Search Results: Minnesota from Ross & Haines

St. Paul: Wally Swanson, 1970. First Edition . Paperback. Good/Issued Without d/j. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 112 pp., b/w photos, small saddle-stitched paperbound pamphlet dealing with baseball in St. Paul, Minnesota in the 1920s & 1930s. Some soiling & wear but o/w good+ cond. w/all pages & covers intact.

St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society, 1944. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/Issued Without d/j. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 118 pp., footnotes, b/w line drawings. Edited by Hazel Wolf. This is the only publication of Taylor's Civil War Diary of service w/the 1st Minn. Reg't. (he died at Gettysburg). It appeared in 4 consecutive issues of the Minnesota History magazine in 1944. All 4 issues are here in v.g. cond. Other articles are in these quarterly magazines also.

Saint Paul: Dispatch Printing Co., 1875. First U.S. Edition . Full-Leather. Good/Issued Without d/j. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xx + 442 pp. City ordinances re: elections, officers, common council, treasury, public works, sewer, streets, assessments, police, fire, health, courts, etc. Bound in full calf w/ red & black leather labels to the spine. The binding is solid but has had water damage as have the pages. There is wrinkling to the endpapers & pages but all is quite clear & readible. Binding shows wear but overall in good cond. Scarce.

Roseau, MN.: Roseau County Hist. Soc., 1937. First Edition . Paperbound. Very Good/Issued Without d/j. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Orignal wraps, saddle-stitched pamphlet of 12 pp. commemorating the 50th anniversary of the first white settlers to Roseau County. "Graphic story of early french explorations 200 years ago, on Lake of the Woods and what is now Roseau County." Slight ex-lib. w/markings, v.g. cond.

Minneapolis: Tasora, 2012. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Short folio, xvi + 304 pp., extensive b/w & color photos, facsimiles, notes, bib., index. Tells the individual stories in text and photos of over 100 men who served in the First Minnesota Regiment in the Civil War. Signed by the author on the half t.p."To Tom & Jan Hosier... With Best Regards & Deep Respect. Wayne Jorgenson." Large hardcover book in fine cond., d/w in fine cond.

Taylors Falls, MN.: Taylors Falls Historical Society, 1999. Reprint . Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Thick octavo, lv + 764 pp., b/w photos & illus. A facsimile reprint of the 1888 edition edited by Clarence W. Nelson (with a new editor's preface) and with a new intro. by the renowned Minnesota historian, the late Helen M. White. Judge Folsom was a Minnesota pioneer and his book is filled with early and detailed history of the Minn.-Wisc. border areas and beyond. Fine cloth binding in fine cond. d/w. Limited to 1,000 copies printed, 500 hardcover & 500 softcover. This is the hardcover edition.

New Ulm, MN.: Linnea Pub., 1999. First Edition . Paperback. Very Good/Issued Without d/j. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Paperbound quarto, vi + 469 pp., b/w photos. An historical novel of immigration from Sweden to Minnesota in the 1870s but obviously based on factual & historical happenings. Color paperbound cover has a small crease near the front, bottom o/w v.g. cond.

Excelsior, MN.: Minnetonka Record Press, 1943. First Edition . Paperback. Very Good/Issued Without d/j. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Stiff card covers on this 65 pp. paperbound book. Frontis. Russell's reminiscences of Newspaper Row in Minneapolis, incidents of 50 years on the paper (1890s to 1940s). Sl. discoloration on the spine o/w a very good, tight copy.

Winona, MN.: H.C. Cooper, Jr. & Co., 1920. First Edition . Imitation Leather. Good/Issued Without d/j. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Thick quarto, xvi + 781 pp., b/w photos, contents, index. History & biographies of this Minnesota county on the Mississippi River. This is the original first edn. professionally re-bound in an imitation half-leather binding w/a red leather spine label & new endpapers. The exterior is very attractive & in fine cond., the interior shows some soiling & a few pencil marks but is in good cond. & all there.

Hudson, WI.: St. Croix Valley Civil War Round Table, 2006. Reprint . Cloth. As New/Issued Without Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xiv + 508 pp., b/w maps & photos, rosters, index. This is a facsimile reprint of the 1916 first edition originally published by Easton & Masterman in Stillwater, MN. Limited to 1,000 hardcover copies, maroon cloth binding with gold stamping, shrinkwrapped. This is the second publication of the St. Croix Valley Civil War Roundtable. A classic Civil War unit history. New.

Minneapolis: Dinkytown Antiquarian Bookstore, 1990. First Edition . Leather Spine. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Unpaginated (appr. 34 pp.), An interview with the late novelist Jon Hassler conducted by the late Michael Powers and pub. by the late bookseller, Larry Dingman. Signed by all 3. Also contains a bibliography of Hassler's writings. Limited edition, letter "S" of 26 lettered copies handbound. There was also a trade limited edition of 750 cc. Dark leather spine over boards, gold foil stamping to the spine. Hardcover book in fine cond.

St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1988. Second Printing . Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Thick octavo, xiv + 610 pp., frontis, b/w photos, notes, bib., index. Biography of John Ireland (1838-1918) first Archbishop of St. Paul, MN. & his involvement with immigration & rise to national prominence during the Gilded Age. Cloth bound hardcover book in fine cond., d/w v.g. with one small rub on the front hinge & lt. rub on rear d/w fold, label residue on back. Originally pub. at $34.95.

Bloomington, MN.: Voyageur Press, 1983. First Edition . Paperback. Very Good/Issued Without d/j. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Paperbound quarto, x + 195 pp., b/w illus. & photos, maps, appendix, bib. An architectural history of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Paperback book in v.g. cond.

Minneapolis: Anderberg-Lund Printing Co., 1983. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Lloyd E. Borg. Oblong elephant folio, 64 pp., b/w sketches, 24 full size color plates. Plus 3 additional loose color plates laid in, measuring appr. 10" x 14" each. Wayzata based Minnesota artist. Black & white hardcover binding in v.g. cond., b/w d/w v.g. w/sl. wear. Foreign shipping extra because of oversize.

Marine on St. Croix, MN.: Marine Historical Society, 1968. First Paperback Edition . Paperback. Very Good/Issued Without d/j. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paperback book, map frontis, b/w photos, index. A year by year account of the history of Marine on St. Croix, Minnesota. Signed presentation from the author on the f.f.e.p. The book shows a sl. aging & has a crease on the rear cover o/w v.g. cond.

N.P.: Blandin Foundation, 1990. Limited . Half-Leather. Fine/Issued Without d/j. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Jim Brandenburg. Almost square folio sized book, 88 pp., b/w photos, double page frontis. This particular edition is limited to 26 lettered copies for participants only. This is letter P. Signed by both the author & the photographer. Also contains in rear pocket a signed (by Brandenburg) photogravure illus. labeled P/26. Dark blue leather spine on gray paper boards in gray slipcase all in fine cond. Overseas shipping difficult because of the size & weight.

N.P.: Northome Bicentennial Book Committee, 1977. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Quarto, 204 pp., b/w photos, a typewriter set publication being a history of these Koochiching County, Minnesota communities. Former owner's name inked to f.f.e.p. 8 pp. color signature add on at end of book. Decorated cloth binding shows soiling o/w v.g. cond.

Afton, Mn.: Afton Historical Society Press, 1998. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Oblong quarto, 159 pp., frontis, extensive photo illus. tinted & in color, b/w illus., notes, index. Architectural & historical examination of numerous Minnesota lake homes & mansions. Cloth bound hardcover in fine cond., d/w fine cond.

Afton, Mn.: Afton Historical Society Press, 2004. First Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Quarto, 288 pp., color frontis, extensive color & b/w photos & illus., maps, notes, index. A detailed history of the rise, growth and ups and downs of the Great Lakes (Lake Superior) shipping port of Duluth-Superior. Cloth bound hardcover in near fine cond., d/w in v.g. cond. (has a small chip out of the back panel). No markings or underlinings. Not ex-lib.

St. Paul: D.D. Merrill Co., 1892. Second Printing . Cloth. Very Good/Issued Without d/j. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 314 pp., frontis, b/w illus. Mattson's autobiography: Swedish emigrant to Minnesota, farmer, Col. in the 3rd Minn. Reg't. (Civil War), newspaper editor, Sec. of State for Minn., U.S. Consul General to Calcutta, India. First published in 1891, this is the 2nd prntg. Brown cloth hardcover binding w/gold foil stamping to front & spine. Very lt. wear to corners & head & heel of spine o/w v.g. cond.