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From the Introduction: "This history is a panoramic view of the last hundred years as seen through the eyes of that keen and concerned observer of society - the advertiser. In presentations of food, clothing, housing, cigarettes, cosmetics, liquor, new inventions, travel, sport, art, and entertainment, we see how we have looked, lived, and thought from the days of the gaslit cafe to those of the disco, from the early years of automobiling, 'floating hotels', and experimental aircraft to the age of space and computers."Condition: Very Good. Cover has slight soft crease on front and back and very minimal edge/corner wear. Otherwise clean and tight. Beautiful and varied images. Please use photos as part of the description. 324 including Index. NOTE: This is an oversize, heavy book and will require an additional 75 cents for postage.

From the Author's Preface: "In the past, books about historic preservation written for general readers tended to be one of two types. Either they were coffee-table volumes, lavishly illustrated...or they were tales of lament full of speckled documentary photos or stark mugshots of venerable old buildings..."
"The structures and sites pictured in this book have been hidden not only by misconceptions of what is beautiful or valuable but also by the very fact that they are not set apart but are to be found everywhere..."

Good+ condition. Gray paper over boards. The front cover has an impressed design of a building that has a gilt finish to it. The spine has a slightly faded silver gilt title. Both covers want to go outward a little. Slight edge wear, but much corner wear. Text is clean. Binding is tight. Lots of black & white photos.

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311 pages including Index. This is a heavy book and will require additional postage.

From back cover: "It's exciting to have such a well-researched and comprehensive guide to Kansas City's built environment that celebrates both the familiar icons and the hidden gems in our metro area." - Dawn Taylor, The American Institute of Architects/Kansas City Fine condition except for soft bends on both front and back covers. Otherwise clean and tight. Very minimal edge/corner wear. Please see photos. 125 pages including Index.

From the back cover: "Brookside's burgundy-and-blue-striped awnings represent both a quaint corner of Kansas City where you can tread the creaky wooden floors of the Dime Store and a pragmatic philosophy that changed the way America planned its cities. Renowned developer J.C. Nichols's 'plan for permanence' was built on his conviction that if a community could offer its residents everything they would want and need, build to high standards and plan for future growth, the community would last..."

New book in New condition. Clean. Tight.
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126 pages including Bibliography.

From the back cover: "One of the grand experiments of American Urban Planning lies tucked within the heart of Kansas City. J.C. Nichols prized the Country Club District as his life's work, and the scope of his vision required fifty years of careful development. Begun in 1905 and extending over a swath of six thousand acres, the project attracted national attention to a city still forging its identity..."

New book in New condition. Clean. Tight.
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159 pages including Index.

From the front dust jacket flap: This book celebrates the history of the city by focusing on the architecture of the homes, businesses, and neighborhoods. The book invites the citizens to look at their surrounds with awakened interest in their historic value and rich heritage. The book tells us in over 100 photographs what we must work at preserving the historic structures that represent life-styles and times that will never come again.

Book - Fine condition. Gray/green cloth over boards with impressed City of Independence seal on the front and blue gilt letters on the spin. There is the tiniest bit of wear at the top and bottom of the spine. Pages are clean and binding is tight.
Dust Jacket - Very Good condition. There is a little bit of wear at the top, near the spine, but the jacket is in a clear protective cover so it looks very nice.
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240 pages.

From back cover: "The Joy of Mathematics is designed to help the reader become aware of the inseparable relationship of mathematics and the world by presenting glimpses and images of mathematics in the many facets of our lives." - Science News." Other quotes mentioned it as "easily readable by all". Please see photo of Contents page - lots of interesting topics.Condition: Very Good. Cover has very slight bumping and slight edge/corner wear. Closed pages have very slight spotting. Otherwise clean and tight. 237 pages including Index.

Amazing compilation of vintage, sepia-toned photographs of Kansas City's places, people, and events. Includes some long, narrow "cirkut" photos - and has pictures of the rotating camera that takes that kind of photo. Very Good condition. Front cover has a few diagonal scratches impressed into the cover. They are only obvious from certain angle. Text is clean. A couple of the center pages have come loose from the staples, otherwise binding is tight. 102 pages. This is a large 12" high x approx. 14" wide book.

Sellers note: I lived just a few blocks away from Crown Center and had just been to an event at the Hyatt the week before this disaster happened. When I heard the news of the skywalk collapse, it was hard to believe. The news spread fast and within hours I had friends from all over the country checking in with me to make sure that I was okay and had not been hurt. It was such a sobering event. I will never forget it. From front DJ flap: "In an instant, more than one hundred people lost their lives. Twice as many were seriously injured. In an instant, the crush of concrete and steel jolted the lives of hundreds of others." "The Last Dance is the story of a tragedy. It tells how a new building raised hopes and a city's pride, how a desire for grand architectural flourishes created challenges and how efforts to simplify construction created a fatal flaw. It tells how an evening of gaiety turned into a night of horror." It tells how the truth was discovered and what was learned from the mistakes, and… Read More

From back cover:
"A comprehensive guide to making dolls' houses in 1/24th scale
Features plans for six models including a thatched cottage, Georgian house, Victorian shop and Tudor manor house
Chapters on essential tools and equipment and recreating authentic architectural details
Life-size plans for making period furniture and ideas for furnishing and accessorising the finished models
Near Fine condition. Very minimal cover, edge, or corner wear. Text is clean and binding is tight. Lots of illustrations and color photos. A very nice book for anyone working in miniature.
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160 pages including Index.

From back cover: Lara Copeland provides a valuable and revealing historical retrospective on the growth and development of Kansas City through photos and captions. This book captures unique and rare scenes as depicted in more than a hundred historic black and white photographs. From the Civil War, to the turn of the century, to the building of a modern metropolis, Remembering Kansas City follows life, government, education, and events throughout Kansas City's history. Very Good+ condition. Cover has light bumping and light edge/corner wear. Pages are clean and binding is tight. Please use photos as part of the description.134 pages.

From the dust jacket: front flap, "The book takes the reader from the frontier and trading days through the era of President Harry Truman to the many worlds of the modern metropolis: its financial clout, its jazz tradition, its architecture and museums, the hotbed of its politics, its growing scientific and medical importance, its superb restaurants, and its beauty." Book - Very Good condition. Red paper over boards with black cloth spine. Minimal edge/corner wear. Evidence that there may have once been prices on front end paper. Otherwise pages are clean. Binding is tight. Dust Jacket - Good condition. There was edge and corner wear, but dust jacket was in a clear protective cover when I received it. There is light rubbing to that protective plastic. Please use photos as part of the description.223 pages

From back cover: "As MIDNIGHT STRUCK on December 1, 1904, World's Fair President David R. Francis stood before a hushed crowd of 100,000 in Forest Park in St. Louis. He then threw a switch that extinguished forever the fair that had been a magical kingdom for seven months."This book tracks down some of the lost treasures of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, their current fate, and provides some interesting facts. Very Good+ condition. Only noted problem is on the front top of the cover, there are a couple small bumps in the finish and a line that looks like a crease, but is not. Please use photos as part of the description.144 pages including Index.

From back cover: "One April 27, 1806, during his second term as president of the United States, Thomas Jefferson confided to his friend Elizabeth Trist, 'I am preparing an occasional retreat in Bedford.' The property was a tract of land more than 4,000 acres that he had owned for over thirty years but had visited just four times - a plantation, worked by about thirty of his slaves, known as Poplar Forest."
The book has beautiful color photos and lots of illustrations. Both the front and back covers are "fold outs".
Book - Good condition. I'm guessing someone set a wet glass on the front as it has some "bubbling" and a partial ring where some of the image is missing. Also the spine edge and the "fold out" edges have some wear. Inside, the text is clean and the binding is tight.
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141 pages.

From the back cover: "Waldo has taken quite a journey from a wide patch of the Santa Fe Trail to one of Kansas City's preeminent neighborhood centers. Since 1841, it has been a battlefield, railroad hub, mill town, border town, suburb, urban hotspot - and always a place where anything could happen..."

New book in New condition. Clean. Tight.
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141 pages including Index.

From the front dust jacket flap: "For all its scholarship, this is no historian's source book, no dry text. The excitement inherent in the story of a lusty young nation would itself ensure engrossing reading. But every talent has been pressed into revealing that story as the gripping and meaningful one it really was. The wealth of pictures includes famous painting, as well as photographs and drawings from all the periods covered."This would be a great book for a young adult or adult to read - it might even spark an interest in our history or government!Book - Good condition. Coated cloth with image of the Capitol over boards, has some bumping and some edge and corner wear. Printed end papers. Clean Text. Tight binding.Dust Jacket - Fair condition. Color is good, but there are many small tears, some small chips, some creases, some bumping and general edge/corner wear. the inside has age spots/stains. Please use the photos as part of the description.143 pages including Index.

From the Introduction - This collection of historic photos was taken by two Kansas City photography firms: Tyner & Murphy Photographers and Anderson Photographers. The author has tried to be as factual as possible, but apologized in advance for any errors. Every page is filled with sepia toned photos.Book - Near Fine condition. Brown leather over boards with gold gilt title on front. Front cover has a light line bumped into it. No signs of wear on the edges or corners. Pages are clean and binding is tight. Really, a very nice book. Dust Jacket - Near Fine condition. Very light bumping to front cover. There is one spot at the inside bottom spine that looks like a possible water stain, but there is no indication of it on the outside. Very minimal edge/corner wear. Please use photos as part of the description.116 pages.

From inside front flap: "Art, in any form, has the capacity to change how we perceive the world around us. ...The medium of art glass is not bound by the restrictions that apply to many other artistic works. True, a stained glass window is the creation of an artist. But there is a divine quality added to the mix; each and every treasure is the result of the interplay of colored glass and natural light." Book - Fine condition. Clean. Tight. Inscription to Ann by author, Christmas 2015 Dust Jacket - Fine condition. No edge/corner wear. Please see photos. 216 pages including Bibliography and Index.