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Calhoun, John C ;Willy Blount. LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF WAR TRANSMITTING THE INFORMATION IN RELATION TO THE CLAIMS OF WILLIE BLOUNT, LATE GOVERNOR OF TENNESSEE FEBRUARY 21, 1825
Washington 1825 first edition. Gales & Seaton. Octavo wraps. Later plain cover. 21p. (previous owner marked out and changed pagination in ink.) Good. (a100005)
$75.00Halley, R A. PAUL FITZSIMONS EVE, AM, MD, LLD - article in one complete issue of THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL MAGAZINE October 1904
Nashville, Tenn. 1904 first edition. vol IX issue no. 4. octavo wraps. no owner marks. Halley article pp.281-342. Other articles in issue as well. Complete issue paginated 281-408. Original cover remounted . VG. no owner marks. (a103137)
$45.00Deal, Borden. DUNBAR'S COVE
NY 1957 appears to be the true first edition (has Scribner's "A" on dj flap). Scribner's. Hardcover octavo. 433p. Near Fine, slight uneven fading of cover cloth; slight toning; no owner marks. Good Plus dj ( just light toning and wear on dj edges and spine ends; just tiny corner chips no big chips, no tears; price not clipped.) Rare scarce title to find with decent dj. Novel about the Tennessee Valley Authority, the Tennessee River and impact of US Federal government on lives of local people. (a106057)
$200.00 Kagawa, Toyohiko . SONGS FROM THE SLUMS
Nashville 1935 Cokesbury Press. Interpretations by Lois Erickson, introduction by Sherwood Eddy. Poetry. Sm.8vo., illustrations by Julian Brazelton, black cloth. Near Fine. (a12400)
$35.00 Lowther, Charles C. . PANHANDLE PARSON
Nashville, Tenn 1942 Parthenon. 253p. "In this romance of the Oklahoma Panhandle, the author is narrating what he, himself, saw while living in the country which he so vividly describes. The yarn is rich in humor, true to history." (dj) Good dj. Book is Fine. (a15488)
$42.00 Foster, Isabel J. . ISABEL AS TOLD TO NIXON SMILEY
Miami 1975 Seeman. Memoirs of early 20th century in Tennessee, Florida and North Carolina. Hardcover. Octavo, 88pp., portrait frontis, cloth. VG, inner hinges cracked but binding still secure. no DJ. (a23066)
$20.00 Owsley, Harriet et al . GUIDE TO THE PROCESSED MANUSCRIPTS OF THE TENNESSEE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
Nashville 1969 Tennessee Historical Society. Thin sm4to., 70pp. Near Fine. (a25536)
$30.00 (nissan motors) . NISSAN IN TENNESSSEE
Smyrna 1983. Oblong sm. folio, 127pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. VG in VG Box. (a28879)
$25.00 Payne, Weldon . WEB TO THE STARS A HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE SPACE INSTITUTE
Dubuque 1992 1st, 4to., 253pp. Fine in Fine DJ. (a33024)
$40.00 Mitchell, George Sinclair . AN AFTERMATH OF APPAMATTOX A MEMOIR OF THE LIFE OF GEORGE CHILES MITCHELL
Richmond 1942. 4to., 259pp. (mimeo), wraps. Good, front wrap stained. (a48063)
$150.00 White, Helen . JESSE HILL FORD: AN ANNOTATED CHECKLIST OF HIS PUBLISHED WORKS AND OF HIS PAPERS
Memphis 1974 first edition. Memphis State University Sm.4to., 55pp., illustrations including photo portrait of Ford with his dog as frontispiece. wraps. **Typed letter signed for Helen White (by her Secretary) included. Small date stamp on front. VG, slight cover wear. Scarce. (a48512)
$55.00Brooks, Brutus. SPECIFICATION OF LETTERS PATENT BRUTUS BROOKS, OF MARTIN TENNESSEE. AEROPLANE
Patent issued by the United States Patent Office. Application filed October 11, 1912 (Serial No. 725, 334), patented November 18, 1913 (1,078,713). Lg.4to., 3pp., 2 full page diagrams, stapled, rebound in later wraps. Name and patent number written in ink on front (i.e, the blank verso of one diagram). VG. (a49812)
$50.00 (popular music) . CEDARWOOD VOLUME II THE MILLION DOLLAR CATALOGUE
Nashville n.d (c.1964) Cedarwood Publishing. Music and lyrics to 99 songs. Oblong 4to, about 100pp., wraps. Good, wraps frayed on all edges. (a50096)
$75.00 (tennessee) . TENNESSEE POETRY JOURNAL VOLUME 1 NUMBER 1 FALL 1967
1967 University of Tennessee at Martin. 8vo., 44pp., wraps. VG, some light soiling. (a50467)
$35.00 Hay, George D. (The Solemn Old Judge) . HOWDY JUDGE
Nashville 1926 1st McQuiddy Press. Sm.8vo., 108pp., blue cloth. Good plus, light soiling, spine lettering a bit faded. New protective glassine cover. Very scarce. (a54233)
$350.00 Williams, Tennessee . LA STATUE MUTILEE
Paris 1960 Robert Laffont. Nouvelles traduites de l'anglais et presentees par Maurice Pons. 12mo., 270pp., wraps. Good. (a55008)
$30.00 Troost, Gerard Ph.M., M.D. . ADDRESSES ON THE UNVEILING IN THE CHAPEL OF PEABODY COLLEGE FOR TEACHERS DECEMBER 12, 1906 OF A PORTRAIT OF GERARD TROOST...
Nashville 1907. University of Nashville Bulletin of Information Volume 5 No. 6. Troost was First State Geologist of Tennessee and Professor of Chemistry and Geology in the University of Nashville 1828 to 1850. 12mo, 27p., original printed wraps. Several contemporary newspaper clippings laid in. Good, new paper spine. (a59210)
$45.00 Marsh, Rev. Dwight W. . THE TENNESSEEAN IN PERSIA AND KOORDISTAN BEING SCENES AND INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF SAMUEL AUDLEY RHEA
Philadelphia 1869 1st Presbyterian Board of Publication. Author was missionary in Mosul, Iraq for 10 years. Rhea himself died in Persia 1865 at age of 38 just after his son died in Persia at age of one year. Three chapters on Armenia and one chapter on Nestorians. Small octavo, 381pp., illusstrations, green cloth with black trim and fancy bright gilt decoration on spine. Very interesting reading. Village library bookplate, pocket removed from rear end paper, several blind stamps and one Sunday school stamp but no spine numbers and text clean and unmarked. Binding secure with original dark brown end papers. VG. (a61433)
$275.00 (university of nashville) . UNIVERSITY OF NASHVILLE CATALOGUE OF THE PEABODY NORMAL COLLEGE SESSION OF 1889-90
Nashville 1890. Students listed by name and state. Octavo, 52pp., original green printed wraps (lacks rear wrap). Good, front chipped. (a62063)
$35.00(courtney genealogy). THE COURTNEY FAMILY OF ENGLAND AND AMERICA
No author, no place, no date given. Family settled in Virginia and Tennessee. 4to., 14 original typed leaves (rectos only), coat of arms shown in illustration, in 3 hole paper folder. Good plus. Very scarce. (a62274)
$190.00 (tennessee) . ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY SELECTED VIEWS OF CHATTANOOGA, LOOKOUT MOUONTAIN, CHICAMAUGA AND CHATTANOOGA NATIONAL MILITARY PARK, NATIONAL CEMETERY AND MISSIONARY RIDGE
Lookout Mountain c. 1900 Hardie Bros. Printed by C. J. Krehbiel of Cincinnati. Oblong octavo, . large panoramic drawing of Lookout Mountain area, silk string binding. Front cover present but detached. Good, light soiling. (a65105)
$75.00 Beaudoin, Kenneth Lawrence . A REPORT OF EXCAVATATIONS (sic) MADE AT THE T. O. FULLER SITE SHELBY COUNTY, TENNESSEE BETWEEN MARCH 8, 1952 AND APRIL 30, 1953
Memphis 1953 Privately Printed. Conducted by Memphis Archeological and Geological Society. With an Analysis of Plant Materials from the Fuller sity by Volney H. Jones, Curator of Ethnology, University of Michigan. Octavo, 36 leaves (rectos only), 24pp. of photo illustrations, original photo illustrated stapled wraps. Good, some browning and fading on front, wraps frayed at edges. Scarce. (a65653)
$265.00Powell, James Wooldridge. EDGEWOOD THE STORY OF A FAMILY AND THEIR HOUSE. ISBN 0-9601518-1-8
1978 1st Powell. ISBN 0-9601518-1-8. History of the Thomson family of Kentucky, Missouri, and Tennessee. Octavo, 237pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. Genealogical charts on end papers. Near Fine in VG DJ. (a69219)
$39.00 Clark, Elmer T. . WHAT'S THE MATTER IN CHINA?
Nashville 1927 1st Methodist Episcopal Church. Hardcover. Small octavo, 96pp., yellow cloth. VG, light wear. Scarce. (a71088)
$60.00 Allen, R. R. (comp.) . TENNESSE BOOKS A PRELIMINARY GUIDE
Knoxville 1969. 4to. 63pp., wraps. VG. (a72193)
$40.00 Franklin County, Tennessee . COLLECTION OF TYPED MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENTS ABOUT HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, TENNESSEE
No author, no date given. c. 1900. About 150 pages of typed material (rectos only). Includes: Land Division and land Grants, Tennessee General Assembly 1807 1813; Act Creating Winchester Public Library; History and Anecdotes about Major Business, Sites, Points of Interest in Franklin County; Episodes of History with Chapters on Two White Children Massacred by Indians; David Crockett's Second Marriage; A Hanging; A Murder: Oddities of Early Laws, etc. ; Prominent Men. Near VG. (a72957)
$650.00 Byrum, C. Stephen . MCMINN COUNTY
Memphis 1984 1st Memphis State. ISBN 0-87870-176-1. Octavo, 129pp., some photo Illustrations, cloth. Review copy with review slip taped on front blank end paper. Fine, no DJ. (a75066)
$65.00 Warren, Thomas B. (editor) . PENTECOSTALISM
1974. One complete issue of The Spiritual Sword, published quarterly by the Getwell Church of Christ, Memphis, Tennessee. Articles include: The Philosophical Background of Pentecostalism, To Speak in a Tongue is to Speak Miraculously, The Destructive Consequences of Pentecostalism and more. Octavo, 56pp., original wraps. Good, cover a bit chipped and lightly soiled. (a75795)
$45.00 Wheeler, William Bruce and Michael J. McDonald . TVA AND THE TELLICO DAM 1936-1979 A BUREAUCRATIC CRISIS IN POST-INDUSTRIAL AMERICA
Knoxville 1986 1st University of Tennessee. ISBN 0-87049-492-9. Hardcover. Octavo, 290pp., cloth. Near Fine, spots onfore-edges, in Fine DJ. (a75997)
$34.00 (military academy) . CASTLE HEIGHTS MILITARY ACADEMY 1930
Lebanon (Tennessee) 1930. Lg.4to., 96pp., illustrated with color and monochrome photo illustrations, some foldout pages, original printed wraps. Portraits of graduating Seniors. Includes Application for Admission. Serves as advertising brochure for the school, done in format of a yearbook with group portraits of athletes, individual portraits of graduating seniors, a typical day at the school, the buildings, the teachers, and so on. School used dietary and exercise regimes of Bernarr Macfadden. Good, binding secure, wraps fraye don edges. (a77803)
$100.00 Zollicoffer, Felix Kirk . STATE OF POLITICAL PARTIES SPEECH OF HON. F. K ZOLLICOFFER OF TENNESSEE IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ...APRIL 8, 1856
1856. Octavo, 8pp., later wraps. Good, a bit toned. (a78594)
$25.00 Taylor, Oliver . HISTORIC SULLIVAN A HISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, TENNESSEE WITH BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES OF THE MAKERS OF HISTORY (ORIGINAL BOOK, NOT A REPRINT)
Bristol 1909 1st King. Hardcover. 4to., 328p., illustrated, original green cloth with gilt trim. Owner signed by Karl Harmeling of Bristol and dated 1909. Good, light water stain on about a third of all pages, cover a bit worn. (a80355)
$39.00Reynolds, Miss Naomi of Memphis, Tennessee. LETTER COLLECTION OF NAOMIE REYNOLDS OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE AFRICAN-AMERICAN MAID
Collection of Manuscript letters, Christmas Cards and assorted paper ephemera owned by Naomie Reynolds of Memphis Tennessee. Letters date from 1893 to 1947. Contents: 15 handwritten letters, 28 Christmas cards (22 of which are in their original stamped and cancelled envelopes); 2 original photographs presumably of Naomi Reynolds; and 13 pieces of paper ephemera. Naomie Reynolds worked as a maid for Mrs. George B. Peters of Memphis for 35 years until 1941 when Naomi seems to have moved to Chicago briefly then moved back to Memphis. All of the Christmas cards are addressed to Naomi. Five of the 15 letters are written to Naomi; 3 are written to Clementine Pipes (a student at Fisk University in 1941 and married Wayne B. King in Memphis in 1946.) King likely was related to the famous B. B. King as one piece of epherma is a dated stamped envelope with a diabetes medicine advertisement addressed to "B B King in Tishomingo, Mississippi" dated 1925 which was the hometown of the famous musician but this cannot the well-known musician BB King as he was born in 1925. Three letters are written by J. C. Fox in 1944 to his wife and boys while he was in Army training in Camp Forest Tennessee (relationship to Naomi is unknown.) Four additional letters are to/from assorted family members and dated 1893 to 1937. Letters are addressed to Ida Garrett, Bettie Pulliam, B. C. M. Carley, and M. L. Pipes. Naomi and Mrs. Laura Williams lived at same address and some of the letters are addressed to both of them. Interesting collection - how very much one wishes there were many more letters. Paperback Ephemera (a81771)
$595.00 (Tennessee) . ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY SELECTED VIEWS OF CHATTANOOGA, LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, CHICKAMAUGA AND CHATTANOOGA NATIONAL MILITARY PARK, NATIONAL CEMETARY, AND MISSIONARY RIDGE
Lookout Mountain c. 1900 Rollins and Hardison. Oblong octavo, 150 photo illustrations, foldout panorama, silk string binding. Good, cover a bit worn and lightly stained. wraps. (a82365)
$65.00 (tennessee) . THE CHILHOWEAN VOLUME III NO. 1 1908 MARYVILLE COLLEGE YEARBOOK
Maryville 1908. Maryville College Yearbook 1908, Maryville, Tennessee. Hardcover Hardcover. 4to., 88pp., photo illustrations, advertisements, original decorated cloth. Copy of Marguerite McClenaghan and signed by her. Good, cover a bit worn and soiled. Binding secure. (a83327)
$75.00 True, Colonel James M. and E. R. Wiley, Jr. . ORIGINAL PRINTED CIVIL WAR SPECIAL ORDERS NO. 49
Original Civil War document dated May 11, 1863. Headquarters Post of Jackson, 2d Division, 16th Army Corps. Jackson, Tenn. 8x5 inches, 3p. Dense listing of names of persons, their district of residence and amount of money they have each been assessed by "The commission for the support of Union Refugees." The named persons are demanded to "make immediate payment of these amounts". Fair, page edges curling making far right hand column a bit hard to read. Rare. Original printing, not a modern reprint. (a88345)
$250.00Hack, John T. INTERPRETATION OF CUMBERLAND ESCARPMENT AND HIGHLAND RIM, SOUTH-CENTRAL TENNESSEE AND NORTHEAST ALABAMA
Washington 1966 first edition. US GPO paper 524-C. 4to wraps. 16p. plus 1 foldout map in rear pocket. VG light depository library marks. (a96991)
$25.00Williams, Tennessee. A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
NY 1947 first edition, fourth printing. New Directions. 8vo., 171pp., Pictorial papercovered boards with red, black and white illustration by Lustig. Good plus, light wear on extreme cover tips; end papers tonedlightly foxed. Fairly Good dj - dj has 4 inchlong closed tear with no loss of text; spine a bit toned; overall some wear. DJ designed by Lustig and matches the book boards. (a98052)
$75.00Sullivan, Walter. SOJOURN OF A STRANGER
NY 1957 first edition. Holt. Hardcover octavo. 316p. Near Fine, light even toning; no wear; no owner marks. VG plus dj (dj evenly toned; price not clipped). Fiction based in Tennessee. (a99305)
$45.00Penfield, Benjamin B. THREE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT INK LETTERS DATED 1883 AND 1884
Nashville, Tennessee. 1883, 1884 first edition. Three long detailed letters written by Penfield to his Father and Brother, Mr. James Penfield and son in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Penfield is writing from Nashville, Tennessee, where he has moved to accept a job as professor at the University of Nashville where State Normal Collelge of University of Nashville documents indicate he was a full professor in 1887 and 1888. The letters are about the difficulties of adjusting, the teaching load, financial matters. Letter of Nov 16, 1883 is 4 long 4to pages and is in its original stamped and cancelled envelope. Letters of Dec 9 1883 and Feb 3 ,1884, are 12mo. in size and 6 pages and 4 pages respectively. All letters in VG condition and easy legible. Set of 3 letters: (a99970)
$75.00 Glenn, L. C. . UNDERGROUND WATERS OF TENNESSEE AND KENTUCKY WEST OF TENNESSEE RIVER AND OF AN ADJACENT AREA IN ILLINOIS.
Washington 1906 GPO. U.S.G.S. Water-Supply Paper 164. Octavo, 173pp., color maps, charts, photo illustrations, index, later wraps. Good. (ac138)
$34.00