Search Results: Titles starting with Y from Legacy Books

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1934, xii, 345pp, illustrated. Light wear, else G. A gathering of yachting adventures, literary efforts, pictorial shots, statistics, events, and developments for the year 1934. The first in the series..

New York: St. Martin's Press Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. (1991), large 8vo, xii, 356pp, illustrated, bibliography. VG+ in VG+ dj. A compilation of material that appeared in the weekly magazine from 1941 through 1945, and featured some of the great war correspondents and cartoonists..

Washington, D.C.: Society for American Archaeology Book. Very Good. Soft cover. pp909-916. Removed from AMERICAN ANTIQUITY, JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY, Volume 46, Number 4, October, 1981. VG. In report covers. May include a first or last copied page. Synopsis: "The Larson-Gibson dispute is essentially an ontological argument which pits the materialist's view of reality against that of the idealist. This dispute is compared to a similar one between Harris (1971, 1974, 1977, 1979) and Lizot (1977) concerning the explanation of Yanomamo warfare in South America. Following this, the basic material conditions of Mississippian warfare are suggested.".

Louiisville: John P. Morton & Company Book. Good. Hardcover. 1896, xii, 286pp, Moderate wear and soiling, else G. Coleman #3142: "Yearbook of the society, listing Revolutionary soldiers (and their pensions) in Kentucky, and roll of members, with biographical sketches and list of bounty recipients whose lands were in Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio.".

The Society Book. Good. Soft cover. 1891, xxvii, 148pp. Self wrps. Moderate soiling, minor tape repair at the bottom of the spine, else G. Includes the listing of hundreds of members and the names of their ancestors with details of military service, and portraits of many of the ancestors. The District of Columbia Society, Sons of the American Revolution, was organized April 11, 1890 and in 1891 was one of the largest and strongest of the association of descendants of the patriots of the Revolution. .

Louisville: Geo. G. Fetter Company Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1914, 83pp, moderate wear, else G+. Coleman #3156. Includes a history of the society, a biographical sketch of R. C. Ballard Thruston, lists of living and deceased members and their ancestors, and chronological and alphabetical lists of battles and actions during the Revolutionary War. .

Kansas City: Union Bank Note Company Book. Good. Hardcover. (1918), folio, 160pp, plus about 60pp ads, profusely illustrated with photos, drawings. Several ads neatly removed from about eight leaves in the advertisement section, extremities worn, small gouge in backstrip, else clean tight, fairly bright, G+. At the outset of WWI, steps were taken to organize training camps to prepare medical officers for their duties with the troops in the field. The camp at Fort Riley was established on June 1, 1917. Numerous group photos of hundreds of companies with name, rank and place of residence..

N.P., [Louisville], Book. Very Good. Hardcover. (1922), 154pp, index, illustrated. Light wear, else VG. Coleman 3143. History and organization of the society, with biographical sketches of members. Also has a Roll of Ancestors with services and their descendants who are members, and a Calendar of the warrants for land in Kentucky, granted for service in the French and Indian War..

Washington, D.C.: GPO Book. Good. Soft cover. 1932, iv, 975pp, index, profusely illustrated. Extremities worn, else G. Includes: The Year in Agriculture; What's New in Agriculture; Farm Mechanization; Our Land Use Problem; Farm Data in 1930 Census; How to Use Farm Credit; New Uses for Farm Products; Fertilizer Developments; Living Standards on the Farm; Agricultural Statistics..

Boston: Manthorne & Burack Inc. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. (1944), 46pp. VG in lightly sunned, G+ dj. Mildred Telford Barnwell, (1891-1955), lived in Louisville. This seems to be her only book of poetry. Written in 1944, many the poems touch on the lives of individuals struggling with the consequences of WWII..

NY: McGraw-Hill Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. (1973) x, 178pp. VG+ in G+ dj. Inscribed and signed by the author, with the previous owner's name and the date written by her father, Kentucky author, Jesse Stuart, with a short note from him clarifying that he has written the name and date. This, the author's first novel, is a collection of character sketches revolving around Yellowhawk Elementary School located in the mountains of northeastern Kentucky..

[Lexington]: University of Kentucky Press Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. (1966), xx, 163pp. Lightly worn, else G+ in G lightly chipped price-clipped dj. With a foreword by the late, noted Kentucky author and environmentalist, Harry Caudill. The Appalachian Mountain range, the oldest in the United States, extends from Canada 1500 miles to central Alabama. It includes the White Mountain range of New Hampshire, the Green Mountains of Vermont, the Alleghenies, the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Black Mountains, and the Great Smokies. The author, a Presbyterian minister, who lived in West Virginia for many years, focuses on the folks who live in the southern Appalachian regions, and describes their ways of thinking and acting, which seem more reminiscent of another century than of our own..

Washington, D.C.: GPO Magazine. Very Good. Soft cover. pp235-247, drawings. Removed from ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1921. VG. In plastic report covers. "The geological evidence is such as to justify anyone in concluding that the material of at least the outer portion of the earth has moved from place to place during past geological periods. Material that must have been laid down in the form of sediments in shallow oceanic waters, as is evidenced by the presence of sea-shell fossils, is now above sea level, in some cases to the extent of many thousands of feet. Sedimentary rocks, which must have been laid down in horizontal or nearly horizontal strata, are now much curved and distorted. There could be cited many cases to show that strata have not only moved in elevation but also horizontally. What has caused these movements is one of the outstanding problems in geophysics and geology." .

New York,: The McClure Company Book. Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 1908, 138pp. TEG. Extremities lightly worn, much of the label on the front cover is missing, possibly due to insecting, else G. Inscribed and signed by the author. Another of the author's poetic dramas, this one being performed as an opera; but like the others, it soon lost favor with the public, due to being eclipsed by "commercial" theater, according to Rice. See William S Ward, A LITERARY HISTORY OF KENTUCKY..

New York: A. S. Barnes and Co. Book. Good. Hardcover. (1970), folio, 395pp, index, bibliography, profusely illustrated with photos and contemporary prints. G+ in G, lightly chipped and sunned dj. Sub-titled: The story of the Iron Horse and Some of the Roads It Travelled. A large, heavy volume; will require the shipping charges for two books..

New York: Simon and Schuster Publishers Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1931, 16mo, 56pp, four illustrations. Light wear, else G+. Cantor was a very popular comedian and singer of his day. He wrote several books trying to find some humor in the stock market crash of 1929 and the Great Depression that followed. For example he dedicates this book "To Every Person Who Has a Dollar Left." Unfortunately, there was not a great deal of humor to be found in those circumstances..

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1939, xvii, 434pp, index, illustrated. G+ in fair only dj with a few open tears. Sub-titled: Including an Original Study of The Inheritance of Musical Talent. According to the dust jacket, this is the first comprehensive modern-day book on human heredity written expressly for the layman. Everything known about the inheritance of features, diseases and defects, intelligence, crime, personality, sexual characteristics and racial differences of interest to man is presented..

Louisville.: The Filson Club Book. Good. Soft cover. pp285-315, removed from THE FILSON CLUB HISTORY QUARTERLY, Volume 38, No. 4, October, 1964. In report covers.d G. May include a first or last copied page. The Breckinridges were an illustrious Kentucky family, Joseph being involved in politics and the Presbyterian Church. His son, John, served as Vice President of the United States, a Senator, major general, and Confederate secretary of war, but lost the 1860 presidential election to another Kentuckian, Abraham Lincoln..

New York : Harper & Brothers Book. VG. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1892. First Edition, small 8vo, 258pp, plus publisher's ads, illustrated with eleven full-page drawings. Light wear, else VG. Includes twelve other short stories in addition to the title story..

New York: Broadway Music Corporation Book. Very Good. Soft cover. (1923). Sheet Music, 6pp, pictorial cover. G. Haven Gillespie, born in Covington, Kentucky, in 1888, wrote some memorable songs; among them, Santa Claus is Coming to Town, Sleepy Time Gal, That Lucky Old Sun, and I'm In Love With You Honey..