Search Results: Kentucky from heytotobooks

Lexington, KY: The Blood-Horse (1st Edition, 125th Anniversary Edition, May 1, 1999). Single-issue souvenir magazine of the 125th Kentucky Derby. Clean and unmarked, binding tight. Appears unread.

Madam Belle Brezing. Buggy Whip Press (1st Edition, 1983). Hardcover with red cloth boards and gilt titles, with dust jacket. Dust jacket is in rough condition, with numerous small tears and chipping, sticker residue at the top of front cover, spine faded, and a 2" diagonal closed tear on the front, extending from the top of the spine. The book itself is in great shape; clean and unmarked; binding tight.This is thoroughly researched and well written biography of Belle Brezing, Lexington, Kentucky's famous madam, who ran the most orderly of disorderly houses. She is said to be the inspiration for the madam in "Gone with the Wind." Few copies are in circulation.

Lexington, Kentucky: Privately Printed (1st Edition, 1966). Seven-page staple-bound pamphlet with red covers. Like new condition. When "Miss Belle" Breezing died, Time magazine devoted practically all of its obituary column to the passing of the "famed Lexington, Kentucky proprietress of the most orderly of disorderly houses." In this pamphlet, William H. Townsend recounts the story of his visit to Madam Belle Breezing's house in the quest of some books, as well as to get a first-hand picture of the aging character whose house was long the scene of much gaiety and revelry. William H. Townsend was a renowned scholar, raconteur, and lawyer, born in Anderson Company. Educated first in a one room school at Glensboro, he graduated from University of Kentucky Law School in 1912. Among his books was Lincoln and the Bluegrass was published in 1955. His talk on Cassius Clay, "The Lion of White Hall", is now a taped classic. Townsend had the largest private collection of Lincolnania in the United States.… Read More

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 Roche held a running seminar in local history in his quarters in the Old Northern Bank Building at Lexington's Short and Market streets in the 1920s. At his instigation, Elizabeth "Aunt Betty" Hummons wrote a brief, reminiscent account of her observations in Lexington during the Civil War. She actually saw little of the military activities aside from seeing Gen. John Hunt Morgan and his men dash down Main Street after the so-called Battle of Ashland. She noted that Union forces had fired harmlessly on the town. At 77, "Aunt Betty" recorded her memories. There is the glow of age and some romance in her observations of local people and places. Though she… Read More

Lexington, KY: Richard S. DeCamp (1969). Staple-bound pamphlet, 20 pages. Like new condition.
ABOUT THE BOOK AND AUTHOR: Bettye Lee Mastin was a reporter on architecture in the Bluegrass. She spent her career informing Kentuckians about their remarkable heritage and built environment. Her writing helped lead to the preservation of many historic structures in the region. Born in Midway and raised in Jessamine County, she was a Phi Beta Kappa journalism graduate of the University of Kentucky. She began reading proof for the Lexington Herald in 1944 and joined the paper full-time in 1950. She wrote more than 2,000 weekly features about homes in Central Kentucky, blending a scholar's depth with a journalist's eye for an interesting story. Her work fueled the local preservation movement, and at Herald management's direction, she became an advocate for preservation and won awards for her work. Mastin also authored and co-authored many chapters, journal articles, and books about Kentucky history, including A… Read More

San Francisco: North Point Press (1st Printing, 1982). Small hardcover with dust jacket, both in very good+ condition, 60 pages. Light fingerprint smudging from use on covers of dust jacket. No chips or tears. Previous owner's name has been covered with white-out on FFEP. THE WHEEL is WENDELL BERRY'S eighth collection of poetry. It is a book of elegies, of remembrance and praise. At issue are the qualities that transcend the dying and inform the living. It is the sum of life and death combined that is the Great Cycle of the earth, the Wheel. Wendell E. Berry (born August 5, 1934) is an American novelist, poet, essayist, environmental activist, cultural critic, and farmer. He is an elected member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers, a recipient of The National Humanities Medal, and the Jefferson Lecturer for 2012. He is also a 2013 Fellow of The American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Berry was named the recipient of the 2013 Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award. On… Read More

~~PERSONAL INSCRIPTION BY AUTHOR~~ San Francisco: North Point Press (1st Paperback Edition, 1982). Paperback with cream boards and stiff green dust jacket, 60 pages. Clean and unmarked, with a square, tight binding. Light crease (superficial) at middle of top edge of dust jacket. THE WHEEL is WENDELL BERRY'S eighth collection of poetry. It is a book of elegies, of remembrance and praise. At issue are the qualities that transcend the dying and inform the living. It is the sum of life and death combined that is the Great Cycle of the earth, the Wheel.Wendell E. Berry (born August 5, 1934) is an American novelist, poet, essayist, environmental activist, cultural critic, and farmer. He is an elected member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers, a recipient of The National Humanities Medal, and the Jefferson Lecturer for 2012. He is also a 2013 Fellow of The American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Berry was named the recipient of the 2013 Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award. On January 28,… Read More