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Davis, Clyde L. . A KANSAN AT LARGE
Forest Hills 1924 1st Bernice Carter Davis. Hardcover. Small octavo, 143pp., pictorial boards. VG, very light wear. (a17276)
$25.00Novak, Michael Paul. THE LEAVENWORTH POEMS
Shawee Mission (Kansas) 1972 Black Mountain Press. 8vo., 20pp., wraps. VG, very light cover wear. no owner marks; text clean. (a21744)
$33.00 Burch, John P. . CHARLES W. QUANTRELL A TRUE HISTORY OF HIS GUERRILLA WARFARE ON THE MISSOURI AND KANSAS BORDER DURING THE CIVIL WAR OF 1861-1865 AS TOLD BY CAPTAIN HARRISON TROW ONE WHO FOLLOWED QUANTRELL THROUGH HIS WHOLE COURSE.
Vega 1923 1st Burch. Sm.8vo., 266pp., illustrations, cloth hardcover. VG. (a3084)
$25.00 Williams, Terrence . A CHECKLIST OF LINNEANA 1735 TO 1835 IN THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS LIBRARIES
Lawrence 1964. 8vo., 73pp., index, wraps. Complete bibliographic entries with references. VG. (a33677)
$25.00Carpenter, Frank M.. THE LOWER PERMIAN INSECTS OF KANSAS PART 7 THE ORDER PROTOPERLARIA
Boston 1935. Offprint from the Proceedings of the American academy of Arts and Sciences, Vol. 70, No. 4. May, 1935. 8vo., pp.103-145, 2 plates., wraps. VG. (a44625)
$29.00 Fader, Stuart W. et al . GEOHYDROLOGY OF GRANT AND STANTON COUNTIES, KANSAS
Lawrence 1964. State Survey Bulletin 168. Sm.4to., 147pp., photo illustrations, index, wraps. VG. (a53496)
$45.00Hunter, Fanny. WESTERN BORDER LIFE ; OR, WHAT FANNY HUNTER SAW AND HEARD IN KANZAS AND MISSOURI
NY 1856 First edition. Derby & Jackson. Fiction based on author's true experiences. Hardcover octavo. 408pp., original embossed brown cloth. This is the true first edition with no illustrations. Good, lightly foxed, spine ends and cover tips worn. Hinges not cracked in or out; no owner marks. Original printing, not modern remake. (a56281)
$35.00 Newell, Norman D. . LATE PALEOZOIC PELECYPODS PECTINACEA (TEXT VOLUME)
Lawrence 1937. State Geological Survey of Kansas, Volume 10. Sm.4to., 123pp., text illustrations, index, original printed wraps. VG, light wear to head of spine. Text volume only. (a56465)
$25.00Wilson , Hon. Henry . THE STATE OF AFFAIRS IN KANSAS
Washington 1856. Speech in Senate, Feb 18, 1856. 8vo., 15pp., wraps. Good, some foxing. Original printing not modern remake. (a59118)
$25.00(census). U. S. CENSUS OF HOUSING 1970 BLOCK STATISTICS SELECTED AREAS IN KANSAS
1971 U. S. Department of Commerce. 4to., printed wraps. Included with the accompanying folded maps in original yellow folder. A few small university library stamps. VG. (a64900)
$130.00 Winkley, J. W. M.D. . JOHN BROWN THE HERO, PERSONAL REMINISCENCES
1970. Reprint by R. and .E Research of original Boston 1905 edition. Small octavo, 126pp., faux maroon leather hardcover.r. Near Fine, slight foxing on end papers, no DJ. (a69477)
$32.00 Hill, Roy . 49 POEMS
Manhattan 1968 1st Press. Octavo, 71pp., hardcover. Near Fine, no DJ. (a69490)
$25.00 Miller, Timothy . FOLLOWING IN HIS STEPS A BIOGRAPHY OF CHARLES M. SHELDON
Knoxville 1987 1st University of Tennessee. ISBN 0-87049-537-2. About an unconventional pastor of Central Congregational Church in Topeka, Kansas. Octavo, hardcover. Fine in VG plus DJ. (a70676)
$20.00 Ward, J. C. and S. Karaki . EVALUATION OF EFFECT OF IMPOUNDMENT ON WATER QUALITY IN CHENEY RESERVOIR
Washington 1971 U.S. Department of Interior. Water Resources Technical Publication Research Report No. 25. 4to., 69pp., diagrams, original decorated wraps. A few Depository Library and number stamps. VG. (a73287)
$45.00 kansas Senator Green . IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES. MR. GREEN MADE THE FOLLOWING REPORT... COMMUNICATING A CONSTITUTION FOR KANSAS AS A STATE
"...Adopted by the Convention which met at Lecomton on Monday, 4th of September 1857". Washington 1858. 35th Congress 1st Session, Rep. No. 82. This is only Senator Green's Report, it does not include the related documents associated with this Report. Octavo, 16pp., wraps. VG. (a74549)
$25.00 Durfee, Lieutenant Colonel D. L. (editor) . MILITARY REVIEW - 19 ISSUES 1953- 1954
Nineteen issues of this monthly journal of the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Almost every issue from January 1953 thru December 1954, lacking just a few months. Square octavo, about 100pp., per issue, photo illustrations, original wraps. Good, light wear. 19 issues. (a76484)
$75.00 Carruth, Arthur Jay . GENEALOGY OF A BRANCH OF THE CARRUTH FAMILY OR THE DESCENDANTS OF JAMES CARRUTH OF PHILLIPSTON
Topeka 1926 first edition Crane. Hardcover. Octavo, 67pp., a few photo photo portraits, cloth. *Signed by Frederic Coudert Carruth. Near Fine, no DJ. (a81269)
$125.00 (civil war) . THE ISSUE FAIRLY PRESENTED: THE SENATE BILL FOR THE ADMISSION OF KANSAS AS A STATE - DEMOCRACY LAW, ORDER AND THE WILL OF THE MAJORITY OF THE WHOLE PEOPLE OF THE TERRITORY AGAINST BLACK REPUBLICANISM
Washington 1856 Union Office. Large octavo, 30pp.,. original stapled binding. 30p. Fair, worn, stained, frayed, front panel present but detached. (a81650)
$23.00 Worth, George J. . JAMES HANNAY: HIS LIFE AND WORKS
Lawrence 1964 1st University of Kansas. Hardcover. Octavo, 191pp., frontis portrait. of Hannay, cloth. VG, no DJ. (a81724)
$20.00 Stimson, Elder H. K.; edited by Rev. T. W. Greene . FROM THE STAGE COACH TO THE PULPIT, BEING AN AUTO-BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH, WITH INCIDENTS AND ANECDOTES OF ELDER H K STIMSON, THE VETERAN PIONEER OF WESTERN NEW YOR, NOW OF KANSAS
Saint Louis 1874 1st Campbell. Hardcover. Small octavo, 427pp., steel engraved frontis portrait of Stimson (with tissue guard), original purple cloth with gilt spine lettering. Good, two-inch piece of spine cloth chipped off and reglued in place. (a81850)
$43.00 Youngman, Rev. W.E. . GLEANINGS FROM WESTERN PRAIRIES (ORIGINAL EDITION, NOT A MODERN REPRINT)
Cambridge 1882 Jones and Piggott. Life on American prairies, especially on a Roman Catholic mission in Osage country in Kansas. Hardcover. Small octavo, 214pp., bright gilt decorated cloth,cloth. VG, light staining on lower board edges, light browning of end papers. (a81954)
$75.00 Hope, Holly . GARDEN CITY DREAMS IN A KANSAS TOWN
Norman 1988 1st University of Oklahoma. ISBN 0-8061-2105-X. Hardcover. Octavo, 175pp., cloth. Fine in Fine DJ. Sealed in original publisher's bubblewrap. Mint. (a82253)
$25.00 Billings, Frederick H. and Pressley A. Glenn . RESULTS OF THE ARTIFICIAL USE OF THE WHITE-FUNGUS DISEASE IN KANSAS: WITH NOTES ON APPROVED METHODS OF FIGHTING CHINCH BUGS
Washington 1911 first edition GPO. U.S. Department of Agriculture. Octavo, 58p., photo illustrations, original printed wraps. VG, faint spot on front. No ownership marks. Original printing. (a86321)
$25.00 Nichols, Martin . ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY JANUARY TO DECEMBER 1891 PLUS PERSONAL ACCOUNTS BOOK
Narrow 12mo., rich maroon leather. Standard printed diary format with fully manuscript entries. Two page handwritten introduction, 365 pages of diary and 22 pages of personal financial accounts and addresses. Nichols lived in Columbus, Cherokee County, Kansas. He is married and has one son., Floyd T. Nichols. There 30 lines per page, densely written-every dated page is filled with writing (there are some blank pages at end of diary after December ends). Laid in: 15 small pieces of ephemera, mostly newspaper clippings. Some sample lines: "The news looks as if our Government would become involved in trouble with Italy over the killing of several Italians in New Orleans for the murder of the Chief of Police in that city" (May 10) ;"There was a hard storm last Friday night that passed east of where I am and I can see a church that was ruined by the storm . There was a great deal of damage did all along the road from here to Kansas City. I shall work in the track of the tornado and see what I can do" (August 24). Good plus, spine ends chipped down halfinch top and bottom. Binding secure; text clean. (a87525)
$430.00 Youngman, Rev. W. E. . GLEANINGS FROM WESTERN PRAIRIES (ORIGINAL EDITION, NOT A MODERN REPRINT)
Cambridge 1882 Jones and Piggott. Life on American prairies, especially on a Roman Catholic mission in Osage country in Kansas. Hardcover. Small octavo, 214pp., cloth. Good, cover worn and a bit soiled. (a9139)
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