Minneapolis & Saint Paul: Ampersand Club, 1972-present. A collection of approximately 125 Ampersand Club invitations ranging in size from large folio to 16mo, all but a handful printed letterpress by such printers as: Jim Eckman, Norm Fritzberg, Phil Gallo, Allan Kornblum, Gerry Lange, Paul Maravelas, Russell Maret, Paulette Myers-Rich, Will..... More
[Minneapolis, MN]: Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, 1993. First edition, sm 8vo, pp. [8], 83, [2]; fine in original half black cloth over red boards, gilt-lettering on upper cover and spine. More
Saint 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. More
Saint 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 the1850 journal. More
Saint 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..... More
Saint 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 the 1850 journal. More
Washington: 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..... More
Washington: 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..... More
[St. Paul: Pioneer Press, n.d., ca. 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..... More
Minneapolis, MN: Trykt i Konferentsens Forlagsforenings Trykkeri, 1879. 8vo, pp. 420; blackletter text printed in double columns; contemporary three quarter black calf over marbled boards, spine stamped in gilt; extremities quite bumped and rubbed, cover top edges toned; interior fine. Vol. 13 of this Norwegian-American Lutheran bi-weekly journal. More
Minneapolis: [Minneapolis Board of Education], 1888. 16mo, pp. 121, [7]; printed gray paper wrappers; wrappers and a couple of the final blank leaves chipped, with some tape repair to wrapper, note in pen on upper wrapper, good. Rules, school boundaries, courses of study, syllabi, reference materials, and a list of..... More
St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Company, 1902-1915. 2 volumes, thick 8vo, pp. 540, 520; chiefly black and white photographic illustrations; uniformly bound in contemporary brown morocco gilt, spines in 6 compartments, a.e.g., marbled endpapers; extremities rubbed, slight discoloration to fore-edge of the second volume's upper cover, else a very good, attractive..... More
Chicago: Albert Whitman & Co., 1941. First edition, 8vo, pp. xxi, [1], 231, [3]; illustrated throughout, map endpapers, 4 maps in the text; back hinge starting, near fine copy in original green cloth, dust jacket with a couple closed tears and with some tape removal on the front flap leaving..... More
St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society, 1963. First edition, 8vo, pp. 182, illus. throughout with maps & photographs; very good in dust jacket. More
St. Paul: H.M. Smyth & Co., printers, 1878. 8vo, pp. 88; without the folding map of Minnesota found in some copies; original gray printed wrappers, soiled, slight chipping at edges, remains of old label adhered at upper wrapper; generally a good copy of a promotional pamphlet for immigrants, addressed: "To..... More
St. Paul: H.M. Smyth & Co., 1879. Later issue, measuring 215mm. x 140mm., and with the paper used for text and map of a decidedly lesser quality, 8vo, 40pp., some fading at extremities, but generally a very good copy in original pink printed wrappers. More
St. Paul: for gratuitous circulation, by Girart Hewitt, 1867. 8vo, 36pp., a fine copy in orig. blue printed wrappers and scarce thus. Wrappers with different letterpress than the above, and now bound without the ads; text identical. Howes H-455 (not mentioning the different issues for the year 1867). More
Hartford: Case, Lockwood, and Company, 1860. 8vo, pp. 173, [3]; original printed wrappers, spine neatly reinforced with old tape, nicked at extremities, some soiling, else a very good copy. Sabin 49279. More
Saint Paul: William R. Marshall, 1862. 8vo, 126-[127]pp., errata tipped in at the back, covers soiled, else good and sound in original printed wrappers. Martin 431. More
St. Paul: Press Printing Co., 1870. 8vo, pp. 72; original yellow printed wrappers with the rubberstamp of the Northern Pacific Railroad at the top; near fine. Compiled by the Commissioner of Statistics, and published by direction of Governor Horace Austin. More
Milwaukee: G. Schirmer, [2003]. First edition, small folio, pp. [6], 58; slightly faded along the edges else fine in original printed wrappers. "This work was commissioned for Sylvia McNair by the Carnegie Hall Corporation. The world premiere was given at Carnegie Hall, New York City on March 15, 2000 by..... More
Brookings: Dutcher, Breed, & Storgaard, 1894. First edition, 8vo, pp. 208, [3]; 58 plates; lacking wrappers; stitched, as issued; some foxing; else good or better. Details various grasses and wheats for agricultural purposes. More
[Austin, Minn.]: The Book Committee, 1914. 8vo, pp. 324, [1] errata leaf; folding map; original tan cloth (soiled), lettered in red and black; contemporary signature, Edward Chenery Gale's bookplate; some toning throughout; back hinge a bit weak; a good copy. More
[Washington, D.C. March 19, 1850.]. Exec. Doc. no. 51, 31st Congress, 1st Session. 8vo, pp. 55; removed from binding. Includs supplemental reports from Henry M. Rice, G. A. Belcourt, missionary priest, and Brevet Captain, John Pope of the Topographical Corps. More
Saint Paul: Pioneer Press Company, 1897. First edition, 8vo, pp. 47, [1]; nine photographs and eight illustrations; original green printed wrappers, some soiling, library stamp on cover; else very good or better. More
