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Minnesota and the far west
by OLIPHANT, LAURENCE
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood, 1855. First edition, 8vo, pp. xiv, 306, 16 (ads); folding map hand-colored in outline, lithograph frontis of the Falls of St. Anthony, 7 wood-engraved plates and illus. in the text; moderately rubbed, else a good, sound copy or better in original terracotta cloth stamped in gilt on spine and upper cover. Includes sections on Canada and Lake Superior, northern Michigan and Wisconsin, about half the text is devoted to Minnesota. In his introduction Oliphant states: ""I have endeavored to give some account of the present condition and prospects of the country, and to covey some idea of those resources whose rapid development will be before long a material influence upon the wealth and importance of the United States."" Howes O-64.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rulon-Miller Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7123
- Title
- Minnesota and the far west
- Author
- OLIPHANT, LAURENCE
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Blackwood
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh & London
- Date Published
- 1855
- Keywords
- West , American , Adventure , Pioneer
- Bookseller catalogs
- Minnesota;
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St. Paul, Minnesota
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