Search Results: minnesota and its resources to which by bond j wesley

HardPress Publishing, 2012-08-01. Paperback. Good.

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New York: Redfield, 1853 Book. Very Good -. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Octavo. 8vo. (6) 364 (22) pp, illus. First Edition, 1853. Owner's ex libris plate and name on front pastedown. Folding map half missing. External wear with age-toned text block and endpapers. No markings, tight binding, clean, white and bright. 5.25" x 7.5". Black cloth with blind-stamped borders on boards, and gilt lettering to spine..

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

New York: Redfield, 1853. First edition, 8vo, lithograph frontis (view of St. Paul) and title-p. (St. Anthony Falls), 364pp. and 4pp. ads, lacking the map; spine faded, worn, and chipped, otherwise good in original purple cloth. A good overview of all aspects of Minnesota as it existed prior to its organization as a territorial government in 1849, and "as it is" in 1853. Not in Howes or Graff.

New York:: Redfield,, 1853.. original cloth.. Foxing to the first few leaves; light rubbing to cloth. . 12mo,. This copy bound without the map.

New York: Redfield, 1854., 1854. First edition. Second edition. Originally published in 1853. 12mo. Brown embossed cloth, titles stamped in gilt on the spine, frontispiece [plate of St. Paul], 364 [4] pp., plus 16 pp. of advertisements, preface folding map, appendix. A good overview of all aspects of Minnesota as it existed prior to its organization as a territorial government in 1849, and "as it is" in 1853. Topics include: agricultural advantages; weather; St. Louis River; Minnesota River country; principal towns; railroads; steamboats; Indians (Sioux, Chippewas, Winnebagoes); etc. Cover cloth is worn, heavy foxing throughout, folding map has two tears, former owner's small stamped name on front and rear endpapers, else a fair yet serviceable copy.

Chicago: Keen and Lee, 1856. Second Edition. Hardcover. 400pp + 3pp of readers' letters of appreciation. Brown cloth stamped in blind on the covers and lettered in gold on the spine. Engraved frontispiece and title, foldout map. Cloth is faded along the edges and on the spine panel, foxing to text block, stain to bottom edge affecting the margins of most leaves, short closed tear to map. About good. Sabin 6284. ; Octavo.

Chicago:: Keen & Lee, , 1857.. Second printing (first edition NY, 1850).. rebound in modern buckram, library style.. Institutional bookplate with "Withdrawn" stamp on pastedown; no other library markings. The fragile map has been backed with tissue.. 8vo,. With an extra lithographed title page and the large color folding map not found in all copies. Sabin 6284.

Chicago, Keen and Lee, 1856.. 4th edition. Publisher's cloth lettered in gilt on the spine, 400, [3] pp., color lithograph frontispiece and title page. Foxing throughout, light wear at the head and heel, otherwise a very good copy. Howes 1014.

Chicago: Keen & Lee, 1856. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Red blind-embossed cloth with gilt spine. 412pp. Frontispiece, engraved title page, 3 full-page plates, foldout color map, front endpaper text. Good plus. Contemporary nonauthorial gift inscription on inner flyleaf; binding slightly edgeworn and spine rather faded and rubbed, extending slightly onto front board, but internally bright and tight. Tight and sturdy third printing of this state survey first published by Redfield in 1853 -- this reissue likely occasioned by the Minnesota Territory's pending statehood, which came to the fore in 1856 and was finalized in 1858. Handsome sepia-tone frontispiece titled "St. Paul" and engraved title page image titled "Falls of St. Anthony." Large (17¼" X 13 3/4") foldout map tipped to rear pastedown is bright and lovely, with no fold separations or weaknesses and just mild age toning; titled "Map of Minnesota Territory," it was published by Charles DeSilver… Read More

New York: Redfield, 1853. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Original decorative stamped textured cloth hard covers, with gilt titles to spine. Some light handling to covers; edges and endpapers toned. Old owner's name to front endpaper; short closed tear to map at stub. Otherwise, clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound and handsome copy. Frontispiece (of St. Paul, Minnesota), illustrated title-page, folding map (at rear). 364+3[notices]+1[blank]+16[publisher's catalogue]+2[blank]pp. .

1853. BOND, J. Wesley. Minnesota and Its Resources, to Which Are Appended Camp-Fire Sketches or Notes of a Trip from St. Paul to Pembina and Selkirk Settlement on the Red River of the North. N.Y.: Redfield, 1853. 1st ed. Illus. large folding map. 364, (3)pp. Sabin 6284. Very good in original cloth.

New York: Redfield, 1853. First edition, 8vo, lithograph frontis (view of St. Paul) and title-p. (St. Anthony Falls), 364pp. and 16pp. publisher's ads; with the folding map not found in all copies (laid in and with some old cellotape repairs); original dark green cloth, spine ends chipped, else good or better. A good overview of all aspects of Minnesota as it existed prior to its organization as a territorial government in 1849, and "as it is" in 1853. Not in Howes or Graff.

New York: Redfield, 1853. First edition, 8vo, pp. 364, 3, [8] leaves of advertisements; lithograph frontispiece (view of St. Paul) and title-page (St. Anthony Falls), folding map not found in all copies ; publisher's dark green cloth (a bit soiled), some minor shelf wear, top and bottom of spine a bit chipped; Edward Chenery Gale's bookplate on front pastedown endpaper, contemporary signature on front free endpaper. A good overview of all aspects of Minnesota as it existed prior to its organization as a territorial government in 1849, and "as it is" in 1853. Not in Howes or Graff.

New York: Redfield, 1853. First edition, 8vo, lithograph frontis (view of St. Paul) and title-p. (St. Anthony Falls), 364pp. and 16pp. publisher's ads; with the folding map not found in all copies; map with old cellotape repairs, original dark brown cloth, spine faded with ends chipped, front hinge cracked, a few breaks in the cloth at joints, else good or better. A good overview of all aspects of Minnesota as it existed prior to its organization as a territorial government in 1849, and "as it is" in 1853. Not in Howes or Graff.