Robert E. Lee Wilson III Books

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Thursday, May 18 - 10:00 A.M.

4872 Hwy 64 East, Selmer, TN 38375

Robert E. Lee Wilson III Books

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Kennedy’s Auction Service is honored to sell the Library and book collection of the Wilson family of Wilson, Arkansas. The town of Wilson, Arkansas, was owned and ran continuously by the Wilson family for the last 125 years. In 1886, Lee Wilson founded the town in the Southern part of his farming and logging operation. In 2010, the Wilson family sold what remained of their farming operation which at its peak consisted of 65,000 acres, homes and historic buildings. The Wilson book collection is composed of books descending from the collection of Lee Wilson and subsequent members of the Wilson family including Robert E. Lee Wilson Jr. and Robert E. Lee Wilson III, who were both graduates of Yale University. 

Lot Number             Title

1    General Robert Edward Lee, Brock, 1897, 586pp
2    Ten Civil War Books - Battles & Leaders
3    6 Civil War Books - Forrest, Mosby, Stuart, Morgan
4    Five Civil War History Books
5    Five Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis Books
6    6 Books - US Records & European Civil War Thoughts
7    4 Civil War Books - Battles, Leaders, Atlanta, Etc
8    Five Civil War Books - Grant, Custer, Nashville
9    Battle of the Little Big Horn - Where Was Custer?
10    Rommel & The Rebel - A Novel - Lawrence Wells
11    USS Valley Forge & Columbus Army AF Annual
12    WWI - The Balloon Buster - Norman S. Hall, 1928
13    Three WWII books on 90th Division & Ninth Army
14    Five WWII Books on the US Marine Corps
15    6 WWII German Officer Books Goebbels Kesselring
16    WWII Mein Kampf - Adolf Hitler 1939
17    4 WWII Panzer Battles, Panzer Leader & Blitzkrieg
18    Six WWII US, German & Japanese Navy Books
19    Five WWII Books on Rommel - The Desert Fox
20    Six WWII Books on the War in the Pacific & Asia
21    Six WWII Books on Eisenhower and Churchill
22    Eight WWII Books on Various Topics of the War
23    Six  Books on Various Leaders of World War Two
24    Twelve WWII Books on USAF & Battles in the Skies
25    7 WWII Books on USAF and Battles in the Skies
26    Six WWII Spy and Espionage Books
27    Nine WWII Books on Battles, Soldiers Experiences
28    Four WWII Books US, Nazi, Polish Experiences
29    Three WWI Books on Capt. Edward V. Rickenbacker
30    Five WWI Books on the Air War
31    WWI - World War Through The Stereoscope Vol. 1 & 2
32    Ten WWI Books on Battles & Officer Manuals
33    Six WWI Books on Officers of the War
34    3 National Steeplechase & Hunt Association Books
35    Three Racing and Breeding Horse Books
36    Six Horse Racing Story and Cartoon Books
37    Hoofbeats - Warren T. Halpin. Rare Limited Edition
38    Sporting Architecture - c.1845 - George Tattersall
39    Two Books on Horse Racing  - Palmer, Curzon
40    2 Large Format Horse Books on Farms & Racing
41    Three Large Format Horse Picture Books
42    Seven Books on Horse Racing - Fact & Fiction
43    Eight Books on Horses - Fact and Fiction
44    Three Thoroughbred Books on Racing and Training
45    Racing And 'Chasing - Alfred Watson - Autographed
46    Three Thorough Books on Thoroughbreds and Riders
47    Stable Economy - John Stewart - 1840 3rd Edition
48    Four Large Format Picture Books on Horses
49    3 Books on Horse Racing & the Kentucky Derby
50    Three Books on Horse Training, Racing and Polo
51    Travels in the Old South Volumes 1 & 2 - 1973
52    Six Books on Hunting Large and Small Game
53    Five Books on Hunting in North America
54    Two Books on Birds and Waterfowl in America
55    Three Books on North American Waterfowl
56    Seven Books on Waterfowl and Game Birds
57    Full Tilt - The Sporting Memoirs of Foxhall Keene
58    2 Books - Hunting Big Game - America & Africa
59    3 Books Coverts & Casts, Sportsman, Trophy Hunters
60    Five Books on Fishing True and Fiction
61    Eight Books on Guns, Hunting and Camping
62    Four Large Format Print and Illustration Books
63    Three Books on Golf - Sarazen & Wesson
64    Round By Round, 1st Edition, by Jack Dempsey
65    Bridge, Auction, Redskins, Princeton Football
66    Lot of 5 Books on Baseball, Hockey and Tennis
67    7 Books on History of Flight and Automobiles
68    2 Modern Surfing Around the World and Hawaii
69    Hawaiian Surfriding  - The Ancient & Royal Pastime
70    Locomobile Car Promotional Photo Book - WWI
71    Rifles and Rifle Practice - C.M. Wilcox - 1859
72    Dance Of Death - Charles Boner - 1857
73    Pamphlets - Loyal Publication Society, 1-44, 1864
74    Cloud Boat Stories by Olive Roberts Barton - 1917
75    No Man's Land by John Heminway - 1983
76    Recherches Sur Le Systeme Nerveux - Gall Spurzheim
77    Recherches Sur Le Systeme Nerveux - Flourens 1842
78    Oeuvres de Laplace #7 - Pierre-Simon Laplace, 1847
79    Memphis, TN Heroes - Everett Cook, Bill Mallory
80    Paris Universal Exposition Reports 1878 - 5 Vols.
81    Literary Digest, History of the World War, 10 Vols
82    James Fenimore Cooper - 19 Vol. Set - 1920?
83    Works of Kipling 10 Vols, Nottingham Society, 1913
84    Tales & Memoirs of European Courts - Sully - 1910
85    Zane Grey - 10 Volumes - 1925-1945
86    Collected Works of Joseph Conrad - 1925-1928
87    Eight Small Sets - 60 Books total - 1840-1920's
88    3 Sets Alban Butler, Edmund Head, Thomas Hood
89    Messages and Papers of the Presidents - 9 Vols.
90    The King Ranch, Vols. 1 & 2 - Tom Lea - 1957
91    Historie de la Revolution Francaise - Thiers 1834
92    Historie Des Deux Restaurations - Tenaille  - 1847
93    5 Book Set of Classics by Italian Authors, 1847-52
94    Collection of French Titles - 1840-1860 - Dumas
95    2 Beautiful French Dictionaries by Bouillet - 1855
96    2 Books, Burke's Landed Gentry 1952 & Peerage 1949
97    The Complete Works of Charles Dickens - Ltd. Ed.
98    The Works of Oscar Wilde - Limited Edition - 1909
99    Literature of Italy, Great Events by Historians
100    Three Sets - L'Amour, R.L. Stevenson, Proust
101    The Writings of Thomas Jefferson - 1829
102    Two Sets - History of Magic & Lives of Painters
103    Two sets - Poetry and Madden's Phantasmata 1857
104    Three Sets - Conquests, Spiritualism & Girondists
105    Ten Rebound 1800's Books on Various Topics
106    Eight Italian Books by Firenze from 1853-1856
107    Two Secret Hideaway Books from 1773-1780
108    Secret Hideaway Book/Safe from 1700's/1800's
109    Yale University Scroll and Key Society 1936 Album
110    Eight Yale Scroll and Key Society History Books
111    Eight  Yale University Class History of '12 & '36
112    Six Books - Yale Personal and Pictorial Books
113    Four Delta Psi Catalog of National Members- Yale
114    Group of 12 St. Paul's & Gunston School Yearbooks
115    The Shekinah - S. B. Brittan editor - Vol I, 1852
116    6 Books on Christianity and Spiritualism
117    5 Books on Architecture & Literature 1848-1925
118    12 Educational - Science, History, Astronomy Books
119    9 English, French and Italian Dictionaries
120    4 Books on Educational Literary Works - 1838-1931
121    5 Books on Europe, America, Italy 1853-1862
122    6 German Leather Half Bound  Books 1806-1821
123    Set: Des Publius Virgilius Maro Werke - Voss. 1821
124    1820 Book on the Dutch Education System
125    Homer's Odyssey & Iliad - J. Heinrich Voss, 1814
126    Set: Schauspiele von de la Barca, Vols 1-4 - 1815
127    6 Classic Novel Books by Various Authors 1873-1963
128    Group of 10 Books by Various Authors 1925-1971
129    Group of 4 Embossed Books from 1838-1857
130    2 Books Russia, Persia, Sweden, Baltic Region  Map
131    Orlando - Virginia Woolf - 1st Edition - 1928
132    5 Books: Hans Bricker, Robin Hood, Van Buren
133    Popular History of England, 8 Vols, Charles Knight
134    15 Books Shakespeare's Works 19th Century
135    The Penny Cyclopedia - 30 Volumes - Knight - 1833
136    The Penny Magazine - 14 Volumes, Knight, 1832-1845
137    Messages and Papers of the Presidents - 1903
138    Poems by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1846, Carey
139    University of Virginia Quarterly Review 1925-1929
140    Histoire Du Peuple Anglais - Elie Halevy - 1924
141    Journeys Through Bookland - Sylvester - 1909
142    2 Books: Translations of Freud & Shelley - 1920-22
143    Animal Magnetism & Magic - Joseph Ennemoser - 1844
144    Histoire Naturelle Des Plantes - Brisseau-Mirbel
145    Voyage Dans La Tertarie - 1st Edition - Huc - 1853
146    Les Trois Mousquetaires - Vol 1 & 2 - Dumas - 1922
147    Group of 6 Leather Bound Books  - 1819-1859
148    5 Leather & Canvas Bound Books  - 1853-1902
149    10 Leather & Canvas Bound  Books - 1814-1858
150    7 Books: Harper Valley Library, German, French
151    12 Small Books for Repair or Display
152    The Literature of Italy: 1265-1907 - 5 Volumes
153    Twelve Books of Poetry 19th - 20th Century
154    Eight Pretty Blue Books 1855-1969
155    11 Decorative Brown Books 1833-1913
156    Fourteen Pretty Green Books 1832-1939
157    Journal of House of Delegates - Virginia - 1781-86
158    5 Early Fiction Books - Poe, Defoe, Shakespeare
159    Group of 8 Small Leather Books 1853-1917
160    10 Decorative Red Books in Sets - 1920's
161    Mississippi State College On Record - RCA - 1950's
162    My People, The Sioux - Standing Bear 1928
163    3 Books on the American West - Cowboys and Indians
164    Six Books on the Early American West - 1938-1976
165    Six  Large Books on Art Through the Centuries
166    2 Books, American Prints - Currier & Ives, Craven
167    Group of 5 Books American & Homes Around The World
168    Group of 5 Books, Great Homes and Martha Stewart
169    Narrow Gauge in the Rockies - Railroad 1958
170    Seven Pillars of Wisdom - T.E. Lawrence - 1935
171    Murder in Newport - Gerard B. Lambert - 1938
172    10 Books Newspapers, Cartoons & Publishing Scripps
173    The Bridges at Toko-Ri, James Michener, 1953
174    Group of 11 Novels, etc.... Steinbeck & Others
175    Two Books on the Game of Bridge - 1931 & 1952
176    Eight Children's Books - Early 20th Century
177    Down From the Hills - Arkansas Governor Faubus
178    16 Books on Arkansas & Arkansans - 20th Century
179    Five Books on Memphis & the Mississippi River
180    7 Books on the Mississippi River - 20th Century
181    3 Books from Arkansas State University - 1967-1984
182    Six  University of Arkansas Books
183    The Random File: Private Letters of E.W. Scripps
184    Seven Novels, Story Books, Etc.. Mid 20th Century
185    Six Novels, Educational, Storybooks, Etc...
186    Five Novels, Educational, Storybooks, Etc...
187    Nine on 20th Century Politics and Figures
188    Three Early Books on/by African Americans
189    Six Novels, Storybooks, Etc...1800s/1900s
190    Six Books on Adventures, Spies & Mysteries
191    Seven Books on Poetry & Plays - 1800's
192    Eighteen Books on Poetry - 19th & 20th Centuries.
193    Seven Books on The American West. L'Amour & Combs
194    Approximately 22 Books on WWI & WWII, Etc...
195    Approximately 12 Books on WWII, Etc...
196    Approximately Nineteen Books on Religion - 1800's
197    Approximately Twenty Four Books on Religion
198    Eight Fiction Books - 1902-1963
199    5 Books on Travel & Stories from Around the World
200    Ten Books on Agriculture in the 20th Century
201    Circus Holiday Behind The Scenes
202    Apollo 13, Signed by Jim Lovell
203    3 Books on Photographic Enlarging & Print Quality
204    Eight Books Slave Ship, Mississippi Biography Etc.
205    Six Poetry Books Keats, Byron & Wilcox
206    Historie de Manon Lescaut, L'Abbe Prevost
207    Dominoes by Dominic C. Armanino C. 1967
208    Arkansas 1846 Justice of Peace, 1909 Will Etc.
209    U.S. Postage Stamp Mint Sheet File 1960's - 70's
210    Approx. $500 Face Value 1970`s, Full Sheet Stamps
211    Sailing  the Great Lakes & Rivers of America 1855
212    Group of Commemorative U.S. Postage Stamps
213    Shadow & Light, M.W. Gibbs  Intro B.T. Washington
214    Two African American Military History Books
215    Arkansas Letters & Covers Civil War & Mid 19th C.

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