Nashville. 1828. 20pp. Dbd. Minor foxing. Very good. A laudatory eulogy for the recently-deceased DeWitt Clinton by his fellow Masons in Nashville. Clinton was a prominent New York politician who served as mayor of New York City, the sixth governor of New York, and also as a United States Senator.....
Richmond. 1863. 170pp. Later stitching. Titlepage heavily foxed, some wear. Light foxing to text, some light dampstaining. Wear to final leaf. Good. A rare official report concerning the important battles for control of the Mississippi, and printing official battle reports by Confederate officers covering operations at Vicksburg; Baton Rouge; Corinth;.....
Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blakiston, 1859. 432pp. Original green patterned cloth, gilt-stamped spine. Front hinge cracked. Slight foxing. Overall very good. From the library of Guy Littell, with his bookplate on the front pastedown. Second issue, probably the same sheets as the first of 1857, with a cancel title and Cooke's.....
Boston. 1822. 108pp. Lacks view of Brainerd plate. Frontis. 16mo. Contemporary calf-backed boards, gilt title on spine. Spine ends worn, edges rubbed. Tanned, some foxing. A good copy. "The little Osage captive was rescued by missionaries from amongst the Cherokees, and given the name of Lydia Carter" - Ayer. The.....
Dayton. Oh. United Brethren Publishing House, 1883. 293pp. Original blue cloth stamped in gilt and blind. Soiling and edge wear to cloth, spine ends and corners worn. Front free endpaper excised, rear hinge starting. Occasional spotting to text. Good plus. A rare regimental history of the exploits of an African-American.....
London. 1837. vii,152pp. Contemporary pebbled cloth, printed label. Some dampstaining to boards. Contemporary ownership inscription on first text leaf. Scattered light foxing. Very good. First English edition of this entertaining version of Crockett's adventures. Howes attributes this work to Richard Penn Smith. "Ingenious pseudo-autobiography, purportedly printed from the manuscript found.....
Nashville: Ben Harding, [ 1838]. 36pp. including twenty woodcut illustrations (twelve full-page). Contemporary plain brown wrappers, stitched. Short closed tear in gutters and fore-edge of first few and last few leaves, minor edge loss to last leaf, some toning. Overall, a very good, unsophisticated copy. "It was the Crockett Almanacks.....
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Nashville: Published by Ben Harding, [ 1839]. 33,[3]pp. including illustrations. Original pictorial wrappers, string-tied. Light dust soiling to wrappers, slightly worn at edges. Scattered foxing. A very good copy. Volume 2, No. 2 of the Crockett almanacs, with the usual stories of mayhem and heroism in the West, graphically illustrated.....
Nashville: Published for the Author, [ 1835]. 48pp. including illustrations. Original pictorial wrappers. Spine perished, re-sewn at later date, cloth loop affixed at top of spine. Small repaired tear to outer margin of first leaf; expertly-repaired diagonal tear in the first leaf, penultimate leaf, and last leaf, mildly affecting text;.....
[New York. ca. 1940, after the original executed in 1839]. Handcolored mezzotint engraving. The image is 19 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches, plus wide margins. Fine. This wonderful image is a mid-20th-century impression from a plate originally engraved by Charles Stuart in 1839, after a contemporary painting by John Gadsby.....
Nashville: McQuiddy Printing Company, 1922. 213pp. plus four portraits. Original stiff brown wrappers, stapled. Light chipping and wear. Ownership ink stamp on titlepage. Light wear to first and last leaves. Very good. Memoir of Thomas Duncan, who enlisted with the Corinth Rifles in April 1861, and subsequently saw action at.....
Nashville. [ 1852]. 64pp. Original printed wrappers, stitched. Spine perished, wrappers somewhat dust soiled and dampstained, slightly chipped at corners. Light foxing. Good. A funeral oration for Daniel Webster delivered by Edwin Ewing in Nashville. Ewing was a practicing lawyer in the city and was active politically, serving briefly in.....
Chillicothe. 1944. 49pp. 16mo. Printed wrappers. A fine, uncut, unopened copy. Crudely printed at the Press of David K. Webb, undoubtedly in a small edition.
Richmond. 1885. viii,[17]-263pp. Original green publisher's cloth, gilt. Corners and spine ends worn and bumped. Contents shaken. Internally clean. About good. Memoir of Confederate veteran Royall W. Figg (1841-1897). Figg served with Parker's Virginia Battery, which was comprised of a significant number of very young men and boys, thus the.....
Nashville. 1873. xvi,704pp. Original blue cloth, spine gilt lettered. Light wear to cloth, corners bumped. Front hinge cracked, but holding. Contemporary gift inscription on front free endpaper. An occasional faint fox mark. About very good. A compilation of minutes, speeches, and votes taken from the annual meetings of the Masons.....
Knoxville: Printed at the Knoxville Republican Office, 1831. 208pp. Contemporary calf, spine gilt with leather label. Binding lightly worn but quite sound. Contemporary ownership inscriptions on front flyleaf. Light to moderate foxing. Very good. "Long considered to be the first novel printed in Tennessee, until dealer George Webb uncovered a......
Nashville. 1858. 236,[4]pp. 12mo. Original green embossed cloth, stamped in gilt, spine gilt. Spine and corners lightly rubbed. Light scattered soiling and foxing. Very good. The autobiography of Joseph Bishop, one of the earliest settlers of Cumberland County, Tn., as related to the author. With entertaining anecdotes of his interactions.....
Nashville: Cumberland Press, 1899. vi,183pp. Original pictorial cloth, stamped in black. Modern bookplates on rear pastedown. Fine. In a brown cloth slipcase. A scarce history of early days in Tennessee. The text covers the destruction of Fort Loudoun by the Cherokees, the Watauga Association, John Sevier, the tragedy of Stone.....
Nashville: Printed by Cameron and Fall, 1841. 48pp. Dbd. Some foxing. Good. Comprised mostly of Rev. Halsey's address on the importance of studying theology "as a part of all correct education in youth and of all sound learning in manhood." Also contains an appendix with a listing of alumni and.....
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[N.p., but perhaps St. Louis? ca. 1912]. 32pp., including photographic portraits. Small octavo. Original red wrappers printed in black. Moderate edge wear, dampstains and soiling to rear wrapper, affecting last blank leaf. Even toning to text. Withal, very good. The remarkable tale of James Hanehan, who walked into the offices.....
Nashville. 1859. 29pp. Original printed wrappers. A few small chips in front wrapper, passing through to initial leaves. An occasional fox mark. Good plus. Official printing of the annual message of the governor of Tennessee, Isham G. Harris, to the state assembly. Includes reports on the state's finances, the banking.....
Nashville: Printed and Sold by Thomas G. Bradford, 1809. [4],474,[10],lxxiii,[3]pp. Contemporary calf. Somewhat rubbed, but sound. Ink notes on prelims, some occasional light staining, some chips from blank margins of last few leaves, but a good copy. The third recorded Nashville imprint, and popularly referred to as the first work.....
Nashville: Printed and Sold by Thomas G. Bradford, 1809. [4],474,[10]pp. Contemporary calf, leather spine label. Spine leather cracking, boards scuffed, corners bumped, front hinge cracked, but holding. Contemporary and slightly later ownership inscriptions in front endleaves and on titlepage. Scattered contemporary manuscript annotations. Text toned, with light foxing and faint.....
Nashville: Thomas G. Bradford, 1810. [2],474,lxxiii,[3]; 136,xxv pp. Antique style half calf and marbled boards, leather label. Several early ownership inscriptions on front endleaves and titlepage. A few scattered manuscript notations throughout. Some tanning and minor foxing, very good. The second edition of the third recorded Nashville imprint, which is.....
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Fayetteville, Tn.; Raleigh. 1829; 1806. Two volumes. 502,[18]; 408,[55]pp. Antique style half calf and marbled boards, leather labels. Scattered foxing and toning in both volumes. Very good. John Haywood (1762-1826) was a North Carolina attorney general and historian. Later in life he settled in Tennessee, and is best known for.....
