Search Results: Titles starting with S from Legacy Books

Washington, D.C.: Society for American Archaeology Book. Very Good. Soft cover. pp64-86, illustrated. Removed from AMERICAN ANTIQUITY, JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY, Volume 47, Number 1, January, 1982. VG. In report covers. May include a first or last copied page. Synopsis: "This paper examines the development of social differentiation and simple decision-making organizations in the Mogollon region of the prehistoric American southwest. The authors suggest that intensifying managerial problems associated with the transition to sedentism may have selected for suprahousehold sociopolitical organizations. Based on cross-cultural data, a set of theoretical expectations concerning social differentiation and leadership development is formulated which focuses on regularities in the regional settlement pattern and intrasettlement distribution of architectural features and material goods. These expectations are then used to generate a set of propositions which are evaluated… Read More

Washington, D.C.: GPO Magazine. Very Good. Soft cover. pp269-305, numerous 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. There is obviously a lot more that is happening when a bird flies than just a flapping of the wings. That's the part we see. But this very interesting article describes in detail all the factors that actually enable birds to even be able to fly, such as lift, weight, measurements, angles, proportion, position, and the structural elements of the wings, among others. .

Stamford: Longmeadow Press Book. Good. Hardcover. (1992), xxvi, 322pp. Extremities worn, moderate wear and soiling, else G. See Six-Guns and Saddle Leather #337. Ramon Adams says this book has remained very popular both in the United States and in England, notwithstanding that it is largely folklore and belongs on the fiction shelves. So if you want an exciting read and aren't a stickler for facts, this may be your book..

Louisville: Standard Printing Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1938, xv, 46pp, bibliography. Bound in boards with an unusual slick finish. Limited to 300cc. Near Fine. Coleman 1983: "An account of the discovery, early surveys, and regional geology of this famous clastic of the Upper Mississippi Valley coupled with an outline of its stratigraphic correlatives in Kentucky; with notes on the oil and gas possibilities." The author had served as the state geologist for Kentucky. He was the author of numerous books on geology, bibliography, and the history of Kentucky..

U. of IL Press Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. (1981). First Edition, xiii, 310pp, index, bibliography, illustrated..

NY: G. Schirmer Book. Good. Soft cover. (1881), Sheet Music, large 4to, 15pp. Printed wrps. Minor tape repair at spine, occasional light foxing, else G..

Chicago: Union Book Company Book. VG. Soft cover. 1901, pp183-193, illustrated (generally only 1 or 2). 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: "J.Ross Browne, author of YUSEF, CRUSOE'S ISLAND, THE LAND OF THOR, etc., is well-known for the humorous vein of many of his productions. Such is the case with AN AMERICAN FAMILY IN GERMANY, from which we make the following selection. It is at once humorous and instructive. The extract given, however, is simply descriptive, having too much of interest in itself to need any adventitious aid. The mine described may serve in a measure as an artificial counterpart to our natural Mammoth Cave. Descent into the mine was made by means of a long rope with canvas straps for seats. There is a stairway cut in solid rock-salt but it is wet and slippery and the rope is usually chosen in preference.".

New York: G. Schirmer Book. Good. Soft cover. (1870), Sheet Music, large 4to, 11pp. Printed wrps. Tape repair to spine, else G..

Munich-Vienna: Wilhelm Andermann Verlag Book. Very Good. Hardcover. (1961), 64pp, twenty eight color plates by Carl Pospesch tipped in. VG in VG dj. Although Salzburg, Austria, is known primarily for its music festivals, which draw visitors from around the world to enjoy Mozart's music, it is also a town with an ancient culture and tradition..

New York: The Macmillan Company Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. (1968), 871pp. About a quarter inch of the bottom corner of the front cover gnawed away, else G. Lyndon Johnson, (1908-1973), was the 36th President of the United States..

New York: The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record Book. Good. Soft cover. Removed from THE NEW YORK GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD Vol. XVIII, Jan. 1887, pp1-13, portrait of Provoost. VG in plastic report cover. An address to the Genealogical and Biographical Society. Samuel Provoost, 1742-1815, was the first Protestant Episcopal Bishop of New York, consecrated in 1787. He sympathized with the American Revolution, and after it was over, helped in organizing the Protestant Episcopal church. He was chosen a regent of the University of the State of New York (1784), and was named chaplain to Congress (1785) and to the U.S. Senate (1789). .

New York: The Macmillan Company Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1934, xiv, 436pp, index, illustrated, bibliography. VG in G, lightly chipped, spine darkened dj. From the dj: "In this biography, Mr. Bryant shows the true personality and the important activities of Samuel Pepys, clarified and dramatized, and yet essentially as he revealed them. the author has had the advantage of working from original sources, having also at his disposal the papers of the late Dr. H. B. Wheatley and the late Dr. Jr. R. Tanner, the two foremost Pepysian scholars of this century; hence it may be claimed that this book will prove to be the definitive biography of Samuel Pepys.".

Secaucus: Castle Book. VG+. Hardcover. (1985), 4to, xxvi, 549pp, well-illustrated. VG+ in VG DJ. From the DJ: "Here is the most comprehensive reference work on Western American Art ever published. This ambitious and unique book features over 1700 concise and detailed biographies of painters, illustrators, and sculptors who fell under the spell of the American West. The entries -- alphabetically arranged for quick reference-- range from the earliest known European Artist-Explorers, to the contemporary artists at work by 1950. Every category of Western Artist is represented: the special newspaper correspondents, the scientists and survey topographers, the genre recorders, cowboy artists, and nostalgia painters, magazine and book illustrators, print makers, modernists and many others." A heavy volume which will require additional shipping charges..

NY: Stein and Day Book. Good. Hardcover. (1971), 316pp, index, illustrated, extensive bibliography. G+. An hourly account of the events of April 17 -21, 1906, with first hand experiences of many eyewitnesses..

San Jose Centennial. Association. Book. Good. Soft cover. 1958, 4to, 48pp, illustrated. Wrps. G. A brief history of San Jose, Illinois..

New York: The Century Co. Book. Fair. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1905, 312pp, illustrated. Covers rubbed and soiled, book is slightly cocked, contents G, reading copy. By the author of MRS. WIGGS OF THE CABBAGE PATCH. Sandy is a penniless Scottish lad who is adopted by kindly Judge Hollis of Clayton, Kentucky..

New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons Book. Good. Hardcover. 1938, 12mo, 65pp, with drawings by Nils Hogner. Moderate wear and soiling, else G. Apparently written for a juvenile audience. A description of a typical wagon train trek over the Santa Fe Trail..

New York: Random House Book. Good. Hardcover. (1946), 271pp, profusely illustrated. Section of rear pastedown torn away, extremities worn, rear inner hinge reinforced, else G. The story of the westward course of empire over the 800 mile Santa Fe Trail which began at Independence, Misouri. What it was then and what it has become today: a highway of steel and concrete, overshadowed by the great cities of the southwest..

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1891. First Edition, small 8vo, 294pp, plus 36pp publisher's catalogue. Extremities lightly worn, else VG. Includes these stories: A SAPPHO OF GREEN SPRINGS; THE CHATELAINE OF BURNT RIDGE; THROUGH THE SANTA CLARA WHEAT; A MAECENAS OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE. Francis Bret Harte, (1836 - 1902), was an American short story writer and poet, best remembered for his short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. He was one of the early exponents of local color in short stories. .

Hopkinsville: Bethel Woman's College Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1939-1951, ten issues, about 30 pages each, not published during the war years, Volumes One through 10, 4to, bound with their original wrappers, in sturdy buckram binding. VG. Includes membership rolls of the sororities and literary offerings. A publication of Bethel Woman's College, Hopkinsville, Kentucky..