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Minnesota A History of the State
by Blegen, Theodore C
- Used
- Very Good
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Missing
- Seller
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1963. First. Cloth. Very good/Missing. Blegen, Theodore C. : Minnesota A History of the State. Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1963. First edition/First impression. Signed by Blegen on title page. Size is octavo (8vo), 9.375"/24cm h. Bound in publisher's dark gray cloth, gilt lettering/banding to spine. Lacking dust jacket. Plain white endpapers. Xiv pp prelim material, 688 numbered pp, plus [2] blank; in addition to the numerous b&w photos, drawings, and maps included on numbered pp, an additional [12] pp of b&w photos and drawings are inserted in three sections. Acknowl, 27 chaps, list of illus, for further reading/bibliography, index. Condition notes: A very good, clean copy, binding sound and square, spine ends rolled, corners bumped. Moderate wear and staining to board, moderate foxing to edges. Signed by author on title page. Occasional pencil marginalia, else unmarked. A sound and handsome collectible copy of a classic work. We personally inspect every book we offer.
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- Bookseller
- Furrowed Brow Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1923
- Title
- Minnesota A History of the State
- Author
- Blegen, Theodore C
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Missing
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Place of Publication
- Minneapolis
- Date Published
- 1963
- Bookseller catalogs
- Minnesota!; History;
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Furrowed Brow Books was established in 2020. The bookstore's owner, Paul Purman, grew up in a magical, historic farmhouse in piedmont Maryland stuffed with books. In 2021 Paul was accepted as a member of the Independent Online Booksellers' Association (IOBA), and graduated from the annual Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (CABS-Minnesota).
We're happy to discuss making an offer on a collection in one of our specialty areas.
Dealer discount of 20%; we simply ask that you reciprocate with a discount of 20%.
Thanks for stopping by!
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- Cloth
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- Marginalia
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- Gilt
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- Edges
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- Rolled
- rolled spine or spine rolled. Damage to a book created by pressure to the spine making it fold or crease in the cover. Damage...
- Title Page
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
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- Spine
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