Search Results: Titles starting with K from Legacy Books

Pittsburg: Kansas State College of Pittsburg Book. Good. Soft cover. 1970, 4to, iv, 30pp. Very light wear, else VG in plastic report covers. From the introduction: "Primarily to create an awareness of what these native and foster Kansans have accomplished, as well as to make easier the first steps into a study of their influence upon our culture, this bibliography has been prepared. Originally presented in chronological order in the Porter Library Bulletin, the primary works of these selected authors are now arranged in alphabetical order.".

1889, 12mo, 199pp. Extremities lightly worn, else G. Rader 2729. Includes these chapters: Battle Corners, an essay suggested by a visit to the battlefields of Prairie Grove, Pea Ridge, Wilson's Creek, etc.; Kansas Journalists - Men of '57; Jim Lane; The House of Bourbon; A Kansas Has-been; The Mennonites at Home; A Day with the Mennonites; The World a School; Books.

1889. Second Edition, 218pp, 12mo. Extremities lightly worn, else G. Rader 2729. Presentation copy inscribed, but NOT signed, by the author: "To John S. Gilmore/from the author/Welcome to Fredony/August 6, 1889." Includes these chapters: Battle Corners, an essay suggested by a visit to the battlefields of Prairie Grove, Pea Ridge, Wilson's Creek, etc.; Kansas Journalists - Men of '57; Jim Lane; The House of Bourbon; A Kansas Has-been; The Mennonites at Home; A Day with the Mennonites; The World a School; Books.

NY: Henry Harrison Publisher Book. Good. Hardcover. (1935), 207pp. Very light wear, else G+. Previous owner's inscription on first free endpaper..

Munchen: Carl Gerber Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1925, 12mo, xxxix, 220pp, plus 192 b&w plates. Stiff wrps. Light wear, else VG. Text in German. The Pinakothek in Munich is said to be one of the oldest art museums in the world. Includes extensive lists of artists and their works..

Dresden Book. Fair. Soft cover. 1896, 12mo, xvi, 336pp, index, illustrated. Wrps. Covers very soiled and worn, half inch of front cover fore edge missing, contents G. Thousands of the Gallery's holdings are listed. Text in German. Today, more than a hundred years since the publication of this catalogue, the Gemaldegalerie boasts one of the finest collections of 13th through 18th century European art..

New York: Hunt & Eaton Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. N.D., ca 1870s, small 8vo, 261pp, four full page b&w illustrations, artist not identified. head of the spine lightly dinged, light wear and soiling, first free endpaper neatly removed, else G+. Sub-titled : DESIGNED TO SHOW BROTHERS AND SISTER HOW TO RESPECT AND LOVE ONE ANOTHER. A scarce title. Emma Anne Georgiana Davenport (1819-1910) was a British novelist who published fourteen novels over a 26 year span almost all of which were children's books meant to teach. .

London: Adam and Charles Black Book. Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. 1905, xix, 301pp, index, with fifty two color and many b&w illustrations by Greenaway, many not heretofore seen by the public. Spine sunned, covers somewhat dull, extremities worn, contents G. A biography of Greenaway, illustrated with numerous examples of her work..

New York: The Viking Press Book. Very Good. Hardcover. (1976), large 8vo, 144pp, index, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. VG+ in VG+ dj. From the dj: "THE KATE GREENAWAY BOOK contains a short biography and selections from her best-known as well as little-known works: a collection of texts and pictures - some never even published before - charmingly arranged for readers of all ages to enjoy.".

Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company Book. Very Good. Hardcover. (1967), 4to, 319pp, bibliography, profusely illustrated in color and b&w by Kate Greenaway. VG in VG, price clipped dj..

New York: Miller Music Inc. Book. Good. Soft cover. (1939), 4to, 56pp, illustrated. Wrps. Neat tape repairs at backstrip, inner hinges neatly reinforced, else G. Includes words and music for fifteen songs, plus several photos of band members and others..

U. of Pittsburgh Press Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1941, a stated facsimile reprint of the first letterpress edition, xiv, 268pp, index, bibliography, illustrated. VG+ in VG+ dj. The story of river boating in the West before the invention of the steamboat, with chapters on the art of navigation, the boatmen, river pirates, immigrants, etc. From the dj: "The KEELBOAT AGE is a segment cut from the history of the frontier, emphasizing the overwhelming importance of river transportation in the development of the West. The rivers were great arteries carrying farther and farther in never ending flow, a stream of restless, vigorous people into a new land.".

Bowie: Heritage Books, Inc. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. (1993), a facsimile reprint of the 1938 edition, 4to, two volumes, xxxvi, 372; 373-786pp, 31 maps and 60 illustrations. Wrps. VG+. As I remember, this book has always been praised as one of the five or six indispensable genealogy sources for this region. From the preface by the President of the Southwest Virginia Historical Society which published the 1938 edition: "To those interested in pioneering days, and in foundation community history, Mr. Kegley's painstaking compilation will be highly interesting and will be invaluable as a reference work on the early movements to explore and settle the country and on the lives of the settlers as they became established in their pioneer homes and settlements. The Southwest Virginia Historical Society, as sponsor for the project, takes pleasure in offering the book to the public and recommends it as an historical work of importance based on original sources and reproducing many authentic… Read More

Chicago: Union Book Company Book. VG. Soft cover. 1901, pp25-36. 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: "Elihu Burritt, the 'Learned Blacksmith,' wrote two works of mingled description and economic observation in the British island, these being, A WALK FROM JOHN O'GROATS TO LAND'S END, and, WALKS IN THE BLACK COUNTRY AND ITS GREEN-BORDER LAND. It is from the 'Green Borderland,' section of the latter that we take the following description of two of England's most ancient castles.".

Louisville: Society of Colonial Wars, First Edition, 1932, 51pp, illustrated. Boards. Near Fine. Limited to 500cc. Coleman 1596: "A narrative of early Kentucky exploration written in Old English hexameter. The appendix lists members of the Society of Colonial Wars in Kentucky." Jillson, who was the official state geologist and the unofficial state historian wrote almost 100 books. In his foreword, he states he chose this poetic form because it captured the Elizabethan - the Colonial - period which, in this narrative ends in 1774. Includes the exploits of Daniel Boone and James Harrod.

Louisville: Filson Club Book. Good. Soft cover. pp231-259. Removed from FILSON CLUB HISTORY QUARTERLY, Vol 72, No. 3, July, 1998. VG. In report covers. May include a first or last copied page. Robert Worth Bingham was the founder of the Louisville Courier Journal newspaper empire..

Baltimore: Holt, Rinehart and Winston Book. VG+. Hardcover. (1986), 302pp, index. VG+. From the Foreword: "Kentucky was a classic breeder state, sending her children to newly opened areas where it was believed the prospects would be brighter. So pronounced was this propensity to move that in the antebellum period nearly one-third of all native-born Kentuckians were living out of state. Doubtless, many of those who moved were of the proverbial rolling-stone variety and put down shallow roots in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, or Missouri, and finally ended their days farther west.The information abstracted for this book comes from approximately 200 rare county histories and county atlases published between 1876 and 1916. The atlases often list patrons by name, birthplace, and year, and give the year they migrated to the county. Thus, post-civil War migrants, as well as early settlers are listed. In county histories the biographical information usually includes the date and county and state of birth of… Read More

Louisville: The Filson Club Book. Good. Soft cover. pp173-198. Removed from THE FILSON CLUB HISTORY QUARTERLY, Vol 23, No. 3, July, 1949. G. In report covers. Historical notes about the history of the college and biographical information about many eminent Kentuckians who attended. Given the location of the college and the time frame, the subject of slavery, pro and con, was one of the foremost topics of discussion..

Louisville: The Kentucky Genealogist Book. Good. Soft cover. Volume 23, Number 2, April/June, 1981, pp43-79. Wrps. VG. Includes: Lincoln County, KY, Deed Book A, 1781-1791; Madison County, KY, Order Book A, 1786-1791; Meriwether Family Cemetery, Jefferson County, KY; Pension Applications for War of 1812 Service; O'Bannon Cemetery, Jefferson County, KY; Plum Creek Baptist Cemetery, Spencer County, KY..

Frankfort: Kentucky Historical Society Journal. VG. Soft cover. 1990, 4to, pp206-268, index for Volume 25. Wrps. VG. Includes the following articles: Records from the Family Bibles of William Henry Harrison and Lula Harrison Paxton, by Albert G. McKey; Kentucky Ancestors in Pioneer Days-George Holeman in the 'Savage Wilderness,' 1776-87, by John Hale Stutesman; The Family of Fleming Smith and Prudence Bland Smith, by Merritt L. Page; The Thomas Kephart Family Revisited-Kephart Cemetery, Henry County, by Robert C. Jobson; Correcting the Record-Fenwick Burials in Union County, by Montague L. Powell; Some Residents of Virginia and Other 'Persons Chargeable with Tax' in Kentucky Counties, 1794-95, by Marian G. Hammers; Wilson Family Cemetery,Crittenden County, by Brenda Joyice Jerome; 'The Golden Wedding' of Three Read Brothers-Allen County, 1889, by W. P. Oliver; Roster of 'First Kentucky Ancestors' (continued from Volume 25, No. 3): Luke W. Watkins and Nancy Hopkins,… Read More