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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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
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 few breaks in the cloth at joints, else good or better. 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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- Rulon-Miller Books (US)
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- 2876
- 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 Anthon Falls , Pembina , Selkirk
- Bookseller catalogs
- Minnesota;
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