Five (5) hardback Colt firearm-related books, all 20th century. 1st item: A STUDY OF THE COLT SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVER, by Ron Graham, John A. Kopec, and C. Kenneth Moore, published by Taylor Publishing Company, Dallas, TX, 1976. Flyleaf is inscribed in pen "May 8, 1987, To Brick Sturgeon, with my best wishes and warmest […]

Three (3) signed first-edition firearms reference books from the "Sporting Firearms Series" published by Safari Press, Inc., Long Beach, CA, including one (1) copy of THE HOUSE OF CHURCHILL by Don A. Masters, eleventh book in the series, No. 390 of 500 copies, published 2002; one (1) copy of THE BEST OF HOLLAND & HOLLAND […]

Four oversize volumes of the 1907 Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps of Memphis, Tennessee, with 1922 and 1928 revisions pasted in. These color lithographed maps describe the city in great detail, including the location of all buildings, roads, railroads, and water systems. Maps 14-15, vol. 1, and 140-143, vol. 2, are either missing or were not […]

Five (5) Tennessee-related books including history, geology, and rare book of Tennessee poetry. 1st item: HISTORY OF MEMPHIS, by James. D. Davis, published by Hite, Crumpton & Kelly, Memphis, 1873. 1st edition, with John Overton lithograph frontispiece. Includes information concerning many notable Tennesseans including Andrew Jackson and Davy Crockett. 7 5/8" H x 5 3/8" […]

1st item: Pre-statehood legal document relating to Nashville and Davidson County, concerning a 1793 court case, Robert Nelson vs. Josiah Love, involving the sale of an enslaved man named Bob, dated 1794. 6 1/2" x 7 3/4" W. 2nd item: Bill of sale concerning an enslaved man named Jerry, sold by the Memphis-based slave trading […]

1st item: Russellville, TN (Hawkins County) handwritten bill of sale for a male slave named Henry for two hundred dollars between Russell Riggs and Samuel Long, dated 1846. Document reads: "For and in consideration of the sum of two hundred dollars to Mr. in hand paid I have this day sold to Samuel Long my […]

1st item: Handwritten slave bill of sale between John Gibson and Thomas Whitsed for a nine-year-old girl named Sarah for two hundred twenty-five dollars, dated February 13, 1841. 2nd item: Handwritten slave bill of sale between R. H. Armstrong and Albert Sullenbarger on behalf of Eliza Brewster for an eleven-year-old girl named Ann for eight […]

5 East Tennessee Mexican War related Letters, 2 U.S. pension forms & 1878 Congressional Record, 9 total items. 1st item: A handwritten copy of Special Order #63 discharge letter dated April 4, 1847, by command of Major General Scott, that grants an honorable discharge to Lt. C. C. Smith due to ill health, received on […]