Big blue books catalog
Girard, KS: Little Blue Book Co., n.d. Pamphlet. 62p., staplebound booklet, paper toned, otherwise very good. Relatively late, perhaps 1950s. More
Cat.No: 243588
Kansas
[Cabinet card with photo of an actor in Japanese costume]
Topeka, KS: Crescent Gallery, n.d. 4.5x6.5 inch card with worn corners, black and white photo. We find other photos of the same (apparently Anglo) actor online from this Topeka gallery, sometimes attributed to a Mikado production. More
Cat.No: 247219
Catalog, list of 239 books at 10 cents each
Girard: Haldeman-Julius Company, no date. 63p., 5 x 3.5 inch staplebound booklet; toned and mildly edgeworn. Ten cent pocket series. More
Cat.No: 60184
Catalog: Little Blue Books, 1933-1934. Books of love, fiction, education, marriage, women, science, hygiene and others.
Girard, KS: Haldeman-Julius Publications, 1934. Pamphlet. 64p., stapled wraps, 3.5x5 inches, bottom corner of front wrap chipped, paper evenly browned, address printed on rear wrap, remains of postage stamp on both wraps. At head of title on front wrap: "Almost 1750 Titles." More
Cat.No: 283397
The Christian Amendment Movement: What it is - What You Can Do to Help
Topeka, KN: Christian Amendment Movement, [1951]. Pamphlet. 12p. staplebound pamphlet, 3.5x6.5 inches, front wrap unevenly toned, date penciled on front wrap, else very good condition. From a campaign that tried several times during the 1950s to add a constitutional amendment that would have begun "This nation devoutly recognizes the authority..... More
Cat.No: 336426
Current News: the voice of the Midwestern communities: Vol. 11, #9, May 30, 2001: Nelly Furtado, Angelina Jolie, Eliza Dushku
Kansas City, MO: Graphic Designs, 2001. Magazine. 56p., 8x10.5 inches, ads, news, editorials, features, events, services, resources, very good newsprint magazine in stapled wraps. LGBTQ services, entertainment and news magazine. More
Cat.No: 336337
Disorientation
Lawrence, KS: KU Chapter of the New University Conference, [1970]. Pamphlet. 31 pages, staplebound pamphlet. 8.5x11 in. Very Good. A guide compiled by faculty and staff at the University of Kansas to provide information not normally discussed in official school orientation guides. Articles on gay liberation, women’s liberation, radical education..... More
Cat.No: 345794
Governor Landon vs. candidate Landon
Democratic National Campaign, [1936]. 31 p., wraps with some sunning on covers, otherwise in very good condition. A Democratic Party critique of the policy consistency of then current Republican presidential candidate Landon from Kansas. More
Cat.No: 122355
[Handmade postcard].
[No place]: [no publisher], 1908. Postcard. 1 postcard, affixed with a photoprint portrait of a younger person. 5.5 x 3.25 in. Printed on one side with prepaid postage, an area for a message, and an area for an address. Note on verso handwritten in pencil accompanies portrait, signed “Annie,” likely..... More
Cat.No: 298660
Meander quarterly, newsletter of evolutionary anarchists, vol. 5, no. 5 (May 1994)
Lawrence, KS: Arawak City Autonomous Collective, 1994. 20p., 5.5x8.5 inch staplebound pamphlet; address label for The Match editor, Fred Woodworth, on back cover, in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 337760
The National Socialist: a Forum for the Army of the Revolution. Third year, no. 77 (July 1914)
Girard, KS: Fred D. Warren, 1914. 4p. broadsheet newspaper, folded into quarters, paper toned, address label with name of W.P. Collins (a Socialist Party activist in Boulder, CO); closed edge tear, otherwise generally very good. Cover reprints a letter from Richard Bingham praising an article from The Appeal about the..... More
Cat.No: 346929
Proverbs of Japan
Girard: Haldeman-Julius Company, no date. 59p., v (ads), 5 x 3.5 inch staplebound (two staples!) blue wraps faded to sand-color, mild external wear, and inside someone has lightly pencil-ticked favorites. Little blue book no. 115. More
Cat.No: 71116
Proverbs of Russia
Girard, KS: Appeal to Reason, [circa August 1921 to early 1922]. 42p. [+ads], wraps slightly edge worn, 3.5x5 inches. People's pocket series no. 118. More
Cat.No: 126575
Recommended Fertilizers for Better Minds
Topeka, KS: American Yearbook Company, 1970. Paperback. 72 page paperback, 8.5x11 inches, very good.291270. Profusely illustrated literary collection by University of Kansas students, intended as a substitute for the Jayhawker yearbook. More
Cat.No: 301232
Sermon on the Mount and Other Famous Sayings of Jesus
Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius Company, [1926]. Paperback. 64p., stapled yellow wraps, 3.5x5 inches, wraps toned along edges, pages evenly toned else very good condition; variant with "University in Print" logo and small union bug on rear wrap. Little Blue Book No. 111. More
Cat.No: 264229
Wayland's Monthly, no. 60. (April 1905)
Girard, Kansas: Wayland's Monthly, 1905. 31p., staplebound booklet format, paper evenly toned, very good. More
Cat.No: 252035
The Seven That Were Hanged
Girard: Haldeman-Julius Company, n.d. 96p., staplebound 3.5x5 inch wraps, very good. Little blue book no. 105. Fiction by the Russian Expressionist. More
Cat.No: 138610
The Romance That Balzac Lived: Honore de Balzac and the Women He Loved
Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius Company, 1927. Paperback. 64p., stapled light blue wraps, 3.5x5 inches, wraps toned along edges, pages evenly toned else very good condition. Little Blue Book No. 1213. More
Cat.No: 264196
Little man on campus; no. 9
Lawrence, KS: Alpha Delta Sigma, University of Kansas, 1951. Unpaginated, 5.5x8.5 inch booklet; wraps unevenly toned, pages a bit toned, tiny chip on front bottom corner, else very good. More
Cat.No: 324859
"The fighting editor" or "Warren and the Appeal". A word picture of the Appeal to Reason office. Biography of Fred D. Warren. History of events leading to his sentence to serve six months in prison and pay a fine of $1,500. His speeches before the Federal Court at Fort Scott, Kansas and the Appellate Court at St. Paul, Minnesota. Personal and press comments, etc. Second edition, revised and enlarged.
Girard, Kansas: Published by George D. Brewer, 1910. Hardcover. xvii, [i], 19-211p., frontispiece portrait of Warren, illustration of the Appeal to Reason, logo of the Charles H. Kerr Publishing Company on the spine, spine faded else very good condition. *Egbert p. 152. Includes on pp. 160-167 Upton Sinclair's "Climax of..... More
Cat.No: 80048
Out of sight #75
Wichita, KS: Out of Sight Library, [c197-?]. Staplebound. [8p.], 5.5x8.5 inches; edges faintly worn from handling, else in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 300368
Persevering populist: The life of Frank Doster
Reno: University of Neveda Press, 1969. Hardcover. xi, 196p., very good condition in a price-clipped dj. "The work traces Doster's careers as a Civil War cavalryman, country lawyer, district judge, Chief Justice of Kansas, voice in the Progressive movement, and unrepentant radical in the 1920's" - dj. More
Cat.No: 7751
The development of poor relief legislation in Kansas. With introductory note by Edith Abbott and appendixes and court decisions edited by Sophonisba P. Breckinridge
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1935. Hardcover. xvii, 157p., first edition, very good condition, dj chipped on the edges and spine. More
Cat.No: 155765
Pippa Passes
Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius Company, [1923]. Paperback. 64p., stapled blue wraps, 3.5x5 inches, wraps lightly toned along edges, previous owner's initials penned on front wrap, small stain on rear wrap else very good condition. Little Blue Book / Ten Cent Pocket Series No. 337. More
Cat.No: 274650
Pippas Passes
Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius Company, [1923]. Paperback. 64p., stapled orange wraps, 3.5x5 inches, pages evenly toned else very good condition; "Univesity in Print" logo and small union bug on rear wrap. Little Blue Book / Ten Cent Pocket Series No. 337. More
Cat.No: 264206