Minnesota from Ross & Haines

Afton, Mn.: Afton Historical Society Press, 1999. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 63 pp., short stories by Jon Hassler for this Christmas book from Afton Hist. Soc. Press. Signed by the author on the half-title p. Paper over boards hardcover w/illus. on the front cover in fine cond., in fine cond.… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

Minneapolis: Univ. Of Minnesota Press, 1987. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Carol Yonker Waters. xx + 361 pp., maps, b/w illus., bib., index. A history & natural science of the north shore of Lake Superior. Signed presentation on the f.f.e.p. by both the author & his wife, the illustrator. Dark green… Read more about this item

Minneapolis: Cook County Hist. Soc., 1931. Second Printing . Paperback. Very Good/Issued Without d/j. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paperbound pamphlet, saddle-stitched, 22 pp., b/w photos, 2 maps. This is actually a slightly revised version of the original article that appeared the Minn. Hist. Bulletin, Feb. 1923. An off-print done for distribution by the Cook County… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

Bloomington, MN.: Voyageur Press. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Slender quarto, viii + 152 pp., frontis, extensive photos, illus., glossary, bib., notes. A history of the white pine logging industry across Michigan, Wisconsin & Minnesota. Remainder mark on bottom edge. Green colored hardcover book in fine cond., the d/w shows… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

St. Paul, MN.: Riparian Press, 1993. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Charles J. Johnston. 220 pp., color frontis, b/w illus. Woodcock hunting stories set in Minnesota. Part of a limited edition of 1,000 copies signed in the back by both the author & the artist. Brown cloth bound hardcover book w/gold-foil… Read more about this item

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.

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… Read more about this item

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.

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… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

St. Paul, MN.: The Science Museum of the St. Paul Institute, 1959. First Edition . Original Wraps. Very Good/Issued Without d/j. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Paperback quarto, side staple-bound, original wraps, 42 pp., 2 maps, b/w photos, bib. Science Bulletin #3, Part 3. The Sorg Site was part of an archeological dig on the Mississippi… Read more about this item