Snap Shots of the Trans-Mississippi Exposition at Omaha, Nebraska. Containing Reproductions of All of the Prominent and Beautiful Buildings, the Midway, Bird's-Eye and General Views of the Exposition

By: N/A

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Omaha, NE, Bee Publishing Co.: 1898

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 023729

Condition: Good

48 pages, mostly of photos, unpaginated. Oblong, 9 x 7 inches in size. Saddle stapled. Scattered light wear, mostly along bottom edges with a few chips and small tears on some of the later leaves. Penciled name at top of front cover. Tight and otherwise clean copy. View more info

The Track of the Tornado That Struck Omaha at 6 P.M. Easter Sunday, March 23, 1913

By: N/A

Price: $65.00

Publisher: Omaha, NE, The Omaha Bee:

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 024530

Condition: Good+

32 pages pamphlet showing photos of the destruction of the tornado to Omaha in 1913; Covers show a few chips on edges and a little light soiling, mostly on rear cover; Volume remains tight and contents are clean. View more info

A History of the Life of Stephen Ralph Douglass and Jane Elizabeth Douglass

By: N/A

Price: $185.00

Publisher: N/P, N/P:

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 026427

Condition: Good+

20 page ribbon tied pamphlet detailing the lives of Stephen Ralph Douglas and Jane Elizabeth Douglas while in Iowa, and later Otoe and Seward Counties of Nebraska. Includes material on pioneer settlement, interactions with local Indians, The First National Bank of Seward and the First Congregational Society of Seward, Nebraska. There is no date of publication, though circa 1905. WorldCat shows only one copy held at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. Covers are chipped and there is a two inch closed tear along the fold of the front cover. Contents remain tight and clean. View more info

Where the Buffalo Roamed: Stories of Early Days in Buffalo County, Nebraska

By: N/A

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Shenandoah, IA, The World Publishing Company:

Seller ID: 035406

Condition: Good

No date of publication, though circa 1967. 543+ pages. Yellow cloth covers and edges are lightly soiled. Volume remains tight, and otherwise clean and intact. View more info

Kanzas and Nebraska: The History, Geographical and Physical Characteristics, and Political Position of Those Territories; An Account of the Emigrant Aid Companies, and Directions to Emigrants

By: Hale, Edward E.

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Boston, Phillips, Sampson and Company: 1854

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 019726

Condition: Good+

256 pages, plus folding map and four pages ads. Cloth covers are chipped at spine ends and lightly worn at corners. There is a 3/4 inch chip at joint of front cover and spine. Lettering and decoration remain good. Small book plate on front paste down. Map shows a small fold at top outside corner not affecting image. There is a pin hole in map sheet just outside the border. Map is well folded and otherwise in exceptionally nice condition. Volume remains tight and is otherwise very clean. View more info

The Kansas and Nebraska Handbook for 1857-8. With a New and Accurate Map

By: Parker, Nathan H.

Price: $650.00

Publisher: Boston, John P. Jewett and Company: 1857

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 034195

Condition: Good+

189 pages, plus large folding color map at frontis. Map is produced by Colton for the publisher and is dated 1857. Blind stamped cloth with gilt stamped lettering and decoration. Covers show a little wear along edges and some chipping at head of spine. There are some spots of discoloration on top cover. End leaves are darkened, and there is a little foxing on first and last few leaves. Folding map shows a half inch closed tear at binding tab, as well as some slight misfolds. Map remains very bright and is otherwise in excellent condition. View more info

My Kansas-Nebraska Acts

By: Parks, Gabe

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Omaha, NE, Self Published: 2006

Inscription: Signed by Author

Seller ID: 036858

Condition: Fine

First published in 2005 in a number of 200 copies, this is a copy of the second printing, also of 200 copies, which was done in April of 2006. Signed in name only by the author at top of title page. 296 pages personal reminiscences of growing up in Topeka (THS, Boswell, Randolph) and his journalism career, mostly at the Omaha World-Herald. View more info

My Kansas-Nebraska Acts

By: Parks, Gabe

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Omaha, NE, Self Published: 2006

Seller ID: 036859

Condition: Fine

First published in 2005 in a number of 200 copies, this is a copy of the second printing, also of 200 copies, which was done in April of 2006. 296 pages personal reminiscences of growing up in Topeka (THS, Boswell, Randolph) and his journalism career, mostly at the Omaha World-Herald. View more info