WINONA AND ITS ENVIRONS ON THE MISSISSIPPI IN ANCIENT AND MODERN TIMES

WINONA, MINNESOTA: JONES & KROEGER, PRINTERS AND PUBLISHERS, 1897. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 694 Pp. FIRST EDITION. PUBLISHED 1897. LAID IN (1) AUTOGRAPHED LETTER SIGNED BY AUTHOR WRITTEN TO AUTHORS CHILDREN (WITH A CHARMING OPENING BIT ABOUT A MISSING HAMMER) DATED 1897 AND FROM PRESCOTT, IOWA (LEGIBLE; TORN IN HALF AT CENTER FOLD LINE WITH SOME OTHER LESS SIGNIFICANT TEARS), ALSO INCLUDES A CDV OF THE AUTHOR'S SPOUSE, MINNIE BUNNELL (PHOTOGRAPHER: HOARD & TENNEY, WINONA, MINNESOTA). WINONA IS THE COUNTY SEAT OF WINONA COUNTY, MINNESOTA. LOCATED IN THE SCENIC BLUFF COUNTRY OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER WITH SUGAR LOAF (FORMERLY WAPASHA) MOUNTAIN BEING IT'S MOST DISTINGUISHABLE LANDMARK. LAFAYETTE HOUGHTON BUNNELL (1824-1903), A MEMBER OF THE MARIPOSA BATTALION WENT IN SEARCH OF NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBAL LEADERS INVOLVED IN RECENT AMERICAN SETTLEMENT RAIDS; NOTED FOR THE WHITE DISCOVERY OF THE YOSEMITE VALLEY IN 1851. THE AUTHOR LATER SERVED AS A SURGEON IN THE CIVIL WAR. BOOK DESCRIPTION: RIBBED GREEN CLOTH HARDBOUND, GILT GOLD STAMPED/EMBOSSED TITLE/DESIGN ON SPINE/FRONT BOARD, (5) ILLUSTRATED ENGRAVINGS/IMAGES/MAPS. DIMENSIONS: (8"x5 3/4"x1 3/4"). CONDITION: VERY GOOD +; SLIGHT EVIDENCE OF A REMOVED BOOKPLATE FROM THE PASTEDOWN, MINOR EXTREMITY WEAR. (FOR ONLY OTHER PUBLICATION BY THE AUTHOR, SEE ITEM #871.)