The Historic 1840 Tucker House Bed and Breakfast Auction: A Distinguished Offering of Primitives & Antiques
Lot 197:
Description
An assortment of seven antique and vintage hardcover volumes primarily consisting of 19th-century American educational texts and regional history. The group includes A Sequel to Websters Elementary Spelling Book by William G. Webster, published by Lippincott, Grambo and Co., featuring paper-covered boards and a cloth spine. Also present is McGuffeys New Fourth Eclectic Reader, published in Cincinnati by Wilson, Hinkle and Co., with printed illustrated boards and a leather spine, and Goodrichs New Sixth Reader featuring a decorative, heavily embossed leather-backed binding with an ornate monogram on the front board. Historical and professional titles include A History of Kentucky bound in blue cloth with an embossed cover; A New School History of the United States in brown boards with a leather spine; and Nelsons Book-keeping in a dark cloth binding with gilt lettering. The collection also features a later volume titled James Chenoweth: The Story of One of the Earliest Boys of Louisville and Where Louisville Started by Alfred Pirtle, published in 1921, bound in blue cloth with ornate gilt vine borders. The books are generally in octavo format. Visible publisher imprints include Lippincott, Grambo and Co. and Wilson, Hinkle and Co.
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