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The unfinished autobiography of Henry Hastings Sibley together with a selection of hitherto unpublished letters... Edited by Theodore C. Blegen
by Sibley, Henry Hastings
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- Hardcover
- first
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
Minneapolis: Voyageur Press [and] Fred Totten Phelps, 1932. First edition of the first book of the Voyageur Press, "an institution founded upon the ideals of fine printing coupled with the desire to make available to interested persons the wealth of historical material to be found in Minnesota and environs," 8vo, pp. [6], 75; title page printed in red and black; original cloth in pale pink pictorial dust jacket; shallow chips and tears along jacket edges not affecting text, spine faded; interior fine. Signed by Phelps on the colophon.
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- Bookseller
- Rulon-Miller Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45071
- Title
- The unfinished autobiography of Henry Hastings Sibley together with a selection of hitherto unpublished letters... Edited by Theodore C. Blegen
- Author
- Sibley, Henry Hastings
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Voyageur Press [and] Fred Totten Phelps
- Place of Publication
- Minneapolis
- Date Published
- 1932
- Keywords
- Voyageur , Printing-History , Sibley ,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Minnesota;
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