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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
by BOND, J. WESLEY
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- Hardcover
- first
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- Seller
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
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 bit chipped; Edward Chenery Gale's bookplate on front pastedown endpaper, contemporary signature on front free endpaper. 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.
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- Bookseller
- Rulon-Miller Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 38239
- Title
- 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
- Author
- BOND, J. WESLEY
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Redfield
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1853
- Keywords
- Saint-Paul , Saint-Anthony-Falls , Pembina , Selkirk
- Bookseller catalogs
- Minnesota;
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