Search Results: mary and i forty years with by stephen r riggs

Ross & Haines, 1969-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. Cloth Hardcover, Missing Dustjacket, Ex-library, with some expected wear and imperfections, Pages are otherwise clean, tight and flat. Item Shrink-wrapped for additional protection

Hardcover in dust jacket - text appears clean and unmarked but for previous owner's address stamp on the front free end paper and very light spots on page block edges, binding is tight but very slightly cocked, covers are clean; dust jacket has large clip on inside front flap otherwise in very good condition and wrapped in mylar -- Dependable seller since 1994, daily shipping with tracking from our brick and mortar store in Madison, Wisconsin.

Corner House, 1971-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 8x6x1. 388 pages : portraits; 22 x 15 cm. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Light wear/tears to dust jacket. Jacket price clipped. Foxing to edges.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Boston, MA: Congregational Sunday-School and Publishing Society, 1887. Hardcover. VG+. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, maroon cloth boards with gilt on front and spine. Exterior shows very little wear with only minor scuffing and soiling. There is a crease at the top of the spine above the title which may have been caused by a bump. Internal binding is in excellent condition and text pages are tight. It is doubtful this book was ever read. No signatures or bookplates, no library markings, or anything else. Pages are tone due to age but are clean.

Minneapolis, Minnesota: Ross & Haines, 1969. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. 437 pages + index, map end-papers, 1 of 1,000 copies. A reprint of the 1880 1st edition. Riggs and his wife spent 40 years among the Sioux. He gave the Sioux a written language..

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2007-10-22. Paperback. Used:Good.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2007-10-22. Paperback. Good.

Paperback / softback. New.

Boston, Ma, U.S.A.: Congregational Sunday School And Publishing Society , 1887 Hardcover. Pp. 437. Small 8Vo., Measuring 5.5" X 7.5". Original Brown Cloth Over Boards, Gilt Rules And Lettering To The Spine And Front Board, Stencil Lettering In Standard White On Lower Spine.. Photographic Frontispiece Of The Author Plus Two Additional Photographic Plates; Mary Riggs And The Other Of The Both Of Them. A Nice Tight, Sound Binding. Overall Vg+. A Library Example And Very Nice Working Copy For Reading At A Reasonable Cost Which You Will Not Have To Worry About Damaging An Expensive Book! Riggs And His Wife Mary Were Missionaries To The Sioux, Stationed Mostly At Lac Qui Parle In Minnesota. Riggs Was The Author Of The Dakota Grammar And Dictionary And The Gospel Among The Dakotas. Listed In Howe's, Important Books Relating To U.S. History #, 288. The Couple Were From Massachusetts.

Boston: Congregational Sunday-School and Publishing Society, 1887. Hardcover. Good. frontis (portrait), 437p. Cloth. 19cm. Ex lib. (bookplate, card pocket, remnant of spine label). Extremities scuffed. Missionary efforts.

W. G. Holmes, 1880. Hardcover. Good. good solid and tight worn about edges

New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Boston: Congregational House, 1887. Hardcover. Very good. Publisher's cloth lettered in gilt on the front and spine. With monographs by Nina Foster Riggs and Rev. Gideon H. Pond. Worn at head, heal and extremities, hinge of title page is fragile. Lacks front-free endpaper and adhesive damage to the front paste-down, otherwise a sound copy. Later edition of Sabin 71339 (1880).

Paperback / softback. New.

Chicago: W. G. Holmes, 1880. Book. Very Good -. Hardcover. First Edition. 388 pages, frontis, new spine with original laid on top, slight edge wear. Riggs and his wife spent 40 years among the Sioux. He gave the Sioux a written language. Howes R288.

New.

W. G. Holmes, Chicago.. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1880. First Edition. Hardcover. Referenced in Eberstadt III: 519: "Early days and history of the Northwest; Journey to the Missouri River; the Sioux Massacre; General Sibley's Expedition; Captivity among the Indians, etc. " (Howes: R288) . 388 pages. Original brown cloth. A very nice copy of this now scarce book. Book is in Near Fine condition.; Standard Book Size. .