Search Results: Minnesota History from Midway Used and Rare Books

Minneapolis, Minnesota: Holden Printing Company, 1953. Hardcover. Very Good. 25.5 x 19 cm. vi 72pp. 8pp of photographs. Bound in navy cloth. Celebrating one hundred years of Excelsior Congregational Church in Excelsior, Minnesota. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Bookplate on front fixed endpaper.

Centennial Book Committee, 1978. softcover. very good. Oversize softcover. 140pp.

softcover. very good. oblong. Stapled pictorial wrappers. 70pp Brochure. The 1952 Flood disaster in Minnesota. Two pages of text. The rest of the book is fill with black and white photographs of the diaster area.

Self-published, 1978. Paperback. Very Good. 26.5 x 20 cm. Staple bound pamphlet. 60pp. Signed by the author on the prologue page. Photographs and anecdotes. Some toning to spine. Local history of the city of Cook in Saint Louis County, Minnesota.

St. Paul: Joseoph R. Brown Territorial Printer, 1856. First edition. Wrappers. Good. 24.5 x 17 cm. 17 pages. Blue wrappers. Sections on Dakota Native Americans, early traders, steam navigation, missionaries, farmers. A few "x" marks to the margins, does not effect readability. Edgewear to the covers. Small stain on front cover. Title vignette. Also included is a fold-out document "Address of Henry H. Sibley, to the People of Minnesota Territory". The speech is dated July 29th, 1850 though it looks like it was printed later. One sheet which is folded into 8 pages.

Minneesota: Aitkin County, Minnesota Historical Society, 1991. Hardcover. very good. Quarto. 12" x9". 373pp. A very nice copy. Previous owner's name on front endpaper.

Self Published, 1978. Wraps. Near Fine. Unpaginated. Signed and dated by the author on the title page. History of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. Light pen mark to title page.

1979. Hardcover. Fine. 24 x 17 cm. Octavo. 261pp. Illustrated with photographs, maps. Bound into green cloth.

Minnesota: Pioneer Press Publishing Co., 1889. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 23 x 15 cm. Octavo. 596pp. Bound into grey cloth with gilt lettering to spine. There is a 5 x 4 cm paper repair on the title page, not effecting text. Front gutter starting. Poet and collector Eugene Field's name is written on the title page. There is also Mark Twain's "signature" (almost assuredly a forgery) on the front fixed endpaper. Field's son, Eugene Field II, was asounded by how much he could make selling signed books from his late father's library, who passed in 1895. Eventually Eugene II ran out of authentic books and entered into a partnership with forger Harry Dayton Sickles. Together, they forged signatures and used the provenance of Eugene Sr's book collection to sell cheap books with forged signatures to unsuspecting collectors. They are known to have forged signatures of many collectible figures most notably Abraham Lincoln, Frederic Remington, and Mark Twain on not so desirable books. This makes any… Read More

Minnesota: Pioneer Press Publishing Co., 1889. First edition. Hard Cover. good+. Red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. (light soiling to front cover.) 596pp Some rubbing at tail of spine.

1955. 2nd printing. Wraps. vg. Yellow wrappers. 24pp. Nice copy.

The Times Newspaper Company for the Better Exploitation of Beauties of Minneapolis, 1898. Hardcover. Good. 24.5 x 31 cm. Oblong. 181pp. Bound into green cloth. Extensively illustrated with period photographs of fine homes and nature scenes in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Gift inscriptions on front endpapers. The front and rear gutters are starting to crack but still holding. Uncommon work.

Battle Lake,MN: Title Atlas Co., Inc, 1992. Spiral Bound. very good. Oversize. 13" x 10 1/2") Spiral bound wrappers.

Princeton Eagle, 1974. Paperback. Very Good. 27.5 x 21 cm. Quarto. 181pp. Photos, maps, storeis by various authors. Some toning and shelf wear.

Knight Prinitng, Lake of the Woods County Historical Society, 2006. Hardcover. Good. 28.5 x 22 cm. Quarto. 194pp. Photographs. Glossy boards. Scratching to the front cover. Minnesota County history.

1987. Hard Cover. fine. Quarto. 502pp Brown boards.

Minnesota: Gateway Press, Inc., 1998. Oversize softcover. 306pp.

University of Minnesota Press, 1932. Limited edition. Hardcover. near fine. Quarto. (11" x 9") Brown leather spines. 2 Volume set. This is #222/300 copies SIGNED by author, Thomas Roberts. Kittredge binding. A beautiful set. Illustrated with ninety-two color plates by Allan Brooks,George Miksch Sutton, Walter Alois Weber,Francis Lee Jaques, Walter Brechenridge,including one plate by the late Louis Agassiz Fuertes.

Minneapolis: Privately Published, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 23.5 x 15.5 cm. Octavo. 146pp. Red cloth in dust jacket. Black and white photos and illustrations. History of the company.

T.S.Denison & Co, 1976. First printing. Hard Cover. near fine. Quarto. Green cloth. 157pp Name of previous owner. A very nice copy.