CONTENTS The James Boyd Library Table of Contents i Notes on the Catalog ii James Boyd’s Writings 1-11 Boyd and Lamont History / Moore County History 12-19 Literary History, Biography, and Criticism / Language, Printing, Book Collecting 20-30 History, Geography, Biography 31-71 Periodicals in Bound Volumes 72-75 Religion, Philosophy, Psychology 76-77 Poetry and Songs 78-94 Plays 95-101 Essays, Soliloquies, Miscellanies 102-104 Short Stories 105-112 Novels 113-121 Music 122-124 Science and Nature Books / Leisure Activities 125-131 Horse and Foxhunting Books 132-138 Art and Architecture, Furniture, Graphic Arts 139-141 Uniform Sets & Collections in Library 142-144 Uniform Sets & Collections in Annex 145-153 James Boyd Library Weymouth Center for the Arts & Humanities dgs / ©2005 Additional material added 2020 Notes on the Catalog This descriptive catalog includes annotations wherever possible to show relevance to James Boyd and his work, such as identification of signatures and inscriptions. Some entries include the notation of shelving order as indicated on his book label inside a book’s front cover. Examples are S-A-1, L-B-3, LR-A-1 in which S = his upstairs study, L = the first floor library, and LR = the living room. The second letter corresponds to the bookcase section, then the shelf number. The small number with the #sign is the library identification number for each book. The James Boyd Library Weymouth Center for the Arts & Humanities dgs / ©2005 Additional material added 2020. Introduction James Boyd’s Writings The James Boyd Library Novels Drums. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1925 [c1925]. First edition. 6 lvs., 3-490 pp., 3 lvs. 20 cm. Dedicated “To Katharine-Lamont-Boyd”. Published with dark green cloth over boards cover with gilt lettering; dust jacket has illustration of green trees and black figures of men and horses on white background. Nine printings, March to July 1925. C.1—First printing. James Boyd’s personal copy. Boyd’s penciled revisions in this copy appear in the later Grosset & Dunlap printing and in the special illustrated edition. No dust jacket. In protective cover. S-E-5. #4. C.2—Seventh printing. Part of dust jacket glued onto front flyleaf; on other leaves, a Raleigh News and Observer clipping about Boyd by Ben Dixon McNeill, Sunday morning, Aug. 2, 1925. Label of The Book Shop, Inc., Leftwich Arcade, Greensboro, NC, inside front cover. Signature of original owner dated July 24, 1925. #5. C.3—Ninth printing, July 1925. Book jacket; plastic cover. TOSP # 81. #879. Drums. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1926 [c1925]. 3-490 pp. On title page: “Herr. / San Francisco. 8 May. 1927.” The Herrs were Boyd’s maternal grandparents. Found in volume, Charlotte Observer article from May 9, 1948 by Don Bishop, mentions James Boyd and other authors now in the NC Literary Hall of Fame. One copy; original text. #1580. Drums. N.P.: Grosset and Dunlap Publishers, by arrangement with Charles Scribners’ [sic] Sons, [c1925, 1928; printed ca. 1930]. Grosset and Dunlap Novels of Distinction series. This printing includes the revised text. Hard cover with dust jacket and mylar cover. On front free end paper, stamp “Private Library of J.H. McEwen”. Gift of Bull City books, Durham, NC. #2631. The James Boyd Library Weymouth Center for the Arts & Humanities dgs / ©2005 Additional material added 2020. 1 James Boyd’s Writings Drums. With an introduction by Henry Seidel Canby. New York, Chicago, Boston, Atlanta, San Francisco, Dallas: Charles Scribner’s Sons, [c1925, 1936; G]. vii, 492 pp. Modern Standard Authors. Canby was editor of The Saturday Review of Literature. Includes Boyd’s revised text. #1507. Drums. Special Limited Edition, 282/525. Signed by James Boyd and N.C. Wyeth. New York and London: Charles Scribner’s Sons, [c1925, 1928]. 6 lvs, ix-xii, 1 lf, 3-409 pp., 2 lvs. Red cloth binding with illustration on front cover; plastic jacket. Includes facsimiles of letters between Boyd and Wyeth concerning Edenton, the location for much of Drums. Scribner’s Illustrated Classics series. Presented to the Friends of Weymouth by Richard and Harriett Thomas of Woodlake in 1996. #878. Drums. With Pictures by N.C. Wyeth. New York and London: Charles Scribner’s Sons, [c1925, 1928]. 1 lf., 2-409 pp., 2 lvs. 24 cm. Special Illustrated Edition. Fourteen color illustrations; 47 pen drawings throughout text. Black cloth binding with color illustration on paper of Revolutionary War drummers pasted onto front cover. This edition includes the revised text. C.1—Inscribed by James Boyd, “This book belongs to Jackie Boyd / Any one who takes it will be / bitten on his right ear by / Jackie Boyd / and on his left ear by / James Boyd”. Insect damage to spine. #882. C.2—This printing has only nine color illustrations (missing are Dr. Clapton, Sally Merrillee and Johnny, With Eve in London, Mother of John Paul Jones, On the Sea Wall with John Paul Jones.). Scribner’s “coasted” on “the prestige of the [Scribner’s Illustrated Classics] series” and used a less expensive process of reproduction in later printings, omitting as many as 5 color illustrations from the original 14 color plates, for the same price. (p. 240, David Michaelis, N.C.Wyeth, q.v.). Front cover loose. “James Boyd Collection / Do not remove” penciled on front leaf. TOSP #_____. #7. Note: N.C. Wyeth presented three of the original paintings for the Special Illustrated Edition of Drums to James Boyd. They can be seen in the former Southern Pines Public Library building on Broad Street. —Drums title page; The Fraser Family; Captain Tennant. The James Boyd Library Weymouth Center for the Arts & Humanities dgs / ©2005 Additional material added 2020. 2 James Boyd’s Writings Drums. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, [renewal copyright 1953 by Katharine Boyd; c1928 Charles Scribner’s Sons, renewal copyright 1956; study guide copyright 1965 Charles Scribner’s Sons; cover painting c1968]. With pen drawings by NC Wyeth; cover painting by Samuel H. Bryant. 4 lvs., ix-xiv, 2 lvs., 3-488 pp., 3 lvs. Paperback. Includes study guide, pp. 433-477; afterthoughts, pp. 479-480; glossary, pp. 483-488. This copy uses the revised text from the 1928 editions. Scribner School Paperbacks, SSP 1. Gift, July 9, 2007. #2349. Drums. New York, London: Charles Scribner’s Sons, [c1925, 1928; text c renewed by Katharine Boyd; illustrations c renewed 1956 by Scribner; 1st printing]. With pictures by NC Wyeth. Reverse of title page blank; then ½ title page with imprint information on reverse. New condition, with dust jacket. Gift of Norris Hodgkins. #2529. Marching On. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1927 [c1927]. 3-426 pp. 20 cm. Dedicated “To the Memory of the Enlisted Men of the Confederate and Union Armies.” Dark green cover with gold lettering. Orange and black illustrated book jacket. [Four printings in May 1927.] One copy: No printing number shown. Autograph copy, inscribed, “To Lucy / with love / Jim / May 11 ‘27”. Lucy was Boyd’s cousin. Photocopied book jacket. TOSP # _____. #470. Marching On. Grosset and Dunlap Publishers, by arrangement with Charles Scribners’ [sic] Sons, [c1927 by Scribner; th 5 printing, June 1927]. 4 lvs., 3-426 pp. 19.5 cm. One copy. Owner stamp of Mr. and Mrs. J. Talbot Johnson. TOSP #_____. #12. Marching On. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1945 [c1927]. 3-426 pp. This is a later reprint of the 1927 edition. One copy. Christmas card found in volume with this note, “I wonder if the old crowd do not / wish you were our leader again / as you were so many years ago. / Mrs. Bushfield and I have enjoyed / all of your books so much. I look over / the book section of the New York Times / religiously to see if you have a new one out. / Mr. and Mrs. J. S. (?) Bushfield.” Owner? #1944. The James Boyd Library Weymouth Center for the Arts & Humanities dgs / ©2005 Additional material added 2020. 3 James Boyd’s Writings Long Hunt. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1930 [c1930; Scribner “A” for first edition]. 3-376 pp. 19.25 cm. Dedicated “To the Memory of Eleanor Herr Boyd”. Two copies. C.1—Autograph copy, inscribed “To Katharine and Struthers Burt / between whose loyalty, affection / & insight I am sometimes shamed[?] & sometimes almost persuaded / of my glowing future. / James Boyd”. With photocopied book jacket. TOSP #_____. #13. C.2—Signature of “E. Ives for Weymouth”. With book jacket. #14. C.3—Boyd’s copy; includes his book label but lacking shelf location. “James Boyd Collection—Do Not Remove:. Front free end paper torn out. TOSP#______. # . Long Hunt. Presentation copy. In slipcase, with this printed on front: “Long Hunt / by / James Boyd / ….. / Limited Edition / No_______. ‘Presentation’ [in white ink] / New York / Charles Scribner’s Sons”. On reverse of first leaf: “Of this first edition of / James Boyd’s Long Hunt / a limited number of / Two Hundred and Sixty Copies / have been printed / Two Hundred and Fifty Copies / are for sale and Ten Copies are / for Presentation.” No. # , followed by Boyd’s signature. “…for presentation” in ink over printing. This was Katharine Boyd’s copy. #1358. Long Hunt. New York: Bantam Books, [November 1950, original c1930]. 278 pp. Paperback. One copy. #1559. Long Hunt. London: Jarrolds Publishers Limited, 34 Paternoster Row, E.C. 4. n.d. 4 lvs., 13-14 p, 1 lf., 288 pp., 16 lvs. of publisher’s works. One copy, with Boyd book label. Boyd’s own copy. #1578. The James Boyd Library Weymouth Center for the Arts & Humanities dgs / ©2005 Additional material added 2020. 4 James Boyd’s Writings Roll River. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1935 [c1934, 1935; Scribner ”A” for first edition].