2005, ISBN: 9780700601295

Hardcover

New York: Walker & Co., 1986 In Walker's American History Series for Young People. Fascinating scenes from life in early steamboat days: "Here was the trip that convinced a … More...

New York: Walker & Co., 1986 In Walker's American History Series for Young People. Fascinating scenes from life in early steamboat days: "Here was the trip that convinced a despairing public that steamboat navigation would succeed on western waters." DJ spine sunfaded.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 "., Walker & Co., 1986, 3.5, Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. Used - Very Good. 2005. Paperback. Pap. Minor shelf-wear. Very Good. (Subject: American History)., Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 3, New York: Little, Brown, 2002. Hardcover in price-clipped dust-jacket. 308 pages. Bibliography, Index. Map end-papers. First edition, first printing with full number line. Near previous owner's name on front end-paper. The true account of the bloodiest mutiny in American maritime history, which took place on the whale-ship Globe during the early 1820's. A clean, sound, unmarked copy. Very good in a near fine dust-jacket. . First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., Little, Brown, 2002, 3.5, Vintage Books / Random House, Inc, 1995. 2nd Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Second printing. Pages faintly toned. 1995 Trade Paperback. xiii, 316 pp. National Book Award finalist. Describes the 1704 French and Indian attack on Deerfield, Massachusetts, and the capture of Puritan minister John Williams and his five children, one of whom remained with her captors despite numerous attempts to free her. "Eunice Williams, also known as Marguerite Kanenstenhawi Arosen, (17 September 1696, Vintage Books / Random House, Inc, 1995, 3, University of California Press, 1999. 302pp. trade paperback, VG, slight reading crease in spine, "set on the Southern California coast during the early nineteenth century, when Catholic missionaries rounded up all the local Indians except those still living on San Nicolás Island. When this group is finally captured, one woman jumps from the boat and returns to the island for her missing child. The novel is that woman's story, and the story of the white family with whom her life becomes entangled after she too is taken from her island home", . Soft Cover. Very Good., University of California Press, 1999, 3, Tombstone, AZ: Tombstone Epitaph, 1962. 62 pp. B&W photos. Stapled booklet with illustrated red wraps. A story about one of Tombstone's early day gunmen, who tended bar for a living and treated romance as a hobby. It is compiled from the files of the Tombstone Epitaph, in the words of its early editors. Text clean, no tears. Small price sticker on front cover.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Booklet., Tombstone Epitaph, 1962, 3, New York: George H. Doran Company, 1924. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo. 368 pages. Hardcover bound in blue and white cloth. Light to moderate wear to the binding. Spine is a little toned. Inner hinges secure, but the rear flyleaf has been torn out. Early owner's inscription on the front flyleaf. Text is unmarked., George H. Doran Company, 1924, 3, Seattle: Educare Pr. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2001. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0944638228 . 8.52 X 5.60 X 0.80 inches ., Educare Pr, 2001, 3, Lawrence, KS : University Press of Kansas, 1976 University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 1976. Hardcover. Stated 3rd Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: VG; light soiling to covers; small splash stains on text block bottom and fore edge. No DJ. Light gray cloth boards and spine with copper toned lettering on spine. 207pp 8vo. In north-central Kansas, where woodlands are sparse and prairies expansive, rows of creamy-buff, brown-striped stone fence posts grace the landscape. These stately posts are shaped from the native rock known as Fencepost limestone, or simply post rock. Now tourist attractions, the posts are also regional trademarks that bespeak the resourcefulness of early Kansas settlers. This book is a story of north-central Kansas and its people, and their relationship to the post rock. The authors weave together regional geology, geography, and economics with local history and pioneer folklore to describe how the post rock shaped the area's development. They have recorded the story of a unique aspect of Mid-American heritage. This book contains a generous amount of local oral history. The authors traveled the region collecting stories about the early settlers' dependence on post rock to survive on prairie homesteads. Here, too, is ethnic history. Details are provided on the backgrounds, talent, and personalities of the European immigrants who settled the area and used the rock. A clean and presentable copy., University Press of Kansas, 1976, 3<

1975, ISBN: 0700601295

Hardcover

[EAN: 9780700601295], Near Fine, [PU: University Press of Kansas, Lawrence], KANSAS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY,CLOUD COUNTY,OTTAWA,GREENHORN LIMESTONES,FORT HAYS ESCARPMENT,LARNED,REPUBLICAN RIVER… More...

[EAN: 9780700601295], Near Fine, [PU: University Press of Kansas, Lawrence], KANSAS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY,CLOUD COUNTY,OTTAWA,GREENHORN LIMESTONES,FORT HAYS ESCARPMENT,LARNED,REPUBLICAN RIVER,LOVEWELL RESERVOIR,TERRITORIAL PERIOD,PREEMPTION ACT,TOPEKA & SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY,COLUMBIAN EMIGRANT COMPANY,SCOTCH PLAINS,FORT NONSENSE,NARKA,NEW TABER,LA CROSSE,W.W. HAMBLETON,RUSH COUNTY,THURE WOHLFORT,1870,MARK TORR,SYLVAN GROVE,SPILLMAN CREEK,NESS,LOCARNO,SMOKY HILLS REGION,EXCELSIOR COLONY,HERZOG,MUNJOR,COOPER GILT EDGE RANCH,HEDGE-THORN,VOLGA GERMANS,CLARENCE PECK,WILSON RESERVOIR,LESLIE HALBE,BUNKER HILL,QUARRY,MARGARET HAUN RASER,STONEWORKERS,FEATHERS,WEDGE,THOMAS FRUSHER,HOISINGTON,GOLDEN MORRIS,BIRD ABRAM,RALPH COFFEEN,ERASMUS HAWORTH,CLARENCE MEHL,JETMORE,BELOIT,GORHAM,HELL CREEK,GEORGE J. KLAUS,BLUE LANDSCAPE,SUGAR-SAND,INOCERAMUS SHELLS,PFEIFER SHALE,MINOOKA PARK,CALCAREOUS,MRS. WINIFRED A. SMIES,CUBA,COURTLAND,SCANDIA,BLUE STEM RANCH,POTTERSBURG,DELPHOS,SENTER FARM,SHELLROCK BLOCKS,DAKOTA SANDSTONE,FENCEPOST LEDGE,VOPAT RESIDENCE,SAMUEL ANSPAUGH,DORRANCE,BUNKERHILL MUSEUM,LION BLOCK,IGNAZ RIEDL,NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES,MATILDA ALTENBAUMER ADAMS,1873,C.A. PERDUE,BAS-RELIEF,WATER-TOWER,PARADISE,PITCHED-FACE,FLAGSTONE,OUTCROP,SPITE-FENCE,OLMITZ,SHAPED,STONE-DRILL,FLOYD DUNCAN,SLEDGED,CROPS,RANGE-CATTLE,AGRICULTURE,ARCHITECTURE,WEATHERING,LANDMARKS,GRAVE-MARKER,LIME-KILN,SETTLERS,STONEMASONS,DROUGHT, Jacket, Part geology, part homestead history, and part architecture, these 207 pages - including extensive INDEX - cover a unique part of Kansas history. As trees became scarce with increasing settlement, ingenious immigrants cut stone slabs to serve as fenceposts to divide off their fields. The same craftsmen used the quarry products to build substantial buildings - public and private. Section of colour photos at center. Well illustrated with b/w photos. Two book-promotion brochures laid-in. Text assisted by at least five maps. Read more about : Delphos, Cuba, Olmitz, Paradise, and Dorrance - place names. Read more about : flagstones, feathers, wedges, and ledges - stoneworkers' terms. Read also about: Samuel Anspaugh, Matilda Altenbauer Adams, and Ralph Coffeen. Both authorshave signed ffep. Cond : Boards are creamy buff with coppery lettering - spine only. D.J. is white with black and red lettering. D.J. front graphic is a colour photo of stone posts in Russell County near Paradise. Volume is tight , bright and clean ibn all aspects. No marks, no folds, no tears. D.J. is edge crinkled at top - else crisp, but someone has cut a `moon-hole ' in the center of the d.j. picture. Barely offensive. Collectible reference. Quote (p. 110) : " About four miles north of Cuba, on property now owned by Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Popelka and occupied by the Ralph Wests, we examined a two-story, twelve-room house of native limsestone built over a cellar and two stone-arch caves. The light-buff stone, with ._._._. ." Size: Quarto, Books<

1975, ISBN: 0700601295

Hardcover

[EAN: 9780700601295], Near Fine, [PU: University Press of Kansas, Lawrence], KANSAS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY,CLOUD COUNTY,OTTAWA,GREENHORN LIMESTONES,FORT HAYS ESCARPMENT,LARNED,REPUBLICAN RIVER… More...

[EAN: 9780700601295], Near Fine, [PU: University Press of Kansas, Lawrence], KANSAS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY,CLOUD COUNTY,OTTAWA,GREENHORN LIMESTONES,FORT HAYS ESCARPMENT,LARNED,REPUBLICAN RIVER,LOVEWELL RESERVOIR,TERRITORIAL PERIOD,PREEMPTION ACT,TOPEKA & SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY,COLUMBIAN EMIGRANT COMPANY,SCOTCH PLAINS,FORT NONSENSE,NARKA,NEW TABER,LA CROSSE,W.W. HAMBLETON,RUSH COUNTY,THURE WOHLFORT,1870,MARK TORR,SYLVAN GROVE,SPILLMAN CREEK,NESS,LOCARNO,SMOKY HILLS REGION,EXCELSIOR COLONY,HERZOG,MUNJOR,COOPER GILT EDGE RANCH,HEDGE-THORN,VOLGA GERMANS,CLARENCE PECK,WILSON RESERVOIR,LESLIE HALBE,BUNKER HILL,QUARRY,MARGARET HAUN RASER,STONEWORKERS,FEATHERS,WEDGE,THOMAS FRUSHER,HOISINGTON,GOLDEN MORRIS,BIRD ABRAM,RALPH COFFEEN,ERASMUS HAWORTH,CLARENCE MEHL,JETMORE,BELOIT,GORHAM,HELL CREEK,GEORGE J. KLAUS,BLUE LANDSCAPE,SUGAR-SAND,INOCERAMUS SHELLS,PFEIFER SHALE,MINOOKA PARK,CALCAREOUS,MRS. WINIFRED A. SMIES,CUBA,COURTLAND,SCANDIA,BLUE STEM RANCH,POTTERSBURG,DELPHOS,SENTER FARM,SHELLROCK BLOCKS,DAKOTA SANDSTONE,FENCEPOST LEDGE,VOPAT RESIDENCE,SAMUEL ANSPAUGH,DORRANCE,BUNKERHILL MUSEUM,LION BLOCK,IGNAZ RIEDL,NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES,MATILDA ALTENBAUMER ADAMS,1873,C.A. PERDUE,BAS-RELIEF,WATER-TOWER,PARADISE,PITCHED-FACE,FLAGSTONE,OUTCROP,SPITE-FENCE,OLMITZ,SHAPED,STONE-DRILL,FLOYD DUNCAN,SLEDGED,CROPS,RANGE-CATTLE,AGRICULTURE,ARCHITECTURE,WEATHERING,LANDMARKS,GRAVE-MARKER,LIME-KILN,SETTLERS,STONEMASONS,DROUGHT, Jacket, Part geology, part homestead history, and part architecture, these 207 pages - including extensive INDEX - cover a unique part of Kansas history. As trees became scarce with increasing settlement, ingenious immigrants cut stone slabs to serve as fenceposts to divide off their fields. The same craftsmen used the quarry products to build substantial buildings - public and private. Section of colour photos at center. Well illustrated with b/w photos. Two book-promotion brochures laid-in. Text assisted by at least five maps. Read more about : Delphos, Cuba, Olmitz, Paradise, and Dorrance - place names. Read more about : flagstones, feathers, wedges, and ledges - stoneworkers' terms. Read also about: Samuel Anspaugh, Matilda Altenbauer Adams, and Ralph Coffeen. Both authorshave signed ffep. Cond : Boards are creamy buff with coppery lettering - spine only. D.J. is white with black and red lettering. D.J. front graphic is a colour photo of stone posts in Russell County near Paradise. Volume is tight , bright and clean ibn all aspects. No marks, no folds, no tears. D.J. is edge crinkled at top - else crisp, but someone has cut a `moon-hole ' in the center of the d.j. picture. Barely offensive. Collectible reference. Quote (p. 110) : " About four miles north of Cuba, on property now owned by Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Popelka and occupied by the Ralph Wests, we examined a two-story, twelve-room house of native limsestone built over a cellar and two stone-arch caves. The light-buff stone, with ._._._. ." Size: Quarto, Books<

1976, ISBN: 9780700601295

Hardcover

Urbana: Illinois State Geological Survey. Soft cover. Very Good. pp51-53. Removed from STATE OF ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. BULLETIN NO. 23. BIENNIAL REPORT FOR 1911 AND 1912. ADM… More...

Urbana: Illinois State Geological Survey. Soft cover. Very Good. pp51-53. Removed from STATE OF ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. BULLETIN NO. 23. BIENNIAL REPORT FOR 1911 AND 1912. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT AND ECONOMIC AND GEOLOGICAL PAPERS. 1917. VG. In plastic report covers. "On April 30, 1914, oil was found in commercial quantities on the J. Hoing farm near Plymouth, IL. Oil men are excited because of the shallow depth, low cost of drilling, amount of oil secured, and the general attractiveness of the region for prospecting., Illinois State Geological Survey, 3, Urbana: Illinois State Geological Survey. Soft cover. Good. pp45-50, folding map, 14x25 inches. Removed from STATE OF ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. BULLETIN NO. 23. BIENNIAL REPORT FOR 1911 AND 1912. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT AND ECONOMIC AND GEOLOGICAL PAPERS. 1917. VG. In plastic report covers. Colchester and Macomb are in west-central Illinois., Illinois State Geological Survey, 2.5, Lawrence, KS : University Press of Kansas, 1976 University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 1976. Hardcover. Stated 3rd Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: VG; light soiling to covers; small splash stains on text block bottom and fore edge. No DJ. Light gray cloth boards and spine with copper toned lettering on spine. 207pp 8vo. In north-central Kansas, where woodlands are sparse and prairies expansive, rows of creamy-buff, brown-striped stone fence posts grace the landscape. These stately posts are shaped from the native rock known as Fencepost limestone, or simply post rock. Now tourist attractions, the posts are also regional trademarks that bespeak the resourcefulness of early Kansas settlers. This book is a story of north-central Kansas and its people, and their relationship to the post rock. The authors weave together regional geology, geography, and economics with local history and pioneer folklore to describe how the post rock shaped the area's development. They have recorded the story of a unique aspect of Mid-American heritage. This book contains a generous amount of local oral history. The authors traveled the region collecting stories about the early settlers' dependence on post rock to survive on prairie homesteads. Here, too, is ethnic history. Details are provided on the backgrounds, talent, and personalities of the European immigrants who settled the area and used the rock. A clean and presentable copy., University Press of Kansas, 1976, 3<

1976, ISBN: 0700601295

[EAN: 9780700601295], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, KS], STATE OF KANSAS, GEOLOGY HISTORY SETTLEMENTS IN POST ROCK, STONE POSTS, QUARRYING, KAN… More...

[EAN: 9780700601295], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, KS], STATE OF KANSAS, GEOLOGY HISTORY SETTLEMENTS IN POST ROCK, STONE POSTS, QUARRYING, KANSAS PLAINS, EUROPEAN IMMIGRANTS,, History|Civilization, History|Historical Geography, History|Native American, History|Social History, History|United States |19th Century, History|United States |State & Local |Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI), Science|Earth Sciences|Geology, Social Science|Emigration & Immigration, Social Science|Ethnic Studies|General, University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 1976. Hardcover. Stated 3rd Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: VG; light soiling to covers; small splash stains on text block bottom and fore edge. No DJ. Light gray cloth boards and spine with copper toned lettering on spine. 207pp 8vo. In north-central Kansas, where woodlands are sparse and prairies expansive, rows of creamy-buff, brown-striped stone fence posts grace the landscape. These stately posts are shaped from the native rock known as Fencepost limestone, or simply post rock. Now tourist attractions, the posts are also regional trademarks that bespeak the resourcefulness of early Kansas settlers. This book is a story of north-central Kansas and its people, and their relationship to the post rock. The authors weave together regional geology, geography, and economics with local history and pioneer folklore to describe how the post rock shaped the area's development. They have recorded the story of a unique aspect of Mid-American heritage. This book contains a generous amount of local oral history. The authors traveled the region collecting stories about the early settlers' dependence on post rock to survive on prairie homesteads. Here, too, is ethnic history. Details are provided on the backgrounds, talent, and personalities of the European immigrants who settled the area and used the rock. A clean and presentable copy., Books<