Printed silk broadside with United States President Andrew Jackson's (1767-1845) Proclamation to the People of South Carolina speech, issued on December 10, 1832. The proclamation was written by Edward Livingston, the 11th United States Secretary of State, in office May 24, 1831-May 29, 1833. Written at the height of the Nullification Crisis, the proclamation directly […]
Lot 755: 5 Abram Maury Owned Books, incl. Declaration of Indepence/Constitution
Five (5) books owned by Abram Maury (1766-1825), founder of Franklin, Tennessee, and son Abram Poindexter Maury (1801-1848) including Maury's copy of the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution; Bridgewater Treatise (Kirby); Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy (2 vols), and Schrevelii Lexicon. 1st item: The Constitutions of the United States; According to the Latest Amendments. To […]
Lot 756: 6 US Senate Pubs., incl. President Jackson Nullification Crisis
Six (6) 19th Century United States Senate publications, including President Andrew Jackson response to the Nullification Crisis of 1832-1833, President Andrew Johnson speech, and more. 1st item: Message from the President [Andrew Jackson] of the United States, Transmitting Copies of the Proclamation and Proceedings in relation to South Carolina, January 16, 1833, 22nd Congress, 2nd […]
Lot 753: 2 Historic TN Books, incl. TN Gazetteer, Prominent Tennesseans
Two (2) Tennessee related books, including The Tennessee Gazetteer, 1834, and Sketches of Prominent Tennesseans, 1888. 1st item: The Tennessee Gazetteer or Topographical Dictionary by Eastin Morris, 1834. Published by W. Hasell Hunt and Company, Banner and Whig Office, Nashville. 12mo, 178 pages with appendix and pasted errata square, rebound in quarter tan calf leather […]
Lot 754: Journals of TN House & Senate 1821, 23, 24, 26, 29
Five (5) Journals of the Tennessee Senate and House of Representatives. 1st item: Journal of the Senate at the First Session of the Fourteenth General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, 1821. Printed by George Wilson, Nashville. 12mo, 344 pages, rebound in tan cloth, red leather label with gilt lettering to spine. 7 3/4" H […]
Lot 752: 16 Books on Assorted Dec. Arts, incl. TN Furniture
Sixteen (16) American and Asian decorative arts books. 1st item: The Art and Mystery of Tennessee Furniture and Its Makers Through 1850 by Derita Coleman Williams and Nathan Harsh, edited by C. Tracey Parks, 1988. Published by the Tennessee Historical Society, Tennessee State Museum Foundation, Nashville. Octavo, 344 pages including list of artisans, index, lithographic […]
Lot 750: Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, 1st Ed., 1979
SUTTREE, First Edition, by Cormac McCarthy, 1979. Published by Random House, New York. Octavo, 471 pages, stated first edition with publication line 24689753, hard bound in quarter black cloth over yellow paper boards embossed "CM" in gilt lettering with gilt lettering to spine, includes original pictorial dust jacket with $12.95 price on flap. 8 5/8" […]
Lot 751: Cormack McCarthy, Child of God, 1st Ed., 1973
CHILD OF GOD, First Edition, by Cormac McCarthy, 1973. Published by Random House, New York. Octavo, 197 pages, stated first edition, hard bound in quarter navy blue cloth over red paper boards embossed "CMcC" with gilt lettering to spine, includes original pictorial dust jacket with $5.95 price on flap. 8 5/8" H x 6" W […]
Lot 748: 2 Single Fore-Edge Painted Books, incl. Venn, Falconer
Two (2) Single Fore-Edge Painted Books, including Henry Venn, William Falconer. 1st item: The Complete Duty of Man: Or a System of Doctrinal & Practical Christianity by Henry Venn, A.M., 1812. Printed for J. Ogle, M. Ogle, Glasgow, R. Ogle and T. Hamilton, London. Octavo, 481 gilt edged pages with a watercolor single fore-edge painting […]
Lot 749: Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, 1st Ed., 1985
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 24689753, hard bound in quarter red cloth over red paper boards with gilt lettering to spine, includes original pictorial dust jacket with $17.95 […]