Tennesseana
Tennessee Books/Pamphlets
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Stories for Village Lads-1860 Nashville Imprint
Item #: NEW-0017242
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This small thin book was written by Thomas O Summers. Printed by the Southern Methodist Publishing House in Nashville Tennessee. Contains short moral, christian stories. Ink writing in the front and a tear on the fly page. The binding is a little loose in one area. Some of the interior pages have stains. Proceeds are for the Macon Ga Friends of the Library.
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1 lb
Price: $10.50 USD
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The Courageous Commoner-Carroll Reece
Item #: NEW-0017238
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Nice clean book, no dust cover issued. This is a biography of Andrew Johnson. Printed in 1962. 168 pages.
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2 lbs
Price: $15.50 USD
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Sam Davis-Confederate Hero-Whitley
Item #: NEW-0017216
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This is a scarce little book which tells the story of young Sam Davis who was hung for his refusal to reveal Confederate plans. The book was written by Edythe Johns Rucker Whitley in 1947. Sponsored by the Sam Davis Memorial Association and the Sam Davis Home in Smyrna Tennessee. His story takes 63 pages The rest of the book consists of photos, geneological material on the Davis family. Some of the pages on Davis have pencil markings which marked the interest of the reader at one time. Some wear to the boards and top and bottom of spine. The color in the scan is not true to the book, which is actually grayish.
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2 lbs
Price: $45.50 USD
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Diary-Capt William J Robinson C.S.A.
Item #: NEW-0017212
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65 page, mimeographed private printing by Lula Fain Moran Major. This is a compilation of several articles published by the Williamson County Historial Society in 1975. It also includes "The Autograph Book of William E DeMoss.
William J Robinson William E DeMoss
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1 lb
Price: $37.50 USD
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The Carmack-Cooper Shooting-Summerville
Item #: NEW-0017207
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This is a softbound book, 291 pages. It is the full history of one the most prominent news story of the day, the day that then Senator Edward W Carmack was assassinated on the streets of Nashville by Robin J Cooper.
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0.13 lb
Price: $15.50 USD
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Luke Lea of Tennessee-Tidwell
Item #: NEW-0017206
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This is a soft bound book written by Mary Louise Lea Tidwell. 330 pages and printed in 1993. It is the story of one of the most interesting Tennessee politician. He founded the Nashville Tennessean in 1907, was elected to the U S Senate at age 32 and led a bizarre attempt to capture the Kaiser during World War II. Many stories in this book.
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0.13 lb
Price: $10.50 USD
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Calendar of Tennessee and King's Mountain Papers
Item #: NEW-0017196
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Compilation of historical papers, selected from the Draper Collection of Manuscripts. Lowest price on the web at the time of this listing.
Publisher: McDowell Publications, 1979 Like New, State Historical Society Of Wisconsin; Calendar of the Tennessee and King's Mountain Papers of the Draper Collection of Manuscripts Hardcover 699 Pages
Tennessee Genealogy
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Shipping Weight:
2 lbs
Price: $47.70 USD
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Footsteps Along the Harpeth-Ilene J Cornwell
Item #: NEW-0017111
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This is a nineteen page pamphlet written by Ilene Cornwell in 1970. Doug Underwood furnished the photographs. This first printing focuses on Bellevue.
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0.13 lb
Price: $3.50 USD
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The Real Bettie Page-Richard Foster-1998 Edition
Item #: NEW-0017043
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This is a Nashville girl who gained everlasting renown as a pinup girl. This is from Wikipedia. Bettie Mae Page was an American model who gained a significant profile in the 1950s for her pin-up photos. Often referred to as the "Queen of Pinups", her jet-black hair, blue eyes, and trademark fringe have influenced artists for generations. Her later life was spent in obscurity. Good condition.
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1 lb
Price: $5.50 USD
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A Murder In Music City-Michael Bishop
Item #: NEW-0017024
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This is a softbound book which everyone in Nashville is reading. It is the story of the author's one man crusade to discover the true killer of a young girl in 1964. It involves a former Mayor and other prominent citizens as well as an innocent man being framed. Excessive postage will be refunded
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1.2 lbs
Price: $5.50 USD
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Speaking of Union Station-Oral History of a Nashville Landmark
Item #: NEW-0016978
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Soft bound book with 122 pages. Published by the Union Station Trust Fund in 1977. Nice history of this historic railroad through Nashville's history. Small dingy area on the closed pages and a small spot on the cover.
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1 lb
Price: $12.50 USD
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Faces In a Nashville Arcade-Herschel Gower
Item #: NEW-0016977
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Soft bound book, 174 pages by Herschel Gower. Published in 1983. It consists of fictional stories based in Nashville. Numbers and price written in ink on the fly page.
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0.13 lb
Price: $3.50 USD
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Art of Tennessee-Frist Center
Item #: NEW-0016976
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Hardcover. 375 pages, as new. This is a compilation of the art which is displayed in the Frist Center of the visual arts located in Nashville Tennessee.
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2 lbs
Price: $42.50 USD
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Collection of Carl and Otto Giers-Nashville-Hoobler
Item #: NEW-0016970
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This soft bound book is from the Images of America series. Nashville. James Hoobler is the author who was given access to the original photographs of father and son. 127 pages and notes I made in pencil on the front fly page.
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1 lb
Price: $15.50 USD
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Nashville Interiors-Amelia Whitsitt Edwards
Item #: NEW-0016941
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Softbound booklet with 112 pages of photographs of Nashville interiors. 1866 to 1920
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0.13 lb
Price: $15.50 USD
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Tennessee Centennial-Nashville-1897
Item #: NEW-0016934
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Soft bound book. 123 pages. History and photos from the Tennessee Centennial Exposition which was held in Nashville in 1897. Author is Bobby Lawrence.
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1 lb
Price: $27.50 USD
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Nashville Brewing-Scott R Mertie-Gerst Book
Item #: NEW-0016933
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This is a soft bound book which gives the history of Gerst Beer. It includes several photographs. 127 pages
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1 lb
Price: $37.50 USD
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Southern Epic-Nashville Through Two Hundred Years
Item #: NEW-0016928
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Title of this book is Southern Epic, Nashville through two hundred years. Hallmark Pub, 1996. Hardcover. Very Good/very good with nice dust jacked. Signed by author James Summerville on half-title page, 11 inches, 192 pages, illustrations throughout, ribbon place marker, marbled endpapers, brown coated paper over boards with gilt titles, and color illustrated jacket.
Shipping Weight:
2 lbs
Price: $25.50 USD
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Tennessee Silversmiths-Benjamin Caldwell
Item #: NEW-0016923
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Tennessee Silversmiths by Benjamin Hubbard Caldwell Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press, 1989, Excellent condition. 228 pages.
Shipping Weight:
0.13 lb
Price: $35.50 USD
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Touring Tennessee-Ridley Wills II
Item #: NEW-0016922
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Wonderful 246 pages of postcards from various Tennessee towns. Published in 1976 by the Hillsboro Press in Franklin Tennessee. Ridley has signed it on the title page.
Shipping Weight:
2 lbs
Price: $15.50 USD
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General Jackson's Lady-Mary French Caldwell
Item #: NEW-0016913
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Publisher: By the author Mary French Caldwell with the cooperation of the Ladies' Hermitage Association, Nashville, TN, 1936 First edition.. Used - Good Bound in blue cloth over boards. Spine is somewhat sunned. Historically this book has been sold for $200 and up. Fly page in front was torn off, probably to disguise a previous owner.
Shipping Weight:
2 lbs
Price: $45.50 USD
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Tennessee Old and New-1796-1946
Item #: NEW-0016908
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This is the sesquicentennial edition published by the Tennessee Historical Society. This is volume 1 of a two volume set. 490 pages, clean interior and minor wear to the boards.
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2 lbs
Price: $20.50 USD
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Nashville That Was-Charlene Cullop
Item #: NEW-0016899
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Publisher: Spectro Graphics, Nashville, 1978 Soft Cover--Stapled. Used - Good. . Historic sepia-toned photos of old Nashville buildings and scenes
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0.13 lb
Price: $10.50 USD
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The History of Belle Meade-Ridley Wills II
Item #: NEW-0016897
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Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press, 1991 Used - Very Good. Nice condition with minor indications of previous handling. Soft cover. This book is a fascinating read. Belle Meade Mansion, Plantation, and Stud horses.
Shipping Weight:
1.1 lbs
Price: $7.50 USD
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Nashville-Alfred Leland Crabb
Item #: NEW-0016896
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This is a first edition, as stated. 1960. This is worn copy and has an inked presentation on the fly page. Rare unsigned book by Crabb :)
Shipping Weight:
1 lb
Price: $7.50 USD
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Nashville's Mother Church-William U Eiland
Item #: NEW-0016894
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This is a soft bound booklet which gives the history of the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville Tennessee. Minor wear, 94 pages.
Shipping Weight:
0.13 lb
Price: $6.50 USD
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Notably Nashville Cook Book-Jr League
Item #: NEW-0016892
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First printing in 2003, 271 pages. Only defect is presentation in ink writing opposite the front board.
Shipping Weight:
2 lbs
Price: $25.50 USD
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The Nashville I Knew-Jack Norman
Item #: NEW-0016882
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United States Hardcover, 249 pages. Author was Jack Norman Sr. who was a great story teller. Publisher: Rutledge Hill Press, Nashville, TN, U.S.A., 1974. Minor wear to dust cover but one page has a heavy crease, which was probably accidental.
Shipping Weight:
2 lbs
Price: $15.50 USD
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Yesterday's Nashville-Carl F Zibart
Item #: NEW-0016881
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Publisher: E.A. Seemann Publishing, Miami, FL., 1976. Presumed First Edition, 144 pages full of illustrations of Nashville and authored by Carl Zibart. Inked signature of a former owner. Wear to the dust cover. Clean interior. Photographs of Nashville and it’s buildings and citizens.
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2 lbs
Price: $15.50 USD
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Old Days In Nashville-Jane Thomas
Item #: NEW-0016878
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This is a facsimile reproduction, Limited Edition by Charles Elder, Nashville, Tn. Added to that is an historical sketch of Nashville as of 1854 by J G M Ramsey. Signature of a previous owner on the fly page and a book plate of the Tennessee Centennial Exposition. pasted in on the back of the title page. 190 pages. The sketches first appeared in a newspaper and then it was printed in book form. for the Tennessee Centennial Exposition in 1897. Clean interior pages but the dust cover is worn.
Shipping Weight:
1.1 lbs
Price: $16.50 USD
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Nashville-A Pictorial History-Adams-Revised
Item #: NEW-0016877
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This book was produced by George Rollie Adams and Ralph Jerry Christian in 1988. It covers the founding of Nashville up to and including the formation of the Metropolitan government. 251 pages full of illustrations. Please see the scan of the dust cover where some critter got a hold of it. There is a lesser damaged area on the handsome boards.
Shipping Weight:
2 lbs
Price: $20.50 USD
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Cultural Life in Nashville 1825-1860-Davenport
Item #: NEW-0016875
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The is a worn hard back book written by F Garvin Davenport and published by The University of North Carolina Press in 1941. First Edition but no dust cover. Some of the subjects are Educational Opportunities, Nashville Physicians and Medical Science, Religious Leaders-and the Theater. 232 pages, which are clean. The boards are stained.
Shipping Weight:
1.5 lbs
Price: $25.50 USD
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African-American History of Nashville Tennessee 1780-1930
Item #: NEW-0016874
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This book was written by Bobby L Lovett. It was published in 1999. This is a soft bound book with 314 pages. Minor wear.
Shipping Weight:
1.5 lbs
Price: $15.50 USD
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Nashville 1790-1860-Anita Shafer Goodstein
Item #: NEW-0016873
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Publisher was the University of Florida Press. Pristine condition except for fainter print on two pages. Published in 1989. This is a fairly scarce book.
Shipping Weight:
2 lbs
Price: $25.50 USD
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Nashville Its Life and Times-Jesse C Burt
Item #: NEW-0016872
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Nashville Tennessee Book Company 1959 First Edition. Hardcover in good condition but dust cover is very worn. Signed by author on fly page and a previous owner’s name written in as well. Clean interior. Stories about early Tennesseans and the different ages up till the date of the book.
Shipping Weight:
1.1 lbs
Price: $12.50 USD
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Record of Commissions of Officers-Tennessee Militia
Item #: NEW-0016857
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Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, 1977- Hardback with crumpled pages in middle of book. 8.40 X 5.70 X 1 inches; Reprint edition with an added index.
Record of Commissions of Officers In the Tennessee Militia, 1796-1815
Excessive postage will be refunded
Shipping Weight:
2 lbs
Price: $16.50 USD
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Historic Photos of Nashville-Jan Duke
Item #: NEW-0016844
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Publisher: Turner Publishing Company, 2005 Light shelving wear with minimal damage to cover. Excessive postage will be refunded.
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Shipping Weight:
1 lb
Price: $25.50 USD
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Nashville since the 1920's-Don Doyle
Item #: NEW-0016733
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Publisher: University of Tennessee Press, U.S.A., 1985. Very light wear to dust cover, inked name of a previous owner on fly page.
Shipping Weight:
2 lbs
Price: $15.50 USD
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Nashville in the New South-18801930-Waller
Item #: NEW-0016732
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University of Tennessee Press. Published in 1985. Nice dust cover, no markings.
Shipping Weight:
2 lbs
Price: $15.50 USD
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Nashville 1900 to 1910-William Waller
Item #: NEW-0016731
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First Edition of this useful reference book on Nashville. Two inked presentations on a blank page. Clean interior. Dust cover is so worn and damaged that it might as well be thrown away.
Shipping Weight:
2 lbs
Price: $10.50 USD
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Nashville in the 1980s-William Waller
Item #: NEW-0016730
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First edition on the book that has a foreword by Stanley Horn. Vanderbilt University Press in 1970. Dust cover, with price clipped off. Minor tears in the dust cover. Clean interior. I can't tell you how many times I have used this for reference.
Shipping Weight:
2 lbs
Price: $15.50 USD
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Bank of Eagleville Depression Scrip
Item #: NEW-0016663
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Two uncirculated depression scrip notes dated March 4, 1933 and issued by the Bank of Eagleville, Tennessee. One each of 25 cents and $1 denominations.
Shipping Weight:
0.2 lb
Price: $11.50 USD
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History of Early Tennessee Banks-Garland
Item #: NEW-0016660
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This is the significant work on Tennessee bank notes. The valuation, of course is out of date but it is still a must for the Tennessee bank note collector, The author, Paul Gardner has made a lengthy signed inscription to a fellow collector. This book was published in 1983. Clean interior but some wear to the dust cover, including a long tear near the spine.
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Shipping Weight:
2 lbs
Price: $100.00 USD
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Sulphur Dell-Nashville Baseball Club-1944 Program
Item #: NEW-0016594
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Here is a rare war-time program from the Nashville Vols. It has ads from local businesses and the score card was used. I didn't recognize any of the baseball players names but then I was just a babe. Note the scotch tape markings on the back of the cover.
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Nashville Vols
Shipping Weight:
1 lb
Price: $75.50 USD
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Balie Peyton on Tennessee-Walter T Durham
Item #: NEW-0016591
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This book by the famous Tennessee writer is about nineteenth century politics and thoroughbreds. It's a good read as is all of his books. Will be mailed book rate and excessive postage paid will be refunded.
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Shipping Weight:
2 lbs
Price: $15.50 USD
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Tennesseana-Rare Book Value Guide+
Item #: NEW-0016387
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This is a copy of Ronald Allen's book which was published in 1979. It is quite rare and difficult to find as it was published in 125 copies. Also included is a Supplement by Allen updating the values from his original book with some corrections and additions. This was printed in 1996.
Shipping Weight:
2 lbs
Price: $20.50 USD
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Belle Meade-Herschel Gower-Reprint
Item #: NEW-0016369
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This softbound pamphlet was reprinted from the Tennessee Historical Quarterly in September of 1963. It gives the history of this famous estate in Nashville.See scan to view the loss of surface on the cover. 20 pages
Shipping Weight:
0.13 lb
Price: $6.50 USD
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Davy Crockett's Almanack's-Nashville Imprints-Copy
Item #: NEW-0016368
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Nice soft bound book with the complete title being Davy Crockett's Almanack's of Wild Sports in the West, and Life in the Backwoods. This reprint was made in 1986 and was published by the Pioneer Press in Union City Tennessee. 143 pages. The wonderful wood cuts were also reproduced. This Almanack was received by the public with enthusiasm and it is unknown if Davy Crockett actually wrote it and even unknown if any were printed in Nashville.
Shipping Weight:
2 lbs
Price: $15.50 USD
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Three Pioneer Tennessee Documents
Item #: NEW-0016366
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Thin, hard back volume printed in 1964 by the Tennessee Historical Society. It reproduces Donelson's Journal, Cumberland Compact, and Minutes of Cumberland Court. Inked signature of a previous owner in two places, including the title page. Faint white areas on front cover and on back.
Shipping Weight:
1.3 lbs
Price: $10.50 USD
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Chosen Exile-Mary Bray Wheeler-Signed First.
Item #: NEW-0016363
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Two large tears in the dust cover as can be seen in the scan. The Life and Times of Septima Sexta Middleton Rutledge American Cultural Pioneer. She and her husband and their five children left Charleston to establish a country seat in Franklin County Tennessee. They also had a majestic home in Nashville where they entertained Rachel and Andrew Jackson, Sarah and James K Polk, Sam Houston and others. Published by the Rutledge Co in Gadsden Alabama in 1980. This is limited edition of 1,000 copies, this one being 160. Personal inscriptions from both authors.
Shipping Weight:
2 lbs
Price: $15.50 USD
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