The history of Minnesota.
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
Minnesota
The saga of Saga Hill
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, its past and present; being an historical, financial and commercial compend showing the growth, prosperity, and resources of the great commercial emporium of the Northwest... Illustrated.
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, its past and present; being an historical, financial and commercial compend showing the growth, prosperity, and resources of the great commercial emporium of the Northwest... Illustrated.
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
An adolescent's Christmas: 1944.
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
The thousands. A magazine of poetry and general opinion. Number one
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
Minnesota and its resources, to which are appended camp-fire sketches or notes of a trip from St. Paul to Pembina and Selkirk settlement on the Red River of the north.
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
Minnesota and its resources, to which are appended camp-fire sketches or notes of a trip from St. Paul to Pembina and Selkirk settlement on the Red River of the north.
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
Minnesota and its resources, to which are appended camp-fire sketches or notes of a trip from St. Paul to Pembina and Selkirk settlement on the Red River of the north.
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
Minnesota and its resources, to which are appended camp-fire sketches or notes of a trip from St. Paul to Pembina and Selkirk settlement on the Red River of the north
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
Seven Christmas catalogues from various Minnesota booksellers.
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
On two continents. A long life's experience ... Published by the author.
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 album. A photographic history of the early days in Minneapolis. A collection of views illustrative of the city's growth from the earliest settlement down to 1880…
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 album. A photographic history of the early days in Minneapolis. A collection of views illustrative of the city's growth from the earliest settlement down to 1880…
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
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Early photographers of the city of St. Paul from the collection of Edward A. Bromley [cover title]
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
Lucas, E.V. A group of Londoners.
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
The pulling of Eddie Brooks: a monograph on a recent attempt at municipal reform.
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
Beyond the present
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
Beyond the present
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
Beyond the present.
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
[Dinner menu and program for:] Community recognition dinner
St. Paul: Saint Paul Hilton, 19-Aug-69. 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 esteem and... More
![Installation of Warren E. Burger, Chief Justice of the United States [cover title]. Warren E. Burger.](/pictures/thumb/31546_1.png?v=1507046282)
Inscribed by the Chief Justice
Installation of Warren E. Burger, Chief Justice of the United States [cover title]
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
One page autograph letter signed on Chief Justice of the Supreme Court stationery
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
Medical history of Michigan. Compiled and edited by a committee...and published under the auspices of the Michigan State Medical Society
Minneapolis: Bruce Publishing Company, 1930. Large 8vo, two volumes; portrait frontis. of Dr. William Beaumont; ex-library book with usual markings; bound in blue hatched cloth with faded gilt lettering to spine; black and white photographic illustrations and facsimiles throughout. A very good set. More
A midsummer memory: an elegy on the death of Arthur Upson
Minneapolis: Edmund D. Brooks, 1910. Edition limited to 500 copies on handmade paper printed at The Torch Press, 8vo, pp. 41; original tan cloth-backed gray-blue paper-covered boards, lettered in black on spine and front cover; spine ends just beginning to fray, but still very good. More
