Nashville: E.G. Eastman & Co., 1861. viii,127pp. plus large folding table. Contemporary half legal buckram and plain paper-covered boards, spine gilt. Binding worn, front board and front free endpaper detached. Light foxing, but internally rather clean. Good. A rare Tennessee Confederate imprint. In this special session, Tennessee agrees to send.....
Nashville: James G. Shepard, 1848, 1846. 63,348pp. Disbound. Some toning and foxing. Good. Two separate digests of mid-19th-century Tennesee laws. The work bound second here updates the last compilation of Tennessee laws published a decade earlier in 1836, bringing the laws to 1846. The first work bound here then updates.....
Knoxville; Murfreesborough, Tn. 1821;1822;1823. 226,xxix,[1];176,xxvi;286,xxvi pp. Contemporary calf, gilt spine label. Front hinge cracked, both inner hinges reinforced. Spine and boards scuffed, edges worn. Later ownership inscription on first titlepage, modern ownership stamps on pastedowns. Moderate foxing and tanning, heavy in places. Good. Very scarce official printings of session laws.....
Murfreesborough: D. Cameron & Co., 1842. xiii,278pp. plus folding table. Contemporary three-quarter calf and paper-covered boards, gilt titles. Edges and boards worn and chipped, joints split but holding. Full-page contemporary pencil inscription on front pastedown, faint library stamp to a few leaves, minor occasional foxing. Good. A rare collection of.....
Nashville: J. Geo. Harris, 1840. x,291pp. Contemporary three-quarter calf and paper-covered boards, gilt morocco label. Extremities worn, mild rubbing and staining to boards. Contemporary ink ownership signatures on front endpapers, light scattered foxing. Very good. A rare collection of the laws passed by the Tennessee General Assembly during October 1839.....
Knoxville. 1822. 176,xxvi pp. 20th-century buckram, gilt spine label. Label chipped, spine ends and corners worn. Contemporary ownership inscription on titlepage, 20th- century ink stamp on front free endpaper. Moderate tanning and foxing. Good. A scarce official printing of laws of the Tennessee legislature passed at a session helf in.....
Nashville: Printed at the Republican Banner Office, 1842. [4],47pp. Contemporary half calf and boards. Spine and corners heavily worn and mostly perished. Contemporary ownership markings on end leaves. Lightly dampstained. About good. Acts passed at this session include a number of laws which relate to the Panic of 1837, including.....
Chattanooga: T.H. Payne, [ca. 1895]. Twelve hinged panels folded into contemporary red cloth folder, gilt-lettered cover. Minor wear to extremities. Internally bright and clean. Very good. A charming tour of Chattanooga and vicinity, with images of the National Cemetery, Chattanooga University, Point Hotel, Market Street, and more. Rare. OCLC locates.....
Nashville: William Cameron, Printer, 1845. viii,267pp. Later half buckram and calf boards. Extremities worn, some scuffing. Occasional foxing. Good. A summary history of the reasons leading to the separation affected at the 1845 Louisville convention, compiled by the editors of the SOUTH-WESTERN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE at the behest of the convention.....
Nashville. 1834. 415pp. Original three-quarter calf and marbled boards, gilt leather label. Hinges cracked, nearly detached, boards scuffed, edges and spine extremities worn. Early 20th-century ownership inscription on front free endpaper. Some foxing and tanning. Good, in original condition. Journal of the convention for the second Tennessee constitution. The principal.....
Nashville. 1852. 35,43,14,20,32,49,54,24,28pp. Original three-quarter sheep and plain paper-covered boards, original printed paper label. Leather worn, minor chipping and some fading to spine label, boards stained. Foxed, slightly over-opened after titlepage. Good. Reprints nine journals of proceedings, originally published in Knoxville in 1794 to 1796. The first four sessions deal.....
Knoxville. 1812. 224;292pp. Slightly later three-quarter sheep and paper boards, gilt spine label. Boards detached, leather worn. Early 20th-century ink stamps and partially removed bookplate in front endpapers. Scattered later manuscript annotations. One leaf torn from fore-edge to gutter with no loss, another with lower right corner torn away, somewhat.....
Knoxville: Printed for William Moore, State Printer, 1808. 197pp. Modern brown morocco, spine lettered in gilt. Titlepage mounted, heavy browning and dust soiling, type faded. Early 20th-century ownership stamp on first leaf of text. Toning and scattered foxing. Good. Untrimmed. The General Assembly was convened at Kingston on 21 September.....
Washington: Printed by Roger C. Weightman, 1813. 19pp. Printed self-wrappers, stitched. Ink doodle on outer margin of p.12, with ink ransferring to pp.9-14, not affecting text. Foxing, light marginal staining. Good, untrimmed. Copies and extracts of letters relating to the murder of Thomas Meredith by a Creek Indian in March.....
Nashville. 1858. 39pp. Stitched. Lower margin of titlepage repaired, not affecting text. Light dampstaining to titlepage, some toning and occasional foxing. Good plus. Message from the Governor of Tennessee containing information on the business and accounts of the state bank, including numerous charts. Only a handful of copies in OCLC.....
Nashville: J. Geo. Harris, Printer to the State, 1840. 45pp. Gathered signatures, stitched. Dampstain on first several leaves, small marginal tear in first leaf of text, minor foxing. Good plus. Lacks the folding table. A scarce Tennessee imprint regarding the laws governing the state militia for 1840. Provisions include rules.....
Nashville: S. Nye & Co., 1836. 38,[1]pp. plus large folding chart. Original cloth-backed limp paper boards. Some mildewing to binding, affecting first few text leaves. Bottom edge of text trimmed close. Final two leaves and folding chart detached. Good. A scarce Tennessee imprint regarding the laws governing the state militia.....
Nashville. 1860. [8],278,[2]pp. plus folding map two color lithograph advertisements. Original printed boards, rebacked with buckram, original gilt spine label laid down. Boards rubbed, corners and edges somewhat worn. Later ownership inscriptions in front endpapers, a couple of scattered later annotations. Map with three-inch separation and closed tear along old.....
[Nashville. 1860]. Small printed form, approximately 8 1/4 x 5 1/4. Encased, previously folded. Small area of loss along fold, slightly affecting text. Light tanning. A printed invitation to a meeting of the Tennessee Agricultural Bureau, set to take place on September 10, 1860. Attendance is "earnestly requested."
Nashville. 1848. Two issues. [16]pp. each. Folio. Contemporary ink signature on first page, with varying levels of ink burn, minor foxing and spotting, some edge wear, short closed tear to final leaf of one issue. Overall, very good. Two separate issues of this rare Nashville newspaper. Present here are the.....
Nashville. 1832. iv,72pp. Original half sheep and paper boards, remnants of leather spine label. Spine leather, edges, and corners worn, boards slightly dampstained. Contemporary ownership inscription, modern bookplate on front pastedown. Moderate tanning and light foxing, final leaves lightly dampstained at edges. Good. A scarce official printing of Tennessee laws.....
Nashville. 1833. vi,147pp. Contemporary half calf and paper-covered boards, gilt morocco label. Minor edge wear and soiling, corners worn. Contemporary ink inscriptions and 20th-century bookplate on front pastedown, faint tideline to bottom margin. Good plus. The rare session laws for the first session of the Tennessee General Assembly in 1833.....
Nashville. 1832. vi,170pp. Contemporary three-quarter calf and plain paper-covered boards, leather label. Boards and edges worn, joints partially split. Hinges tender, 20th-century bookplate on front pastedown, some toning and foxing. Good. A scarce official printing of Tennessee acts and resolutions relating to public expenditures, infrastructure, schools, executions, slavery, and a......
Nashville. 1873. 24pp. Institutional perforation stamp on titlepage. Light tanning. Good. Official state printing of the law that established a public school system in Tennessee. Scarce, with only three copies located in OCLC.
Nashville: J.O. Griffith & Co., 1861. xxiii,457,21,12pp. plus two inserted plates printed on each side of one sheet. Publisher's embossed brown cloth, spine gilt. Spine ends a bit chipped, extremities worn. Contemporary ink ownership signature from a member of the Tennessee Ordnance Department, 20th-century Confederate bookplate, text mostly clean. Very.....
