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The early empire builders of the great west
by ARMSTRONG, MOSES K
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About This Item
Saint Paul: E.W. Porter, 1901. First edition (""compiled and enlarged from the author's Early History of the Dakota Territory in 1866""), 8vo, pp. ix-[x], 456; portrait frontis and 22 plates; spine slightly faded, else near fine in original maroon cloth, gilt lettering on spine and upper cover. A printed letter from the Dept. of History, State of South Dakota is tipped in and reads: ""This is one of five hundred copies ... presented to the South Dakota State Historical Society by the author ... The work pertains, in the main, to Dakota history, and to the events of the earliest days of the Territory."" Ex-Grand Lodge of South Dakota Library, with their bookplate.
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- Rulon-Miller Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13189
- Title
- The early empire builders of the great west
- Author
- ARMSTRONG, MOSES K
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- E.W. Porter
- Place of Publication
- Saint Paul
- Date Published
- 1901
- Keywords
- West , Midwest , American , History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Minnesota;
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