Fifteenth general assembly george wilson (1 risultati)

Two books bound within single volume. Paged as [1-4], 9-176, i-xxvi, 1-286, i-xxvi. Hardcover: H 21cm x L 12.25cm. Rebound in dark olive buckram cloth (1940s/50s?) with new endpapers and flyleaves; soiling to boards; slight scuffs to spine labels with ownership sticker "Americana Library | Lucius Bryan Dabney | Belmont" affixed near heel. Some toning/foxing and soiling to text block edges. Foxing/toning prevalent to leaves throughout along with some tears and stains. Binding is firm. ***** {Book #1} - ACTS PASSED AT THE SECOND SESSION OF THE FOURTEENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE. G. WILSON, & HEISKELL & BROWN, PUBLIC PRINTERS. Knoxville [TN]: Printed by Heiskell & Brown, 1822. Paged as [1-4], 9-176, i-xxvi. Unpaged title leaf followed by a half-title; first text leaf (i.e. pages 9-10) so that book is definitely lacking preceding two text leaves, i.e. pages 5-8. Bibliographic reference: Ronald R. Allen TENNESSEE IMPRINTS 1791-1875 #508. ***** {Book #2} - ACTS PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE FIFTEENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE. PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY. Murfreesborough [Murfreesboro, TN]: J. Norvell and G.A. and A.C. Sublett, Printers to the State, 1823. Paged as 1-286, i-xxvi. Bibliographic reference: Allen TENNESSEE IMPRINTS #545. The Sublett brothers, George Allan Sublett and Abner Caldwell Sublett, were the first printers in Murfreesborough/Murfreesboro and their newspaper "The Courier" began publication in 1814. Early Murfreesborough imprints are quite scarce. ***** Acquired from the estate of Vicksburg, Mississippi attorney Lucius Bryan Dabney Sr., 1893-1967, (unfortunately without his bookplate) whose insightful, ardent, and voluminous accumulation of Mississippi Valley-related books and papers is preserved as the Natchez Trace Collection at the University of Texas at Austin.…