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DAKOTA LAND; OR, THE BEAUTY OF ST. PAUL. An Original, Illustrated, Historic and Romantic Work On Minnesota, and The Great North-West. Second Edition. Hardcover - 1869

by Hankins, Col

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Hankins & Sons, Publishers, Offices of the New York Home Gazette, New York City: ., 1869 pp. 426, (6) [Illustrated advertisements of The Mutual Life Insurance Company; Hotels; Railroads] + Engraved half title and Frontis. Illustrated with over one hundred engravings. Lacks map. Early newspaper illustrated clipping of Proposed World's Fair Tower stains pages 190 and 191. Some signatures loose. All edges gold. **Calligraphic presentation from the Author to Bessie C. Grant, December, 1879 fly leaf. 8vo. 210 mm. Original full green cloth binding. Beveled edges. Spine and front board decorated and lettered in gilt gold. Rear board embossed in blind. Small loss at head and tail of spine. Corners worn with slight loss. Hardbound. Very good. Second edition. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W10 Language: eng. Inscribed by Author(s). Hardcover. Very Good.
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