Nashville, TN: Printed and for sale by Geo. B. Staddan & Co., 1880. First edition. 8vo. 31 pp. OCLC locates four copies (New York Historical Society, Knox Co. Public, Tennessee State Library, Tennessee). Original printed light green wrappers (lacking rear wrapper); passages toward the rear marked in pencil, a good..... More
Nashville, TN: Maplewood Suburban Home Co., nd [1891]. First edition. Oblong 4to (6 3/8 x 9 ½ inches). (30) pp. Illustrated from wood engravings, full-page plates (residences), double-page panorama view as frontispiece, folding plat map of the subdivision [dated “1891”]. The development of 1400 acres on the northeast side of..... More
[Nashville, TN: Spring Hill Cemetery Co.], nd [1931]. First edition. 12mo. 18 pp. Information pamphlet, including a brief history, rules and regulations, rights of owners, purchasing lots, etc.; developed from the Spring Hill Meeting House graveyard and incorporated in 1888. Related newspaper clipping laid in. OCLC locates one copy (Nashville Public)..... More
Nashville, TN: Southern Agriculturalist, 1929. First separate edition (“reprinted from Southern Agriculturalist”). 12mo (16 cm). 24 pp. Prints an illustrated two pages of poetry (country songs, not necessarily Country Music) and a calendar for each month. Grimes also produced an edition for 1928. Printed publisher’s note laid in. OCLC locates..... More
NP: Burnett, 1907. Printed handbill, 9 7/8 x 7 ¼ inches, the first line printed in large (2 inches) bold capitals. The first two towns are in Perry County, the third in neighboring Hickman. Not recorded on OCLC. Tear from bottom edge, not affecting text (repaired with tape verso), paper..... More
NP: np, 1919. 12mo. 48 pp. Prints public roads of Montgomery County, Tennessee, by place names at beginning and end of each stretch of road, for each of 22 districts, with the landowners along the stretches identified; a place for manuscript addition of the overseer for each section has been..... More
Lawrenceburg, TN: The author, 1931. First edition. 8vo. (17) pp. Mounted frontispiece portrait of Benton, from a photograph. Benton graduated from West Point in 1884, beginning a 34-year military career with a string of short postings as an artillery officer in the south and west, then serving as Professor of..... More
Nashville, TN: Tennessee Historical Records Survey, December, 1940. First edition, a reproduced typescript, THRS, Works Projects Administration, Special Publications Series No. 6. 4to. (2), ii, 16 pp. [rectos only]. TLS of presentation from the Tennessee state supervisor of the Historical Records Survey, Madison Bratton, laid in. Original decorated tan wrappers..... More
Nashville, (TN): C. R. & H. H. Hatch, Printers, 1882. Vol. 1, No. 3, September, 1882 (this issue only, the periodical apparently ceased publication after issuing six issues). 8vo. [65]-96 pp. Illustrated from wood engravings. A Methodist periodical, this issue includes a 10-page illustrated (campus buildings) article on Vanderbilt University..... More
(Memphis, TN: Memphis Real Estate Board, 1939). The second annual issued by the board (first one published in 1937). 8vo. 88 pp. Prints the code of ethics and by-laws of the board, with most of the annual taken up with detailed promotional material covering many aspects of the city’s commercial..... More
Memphis, TN: Chamber of Commerce, nd [after 1931]. Broadsheet, 9 3/8 x 22 inches, folded to a narrow 8vo. 12 pp. [i.e., panels], recto with the front wrapper and 5 panels of promotional text, including an historical sketch of the city, “nearby points of interest,” local industries, and sporting opportunities..... More
Memphis, (TN): Chamber of Commerce, 1939. Broadsheet, 24 ½ x 22 inches, folded to narrow 8vo, verso with wrappers, an index of street names, 10 panels of promotional text, emphasizing transportation, economic developments, climate, and various business situations, and a 3 ½ x 7 ½ bird’s-eye photo of the city..... More
Memphis, TN: J. A. Austin & Co., nd [ca. 1895]. Chromolithograph on white board, 13 x 7 3/8 inches, the portrait printed in shades of blue, brown, and gilt. By 1899 Austin was trading at the same address as “Austin Clothing Co.” Corners show a little wear, but very good..... More
(Memphis, TN: S. C. Toof & Co.), nd [1943?]. Second edition (first issued in 1940). 8vo. (144) pp., three-pages of text, the balance a rich photographic essay on all aspects of life in Memphis, especially its architecture, with many bird’s-eye views, panoramas, and subject montages, each image captioned. Original comb-bound..... More
Nashville, TN: Published by the class, Printed at the office of the Nashville Med. Journal, 1853. First edition. 8vo. 32 pp. Allen Imprints 3214. Disbound pamphlet (removed from a volume of pamphlets, lacking outer wrappers). Some light foxing, else very good. More
Chicago and New York: Rand, McNally & Co. (c1895). First edition (?). 12mo (17 cm). 57, (3, ads) pp. Large map of Tennessee and Kentucky, 27 ½ x 20 2/8 inches, counties outlined in red, railroad key also in red, folded and affixed to rear wrapper verso, publisher’s ad for..... More
Partially printed document, 6 ¼ x 7 ½ inches, headed “State of Tennessee.” McGavock, a native of Virginia, became a politician and planter near Nashville, building “Canton,” which served as a field hospital following the Civil War Battle of Franklin. Uniformly browned, but very good. More
Sunset Rock, Lookout Mountain, TN: Hardie Bros., Photographers, nd [1880s]. Viewbook. 8vo (19 cm). 13 leaves, one providing descriptions for each of the photographs that follow, 12 leaves with mounted photographs, rectos only. Scenes include nearby mountains, hotels above the battlefields, Moccasin Bend, etc. OCLC locates three copies (Cornell, Appalachian..... More
Nashville, (TN): Printed at the Herald office, 1831. First edition. 8vo. 36, (4) pp. Two leaves at the end print the graduates’ names and an author’s note on the placement of the university at Nashville. American Imprints 7980. Allen Imprints 933. Later plain cream wrappers (edges chipped), ink title front..... More
Knoxville, TN: The company, [1905]. Trade calendar & card, 6 x 3 ½ inches, small calendar (1 3/8 x 2 ½ inches) with all 12 monthly sheets present affixed below an illustration of “Our New Four-story Building,” printed in four colors. Hole-punched at top for hanging. Very good. More
Knoxville, TN: Knoxville Chamber of Commerce, nd [1936]. First edition. Narrow 8vo. 24 pp. Illustrated from photographs and a line drawing. Status of economic and industrial development, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Norris Dam and TVA, education, agriculture, historical notes, etc. OCLC two copies (Tennessee, Knox County Public). Original white..... More
(Knoxville, TN: Knoxville Tourist Bureau), nd [1938]. Broadsheet, 13 ½ x 16 inches, folded to narrow 8vo, recto with wrappers, two panels of promotional text illustrated from photographs, and four half-panels printing a small map with distances from cities around the eastern U.S., verso with more promotional text illustrated from..... More
Knoxville, TN: Weaver’s Hotel, 1847. Printed invitation, 7 x 4 ½ inches, printed in blue on white paper with an embossed ornamental border. Folded as for mailing, a little light foxing, but very good. More
[Knoxville, TN]: Lamar House (?), 1871. Dance card, 4 x 2 5/8 inches, two integral leaves, the first with cover and Programme verso (listing 11 dances by type of music), the integral leaf with printed spaces for partners for each dance (unused), list of honorary managers (including Col. H. L...... More
Knoxville, (TN): East Tennessee Historical Society, 1941. First separate edition (“reprinted from East Tennessee Historical Society’s Publications”). Tall 8vo. 18 pp. Original printed terra cotta wrappers (some soiling), stapled. Very good. More
