290 pages, plus ads. Paper wrap covers are chipped and worn over spine, and show some soiling and discoloration over front and rear. Old penciled notations are seen on front cover. Covers are partially detached. Moisture has caused the pink dye of the covers to affect the first and last few leaves. Text block remains solid and contents are generally clean. View More...
325+ pages. Blue cloth covers with advertising remain bright and clean, showing a little light wear at corners and spine ends. Scattered inked notations in contents. Paper is a little aged and brittle, and shows a few small closed tears. General light use and wear. View More...
Pp: [97] 98-120, mostly devoted to The Lawrence Massacre, and indeed beginning with "Our Condition... The Record was quite a loss in the late raid upon Lawrence. Our 'sanctum' being burned..." Very rare issue of this publication devoted almost entirely to Quantrill's raid on Lawrence, Kansas on August 21 of 1863. Bound into salmon colored paper wraps with upper inch of front cover being trimmed off. Other general wear including small tears, smudges, and moisture stains. A couple leave are detached, though in place. Issue is complete and all text is clear and legible. Wraps with local a... View More...
No date of publication, though circa 1902. 127 pages. Additional towns/cities include Lane, Lawrence, Lebo, Lecompton, Le Roy; Lyndon; McLouth; Melvern; Meriden; Mound City; Neosho Rapids; Nortonville; Olathe; Osage City; Osawatomie; Oskalosa; Ottawa; Paola; Perry; Pleasanton; Pomona; Quenemo; Richmond; Scranton; Spring Hill; Strong City; Tonganoxie; Valley Falls; Waverly; Wellsville; Westphalia; White City Williamsburg; Winchester; Belton, MO; Harrisonville, MO; & Pleasant Hill, MO. Paper over cardboard covers with black binders tape over spine. Top cover shows moisture wrinkles and stains... View More...
Copyright is 1924. 61 pages, bound in stiff paper wraps Covers show a little light wear. There is some wear and residue at the upper outside corner of the blank front free end leaf. Volume remains tight and is otherwise intact and very clean. View More...
226 pages. Presentation copy bound in full red leather with red speckles on edges of text block. Gilt stamped title and Nyle H. Miller on top cover and the Kansas state flower, the sunflower, on the spine. This copy is inscribed personally to Nyle Miller by each of the five editors. Laid in is a program for Nyle H. Miller Day (Nov. 12, 1976), and a few clippings. Covers show a little light rubbing, though the volume is otherwise Fine. Included with Mr. Miller's personal copy is a second volume titled "Nyle Miller, His Book: Remembrances and wishes form his Friends, December 29, 1976." ... View More...
336 pages. Signed holographic presentation note is laid in, addressed to Geo [George] A. Root [1867-1949, newspaperman, historian, and author; Co-founder along with his father Frank Root, of the Topeka Mail; Helped start the Shawnee County Historical Society]. There is a Western Union telegraph addressed to the author from J. R. Brinkley, MD [1885-1942; Notorious quack known as "The Goat Gland Doctor" for his technique of transplanting goat testicle into human males initially as a cure for impotence, and later as a cure of a plethora of other male disorders]. Telegraph reads "Just heard Cha... View More...
The primary title and address comprising the first 18 pages of this booklet, followed by a plate of the "Memorial and Historical Building" and then pages 19-31 making up the second title. There is a very slight chip on the lower edge. Otherwise a Fine copy. View More...
30 pages, saddle stapled. Paper wrap covers show scattered wear, including a postage stamp and post mark. Pamphlet remains right and contents are clean and intact. View More...
298 pages. On the blank front free end page is a presentation inscription by the author to Mrs. Ella Smith McClintock of 1131 Buchanan Street in Topeka, Kansas dated December 25, 1914. Also laid in is a folded letter in the hand of the author to the same Mrs. McClintock discussing their acquaintance and the books he has been writing regarding Lyndon, Kansas and its surrounding area. At the time of this letter, he despairs in selling only 16 copies locally, but claims to have greater success with his mail order business. As with all of his titles, the covers are illustrated paper over cardb... View More...
No date of publication, though circa 1910; Eight page pamphlet bound in original paper wrap covers, and later bound into a cardboard library binding; Author's inscription at top of original cover reads in full "Complements to Prof. Dunlap [Charles Graham Dunlap] / O. E. Learnard"; Library covers show the book plate of Professor Dunlap and two penciled library notations; There are no other library markings; Though showing light smudges, pamphlet remains in very nice condition and authors inscription is bold and clear; Learnard (1832-1911) founded the town of Burlington, was a district judge, a... View More...
30 pages, saddle stapled. There are a couple of small tears seen along the upper edge of the front covers. Slight age and wear. Still a tight and very clean copy. View More...
46 pages in original salmon colored wraps. Disbound from a previously bound collection of pamphlets. Inked number 20 of front cover and light general wear. There is a little scattered foxing in the margins, with a small hole in the margin of page 37/38. Pamphlet remains tight and contents are otherwise intact and very clean. View More...
Collection of 38 speeches pertaining mostly to the admission of Kansas to the Union in 1856. All papers are bound in a single volume appearing contemporary to the time of publication. Leather over spine and corners is worn, as is marbled paper over boards. Leather spine label with gilt stamped lettering "Pamphlets" remains good. Moderate to partially heavy foxing scattered throughout. Occasional wrinkles and small tears. One, two leaf, pamphlet bound near center of volume is mis-folded and shows wear and paper loss along lower edges, though with no loss of text. Volume remains tight and... View More...
168 pages. Ex-Library, now in library type of binding. Usual library markings inside, though no library markings on the covers. Frontispiece shows chipping and tears, there is a quarter sized open tear affecting the edge of the authors portrait though not his image. Last two pages of text also show chipping, with some paper loss at the lower corner of the last text page affecting the last two letters in "old." Volume remains solid and contents are otherwise clean and in good condition. James B. Shane was born in Kentucky in 1840 and served with distinction in the Civil War, after which h... View More...
12 pages, side stapled into paper wrap covers. Very rare first-hand account of territorial conflicts along the Kansas-Missouri border. Paper is aged and brittle, with numerous tears and paper loss. Fortunately, all text complete, clear, and intact. View More...
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