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 stapled wraps; faintly browned 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
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
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
Sermon on the Mount and Other Famous Sayings of Jesus
Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius Company, [1926]. Pamphlet. 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 party of the third part: the story of the Kansas Industrial Relations Court
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1921. Hardcover. 282p., later printing, boards lightly edgeworn, else very good condition in a toned and edgeworn dj. More
Cat.No: 29991
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. Pamphlet. 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
"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: George D. Brewer, 1910. Hardcover. xvii, [i], 19-211p., front., illustration of the Appeal to Reason building a bit foxed, logo of the Charles H. Kerr Publishing Company on the spine, spine soiled, corners slightly bumped. *Egbert p. 152. Includes on pp. 160-167 Upton Sinclair's "Climax of long series..... More
Cat.No: 89
"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 a 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
The collapse of small towns on the Great Plains: a bibliography
Emporia, KS: The School of Graduate and Professional Studies of the Emporia State University, 1982. 36p., 6x9 inches, essay, footnotes, bibliography, address label on rear wrap else very good first edition booklet in stapled pictorial wraps. The Emporia State Research Studies Vol. xxxi number 1, Summer, 1982. More
Cat.No: 148967
Poems of Robert Burns
Girard: Haldeman-Julius Company, no date. 64p., later printing, 5 x 3.25 inch stapled wraps; text somewhat browned, edges faintly discolored. Little blue book no. 284. More
Cat.No: 59366
The Meaning of the U.S. Constitution
Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius Company, 1928. Pamphlet. 62p., stapled light blue wraps, 3.5x5 inches, pages evenly toned else very good condition. Butler was the President of Columbia University at the time. Little Blue Book No. 1317. More
Cat.No: 264194
Silkville: a Kansas attempt in the history of Fourierist utopias, 1869-1892
Emporia: Kansas State Teachers College, 1954. Pamphlet. 29p., stapled wraps, 6x9 inches, wraps slightly worn, library address on rear wrap (no other markings) else very good condition. The Emporia State research studies, vol. 3, no. 2. More
Cat.No: 28998
Kansas Populism: Ideas and Men
Lawrence: The University Press of Kansas, 1969. Hardcover. xi, 330p., hardcover in dust jacket, 6x8.75 inches. Dust jacket has light handling wear with bumped corner, else very good. More
Cat.No: 280968