THE ANNALS OF TENNESSEE TO THE END OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY: COMPRISING ITS SETTLEMENT...
de Ramsey, J.G.M
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Philadelphia, 1860. xvi,744pp. plus plate, map, and 36pp. of ads. Original brown cloth, stamped in blind, spine gilt. Cloth faded, spine rubbed, edges chipping. Hinges loose. Light foxing and toning. Good. Reprint of the first edition of 1853, with the same collation, according to Howes. Lengthy history of the state with a good deal of material on the South, Indians of the area, etc., much of the information collected by the author from frontiersmen and old soldiers, both in writing and orally. "[Ramsey's] history is...something more and better than the ordinary compilations...It is a mass of minute narrative material relating to the Indians, the border wars, and the principal pioneers, moulded into a consecutive and regular story...his work is almost wholly original, and contains a vast amount of aboriginal history never before printed" - Field. The map shows the state of Tennessee. HOWES R43. SABIN 67729. FIELD 1261. DECKER 35:571
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With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
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- Chipping
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- Spine
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