Search Results: Titles starting with K from Glenn Books

Tokyo: Japanese Travel Bureau., 1948. This is Tourist Library:7. 102pp. with color frontispiece. Black and white illustrations throughout. Color onlay front cover. . Second Edition.. Tan Wrappers. Minor Wear and Soiling./No Jacket.. Thin Octavo.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1966. Psychedylic dust jacket, a little chipped at corners. A very nice copy of the author's FIRST BOOK. A collection of writings, most of them about the "new American culture". 339pp.. First British Edition.. Pink Cloth.. Minor Wear and Soiling./Price-clipped Dust Jacket. Octavo.

Topeka, Kansas: State Printing Office, 1908. Thick manila paper protective cover. This very scarce piece of Western Americana was reprinted from the tenth volume "Kansas Historical Collections", in the same year as publication, 1908. Illustrated throughout. Major portion deals with the Kansa tribe, their history. The second part relates the story of Father Padilla. Fray Juan de Padilla was America's first Chrisstian martyr, killed by the native Americans he was attempting to serve. His burial monument is near Council Grove, Kansas. 52pp. We find numerous listings from print-on-demand companies, BUT this is the only real one we have been able to track down in recent years. . Gray Wrappers. Minor Cover Wear/No Dust Jacket. Thin Octavo.

Chicago: S.J. Clarke Publishing, 1908. THREE VOLUMES. 1/2 leather over green cloth-covered boards, bevelled edges. All edges gilt. Corners worn, joints rubbed. Gilt lettering on spines bright, except for Volume 1 missing the "VO" of VOL. and the "I" of illustrated. . All spines show some wear and chipping. (See photos). Front joint of Volume 1 is tender but remins intact. Floral endpapers. Volume 1 deals in depth with the history of Kansas City, illustrated throughout. Volumes 2-3 are biographical volumes, with descriptions of the people who were influential in the development of the city, many of whom are shown in portrait, indexed at the end. Volumes are illustrated throughout in black and white. Maps, portraits, photographic reproductions; many of them showing Kansas City landmarks and streets. Written by Kansas City's first public librarian, a post she held for 29 years. A rare set, seldom found with all three volumes. 688+index, 684+index, 689+index, . First Edition..… Read More

Kansas City: Historic Kansas City Corporation, 1979. Nearly 200 photos, maps, and illustrations trace the city's evolution from fur trading post to urban center. 185pp.. First Edition. Gray Cloth. Nearly Fine/Nearly Fine. Quarto.

Topeka, Kansas: The Kansas Arts Commission, 1989. Travelling art exhibit from February 1989 to December 1990. The catalogue of the 29 exhibitors, their art in color with descriptions. A clean and crisp copy. See photos.. First Edition. White Wrappers. Fine/No Jacket.

Topeka, Kansas: Kansas Department of Economic Development, 1985. A finely-illustrated exhibition catalogue, full-page color plates with descriptions. The exhibit toured Kansas in 1985. 33 pages + index of the 32 artists. . First Edition. Green Wrappers. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Oblong Octavo.

Manhattan, Kansas: Kansas State University Library, 1968. This is Number 4 in the Kansas State Bibliography Series. An alphabetically-arranged bibliography of the extensive holdings of cookery books and household manuals in their library. 803 listings, 330pp.. First Edition. Purple Wrappers. Minor Corner and Edge Wear/No Jacket. Quarto.

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1856. This is Executive Document Number 10, 34th Congress, Third Session. The document is 36 pages in length. A message from the President of the United States (Franklin Pierce) referred to the Committee on Territories, and including extracts from a letter of Governor Geary, together with a copy of executive minutes of the Kansas Territory. Fascinating material on care of prisoners, dealing with local Indians, and other matters. Bound in full brown leather, rebacked at some point. Leather label on front cover "Library House of Reps". Label is chipped at edges. All letters intact. Endpapers are browned at edges and chipped. The document is generally quite clean, title-page browned at free edge. A look at the doings in Kansas five years before Statehood. 36pp.. First Edition. Full-Leather. General Moderate Wear. Thin Octavo.

Des Moines, Iowa: Iowa Tribune Quarterly, 1893. Covers soiled, heavily chipped. Top corner of rear wrapper missing. Top free edges of last 8 pages rerpaired with tape. Paper is quite brittle. 98pp. with several pages of ads at the end. Three pages of sketches of the major players in the events during the legislative session of 1879. Subtitles, "How Civil War Was Threatened, and How It Was Averted".. First Edition. Wrappers. General Moderate Wear. Octavo.

Kansas City, Kansas: S.I. Meseraull and Son, 1915. Spine extremities slightly frayed. Short biographical sketches of 83 Kansas authoresses, many with photographic portraits. 40pp. with alphabetical index at the conclusion.. Second Edition. Tan Wrappers. Minor Wear and Soiling.. Octavo.

Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Co 1854., 1854. Spine faded to tyan. Chipping at head and tail of spine. 1"x2" paper loss at top of front free endpaper. Foldout map intact. A very nice copy. According to Dary, this was the first book written about Kansas. The author lived in Worcester, Massachusettsa and wrote the book to encourage the emigration to the Kansas Territory of northerners who were opposed to slavery. See Kanzana 1, Graff 1709, Sabin 29624, Eberstadt 230, Wagner-Camp 239a. 256pp. + adverts.. First Edition. Purple Cloth. General Moderate Wear/No Jacket. Octavo.

London, New York: Frederick Warne and Company, Ltd, 1921. With an appreciation by H.M. Cundall. Front cover lettered in gilt and green, spine lettered in green. Frontispiece photograph of Kate Greenaway with captioned tissue-guard. A series of twenty mounted color plates, one per page, each with a captioned tissue-guard, only one of which had previously been published. Covers show minor corner wear, some soiling, two small spots on front cover. . First Edition. 1/4 Yellow Cloth, Green Cloth. Minor Wear and Soiling./No Jacket. Quarto.

London The Religious Tract Society nd (ca 1860). Original purple cloth, gilt. Spine sunned and some bubbling to cloth. Lacks front free endpaper. Frontispiece by Kronheim..

Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1943. "Being His Adventures in New Orleans, on the Texas Santa Fe Expedition, in the Mexican War, and in the Colonization of the Texas Frontier". The story of George Wilkins Kendall, who founded the New Orleans Picayune in 1837. He wrote editorials championing the infant Republic of Texas, was a member of the Texan Santa Fe Expedition which tried to occupy New Mexico, was captured in Santa Fe and sent off to Mexico. He later became the first modern war correspondent during the Mexican War. Nine full-page illustrations, including two maps.351pp.. First Edition.. Brown Cloth. Almost No Wear./Minor Soiling, Chipping. Octavo.

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1966. All edges gilt. Covers and spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Silk bookmark sewn-in. A copy of Notes From The Archives laid-in. Illustrations by Mark Hutton. Several smaill indentations on spine leatheer. See photos. Light rubbing bottom edge of cover. A very crisp and clean copy. 542pp.. The Collector's Library of Famous Editio. Full Red Leather. Nearly Fine/No Dust Jacket. Demy Octavo.

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1936. The list of symbols used by the Union Catalog of the Library of Congress, recording over 700 libraries and institutions which have contributed to the building of the Union Catalog. Few check marks on early pages. 42pp.. Revised Edition. Green Wrappers. Light Soiling.. Thin Octavo.

Chicago: The Goldsmith Publishing Company, 1932. From the Goldsmith "Junior Fiction Stories". Evidence of old water-staining of spine and part of rear cover. BUT the dust jacket is nearly pristine, with brilliant cover art. See photos. 120pp.. First Edition. Orange Cloth. Water-stain/Almost No Wear. Thin Octavo.

Seattle, Washington Hangman Press 1971. Original pictorial boards, a near fine copy. Much information on Jesse James and Cole Younger. First edition..

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1985. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on title-page. Blue cloth spine has minor sunning at the very top, almost not noticed. A crisp and clean copy of the third Warshawski mystery series. Likely an unread copy. 288pp.. Signed by Author. First Edition. White Paper-Covered Boards. Nearly Fine/Fine. Octavo.