Kirke Mechem Editor (27 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. (1950). 462 pages. Index. Contains: The Pictorial Record of the Old West: X. Artists of Indian Life: Henry F. Farny (illustrated); Lincoln College, Forerunner of Washburn Municipal University; A Glimpse of Kansas 90 Years Ago; The Pictorial Record of the Old West, XI, The Leslie Excursion…

Wraps. Condition: Good. Wear on the back cover on the outside and the inside with slight loss of pager. 112 pages. Includes William Clark's Diary May 1826 to February 1831, pages 1 to page 39. Letters of Julia Louisa Lovejoy 1856-1864 pages 40 to 75, The annual Meeting pages 76 to 97, Bypaths of Kansas History pages 98 to 100, K…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dustjacket. Later Edition. ISBN . B000RWCEM8 Hardback. No date in book. No dustjacket; bound in maroon boards with gold field on spine. Very slight wear to corners and edges; very slight dustsoiling to edges; otherwise tight, sound and unmarked in Very Good to Near Fine condition. No Signature…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Some light fading along the edges, else a very good copy. An especially interesting article by Alan W. Farley, "An Indian Captivity and Its Legal AFtermath." (pp 257-263) What makes this is interesting is that the court case referred to was entitle "Fanny Kelly vs. Sarah L. Larime…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine condition. No jacket, probably as issued. First Edition. Topeka: Kansas State Historical Society, 1954. A handsome copy. Near Fine condition. NOT a library discard. A bright, shiny, clean, square, tight copy. Sharp corners. Inner hinges are perfect. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. P…

Pamphlet. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Pages 227 - 336. Contains: Journal of Isaac McCoy for the Exploring Expedition of 1828 by Lela Barnes; The First Kansas Band by Edward Bumgardner; Letters of a Kansas Pioneer 1855-1860 by Thomas C. Wells; and Ferries in Kansas by George A. Root. Front cover has two chips--one at top foreed…

Pamphlet. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Pages 306 - 411. Contains: Early Kansas Impeachments by Cortez A. M. Ewing; Defense of the Kansas Frontier, 1866-1867 by Marvin H. Garfield; Some Famous Kansas Frontier Scouts by Paul I. Wellman; The Leavenworth Board of Trade, 1882-1892 by Lela Barnes; and A History of Kansas Child L…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: None as Issued. Kansas Hist. Collections, Vol. 20. 462 pages, including a general index. Volume itself has blue cloth covers with gilt lettering on the spine. The contents of Volume III include Number 1-February, 1934, number 2- May, 1934, Number 3- August, 1934, and Number…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 462 pages. Index. Illustrated. Contains: A Photographic History of Early Kansas; Ferries in Kansas; Hoole - A Southerner's Viewpoint, 1856-1857; Lee - William C. Hook; Mosher - History from Public Entertainment; Campbell - Camp Beecher; Scheffer - Geographical Names in Ottawa County; Nich…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Not Issued. 1st Edition. Complete in two (2) volumes, uniformly bound in burgundy cloth, gilt title box on both spine panels. Light shelf wear, cloth lightly spotted, minor foxing to text block edges. ix,526 + vi,552 pp., illus. w/ b&w photographs. Firm bindings, clean interiors. Published 1954-5…

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine +. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket as Issued. Reprint. Reprint. No publication date. Complete volume XVI (16). All four issues of 1948. Nice cloth binding. Includes general index. Articles include: "William Clark's Diary, May, 1826 - February, 1831 (complete in four parts); "Letters of Juli…

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: None (as issued). Vol 1 (1954) Vol 2 (1956). Volume one covers the time period 1886-1910 and is 526 pages. Volume two covers the time period 1911-1925 and is 551 pages. Both works are clean, fresh, tight and bright. The volumes were issued without dust jackets, however, we have c…