Memoirs from heytotobooks

New York: The Macmillan Company (1st Edition, November 1926). Lilac cloth boards with faded spine, 136 pages. Dust jacket missing. Pages age toned; creasing along bottom fore edge of front endpaper and first few pages appears to be a production flaw (see our photos); text clean and unmarked; binding square and tight. Hand-colored frontispiece and other illustrations. Protected by clear… Read more about this item

Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press (Stated 1st Bison Book Printing/8th Printing, October 1961). Trade paperback, 282 pages. Clean and unmarked, with a square, tight binding. Covers/edges show general shelf/age wear; spine is not creased. ABOUT THE BOOK: Elinore Pruitt, a widow and mother who washed clothes for a living in Denver, planned to work as a housekeeper for some… Read more about this item

Buffalo, NY: Warren, Johnson & Co. (Author's Edition, 1st thus, updated to February 1873 through Appendix II, "A Remarkable Campaign"). Hardcover with blind-stamped green cloth boards, gilt titles and decorated spine (still bright). No dust jacket, as issued. Frontispiece protected by heavily toned tissue guard. B&W engravings throughout. Spine extremities and edges are worn; boards are worn, with cardboard showing… Read more about this item

Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot Publishing Company (Limited Edition reissue, 1990). Trade paperback with gray covers, 231 pages. Covers show very little wear; some age browning along the spine. A like new copy if not for the age browning. Clean and unmarked, with a square, tight binding. ABOUT THE BOOK: Introduction and an Illustrated Commentary by Bell Irvin Wiley. Period photographs were… Read more about this item

New York: Grosset & Dunlap (1st thus, 1941). Hardcover, green boards, with dust jacket, both in pristine condition, 305 pages. Colors on dust jacket are bright; no chipping or tears. Text clean and unmarked. Binding square and tight. Previous owner's name stamped in corner inside front cover. A great copy! About the Book: "This is the story of Sunrise Mountain… Read more about this item

ABOUT THE BOOK: A childhood on the Kansas prairies in the 1930s springs vividly to life in the detailed memories of Gail Martin. Her simple accounts of long ago school days, celebrations and family life are a treasure. Travel back in time to life in the Flint Hills during the Great Depression, and the time leading up to World War… Read more about this item

ABOUT THE BOOK: Born in 1924, Clyde Owen Martin grew up in a Kansas farm family, then worked in all aspects of the oil field from roughneck to driller to production manager. This book of family memories celebrates his 85 years of life and his pioneering Kansas family. Clyde died in 2012. ABOUT THE AUTHORS: Clyde's wife, GAIL LEE MARTIN (1924… Read more about this item

Topeka, KS: Kansas State Historical Society (Sections reprinted from Kansas History: A Journal of the Central Plains, 1989). Staplebound, magazine format, 44 pages. Part I of the Fitch letters was published in the spring 1989 issue of Kansas History; Part II was published in the summer 1989 issue. Protected by museum binder (see our photos). Clean and unmarked; stapled… Read more about this item

Boston: Crosby, Nichols and Company (Stated 3rd Edition, 1856, same year as 1st Edition). 366 pages, with 6 pages of publisher ads. Boards and backstrip missing, but the solidly bound text block has been protected with museum conservation techniques. Book was formerly held in a regional museum. Original tissue guard is in place to protect the frontispiece; tissue guard… Read more about this item

Lawrence, KS: Privately Printed by William E. Morris, Jr. (1st Edition, December 1906). Hardcover with red textured boards and black titles/illustration, 110 pages, heavy stock, cream-colored. No dust jacket was issued. Signed by the author on the Foreward page. Clean and unmarked, with a square, tight binding. llustrated throughout with original postcards, both color and black-and-white, mounted on individual… Read more about this item

Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas Press (1st Edition, 1957). Hardcover with gray boards and dust jacket, 38 pages. Former museum copy; only sign of that is a small shelving sticker on front cover. Dust jacket is scuffed and has several small closed and open tears and chipping. Book is clean and unmarked, with a square, tight binding. ABOUT THE BOOK: Since… Read more about this item

Self-published (2011). Like new trade paperback, 174 pages. Inscribed by author. Flexible, high-gloss laminated cover. About the Book: Perry Rubart, born in 1931, has seen many changes in his lifetime—personally as well as in this country. In this book, Perry describes his childhood in the Flint Hills of Kansas during the Depression era, his young adulthood in the throes of the… Read more about this item

Larkspur Press, Monterey, KY (1st Edition, 1999). #104 of 150 copies. Flat signed by both authors on title page. Hardcover with dust jacket. Dust jacket shows very little wear; minute closed tear at top of back cover. Book is clean and unmarked; the binding is tight. ABOUT THE BOOK: Aunt Betty's stories retold: The wise and colorful old Irishman James… Read more about this item

~~FLAT SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON FFEP~~ Cincinnati: The W. H. Anderson Company (1st edition, 1963). Black leatherette boards with blind-stamped outline map and state seal of Kentucky, gilt lettering, 121 pages. Ex-library, with the expected markings and card pocket. Card pocket overlaps the original library bookplate. Covers and spine show very little wear. Binding is sound; spine is straight. Pages… Read more about this item

Tales of the Ozarks: True Stories. Topeka, KS: Preston O. Hale (Undated, but early printing). Stapled softcover, 32 pages. Previous owner's name on front cover; gift inscription from 1966 inside front cover. Text clean and unmarked. Stapled binding intact. Age discoloration to edges of front and back covers. Author's Preface (1963): This is a group of events that impressed a growing… Read more about this item

New York: Permabooks (M-3004/4, 1st thus/2nd printing, 25 cents, March 1955). Mass market paperback. Covers are glossy with bright colors; slight toning around the edges. Pages toned. Binding still tight. Spine is uncreased. Clean and unmarked.