Fourteenth General Assembly (2 results)

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.

Four separate books bound within a single volume. Hardcover: H 21.25cm x L 12.75cm. Paged as 1-140, [2], i-x, | 1-208, i-xii, | 1-226, i-xxx, | 1-176, i-xxvi. Rebound in dark olive buckram cloth (1940s/50s?) with new endpapers and flyleaves; light soiling and some mottling to boards; spine's surface cloth abraded lengthwise with title and year labels lacking; some losses to an ownership sticker "Americana Library | Lucius Bryan Dabney | Belmont" affixed near spine heel. Text block edges toned with a few stains and abrasions. Bookplate of Lucius Bryan Dabney on front pastedown. Foxing/toning prevalent to leaves throughout. Binding is firm. Roman-paged Index sections at rear of each book. ***** {Book #1} ACTS OF A PUBLIC OR GENERAL NATURE, PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE THIRTEENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, BEGUN AND HELD AT MURFREESBOROUGH, ON MONDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND NINETEEN. BY AUTHORITY. Printed for G.A. & A.C. Sublett, Printers to the State, by George Wilson, Printer, Nashville, Tenn. [1819]. Paged as 1-140, [2], i-x. ***** {Book #2} ACTS OF A LOCAL OR PRIVATE NATURE, PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE THIRTEENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, BEGUN AND HELD AT MURFREESBOROUGH, ON MONDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND NINETEEN. BY AUTHORITY. Printed for G.A. & A.C. Sublett, Printers to the State, by George Wilson, Printer, Nashville, Tenn. [1819]. Paged as 1-208, i-xii. ***** {Book #3} ACTS PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE FOURTEENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE. Knoxville, Tennessee, Printed by Heiskell & Brown, Public Printers to the State. 1821. Paged as 1-226, i-xxx. Final page xxx is an errata which notes "This imprint should be Heiskell & Brown & Wilson, as Mr. Wilson and Heiskell & Brown were jointly elected public printers." ***** {Book #4} ACTS PASSED AT THE SECOND SESSION OF THE FOURTEENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE. G. WILSON, & HEISKELL & BROWN, PUBLIC PRINTERS. Knoxville, Tennessee, Printed by Heiskell & Brown. 1822. Paged as 1-176, i-xxvi. "Acts of a General or Public Nature, . . ." as pages 3-46. "Acts of a Local or Private Nature . . ." as pages 47-173. "Resolutions adopted at an Extra Session, 1822" as pages 174-176. ***** Acquired from the estate of Vicksburg, Mississippi attorney Lucius Bryan Dabney Sr., 1893-1967, (with his aforementioned 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. [TN-Shelf#2|CMS-02011}.