Search Results: Authors starting with E from Legacy Books

Washington, D.C.,: Society for American Archaeology, Book. Very Good. Soft cover. pp467-477, illustrated. Removed from AMERICAN ANTIQUITY. JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY, Volume 37, Number 4, October, 1972. Wrps. VG. May contain a first or last xeroxed page. Abstract: "The relationships between the social development in the upper Lurin valley and an expanding Early Intermediate period Lima state are examined. Internally, population growth and irrigation complexity progress together in the Lurin. Warfare, although not directly caused by population expansion, may function to regulate population. With irrigation and population expansion, a local social stratification originates but political control remains highly dispersed. A centralized control is only initiated by the external introduction of direct dominance by the Lima state.".

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company Book. Very Good. Hardcover. (1930), 12mo, x, 256pp, index. G+. Includes: Boston, Beacon Hill, Marblehead and Salem, Gloucester and Cape Ann, Cambridge, Lexington and Concord, Harvard and Sudbury, Plymouth and the South Shore, Nantucket and the Cape..

Apollo: Closson Press Book. Very Good. Soft cover. (1990), 4to, 72pp, index. Wrps. VG. First translated from the original by Rev. J. W. Early, ca 1906, and now compiled by Dr. Glenn P. Schwalm, a noted researcher and authority on early German Records. Gives the names of the bride and groom, the residences in many cases, and the date..

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1924, viii, 360pp, index, maps, diagrams. Ex-lib, G reading copy. It is the author's contention, a la Malthus, that the world population is outgrowing its ability to feed itself. As is often the case with the doomsayers, he fails to take into account the ingenuity of the human species for survival. But it seems to be more than that. He says that agriculture cannot keep pace, but even if it could he wants to restrict the number of people being born, through strict controls if necessary. Here is how he concludes: "Half the people in the world lack sufficient brains to cope with the intricate system of social life the industrial age has brought about. Half the remainder are without the proper training; they lack the power of knowledge. The remaining quarter, who might worthily direct the great majority sit complacently as long as they are permitted to take an extra toll of the good things of life." So, he from atop… Read More

Lexington: University of Kentucky Press Book. Very Good. Hardcover. (1968), xvii, 307pp. VG+ in VG dj. Edited by Albert D. Kirwan. Life in the Old South from the era of Thomas Jefferson to the close of the Civil War. From the dj: "Within these pages the reader confronts not only the celebrated figures who shaped the life of the Old South - John C. Calhoun, Robert Toombs, Alexander C. Stephens, Jefferson Davis - but also the cultural leaders like Hugh Swinton Legare, John Randolph, John Hartwell Cocke, Maunsel White, and Hinton R. Helper.".

Louisville: Baptist Book Concern Book. Good. Hardcover. 1903, 125pp, many photos, paper labels on the spine and front cover. Moderate soiling, else G. Includes a long poetical narrative by Martin Luther Berger, and a list of officers and passengers with their places of residence. The cruise was to the Caribbean and the itinerary included Jamaica, Barbados, St. Thomas, Cuba, Haiti, Antigua, Nassau, etc. Rev. Thomas T. Eaton was pastor of the Walnut Street Baptist Church and editor of the Western Recorder, Louisville, Kentucky..

Lexington: University of Kentucky Medical Center Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1968, ix, 121pp, index, illustrated, bibliography. Very light wear and soiling, previous owner's name and inscription on front endpaper, else VG. Includes portraits and biographical sketches of many of Kentucky's outstanding physicians. From the preface: "By no manner of means is this album of 'portraits' a collection of all the well-known and already famous pioneers who made medical history in Kentucky. More precisely it deals with the lives and pursuits of a distinct group of trail blazing physicians generally less widely known and publicized; in many instance unsung heroes, in fact, yet no less important or worthy of inclusion among the great.".

New Haven: Yale Universtiy Library Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1952, large 8vo, 110pp, including a 13 page index of titles, fourteen illustrations. Wrps. VG. A reprint of the 1948 limited edition. The collection, considered one of the best in the field of Western Americana, was given to Yale University. The author was a prominent historian and bookseller who helped Mr. Coe assemble the collection. An interesting sidelight is that Mr. Coe had purchased Buffalo Bill Cody's ranch in Wyoming in 1910 and that is said to have been the genesis of the collection..

Bowie: Heritage Books, Inc., Book. Good. Soft cover. (1997), 144pp, with an index of maiden names. Wrps. VG. From the cover: "Although some Kentucky counties were recording births and deaths as early as 1851, a statewide requirement for such record keeping was not enforced until 1911. Prolific genealogical abstractor Sherida K. Eddlemon, knows how to fill the gaps, however. Supplementing the official state and county records with her research among other sources such as newspapers, church, cemetery and military records, Ms. Eddlemon has collected over 6,600 individual names from 50 Kentucky counties. Each record contains the individual's name and date of death. Dates of birth are included when they were available or when it was possible to calculate the approximate birth year. The county of record and a source code are also listed in each of the alphabetically arranged entries. When maiden names were indicated in original sources, they appear here in parentheses. An index of these maiden… Read More

Bowie: Heritage Books, Inc., Book. Good. Soft cover. (1997), 225pp, index. Wrps. VG. Includes records from Allen, Bath, Breckinridge, Butler, Campbell, Clark, Daviess, Fayette, Hancock, Harrison, Henderson, Hopkins, Jefferson, Lincoln, Madison, McLean, Meade, Mercer, Muhlenberg, Nelson, Nicholas, Ohio, Russell, Shelby, Simpson, Trigg, Warren and Wayne counties. From the cover: "Ms. Eddelmon's multi-volume collection of Missouri Genealogical Records and Abstracts is a perennial favorite in the Heritage Books, Inc. catalog. Now she has brought her abstracting talents to bear for the Kentucky researcher. As in the Missouri books, Ms. Eddlemon makes available a diverse array of sources including tax and property lists, marriage registers, church and cemetery records, wills and estates, mortality schedules, Negro censuses, military pensions, and officer lists. The table of contents is arranged alphabetically by the twenty-eight counties covered.There is also a section of miscellaneous records… Read More

New York: John F. Trow, Printer Book. Good. Soft cover. (1854), 12mo, 40pp. Removed, wrappers missing, light soiling, else G. In plastic report covers. The topic of the discourse is from Psalm XI - If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?.

London: T. Nelson and Sons Book. Fair. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1862, 12mo, 192pp, illustrated. Outer hinges splitting in places, extremities fraying, light to moderate foxing, a good reading copy, Fair only. These tales are not about the North Pole, which hadn't been discovered yet, but the Arctic regions which at that time comprised the Arctic Ocean and adjacent seas, Finland, Greenland (Denmark), Iceland, Norway, and Sweden..

Boston: Museum of Fine Arts Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1936, xiv, about 200 unnumbered pages includes 101 full page illustrations with a page of descriptive text for each. Printed in Japan..

Washington, D.C.: GPO Magazine. Good. Soft cover. pp375-394. Removed from ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1899. VG. In plastic report covers. From footnote 1: "The result of an investigation by a number of persons, communicated to the neurological section of the Congress of German Scientist and Physicians at Munich, 1899." .

Mexico: Panorama Editorial S. A. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1981. First edition in English, narrow 8vo, 99pp, profusely illustrated including photos, maps, charts. VG+. A guidebook to the famous ancient Mayan city..

New York: The Viking Press Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1938, x, 270pp. G+ in Fair, spine sunned, and chipped dj. Irwin Edman, born in 1896, was an educator, poet, and essayist. Not an autobiography, per se, but the author's observations on music, travel, and people he had met, including former students and teachers. Since he had been a Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University for many years, his narrative is naturally sprinkled with thoughts and ideas from his years of study and teaching in that discipline..

Hartford: The Hobby Shop Publishers Book. VG. Hardcover. Limited Edition. (1930). Limited to 1000 numbered copies, this #364, 12mo, 24pp, index. Light wear, else VG. From the Editor's Note: "This book is a collection of the annotations of Walter Bliss, of the firm of the American Publishing Company, publishers of many of Twain's works. At the end there are added a few points gathered from various sources, together with a short list of periodicals containing Twain material.".

New York: The Hampton Publishing Company Book. Good. Hardcover. (1910), large 8vo, 313pp, six color platets by M. L. Kirk, pictorial front cover. Spine is dull, extremities rubbed, hinges tight, contents G. Similar to the Scribner's Illustrated Classics series..

New York: The Macmillan Company Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1913, xxvii, 312pp, ads, twenty four photographic illustrations. Extremities lightly worn, faint dampstaining at the bottom two inches of the fore edge page ends, but not extending into the text, and barely noticeable on most pages, rear cover has small areas of rubbing or smudging, else G. The Barbary Coast includes the regions and cities throughout the middle and western coastal areas of North Africa ¿ what is today Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya..

Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Bureau Book. Very Good. Soft cover. pp102-109. Removed from INDIANA HISTORY BULLETIN, PROCEEDINGS OF THE NINETEENTH ANNUAL INDIANA HISTORY CONFERENCE, Dec. 10-11, 1937. In plastic report covers. VG. Some of the reports from this bulletin may contain first or last xeroxed pages..