Albert Watkins Editor (10 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1911, viii, 296pp, index, six illustrations. Ex-lib, non-circulaitng. TEG. Extremities moderately worn, else G+. Includes the dedication of the Astorian Monument at Bellevue, addresses of Mrs. Oreal S. Ward, John Lee Webster, Gurdon W. Wattles, Albert Watkins, and Samuel Avery. And the following articles: THE NEW WORLD MOVEMENT, by George E. MacLean; EARLY DAYS IN AND ABOUT BELLEVUE, by Edward L. Sayre; KANSAS-NEBRASKA BOUNDARY LINE, by George W. Martin; NEBRASKA AND MINNESOTA TERRITORIAL BOUNDARY, by Albert Watkins; REMINISCENCES OF THE INDIAN FIGHT AT ASH HOLLOW,1855, by General Richard C. Drum; THE BATTLE GROUND OF ASH HOLLOW, by Robert Harvey; THE LAST BATTLE OF THE PAWNEE WITH THE SIOUX, by William Z. Taylor; THE INDIAN GHOST DANCE, by James Mooney; SOME SIDE LIGHTS ON THE CHARACTER OF SITTING BULL, by Doane Robinson; THE EARLY SETTLEMENTS OF THE PLATTE VALLEY, by David Anderson; THE FIRST CATHOLIC BISHOP IN NEBRASKA, by Rev. Michael A. Shine; BIRTH OF LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, by Charles Wake; ENGLISH SETTLEMENT IN PALMYRA, by Rev. Richard Wake; HISTORY OF FORT KEARNY, by Albert Watkins; MISSIONARY LIFE AMONG THE PAWNEES, by Rev John Dunbar.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Volume XVI. 296 pages. Contains an important article on The Ghost Dance by James Mooney.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Top edge gilt. Gilt spine lettering has dulled otherwise a nice, clean, unmarked ad well bound hardcove.

Good plus or better, light general wear, lightly soiled. Cloth Pages browned. Top edges gilt.

Good plus or better, light general wear, lightly soiled. Cloth Pages browned. Top edges gilt. 1 1/2" tear fore-edge of table of contents. Wednesday, November 26, 2014 Articles: Acknowledging God in Constitutions, Murphy; Nebraska Reminiscences, French; The Rural Carrier of 1849, Sheen; Trailing Texas Long-horn Cattle through Nebraska, Cook; Neapolis, Near-Capital, Watkins; Controversy in the Senate over the Admission of Nebraska, Webster; How Nebraska was Brought into the Union, Watkins.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Very Good in brown buckram. 1st Printing. 357pp 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Gilt spine lettering and decoration dulled. Top edge gilt. One of the scarcest of the series. Includes Omaha and Winnegago indians, history of Bellevue, Red Willow, Richardson and Scottsbluff Counties and first person recollections of the Indian War of 1864.

Good, light general wear, soiled. Spine faded and illegible. Cloth Pages browned. Top edges gilt. Prev owner's bookplate inside front cover. Wednesday, November 26, 2014 Articles: Incidents of the Indian Outbreak of 1864, Green, Murphy, Gilbert;The Beginning of Red Willow County, Watkins; The True Logan Fontanelle, Gilmore; At Bellevue in the Thirties, Anderson; Swedes in Nebraska, Alexis;Clan Organization of the Winnebago, Lamere; Women of Territorial Nebraska, McGrew; First Settlement of the Scotts Bluff Country, Shumway; Earliest Settlers in Richardson County, Wilhite; Some Indian Places Names in Nebraska, Hrbkova; Incident in the Impeachment of Governor Butler, Cunningham; The Mescal Society among the Omaha Indians, Gilmore; Reminiscences of William Augustus Gwyer; Nebraska in the Fifties, Johnston;Contested Elections in Nebraska, Watkins; Proceedings of the Society, 1917 .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Light edgewear, couple small soil spots to page ends, pages toned; this is very heavy book; flaps from DJ laid in; 1156 pages 2nd Edition Revised & Enlarged; First Printing.

HC. Condition: Good. 296 A good chapter on the Sioux ghost dance by James Moones.