Category: Midwest

Hoosier Caravan : a Treasury of Indiana Life & Lore

Price: $31.50

Publisher: Bloomington, In, U. S. A.. Bloomington, In, U. S. A., Indiana University Press : 1975

Seller ID: 15079

No defects. Pages are crisp, tight, book appears unread. . This is a wonderful collection of 92 essays, fiction, poetry, history, and other pieces, all concerning the history and culture of the great state of Indiana. Each piece is written by an Indiana author, such as Booth Tarkington, Theodore Dreiser, James Whitcomb Riley, GeneStratton Porter, Ernie Pyle, Jessamyn West, Emily Kimbrough, Hoagy Carmichael, Kurt Vonnegut, and many others. This is the New and Enlarged edition. A handsome copy. . 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 620 pages. A6
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Indiana Authors and Their Books 1816-1916; 1917-1966; 1917-1966 (3 Volumes, Complete)

By: Banta, R. E. , Thompson, Donald E. , Comps.

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Crawfordsville, IN. Crawfordsville, IN, Wabash College : 1949, 1974, 1981

Seller ID: 31835

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

Page ends are darkened in vol. 1, light spotting to page ends in vols. 2-3. Brown cloth covers of vol. 1 are slightly darkened . No wear to covers, pages are clean and bright, binding is tight. Grade: VG+ (vol. 1) and NF (vols. 2 and 3). These are NOT ex-library books. Volumes 2 and 3 appear unread. Three volume set. . Massive compilation of Indiana authors and their books, from 1816 to 1980. Index to all three volumes in vol. 3. A short biography and bibliography of works published are given for each author. . Small 4to - 9" to 11". 1515 pages. C7
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Wheaton College A Heritage Remembered, 1860-1984

By: Bechtel, Paul M

Price: $26.50

Publisher: H. Shaw Publishers : 1984

Seller ID: 32402

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Fine book in NF dust jacket. Jacket has short tear to bottom edge, slightly sunned back panel, now protected by fresh mylar sleeve. Book has no defects. Bright gilt titles to spine, binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked, appears unread. Bound in blue cloth, a beautiful copy. . History of Wheaton College to 1984. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 415 pages. G2
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Door Way

By: Blei, Norbert

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Ellis Press : 1981

Seller ID: 33372

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

Near Fine book in VG dust jacket. Jacket has wear to top edge, now protected by fresh mylar sleeve. Book has corner bump to front cover, no other defects. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. Limited to 1000 copies, this is #389, SIGNED ON THE LAST PAGE BY THE AUTHOR. . Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. 304 pages. Signed by Author. S3
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Women's Great Lakes Reader

By: Brehm, Victoria

Price: $21.50

Publisher: Holy Cow! Press : 1998

Seller ID: 29510

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Fine

No defects; book is As New, unread. . A marvelous anthology of short pieces, all written by women and all about life on the Great Lakes, from 1789 to the present. A beautiful copy of the first edition, published in 1998 by Holy Cow! Press. . Trade PB. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 404 pages. F3
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Farewells

By: Bryan, William Lowe

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Indiana University : 1938

Seller ID: 33445

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Light wear to edges of black leather covers, no other defects. This is copy #1 of a limited edition of 100 autographed copies. Bound in black leather with bright gilt titles to front cover and spine. Author was the tenth President of Indiana University, serving from 1902 to 1937. . The book consists of Commencement Addresses and Columns in the student newspaper, the Indiana Daily Student, written by President Bryan. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 167 pages. Signed by Author. T1
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Here Comes the Showboat!

By: Bryant, Betty

Price: $40.00

Publisher: University Press of Kentucky : 1994

Seller ID: 32726

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket

No defects in book or jacket. Appears unread, jacket now protected by fresh mylar sleeve. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR on the title page. Showboats on the Ohio River! Author was a star on one of the last showboats.. Ohio River Valley Series Series. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. 216 pages. Signed by Author. I1
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Lewis Cass: Frontier Soldier

By: Burns, Virginia

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Bath, MI. Bath, MI, Enterprise Press : 1980

Seller ID: 24361

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket

Dust jacket has small tears and is age-toned at spine and margins, now protected by fresh mylar cover. Book covers are mildly warped, Pages are clean and crisp, binding is tight; book appears unread. Bright red cloth covers with bright gilt lettering to spine. . A juvenile and quasi-fictional but substantial biography of Lewis Cass's early days. During the War of 1812, Cass served as Brigadier General, and he long served as Governor of Michigan Territory. He later was Secretary of War under Andrew Jackson, a member of the Senate from Michigan, and the Democratic candidate for President, losing...
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Cincinnati Goes to War: A Community Responds to World War II

By: Cincinnati Historical Society

Price: $21.50

Publisher: Cincinnati. Cincinnati, Cincinnati Historical Society : 1991

Seller ID: 22318

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Fine with no dust jacket

No defects, gift quality. . Three articles about Cincinnati and how it and its people responded to the needs of World War Two. Wonderful b/w and full color period illustrations and photos. . Trade PB. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 96 pages. H0
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Indiana University: Midwestern Pioneer. Vol. 2. in Mid-Passage

By: Clark, Thomas D.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Bloomington. Bloomington, Indiana University Press : 1973

Seller ID: 12952

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

A little faint spotting to top page ends, no other defects. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by author to "Mr. Joe. " Blue cloth cover with bright gilt lettering and decoration to front cover and spine. 33 pages of plates, bibliography, index, 429p. . Second volume of author's history of Indiana University. A beautiful, collectible copy. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Signed by Author. E1
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Indiana University: Midwestern Pioneer. Vol. III. Years of Fulfillment

By: Clark, Thomas D.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Bloomington. Bloomington, Indiana U. Press : 1977

Seller ID: 20621

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Fine book in NF dust jacket. Very slight sunning to spine of jacket, slight stressing at extremities, now protected by clear mylar sleeve. Book has no defects; pages are clean and crisp, the binding is tight and square; book appears unread. . The third volume of author's monumental history of Indiana University. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR; also SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY BELOVED INDIANA UNIVERSITY CHANCELLOR HERMAN B. WELLS, both to Paul Marer, on first endpaper. Marer was former Professor, Indiana University. Illustrated by photographs. Er . Small 4to - 9" to 11". 678 pages. Signed by Author...
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The Rampaging Frontier: Manners and Humors of Pioneer Days in the South and the Middle West

By: Clark, Thomas Dionysius

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Indianapolis. Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill : 1939

Seller ID: 27865

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

Bound in tan buckram covers, a little rubbing to to bottom edge of spine. Excellent condition otherwise, binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. . Author was noted Kentucky historian, this was his fourth book. SIGNED AND WARMLY INSCRIBED by Clark to Virgil and Elizabeth (probably Virgil Steed and his wife, based on information given in the Acknowledgments). The inscription is dated April 9, 1939, so this is a very early printing. . 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 350 pages. Signed by Author. T6
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History of the Indiana Academy of Science 1885-1984

By: Daily, W. A. and F. K.

Price: $21.50

Publisher: Indianapolis. Indianapolis, Indiana Academy of Science : 1984

Seller ID: 21927

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine with no dust jacket

No defects. Pages are crisp, tight, book appears unread. . Index, illustrated. Blue cloth covers with gilt lettering and decoration. Gift quality. . 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 249 pages. F3
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The Worker in Modern Economic Society

By: Douglas, Paul H. / Hitchcock, Curtics N. / Atkins, Willard E.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Chicago. Chicago, U. Chicago Press : 1925

Seller ID: 21424

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

Green cloth covers are heavily worn at extremities, bottom 1/8-inch of backstrip is missing, scattered pencil marks inside, front cover is a little loose, otherwise binding is tight. . This book was part of the private collection of Herman B Wells, long-time and great president of Indiana University, and is SIGNED by him on the ffep. The book was published and presumably used when Wells was studying for his Master of Arts degree in Economics at Indiana University, a degree he completed in 1927.. 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 935 pages. Signed by Notable Personage, Related. C6
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Always Onward: Barnum, Minnesota 1889 to 2002

By: Eller, Dawn-Marie

Price: $31.50

Publisher: Self Published : 2002

Seller ID: 28046

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

Owner name written with highlighter on verso of front cover, page xi has a highlighted sentence, no other defects. Pages are otherwise clean and crisp, the binding is tight and square; book appears unread. . The history of a small town in northern Minnesota, illustrated with many b/w photos. Signed by Nancy Lou Barnam Brown Hansen (? ) on the verso of the front cover. . Trade PB. 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 454 pages. A1
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Thomas Taggart: Public Servant, Political Boss, 1856-1929

By: Fadely, James Phillip

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Indianapolis. Indianapolis, Indiana Historical Society : 1997

Seller ID: 31999

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket

No defects in book or jacket, the latter now protected with fresh mylar sleeve. Pages are crisp, tight, book appears unread. . Biography of Thomas Taggart, and along the way, an important addition to our understanding of Indiana history in the first quarter of the twentieth century. . 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 267 pages. E1
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Lawrence County Centennial Book: Official Program of the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Founding of Bedford [Indiana] in Conjunction with the Tribute to Lawrence County, Which Was Founded in 1818

By: Fields, Albert J.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Bedford, IN. Bedford, IN, Lawrence County Centennial Celebration Officials : 1925

Seller ID: 21767

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

Mild curling to front cover, no other defects. . Booklet includes text of pageant, illustrations, historical potpourri, and much else. Tight, square, pages clean and bright. . 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 55 pages. E4
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Selections from "Minnesota History" A Fiftieth Anniversary Anthology

By: Gilman, Rhoda & June Drenning Holmquist

Price: $26.50

Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press : 1965

Seller ID: 33179

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Fine book in NF dust jacket, the latter now protected by fresh mylar sleeve. Jacket is price-clipped, no other defects in book or jacket. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked, appears unread, a beautiful copy. . Twenty-eight papers in this anthology, footnotes, Index. . Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. 369 pages. L2
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The Loom of Life

By: Goss, Charles Frederic

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Indianapolis. Indianapolis, Bowen-Merrill : 1902

Seller ID: 30555

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

This beautiful book has just a touch of soil to red cloth covers, page ends darkened. Covers and spine have black and bright gilt decoration and titles. Pages are tight and clean, binding is tight. A lovely gift inscription is on the first free endpage, dated 12/25 - 1902. A literate and literary romance, set in the "wilderness" near Cincinnati. . This is the first edition (The A. L. Burt edition is a reprint. ) . . 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 315 pages. T5
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Our Pioneer Historical Societies

By: Greene, Evarts Boutell

Price: $23.00

Publisher: Indiana Historical Society : 1931

Seller ID: 26153

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

Stapled booklet with gray card covers, small spot of soil to front cover, no other defects. . Author delineates the history of some of the first historical societies in the United States. Indiana's was formed in 1830, only 14 years after she became a state. . Publications, Vol. 10, No. 2 Series. 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 15 pages. I4
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Category: Midwest