Four (4) books related to the Tennessee Centennial Exposition of 1897. Includes 1 large format “Official History of the Tennessee Centennial Exposition” album with text and photographs of the event, Herman Justi, editor, 1898;  1 period album of Tennessee Centennial Poems by Annie Somers Gilchrist, from the exposition;  1 period “Tennessee Centennial Album” containing photos of exhibition buildings […]

Fifteen (15) Issues of THE FUGITIVE covering from 1923 to 1925, plus five (5) Books from Fugitive authors Ransom, Tate, Warren, and Moore. 1st Item: Fifteen (15) original broadside / pamphlet-form issues of THE FUGITIVE (1922-1925) literary magazine, beginning with the February / March issue of 1923 and continuing through the magazine’s final issue in December […]

1st Item: THE SLAVE COLONIES OF GREAT BRITAIN; or A Picture of Negro Slavery Drawn by the Colonists Themselves, Being an Abstract of the Various Papers Recently Laid Before Parliament on that Subject. Zachary Macaulay, editor. London: Ellerton and Henderson, 1825. First Edition. 8vo., 164pp; Originally published in pamphlet form, rebound in modern dark green boards with gilt title […]

Five (5) Tarzan books inscribed and signed by the author, Edgar Rice Burroughs.  1943 Grosset & Dunlap “Madison Square” wartime editions. Titles include: TARZAN OF THE APES [314pp]; THE RETURN OF TARZAN [314pp]; THE SON OF TARZAN [312pp]; TARZAN AND THE JEWELS OF OPAR [350pp]; and TARZAN THE TERRIBLE [301pp]. Each signed by Burroughs on the front […]

CHILD OF GOD, First Edition, by Cormac McCarthy, 1973. Published by Random House, New York. Octavo, 197 pages, stated first edition, hardbound 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 x […]

Four (4) items signed by author Eudora Welty (Mississippi, 1909-2001). 1st Item: 1926 edition of “Meh Lady”, the yearbook of The Mississippi State College for Women where Welty attended from 1925 to 1927. Folio. Signed by Welty 3 times, twice under photos of her (Yearbook Staff and Drama Club) and once on the inside front […]

Three (3) Books signed by author Rudyard Kipling. 1st Item: A KIPLING ANTHOLOGY, VERSE, London: Methuen and Co. Limited, 1922. Signed by Kipling on the title page. “First Printed in 1922” stated on copyright page. Small 8vo, 201pp. Red leather covers, gilt stamped front and spine; top edge gilt with satin ribbon marker. 2nd Item: […]

CHILD OF GOD by Cormac McCarthy, New York: Random House, 1973. First Edition; only 4,000 copies were printed in the first run. Octavo, 197 pages, stated first edition. Bound in red boards with blue spine embossed “CMcC” to front with gilt lettering to spine, includes original pictorial dust jacket with $5.95 price on flap. 8 […]

A CHRISTMAS CAROL, by Charles Dickens, with illustrations by John Leech, published by Chapman and Hall, London, 1843.  Second Edition. Hardcover 12mo, 166 gilt edged pages with hand colored frontispiece and three plates, four vignettes, in contemporary green morocco leather with gilt stamped covers and spine, marbled page edges. 6 1/2 in H x 4 3/8 in W x […]

THE ORCHARD KEEPER, Cormac McCarthy, Random House, New York, 1965. First Edition, stated “First Printing” on the copyright page; only 4,000 were printed in the first run. In publisher’s green and red boards with gilt stamping, with original dust jacket. McCarthy’s first book. 8 1/2″ L x 5 3/4″ W. PROVENANCE: The estate of John Z. C. […]