Winchester, KY: Oliver High School, 1921. First Edition, First Printing. Original wraps. 5 7/8 X 9 3/4 Inches. 34 PP + 16 PP ads. Original guide and history to the Oliver Street Colored School in Winchester, KY. This issue, the first and only as far as we can find, features..... More
New York: M.W. Dodd, 1848. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 4 X 6 1/8 Inches. 143 PP. First printing copy in the orignal brown cloth highly embossed in blind. Frontis intact. "The object of the following volume is to inspire the young reader with the spirit of patriotism, to render..... More
London: Printed by H. Clark for Dolman Newman, 1687. First Edition, First Printing. Full leather. 4 ¾ X 7 ¾ Inches. 262 PP + Appendix. First Edition, First Printing copy of Blome’s description of British possessions in the Americas. “A popular but unreliable guide which did much to attract emigration..... More
Knoxville, TN: James Williams, 1842. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 X 7 1/2 Inches. 256 PP. First printing in the original brown cloth binding. Original spine label intact. One of the most important, early books on Tennessee. Sabin #7651. Howes B1164. Endpapers have been replaced (to match). Minor paper..... More
Kingsport, TN: Southern Publishers, Inc., 1938. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/8 X 9 1/2 Inches. 570 PP. Extremely clean copy of this fairly scarce history of the Cherokee Indians. Light foxing and toning. Scratch to bottom of gutter. No PO writing, plates etc. More
Chilocco, OK: Education Division, U.S. Office of Indian Affairs, 1940. Charles Keetsie Shirley. First Edition, First Printing. Original wraps. 6 7/8 X 10 Inches. 75 PP. Original stapled wraps. Description and instructions on plants to use to produce colored dye for clothing etc... A rather nice little book that is..... More
New York: Denniston & Cheetham, 1803. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/4 X 8 1/2 Inches. 139 Pages. Recent marbled boards with fine leather quarter binding. Black leather spine labels with gold trim. Originally issued in wraps, the text of this book is complete with title page and appendix..... More
New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1960. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 3/4 X 8 1/2 Inches. 288 Pages. Stated First Edition copy. Review copy with original review slip and 5X7 author photograph laid-in loose. A bit of scuffing to boards. Slight edge wear to dj. Original price of $3.95 intact on..... More
Bellows Falls, VT: The Times Book and Job Office, 1866. First Edition, First Printing. Original wraps. 3 3/4 X 6 Inches. 19 PP. Very scarce original first printing housed in the original brown paper wraps. Stated "Compiled, July 1866" on the copyright page. TEN (10) pages of church members, past..... More
London: Saunders and Otley, 1836. Second Edition. Fine Binding. 5 3/8 X 8 3/4 Inches. [333 PP][462 PP]. Stated "Second Edition" on the title-page. Translated by Henry Reeve. Large hand-colored folding map of American at rear of first volume. Finely bound retaining original half title-pages and original flyleaves. Crushed morocco..... More
Boston: Printed by Adams & Larkin, 1794. First Edition, First Printing. Original wraps. 7 X 12 Inches. 3 PP. Rare military order from Commander in Chief, President George Washington, instructing the United States to assemble a detachment of 80,000 Men to be armed, equipped and prepared "to march at a...... More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1859. First Edition. Cloth. 4 7/8 X 7 1/2 Inches. 122 PP. Important description of AMERICAN BASEBALL, which Elwyn called "Bat and Ball" in his youth. Interestingly, he describes the game as "an imperfect form of cricket," but also clearly states that it was "a..... More
Nashville, TN: Ladies' Hermitage Association, 1935. First Edition, First Printing. Original wraps. 6 X 9 Inches. 48 PP. Light scuffing and wear to covers and edges. More
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. 6 X 8 3/4 Inches. 22 VOLUME RUN. Incredible collection of the first 22 volumes of "The Papers of Benjamin Franklin." The 22 volumes run from 1961 to 1982. While the series did continue, an assemblage of this many consecutive..... More
Natick, MASS: The Suburban Press (Natick Federal Savings and Loan Association), 1943. First Edition, First Printing. Original wraps. 7 5/8 X 10 1/2 Inches. 32 PP. Scarce original first printing with fold-out map of Natick intact. Signed by PO on cover and title-page. OCLC locates only two copies. More
Original wraps. 5 1/2 X 8 3/4 Inches. 8 PP. OCLC locates only "2" copies (UT and Duke). Disbound. A somewhat complete list of the first post-war taxation rates in the State of Tennessee. The normal lot is covered including land sales, liquor sales etc... Interestingly, we also have a...... More
Sedona, AZ: Runamuck Publishers, 1992. Joe Beeler. First Edition, First Printing. Original wraps. 5 1/2 X 8 1/2 Inches. 100 PP. Signed and inscribed by author directly on the title-page. Light wear to edges and foot of spine. Tales of early life in Sedona, Arizona. More
Washington City: United States Senate (Printed by Roger Weightman), 1815. First Edition, First Printing. Disbound. 5 X 8 1/4 Inches. 4 PP. First printing of the Official Senate imprint thanking General Andrew Jackson for his defense of New Orleans at the close of War of 1812. Dated February 13, 1815..... More
Washington DC: Original, 1835. Original. 3 PP on two adjoining sheets. Measures 8 X 12 1/2 inches. Lengthy OFFICIAL Government Endorsement in the hand of Secretary of State John Forsyth. Submitted to President Andrew Jackson and signed by Jackson as President of the United States. The letter, sent to Jackson for..... More
New York: Sayre Ross Company, 1976. Limited Edition. Full leather. 3 X 4 1/2 Inches. 64 PP. #809 of 1000 copies bound in genuine leather w/ gold title and ruling to front cover. AEG. Afterword by David C. Mearns and Verner W. Clapp. A fairly scarce numbered edition of this..... More
Nashville, TN: G.C. Torbett & Co., Printers, 1857. First Edition, First Printing. Original wraps. 5 3/8 X 8 5/8 Inches. 26 PP. Disbound. First printing of the message from the Governor of Tennessee that discusses the Legislature approved purchase of "The Hermitage" (the home and tomb of President Andrew Jackson)..... More
Atlanta, GA: Nobel Peace Prize Dinner, 1964. Ephemera. Single Sheet. 5 1/4 X 4 1/8 Inches (folded dimensions). Single sheet, folded. Scarce original January 27, 1965 engraved invitation to attend the dinner in Atlanta honoring Martin Luther King Jr., the 1964 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. "You are cordially..... More
Nashville, TN: Tavel, Eastman & Howell, 1877. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 3/4 X 8 5/8 Inches. 230 PP. Housed in original brown cloth binding with gilt title stamping to front cover. The report includes: 1) Report on Sanitary Reform in Nashville (by J. Berrien Lindsley) 2) On the..... More
North Long Beach: Remnant Press, 1974. First Edition, First Printing. Original wraps. 5 1/2 X 8 1/2 Inches. 40 Pages. Original blue stiff wraps. The story of the socialist principles of the early Puritan settlers in America. An interesting look at why socialist policies wouldn't work in early America. Slight..... More
New Orleans: B.M. Norman, 1895. First Edition, First Printing. Original wraps. 5 1/2 X 8 3/4 Inches. 16 PP. The foundational fundraising circular printed in order to garner support for the construction of Sewanee, The University of the South. "The Southern States have not been indifferent to the subject of..... More