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1887réf. 20994Boston: Congregational Sunday-School and Publishing Society 1887. 8vo pp. 437; 2 plates; faint old library marking on spine else good or better in original brown cloth gilt lettering on spine and upper cover. 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. Howes R-288. Congregational Sunday-School and Publishing Society unknown
1934réf. 16669St. 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. Times Publishing Co unknown
1883réf. 26300St. 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. Tribune Job Dept., Print.] unknown
1871réf. 8200New York: Wood & Holbrook 1871. First edition small 8vo 205-207pp. plus 8pp. ads frontis of Minnehaha Falls; extremities rubbed spine quite faded else near fine in orig. gilt-stamped purple cloth. Cover title: Climates for Invalids" and "Minnesota California Florida Nassau Fayal Adirondacs." Nearly three-quarters of the text touts Minnesota's climate and scenic beauty to pulmonic invalids but also with sections on the Northern Pacific Railroad and the state's principle cities and towns. Wood & Holbrook unknown
1853réf. 20117New York: Redfield 1853. First edition 8vo lithograph frontis view of St. Paul and title-p. St. Anthony Falls 364pp. and 4pp. ads lacking the map; spine faded worn and chipped otherwise good in original purple cloth. A good overview of all aspects of Minnesota as it existed prior to its organization as a territorial government in 1849 and "as it is" in 1853. Not in Howes or Graff. Redfield unknown
1888réf. 27340St. Paul: F. C. Bliss 1888. First edition 12mo pp. 224; numerous illustrations throughout many full-p.; fine bright copy in original red cloth stamped in black and red on upper cover gilt-lettered direct on spine. F. C. Bliss unknown
1850réf. 22636New York: Harper & Brothers 1850. First and only edition small 8vo pp. 281 plus 6pp. publisher's ads folding frontispiece map showing the Minnesota territory; original green cloth stamped in blind spine lettered in gilt; leaning spine faded light foxing throughout the map miscreased and with a 5-inch tear still a nice sound copy. Howes S-313; Sabin 79644. Harper & Brothers unknown
1904réf. 7148Minneapolis: H.H.S. Rowell the Housekeeper Press 1904. First and only edition 8vo 371-372pp. frontis portrait of O'Brien and 26 illus. on 23 plates; a few signatures extended and the whole slightly shaken but still a very good reasonably bright copy in orig. red ribbed cloth gilt. Includes accounts of the first Minnesota literary society and the first Minneapolis bookstore and stories of sawmills on the St. Anthony and Indians on the plains all recounted with authority by O'Brien a writer for the Minneapolis newspaper who came to the territory in 1855 and was closely connected with what he describes. H.H.S. Rowell, the Housekeeper Press unknown
1906réf. 8503Minneapolis: The University Press 1906. First edition 12mo pp. 10 109 1; numerous illustrations throughout many full-p.; hinges tender extremities rubbed covers soiled and rubbed else a good copy or better in orig. blue cloth gilt. A partial account of the history of the Sioux missions and missionaries and includes a section on Sioux storiettes. The University Press unknown
1885réf. 15258St. Paul: Pioneer Press n.d. 1885. Only edition 8vo pp.48; 9 full-page wood-engraved illustrations of Minnesota cities and views; very good in original printed wrappers with a map of the St. Paul Minneapolis & 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. Pioneer Press, n.d. unknown
1857réf. 10042Saint Paul: Goodrich & Somers 1857. Small 8vo pp. viii 194 2; printed endpapers and pastedowns without the rare folding map lacking in most copies; printed on yellow blue white and green paper original printed paper-covered boards backed in black morocco lettered in gilt; boards soiled top and bottom of spine chipped away otherwise a sound and reasonably clean copy. This is Saint Paul's second city directory substantially augmented over the first of the previous year which contained 76pp. only. Martin Minnesota Imprints 175; Spear p. 333. Goodrich & Somers unknown
1854réf. 29574St. Paul: February 23 1854. 4to 43 lines approx. 330 words; previous folds else fine and with the original mailing envelope bearing an 1854 St. Paul postmark. Homes warns that St. Paul is no place to live: "I shall not give them much encouragement if they come here and must come on their own responsibilities. I know Jonas would not like it here and would soon get homesick and as it costs considerable to get here. I don't wish to be responsible for the uncertainty of their liking the country. I would not stay here were it not for making money. This country has many failings which are great detriments to it. Timber is very scarce and in some parts the soil is not good. A large portion of the land about this place is land that won't wear long. I think the best portion of this country is on Lake Superior. Some from this place are moving there now. February 23 unknown
1900réf. 29706London: Macmillan and Co 1900. First edition 8vo pp. viii 2 544; frontispiece portrait; original red cloth spine gilt; light general wear to binding remnants of bookplate on front pastedown upper hinge cracked; overall a good sound copy. Macmillan and Co unknown
1888réf. 8516St. Paul: F. C. Bliss 1888. First edition 12mo 224pp. numerous illustrations throughout many full-p.; rebound in cloth casing with original spine and front cover reused deacidified and resewn with some paper repair else a good copy or better. F. C. Bliss unknown
1851réf. 24214St. Paul: James M. Goodhue 1851. 8vo pp. 241; orig. brown printed wrappers wrappers loosening and slightly chipped. Martin 30; Sabin 49258 citing that for 1850. James M. Goodhue unknown
1863réf. 17345Faribault Minnesota: Alex. Johnston 1863. 8vo pp. 7 1; removed from binding; very slight foxing small nick in fore-edge of last page not affecting text; else very good or better. Martin 473 locates only the MHS copy. OCLC adds no others. Alex. Johnston unknown
1909réf. 16554Clinton N.Y.: George William Browning 1909. Square 16mo pp. 16; self wraps stitched; fine. Memorial service for the poet a graduate of Minnesota University graduate and a professor there until his untimely death in 1908 given in Upson's native state. George William Browning unknown
1904réf. 22449Minneapolis: H.H.S. Rowell the Housekeeper Press 1904. First and only edition 8vo 371-372pp. frontis portrait of O'Brien and 26 illus. on 23 plates; some wear to extremities and light scattered dampstaining to front cover still a very good reasonably bright copy in orig. red ribbed cloth gilt. Includes accounts of the first Minnesota literary society and the first Minneapolis bookstore and stories of sawmills on the St. Anthony and Indians on the plains all recounted with authority by O'Brien a writer for the Minneapolis newspaper who came to the territory in 1855 and was closely connected with what he describes. H.H.S. Rowell, the Housekeeper Press unknown
1892réf. 20457Saint Paul: D.D. Merrill Company 1892. First edition in English second issue sheets bulking at 13/16"; the Note on p. iii beginning "These reminiscences" 8vo iv & 314pp. frontis portrait of the author illus. in the text throughout; very good sound copy in orig. brown cloth gilt. The trials and fortunes of a Swedish emigrant who made his way from Sweden to Minnesota where he later became secretary of state and U.S. consul to India. He exerted a wide influence in settlers to the state. D.D. Merrill Company unknown
1821réf. 22183Washington: 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. Gales & Seaton unknown
1969réf. 31549Washington D.C. 1969. In full: "Dear Harvey and Agnes The St. Paul visit was hectic and exhausting but the warmth of the welcome left us with a glow that will never entirely go away. Now comes the work but the loyalty of friends & their good wishes will help sustain us. Sincerely Warren." 8vo integral leaf attached; fine. unknown
1896réf. 28519Topeka: Crane & Co 1896. First edition 8vo pp. 240; frontispiece portrait another portrait of the author in his youth; spine ends slightly chipped spine also slightly faded; all else very good in original red cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine. Accounts of his childhood in the United Kingdom and later in Kansas New Mexico Minnesota and Minnesota's frigid winters in the 1850s and 1860s. Includes a chapter on ranching in New Mexico. Adams Herd 304; Graff 389; Howes B-718. Crane & Co unknown
1904réf. 7183St. Paul 1904. Second Autograph Edition signed at preface 8vo 384pp. 7 photographic plates; a very good copy in the original red cloth gilt very slightly soiled. A volume of political reminiscences gathered during a long career devoted to journalism by the man who established the St. Paul Dispatch in 1868. unknown
1910réf. 15323Iowa 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. Iowa State Historical Society unknown
1850réf. 14634Saint Paul: James M. Goodhue 1850. Second edition with the additional "Description of Minnesota" on pp. 29-32 by congressional representative Henry H. Sibley not included in the first edition of the same year; 8vo 32pp. original yellow printed wrappers; wrappers curled and soiled some chipping and edge creases; a good copy of an early piece of Minnesota printing done by Minnesota's first printer and in only the second year of printing in the newly organized territory. Includes the original Act to Incorporate Constitution By-Laws list of members and the text of an address by Minnesota's first historian the Rev. Edward D.Neil concluding with the words "As the second edition of the Annals is going through the press the news is received that a party of Dakotas from Kaposia and Red Wing villages have made an attack on some unsuspecting Ojibwas and taken a boy as a captive and fourteen scalps. Upon their return they danced the scalp-dance in the streets of Stillwater. The captive being placed in the center of the ring formed by the dancers the reeking scalps of his relatives were occasionally shaken in his face." This copy with the scrawled signature of Prof. W.M. Mathers Columbus Ohio on the front cover. Martin Minnesota Imprints no. 23. James M. Goodhue unknown
