CONDITION: 1st item: Wear, rubbing, areas of loss, largest 1/2" x 1/2", to leather, toning to paper sides, corners bumped. Pages in overall good condition with toning/acid burn, few foxing spots, pencil inscriptions, primarily to interior of covers. 2nd item: Back cover with glue residue along spine, misshapen spine, wear, areas of dampstaining, areas of […]
Lot 628: 2 TN Medical Related Books, incl. Simplified Anatomy
Two (2) Early Tennessee medicalbooks, including A SIMPLIFIED ANATOMY, 1835, GUNN'S DOMESTIC MEDICINE, 1837. 1st item: A SIMPLIFIED ANATOMY, FOR THE USE OF FAMILIES, by Dr. William Spillman of Maryville, Tennessee, printed by J. F. Grant, Madisonville, 1835. 16mo, 213 pages with five engraved plate illustrations, three folding, hardbound in one quarter red leather with […]
Lot 627: 10 TN Related Political Books
Ten (10) Tennessee Supreme Court and General Assembly related political books, some reprints. 1st item: REPORTS OF CASES ARGUED AND ADJUDGED IN THE SUPREME COURT OF ERRORS AND APPEALS OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, FROM THE YEAR 1816-1817, Vol. III, by John Haywood, esq., printed byHeiskell and Brown, Knoxville, 1818. Octavo, 319 pages, rebound in […]
Lot 625: Lake George School 1779 Powder Horn, Signed
18th century artillery powder horn, Lake George School. Signed "Jacob Beal His Horn Sept. 10th 1779" beneath the Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom and the French motto "Dieu et mon droit (God and my right)". Carved and engraved decoration throughout featuring maps, forts, rivers, and towns in the Hudson and Mohawk river […]
Lot 626: Humphreys Historical Account 1730 w/ Maps inc. Carolina
AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE INCORPORATED SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE GO[S]PEL IN FOREIGN PARTS, by David Humphreys, D.D., printed by JosephDowning, London, 1730. Octavo, 356 marbled edged pages, two (2) fold out maps of the Province of North Carolina and New England, New York, New Jersey, and Pensilvania[sic], rebound in three-quarter brown leather […]
Lot 623: 1814 Map of Mississippi Territory inc. Alabama
Mississippi Territory map, engraved by Francis Shallus, from Carey's General Atlas, published by Mathew Carey,Philadelphia, 1814. Hand colored copper plate engraving depicting the Mississippi Territory, including Alabama prior to statehood in 1819, and the northernmost portions of Louisiana and Florida with cities and towns, bodies of water, mountain ranges, and areas of interest including Native […]
Lot 624: Letters from American Farmer, 1783 with maps
LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN FARMER, New Edition, by J. Hector St. John, printed for Thomas Davies and Lockyer Davis, London, 1783. Octavo, 326 pages includingindex, front advertisements, fold out maps of the Island of Nantucket and the Island of Martha's Vineyard with its Dependencies, rebound in brownleather with original front and back covers, red leather […]
Lot 622: State of TN Map, M. Carey, 1814
THE STATE OF TENNESSEE map, published by Mathew Carey inCarey's General Atlas, Improved and Enlarged, Philadelphia, 1814. Copperplate engraving with hand coloring depicting the state of Tennessee with surrounding areas, cities and towns including Nashville and Knoxville, counties, mountain ranges, bodies of water, and other points of interest, including a Native American boundary line across […]
Lot 620: 12 U.S. Gazetteer Maps, 1795, 13 items
Thirteen (13) Early American maps, including twelve (12)from THE UNITED STATES GAZETTEER, First Edition, 1795. 1st-12th items: Twelve (12) maps from THE UNITED STATES GAZETTEER, First Edition, by Joseph Scott, published by F. & R. Bailey, Philadelphia, 1795. Includes one (1) Northwest Territory, one (1) Virginia, one (1) Delaware, one (1) Connecticut, one (1) New […]
Lot 621: 19th Century Map of Memphis
PLAN DE LA VILLE DE MEMPHIS (ETATS-UNIS) 40,000 HABITANTS pen and ink with watercolor hand drawn drainage system map, circa 1870. Depicts a grid street plan of the city of Memphis with labeled street names and bodies of water and lines delineatingdrains, conduits, and reservoirs. Title, lower center under image, key, lower left of image. […]