Initialed in plate in the lower left-hand corner, and numbered '23' in plate in the lower right-hand corner. Lightly foxed and toned. Matting is 14 3/4" x 18," sheet is 11 3/8" x 17 3/8," plate mark is 4 3/4" x 7 3/4."
Original Pencil-Signed Dry-point Etching on Japanese Vellum Paper. Proof #2/25. Lightly toned with some light foxing. Matting is 11 1/2" x 15," sheet is 9" x 12," plate mark is 6" x 9 3/4."
