Eleven (11) books. Book 1: Mark Twain. Roughing It. TITLE PAGE MISSING but some early errors indicate: Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1872. (Capital T page 156 Capital E page 330 etc.). 592 pp. Book 2: The Innocents Abroad. Hartford: American Publishing 1873, later printing. 651 pp. plus ads. Book 3: Mark Twain. The Prince and […]
Lot 550: H. G. Wells: Island of Dr. Moreau, 1st Ed.
H. G. Wells. The Island of Doctor Moreau; A Possibility. New York: Stone and Kimball, 1896. First edition. 249pp. Original first state black cloth with gilt lettering and top edge, "Stone & Kimball New York" at foot of spine. 7" H x 4 1/2" W x 3/4" D. Provenance: a Brentwood, TN estate. CONDITION: Overall […]
Lot 551: 3 H. G. Wells books including 1st Ed. The Invisible Man.
Three (3) books by H. G. Wells. Book 1: The Invisible Man; A Grotesque Romance. London: C Arthur Pearson Ltd, 1897. viii, 245 (1) 2pp of ads. 7 1/2" H x 5 1/4" W x 1 1/4" D. Book 2: The Food of The Gods And How It Came to Earth. London: Macmillan, 1904. 317 […]
Lot 549: H. G. Wells: The War of The Worlds, 1st Ed.
H. G. Wells. The War of the Worlds. London: William Heinemann, 1898. Original grey cloth, spine and front cover lettered in black. First edition, 303pp first issue, has 16-page publisher's catalogue at end dated 1897 and beginning with "New Letters of Napoleon I". 7 3/4" H x 5 1/2" W x 1 1/2" D. Provenance: […]
Lot 548: Book: Art & Mystery of TN Furniture
THE ART AND MYSTERY OF TENNESSEE FURNITURE AND ITS MAKERS THROUGH 1850, by Nathan Harsh and Derita Coleman Williams, published by the Tennessee Historical Society, Nashville, 1988. Personal handwritten inscription from the author Derita Coleman Williams on the title page. 11 1/4" H x 8 3/4" W. Provenance: Private Knoxville, TN collection. CONDITION: Very good […]
Lot 547: Valhalla in the Smokies, Maxwell/ Exline, 1938
Signed copy of "Valhalla in the Smokies", published by George A. Exline and Edouard Evartt Exline, 1938, Cleveland, Ohio. First edition. #87 of 1000 numbered copies, 1 of 100 signed by the authors/publishers. Cover of book is a woven blue and white coverlet, Solomon's Pattern. Enclosed card details the weaver of the cover and specific […]
Lot 545: 25 Low's Almanacks, 1800-17, 1821-27
Twenty-Five (25) Low's Almanacks, 1800-17, 1821-27. Octavo, self wrappers, stitched, 12-18 double-sided pages. 1st-7th items: "An Astronomical Diary, or Almanack, For the Year(s) of Christian Aera 1800-1806" by Dr. Nathanael Low, (1740-1808), printed by Thomas and John Fleet, Boston. Almanacks range in size from 7 1/8" H x 4 3/8" W to 7 1/2" H […]
Lot 546: Roll Jordan Roll, Author Signed #74 of 350.
Doris Ulmann and Julia Peterkin. ROLL, JORDAN, ROLL. New York: Robert O. Ballou, Publisher, 1933, deluxe edition, preceding first edition of the same year. The text by Julia Peterkin. The Photographic Studies by Doris Ulmann. Copy 74 of an edition of 350 copies, 327 of which were offered for sale. Signed in ink by both […]
Lot 544: 19 Post Rev. War Almanacks, 1784-1808
Nineteen (19) Post Revolutionary War Almanacks, including Thomas, West, and Low. Octavos, self wrappers, stitched, approx. 22-24 double sided pages. 1st-3rd items: "Thomas's Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode-Island, New Hampshire & Vermont Almanack, With an Ephemeris, for the Year(s) of Our Lord 1788, 1789, and 1797", printed by Isaiah Thomas (1749-1831), Worcester. 1788 edition features "Proceedings of […]
Lot 543: 11 Post Rev War Bickerstaff Almanacks
Eleven (11) Post Revolutionary War Issac Bikerstaff almanacks, 1st-10th items: "The New-England Almanack, or, Lady's and Gentleman's Diary, For the Year(s) of our Lord Christ 1792-1793, 1800, 1805, 1807, 1809-1812, 1814" written under the pseudonym Isaac Bickerstaff, printed and sold by John Carter, Providence, et al. Almanacks range in size from 6 1/2" H x […]