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St. Paul: Groff & Bailey, 1865. First edition, 8vo, pp. [16] ads, 399 (including rear free endpaper and rear pastedown); 6 leaves printed on colored paper and outside the pagination are inserted; final 18 leaves (in pagination) also printed on colored paper; lacking front free endpaper (containing ads), p. 120-121 torn with loss, also pp. 225-234; worn and rubbed, soiling to covers, else good and sound in orig. red morocco-backed printed paper-covered boards. Includes a full-p. illustrated ad for the North-Western Packet Co., James J. Hill, agent. Preface identifies this directory as "the first state directory ever published in Minnesota."
Minnesota State Business Directory Containing A Brief Description Of Many Of The Towns, Their Location, & C. ; A List, Alphabetically Arranged By Towns, Of Business Firms, State And County Officers, And The Post Offices In The State -
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Minnesota State Business Directory Containing a Brief Description of Many of the Towns, Their Location, & C. ; a List, Alphabetically Arranged by Towns, of Business Firms, State and County Officers, and the Post Offices in the State
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St. Paul, MN: H. E. Newton & Co.. Good with no dust jacket. N.D.. Second Edition. Hardcover. Brown cloth boards with gilt imprint and advertising on front and back. Boards have heavily rubbed edges and bumped corners with a few edge dents. Blue printed endpapers have cracking at hinges and a corner missing from first free endpaper. Soil on some pages. Several colored paper leaves with one pink advertisement slip tipped in. [12] advt; [1 (title) ]; ; [1] advt; [1 (introduction) ]; [4] index; [1] advt. , 2-367. Stated second publication of the directory, circa 1873. The directory listing businesses by town includes a description of Minnesota and its history as well as a few relevant facts about each town. Following the state information is an interesting one page description of the National Colony, a temperance community founded in 1872 and welcoming new settlers. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall; 367 pp .
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- Place of Publication St. Paul, MN
- Date Published N.D.
- Keywords Old Directories, St. Paul, Minneapolis
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Minnesota gazetteer and business directory, for 1865, containing a list of cities, villages, and post offices in the state; a list of business firms; state and county organizations ..
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Minnesota gazetteer and business directory, containing a brief description of many of the towns, their location, &c. A list, alphabetically arranged by towns, of business firms, state and county officers, and the post offices in the state
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St. Paul: H.E. Newton & Co, 1872. First edition, 8vo, pp. [20] ads, 415; folding map of Minnesota, folding advertisement plate on heavy stock, lithograph plate printed on both sides on heavy stock, advertisements for local enterprises on paste-downs and free endpapers; orig. brown morocco-backed printed paper-covered boards, rubbed, (also with ads); some wear but generally good and sound.
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Minnesota Gazetteer and Business Directory, for 1865; Containing a List of Cities, Villages, and Post Offices in the State; a List of Business Firms; State and County Organizations; a Classified Business Directory, Arranged Alphabetically in Towns; also Advertisements of Leading Business Houses throughout the State; with Much Other Useful Information
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Saint Paul, (MN): Groff & Bailey, 1865. First edition. 8vo. 24, 399 pp. Advertisements for local businesses, some illustrated. Preface: "First state directory ever published in Minnesota." OCLC locates ten copies (New York Public, Huntington, Newberry, American Textile Historical Museum, Detroit Public, Minnesota Historical Society, Minnesota, Wisconsin Historical Society, Yale, British Library). Original roan-backed printed boards, gilt spine title. Very good. (2559).
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