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Lot 608: 48 US Morgan Silver Dollars, AG-XF

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Forty-eight (48) U.S. Morgan 90% Silver Dollars, dates ranging from 1880-1921. 40.71 total troy ounces. PROVENANCE: The Estate of Eldridge "Dit" Shively, White Pine, TN. CONDITION: All in circulated condition, ranging from About Good to Extremely Fine.

Lot 605: 2202-E 1934A $500 Mule Federal Reserve Note, Richmond

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2202-E 1934A $500 Mule Federal Reserve Note, Richmond; signed Julian, Morgenthau Jr. – Serial #E00037471A; Plate #A2/5. PCGS Graded Choice UNC 63. (Uncirculated). PROVENANCE: The Estate of Eldridge "Dit" Shively, White Pine, TN. CONDITION: Choice UNC 63. (Uncirculated)

Lot 606: 60 United States Peace Dollars, F – XF

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Group of sixty (60) United States Peace Dollars, the majority dated 1922 and 1923, with a few dated 1924, 1925, 1926, and 1928. Circulated condition ranging from F – XF. 51.64 total troy ounces. PROVENANCE: The Estate of Eldridge “Dit” Shively, White Pine, TN. CONDITION: Circulated condition ranging from F – XF.

Lot 603: XIT Ranch of Texas, J. Evetts Haley, with Signed Letter

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THE XIT RANCH OF TEXAS And the Early Days of the Llano Estacado, by J. Evetts Haley, Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1929. Scarce "suppressed" First Edition of Haley''s first book, concerning cattlemen in 19th century Texas, and the enormous XIT Ranch founded in 1885 by the Farwell brothers. Hardcover, 261pp. plus illustrations and maps, one […]

Lot 604: Grouping of 8 Books on Early Firearms

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Eight (8) books on early firearms, including: COLT FIREARMS 1836-1954 by James E. Serven, 1954; hardcover, 385 pp., profusely illustrated. MODERN AMERICAN PISTOLS AND REVOLVERS by A.C. Gould ("Ralph Greenwood"), 1894 revised edition; hardcover, 222 pp. plus 10 pages of advertisements. OUR RIFLES by Charles Winthrop Sawyer, 1941; hardcover, 412 pp.; a history of the […]

Lot 601: 12 Charleston SC Historical and Art Related Books

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1st – 2nd Items: Two Copies of ALICE RAVENEL HUGER SMITH OF CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA: AN APPRECIATION ON THE OCCASION OF HER EIGHTIETH BIRTHDAY, Privately Published by Her Friends, Charleston, 1956. Limited to 800 copies, 59pp.; listing of friends/donors laid in. Note: Charleston artist Smith was instrumental in the Charleston Renaissance along with friends Elizabeth […]

Lot 602: 3 Books: Nashville Directory 1860-61, West TN Directory 1872, TN Farmer 1836, plus pamphlet

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1st Item: THE TENNESSEE FARMER, Containing Original and Selected Essays on Agriculture, Horticulture, Rural and Domestic Economy, and Internal Improvement by Thomas Emmerson, Jonesborough, Tennessee, 1834-1837. Hardcover, 192pp, containing the first 37 issues of The Tennessee Farmer monthly periodical, collected and bound into a single book, beginning with its first issue in December 1834 through […]

Lot 600: Simon Wastell "Microbiblion or The Bibles Epitome: in Verse" 1629

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MICROBIBLION OR THE BIBLES EPITOME: IN VERSE, Simon Wastell, London: Printed for Robert Mylbourne, 1629. 12vo, 510pp in 18th or early 19th C. leather-covered wrappers; with printed dedication "To The Right Honorable his singular good Lord, Sir William Spencer"; Illegible signature on blank page opposite New Testament dated 1673. Originally published in 1623 as a […]

Lot 599: The British Essayists, 40 Vols. 1823, ex- J.J. Pringle, SC

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THE BRITISH ESSAYISTS, by James Ferguson, London: J. Richardson And Co, et al., 1823. Second edition complete in 40 volumes; 12mo., bound in 1/2 leather and marbled paper covers, spines with gilt titles and raised ribs; each volume with bookplate of John Julius Pringle. A collection of essays from prominent 19th C. English magazines, including […]