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1829008474Richmond VA/ New York / Philadelphia : Various 1829. A collection of small religious books two were published Richmond both are Psalms and Hymns 1867 the rest NY 3 Bibles 1829 1864 1869 or Philadelhia Book of Common Prayers 1868. Range in height from 3 7/8" to 5 5/8". Together with an Autograph Book no publisher or date but inscription dated 1866. All were owned by a Southern minister in Memphis named J. O.James Owen Stedman and his daughter Ella Owen Stedman. Stedman was pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Shelby County from 1854-1868. He then helped to found the Alabama Street Presbyterian Church in Memphis in 1868. The autograph book with one page presentation inscription to Stedman dated Dec. 1866 with ten signatures of elders and deacons of the church on 3 pages. No further autographs or writing in the book. Autograph book good loss of half the spine leather the book quite rubbed. The small Bibles etc. are Very Good to Near Fine. A unique collection of post Civil War Memphiana. . Leather. Very Good. Various. Various Hardcover books
182122183Washington: Gales & Seaton 1821. 8vo pp. 3 plus 4 large folding tables and one smaller folding table; removed. Includes an early mention on the second table of "Cantonment Leavenworth on the river St. Peter's" under the command of Colonel Snelling with other particulars given with regard to its detachment of 345 soldiers. Cantonment Leavenworth became on the death of Snelling Fort Snelling which continues to stand at the confluence of the present day Minnesota River and the Mississippi. Another table relates mostly to the forts and outposts along the Mississippi. <br/><br/> Gales & Seaton unknown books
1900007192Worcester MA: A. B. F. Kinney 1900. Verso reads " A.B.F. Kinney Importer and Manufacturers' Agent for ALL KINDS OF GUNS Parker & Colt's Guns a Specialty. Winchester Wesson and other Sporting Rifles Always on Hand. 12 Front Street Up Stairs Worcester Mass. " No date circa 1900. . Lithograph by Sunshine Publishing Co. Philadelphia. Near Fine small abrasion letter side. . Cardstock. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 3" x 4 3/8". A. B. F. Kinney Paperback books
185342450St. Paul: Owen & Moore 1853. 8vo pp. 72; removed from earlier binding; some minor soiling dampstain along bottom edge else very good. Includes the report of the secretary additions to the library a Sketch of the Life of Nicollet by the Hon. Henry H. Sibley a sketch of the Department of Hudson Bay by the Rev. G.A. Belcourt the Mounds of Minnesota by S.R. Riggs the Meteorology of Minnesota by John W. Bond author of Minnesota and its Resources N.Y. 1853; an obituary notice of Minnesota's first printer James Goodhue unsigned but probably by Edward D. Neill secretary of the Society and a long article by Neill on Dakota Land and Dakota Life. Martin Minnesota Imprints 62; see Howes M-641. <br/><br/> Owen & Moore unknown books
185322172St. Paul: Owen & Moore printers 1853. Lg. 8vo pp. 72; orig. pale blue printed wrappers; some minor soiling else very good. Includes the report of the secretary additions to the library a Sketch of the Life of Nicollet by the Hon. Henry H. Sibley a sketch of the Department of Hudson Bay by the Rev. G.A. Belcourt the Mounds of Minnesota by S.R. Riggs the Meteorology of Minnesota by John W. Bond author of Minnesota and its Resources N.Y. 1853; an obituary notice of Minnesota's first printer James Goodhue unsigned but probably by Edward D. Neill secretary of the Society and a long article by Neill on Dakota Land and Dakota Life. Martin Minnesota Imprints 62; see Howes M-641. <br/><br/> Owen & Moore, printers unknown books
1884007170Hartford CT: The Travelers Life and Accident Insurance Company 1884. Uncommon Cabinet Card "with compliments of The Travelers Life and Accident Insurance Company Hartford Conn." printed verso featuring a composite photograph copyright Notman Photo Company Boston Mass. 1884. Near Fine the photo perhaps a bit faded. The photograph shows Abraham Lincoln surrounded by his Generals eight in all including Hooker Meade Grant and Sheridan. William Notman was a noted photographer of the era and this card is considered one of the earliest to use a composite photograph in advertising. The Travelers Life and Accident Insurance Company was founded in Hartford on April 1 1864. . 4" x 6" Cardstock. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 4 1/4" x 6 1/4". The Travelers Life and Accident Insurance Company Paperback books
186952169N.p. Saint Paul 1869. Large plate albumen photograph approx. 12" x 21" mounted on a printed card approx. 16" x 21"; slight toning; very good. A large and unusual photograph by an unnamed photographer showing the steamer Buckeye towing what was at the time the largest raft ever run on the Mississippi River from Read's Landing in Minnesota to St. Louis Missouri. <br/><br/> unknown books
186754569St. Paul: Pioneer Printing Co 1867. 8vo pp. 2 62; original printed tan wrappers slightly chipped and cracked; very good. Contains articles on the "Mineral Regions of Lake Superior" the disgraced explorer "Constantine Beltrami" "Historical Notes of the United States Land Office" and perhaps most important "Dakota Supersitions" by Gideon H. Pond who had been editor of the Native American newspaper Dakota Tawaxitku Kin or The Dakota Friend. <br/><br/> Pioneer Printing Co unknown books
189522181St. Paul: n.d. 1895. 8vo pp. 40; folding map of the northern half of Minnesota; out of binding; old library rubberstamp at top of first page good. Includes articles by Grant on the international boundary between Lake Superior and Lake of the Woods; the settlement of the Red River Valley by Upham; and the discovery and settlement of the iron ores in Minnesota by Winchell. <br/><br/> n.d. unknown books
185938203St. Anthony & Minneapolis: Croffut & Clark 1859. First edition of the second directory of Minneapolis 8vo pp. 6 15-162 2; numerous advertisements throughout; later black cloth with the insertion of 5 postcard photographs one with the stamp of Edward Bromley on the endpapers and pastedowns a number of early pencil annotations throughout the printed advertisements at the front and the title page have been trimmed no loss of letterpress ownership signatures of F.B. Cornell and Edward C. Gale; in spite of defects noted a good sound copy of a very scarce directory. Contains a brief historical sketch of St. Anthony and Minneapolis numerous full-page advertisements for various local businesses and an alphabetical listing of the city's residents with addresses. Spear p. 328 giving the collation as 3 11-162 3 probably including advertisements on the original paste-downs which are not present here and locating only 4 copies; Martin Minnesota Imprints 244. <br/><br/> Croffut & Clark hardcover books
188216424Red Wing: Red Wing Printing Co 1882. 8vo pp. 14; orig. pink printed wrappers; slight fading at extremities old library rubber-stamp on cover else very good. Unusually nice copy. <br/><br/> Red Wing Printing Co unknown books
1900006622Philadelphia: Jefferson Medical College 1900. 8 page string-tied program in purlpe covers printed rectos only. Title Page Program Class Officers and Class Roll. Founded in 1824. In 1825 Jefferson became the first medical college in the country to establish a clinic. First Edition. String Tied. Fine in Wraps as Issued/No Jacket As Issued. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Jefferson Medical College Paperback books
1884006498Greencastle Indiana: DePauw University 1884. RARE. In original leather with gilt titles five raised bands all edges gilt marbled end pages Very Good Plus leather rubbed at the tips prior owner name front end page. An exceptional copy of this RARE leather bound early DePauw history and yearbook ! " A Historical Sketch of the Institution; An Outline of the Organization; The Triennial Record of the Alumni; The Courses of Study; The Catalogue of Students and General Miscellany". . First Edition. Leather. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. DePauw University Hardcover books
186317281Saint Paul: Press Publishing Co. 1863. 5000 copies printed pp. 377; original printed wrappers small tear near tail of spine stain near fore-edge slightly affecting front cover and text block spine shows moderate soiling; else near fine or better. Martin 496. <br/><br/> Press Publishing Co. unknown books
186117329Saint Paul: Marshall 1861. 8vo pp. 448; original green printed wrappers back wrap torn away small piece of pp. 447-448 torn away near top outer corner slightly affecting text minor nicks along faded spine corners of cover dog-eared some soiling; else a good copy or better. Martin 378 locates only two copies. <br/><br/> Marshall unknown books
187117290Saint Paul: Press Printing Company 1871. 8vo pp. xiii 1 280; original green printed wrappers some soiling nicked along top edge spine slightly cracked and chipped one fourth of rear cover torn away but not affecting text old library stamp on cover title and verso; else good. <br/><br/> Press Printing Company unknown books
188326300St. Paul: Tribune Job Dept. Print. 1883. Only edition 8vo pp. 4 126; illustrated with 16 wood-engravings many full-p. as well as an inserted double-p. map of the city; very good copy in original limp terracotta cloth lettered in gilt on upper cover. Published during Minneapolis's great boomtime the book details everything from libraries and sewer systems to railroad lines and newspapers to hotels and resorts; there is a long account of the region's history and of the geological peculiarities the last of which is largely credited to Prof. N. H. Winchell of the State Geological Survey in the anonymous author's Preface. <br/><br/> Tribune Job Dept., Print.] hardcover books
188720149Sacramento: State Office 1887. Softcover. Good. Second edition. 8vo 24 pp including a full-page map. Original printed wrappers have several small chips and tears pamphlet has an old vertical folding crease and a quarter-inch in the front wrap that also affects the first three leaves text has occasional foxing and offsetting from where someone pressed plant specimens. First published in 1886 this scarce pamphlet describes the principal routes into Yosemite Valley offers a table of distances between points of interest and provides useful information for campers including a list of items with prices for sale at the valley General Store and rates for rental of saddle horses and carriages. Of less practical use to the traveler but interesting for the reader are detailed tables showing the number of visitors to Yosemite in 1883 1884 and 1885 broken down by state or country of origin and month of visit. The information here was compiled by W.E. Dennison who served as guardian of the Yosemite Grant in 1885-86. Currey & Kruska 41. State Office paperback books
185748404Saint Paul: Earle S. Goodrich 1857. 8vo pp. 209 1; original brown cloth printed paper label on the upper cover; upper cover spotted first 64 pages toned and foxed; all else very good. <br/><br/> Earle S. Goodrich hardcover books
185124212Saint Paul: James M. Goodhue 1851. 8vo pp. 224; original printed blue wrappers neatly rebacked; some spotting of the text but near fine copy printed by Minnesota's first printer. Martin 29. Sabin 49257 citing 1850 journal. <br/><br/> James M. Goodhue unknown books
185224213Saint Paul: James M. Goodhue 1852. 8vo pp. 258; original printed wrappers spine perished else a very good or better example from Minnesota's first printer. Martin 41. Sabin 49257 citing 1850 journal. <br/><br/> James M. Goodhue unknown books
185217347Saint Paul: James M. Goodhue 1852. 8vo pp. 258; original printed wrappers some soiling nick in front wrap near head of spine a larger section torn away from bottom right corner slightly affecting text some creasing faint signature in pencil of "Ramsey" unattributed on cover; a very good or better example from Minnesota's first printer. Martin 41. Sabin 49257 citing 1850 journal. <br/><br/> James M. Goodhue unknown books
18675337Washington: House Exec. Doc. No. 58 39th Congress 2d Session 1867. 8vo 116pp. 5 maps and a number of tables in the text; disbound. Includes much on the Falls of St. Anthony and the Mississippi River above Lake Pepin the St. Croix Minnesota and Zumbro Rivers as well as the report of Major H.C. Long on dredging bars. <br/><br/> House Exec. Doc. No. 58, 39th Congress, 2d Session unknown books
188515258St. Paul: Pioneer Press n.d. 1885. Only edition 8vo pp.48; 9 full-p. wood-engraved illus. of Minnesota cities and views; very good in orig. printed wrappers with a map of the St. Paul Minneapolis and Manitoba railroad connections on the back. Mostly on the interior of Minnesota with an excursion into Dakota. "The following letters from a well-known correspondent who visited the Northwest in May and June 1885 are presented to the public in their present form as faithfully setting forth the actual condition and future prospects of the agricultural and other interests of that region." <br/><br/> Pioneer Press, n.d. unknown books
189812340Washington DC: United States Geological Survey 1898. Soft cover. Good. 44 pages. Descriptive text only; NO MAP. Wrappers are chipped tornand taped at the spine. Internals very good. Includes sections on the geology and geography of the area with attention to the rivers climatic conditions roots to the Klondike original deposits or quartz veins placer deposits probable extent of gold bearing deposits other metals than gold and coal and lignite. United States Geological Survey paperback books
