Search Results: nebraska its characteristics and prospects by butler james d

Nebraska State Historical Society, 1974. 38 pp., paperback, price sticker to front cover, else very good. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.

Good. 1873. Second Edition. Softcover. Disbound, no covers, sewn paper. Spine fold of outside pages is mostly torn. First/title page is slightly smudged. Last page has a tear to the center which has been taped on the inside and is missing the lower outer corner. ; Howes B-1054. Approx. 5 1/2" wide by 7 3/4". ; 40 pages .

Np, 1873. 40pp. Woodcut illustrations including full-page views. 8vo. Stitched self wrappers. 40pp. Woodcut illustrations including full-page views. 8vo. Howes B1054; Graff 517; Adams, Herd 386

[np., 1873. 36, ii, [2] pp. Original printed self-wrappers [rear wrap chipped at blank corner, not affecting the plate of Salt Creek Valley]. Disbound [disbinding holes present in blank inner margin], full-page and partial-page illustrations. Good+. The second edition, after the 1870 24-page first. "Scarce." Adams. "The statistics, with which my paper bristles, have cost me labor in gleaning, and will be as hard for some to peruse as for me to procure." Those bristling statistics show why Nebraska is a great place to live. Howes B1054. Jenkins Full Howes 369. Nebraska Imprints Inv. 459. Graff 517. Adams Herd 386.

Private Printing. Good. 1873. 1st Edition. Softcover. Name and address written front cover, masking tape remnants on front panel and table of contents page. Covers detached with rear panel an illustration of Salt Creek Valley, West From Ashland. Unobtrusive beige stain top edge of several pages. Early Nebraska promotional item, illustrated. Additional photographs available on request. ; MCN26863; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 36 pp .

Good. First Edition. Pamphlet. An uncommon pamphlet extolling the exciting farming opportunities in Nebraska. No date but probably 1873, with 24 pages similar to the first edition of 1871 but no publisher listed. Text contains references to New Year's Day 1873 having passed, with statistics from 1872. Stringbound, light soil and dampstains with one pencil marking. An engraving of the valley of the Big Blue illustrates the back wrap. Butler details the farming and homesteading prospects in Nebraska, with plenty of statistics, comparisons to other regions, and references to the area's mild and healthy climate. Eight copies found on OCLC. Howes B 1074. ; 8" x 5 1/2"; 24 pp .

N.P.: n.d. (ca 1873)., 1873. First edition. First edition. 8vo. Printed wrappers, 36 pp. plus 2 pages of contents, illustrated, tables. Details Nebraska's characteristics including its history, climate, natural resources, farming, ranching, stock raising, crops, education, comparative growth, etc. Also much reference to the Burlington & Missouri River R. R. Company, whose full page ad adorns the inside back cover with "Millions of Acres of the Best Prairie Lands in Iowa and Nebraska, for sale by the Burlington & Missouri River R. R. Co." Lightly soiled on the front panel, else near fine copy. HERD 386. GRAFF 517. HOWES B1054.