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Lot 590: 5 U. S. Silver Certificates or Bank notes

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Group of five (5) United States silver certificates including: two (2) 1886 series US $1 "Martha" silver certificates, depicting the portrait of Martha Washington. Engraved by Charles Burt (Scotland/New York, c. 1823-1892) after a painting by Charles Francois Jalabert (France, 1819-1901), SN#'s B 209234271 and B294084021; one (1) 1957 series US $1 "George Washington" blue […]

Lot 589: 15 Confederate States Obsolete Currency Notes, $5, $2 & $1

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Group of fifteen (15) CSA obsolete currency notes including: two (2) 1861 series T-36 $5 Richmond notes featuring Ceres, the Goddess of the harvest sitting on a cotton bale; two (2) 1861 series T-33 $5 Richmond notes featuring C.G. Memminger (center vignette) and the goddess Minerva (right vignette); one (1) 1861 series T-37 $5 Richmond […]

Lot 588: Collection of 4 Cormac McCarthy Books, 1st Ed.

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1st Item: THE ROAD 1st Edition/1st Printing, New York: Alfred A. Knopf 2006, F/F. 2nd Item: NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN 1st Edition/1st Printing, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2005, unclipped jacket, F/G. 3rd Item: THE CROSSING 1st Edition/1st Printing, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, USA, 1994, unclipped jacket, F/G. 4th Item: CITIES OF THE […]

Lot 580: Carl Sandburg Abraham Lincoln Collection, Signed, plus Letter

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Nine (9) books by Carl Sandburg on Abraham Lincoln. 1st-2nd Items: 1st Trade edition (after 260 Deluxe Copies) of ABRAHAM LINCOLN: THE PRAIRIE YEARS by Carl Sandburg, New York, Harcourt Brace & Co. 1926, in two volumes, in dark blue cloth boards; signed by Sandburg on pasted-in flyleaf, with accompanying 1940 signed letter from Sandburg […]

Lot 579: Unwritten History of Slavery, 1945, Fisk University

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SOCIAL SCIENCES SOURCE DOCUMENTS NO. 1: UNWRITTEN HISTORY OF SLAVERY, AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNT OF NEGRO EX-SLAVES", Social Science Institute, Fisk University, Nashville TN, 1945. Contributing editors Ophelia Settle Egypt, Jitsuichi Masuoka, and Charles S. Johnson. 1st Edition, approx. 330 one-sided typewritten copied (mimeographed) pages; paper wraps in perfect binding, spine reinforcement. Original printing of No. 1 […]

Lot 578: The Kentucky Revival by Richard M'Nemar, 1808 and 1845 Editions, Shaker History

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2 books regarding the beginnings of the Shaker religion, detailing the group of revivals held in the early 19th Century that led to the expansion of Shaker ideology. 1st Item: Scarce, early printing of Richard M'Nemar's (McNemar) THE KENTUCKY REVIVAL … Albany (NY), E. and E. Hosford, 1808. 12mo, 119pp, sewn through the fold binding, […]

Lot 576: Harper's Weekly Civil War Years – 6 bound Volumes, 1861-1866

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Six bound folio volumes of Harper's Weekly, Journal of Civilization spanning the years of the Civil War and its aftermath; with articles, reports and editorials on the war accompanied by numerous engravings and drawings by notable illustrators such as Winslow Homer, Thomas Nast and Granville Perkins. Included are: Vol. V, January 5 – December 28, […]

Lot 571: Group of TN 18th and 19th C. Legal Documents inc. Randal McGavock

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Thirteen (13) Middle Tennessee court documents. Includes one (1) 1797 Wilson County document regarding appointment of Daniel Mosley of Buckingham County Virginia as guardian for "Peter Hale the Orphan". One of the earliest child welfare cases in the newly formed state of Tennessee. Also includes three (3) documents related to an 1807 summons and complaint […]

Lot 570: Collection of TN Governors' Signatures, circa 1874-1973

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Collection of correspondence signed by Tennessee governors, dating 1874-1973. The autographs of most governors of the period are represented, including John C. Brown, James D. Porter, Albert Marks, Alvin Hawkins, Robert Love Taylor, John Buchanan, Peter Turney, Benton McMillan, James B. Frazier, John Cox, Malcolm Patterson, Tom C. Rye, Ben W. Hooper, A.H. Roberts, Henry […]