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Publisher's light brown decorated cloth, octavo, pp. iv, 303. Tissue-guarded color frontis (tissue is torn) and other black and white illustrations. Frontispiece is working its way loose from the binding. Rubbing on spine, at board tips, and at spine ends. A bit of shelf soiling on upper board illustration and on lower spine. GOOD withal. Uncommon publisher's promotional sheet laid in.

Publisher's stapled and string tied-wrappers, 12mo, pp. 32. Includes Religious, Patriotic, and Popular sections. Music and lyrics for "Maryland! My Maryland!"; "My Old Kentucky Home"; "Star-Spangled Banner"; among others. Lyrics only for "Dixie." Contemporary ads. POOR condition. Cheap paper is heavily toned and crumbling, almost at the touch. Heavy edge wear and chipping. Ensconced now by us in a protective new Ultra-Pro sleeve.

First edition, so stated, in the publisher's black cloth with silver spine lettering, small quarto, pp. xi, 558. Pictorial dust jacket. A tome, indeed.

Hardcover, octavo, pp. xvi, 175. Illustrations. Attractively done up by the publisher in brick red cloth with gray spine lettering.

First edition, so stated, small quarto, pp. xv, 250 plus credits. Richly illustrated. Very Good in the publisher's gilt-stamped textured red cloth over black paper boards. Color illustrated dust jacket Very Good.

Publisher's textured blue cloth with faded spine and upper board lettering, octavo, pp. 117 plus 39 page Appendix plus colophon. Black and white illustrations. This unique copy is from the personal library of Tennessee Newspaper Hall of Fame columnist Bert Vincent and is INSCRIBED to him and his wife by Senator Herbert Walters in the year of publication. Taped onto the front and rear pastedowns are newspaper notices of the death of Senator Walters in 1973. Additionally, taped onto the free front endpaper verso is a cordial letter, folded, to Bert Vincent from Senator Walters's office in Morristown, dated November 4th, 1964, inviting Vincent to a "Welcome Home Reception" for the Senator to be held November 17th of that year at the Talley-Ward building in Morristown. Still further, laid into the book on page 23, is a handwritten note card with a short commentary regarding the possible murder in 1861 of Senator Walters's grandfather, Lawson D. Franklin, by an old and disgruntled Negro house slave, who is… Read More

Third edition, in the publisher's original black cloth with silver spine and upper board lettering, octavo, pp. x, 333. Two generous sections of black and white illustrations. Dust jacket has light chipping /shelf rubbing at spine crown and flap fold tips. Jacket now in a removable sheet of protective mylar.

Gilt lettered and illustrated red cloth, octavo, pp. xv, 125. Black and white illustrations. Map. This unique copy inscribed by the Author on the front pastedown to Ellen Hynds Vincent, widow of Tennessee Newspaper Hall of Fame columnist Bert Vincent. Mrs. Vincent has taped a lengthy column by Jean Bible across the free front endpapers. Additionally, at the end of the book, Mrs. Vincent has taped two newspaper articles from 1976: One is about the Author, and the other is an ad for an Autograph Tea to be given for the Author by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of Dandridge, TN. A pleasant touch is the Author's name gilt near the bottom edge of the front cover. GOOD condition with mild shelf and handling wear. Dust jacket was not issued. Printed in Rogersville, TN, by the East Tennessee Printing Company.

Reprinted from a 1924 edition with an "In Memoriam Pamphlet" by the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Foundation, octavo, pp. xi, 136. Pamphlet is bound in and paginated 119-136. Illustrated. Rubbing to perimeter of paper-covered boards and board tips but GOOD and sound with spine lettering gilt and a gilt title within double-ruled gilt border on upper board. This unique copy inscribed in 1972 by the President of Lincoln Memorial University, on the occasion of that University's 75th Anniversary Commencement, to Ellen Hynds Vincent, widow of Bert Vincent, Tennessee Newspaper Hall of Fame columnist. A newspaper clipping from June 9th, 1972, describing the occasion, is taped to the front pastedown. Occasional marginal notes and arrows mark passages that were of interest to a previous owner. Laid in is a folded one-sheet quarto newsletter concerning Thomas Hughes, founder of Rugby, Tennessee.

Green cloth with black upper board lettering, octavo, pp. 64. A couple of illustrations from photographs. Unique Association copy with gift inscription on the front pastedown from the printer, Marion R. Mangrum, to Tennessee Newspaper Hall of Fame columnist Bert Vincent's wife, Ellen. GOOD and sound with mild shelf rubs and a couple of cloudy spots on the cloth. A scarce title, with a January 2020 OCLC search returning no copies.

Publisher's gray cloth with green spine and upper board lettering, octavo, pp. xv, 182. Black and white illustrations. Previous owner tasteful bookplate on front pastedown. Price-clipped dust jacket shows a few shelf smudges more readily than if publisher had chosen a darker color than white. Jacket now in protective mylar.

Publisher's textured green card-stock wrappers, octavo, pp. 146. We've graded this copy POOR because the publisher's binding glue has dried out completely over the decades and the leaves are beginning to pull away from the binding (see our photo number 4). Additionally, spine is worn and eroding at crown and at foot. A tear at the foot has been mended with a piece of tape. Previous owner has made several marginal notations.

From the personal library of Tennessee Newspaper Hall of Fame columnist Bert Vincent with his bookplate on the front pastedown. Publisher's yellow cloth over beige boards with black spine and upper board lettering, fourth printing, measures approximately 9 x 6 inches, pp. xvi, 330. Illustrated with retail-themed vignettes. GOOD and sound with some shelf and handling wear, foxing, and marginal spotting. A 1954 newspaper column by Bert Vincent was taped into the last page of the book but tape succumbed to age and column is now simply laid in. Price-clipped dust jacket is FAIR-only, quite weary from a pre-mylar life with chips, abrasions, and short tears at spine ends, flap fold points, and along perimeter. At some judicious point, jacket was protected from further wear by a sheet of Brodart.

Publisher's blue wrappers, octavo, annual pagination lxxvi, [1] 146-307 [1]. Poetry by David Middleton, Richard Moore, G. E. Murray, others; Fiction by William Hoffman and Clint McCown; Essays by Stephen Bauer and Matthew Goodman, Louis D Rubin, J. O. Tate, others; Books in review; more. Wrappers just a bit rumpled, as from consultation. One leaf dog-eared as a place marker. Light bleed of the blue wrapper dye on fore-edge near top (see photo for our best attempt at a close-up). GOOD and serviceable withal.

Publisher's brick-red colored cloth with black spine lettering, octavo, pp. [x], 191 plus biographical author colophon. Illustrated with a few Tennessee map figures. Just very light shelf wear.

Publisher's original red cloth with paper spine label, octavo, pp. 172 + [1]. Black and white illustrations. Tasteful school bookplate on front pastedown commemorating Centennial. Bookplate is inscribed by Past President Charles E. Diehl (book is dedicated to Dr. Diehl and his wife) to either Mr. or Mrs. Horace B. Davis (Dr. Diehl's inscription is in a feeble hand, and our eyesight is not what it once was, but see image for our best attempt at a close-up). Horace Davis taught at Southwestern 1929-1930. Marian Davis (nee Rubins) co-authored Liberalism is Not Enough with her husband circa 1970. Book is in GOOD condition with just light shelf and handling wear. Spine paper label is rubbed and a bit discolored. There is no dust jacket.

Publisher's maroon cloth with upper board and spine labels affixed, octavo, pp. 405. Some shelf rubbing to labels and spine ends. Two tiny holes in front gutter near crown. Shelf scratch on upper board. Hinges just beginning to show signs of tenderness. Internally clean and unmarked.

Publisher's illustrated wrappers, octavo, pp. 102. Includes St. John's Church, Ashwood; Fisk University: The First Critical Years; The Fisk Jubilee Singers; The 31st Illinois in Tennessee; more. A few illustrations. Wear and shelf rubbing on wrappers. Previous owner name in a small hand inside front panel near top edge. Internally unmarked and free of foxing.

Publisher's original stapled beige wrappers, 16mo (approximately 6 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches), pp. vii, 36. Yapp wrapper edges with the nicks and small creases they are subject to. Old light brown discoloration on front panel near top edge possibly from coffee? Savannah, GA, street address written on half-title page. Protected in a clear archival display sleeve with white card-stock backing board. Alabama-born author who later resided in Tennessee and served for a time as Tennessee State Librarian.