Search Results: Titles starting with J from Legacy Books

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company Book. Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. 1929, x, 456pp, index, illustrated. Backstrip darkened, pencil notes in margins of several pages, few pages darkened from newsclippings, else G. J. Ramsay MacDonald, (1866-1937), was one of the founders of the Labor Party in 1924, and served as Prime Minister four times..

Louisville: The Filson Club Book. Good. Soft cover. pp3-23, illustrations. Removed fron FILSON CLUB HISTORY QUARTERLY, Vol 72, No. 1, January, 1998. VG. In report covers. May include a first or last copied page. J. Stoddard Johnston, president of the Filson Club from 1891 to 1913, was a strong advocate for the construction of locks and dams to provide year-round navigation on the Kentucky River from its mouth upstream to Beattyville at the Three Forks. He insisted that building the locks and dams would provide reliable access to markets for agriculture produce, and coal and mineral resources. His position as Secretary of State, and his collaboration with his friend, Kentucky geologist Nathaniel Southgate Shaler, provided the impetus for the construction of 14 Locks and Dams. But when in the 1930's Congress began requiring intense economic analysis of proposed projects, it was determined that the costs had not justified the disappointing results..

Norman: University of Oklahoma Press Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. (1970), 12mo, xv, 268pp, index, illustrated in color and b&w, bibliography. Light wear, else VG. Part one deals with the era of the fur traders; part two provides a picture of life in what was a fairly typical western valley undergoing settlement; and part three details the fight to save Jackson Hole from commercial destruction in the 1920's..

Melber1992: Simmons Historical Publications Book. VG+. Soft cover. 1992, 4to, 108pp. VG+. The Jackson Purchase area includes the following counties of Kentucky: Ballard, Carlisle, Hickman, Fulton, Graves, Calloway, Marshall, and McCracken. This issue includes a lengthy article on the descendants of Samuel Wilson (1785-1861) and wife, Isabelle Davis Wilson (1795-1858) and various records, such as deeds, newspaper abstracts, census records, court records, and lots of general genealogical information for the afore mentioned counties plus Trigg County. .

Grote Book. Good. Hardcover. (1964), 256pp, photos. Ex-lib, institutional, no external markings, else G+ in G, chipped, lightly torn dj. Contains about twenty articles on art, architecture, design, etc. Text in German..

NY: Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. (1979). First Trade Edition, xxxviii, 246pp, index. VG in VG dj..

Gammel's Book Store Book. Very Good. Hardcover. (1927), 200pp, illustrated. Bookplate removed from front pastedown, small area on title page thinned. The "Texas" in the title is somewhat misleading. The author was from Tennessee and left home, he says, in 1885, when he was about sixteen years of age. Many of his exploits took place in Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas and his home state of Tennessee, where he claims to have cleaned up the town of Allenscreek. He moved to Texas later in life after his hell-raising days were over. It is certainly a colorful tale and, of course, one has to wonder how much of it is true and how much of it is good story telling..

N.P.,: Ohio State University Press Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. (1964), xii, 371pp, index, two portraits, extensive bibliographies of Hall's works and secondary sources. Extremities lightly worn, else G. James Hall, (1793-1868), was born at Philadelphia. He served in the War of 1812, and entered the legal profession at Shawneetown, Illinois, serving as judge. From 1833 to the end of his life he engaged in banking at Cincinnati and wrote constantly. He is perhaps best remembered for his collaboration with Thomas McKenney on the classic work on American Indians..

San Francisco: City Lights Books Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). (1986). Probable First Edition, 248pp, index of titles, near fine copy, inscribed and signed by author. Stiff wrps. From the cover: "Best known as the publisher of New Directions Books, James Laughlin has made the writing of love poems and light verse his principle avocation.This selection was made from the author's small, early private editions, and from City Lights' IN ANOTHER COUNTRY (1978). It includes as well a few experiments with long-line structure and comic pieces by his Doppleganger `Hiram Handspring.'".

Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company Book. Good. Soft cover. 1886, pp181-228. Removed from BOSTON MONDAYH LECTURES. ORIENT, WITH PRELUDES ON CURRENBT EVENTS, 1886. One in the series of Lectures on the subject of the ORIENT, delivered weekly in Tremont Temple, February 19, through March 26, 1883. VG. In plastic report covers. Also includes: Appendix IV. TWENTY-FOUR QUESTIONS ON NEW JAPAN, pp289-310 and Appendix V. THE FUTURE OF JAPANESE CIVILIZATION, SPEECH AT KIOTO, JAPAN, MAY 24, 1882, pp311-340..

Washington, D.C.: GPO Magazine. Very Good. Soft cover. pp453-456, plus four plates. Removed from ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1948. VG. In plastic report covers. From the introduction: "Most westerners are inclined to see in Japanese art a mere reflection of influences from the art of China. The Chinese, on the other hand, feel that Japanese art is disagreeably different. Common sense should indicate the natural conclusion that Japanese art is something distinctive, that its roots may have been transported from China, but its blossoms have developed a new variety in a new environment.

New York: T. B. Harms & Co. Book. Good. Soft cover. 1888. Sheet Music, 5pp. Minor tape repairs, light soiling, else G..

Washington, D.C.: GPO Magazine. Very Good. Soft cover. pp399-450, plus eleven plates. Removed from SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. PROCEEDINGS OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM, VOLUME 42, 1912. VG. In plastic report covers. From the report: "This report deals mainly with the collections made by members of the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries steamer Albatross expedition of 1906 who were detached from the ship and intrusted with a study of the shore fishes of Japan. It was intended that the shore party should direct its attention to the species inhabiting the tide pools and shallow water immediately offshore.".

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company Book. Good. Hardcover. (1936), xix, 538pp, index. Extremities worn, covers dull, contents G. A history of Thomas Jefferson's eight years as president..

Indianapolis: Heritage House Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1987, 4to, 71pp, plus index. Wrps. VG+. From the introduction: "The will abstracts in this book are taken from the Will Books as found in the Clerk's Office of Jefferson County, Kentucky. The two hundred and forty wills included in this volume are abstracts from Will Book 3, arranged alphabetically by testator." Jefferson County, Kentucky was one of the three original counties, along with Fayette and Lincoln, taken from Kentucky County, Virginia in 1780. Louisville is the county seat. .

Bloomington: Indiana University Book. Good. Soft cover. pp41-47. Removed from INDIANA MAGAZINE OF HISTORY, Volume 40, No. 1, March, 1944. G. In report covers. The author's premise is that Jefferson, born into circumstances that normally should have led him to adopt the conservative philosophy, instead chose the liberal philosophy, as demonstrated time and again, by his decisions during a lifetime in politics..

Ashland: Jesse Stuart Foundation Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. (1988), xiii, 139pp, illustrated. Fine in Fine dj. This book is a bibliography and price guide, but it is far more than that. In addition to the detailed information about Stuart's books and their values, there are essays about Stuart's life and works in their historical and literary contexts. There is a section on the Jesse Stuart Foundation's resources and activities; and, other chapters delve into every aspect of the life and works of Jesse Stuart..

NY: McGraw Hill Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. (1984), xix, 548pp, index, illustrated. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. Inscribed, dated, and signed by the author. The biography of one of Kentucky's most beloved authors, Jesse Stuart..

NY: McGraw Hill Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. (1984), xix, 548pp, index, illustrated. Fine in Fine dj. The biography of one of Kentucky's most beloved authors, Jesse Stuart..

Springfield: Illinois Historical Society Book. Very Good. Soft cover. pp36-42. Removed from JOURNAL OF THE ILLINOIS STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Vol. XIX, October, 1926-January, 1927, Nos. 3-4. In plastic report covers. Some of the articles from this volume may contain a Xeroxed last page. Mrs. Weber was the long-time librarian for the Illinois State Historical Library, beginning in 1898..