Search Results: Authors starting with K from Legacy Books

Stanford University: Stanford University Press Book. Good. Hardcover. 5th or later Edition. (1946). Revised Edition, large 8vo, xvi, 134pp, illustrated, bibliography. G in fair only, well worn dj. From the dj: "A must for local folk and all those tourists who have been to San Francisco and ridden the cars in nervous delight along the skyline of the town.".

Leo. Feist Inc. Book. Good. Soft cover. (1926). Sheet Music, 6pp, pictorial cover. G..

London: Secker & Warburg Book. Very Good. Soft cover. pp247-257, one illustration. Removed from PUBLICATIONS OF THE LEO BAECK INSTITUTE YEAR BOOK XX, 1975, edited by Robert Weltsch. VG. In report covers..

New York: George H. Doran Company Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. (1920), vi, [13]-420pp. First and last few pages foxed, extremities lightly worn, else G. Otto H. Kahn, (1867-1934), born in Germany, early on displayed a genius for economics. He became involved in banking in Great Britain and later in the United States, where he became an American citizen. He became one of the foremost re-organizers in the railroad industry saving several lines from financial ruin. This book includes chapters on the railroads, the stock exchange, taxation, Theodore Roosevelt, the war, foreign relations, the League of Nations, etc..

Chicago: The University of Chicago Press Book. Very Good. Hardcover. (1947), xii, 299pp, index, illustrated. Very light wear, else VG+. At the time this was published, Professor Kain at the University of Louisville was one of the foremost authorities on Joyce's ULYSSES ..

Fairleigh Dickinson U. Press Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. (1980). First Edition, 280pp, index, bibliography, illustrated. Price-clipped dj..

Indianapolis: The Bobbs Merril Company, Inc. Book. Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. (1963), ix, 371pp, bibliography. Wrps. G+. An examination of the Beauchamp-Sharp tragedy, which happened in Kentucky in 1825, and the many works of fiction based on it. The author attempts to present to the advanced student or scholar, a basis for discussing the relationship of the fiction to the historical event on which it is based, and discusses how the fiction is influenced by the past and by the present in which it is written..

Chicago: Union Book Company Book. VG. Soft cover. 1901, pp210-220, illustrations (usually no more than one or two). Removed from WITH THE WORLD'S GREAT TRAVELLERS, Edited by Charles Morris and Oliver H.G. Leigh. May include a first or last copied page. VG. From the introduction:"Of all works of travel in the Arctic Seas, none have attracted more attention than Dr. Kane's ARCTIC EXPLORATIONS, an attractively written journal of hardship and adventure that had the interest of a romance to most readers. The expedition ended in the forced abandonment of the ship and a long boat journey over the ice, in which the adventurers experienced many perils and suffered much from hunger. We give the concluding incidents of this journey.".

Washington, D.C.: GPO Magazine. Very Good. Soft cover. pp607-615. Removed from ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1913. VG. In plastic report covers. A brief description of Shintoism, which seems to be more a way of life than a religion. It had no founder and no Supreme God. .

Washington, DC: Library of Congress Book. Good. Soft cover. 1945, 4to, 38pp printed in double columns, on recto. Wrps with stiff covers added. Exlib with markings, else clean and bright. From the foreword: "This list of photographic negatives, portraying various phases of American life and history, and covering a broad range of pictorial material, is published for the convenience of those who may wish to obtain prints of the scenes, portraits, etc., described. All negatives listed are 8 x 10 except those whose number is followed by one asterisk, in which case the negative size is 5 x 7.".

Louisville: St. Xavier High School Book. Very Good. Hardcover. (1962), 4to, 144pp, profusely illustrated. Fabrikoid covers with raised gilt design. VG. The 1962 Yearbook for St. Xavier High School, Louisville, Kentucky..

Chicago: National Music Co. Book. Good. Soft cover. 1895. Sheet Music, 9pp. Pictorial cover features a photo of Caroline Miskel Hoyt. Unobtrusive tape repair to spine, light soiling, else G..

Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Bureau Book. Very Good. Soft cover. pp110-117. 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..

New York: The Viking Press Book. Good. Hardcover. 1944, xxiv, 410pp, index, four illustrations. Rear inner hinge neatly reinforced, else G in Fair dj. Woollcott, born 1887, in Phalanx, New Jersey, was an actor, critic, author, and prolific letter writer..

Washington, D.C.: GPO Magazine. Very Good. Soft cover. pp159-192, drawings in the text. Removed from ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1932. In plastic report covers. VG. An early, in depth study of what we today call noise pollution, especially, in New York City; its causes, effects, and abatement methods..

New York: Viking Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. (1989). First American Edition, xii, 292pp, index, illustrated, bibliography, glossary. Ex-lib, with dj flaps taped to covers, else G+ in G+ dj. The history of naval conflict from Nelson's day to the present, with a description of four landmark sea battles, each featuring a different form of warship: the Battle of Trafalgar; the Battle of Jutland; the Battle of Midway; and the Battle of the Atlantic..

London: Historical Times Ltd. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 4to, pp44-55, illustrated. Removed from BRITISH HISTORY LLUSTRATED, Volume One, Number Six, February, 1975. VG in report covers."Up to the age of eleven she spoke English with a heavy German accent, but later spoke English well, German perfectly, French fluently and Italian moderately." Queen Victoria was the unexpected Queen, but this article is not about her so much as it is about the confusion over succession that occurred when George III lapsed into insanity leaving twelve living children..

Louisville: The Filson Club Book. Very Good. Soft cover. pp469-487. Removed from THE FILSON HISTORY QUARTERLY, Vol. 75, No. 4, Fall 2001. In report covers VG. May include a first or last copied page. This was the Gertude Polk Brown Lecture delivered March 21, 2000 at Louisville. Mr. Keegan was a political analyst at the United States Embassy in London. He then spent 26 years at the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst, where he lectured on history. In 1999 he was awarded a knighthood for his service to military history..

Washington, D.C.: Society for American Archaeology Book. Very Good. Soft cover. pp798-809, figures. Removed from AMERICAN ANTIQUITY. JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY. Volume 47, Number 4, October, 1982. VG. In report covers. May include a first or last copied page. Synopsis: " Hafting has long been recognized by archaeologists as a process affecting stone tools. However, the effects of this process on the archaeological record have been virtually ignored. Hafting affects the final typological form of tools because hafted tools are usually more extensively and intensively worked than their unhafted counterparts. Recent evidence indicates that functionally equivalent but typologically diverse hafted and unhafted tools may be in use at the same site. Because hafted tools are disposed of as a consequence of the retooling of hafts, the context of their disposal may not be equivalent to the context of their use. But, unhafted tools appear to be disposed of more often at or near the focus… Read More

Louisville: The Filson Club Book. Good. Soft cover. pp130-142. Removed from FILSON CLUB HISTORY QUARTERLY, Vol 70, No. 2, April, 1996. In report covers. VG. May include a first or last copied page. In 1891, John McKee Verhoeff of Louisville, embarked with Robert E. Peary on an expedition to the North Pole, as the official mineralogist and meteorologist. Of the entire party, Verhoeff was the only one who did not return, and his death has been the source of speculation that persists even today..