Briggs john ely ed (73 résultats)

Staple-bound Softcover. Etat : Very Good. Crisp, clean pages; stapled binding secure. Soft cover has tiny corner creases and small wrinkles at the spine head, otherwise excellent. 32pp. Articles include "Indian Affairs in 1845" by John Ely Briggs, "Crying in the Bottoms" by J. Leland T. Mitchell, and "The Powder House Explosion"…

Staple-bound Softcover. Etat : Very Good. Pages clean except for a bit of spotting on first and final pages; stapled binding secure; soft cover shows light edgewear at spine ends and foreedges, otherwise excellent. 32pp., b/w photo frontis. Articles about David Rorer, including "A Rare Man" and "An Eloquent Plea" by John Ely Bri…

Softcover. Etat : Good. Crisp, clean pages; no owners' marks; the soft cover shows several small edge tears and folds around yapped edges, a crease and some sunning along the spine, and a small, triangular mark at the right front, otherwise well-kept. Alphabetical index of subjects and authors, covering Iowa's popular history ma…

Staple-bound. Etat : Good. Two pages bear underlining and notes in pen, but pages are otherwise clean; binding staples are lightly rust-stained, and the cover shows a short, closed tear at the spine head, gray handling smudges front and back, and inward folds at the yapped edges, otherwise well-kept. 40pp. Articles by William J.…

Staple-bound. Etat : Good. A date penned at the lower front of the cover and a library's ink stamps on the front cover, reverse of frontispiece, and title page, otherwise clean; binding remains secure; soft cover shows a few small edge folds and chips, otherwise sound. 32pp. Articles include: "Vanished Hosts" by E. D. Nauman, "T…

Softcover. 12mo; original stapled & printed brown wrappers. Articles on Kelley's Army and the Populist movement. In 1894, Gen. Charles T. Kelly took command of this "industrial army" of 600 unemployed men in Oakland, California with the plan of crossing the country to Washington, D.C. in order to petition Congress. It attained i…

Softcover. 12mo; original stapled & printed brown wrappers. Articles: A Confederate Spy by Bruce Mahan on Thomas J. Chew of Cascade; Ventures in Wheat by J. M. D. Burrows on wheat speculation by pioneer commission merchant James E. Woodruff adapted from Burrows' Fifty Years in Iowa. Ex-lib; small stamps on upper & lower edge of…

Softcover. 12mo; original stapled & printed brown wrappers; b&w portrait photo and accomanying piece on Robert J. "Bob" Burdette, humorist. Also: Grasshoper Times on the ravages of Rocky Mountain locusts in O'Brien County 1873-79, as related by one of its victims, Thomas Barry, in an article by Josephine Barry Donovan. Ex-lib; s…

Staple-bound. no owners' marks; saddle staples show a few small rust; Very Good Crisp, clean pages spots, and soft cover bears short wrinkles at corners and spine ends, otherwise excellent. 32pp. Articles include: "MacArthur and Iowa Troops" by J.A. Swisher, "The Power of Words" by Mark Twain (a passage about Keokuk and Henry Cl…

Staple-bound. 1903" by Carl B. Cone. no owners' marks; saddle staples are just starting to; Very Good Crisp, clean pages show rust spots, and soft cover bears short wrinkles at corners and spine ends, otherwise excellent. 32pp. Articles include: "The Election of 1842" by Jack T. Johnson, "Invention and Progress" by Philip D. Jor…

Staple-bound. no owners' marks; soft cover shows a few tiny tears; Very Good- Clean except for a few pale gray handling smudges and modest rust spotting at the binding staples and light folding around the outside edges, otherwise very well-kept. 36pp. Articles include: "In Honor of the Flag" by J.D. Edmundson, "Iowa at the World…

Staple-bound. no; soft cover shows light folding and a few short wrinkles; Very Good Clean except for small spots of rust staining on the binding staples owners' marks around the outside edges, otherwise excellent. 30pp. Articles include: "A Lincoln Pole Raising" by O.A. Garretson, "When Iowa Was Young" by John Ely Briggs, and "…

Staple-bound. Etat : Good. Crisp, clean pages except for some rust staining on an internal staple; binding staples also show rust staining but remain secure; cover has faint, reddish pencil ghosting at the upper front, tiny curls and folds at corners and spine ends, and a very short, neatly closed tear at the upper left rear, ot…

Staple-bound. Etat : Good. Clean pages except for light foxing around outside edges; staples are rust-stained but secure; soft cover bears noticeable soot stain, particularly around front edges, but the scent of it is gone; cover also shows inward folding and some chipping along the yapped edges, otherwise sound. 52pp.; b/w fron…

Staple-bound. Etat : Good. Pages clean except for light handling prints on the reverse of the frontis; stapled binding is secure; soft cover shows noticeable scuffing along the spine and gray smudges and inward folding around the yapped edges, otherwise well-kept. 40pp.; b/w frontis. Articles by James B. Weaver about James Depew…

Staple-bound. Etat : Good. Clean pages except for pale foxing on the first and final leaves; stapled binding remains secure; soft cover shows noticeable scuffing along the spine, some sooty residue (without associated odor) around front edges, and some inward folding and chipping along yapped edges, otherwise well-kept. 40pp. Ar…

Staple-bound. Etat : Very Good. Crisp, clean pages; no owners' marks; soft cover shows small creases and edgewear at corners and spine ends, as well as some fading along the spine, otherwise excellent. 40pp. Articles include "Remember Pearl Harbor" by William J. Peterson, "The Mail Was Late" by Harold D. Peterson, "Legislation i…

Staple-bound. Etat : Very Good. Clean pages; no owners' marks; the soft cover has a prior owner's note in red pencil at the upper front, some gray smudges around edges, and inward folds and chipping around the yapped edges, otherwise sound. 32pp. Articles include "Robert G. Cousins" by Virginia Maxson, "Wildcat Currency" by J.M.…

Staple-bound. Etat : Good. Clean pages except for a few spots in margins; staples show rust, but binding remains secure; cover bears a prior owner's note in red wax pencil at the top front, along with inward folding along yapped edges, some gray handling smudges, and edgewear at corners and spine ends, otherwise sound. 36pp., b/…

Staple-bound. Etat : Good. Clean except for scattered foxing around inside edges of the cover, a name in red pencil at the top front, and some rust staining around staples; binding remains secure, and other than small folds and chips at the spine ends, cover remains good. 32pp. Articles include: "The North Western Comes" by Will…

Staple-bound. Etat : Very Good. Clean except for light foxing on top edges; soft cover shows folds along top edges and small rust spots at the binding staples, but is otherwise excellent. 32pp. Articles include: "Public School Beginnings" by J. A. Swisher; "The Bloomers in Iowa" by Philip D. Jordan; and another "Iowa Anecdote" b…

Staple-bound. Etat : Very Good. Clean except for light foxing on top edges; soft cover shows creases at top corners and light surface wear along the spine, but is otherwise excellent. 32pp. Articles by Ben Hur Wilson on the topic of "Henry County Beginnings", including: "Preempting the County Seat"; "The First Courthouse"; and "…

Staple-bound. Etat : Very Good. Clean except for light foxing on top edges; soft cover shows folds at corners, but is otherwise excellent. 40pp. Articles by William J. Petersen on the top of "Beginnings of Muscatine", including: "Land of the Fire Makers"; "A Town of Many Names"; "The Wheels of Government"; and "Bloomington Count…

Staple-bound. Etat : Very Good. Clean except for light foxing on top edges and some rust spotting at the binding staples; soft cover shows small creases at spine ends, but is otherwise excellent. 32pp. Articles include: "Abner Kneeland - Pantheist" by Ruth A. Gallagher; "What About the Weather" by John H. Haefner; and an afterwo…

Staple-bound. Etat : Very Good. Clean except for light foxing on top edges and small rust spots around the binding staples; soft cover shows short creases at corners, but is otherwise excellent. 40pp. Articles include: "Guides to Iowa Territory" by Jack T. Johnson; "In Defense of Claims" by Fred C. Battell; "Samuel H. McCrory" b…