Beginnings of WEST TENNESSEE Chickasaws Williams LTD ED # 185 / 1000 Samuel Cole Williams Blue & Gray Press Start Price USD 29.99 Current Price USD 38.76 Time Left - Bid Count 4 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Tuesday, July 01, 2008 End Time Tuesday, July 08, 2008 Location Fort Smith, AR See more about 'Beginnings of WEST TENNESSEE Chickasaws Williams LTD ED' Description Beginnings of West TennesseeIn the Land of the Chickasaws1541-1841bySamuel Cole Williams,  LL.D.Formerly Justice of the Supreme CourtWatauga Press, Johnson City, Tennessee,   1930This is a limited edition  reprint issued in 1971 by Blue and Gray Press, Nashville, Tennesse-  Limited edition of 1000, this one is numbered #185 (see ebay picture.) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 331 pages - including a detailed index Devoted to history of West Tennessee, written by a native of that region.  Longbibliography includes sources from British Museum, Library of Congress, NewYork Public Library, state libraries in Tennessee, Alabama, private collections,family and County Records, to name but a few.   Though book is a history ofthe counties, it serves as a history of the Mississippi Valley and the South.  A great and interesting book... worthy of a collector's library Book reads well, lots of catchy details and stories hard to find elsewhere CONDITION:  Very good.  NOT library book.  From a private collection Good tight binding.  Pages are of a good, thick quality, withno tears or creases.  No handwriting or marks- only discoloration is some expectedage toning on some of the first and last pages, along with a very few random fingertype smudges....nothing major at all.    Main wear is some type of tape residue on thefront cover (see ebay picture) on which someone wrote a number- it was part of theirprivate collection.)  I believe the tape can be peeled off, then book cleaned with amild cleanser, or damp cloth.  Yet some people may decide to leave it as is- so I haven'tbothered (except to peel off just enough to verify that the number is ON the tape, notthe book- thus it will come off as the tape is removed.)  I think you will be very pleased. We ship USA Only-  Shipping and handling - $5.50 We can accept payment only via Paypal or Money Order.Thank youOn Jul-01-08 at 15:16:07 PDT, seller added the following information:NOTE:  If you like books about Tennessee, you may want to check outour other listing (begins evening of July 1)-  Goodspeed Histories ofMaury, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson, Bedford, and Marshall Countiesof Tennessee (dated 1977.)  We are happy to arrange for a combinedshipping rate. Place a Bid!