Nonfiction from heytotobooks

New York: The Macmillan Company (1st Edition, November 1926). Lilac cloth boards with faded spine, 136 pages. Dust jacket missing. Pages age toned; creasing along bottom fore edge of front endpaper and first few pages appears to be a production flaw (see our photos); text clean and unmarked; binding square and tight. Hand-colored frontispiece and other illustrations. Protected by clear… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux (1984). Beautiful set in slipcase. Gift quality. Books 1 and 2 of the 5-volume Annals of the Former World series: The first of John McPhee's works in his series on geology and geologists, Basin and Range (stated 7th printing) is a book of journeys through ancient terrains, always in juxtaposition with travels in the modern world―a… Read more about this item

Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers (Stated 2nd Printing, August 1934). Hardcover with green boards, gilt titles, 466 pages. Dust jacket missing; blurb from jacket has been affixed to FFEP. Ex-library copy, with the expected labels, markings, and wear (see our photos). Faint underlining in a few places. Paper covering hinges is splitting, but binding is square and solid. Wear to… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons (2nd Edition, 1898). Hardcover with brown boards, gilt titles and decorations, 344 pages + 12 pages listing other books from same publisher. Gift inscription from 1902 inside front cover. Pages toned; clean and unmarked, with a square, solid binding. ABOUT THE BOOK: American author THOMAS NELSON PAGE (1853-1922), of the Nelson and Page "First Families"… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

New York: The Hovendon Co. (Undated, but likely the 1890 edition). Two-volume set with blue cloth boards, gilt titles in gilt decorative border on spines. The set wasn't issued with dust jackets. Previous owner's name stamped on ffep and top edge of each book; also gift inscription from 1901 written on the ffep. Text is clean and unmarked. Pages and… Read more about this item

Baltimore: Point/Penguin Books (Stated 1st Edition, September 1974). Oversized (14.5" x 11" x 1", 2 pounds) softcover, 318 pages. Acceptable condition only, with age wear and closed tears at edges of covers (archivally mended). Small tears at the head and tail of backstrip. Pages toned, but clean and unmarked. Text pages have small dogears at the top and bottom corners.… Read more about this item

Independence, MO: Jackson County Historical Society. 130th Anniversary Commemorative Edition of 1877 (Reprinted 2007) Oversized softcover with dark blue wraps and gilt titles, 83 pages. Except for slight smudge at bottom corner of front cover, like new condition. The 2007 reprint includes a full-name and subject index edited by David W. Jackson. Originally published by Brink, McDonough & Co., Philadelphia, in 1877.

The Butler County Historical Society, El Dorado, KS (1st Edition, 1981). Hardcover with mustard-colored boards/black titles; no dust jacket, as issued. Clean and unmarked, binding square and tight. ABOUT THE BOOK: This, the third volume in "The Kingdom of Butler" series, provides a somewhat different look at the fascinating story told by its two predecessors. Instead of reciting… Read more about this item

El Dorado, KS: Butler County Historical Society (1st Edition, 1986). Hardcover with mustard-colored boards/black titles; no dust jacket, as issued. Clean and unmarked, binding square and tight. ABOUT THE BOOK: During the 59 years he labored as editor of the El Dorado Times, R. A. Clymer wrote well over a thousand tributes to citizens of the Kingdom… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

Hartford, Connecticut: The Travelers Insurance Company (1st Edition, C-10389, Rev. 70, 1970). Stapled softcover pamphlet, 21 pages. Age toned and creased lengthwise from being folded. Clean and unmarked, stapled binding intact. A very nice copy of a hard-to-find title. ABOUT THE AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR: Bill Mauldin (1921 – 2003) was an American editorial cartoonist who won two Pulitzer Prizes for… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers (Stated "New Edition", 1883). Two-volume set of hardcover books, 1,277 pages total. No dust jackets, as issued. Ex-library, with the expected labels, markings, and wear. Card pockets inside front covers of each volume. Pages are toned, with numerous small, closed tears and spotting on some pages. Solidly bound,… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf (Stated 1st Edition, 1989). Hardcover with dust jacket, 948 pages. Text clean and unmarked. Binding square and tight. Dust jacket has minor edgewear and some chipping to head and tail of spine. ABOUT THE BOOK:In this New York Times bestseller, award-winning author Simon Schama presents an ebullient country, vital and inventive, infatuated with novelty and technology--a… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

Border Design: A Treasury of Hundreds of Decorative Designs in Color and Black and White. New York: Portland House (1st American Edition/1st Printing, 1990). Like new hardcover and dust jacket. 128 pages. A treasury of hundreds of decorative designs in color and black and white. Stephen Astley is also the author of Robert Adam's Castles and Fountains: Splash and Spectacle… Read more about this item

Bangalore, India: Overseas Women's Club of Bangalore (First Printing, March 1997, 1000 copies printed). Trade paperback with plastic coil binding, 355 pages + Index. Clean and unmarked. Binding intact. The Overseas Women's Club of Bangalore was founded by a group of missionary women in the mid-1960s. Until the 1990s, the size of the membership… Read more about this item