Search Results: Titles starting with A from K. L. Givens Books

Buffalo, New York: Baker, Jones & Co., Printers and Binders, 1901. Book. G-. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Book is bound in brown card stock with simulated cloth cover. Book has flaking along top edge and along the spine with light internal foxing. "The Ancient Order of United Workers" originated to provide insurance for railroad employees and became the pattern for later unions. Book covers methods and details of their meetings and meeting halls. 49 pages..

New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1964. Book. Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardback bound in yellow cloth-covered boards. Yellow boards have edge soiling and there is wear at top of spine. Dust jacket has chip missing at top of spine with other small chips, rubs and tears. Book is INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR to former owner. Space adventure. 255 pages..

Paris: Lévy et Neurdein Réunis Book. VG-. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Oblong 8to. Oblong softback bound in faded maroon covers with gilt title on front and photographers' "LL" logo and publisher's name on reverse. Approx. 11.5" x 8.5" (29 cm x 22 cm). No date, but publisher at 44 Rue Letellier, Paris, was in business from 1920-1932 having acquired older plates from photographers Leon & Levy ("LL"). Booklet contains 12 black and white photos of Alger with tissue guards. No text other than identification of subject on the photo. Faded covers with some soil and edge wear. Age-toned tissue guards and edges of photos; three tissue guards are creased and one has a hole in it.. Photographs of 10 typical Alger scenes and 2 of local residents. This particular album of photographs is scarce as it is not found listed in the World Catalogue, Library of Congress or British Museum Catalog, or the Bibliothèque Nationale de France Catalogue… Read More

Fairbanks, Alaska: HOPPER CREEK PRESS, 2017. Book. VG+. Hardback. Inscribed and Signed by Author. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardback bound in blue cloth-covered boards with gilt title on the spine. No defects to note on the book or the dust jacket. Book is INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR to former owner on first end page. A book on hunting with Labrador Retrievers and other Retrievers. A couple of black & white photos. 351 pages..

London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1885. Book. VG-. Hardback. 1st Edition. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Hardback bound in green and red illustrated cloth-covered boards with illustration of a girl holding flowers surrounded with floral designs. Book has modest edge wear with sun darkened spine and foxed end pages and gift inscription on first end pages and a faint spot near top edge. A children's book on how to treat people with several full page black and white illustrations. 62 pages..

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1917. Book. VG. Hardback. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Hardback bound in red cloth-covered boards with gilt title on the front with blind stamped title on the spine. Only defects to note are faded title on the spine and former owner's bookplate inside front cover. Love lyrics selected by Sara Teasdale of women poets from the last half of the 19th century who wrote in English. 131 pages including the Index of Authors. Among the "Who's Who" of women poets selected by Teasdale are: Amy Lowell, Edna St. Vincent Millay; Elizabeth Barrett Browning; Emily Dickinson; Christina Rossetti; Dinah Mulock Cruik; Jean Ingelow; Margaret Sackville; Alice Meynell; and Edith Wharton. A scarce addition to a collection emphasizing both well and lesser-known 19th-century female poets as selected by their peer..

Buenos Aires, Argentina: Kenning Producciones S.R.I., 2008. Book. NF. Hardback. 1st Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Hardback bound in dark blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titles. No defects to note on the book or the dust jacket. Book appears to be unread. Text is in Spanish with parallel English. Fabulous aerial color views of the varied geography of Argentina. Large folio sized book with 240 pages .

Sioux City, IA: Perkins Bros. Co., 1940. Book. VG. Hardcover. First Edition. The book is orange and black tweed boards embossed with the title and the emblem of the school. No defects to note. Yearbook for East High School of Sioux City, Iowa. Photos of faculty, students; Their Sports and Organizations. No autographs..

Sioux City, IA: Verstegen Printing Company, 1939. Book. VG+. Hardcover. First Edition. The book is cream boards embossed with the title and the mascot of the school. No defects to note. Yearbook for East High of Morningside Sioux City, Iowa with photos of faculty, students and their activities..

New York; Washington: The American Federation of Arts, 1915. Brochure. VG-. Hardback. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. . Hard card covers with cloth spine. Photo paste-on from Panama-Pacific Exposition which is focus of this special issue. 48 pages numbering from 337 to 384. Black and white illustrations. Some toning to top edge of front cover. Interior clean and tight. Published monthly. Articles on American Art by Michael Williams; Foreign paintings by Nilsen Laurvik and Sculptures by Eugen Neuhaus..

Grand Commandery of Knights Templar of Kansas, 1975. Book. Illus. by Lewis Smith. VG-. Spiral Bound. Eighth Edition. Book is a maroon vinyl spiral bound stiff wraps with gilt title on the cover. Only defect to note on the book is former owner's name on first end page. Book describes the activities involved with the Asylum Ceremony. Black and white illustrations. 65 pages.

Centerville, Ohio: The Centerville Historical Society, 1990. Book. VG+. Soft cover. First Edition. The book is an 8 1/2" x 11" spiral bound soft cover with photo of a village on the cover. No defects to note on the book. The story of the son of a Welsh emmigrant and his life during the American Revokution. Black and white map and plat of Washington Township (1812) and Centerville, Ohio (1814). Other black and white illustrations. 40 pages with Index..

New York: Phillips & Hunt, 1879. Book. Good. Hardcover. Later Printing. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. The book is a small brown, cloth-covered hardback with faded gilt title on the spine and blind stamped decorations front and back. The book is slightly cocked with wear and bumps at corners. There is a bookplate inside front cover from the First M. E. Church in Erie, PA. Book has 4 black and white illustrations. This is the 1879 later printing of the 1867 original. 200 pages, 4 illustrations including the frontis. "Happy is it for those who, like the character portrayed in these pages, are brought, even by sore chastisement, to review the errors of the past, and commence anew a life of faith and prayer.".

Abilene, Kansas: Arts Council of Dickinson County, 1999. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardback bound in black cloth-covered boards with black title on the spine. No defects to note on the book or the dust jacket. Book is SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on half title page - no inscription. Abilene InSight is the first photographic portrait of Abilene, Kansas that pictures the community through its people. This book is much more than an historical document told through the eloquent eye of an artist. The richly designed hardcover book is a work of art in itself. More than sixty striking black-and-white duotone photographs and one lively essay tell the story of a midwestern town at the turn of the new century. In this book, you'll meet the kind of people you may have grown up with, or simply wish you had. 96 pages..

New York: Cupples & Leon Company, 1946. Book. Illus. by Richard Correll. Good. Hardback. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardback bound in brown cloth-covered boards with blind stamped brown title on the front and brown title on the spine; end pages are illustrated with a map the boys took to Abilene. Book has modest edge wear with rubs, a weakened front hinge that is holding. Interior is clean and unmarked. Black and white illustrations. 244 pages. .

Austin, Texas: Firm Foundation Publishing House, 1951. Book. VG-. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Hardback book bound in brown cloth-covered boards with gilt titles. Book has wear at corners and spine with former owner's name on first end page. The dust jacket has numerous missing chips and edge wear. Bible lectures delivered in the Auditorium of Abilene Christian College Abilene, Texas February 18-22, 1951. 155 pages.

British Columbia, Canada: Calabash Press, 1998. Book. VG+. Paperback. 1st Edition. Green trade-size paperback with illustrated cover with white titles. No defects to note on the book as it appears to be unread. Unrecorded cases of Sherlock Holmes. 114 pages including the Index..

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1944. Book. Good. Hardback. Later Printing. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Large format hardback bound in illustrated paper-covered boards with blue cloth spine. Book has edge wear with spots of wear through at the corners and light soiling along bottom edge; interior is clean, tight with a few brown spots on several pages. Dust jacket has edge wear with large chip at lower front corner and other small chipping. A simple look at important events in the life of Abraham Lincoln. Color and black & white illustrations by the D'Aulaire. Unpaginated.

New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1968. Book. VG-. Paperback. Reprint. White trade size paperback. Book has a shallow crease on front and the title has the first name mis-spelled as only defects to note. Edited from Captain Grimes own story.. 216 pages with a couple of black & white illustrations..

Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1979. Book. VG+. Hardback. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardback bound in black cloth-covered boards with gilt titles. No defects to note on the book. Great genealogical reference. 270 pages..