New York: Sheldon, Blakeman and Company, 1857. First edition, 8vo, pp. 342; engraved frontispiece portrait, 9 plates, and several vignettes; spine faded and with cracks in the cloth starting at the joints, else a good copy in original brown cloth. Bishop was Minnesota's first school teacher. Not in Howes, Sabin 5604. More
West Palm Beach: Lewis Hist. Pub. Co. [1969]. First edition, 4 volumes, 4to, numerous illus. throughout; vols. 3 & 4 are devoted to biographical records. Fine set in orig. blue cloth. More
La Crosse: Sumac Press, 1970. Edition limited to 300 copies, 8vo, pp. 78, [10]; map of Lake Minnetonka and two page photographic illustration; fine. Completed on the last day of Blegen's life, this book tells his recollections of boyhood on Lake Minnetonka. More
St. 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. More
St. 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. More
Afton, MN: Afton Historical Society Press, [2000]. First edition, 8vo, pp. 62, [2]; fine in original boards, dust-jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. A memoir of wartime Christmas in Duluth, Minnesota. More
Minneapolis: The Thousands Press, 2001. First edition, 8vo, pp. 96; fine in original red pictorial wrappers. This copy inscribed by Bly: "For John, a gift for Jones Ruden, fondly, Robert." Among the contributors are James Wright (a newly discovered poem), Louis Jenkins, Tomas Transtromer, and Bly himself. More
New York: Redfield, 1853. First edition, 8vo, lithograph frontis (view of St. Paul) and title-p. (St. Anthony Falls), 364pp. and 16pp. publisher's ads; with the folding map not found in all copies; map with old cellotape repairs, original dark brown cloth, spine faded with ends chipped, front hinge cracked, a.... More
New 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... More
New York: Redfield, 1853. First edition, 8vo, lithograph frontis (view of St. Paul) and title-p. (St. Anthony Falls), 364pp. and 16pp. publisher's ads; with the folding map not found in all copies (laid in and with some old cellotape repairs); original dark green cloth, spine ends chipped, else good or... More
New York: Redfield, 1853. First edition, 8vo, pp. 364, 3, [8] leaves of advertisements; lithograph frontispiece (view of St. Paul) and title-page (St. Anthony Falls), folding map not found in all copies ; publisher's dark green cloth (a bit soiled), some minor shelf wear, top and bottom of spine a.... More
Minneapolis-St. Paul: 1967-76. Small folio and folio, orig. printed wrappers; very good condition or better. Includes St. Paul Book & Stationery Co. (2); B. Dalton (4); and Quality Book Shoppe. Each is illustrated throughout. More
n.p., n.d. [Minneapolis?]: privately printed, [ca. 1920s?]. 16mo, pp. 28; brown decorative wrappers; very good. "I rote this book on my first trip abrout in the year 1908, I was then nine years old and I am sure I had a fine time on it" (from the 'Inturtuchion'). Inscribed by... More
Topeka: 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... More
Minneapolis: Frank L. Thresher, [1890]. First and only edition, oblong 4to, comprising a title-p., preface and 80 photographic plates, each with a page of descriptive text, edited by H.C. Chapin. Recently bound in quarter brown morocco; moderate dampstaining to fore-edges; all else very good. Some of the views date back... More
Minneapolis: Frank L. Thresher, [1890]. First and only edition, oblong 4to, comprising a title-p., preface and 80 photographic plates, each with a page of descriptive text, edited by H.C. Chapin; original half brown morocco, gilt lettering on upper cover and spine, neatly rebacked with the old spine laid down; a.... More
![Early photographers of the city of St. Paul from the collection of Edward A. Bromley [cover title]. Edward A. Bromley, photographer.](/pictures/thumb/50307_1.jpg?v=1496768833)
n.p., n.d. [Saint Paul: ca. 1910]. Oblong folio, containing 100 silver print photographic postcards, each with Bromley's stamp in the right margin; printed index of the photographs "from negatives made by Whitney, Tuttle, Illingworth, Zimmerman and others" is mounted inside the upper cover; original black cloth with one of the... More
Minneapolis: privately printed for Edmund D. Brooks and his friends, 1913. 8vo, pp. 25; orig. brown cloth-backed printed boards; some soiling else very good. Printed in an unspecified edition at The Torch Press, Cedar Rapids. More
Minneapolis: Bowman & Russell, 1987. Facsimile of the 1901 edition (#18/24 limited signed copies), 8vo, pp. 14, [3]; 2 full-p. illus. in the text; this facsimile printed in March 1897 as a gift to friends on Harold Lensing at his retirement, this copy #29 (of an unspecified number) and signed... More
Minneapolis & St. Paul: Ampersand Club, 1948. Edition ltd. to 650 copies, slim 8vo, [6] & 28pp., fine copy in orig. brown cloth, paper labels. Commencement address at Montana State University, 1942. Inscribed by the author to Carl Jones, designating, in manuscript, this copy as "Copy 1" More
Minneapolis & St. Paul: The Ampersand Club, 1948. Edition ltd. to 650 copies, slim 8vo, [6] & 28pp., fine copy in orig. brown cloth, paper labels. Commencement address at Montana State University, 1942. Inscribed by the author to Tremaine McDowell, with another slip laid in addressed to Tremaine from Paul Hillestad, dated 10-28-48. More
Minneapolis & St. Paul: Ampersand Club, 1948. Edition ltd. to 650 copies, slim 8vo, pp. [6], 28; fine copy in orig. brown cloth, paper labels and a chipped cellophane jacket. Commencement address at Montana State University, 1942. More
St. Paul: Saint Paul Hilton, August 19, 1969. Small folio, 8-page program and dinner menu, sewn inside larger blue wrappers bearing the silver seal of the Supreme Court of the United States; first page bears an illustration of Burger which he has inscribed "For Harvey T. Reid and Agnes, with... More
![Installation of Warren E. Burger, Chief Justice of the United States [cover title]. Warren E. Burger.](/pictures/thumb/31546_1.png?v=1507046282)
Washington, D.C. 1969. 8vo, 10-p. program, string bound inside larger illustrated wrappers, inscribed on the front "To Harvey T. Reid, for a most valued friend, counselor. and companion of riding trails and good dining - and for Agnes - with greetings & best wishes, Warren E. Burger, Washington August 21, 1969." More
Washington, D.C. n.d. [but likely late 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... More
