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Kentucky Historical Society, Frankfort (1st Printing, 1997). Stapled softcover, 23pp, illustrated wraps. Clean and unmarked, colors bright, binding intact. About the pamphlet: The State of Kentucky played an important role in the life of Abraham Lincoln. To note that Kentucky was merely the birthplace of Lincoln overlooks the significant influence this state had on Lincoln's journey to… Saber más sobre este artículo

~~INSCRIPTION BY AUTHOR DATED 1985 ON TITLE PAGE~~ Lexington, KY: The Rayburn Press (1st Edition, 1985). Handsome hardcover with blue boards/gilt titles, 175 pages. Dust jacket shows shelf and edge wear; small orange price sticker on back. Book itself is in very good condition: clean and unmarked, with a square, tight binding. PLEASE NOTE: Photo makes it appear that… Saber más sobre este artículo

Lexington, KY: The Rayburn Press (1st Edition, 1985). Handsome hardcover with blue boards/gilt titles, 175 pages. Dust jacket shows shelf and edge wear; price clipped. Book itself is in like new condition: clean and unmarked, with a square, tight binding. ABOUT THE BOOK: For anyone wishing to savor the unique quality of Bluegrass life from the late 18th cent;ury through the… Saber más sobre este artículo

Lexington, KY: Richard S. DeCamp (1969). Staple-bound pamphlet, 20 pages. Like new condition. ABOUT THE BOOK AND AUTHOR: Bettye Lee Mastin was a reporter on architecture in the Bluegrass. She spent her career informing Kentuckians about their remarkable heritage and built environment. Her writing helped lead to the preservation of many historic structures in the region. Born in Midway and raised… Saber más sobre este artículo

~~PERSONAL INSCRIPTIONS BY JOHN JACOB NILES (1965) AND BY HIS WIFE RENA NILES (1991), BOTH TO MIRIAM WOOLFOLK, KENTUCKY ARTIST AND POET~~ Houghton Mifflin/The Riverside Press (Stated 1st Printing, 1961). Hardcover with green boards. Dust jacket flaps have been removed and taped to ffep verso; folded poster for a John Jacob Niles Benefit Concert at the University of Kentucky Art Museum… Saber más sobre este artículo

Louisville, KY: Merrick Printing Co. (1st Edition, 1994). Oversized paperback, 53 pages. Ex-library copy, with the expected labels, markings, and wear. Stapled binding intact. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: James E. Wallace is a native of Louisville, Kentucky, and was the Assistant Director of the Kentucky Historical Society. He graduated from Morehead State University in 1980 and received his Master of Arts degree… Saber más sobre este artículo

Frankfort, KY: Kentucky Historical Society (Vol. 7, No. 2, October 1971). Single-issue magazine, staplebound. Published quarterly. Mailing label on back cover, but otherwise clean and unmarked. Stapled binding intact. ABOUT THE JOURNAL: Kentucky Ancestors has been published quarterly by the Kentucky Historical Society since 1965. It features a wide range of article… Saber más sobre este artículo

Frankfort, KY: Kentucky Historical Society (Vol. 6, No. 3, January 1971). Single-issue magazine, staplebound. Published quarterly. Some yellowing around edges of covers. Mailing label on back cover, but otherwise clean and unmarked. Stapled binding intact. ABOUT THE JOURNAL: Kentucky Ancestors has been published quarterly by the Kentucky Historical Society since 1965. … Saber más sobre este artículo

Frankfort, KY: Kentucky Historical Society (Vol. 6, No. 2, October 1970). Single-issue magazine, staplebound. Published quarterly. Some yellowing around edges of covers; some chipping and small tears to the covers. Mailing label on back cover, but otherwise clean and unmarked. Stapled binding intact. ABOUT THE JOURNAL: Kentucky Ancestors has been published quarterly… Saber más sobre este artículo

Frankfort, KY: Kentucky Historical Society (Vol. 3, No. 1, July 1967). Single-issue magazine, staplebound. Published quarterly. Some yellowing around edges of covers. Mailing label on back cover, but otherwise clean and unmarked. Stapled binding intact. ABOUT THE JOURNAL: Kentucky Ancestors has been published quarterly by the Kentucky Historical Society since 1965. … Saber más sobre este artículo

Frankfort, KY: Kentucky Historical Society (Vol. 2, No. 1, July 1966). Single-issue magazine, staplebound. Published quarterly. Some yellowing along the spine. Mailing label on back cover, but otherwise clean and unmarked. A few open and closed tears along the top edge of the back cover. Stapled binding intact. ABOUT THE JOURNAL: … Saber más sobre este artículo

Lexington, KY: The Blood-Horse (1st Edition, 125th Anniversary Edition, May 1, 1999). Single-issue souvenir magazine of the 125th Kentucky Derby. Clean and unmarked, binding tight. Appears unread.

Georgetown, KY: Ann Bevins (Stated 4th Printing, 2005). Like new hardcover and dust jacket, 319 pages. The only indications that this is the 4th Printing are on the front of the dust jacket and a 2005 quote from the author on the back of the dust jacket. The publication page of the book shows 3rd Printing, Revised 1989. ABOUT THE… Saber más sobre este artículo

Larkspur Press, Monterey, KY (1st Edition, 1999). #104 of 150 copies. Flat signed by both authors on title page. Hardcover with dust jacket. Dust jacket shows very little wear; minute closed tear at top of back cover. Book is clean and unmarked; the binding is tight. ABOUT THE BOOK: Aunt Betty's stories retold: The wise and colorful old Irishman James… Saber más sobre este artículo

Paris, KY: Edna Talbott Whitley (1st Edition, 1969). Softcover in protective clear plastic sleeve, 146 pages. Ex-library reference (not circulated), with the expected labels, markings, and wear. Spine is faded, with remains of old clear tape used to reinforce. Inner hinges have been reinforced with clear tape that has yellowed with age. This is the 1st Edition of A CHECKLIST… Saber más sobre este artículo

~~PERSONAL INSCRIPTION BY AUTHOR~~ San Francisco: North Point Press (1st Paperback Edition, 1982). Paperback with cream boards and stiff green dust jacket, 60 pages. Clean and unmarked, with a square, tight binding. Light crease (superficial) at middle of top edge of dust jacket. THE WHEEL is WENDELL BERRY'S eighth collection of poetry. It is a book of elegies, of… Saber más sobre este artículo

San Francisco: North Point Press (1st Printing, 1982). Small hardcover with dust jacket, both in very good+ condition, 60 pages. Light fingerprint smudging from use on covers of dust jacket. No chips or tears. Previous owner's name has been covered with white-out on FFEP. THE WHEEL is WENDELL BERRY'S eighth collection of poetry. … Saber más sobre este artículo

~~FLAT SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON FFEP~~ Cincinnati: The W. H. Anderson Company (1st edition, 1963). Black leatherette boards with blind-stamped outline map and state seal of Kentucky, gilt lettering, 121 pages. Ex-library, with the expected markings and card pocket. Card pocket overlaps the original library bookplate. Covers and spine show very little wear. Binding is sound; spine is straight. Pages… Saber más sobre este artículo

Lexington, KY: The Blue Grass Trust for Historic Preservation (2nd Revised Edition, 1988). Softcover booklet, staplebound, 23 pages. Pages lightly toned; clean and unmarked. Stapled binding intact. No chips, tears, or creases. Slight fading the length of the spine. About the item: The Foundation for the Preservation of Historic Lexington and Fayette County was formed in April, 1955, after… Saber más sobre este artículo

Lexington, Kentucky: Privately Printed (1st Edition, 1966). Seven-page staple-bound pamphlet with red covers. Like new condition. When "Miss Belle" Breezing died, Time magazine devoted practically all of its obituary column to the passing of the "famed Lexington, Kentucky proprietress of the most orderly of disorderly houses." In this pamphlet, William H. Townsend recounts the story of his visit to Madam… Saber más sobre este artículo