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W-Hollow Cookbook
by Liles, Glennis Stuart
Ashland, KY: The Jesse Stuart Foundation, 1990. 2nd Edition. Hardcover_pictorial boards. Collectible - Near Fine. 8.75"x11.25". 306 indexed pages. SIGNED BY AUTHOR - LILES w/GI. Edited by Chuck D. Charles. Author assisted by Betty Stuart Baird. Spine straight binding tight, pages clean and bright. Minimal shelf wear. GIFT QUALITY. Will require extra for shipping. This book is concerned with good plain cooking, but it is not just a collection of recipes. We have tried to incorporate memories,...
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SGD 204.86
West Virginia Legislative Hand Book and Manual and Official Register 1920
by HARRIS, JOHN T. (Editor)
Charleston, West Virginia: Tribune Printing Company, 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. Good only. Binding shaken; covers mottled & moderately worn. Previous ownership signature to rear pastedown. Musty. Text otherwise unmarked.. 8vo. 6.25 x 9.25 in. 1017 pp. Black quarter-cloth over grey boards. Illustrated with reproductions of black & white photographs, charts, etc. Scarce.
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SGD 50.53
Machine Age in the Hills
by Ross, Malcolm
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1933. Hardcover. x, 248p., front., illus., endpapers a bit browned, else very good condition in a price-clipped and edgeworn dust jacket with a few closed tears. First edition. "An examination of technological unemployment in coal mining areas, with attention to efforts by the National Miners Union to organize Harlan County." *Seidman R207.
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SGD 61.46
Far Appalachia
by Adams, Noah
NY. Random House. 2001. 1st Edition. 1st prt. Hardcover with jacket, binding is tight, text is clean, jacket is crisp, some light surface soil, light foxing on fore-edge
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SGD 13.66
Images of Appalachian coalfields. Introduction by Helen Matthews Lewis, foreword by Cornell Capa
by Levy, Builder
Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1989. Hardcover. xiii, 124p., original black cloth binding in dust jacket; jacket is slightly unevenly toned, else in very good condition.
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SGD 34.14
Berea's first century; 1855-1955
by Peck, Elisabeth S
Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1955. Hardcover. xix, 217p. + 12p. illus., dj, very good. With a chapter on Berea's early efforts at education in the late 19th century.
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SGD 24.58
A Thread of Blue Denim
by Leimbach, Patricia Penton (1927-2013)
Self-Published, 1974. Paperback. Collectible - Near Fine. R. Bruce Laughlin. 6"x9" 241 pp. SIGNED BY AUTHOR w/personal inscription. Denim cover w/faded strip on front. Typography and binding design by Janet Anderson. "The author reflects upon the daily activities involved in Ohio farming, the beauty of the land, family relationships, and her own growing self-awareness"--Google Books description. Source: Publisher A wife's life in Rugby Corners, OH on the End O' Way 240 acre farm on the Vermilion River...
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SGD 27.31
[Broadside] Not Wanted / the Stonewall Jackson Dam / Lewis County, West Virginia
by [ENVIRONMENTALISM - APPALACHIA] UPPER WEST FORK RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATION
N.p. [Weston?]: Upper West Fork River Watershet Association, N.d. [ca 1980]. Broadside, 11" x 8-1/2". Photocopied on standard copier bond. Old folds for mailing, else Fine. Broadside/flyer expressing opposition to a major Army Corps of Engineers dam project in Lewis County, in north-central West Virginia. Cites the project's expense, the destruction of farmland and wildlife habitat it will cause, and notes that less expensive, more environmentally sensitive alternatives are available. Despite vocal...
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SGD 61.46
Voice of the Hills
by Salyers, Paul
NY: Vantage, 1971. 1st Edition. Hardcover_cloth. Collectible - Fine/VeryGood. 5.5"x8" 80 pp. Black cloth w/lavender letters on spine. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped, & unmarked. Light soiling to DJ w/minimal edge and shelf wear. 72 poems total divided into three sections. Voice of the Hills includes: Muddy Waters, Rain Songs, Roadside Trees, Appalachia, Sorghum Making... Bygones includes: The Peddler, The Old School Ground, Summer Storm, At the Paw-paw...
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SGD 273.14
Fruit That Bends the Bough
by Mary Stuart Nelson
Wadestown, WV: Spider Hill Press, 1995. 1st Edition. Hardcover_cloth. Collectible - Near Fine/Good++. 6.25"x9.38".75". Signed by author. Grass green cloth boards with gilt letters to front and spine. Mary is sister to Jesse Stuart. Prints and photographs listed. Foreword by Helen L. Hunt. Dedication and Acknowlegements. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped, no other markings. In mylar cover. Shelf and edge wear to DJ. True Appalachian poetry such as:...
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SGD 102.43
Kentucky's Covered Bridges & Water Mills
by Powell, Robert A
Pamphlet. Collectible - Near Fine. Powell, Robert A.. 6"x9"x.25". 48 pages. Covers Kentucky's 13 covered bridges and 10 water mills with photos and illustrations.
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SGD 20.49
Dark Hills to Westward The Saga of Jenny Wiley
by Caudill, Harry M. (1922-1990)
Ashland, KY: Jesse Stuart Foundation, 1994. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover_boards. Used - Near Fine/Near Fine. Jim Marsh. 6.25"x9.25". 218 pgs. Blue boards w/gilt lettering on spine. Jacket design by Jim Marsh. Book design by Flexisoft. Epilogue by Anne F. Caudill. Dedication. Editor's Preface by James M. Gifford. Intro by Caudill 1969. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped. Gift inscription first fly paper. "A fictionalized account of Jenny Wiley's captivity and...
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SGD 57.36
Virginia's Tazewell County
by Weeks, Jr., Ross
VA: Blue Ridge Concepts Ltd., 2000. Paperback. Very Good. Trade size, binding is tight, cover is clean and bright with light shelfwear, text is clean
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SGD 20.49
The Picture Man
by BUCHANAN, PAUL (Photographer); ANN HAWTHORNE (Editor)
Washington DC: Willoughby Books, 2005. First Thus. Hardcover. As new. Small, square 4to. 117 pp. 8.25 x 9.25 in. Black quarter-cloth over red linen, pictorial onlay inset to upper cover. Fully illustrated with reproductions of black & white photographs by PAUL BUCHANAN. Edited by ANN HAWTHORNE. Foreword & Introduction by BRUCE MORTON. Designed by RICHARD HENDEL. A nice production.
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SGD 57.36
Kentucky A State of Mind
by Dick, David and Lalie
N. Middletown, KY: Plum Lick Publishing, 2005. 1st Edition. Hardcover_cloth. Collectible - Fine/Fine. Jackie Larkins. 6.25"x9.25". 281 pp. Signed by Authors. Red cloth boards w/gilt lettering on front and spine. DJ design and book production by Stacey Freibert Design. Back inset photo by Chuck Perry. PGI by both authors. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped, and unmarked. Minimal shelf wear to DJ.
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SGD 47.80
Gun thugs, rednecks, and radicals: A documentary history of the West Virginia mine wars
by Corbin, David Alan, ed
Oakland, CA: PM Press, 2011. Paperback. ix, 275p., wraps, very good condition.
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SGD 20.49
Carolyn's Journal: A Frontier Woman
by Hawkins, Amos
Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc, 1998. 1st Edition. Hardcover_cloth. Collectible - Fine. 6.25"x9.25". 346 pp. Personal inscription signed by author. Red cloth boards w/gilt letters on front and spine. Dedication, Prologue, Acknowledgements, Contents, Glossary, & Further Reading. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, & unmarked (other than author's inscription). GIFT QUALITY. Foreword: The story you are about to enjoy is of a young lady who lived in the early 1800's....
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SGD 136.57
Patriot Party [pinback button]
n.p.: Patriot Party, 1970. Pinback Button. 1.75 inch pin, made by pasting a round piece of printed and crudely hand-colored paper with the People's Party logo (fists breaking chains) over a pre-existing pinback button. The underlying button is not possible to identify. The Patriot Party emerged from the Young Patriots Organization, which was founded in Chicago by poor whites of Appalachian background (often described as "hillbilly" gang members turned revolutionaries). Together with the Black Panthers,...
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SGD 102.43
Encyclopedia of Appalachia
by Rudy Abramson, Jean Haskell
Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2006. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Ex-library w/graphics. Navy cloth boards w/ gilt lettering on spine. Red mark on top, outer pages. Front cover has a little library tape residue at top; a couple of the last pages are creased, and the back endpaper/fly-leaf has a medium-sized tear where a library scan sticker was removed. Jacket has mild shelfwear. Spine straight and binding tight. Frontispiece is Map of Appalachia. Price covers x- shipping....
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SGD 170.71
Coaltown revisited: an Appalachian notebook
by Peterson, Bill
Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1972. Hardcover. xvii, 230p., illus., very good condition in an unclipped, lightly shelf worn dust jacket.
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SGD 16.39
Forty Years in the One-Room Schools of Eastern Kentucky: A Memoir
by Davis, Curt
Ashland, KY: Jesse Stuart Foundation, 2001. 1st Edition. Hardcover_boards. Fine-Collectible/Fine. 6.25"x9.25" 160 pgs w/b&w photos. Hunter green boards w/gold foil letters to spine. Book and DJ design by Jenette Williams. Edited by Laura Caudill. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped, & unmarked. GIFT QUALITY. Secure ship w/track #. In the early 1900s, the one-room schools of Elliott County, Kentucky, served as the educational and cultural centers of more than...
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SGD 61.46
The past is another country: representation, historical consciousness, and resistance in the Blue Ridge
by Foster, Stephen William
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1988. xix., 262 p., hardback with the dj in very good condition. The damming of New River, by a Princeton PhD in anthropology who at writing was a nursing administrator in the Dept of Psychiatry, San Francisco General. He has some super-subtle ideas regarding "the politics of resistance
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SGD 16.39
The Year of My Rebirth
by Stuart, Jesse Hilton (1906-1984)
NY: McGraw-Hill, 1956. 1st Edition. Hardcover_cloth. Very Good-Collectible/Good. Leo Manso; Barry Martin. 6"x8.5" 342 pgs. Ninth printing stated. Blue cloth boards w/gold letters to spine. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped, (price on DJ). DJ has chips and tears w/archival repair tape. PO stamp on ffep. Secure ship in box w/tracking number. The dramatic story of a man's struggle back to life from a near-fatal heart attack. Source: Publisher Jesse Hilton...
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SGD 81.94
Southern exposure: vol. 13, no. 1; January / February 1985
by Alexander, Maxine, Christina Davis, Marc Miller, Joe Pfister, Dee Dee Risher, Lina Rocawich, Sharon Ugochukwu, [and] Michael Yellin, eds
Atlanta: Institute for Southern Studies, 1985. Magazine. 63p., 8.5x11 inches, single issue of the paperback journal in pictorial wraps, wraps slightly worn, minor creasing else very good condition. Articles on campaign finance, COINTELPRO, indigenous theater in West Virginia, and more.
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SGD 16.39
Our Southern Highlanders
by Horace Kephart
TN: University of Tennessee Press, 1995. Paperback. Very Good. Binding is tight, spine has minor creasing, cover has light edge wear and scuffing, pages are clean and bright
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SGD 13.66