Kentucky: A Pictorial History.
Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, [1972]. Hardcover. 4to. Blue cloth with gilt emblem and gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 256pp. Extensive illustrations (many color), map, map endpapers. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. Item #34026
ISBN: 0813100925
A tight and attractive second printing of this enjoyable pictorial survey. Coleman signs and inscribes the half-title page huge and bold: "To -- my good friend -- / Ed Weddle, / With best wishes, / J. Winston Coleman, Jr., / 3/25/72." Coleman (1898-1983) was a prolific Kentucky author and historian whose many books and dozens of pamphlets include "Masonry in the Bluegrass" (1933), "Slavery Times in Kentucky" (1940) and "A Bibliography of Kentucky History" (1949). James Edwin "Ed" Weddle (1911-89) was a well-known LExington nwews and freelance photographer.
Price: $40.00