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200150172Saint Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press 2001. First edition small 8vo pp. xvii 3 187 1; fine copy in a fine dust jacket with a 2-color wood engraving "The Boys" by Gaylord Schanilec - one of his most endearing images. Inscribed by Heynen on the half-title "For John and Lorna with affection always Jim Heynen." A nicely designed book by the late Will Powers. Quarter to Midnight A.207. <br/><br/> Minnesota Historical Society Press unknown books
191758147Washington: Government Printing Office 1917. Large 8vo pp. 2 261 1; 54 plates; original tan cloth with gilt title on spine; covers lightly dampstained text clean and sound very good. A report "on all matters pertaining to the regulation of the levels of the Lake of the Woods and the advantageous use of its waters shores and harbors." <br/><br/> Government Printing Office hardcover books
198157964Saint Paul: Midnight Paper Sales 1981. Edition limited to 280 copies this one of 220 unsigned by the poet and artist; 12mo pp. 24; linoleum-cut illustrations including one on the upper wrapper; printed on beige paper and bound in white pictorial wrappers; without the tissue overlay otherwise; about fine. Quarter to Midnight A.32.b: "The paper used to print this chapbook 'was lifted from the Sacred Bins it is holy ground' colophon. The 'sacred bins' were the wire bins for refuse paper at Anchor Paper Company Saint Paul." <br/><br/> Midnight Paper Sales unknown books
193527918Madison: State Historical Society of Wisconsin 1935. First edition reprinted in 1971 8vo pp. xvii 1 361; 10 plates including 2 maps; near fine in original maroon basketweave cloth lettered in gilt direct on spine. The companion volume to and narrative continuation of the author's The French Regime in Wisconsin and the Northwest Madison 1925 The British Regime focuses on the period 1760 to 1815. Howes K-50 K-51 for the French Regime. <br/><br/> State Historical Society of Wisconsin hardcover books
191453437Minneapolis: Harrison & Smith 1914. 8vo pp. 2 536; photographic frontispieces for each issue and text illustrations throughout; original blindstamped brown cloth fine. <br/><br/> Harrison & Smith hardcover books
186752920St. Paul: Pioneer Printing Co 1867. 8vo pp. 26; original printed blue wrappers; small accession sticker at bottom of front wrapper else near fine. Marshall 1825-1896 a Republican was the fifth Governor of Minnesota. He served as an officer in the 7th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War. <br/><br/> Pioneer Printing Co unknown books
191015323Iowa City: Iowa State Historical Society 1910. First edition 8vo pp. 210; spine slightly discolored else a very good copy in orig. gilt-stamped blue cloth t.e.g. The "Old Northwest" consisted of those territories ceded to the U.S. in the treaty with Britain in 1783 and organized under the Ordinance of 1787 that later became the states of Ohio Indiana Illinois Michigan Wisconsin and part of Minnesota. <br/><br/> Iowa State Historical Society hardcover books
188952924St. Paul: Pioneer Press Printing Co 1889. 8vo pp. 42; original printed brown wrappers; fine. McGill 1840-1905 a Republican was the tenth Governor of Minnesota from January 5 1887 to January 9 1889. <br/><br/> Pioneer Press Printing Co unknown books
197253013Seattle: Superior Publishing Co 1972. First trade edition 4to pp. 192; map endpapers; illustrated throughout; fine copy in an unclipped dust jacket. With a long and personal inscription from the author dated November 28 1972 on the half title. <br/><br/> Superior Publishing Co unknown books
197253012Seattle: Superior Publishing Co 1972. First edition limited to 250 copies this no. 41; 4to pp. 192; map endpapers; illustrated throughout; fine copy in an unclipped dust jacket and publisher's slipcase. Gummed Northwest logo label laid in. <br/><br/> Superior Publishing Co unknown books
198553685Chicago: Collectors' Club of Chicago 1985. First edition 8vo pp. xiv 329 1; folding color map and a first-day cover of a Fort Snelling stamp laid into rear pocket as issued; nearly 300 illustrations throughout; fine copy in the dust jacket. Signed on the title page by Risvold. <br/><br/> Collectors' Club of Chicago unknown books
199558005Minneapolis: Minnesota Center for Book Arts 1995. Deluxe edition limited to 50 copies this no. 20; translucent patterned inserts text printed in red green and black text illustrations green paper boards backed in art vellum fine. Accompanied by an original print signed by Rose all in original clamshell box. The Winter Books series is an annual project of the Minnesota Center for Book arts in which students artists designers and volunteers come together to produce a limited edition book by a Minnesota author. Letterpress by Chax Press handmade covers by Bridget O'Malley binding by Wilber Schilling. <br/><br/> Minnesota Center for Book Arts hardcover books
192324208Chicago et al.: Rand McNally 1923. First edition 12mo pp. 6 166; newspaper clippings tipped onto endpapers; near fine in orig. pictorial green cloth stamped in black and orange. Boy's fiction. This copy inscribed on the flyleaf "Given to O.W. Anderson that veteran book collector from the friend of his youth A.J. Russell." <br/><br/> Rand, McNally hardcover books
193416669St. Cloud: Times Publishing Co 1934. Only edition 8vo pp. iii-xxxvi 2 268; very good copy in orig. red cloth gilt lettering on upper cover and spine. Presentation copy inscribed by the editor. Among the contributors are Meridel Le Seuer Ruth Shepard Phelps Arthur Upson and William C. Edgar among others each with a paragraph or two of biography. <br/><br/> Times Publishing Co hardcover books
189042457Minneapolis: S.E. Olson & Co 1890. Broadsheet 336 x189 mm. printed on stiff cardboard; color illustration on recto; miniscule loss to top right-hand corner not affecting text else fine. Advertisement for Olson's Bargains "The People's Favorite Bargain Resort" whose department register boasts five floors of goods at 213 and 215 Nicollet Avenue in downtown Minneapolis. The illustration on recto shows a poised model whose garbs display the diversity of fabric and goods offered. <br/><br/> S.E. Olson & Co unknown books
197650445St. Paul: Bookslinger Editions 1976. Edition limited to 300 copies this no. 173 signed by the author 12mo pp. 24; hand-sewn into Darjeeling endsheets with Richard de Bas paper covers; fine. Designed and printed by Allan Kornblum Toothpaste Press West Branch Iowa. <br/><br/> Bookslinger Editions unknown books
195838284Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press 1958. First edition small 4to pp. viii 302 2; photographic illustrations some in color throughout; original black pictorial boards some edge wear else a fine copy. Signed by the author and R. P. Gale. The illustrations are grouped into 4 sections portraying the setting of the Minnesota story the settlement and life on the land the social institutions and the ways in which the people of the state earn their living and provide for others. The text contains excerpts from the writing of others including a French voyageurs' canoeing song T.S. Eliot and various pioneers as well as the author's own explanatory comments. <br/><br/> University of Minnesota Press hardcover books
190516555New York: Macmillan 1905. First edition of the author's penultimate book sm. 8vo pp. vi 2 134; fine in orig. green cloth gilt lettering and decoration on spine and upper cover t.e.g. <br/><br/> Macmillan hardcover books
18888475Minneapolis: Harrison & Smith 1888. First edition 8vo 176pp. frontispiece photogravure portrait of the author; Mounted newspaper clipping opposite title page and leaving stain covers warn and spotted spine ends chipped; good. Charlotte Van Cleve nee Clark b.1819 was the first white person born in Wisconsin and as a child accompanied the troops who established Fort Snelling at the confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi rivers. Howes V-21 Graff 4455. <br/><br/> Harrison & Smith unknown books
193152174St. Paul: Webb Publishing Co 1931. First edition of Wandrei's second book limited to 400 numbered copies; fine copy in the fragile chipped gold foil jacket. <br/><br/> Webb Publishing Co unknown books
199251676Minneapolis: Minnesota Center for Book Arts 1992. Edition limited to 300 copies this no. 42 signed by Weaver and Broad on the colophon; 8vo pp. 53 5; frontispiece text illustrations throughout; original black cloth-backed decorative boards spine lettered in silver; fine. Designed and printed under the direction of Gaylord Schanilec. The MCBA's fifth "Winter Book" of which there were also 40 deluxe copies done. Quarter to Midnight A.118.b. <br/><br/> Minnesota Center for Book Arts hardcover books
186653831Cleveland: Fairbanks Benedict & Co 1866. First edition 8vo pp. 54 2; tables and 28 figures in the text including 5 maps and charts and several profiles; stitched as issued; near fine. Whittlesey a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy served in the Black Hawk War. Afterwards he became assistant geologist for the state of Ohio and later was employed by the Federal government. In these positions he participated in numerous geological investigations in Ohio and the Upper Midwest including David Dale Owen's famous survey of Wisconsin Iowa and Minnesota from 1847 to 1851. <br/><br/> Fairbanks, Benedict & Co unknown books
188631606Philadelphia: Beale Printer 1886. Cloth. A very good copy with the bookplate of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Commandery of the State of Illinois on front pastedown shelf sticker on foot of backstrip their stamp on title and one leaf light soiling on some leaves. 60 2 pp. 12mo. An earlier and shorter version was published in 1883. "Sing Companions Sing!" eleven page booklet bound in at title page perhaps published ca 1895. OCLC shows no copies of the booklet and only two copies of the Song-Book: Hayes Pres. Lib. and PA Commonwealth Lib. Beale, Printer hardcover books
1812104127<p>Pamphlet 8vo stitched 40 pp. Some chipping and folds at edges last leaf loose has a couple of small holes corner missing and tear with loss of a few words on page 39 a few additional tears some soiling signature on title browning and aging. This is an early title on the development of the Erie Canal. The pamphlet discusses some of the costs involved names some key people. Includes a short message from James Madison praising the project. Terms of the plan passed by the legislature are also included. De Witt Clinton a strong advocate for the canal was one of the contributors to part of this report and his name appears in print on page twenty-one. </p><br /> S. Southwick, books
190821380New York: Broadway Publishing Company 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 224 pp with illustrations from photographs and from drawings by George C Cantwell. Original green cloth boards with red lettering and illustration in copper. Boards edgeworn corners bumped copper partially rubbed away. Binding sound contents clean. Hallock was an author sportsman and founder of Forest and Stream magazine and was involved in development projects in both Alaska and Florida. Arctic Bibliography 6498 summarizes the content of this volume as "description of the intinerary from the western coast of the U.S. to Alaska; Alaskan Indians economy history of Russian fur trade missions fisheries and fur sealing." Wickersham 2052 Tourville 1914. Broadway Publishing Company hardcover books