Search Results: Nebraska from Gene W. Baade Books on the West

Fort Calhoun: Nebraska Societies of the Sons and Daughers of the American Revolution and Nebraska Historical Soc, 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 1st printing of printed folder (4pp). Event took place at Fort Calhoun, Nebraska, August 3, 1904. Verso of cover is list of various committees involved. Recto of back cover prints the program. The address was presented by Major William Hancock Clark. Governor of Nebraska John H. Murray had the opening address. J. A. Barrett, Curator of the Nebr. State Hist. Soc. presented a paper, "the Meaning of the Council of 1804." Your bookseller believes the council was Lewis and Clark's meeting with the Otos and Missourias. Good used condition. Mild brown stain on the lower 1/3 of the folder on all pages, but it is not dramatic. Scarce centennial program indeed.

NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1972. Special Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 1st printing. Cloth & boards. 173pp. Affixed to the ffep is the author's "Flaming Rainbow" bookplate drawn by him for the release of the first edition. The bookplate base drawing is lithographed, & Neihardt's signature is in facsimile. A fine & evocative memoir by the great Nebraska poet & writer. Near fine in pc dj.

Lincoln: Univ. of Nebraska, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 1st printing. Gilt-stamped cloth and boards. 321pp. Index. Chapter head vignettes. Long considered one of the better cowman autobiographies; Northern Plains: Nebraska, South Dakota. This book won the 1970 Spur Award of the Western Writers of America. Fine in dj. Scarce now in first edition.

NY: Atheneum, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Good. 1st printing. Cloth with gilt spine titles. 304pp. A Nebraska novel by the noted author. Some wear to spine gilt in spite of dj. Fading to extreme head & toe of spine. Vg+ in moderately worn dj.

Cleveland: World, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st printing. Gilt-stamped cloth. 373pp. Illus. Bibliography. Index. Endpaper maps of circa 1867 Nebraska. Placed over the dj is a Nebraska Centennial Edition paper ribbon/promo. Longhorns, Chisholm Trail, ranching, rustlers, highwaymen, homesteaders, they're all in frontier Nebraska! Fine copy in fine dj which has a small price clip. A somewhat common book, but this is a beautiful copy.

Chadron: Privately Printed, 1983. First Edition. Soft cover. Fine. 1st printing. Pictorial wraps. 40pp. Illus. Map. Fine. Scarce.

Nebraska. State Hist. Soc. & Johnson Pub., Lincoln, 1969, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Pictorial cloth. 225pp. Illust. Notes. Bibliography. Family tree diagram. Signed by Kidd. Bookplate on ffep. La Flesche was the "last man to obtain Chiefship of the Omaha". Detailed account of the family, mostly with 19th Century history dating back to Lewis & Clark. Fine in dj.

Lincoln: Woodruff Printing, 1923. First Edition. Soft cover. Fine. 1st printing. Oblong 4to pictorial wraps with gilt embossing. Unpaginated, but approx 193pp. Illus. Index. Lots of material in here on Lincoln. Virtually fine; no chips, binding tight, clean & bright. Scarce.

Lincoln: Nebraska Territorial Pioneers' Assoc, 1917. First Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. 1st printings. Printed wraps. 61pp & 68pp. Fldg map (the old town of Lancaster overlaid with original plat of Lincoln). Vol 1 published in 1917 & volume 2 in 1923. Near fine both volumes.

Lincoln: Univ of Nebr, 1967. First Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. 1st printing. 4to pictorial wraps. 231pp. Illustrated with lots of vintage photos. Small ink stamp vignette on half-title. Vg.

Lincoln: Works Progress Administration, 1942. First Edition. Soft cover. Good. 1st printing. 4to printed pictorial stiff wraps. 132pp. "The Nebraska Historical Records Survey." Preface by R. Harold Marks. Laid in review slip. First leaf pulled from stapled binding; spine unglued from text block. Still a good copy. Scarce.

NY, 1965, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good+. 1st edition. Cloth. 319pp. Fine in sl ch dj.

Woodland Hills: Windsor, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 1st printing. 4to gilt-stamped cloth. 199pp. Illus. Bibliography. Index. A nice Nebraska item. Fine in dj with tiny chip to bottom edge of front panel.

Salt Lake City: Howe Brothers, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st printing. Silver-stamped cloth. 177pp. Frontispiece portrait. Neihardt was the fine poet laureate of Nebraska who expressed the history of the high plains in epic poetry & prose. This copy is an unusual review copy that has laid in a glossy 5" x 7" b/w portrait of Neihardt, the same one as the frontispiece. Attribution slip on reverse: photographer Ron Nicodemus. Also, a plainly printed folded sheet containing a "Biography of Vine Deloria, Jr." is laid in. Essays by Dee Brown, Alvin M. Josephy, Jr., N. Scott Momaday, Frank Waters, Frederick Manfred, & 8 others. Fine in dj.

Lincoln: U of Nebraska, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 1st printing. Cloth. 221pp. Illus. Endpaper maps. Memoirs of the upper Niobrara cow country in Nebraska by the son of Capt. James H. Cook whose own book, Fifty Years on the Old Frontier, is a classic. Fine in near fine, pc dj.

Lincoln, Journal Company, State Printers, 1884, 1884. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+. Small 8vo decorated & gilt-stamped green cloth. 273pp. D�corated endpapers. A very old bookseller's label (Raymer's, Denver) on corner of front paste down. Owner's initials in pencil on ffep & title-page. Fldg map, 13 1/2" x 19 1/2", inside rear cover, "Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley R.R. and Connections. To the Free Homes for the Million (singular)." Some splits at folds closed on backside with archival film. "this little work, which claims no merit but TRUTH is humbly dedicated to the many dear friends, who by their kindness made the long journey and work pleasant to The Author." The author's brother "was the originator of the colony movement" (The Nebraska Mutual Aid Colony, of Bradford, Penn.) & she was a member. Fulton traveled around the state on the S.C. & P.R.R., the U.P., & the B. & M.R.R. Very interesting reading with references to famous people & events (Buffalo Bill, Little Big Horn, Spotted… Read More