Colored map of Minnesota , just after the Civil War ended. Counties in pale pastel colors. Shows the State Capitol, County Towns, Common Towns, Rail Roads, Proposed R.R. and Common Roads. Entire map with decorative border in black and white measures approximately 11 1/ 2" x 13 1/4". Just above "border", says "Drawn and Engraved by W.H. Gamble". Margins of the page age-toned, but does not affect border or the map.Map is clean. A very attractive map for 140 years old. Frameable. View More...
Authorized March 1984. This list includes all species of Minnesota's animals and plants that are officially listed under the provisions of the Federal Endangered Species Act of 1973. 23 pp. Grey paper wraps with light wear to edges and corners. Interior is tight and clean. Pamphlet in VG condition. View More...
Articles: Notes on the Geology of the Troad, by J.S. Diller; Occurrence of Mound-Builders Pipes in New Jersey, by Charles C. Abbott with an illustration; The Igloo of the Innuit. -III. with 9 illustrations; Minnesota Weather; Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers; Geology of Philadelphia by Henry Carvill Lewis; The Iroquois Book of Rites; The Evidence for evolution in the history of the extinct Mammalia with a table; A classification of the natural sciences by T. Sterry Hunt with a table; Orbit of the great comet of 1882 by Edgar Frisbie; The tornado at Racine, May 18, ... View More...
1920 Yearbook of Luther Academy, Albert Lea, Minnesota. 156 pp. Black covers with THE ECHO 1920 in orange. String-tied. Several dark spots?-possibly oily fingers? on front cover. Bottom front corner "tip" missing. Tears 1/2" on spine's top/bottom joints. Overall covers are Good. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. View More...
And Adapted to the New Practice in the States of Missouri, California, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, and Alabama; The Territories of Oregon and Minnesota, and the Island of Newfoundland, with Copious Notes and Authorities to Which are Added Forms in Submissions of Controversy Without Action; In Proceedings Against Joint Debtors, Etc.; And of Judgments by Confession. 541 pages with index. Full leather covers with red and black title bars and gilt lettering on spine. Cover corners are bumped and rubbed, edges rubbed, plenty of rubbing and scuffing to cover faces, some areas with tears to l... View More...
35th Congress, 1st Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 14. January 11, 1858. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories, and ordered to be printed. 24 pp. Disbound government document. Residue from book binding, creasing and chipping to spine edge. Page edges are browning, text is crisp and easily legible. Document in VG condition. View More...
Department of the Interior. United States Geological Survey. House of Representatives. Document 433. 57th Congress. 2d Session. 23 beautiful colored maps of which 7 are double-paged. 3/4 calf scuffed/rubbed. Corner tips and small areas of border edges rubbed to boards. Marbled boards rubbed in some small areas to boards. On front cover, leather? 8 1/4"x5 1/4" paste down with gilted title-one corner rubbed to boards and small strip scuffed? off. Leather strip on spine with gilt title-one letter "O" from "IR"O" N rubbed out.Overall exterior is Good. Front hinge paper ... View More...
"Sportsman, ichthyologist, and conservationist alike will welcome this handsomely illustrated and authoritative study or more than 150 fresh-water fishes. This book presents for the first time a comprehensive treatment of the fishes characteristic of the Upper Mississippi region." 252 pages with index. DJ is Good- with tears, chipping and creasing to edges, corners and along joint and spine, the front flap is price-clipped, dirt smudges. Book cover corners are bumped and rubbed, edges rubbed, spine ends are bent from shelfwear. Gift inscription on front inside cover. Spine broken withi... View More...
SIGNED. In JAILHOUSE STORIES, Haugerud describes what it was like to live next to a prison, where jailbirds and jailbreaks were part of family life. These are the reminiscences of a real-life Andy Griffith character, a man dedicated to maintaining order in rural America durning both peaceful and turbulent times." 223 pp. copy from the author. Signed by Author View More...
29th Congress. 1st Session. Doc. No.168. House of Representatives. "Transmitting The report, journal, and map of Captain J. Allen, of the first regiment of dragoons, of his expedition to the heads of the rivers Des Moines, Blue Earth, &c, in the northwest..." .(Research done indicates that the Map mentioned was not issued.) 18 pp. Report of an expedition into the Indian country (Sioux).Submitted by W.L. Marcy, Secretary of War.(President James K. Polk). Mild foxing along side margin otherwise document is Very Good. View More...
New Post Hospital at Fort Snelling, Minn. 53D Congress, 3d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 174. January 5, 1895---Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. 13 pp. Four photographs depicting various areas of the current post hospital at Fort Snelling. Seven fold-out arcitectual plans of the proposed new post hospital. Disbound government document. Residue from book remains on spine edge, along with some creasing and small holes from book binding. Corners creased from use. Light browning along edges. Document in VG condition. View More...
31st Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives, Rep. No. 501. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed, September 17, 1850. "The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 6th May, 1850, respecting the contract made with Henry M. Rice for the removal of the Winnebagoes from Iowa and Wisconsin to their lands in Minnesota..." 64 pp. Disbound government document. Residue and strings from book remain on spine edge. Light foxing/browning throughout pages. Document in VG condition. View More...
Scientific Publications of the Science Museum of Minnesota, New Series Vol. 3, No. 2. Studies relating to the applied sciences are published in Miscellaneous Publications of The Science Museum of Minnesota. 21 pp. Document is in Very Good+ condition. View More...
Performed in the year 1823, by order of the Hon. J. C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, under the command of Stephen H. Long, U.S.T.E. Compiled from the notes of Major Long, Messrs. Say, Keating, & Calhoun. Facsimilie reprint of the report in One Volume. Volume I: 458 pages. Volume II: 248 pages. Appendix with Vocabulary of Indian Languages. Red cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine. Light rubbing to corners, edges, and spine ends. Some small stains to page edges. Interior is tight and clean. Book in VG+ condition. View More...
Laid in TIME MAGAZINEcover, November 4, 1985 with Kellor on the cover, and article. DJ in VG+ condition with light wear to corner and edges. Book clean and crisp. View More...
"This is a different kind of book. It is about the ordinary people of Minnesota and how they lived. They tell their own stories here, through their letters and diaries, their newspapers and photographs, their business records and advertisements." 324 pp. Oversized paperback with wear to edges, creased corners, white scuffs to back cover and crease down middle. Interior clean. Book in Good+ condition. View More...
SIGNED by author on front cover: "To Mr. Burt? H. Wilson with compliments of Thos. S. Roberts". Occasional Papers: Number 1. Beautiful colored frontis. of Evening Grosbeak. 20 pp. with photographs. List of birds, broken down by Permanent Residents, Winter Visitants and Half-Hardy Species ("not really hardy winter birds in Minnesota, their continued presence during the cold season being determined by the character of the weather.") with descriptions. Roberts was the Ornithologist to the Department of Animal Biology, University of Minnesota and Associate Director of the Zoologica... View More...
An appropriation for the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Fort Snelling, and the granting of the right of way for a public highway through said reservation. 45th Congress, 2d Session. Ex. Doc. No. 73. Famous Americans submitting their report in this document: George Washington McCrary-Secretary of War; Samuel James Renwick McMillan, Jacob Henry Stewart, Joseph Washington McClurg-Chairman Special Committee; Gouverneur Kemble Warren-Major Engineers & C.; and Alfred Howe Terry-Brigadier General Commanding. 8 pp. Two large foldouts: Map of Mississippi River From Su... View More...
Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to Senate Resolution of January 6, 1899, copies of letters and accompanying inclosures from the Commissioner of the General Land Office and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, relating to the estimating of timber and the cutting of dead and fallen timber on the Chippewa Indian Reservations in the state of Minnesota. 55th Congress, 3d Session, Senate, Document No. 70. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. January 21, 1899. 253 pp. Disbound government document. Residue from book remains al... View More...
...Corps of Engineers, Upon the Results Obtained from the Surveys and Examinations of the Season of 1880, for the Establishment of Reservoirs at the Headwaters of the Mississippi River and the Sources of Certain Streams in Wisconsin and Minnesota, including Rock River, Wisconsin and Illinois. 46th Congress, 3d Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 48. February 21, 1881.--Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. 66 pp. Three fold out maps. Residue from book remains along spine edge, spine creased. Last pages are starting to separate from rest of document, still intact. Document ... View More...
