Search Results: Titles starting with K from George S. MacManus Company

1877. BEARD, James M. K.K.K. Sketches, Humorous and Didactic, Treating the more Important Events of the Ku-Klux-Klan Movement in the South. With A Discussion of the Causes which gave Rise to it, and the Social and Political Issues Emanating from It. Phila., 1877 1st. ed 192pp. Very good in orig. cloth. $500.00.

1856. KEYSTONE MARBLE WORKS. S.F. Jacoby & Co., Market St. betw. 20th & 21st Phila: Herline & Co., Lith., [1856]. Lithograph tinted with two stones, 18-1/2 x 16 inches. Foot trimmed to image, but including publisher's imprint, a few minor chips to head, else very good. Wainwright 213. Philadelphia on Stone 421. Advertisement containing a montage of 5 views of the marble works established in 1855 at 2025 Market Street. Views are separated by borders comprised of filigree, mantles, and sculpture. Upper view shows the exterior of the three-story L-shaped factory. The factory is adorned with a balcony lined with statues, the roof figure of William Penn, and signage. Marble works, predominately monuments, fill the courtyard across from laborers working with a pile of marble slabs near a horse-drawn cart. Also shows street and pedestrian traffic, including a horse-drawn dray parked near the sidewalk and a couple on horseback, a horse-drawn carriage, a horse-drawn cart, and a laborer pushing a hand-cart in… Read More

1814. (PHILADELPHIA). KITE'S Philadelphia Directory for 1814: Containing the Names, Professions, and Residence of Heads of Families and Persons in Business in the City and Suburbs.... [Phila.]: B. & T. Kite, [1814]. xii, [2], [508], lxv, [1] pp. advts. Orig. calf-backed boards. Several early owner names as well as some staining in the preliminaries. Scant and scattered early marginalia. Some wear to the boards, but a very good copy. Spear, p. 278. Shaw & Shoemaker 31873.

ANGELO, Valenti. KORAN. Selected Suras. Translated from the Arabic by Arthur Jeffrey and Decorated by Valenti Angelo. 4to. Orig. wallet-style decorated cloth in publisher's folding box. N.Y.: The Limited Editions Club, 1958. Limited to 1,500 copies printed in red, blue, black and gilt at the press of A. Colish and signed by the illustrator. A fine copy.

HODGE, Gene Meany. The Kachinas Are Coming: Pueblo Indian Kachina Dolls with Related Folktales. Flagstaff, AZ: Northland Press, 1967. Facsimile of the 1936 ed. 4to. xvii,129pp. 18 color plates. Orig. cloth-backed fancy-paper covered boards. Near fine. Collection of legends associated with Kachinas.

[VOLLMER, Carl G.W.]. Kalifornien och Guldfebern. Guldgrafvarnes, Mormonernas och Indianernas seder och Bruck, Skildrade, under en Resa Genom Vestra Nordamerika.Af Dr. W.F.A. Zimmermann [pseud]. Stockholm: C.H. Falhstedts Forlag, [1862]. Illus. with 8 plates in color. Orig. calf-backed boards. A very good copy. Howes V-140. Wheat Gold Rush 238. Flake 9491. Cowan, p. 701. Very scarce; there was never an edition in English. Tales of adventures and travel in the California gold regions and environs, with some material on the role of the Mormons in the gold discoveries and their colonization in the West. Oddly, Wheat and Flake give precedence to the 1863 Berlin edition, the former not even noting this first edition. The lithographed plates include vivid depictions of a prairie fire, a lynching, a buffalo hunt, and scenes round and about the gold fields. There are several text illustrations in addition to the color plates.

GIFFORD, E.W. The Kamia of Imperial Valley. Wash., 1931. Illus. maps. 94pp. Very good in orig. wrappers. BAE Bulletin 97.

LAWRENCE, D.H. Kangaroo. Orig. cloth. N.Y.: Thomas Seltzer, 1923. First American edition. Roberts A26. A very good copy.

1898. ROBINSON, Charles. Kansas Conflict. Lawrence, KS: Journal Publishing Company, 1898. 1st ed. xxiii,487pp. orig. blindstamped cloth. Fine. The story of the Missouri-Kansas border troubles and the formation of the state government. Rader 2800. Day 257: "Contains the story of the Free-State struggle by one of the principals. The last chapter examines Kansas during the years following the Civil War. The appendix contains copies of correspondence relating to John Brown." Inscribed on front free endpaper: "Rev. Georg Batcheler Compliments of `C. Robinson' and Sara T.D. Robins, Aug. 4 /98.

(KANSAS). LAUDE, G.A. Kansas Shorthorns. A History of the Breed in the State from 1857 to 1920. Iola, Kansas, 1920. Illus. 647pp. plus index. Adams Herd 1310.

1854. HALE, Edward E. Kansas and Nebraksa: The History, Geographical and Physical Characteristics, and Political Position of Those Territories; an Account of the Emigrant Aid Companies, and Directions to Emigrants. Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1854. 256pp. Folding map frontis. Orig. blindstamped cloth, spine gilt. Some rubbing to spine ends, light scattered foxing to endpapers, else very good or better. Wagner-Camp 239. Graff 1709. Sabin 28264. Hale wanted to encourage anti-slavery New Englanders to settle in Kansas and Nebraska. Includes account of steamboat trip up Smoky Hill River. "the first book written about Kansas"--Dary, Kanzana 1.

1856. GREENE, Max. The Kanzas Region: Forest, Prairie, Desert, Mountain, Vale, and River...New York. 1856. 192pp. plus ads. Map. Original cloth. Fine in a cloth slipcase. Wagner-Camp 276. Howes G-383, "aa." Reese, Best of the West 140. Graff 1650. Rittenhouse 253. Streeter Sale 1821. Sabin 28607. "This work provides a good account of the prairie and mountain region featuring many incidents from the author's own experiences from 1850 to 1855. It also contains a history of the Santa Fe treade and descriptions of the Santa Fe trail" - Wagner-Camp. The author, it has been suggested, was a tramp printer sent west by a Pennsylvania newspaper. The map illustrates the Kansas area.

1932. HARRINGTON, John P. Karuk Indian Myths. Wash., 1932. Orig. printed wrappers. 34pp. BAE Bulletin 107.

STOCKTON, Frank R. Kate Bonnet. The Romance of a Pirate's Daughter. Orig. decorated cloth. Illustrated. N.Y.: Appleton's, 1902. First edition. BAL 18943. A very good copy.

[PLOMER, Anne Hamilton]. Kate Devereux. A Story of Modern Life. Original green blindstamped cloth. London: Richard Bentley, 1851. 3 Vols. First edition. Not in Sadleir or Wolff. Worldcat locates only two copies. A very good or better set.

1901. BOAS, Franz. Kathlamet Texts. Washington, 1901. 1st ed. 4to. Illus. Very good in orig. cloth. BAE Bulletin 26.

1920. MORLEY, Christopher. Kathleen. Original cloth-backed boards, housed in custom brown morocco-backed slipcase with inner cloth chemise. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1920. $175.00[a] First edition. Ashby A18.a. Lee A13. Presentation inscription from the author on front free endpaper: "To Edward Canby. Dear Edward: In spite of it's being more than ten years since this story happened (some of it); and about six years since it was written, I still laugh when I look at it. Maybe you will too: and try it on your adorable Sire, who loves to laugh and does so gracefully-you friend, Christopher Morley, November 1m 1923." Edward Canby was the son of Henry Canby, longtime editor of the Saturday Review. A near fine copy.

MASTERSON, V.V. The Katy Railroad and the Last Frontier. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, [1952]. xvi, 312pp. Illus. Facsims. Maps. Very good in a rubbed and edge worn d/j. History of the railroad line linking St. Louis, southern Texas, and the Gulf.

DELAND, Margaret. The Kays. Orig. cloth, dust jacket. N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, 1926. First edition. A fine copy.

(KEARNEY, PHILIP). WERSTEIN, Irving. Kearney the Magnificent: The Story of General Philip Kearney. 1815-1862. N.Y., [1962]. Fine in d/j.