Mary and I: Forty Years with the Sioux. by Stephen R. Riggs - 2008-10-06

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.

Minneapolis: Ross & Haines, 1969. Reprint. Hardcover. Used - Very Good. Originally printed in 1887 by Congregational S. S. and Publishing Society.

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.

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.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

New.

Chicago: W. G. Holmes, 1880. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Ed.. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 388 pages, wear to top of backstrip, light staining to boards, binding tight, pages clean..

First Edition. hardcover. 2 plates. 388pp. 12mo, cloth. Chicago, 1880. First edition.<br/><br/> Memoirs of a missionary who was an authority on Siouan languages. Howes R-288.<br/><br/>