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Kentucky in the War of 1812 (First Edition)

By: Anderson Chenault Quisenberry

Price: $375.00

Publisher: Frankfort, Kentucky, The Kentucky State Historical Society: 1915

Seller ID: 060781

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. A very rare book. Green cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine. Illustrated with portraits (each has a tissue guard). 222pp. Covers and spine show some wear, fading, fraying, and a few stains. Slight foxing inside, but text is mostly clean. Text body is free from underlining, highlighting, or notes. Full refund if not satisfied. "This book-length treatment of Kentucky's participation in the War of 1812 includes accounts of Kentucky heroes at the major battles in the conflict, biographical notices, and records of service of many Kentuckians."
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1930 Towers (Volume Five) A Year Book (First Edition)

By: Bowling Green Business University

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Nashville, TN, Benson Printing Co: 1930

Seller ID: 031112

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Annual Yearbook of the College of Commerce, Bowling Green Business University. Black blind-stamped cloth. Previous owner's name and note written on textured end-papers. There is no other writing in the book. 110pp. Full refund if not satisfied.
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The William Whitley House

By: Charles G. Talbert

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Frankfort, KY, Kentucky Department of Parks:

Seller ID: 023710

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Paperback, illustrated front cover, frontispiece portrait, no writing in the book, 47pp., Full refund if not satisfied.
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Comin' Through the Gap (Signed First Edition)

By: Elsie May Peyton

Price: $12.50

Publisher: Burlington, KY, Penandhoe Press: 1953

Seller ID: 031682

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Author's gift inscription on front free end paper. There is no other writing in the book. Paperback. Illustrated. 82pp. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Remember the Raisin! (Signed first edition)

By: G. Glenn Clift

Price: $250.00

Publisher: Frankfort, KY, Kentucky Historical Society: 1961

Seller ID: 017693

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good +

Signed First Edition. This book of Kentucky history has a 5 star rating on Amazon. Orange-rust cloth, Binding tight. Mylar cover. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Kentucky in Retrospect Noteworthy Personages and Events in Kentucky History 1792-1967

By: G. Glenn Clift, Editor

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Frankfort, KY, The Kentucky Historical Society: 1967

Seller ID: 017521

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good +

Red cloth, gold lettering, illustrated, ownership names in gold gilt lettering on front cover (Elizabeth and Edward Gilmore), No writing in the book - not even an owners name. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Creeker: A Woman's Journey (signed by author)

By: Linda Scott DeRosier

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Lexington, KY, The University Press of Kentucky: 1999

Seller ID: 058728

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good +

Signed by author. Blue cloth cover. Photograph frontispiece. 228 pp. A few pages of photographs around page 110. Pictorial dust jacket. Ex-library. Text body and binding in fine condition. Dust jacket has very minor edge wear. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Cloud-Walking (First Edition)

By: Marie Campbell; Alice V. Kelither, Foreword

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New York / Toronto, Farrar & Rinehart, Inc.: 1942

Seller ID: 060674

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

First Edition. Gray cloth covers Pictorial dust jacket. Uncut fore-edge. Illustrated end-papers. Title-page contains illustration. Illustrated. x, 272pp. Dust Jacket worn at edges, small chips and tears. It is in very good condition for when it was printed. Covers and spine clean. End-papers lightly browned. Text body is clean and free from underlining, highlighting, or notes. Full refund if not satisfied.
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John Wesley Hunt: Pioneer, Merchant, Manufacturer and Financier (Kentucky Bicentennial Bookshelf) Signed First Edition

By: Ramage, James A.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Lexington, KY, The University Press of Kentucky: 1974

Seller ID: 031685

ISBN: 0813102049

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good +

When John Wesley Hunt came to Kentucky in 1794, his plan was to open a general store in Lexington. A canny judge of business opportunity, he soon expanded his activities and became one of the responsible figures of Kentucky banking and finance. In another kind of venture, he imported fine stallions from the East, significantly improving the bloodlines of thoroughbreds and trotters in the Bluegrass. John Wesley Hunt tells the story of Hunt's business exploits against the background of life in frontier Lexington. James A. Ramage reveals how his innovative solutions to the financial problems of t...
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Kentucky Place Names (First Edition)

By: Rennick, Robert M.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky, The University Press of Kentucky: 1984

Seller ID: 027997

ISBN: 0813115035

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good +

"From the wealth of place names in Kentucky, Rennick has selected those of some 2,000 communities and post offices. These places are usually the largest, the best known, or the most important as well as those with unusual or inherently interesting names. Including perhaps one-fourth of all such places known in the state, the names were chosen as a representative sample among Kentucky's counties and sections. Kentucky Place Names offers a fascinating mosaic of information on families, events, politics, and local lore in the state. It will interest all Kentuckians as well as the growing numb...
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The Wilderness Road (From the Library of Morton H. Smith)

By: Robert L. Kincaid

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Kingsport, TN, Arcata Graphics: 1992

Seller ID: 041721

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Cream boards with black lettering and design. The special Kentucky Bicentennial reprint edition. Illustrated. 392pp., index. Full refund if not satisfied.This book comes from the personal library of Morton H. Smith but does not have his personal library marking. This from Wikipedia: Morton Howison Smith (December 11, 1923 to November 12, 2017) was an American Presbyterian minister. He was the first Stated Clerk of the Presbyterian Church in America, serving from 1973 to 1988, and also served as its Moderator in 2000. Smith had degrees from the University of Michigan, Columbia Theological ...
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In the Pennyrile of Old Kentucky, and Men, Things and Events (First Edition)

By: Savoyard (Eugene W. Newman)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Washington, Press of the Sudwarth Company: 1911

Seller ID: 034538

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good +

Brown cloth with gold lettering on spine and front cover. First Book of the series. 271pp., index. Previous owner's name written on front free end-paper. A few spots on rear cover. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Frankfort 200 Celebration 1786-1986 (Limited Edition)

By: Turner Publishing [Compiler]

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Paducah, KY, Turner Publishing: 1987

Seller ID: 031910

ISBN: 0938021176

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Rare 200th bicentennial celebration edition limited to 1,000 copies (this is #7). Handwritten correction sheet stapled to page 97; insert page 126A is included with cover letter. Previous owner's name written and stamped on illustrated end paper (map). Illustrated. 224pp. Full refund if not satisfied.
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A Short History of the Daviess-McLean Batist Association in Kentucky 1844 - 1968 (Commemorating 125 Years of Continuous History)

By: Wendell Holmes Rone, Sr., Th.M.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Kentucky, Progress Printing Co.: 1968

Seller ID: 062599

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

A history of the Daviess-McLean (former Daviess County) Baptist Association. Black and white photos of churches and their pastors, pictorial history of Baptist Association offices, Doctrinal Declarations and Constitutions included. Stapled spine, pictorial covers; covers slightly soiled. Full refund if not satisfied.
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