Briggs John Ely (183 results)

Staple-bound Softcover. Condition: 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" by Phil Hoffman.

Staple-bound Softcover. Condition: 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 Briggs and "Eminence at the Bar" by J. A. Swisher.

Staple-bound Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Pages crisp and clean; stapled binding secure. Soft cover shows only gentle folds along the edges and light chipping at spine ends; otherwise excellent. 32pp., illustrated in black-and-white. Articles include: "Phil Stong's 'Hawkeyes'" by Ruth A. Gallaher; "No Convention in 1840" by Jack T. Johnson; "Crum and the 'Standard'" by James Fox; "The Bloomington 'Herald'" by Edith May Bell.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good-. Illustrated by B&W frontis photo. (illustrator). VG- in wraps (edgewear to wraps) 8vo, slim 47pp Size: 8vo - over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" Tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good hardcover, no dust cover. The text is unmarked. Covers have rubbed edges and corners along with some scuffing and spotting. Binding is intact. Previous owner's name is on end paper.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Softcover. Condition: 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 magazine from Volume 1 to Volume 10 (1920-1929). 192pp.

The State Historical Society of Iowa 1931 chapbook. soiling to wraps.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Exlibrary with usual library markings. Sunned spine. Some cover wear. Same as later reprint. ; 469 pages.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. b/w Illustration (illustrator). First Edition. VG- in wraps (edgewear to wraps) 8vo, slim 47pp.429-472. Includes contributions "With Sword" and "With Pen" both by Ruth A. Gallaher; also "Iowa" by S. H. M. Byers; editorials, &tc. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Book.

softcover. Condition: Very Good. Pub. monthly by the Iowa State Historical Society; includes articles "A Rare Man," "An Eloquent Plea" and "Eminence at the Bar"; some minor edgewear, small crease midway down spine, else a clean, sound copy.; Always Delivery Confirmation. 35 Years Fast Excellent Service. We Know How To Pack Books.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. From the Iowa Biographical Series edited by Benjamin F. Shambaugh. First Edition. Red cloth with gold lettering and design on spine and front cover. xv, 469pp., index. Previous owner's name written inside front cover. Illustrations with tissue guards. Full refund if not satisfied.

softcover. Condition: Very Good. Pub. monthly by the Iowa State Historical Society; includes title article as well as one entitled "A Century of Iowa Masonry"; minimal wear, a clean, sound copy.; Always Delivery Confirmation. 35 Years Fast Excellent Service. We Know How To Pack Books.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good-. Some cover wear.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good-. Some cover wear.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good-. Some cover wear.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good-. Some cover wear.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good-. Some cover wear.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good-. Some cover wear.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good-. Some cover wear.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good-. Some cover wear.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good-. Some cover wear.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Some cover wear and cover soiling.

Staple-bound. Condition: 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. Petersen about "The Mines of Spain", including: "Perrot's Mines", "Jean Marie Cardinal", "Julien Dubuque", and "Choteau v. Molony", with an afterword by the editor.

Staple-bound. Condition: 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, "The College of the Pioneer" by Thomas H. Macbride, and "Excelsior" by Charles Arthur Hawley, with an afterword by the editor.

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 its greatest numbers and the height of its popularity in western Iowa. Ex-lib; small stamps on upper & lower edge of front cover; sticker removal shadow; otherwise very good condition.

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 front cover; sticker removal shadow; otherwise very good condition.

Softcover. 12mo; original, printed & stapled brown wrappers; facsimile. Articles include: Bertha Shambaugh, Restorer of Iowa Palimpsests [on Herbert Quick]; Wallace, An Iowa Doone Band, etc. Ex-lib; small stamps on upper & lower edge of front cover; sticker removal shadow; otherwise very good condition.

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; small stamps on upper & lower edge of front cover; sticker removal shadow; otherwise very good condition.

Softcover. 12mo; original printed & stapled brown wrappers; port. illustration. Articles on the early exploration and settling of Iowa; Father Marquette; Louis Joliet, etc. Ex-lib; small stamps on upper & lower edge of front cover; sticker removal shadow; otherwise very good condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Prints (illustrator). Brown soft covers. Articles include On River and Highway by William J. Petersen, Plumbe's Railroad to the Moon by Jack T. Johnson, The Fort Madison Patriot by John Ely Briggs, James Gardiner Edwards by Philip Jordan, and A Commonplace Calendar by John Ely Briggs. B & w prints. Int. good. Slight soiling to front cover.