The Annals of Tennessee to the End of the Eighteenth Century, First Edition, by J. G. M. Ramsey, 1853. Published by John Russell, Charleston. Octavo, 744 pages including appendix, fold out engraved "Map of Cumberland & Franklin", and "Surrender of the Troops Commanded by Col. Ferguson", rebound in tooled black cloth original gilt Tennessee seal […]

Italian book titled "Il Decameron di messer Giovanni Boccacci, cittadin fiorentino, di nuouo ristampato, e riscontrato in Firenze con testi antichi, & alla sua vera lettione ridotto dal caualier Lionardo Saluiati…et in questa vltima impressione adornato di figure appropriate a ciascheduna nouella" by Giovanni Boccaccio, published by Alessandro Vecchi, Venice, 1597. Octavo, 470 pages with […]

Two (2) Early 19th Century Double Fore-Edge Painted Books. 1st item: Letters on the Improvement of the Mind, Addressed to a Lady by Mrs. Hester Capone, 1829. Published by John Sharpe, London. 32mo, 180 gilt edged pages with watercolor double fore-edge paintings, one side depicting Somerset House Terrace and the Thames and one side depicting […]

Five (5) Mark Twain Books, including First Edition and First American Editions. 1st item: Roughing It, First American Edition, by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens), 1872. Published by American Publishing Company, Hartford. Octavo, 591 pages including back advertisements, appendix, two engraved frontispieces with tissue paper guard, and other illustrations, rebound in brown cloth with original […]

Charles Dickens: The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. With illustrations by Phiz, First Edition, Second Issue, 1844. Published by Chapman and Hall, London. Octavo, 624 pages with 40 engraved plates, including the frontispiece and title, errata page present, rebound in three-quarter brown leather with tan paper sides with gilt trim and gilt lettering to […]

Three (3) Cormac McCarthy First Editions, including two (2) Blood Meridian, one (1) Remainder, and one (1) Remainder Child of God. 1st item: Blood Meridian or The Evening Redness in the West, First Edition, by Cormac McCarthy, 1985. Published by Random House, New York. Octavo, 337 pages including epilogue, stated first edition with publication line […]

Mastering the Art of French Cooking, First Edition, Second Printing, by Simone Beck, Louisette Bertholle, and and Julia Child, illustrations by Sidonie Coryn, 1961. Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York. Octavo, 684 pages with illustrations, 32 page index, hardbound in white cloth with red fleur-des-lis and blue stars, title within red tile on front […]