Search Results: Titles starting with I from Legacy Books

Louisville: Butler Books Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. (1994), 4to, 126pp, profusely illustrated. Wrps. As new. Signed by the author. Hundreds of show business folks were born in Kentucky, had ancestors who were, moved here, married a Kentucky native, or had some other ties to the state. A fascinating book which includes hundreds of interesting tidbits of information about actors, directors, writers, dancers, singers, producers, musicians, etc., in question and answer form. For example: Q. Where was cowboy idol Gene Autry working when he was summoned to Hollywood to make his screen debut? A. It was 1934, and Autry, along with his band The Range Riders, was working for Louisville's WHAS. Q. Who else, besides Victor Mature, is a theatrical alumnus of Louisville's St. Xavier High School? A. Leo Burmeister, Bryan E. Clark, Tom Cruise, Tom Kennedy, and Jack Narz. Q. Name the actress who received the very first Tony award. A. That would be a Packard, Kentucky native,… Read More

New York: The Viking Press Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. 1st Edition. (1967). First Edition, xiii, 240pp. Previous owner's name at front pastedown, very light wear, else G+ in G+ dust jacket. A book of short stories among which was the O. Henry award winning story for 1961..

NY: Vanguard Press Book. Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. (1964), 191pp, illustrated. G+ in G dj which is lightly chipped at the top and bottom of the spine. Signed by the author. Willie Snow Ethridge the wife of the then editor of Newsday, Mark Ethridge, and previously the publisher of the Louisville Courier Journal newspaper, was a native Georgian. This book is about her humorous adventures with her twelve grandchildren..

New York: Vantage Press Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. (1979), 78pp. VG+ in VG dj. Inscribed and signed by the author. A dystopian novel about life in the United States, particularly Kentucky, now a labor camp, after a Communist takeover in 1997..

Washington, D.C.: GPO Magazine. Very Good. Soft cover. pp289-302, plus one plate, drawings in the text. Removed from ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1938. VG. In plastic report covers. From the introduction: "From the geological record it would appear that the climatic changes of the past were in all directions, some warmer and some colder, some wetter and some drier than at present; and some individual localities appear to have experienced all possible climates at one time or another.".

New York: American Geographical Society Book. Very Good. Soft cover. pp91-123, illustrated. Removed from PROBLEMS OF POLAR RESEARCH, AMERICAN GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY SPECIAL PUBLICATION NO. 7, 1928. In report covers..

Bristol: Ampersand Press Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. (1989), 120pp. Wrps. VG+. First Edition of the author's scarce first book. A collection of short stories, all of which had been previously published in literary journals. The stories are predominantly about women who have had problems in their marriages usually precipitated by the infidelity of their husbands. The author was born in Alabama but lived in Louisville, Kentucky where she taught creative writing..

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons Book. Fair. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1928, xvii, 235pp, thirty four photographic illustrations, folding map. Ex-lib, covers quite worn, rebacked with tape, good reading copy. In 1922, the author, an employee, and David Rutherford, the president, of the Phoenix Northern Trading Company, and a crew of six, made an eight month trip from Taxoma, Washington to Cape Nord in the schooner Iskum. There had been political and economic ramifications extending even to the Siberian Arctic as a result of the Russian Revolution, and the author and his boss wanted to see first hand what the situation was and how it was likely to affect future business. Arctic Biblio 763; Parmer Polar 85..

Washington, D.C.: GPO Magazine. Very Good. Soft cover. pp285-292, plus twelve plates. Removed from ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1941. VG. In plastic report covers. From the report: "Remote from all other countries, in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, a stepping stone between the New and Old World, lies Iceland. It is the largest island in Europe after Britain, having an area of 40,000 square miles. Iceland is the most volcanic country in the world, and is, perhaps, most widely known for her volcanoes." .

Indianapolis: The Bowen-Merrill Company Book. Fair. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1899. First Edition, small 8vo, 256pp, top edge gilt. Extremities worn, covers moderately puckered, contents G, Fair overall. Includes 10 short stories. This is the first edition of the author's first book. Anna Nicholas, (1849-1929), was born in Pennsylvania but spent most of her life in Indiana. She worked 53 years on the staff of the Indianapolis Star as an editorial writer, book reviewer, and contributor of miscellaneous writings..

Louisville: The Standard Press Book. Good. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). 1937, 16mo, 47pp. Stiff wrps. G+. Inscribed, signed and dated by the author. This little book of poetry by the Editor of the Kentucky School Journal and Executive Secretary of the Kentucky Education Association, is dedicated to the thousands of teachers who have glorified the teaching profession..

New York: The Macmillan Company Book. Good. Hardcover. 1939, x, 305pp, index, illustrated. Light wear, else G. From the preface: "This book was written in response to a generally felt need for a junior high school text presenting an integrated study in the history, geography, and government of Illinois. The authors have endeavored to bring to the young citizens of Illinois an appreciation of the dramatic history of their great state, the important part that geography of Illinois has played in its developing history, and the effect of both its history and geography upon the government and citizens of Illinois." It's what we called Civics when I was in grade school..

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons Book. Good. Hardcover. 1911, large 8vo, xiii, 356pp, index, profusely illustrated with 51 full-page plates with tissue guards. Rear inner hinge neatly reinforced, front and rear covers water-stained at top two inches not affecting interior, edges untrimmed, previous owner's bookplate at front pastedown. A heavy volume which will require additional shipping charges..

London Book. Good. Hardcover. 1941, 14.5x10.25 inches. Thirteen weekly issues, about 32 pp each, Jan 4, 1941 to March 29, 1941, 424 total pages, profusely illustrated. Bound in sturdy boards with heavy endpapers. The front cover may have incurred dampstaining at some point, but has only some discoloration and there is discoloration to the back of the portrait of Churchill which was a supplement bound at the beginning of the Jan 4 issue. Else generally G+ throughout. Too much content to mention but there are sites available online which list every photograph and article in every issue ever printed. These issues, of course, are dedicated almost entirely to the War efforts on all fronts. A very heavy volume requiring extra shipping charges...

Book. Good. Soft cover. 1931, 12mo, 48pp, 754 items, illustrated. Wrps. Closed two inch tear to rear cover, light soiling, else G. Catalogue Number 3 of art dealer F. R. Meatyard..

Boston: The Horn Book Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1958, 4to, xvii, 299pp, index, illustrated. Ex-lib, religious convent library, light wear, tape remnants on covers from having the dj attached in library fashion, else G+ in G+ dj. A supplement to ILLUSTRATORS OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS: 1744-1945..

London Book. Good. Hardcover. 1940, 14.5x10.25 inches. Fourteen weekly issues, about 30 pp each, October 4, 1940 to December 28, 1940, pp421-848, profusely illustrated. Bound in sturdy boards with heavy endpapers. Includes a Christmas Number of about 40 pages with many color illustrations. G+. Too much content to mention but there are sites available online which list every photograph and article in every issue ever printed. These issues, of course, are dedicated almost entirely to the War efforts on all fronts. A very heavy volume requiring extra shipping charges...

Washington, DC: GPO Book. VG. Soft cover. 1881, 4to, pp579-589, removed from a disbound copy of the First Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1879-80. VG. In report covers..

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..

Milwaukee: Wm. Rohlfing & Co. Book. Good. Soft cover. 1886. Sheet Music, 5pp. Minor tape repair, light soiling, else G..