Resultados de búsqueda: Kansas from heytotobooks

Relatively Searching, Hamilton, KS (1991). Set of two softcover books, 434 pages total. Book I (Books A, A1, B, C & D 1856-1895). Book II (Books E, F and G 1895-1917). Both volumes include a Table of Contents and Name Index.
Greenwood County, in the southeast part of the state, is in a region featuring gently rolling plains and tallgrass prairie. Organized in 1862, this was one of the original 33 counties established by the legislature in 1855. It is named for Arkansas congressman and commissioner of Indian affairs, Alfred B. Greenwood. In 1861 Greenwood gained more land from the former Madison County.

New York, NY: Grosset & Dunlap (1906 reprint edition). Hardcover with yellow cloth boards, 369 pages. Dust jacket missing (if issued). Solidly bound. Ex-library copy, with the expected labels, markings, and wear. Covers age soiled; titles and decoration faded. Pages and endpapers toned. Illustrations by F. R. Gruger and W. Glackens.
ABOUT THE BOOK: [This is] a series of short stories about the goings on of White's small town (Emporia, Kansas) and the lives of its residents. Emporia, despite its size, had a fair number of interesting stories--from High Society, rich men and their affairs to the lives and deaths of its residents, including the "language" in which they speak (I particularly liked "Bill Parker is making his eighth biennial distribution of cigars today for a boy" (as opposed to "Mr and Mrs Parker had a baby boy).~~Amazon review
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: William Allen White (born Feb. 10, 1868, Emporia, Kansas, U.S.—died Jan. 29, 1944, Emporia) American journalist known as the "Sage of… Leer más

Lawrence, KS: Privately Printed by William E. Morris, Jr. (1st Edition, December 1906). Hardcover with red textured boards and black titles/illustration, 110 pages, heavy stock, cream-colored. No dust jacket was issued. Signed by the author on the Foreward page. Clean and unmarked, with a square, tight binding. llustrated throughout with original postcards, both color and black-and-white, mounted on individual pages with corners inserted into slits, as in a photograph album. Frontispiece photo is an original studio portrait of the author, mounted with glue, protected by tissue guard. Photo and postcards have left faint corresponding toned areas on pages opposite. Includes a Family Record starting in 1743 in North Wales, and Supplementary Notes. This is a deaccessioned museum copy. A rare book, lovely and unusual!
ABOUT THE BOOK: Privately printed in 1906 for relatives and friends of William E. Morris, Jr., Lawrence, Kansas. Not numbered, but likely not many printed. The book is a daily account of… Leer más

THE JAYHAWKER: A RECORD OF EVENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS FOR THE YEAR NINETEEN SIXTEEN (1916). THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, NOT A REPRINT. Edited by the Senior Class of the University of Kansas (Lawrence, Kansas). E. Marion Johnson, The Editor; Ross E. Busenbark, The Manager. Designed, printed and bound by the Union Bank Note Company, Kansas City, Missouri. Engravings by Burger Engraving Co., Kansas City, Missouri. Large, heavy hardcover with leather-covered boards and gilt titles, 420 pages, plus an additional 46 pages of great advertisements at the end. Boards ink and moisture stained, with edge wear. Hinges cracked. Spine has been taped with black quarter binding. Binding weak. Clean and unmarked.

Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing (1st Edition, 2011). Like new trade paperback, 126 pages.

Boston: Crosby, Nichols and Company (Stated 3rd Edition, 1856, same year as 1st Edition). 366 pages, with 6 pages of publisher ads. Boards and backstrip missing, but the solidly bound text block has been protected with museum conservation techniques. Book was formerly held in a regional museum. Original tissue guard is in place to protect the frontispiece; tissue guard is foxed. FFEP is age toned. Text is clean and unmarked; slight lean to the spine. This copy is still very useful as a reading copy.
About the book: An interesting account of life in the early settlement of Kansas. The author wrote this book during a three months' residence in the United States Camp, at Lecompton, with her husband, one of the state prisoners. She saw death by sickness, devastation by burning homes, death by murder or by mistreatment of the people by the governments troops and more.
About the author: Sara Tappan Doolittle Robinson (née Lawrence) (July 12, 1827 – November 15, 1912) was a US writer and historian. She… Leer más

Calvin W. Gower, "Kansas Territory and the Pike's Peak Gold Rush," unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Kansas, 1958. Professionally bound hardcover with black boards, white titles, onion skin paper, 335 pages. No dust jacket, as issued. Clean and unmarked, with a square, tight binding. Includes two maps: 1) The Gold Fields, 2) Routes to the Gold Regions of Colorado, 1859.
ABOUT THE BOOK: The Pike's Peak gold rush was usually considered as a part of early Colorado history rather than as a phase of Kansas territorial history. However, the gold rush was undoubtedly one of the major events in the history of Kansas Territory in 1859 and 1860.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Calvin W. Gower (1926-2014) was born in Delta, Colorado on November 14, 1926 and moved to Grand Junction, which he considered his home town, in 1927. He graduated from high school in Grand Junction Colorado, attended Mesa College in Grand Junction, he received his BA degree from Western State College in Greeley Colorado, his master's… Leer más

Fairfax, VA: Self Published (1st Edition, April 1999). Hardcover, 109 pages.
About the Book: The Kramer family was one of the German immigrant families that settled on the absentee Shawnee Indian lands in Douglas County, Kansas, in 1864. Tracing and documenting the movement of this family from Württemberg in southwest Germany to the Iowa frontier, to western Missouri, and then to eastern Kansas was a challenging task for the author.
About the Author: Helen McShane Bailey (1916-2013) was born in Kansas and grew up in Colorado. In 1941, she became a "government girl" and moved to Washington, DC where she worked for General George C. Marshall in the US Army Office of the Chief of Staff. From 1941-1945, she was the Head of the Records Section in the War Department. From 1945 to 1948, she was an historian for the US Army, writing and editing the US Army's official history series of World War II. From 1958 to 1959, she was a research assistant for the George C. Marshall Research Foundation. From 1968… Leer más

Topeka, KS: Kansas State Historical Society (Sections reprinted from Kansas History: A Journal of the Central Plains, 1989). Staplebound, magazine format, 44 pages. Part I of the Fitch letters was published in the spring 1989 issue of Kansas History; Part II was published in the summer 1989 issue. Protected by museum binder (see our photos). Clean and unmarked; stapled binding intact. Pristine copy.
ABOUT THE LETTERS OF EDWARD AND SARAH FITCH: A collection of little-known letters from a couple who were on the frontlines of the anti-slavery movement leading up to the Civil War. They were in Lawrence, Kansas when William Quantrill and his raiders burned the town, killing more than 180 defenseless civilians. After Part I of the Fitch letters was published in the spring 1989 issue of Kansas History, approximately 100 additonal letters were discovered by a descendant of the Fitch family and were published as Part II in the summer 1989 issue.
ABOUT THE EDITOR: John M. Peterson, a native of Logan County,… Leer más

ABOUT THE BOOK: A childhood on the Kansas prairies in the 1930s springs vividly to life in the detailed memories of Gail Martin. Her simple accounts of long ago school days, celebrations and family life are a treasure. Travel back in time to life in the Flint Hills during the Great Depression, and the time leading up to World War II. The memories include her father's work in the oil field, trips to town in the family's Model A, raising a pet badger, fishing on the Cottonwood River and wearing dresses made from feed sack material. The book also explores her family's role in early Kansas history with details of covered wagons, homesteading, the Civil War and fledgling industries. Follow the Tower, Vining and McGhee family from Tyro to Teterville to Eureka.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Gail Lee Martin (1924-2013) was Kansas Authors Club State Archivist from 1995-2005. She joined Kansas Authors Club in 1992 and was a member of District 5. Martin enjoyed writing fiction, nonfiction, stories for children, journalism,… Leer más

New York: Harper & Brothers (Presumed 1st Edition, September 1920). Pictorial ecru softcover with sewn binding, 72 pages. Edges of wraps extend about 1/4" beyond text block, resulting in missing portions, small chips and closed tears; spine extremities eroded. Text unmarked; first 2 signatures pulling away from stitching. Faint pencil marks on back cover. Illustrations by Justin C. Gruelle.

ABOUT THE BOOK: Beautiful short book about a preacher and his sister, a man and his mother, a small town in Kansas.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Kansas author Margaret Hill McCarter (1860-1938) became well known during the early 20th century for her novels set against a background of the Kansas Prairies. McCarter began her writing career in 1901. Her early works included The Cottonwood's Story, 1903; CUDDY'S BABY, 1907; In Old Quivira, 1908; Cuddy and Other Stories, 1908. In 1909 she wrote The Price of the Prairie, which dealt with settlers in post-Civil War Kansas and A Wall of Man, portraying the struggle between… Leer más

Chicago: A. C. McClurg (Stated 30th Edition, 1919; first published September 1911). Softcover with stiff boards, glued binding, 91 pages. Original gift box is missing. Book is clean and unmarked. Sewn binding is extremely loose; front wrap and FFEP detached; significant portions of the back strip missing. The wraps extend beyond the text block by about 1/4", making the edges vulnerable to damage without the original box: the edges are chipped and worn; corners have chipped off; damage to spine extremities.

ABOUT THE BOOK: THE PEACE OF THE SOLOMON VALLEY is a love story told in letters among the members of two families, one based in New York City, the other living in the Solomon Valley area of Kansas. The two heads of the families were childhood friends and top-ranking Yale classmates who continued their close association beyond college despite choosing such different life paths. (Goodreads review)

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Kansas author Margaret Hill McCarter (1860-1938) became well known during the… Leer más

Chicago: A. C. McClurg (Stated 32nd Edition, 1921; first published September 1911). Softcover with stiff boards, glued binding, 91 pages. Original gift box is missing. Clean and unmarked, with a square, tight binding. The wraps extend beyond the text block by about 1/4", making the edges vulnerable to damage without the original box: the edges are chipped and cracked in sections, with a few closed tears; corners have chipped off; damage to spine extremities; a closed 1-1/2" split at the top of the spine in front. Text block and binding intact; no loose pages.

ABOUT THE BOOK: THE PEACE OF THE SOLOMON VALLEY is a love story told in letters among the members of two families, one based in New York City, the other living in the Solomon Valley area of Kansas. The two heads of the families were childhood friends and top-ranking Yale classmates who continued their close association beyond college despite choosing such different life paths. (Goodreads review) EXCERPT: Dear Dan: The newspaper you sent last… Leer más

Chicago: A. C. McClurg (Stated 5th Edition, November 25, 1911; first published September 1911). Softcover with stiff boards, glued binding, original gift box, 91 pages. A copy in amazing condition! Clean and unmarked, with a square, tight binding. The book is in pristine condition. It's rare for the gift boxes of these editions to have survived--this one is lightly scuffed on top, with wear to the edges, a closed tear on one of the side panels, closed tears at both top corners, age soiling to the bottom.

ABOUT THE BOOK: THE PEACE OF THE SOLOMON VALLEY is a love story told in letters among the members of two families, one based in New York City, the other living in the Solomon Valley area of Kansas. The two heads of the families were childhood friends and top-ranking Yale classmates who continued their close association beyond college despite choosing such different life paths. (Goodreads review) EXCERPT: Dear Dan: The newspaper you sent last week was almost like a letter from you, because it was… Leer más

A Personal Glimpse of William Allen White. El Dorado, KS: The Butler County Historical Society (1st Printing, 1983). Staplebound softcover pamphlet, 8 pages. Like new condition.

Chicago: Chapman Publishing Company (1st Edition, 1899). Tooled leather hardcover with gilt title and decoration, gilt top and fore edges, 845 pages. Book is housed in an archival museum box. Sewn binding of text block extremely weak. Backstrip of spine missing. Boards have separated from the binding. The leather covers are heavily worn, with sections along the spine, edges, and corners worn through to the cardboard. FFEP laid in; heavily chipped and torn along the edges; previous owner's small address sticker affixed. There are numerous pages with chipping and small closed tears along the edges and old tape repairs.
ABOUT THE BOOK: Excerpt: Coming generations will appreciate this volume and preserve it as a sacred treasure, from the fact that it contains so much that would never find its way into public records, and which would otherwise be inaccessible. Great care has been taken in the compilation of the work, and'every opportunity possible given to those represented to insure correctness in what… Leer más

Kansas City Star Books (Stated 1st Edition, 2010). HARDCOVER. No dust jacket issued. Like new condition: clean, unmarked, binding tight. Gift quality.
ABOUT THE BOOK: In her brief life, Mary White's spunk and spirit left their mark on her hometown. After she died in a riding accident, her father poured his heart and his renowned storytelling skills into a loving essay that left its mark on American literature. William Allen White was a small-town newspaper editor with a national reputation as an author. Because of the compelling and often reprinted article he wrote about his daughter s life and untimely death, Mary White like Peter Pan has stayed forever young and alive. Using White s essay as a framework, author Beverley Buller tells about the life of Mary White in A Prairie Peter Pan: The Story of Mary White.. Buller is also author of a book about White's life, From Emporia: The Story of William Allen White, published in 2007.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Born and raised in Winfield, Kansas, Beverley Olson… Leer más

Baldwin City, KS: Telegraphics (1st Edition, 1975). Hardcover with gold cloth boards, black titles,193 pages. Dust jacket is now protected by clear mylar cover, but shows edgewear, rubbing to the spine, erosion to spine extremities, and a couple of jagged, closed tears to the back flap and back cover (1-1/2" and 3" respectively) (the one on the back cover has been repaired on both sides with regular scotch tape). Book itself is in beautiful condition: clean and unmarked, with a square, tight binding.
ABOUT THE BOOK: An invaluable book that preserves some of the history and memories of an earlier era of education and way of life in our country. Each school discussed has a line drawing of the schoolhouse and typically 2 - 3 pages of history on each one. 83 separate schools are covered in 193 pages. Sketches by the author.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Goldenbelle "Goldie" Piper Daniels was born in 1890 on a farm on the old California Road in Douglas County, Kansas, where her parents settled in 1885.… Leer más

~~FLAT SIGNED BY AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR ON 2ND FFEP VERSO~~
Baldwin City, KS: Telegraphics (1st Edition, 1975). Hardcover with gold cloth boards, black titles,193 pages. Dust jacket is lightly scuffed, with minor chipping at head of spine. Book itself is in beautiful condition: clean and unmarked, with a square, tight binding.
ABOUT THE BOOK: An invaluable book that preserves some of the history and memories of an earlier era of education and way of life in our country. Each school discussed has a line drawing of the schoolhouse and typically 2 - 3 pages of history on each one. 83 separate schools are covered in 193 pages. Sketches by the author.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Goldenbelle "Goldie" Piper Daniels was born in 1890 on a farm on the old California Road in Douglas County, Kansas, where her parents settled in 1885. She attended a one-room Douglas County rural school and lived in Douglas County her entire life. She began work on this book at age 78 and completed it in 1975. She died in 1980.

Topeka, KS: W. Y. Morgan (1st Edition, 1899). Paper wrap covers, side stapled, 96 pages. Covers show wear, with small chips and tears to edges and corners. Illustration and lettering remain bright. Text block tight and solid. Covers have been re-attached with book tape and hinges reinforced with archival document tape. Pages are lightly toned; clean and unmarked.
ABOUT THE BOOK: Hard to find regimental history. "The Fighting Twentieth": History and Official Souvenir of the Twentieth Kansas Regiment. Publication authorized by the executive committee of the non-partisan reception committee appointed by Governor Stanley from the state at large. (Kansas Governor William Stanley) The 20th Kansas Volunteer Infantry was formed during the Spanish American War, but saw the majority of service in the theater of war during the Philippine American War. It was during this latter war that the unit gained fame, fighting in the Philippines.