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Minnesota Historical Society, 1967. Hardcover. Very Good. Binding tight and square, shallow chipping to the dustjacket edges.

Minnesota Historical Society, 1967. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Limited/Numbered. Edition limited to 2,000 numbered copies. No jacket. .

Minnesota Historical Society, 1967. Reprint. Fine in very good, lightly soiled dust jacket with a short closed tear in mylar cover..

St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Historical Society, 1967. Limited/Numbered. 1st Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited/Numbered Edition #1262/2000. First Thus, orig. pub. in German 1867. Hard cover 4to in blue cloth w/black spine and gold titles. Fine and unmarked book in Near Fine clipped DL w/several short tears and scuffed heel. xii, 423pp inc. Index; illustrated in color and b/w.

St. Paul, Minn.: Minnesota Historical Society Pr, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. 10.25 x 7.00 x 1.70 inches. Embark on a visual and historical journey through the ""Valley of the Mississippi Illustrated"" with this hardcover First American Edition published in 1967 by the Minnesota Historical Society Press. Authored by Henry Lewis and edited by Bertha L. Heilbron, this edition also features translation by A. Hermina Poatgieter.Despite its former library status, this edition is in Very Good condition, adorned with a protective Mylar-covered dust jacket. The covers exhibit great shape, and the binding is not only square but also tight, ensuring the durability of this historical gem. Inside, the pages are clean and unmarked, showcasing numerous full-color plates that add a vibrant dimension to the narrative.This book is a rarity, being the first complete English edition of ""Das Illustrirte Mississippithal,"" originally published in German in the 1850s. Authored and illustrated by… Read More

St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Historical Society, 1967. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding/Very Good+ dust jacket. Quarto. xix, [1], 423, [2] pp., plates, illus. Limited edition, number 1845 of 2000 copies. As issued, in publisher's cloth with dust jacket; color reproductions of 78 plates. Previous owner name, otherwise a very clean copy in a sharp dust jacket.

St. Paul MN: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1967. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. translated by A. Poatgieter, edited with an introduction by Bertha L. Heilbron. Limited to 2000 copies. The first complete English edition of a rare item "Das illustrairte Mississippithal" of the 1850s. Lewis lived in St. Louis and traveled the Mississippi River in 1846, 1847 and 1848." 423 pages, 78 of his lithographic color plates.; Limited Edition; 7 x 10 1/4

Minnesota Historical Society, 1967. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Quarter black cloth over green cloth and gilt lettered spine. A couple of small nicks in the dust jacket, otherwise about fine. Black and white and colour illustrations.

St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society, 1967. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Originally published in German, 1854. (xix) 423 pages, 78 color lithographed illustrations, map endpapers; 8vo, green/black cloth. Fine; dust jacket very good, light edge wear.

St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good, Clean, Some Minor Wear At Extremities, One Small Loss Spot At Cover Edge, Large Folded Map Has Small Tear At Fold, Front Hinge Shaken but Firmed, Owner Signature Penned To Fep. Sm Quarto, Publishers Green Cloth Boards With Black Spine Wrap and Gilt Color Lettering Spine . 1854 B & W Photos, Fold Out Map, Map Decorated End Papers Sm Quarto, Publishers Green Cloth Boards With Black Spine Wrap and Gilt Color Lettering Spine , 1967, PP.423, Dust Jacket Has Protective Jacket Cover Rbt2b

St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society, 1967. First Edition Limited To 2000 Copies This is #639. Hardcover. Very Good, Clean, Some General Nicks To Jacket Edges And Spine Area, C. B. Chapman Signature At Fep. Sm Quarto, Black Cloth Wrapped Spine With Glue/green Cloth Boards. 1854 Map Decorated End Papers, Fine Four Color Color Plate Reproductions of 78 LIthographs, Figures Sm Quarto, Black Cloth Wrapped Spine With Glue/green Cloth Boards, 1967, PP.xix,423, Howes S312; Classic Title Das Illustrirte Mississippithal ; This Edition Translated From The German By A. Hermina Poatgieter With Editing And Introduction By Bertha L. Heilbron Rbt2b

1967. LEWIS, Henry. The Valley of the Mississippi Illustrated. Translated from the German by A.H. Poatgieter, Edited With an Introduction by B.L. Heilbron. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society, [1967]. 4to. Illus. in color. xix, 423pp. Fine in d/j. A reprint of Howes L-312, limited to 2,000 copies.

St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society, 1967. First edition in English limited to 2000 copies (this, no. 883); 8vo, pp. xix, [1], 423, [2]; 79 color plates after those in the original German edition of 1854-57, plus a few other illustrations in the text; a fine copy in a fine, unclipped dust jacket. "The book is the work of Henry Lewis, an American artist then living in Germany; originally written in English, Lewis' text was translated into German by one George B. Douglas. The first 72-pp. of an English edition are known (but only discovered in 1951). The present volume reproduces that English fragment, but the bulk of it is a retranslation from the German version." See Howes L-312 for an explanation of the original English edition, which "was apparently abandoned after the third installment."

Minnesota Historical Society. Used - Very Good. 1967. Hardcover. Cloth, dj, small quarto, 423 pp., 78 plates. Light shelf wear, stain at head of text block, some wear to DJ incl. closed tears. Otherwise a very sound copy. Very Good.