MCGINNIS
& WOLF ESTATES RARE BOOKS & DOCUMENTS -
ABSOLUTE AUCTION
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Historic Books, Maps,
Documents & Photographs from the Estates of Clyde McGinnis &
John Quincy Wolf Jr.
Auction Preview April 25th & 26th - 9:00a.m.-7:00p.m.
Saturday, April 27th - 10:00a.m.
1690 White Drive - Batesville, AR 72501
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Group
of 7 Books on Independence County, Arkansas History Including
2 - A History of Independence County Ark. By A. C. McGinnis,
1976 paperbacks; Deposits of Manganese Ore in the Batesville
District, Arkansas by Miser, Hugh D., 1922, rebound in black
cloth hardcover; Cemetery Records of Independence County,
Arkansas by Green, Chalman E. & Mae Chinn, 1980, in black
cloth hardcover; Volume 1 Independence Pioneers, A Collection
of Historical Sketches of Some Early Families of the Original
Independence County Region by Britton, Nancy, 1986, paperback;
Marriage Records 1826-1877 Books A Thru D, Independence County,
Arkansas, 1970, Paperback; and Farming and Mining Experience:
Independence County, Arkansas, 1900-1925 by Spier, William
David, 1974, Washington University Thesis, Red Leather Hardcover.
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Group
of 3 Books about Civil War Era Independence County, Arkansas
Including Making Sense of the Civil War in Batesville-Jacksonport
and Northeast Arkansas 1861-1874 by Mobley, Freeman K., 2005,
Signed by the Author, Professionally Rebound in Grey Cloth Hardcover
with Gilt Lettering on Front Board and Spine; The Civil War
in Independence County, Arkansas by James, Nola A., 1967, University
of Memphis Thesis, Red Cloth Hardcover with Gilt Lettering on
Front Board and Spine; and 1860 Census of Independence County,
Arkansas, Transcribed by Foster, Ardith Olene, 1982, paperback.
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2 Arkansas
history books including The Arkansas Book or the History of
Lawrence, Jackson, Independence and Stone Counties of the
Third Judicial District of Arkansas, by Stockard, S. W., 1904
First Edition, Red Cloth Hardcover, good condition with some
staining to cover; and Wilderness to Statehood with William
E. Woodruff (Author), 1961 First Edition, Red Cloth Hardcover,
good condition with some wear to cover.
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Title:
Debates and Proceedings of the Convention Which Assembled
in Little Rock, January 7th, 1868, Under the Provisions of
the Act of Congress of March 2d, 1867, and the Acts of March
23d and July 19th, 1867, Supplementary Thereto, to Form a
Constitution for the State of Arkansas
Author: Price, John G. - Secretary
Description: 979pp. Three quarter brown leather, brown
paper over boards, and gilt lettering on the spine. Measures
7.25 in. X 10 in.
Heading: Place Published: Little Rock
Publisher: J. G. Price, Printer to the Convention
Date Published: 1868
Binding: Leather Hardbound
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Title:
Pea Ridge and Prairie Grove; or Scenes and Incidents of the
War in Arkansas
Author: Baxter, William
Description: Original brown cloth. 262 pp. Book Measures
5 in. X 7 in. Book comes with 1957 Reprint edition in blue
cloth hardcover.
Heading: Place Published: Cincinnati
Publisher: Poe & Hitchcock
Date Published: 1864
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
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Group
of 5 Civil War History Books Including: The War Memoirs
of Captain John W. Lavender C.S.A., Edited by Worley, Ted
R., 1958; Stand Watie and the Agony of the Cherokee Nation,
by Franks, Kenny A., 1979, with Dust Jacket; Action Before
Westport 1864, by Monnett, Howard N., 1964, Signed by Author,
with Dust Jacket; Embattled Arkansas, the Prairie Grove Campaign
of 1862, by Banaki, Michael E., 1996; and Pea Ridge, Civil
War Campaign in the West, by Shea, William L. and Hess, Earl
J., 1992, with Dust Jacket.
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Group
of 4 Arkansas History books Including: Reconstruction
in Arkansas 1862-1874, by Staples, Thomas S., 1923, Rebound
in Black Cloth Hardcover; Arkansas and Reconstruction, the
Influence of Geography, Economics, and Personality, by Thompson,
George H., 1976, with Dust Jacket; The Brooks and Baxter War,
A History of the Reconstruction Period in Arkansas, by Harrell,
John M., 1893, Brown Cloth Hardcover, Front Board and Endpaper
are loose from spine; and A Reminiscent History of the Ozark
Region, Indexed Edition, 1966, Green Hardcover, Spine is cracked
between front board.
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Group
of 5 Civil War history books including: Biographical Sketches
of Gen. Pat Cleburne and Gen. T. C. Hindman Together with
Humorous Anecdotes and Reminiscences of the Late Civil War,
by Nash, Charles Edward, 1977, good condition; First In -
Last Out, The Capitol Guards, Ark. Brigade, by Collier, Calvin
L., 1961, Very Good condition with Dust jacket, Sterling Price,
The Lee of the West, By Rea, Ralph R., 1959, Good Condition
with Dust Jacket; 2- Portraits of Conflict, A Photographic
History of Arkansas in the Civil War, by Roberts, Bobby and
Moneyhon, Carl, 1987, One copy is a hardcover with Dust jacket
Signed by the author and the other copy is paperback in like
new condition with original shrink-wrapping.
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Group
of 5 Confederate Women history books including: 3 - Confederate
Women of Arkansas 1861 - '65, Memorial Reminiscences, Published
by The United Confederate Veterans of Arkansas, 1907, 1 -
copy in very good condition with other 2 copies in good condition
with some shelf wear to covers; The Women of the Confederacy,
by Underwood, J. L., 1906, Good Condition grey cloth hardcover;
Confederate Women of Arkansas 1861 -'65, Memorial Reminiscences,
Dougan, Michael B., 1993, Signed by the author in grey hardcover,
good condition.
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Group
of 5 Arkansas Confederate History Books Including: 2 Copies
- With Honor Untarnished, The Story of the First Arkansas
Infantry Regiment, Confederate States Army, by Hammock, John
C., 1961, both copies in good condition with some wear to
dust jackets, one copy signed by author; Rebels Valiant, Second
Arkansas Mounted Rifles (Dismounted), by Leeper, Wesley Thurman,
1964, Good Condition with original dust jacket, dust jacket
has some small tears around edges and spine; "They'll
Do To Tie To!" The Story of the Third Regiment, Arkansas
Infantry C.S.A., by Collier, Calvin L., 1961, good condition
with dust jacket; and The Civil War Quadrennium, A Narrative
History of Day-to-Day Life in Little Rock, Arkansas During
the American War Between the States 1861-1865, by O'Donnell,
William W., 1985, Grey Cloth Hardcover, Good Condition, Signed
by Author.
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Group
of 3 Arkansas History Books Including: 2 Copies - Steele's
Retreat from Camden and the Battle of Jenkins' Ferry, by Bearss,
Edwin C., both copies in good condition with dust jackets
showing some foxing; and Arkansas Imprints 1821 - 1876, Edited
by Allen, Albert H., 1947, good condition.
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Title:
My Story of the War: A Woman's Narrative of Four Years Personal
Experience as Nurse in the Union Army, and in Relief Work
at Home, in Hospitals, Camps, and At the front, During the
War of the Rebellion. With anecdotes, Pathetic Incidents,
and Thrilling Reminiscences Portraying the Lights and Shadows
of Hospital Life and the Sanitary Service of the War.
Author: Livermore, Mary A.
Description: 700pp., 8vo, Superbly Illustrated with
Portraits and Numerous Full-Page engraving on Steel and Fine
Chromo-lithograph plates. Also full color page of all the
battle flags. Arranged by states. Nevins says of this ""Well-known,
valuable reminiscences; especially good for accounts of military
hospitals and relief work"" - This book also provides
interesting details of the Chicago Mercantile Battery with
diary quotations from several diaries of that unit that were
in Mary Livermore's possession following the war - including
engraved plates of the battery. Livermore would go on to be
a reformer active in the woman suffrage and temperance movements.
In 1869 she founded a suffrage paper called The Agitator and
also edited the Women's Journal with which it merged. Moving
on to the professional lecture circuit her heavy coast to
coast schedule brought new success and the sobriquet ""Queen
of the Platform"". Brown leather with Gold Tooling
and Stamped Design on the Spine.
Heading: Place Published: Hartford, Conn.
Publisher: A. D. Worthington and Company
Date Published: 1889
Edition: First
Binding: Hardbound
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3 Copies
of "An Account of the Battle of Wilson's Creek, Or Oak
Hills, Fought Between the Union Troops, Commanded By Gen.
N. Lyon and the Southern, Or Confederate Troops, Under Command
of Gens. McCulloch and Price, on Saturday, August 10, 1861,
in Greene County, Missouri," by Holcombe & Adams,
2 - 1883 First editions, issued in connection with a "Reunion
of Survivors"; 104 pp., 2 portraits before title, 1 copy
is in good condition with some foxing on the front end papers
and frontis portraits, while the other copy is in poor condition;
and 1 - 1961 Centennial Edition in Good Condition.
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4 Volumes
of The War of the Rebellion Including Vol. XXII Parts 1 &
2 Operations in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, the Indian Territory,
and the Department of the Northwest, Nov. 20, 1862 - Dec.
31, 1863, black cloth hardcovers, 1888, with wear to hardcovers;
Vol. XV Operations South Atlantic Blockading Squadron. Oct.
1, 1863 - Sept. 30, 1864, Three quarter black leather, marble
paper over boards, and gilt lettering on the spine. Good Condition
with some shelf wear; and Vol. XVI Operations South Atlantic
Blockading Squadron, Oct. 1, 1864 to Aug. 8, 1865. Gulf Blockading
Squadron June 7, to Dec. 15, 1861, Three quarter black leather,
marble paper over boards, and gilt lettering on the spine.
Good Condition with wear to spine and cover.
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The Life
of Gen. Robert E. Lee, For Children, in Easy Words. Illustrated.
By Williamson, Mary L., 1895, Cloth and Paper Hardcover, Good
Condition with wear to cover and spine; and Gettysburg: "What
They Did Here" Profusely Illustrated Historical Guide
Book, by Minnigh, L. W., 1924, Paperback with Fold out map,
Good Condition with some small tears to front cover.
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Title:
Reminiscences of the Civil War
Author: Hallum, John
Description: 400pp., 12mo (Large), Blue cloth hardcover
with gilt lettering on spine.
Heading: Place Published: Little Rock
Publisher: Tunnah & Pittard, Printers.
Date Published: 1903
Edition: First
Binding: Hardcover
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Group
of 4 Negro Slavery History Books Including: 2 - Negro
Slavery in Arkansas, by Taylor, Orville W., 1958, both copies
in good condition, one copy has dust jacket; Time on the Cross:
Evidence and Methods - A Supplement, by Fogel, Robert William
and Engerman, Stanley L., 1974, with dust jacket, good condition
with some wear to dust jacket; and Time on the Cross: The
Economics of American Negro Slavery, by Fogel, Robert William
and Engerman, Stanley L., 1974, with dust jacket, good condition,
1 rip to dust jacket at spine.
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2 African
American Military History Books Including: Campfires of
the Afro-American; or, the Colored Man as a Patriot, Soldier,
Sailor, and Hero, in the Cause of Free America: Displayed
in Colonial Struggles, in the Revolution, the War of 1812,
and in Later Wars, Particularly the Great Civil War - 1861-5,
and the Spanish American War - 1898: Concluding with an Account
of the War with the Filipinos - 1899, by Guthrie, Jas. M.,
1899, Profusely illustrated throughout, Illustrated Blue Cloth
Hardcover, overall good condition with wear to cover, interior
bright and clear with very little foxing, front and back boards
are loose from spine; and Of Men and of Arms, by Gregg, J.
A., 1945, Signed by Author below Frontis Portrait, Good Condition
with some wear to brown cloth hardcover. This book is a recounting
of Bishop Gregg's travels during WWII to the several theatres
of operation to visit with the Negro troops.
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Title:
Studies on Slavery, In Easy Lessons.
Author: Fletcher, John
Description: 637 pp. Full contemporary calf with five
spine compartments between double gilt rules; black morocco
label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title. All page
edges marbled. Marbled endpapers. Blank leaf following front
free endpaper inscribed by original owner. In this work, the
author sought to support the movement in the antebellum South
that drew on the Bible and human history in order to defend
the continued existence of slavery in the American South.
Heading: Place Published: Natchez
Publisher: Jackson Warner
Date Published: 1852
Edition: First
Binding: Hardbound
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Title:
Shadow and Light, an Autobiography with Reminiscences of the
Last and Present Century
Author: Gibbs, M. W., with Introduction by Washington,
Booker T.
Description: 372 pp. Blue cloth hardbound with blind
stamp design on front board, gilt title on spine cover, Frontispiece
photo of author above facsimile signature preceding title
page, numerous full page black/white photographic images and
sketches. Book Measures 7 7/8"" x 5 1/2""
x 1 1/8.""
Heading: Place Published: Washington, D.C.
Date Published: 1902
Edition: First
Binding: Hardcover
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Title:
From Slavery to Wealth: the Life of Scott Bond, the Rewards
of Honesty, Industry, Economy, and Perseverance
Author: Rudd, Dan A. and Bond, Theo
Description: 8vo. 383 pp. Illustrated, plates, portraits.
Original gilt-stamped grey cloth. Biography of an African
American businessman in Arkansas, written by his son and a
co-author, who explain that when they discovered the local
printing firm was too small to handle their book, they signed
a printing contract with the National Baptist Publishing Board
in Nashville, Tennessee, ""in order to have the
work done by Negroes.""
Heading: Place Published: Madison, Ark.
Publisher: The Journal Printing Company
Date Published: 1917
Edition: First
Binding: Hardcover
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Title:
The Wanderer Case; The Speech of Hon. Henry R. Jackson of
Savannah, GA.
Author: Jackson, Henry R.
Description: 83 pp. Red cloth hardcover with Original
owner V. Y. Cook's name stamped on front cover in gilt writing.
The Wanderer was the last documented ship to bring a cargo
of slaves from Africa to the United States. Book measures
6 in. X 8.75 in.
Heading: Place Published: Atlanta, GA
Publisher: Ed Holland, Care Franklin Printing and Publishing
Co.
Date Published: 1903? (In Pencil on front end
paper)
Binding: Hardcover
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Group
of 4 African American Southern history books including:
The Iron Furnace: or Slavery and Secession, by Aughey, John
H., 1863, Brown Cloth Hardcover, good condition internally
with damage to spine; The Uprising of a Great People in the
United States in 1861, by Booth, Mary L., 1861, Brown cloth
hardcover in good condition with some wear to spine, Previous
owner V. Y. Cook's signature on front endpaper; Whither Solid
South? A Study of Politics and Race Relations, by Collins,
Charles Wallace, 1947, Signed by author on front end paper,
blue cloth hardback, good condition; and "The Mississippi
Girl," by Elliott, O. L., 1947, Signed by author on front
end paper, Grey cloth hardcover, good condition with wear
to cover, front board is loose, ex-library copy.
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Group
of 4 Texas Civil War History Books Including: The Campaigns
of Walker's Texas Division, Jenkins, John H. Editor, 1968,
Blue Cloth Hardcover, Good Condition; Campaigning with Parsons'
Texas Cavalry Brigade, CSA, The War Journals and Letters of
the Four Orr Brothers, 12th Texas Cavalry Regiment, Anderson,
John Q. Editor, 1967, Black cloth hardcover with dust jacket,
very good condition, dust jacket has some small tears around
edges; The War Between the States, As I Saw It. Reminiscent,
Historical and Personal, by Sparks, A. W., 1987, Red Cloth
Hardcover, Good Condition; and The Life and Services of Gen.
Ben McCullouch, by Rose, Victor M., 1958, Boxed Black cloth
hardcover volume, Good Condition.
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Title:
Hood's Texas Brigade: Its Marches, Its Battles, Its Achievements.
Author: Polley, J. B.
Description: 347 pp. Frontis portraits, Brown leather
hardcover, with gilt lettering and design to spine, This is
one of the more famous Confederate histories detailing the
actions of one of the most famous Confederate units.
Heading: Place Published: New York and Washington
Publisher: The Neale Publishing Company
Date Published: 1910
Edition: First
Binding: Hardbound
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