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  • Alden, Paulette Bates.
    FEEDING THE EAGLES.

    Edition: First printing.

    St. Paul, MN: Graywolf Press, 1988. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first book, a collection of eleven interrelateds short stories which feature Miriam Batson, a native Southerner transplanted to the Midwest by marriage, as she confronts and comes to term with the shifting ground of her life. Alden was herself born in Greenville, South Carolina, and was writer in residence as the University of Minnesota at the time this was published. Dust jacket praise from Wallace Stegner and Scott Turow. 176 p. ISBN: 1-555971113.

    Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 30891
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  • PAUL BUNYAN; THE GIANT LUMBERJACK. by Bang, Ray.
    Bang, Ray.
    PAUL BUNYAN; THE GIANT LUMBERJACK.

    Bemidji, MN: c. 1953. Tales of Paul Bunyan and his friends and animals, including Sport the Reversible Dog, illustrated in color and black and white drawings. Apparently a promotion item, with "The Gift Mart, Lakewiew Hotel, Bemidji, Minnesota" printed on front cover. Unpaginged (32 pp. including covers) Postcard of the steel and concrete statues of Paul and Babe in Bemidji laid in.

    Condition: Just about fine in original stapled pictorial wraps.

    Book ID: 85580
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  • Bly, Carol. (introduction by Tobias Wolff.)
    MY LORD BAG OF RICE: New and Selected Stories.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions, 2000. A trade paperbacck original collection of 11 of her best stories, in which the people and the land of Minnesota are vividly portrayed. Introduction by Tobias Wolff.

    Condition: Very good in illustrated wrappers (crease on corners of back cover.)

    Book ID: 16394
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  • LOOKING FOR THE SUMMER. by Brandenburg, Jim.
    Brandenburg, Jim.
    LOOKING FOR THE SUMMER.

    Edition: First printing (limited gallery edition)

    Chanhassen, MN: NorthWord Press, (2003) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A beautiful book by this award-winning photographer, one which "captures the magnificence of the Northern Minnesota Wilderness during summer. Beginning with the solstice, Brandenburg set out daily with his digital camera to document life in the North Woods. . Each page turn offers the opportunity to study the techniques of the masters - the soft focus of Arnold Genthe, the shapes and energy of Alfred Stieglitz, or the abstract form and flow of a Georgia O'Keeffe image." (Library Journal) Following the portfolio of photographs is an extended essay taken from the photographer's field notes which also comment on environmental issues affecting the Boundary Waters area. SIGNED on the half title page. Large oblong format. 150 pp. ISBN: 1-559710020.

    Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket. (inscription on front pastedown, partially hidden by dj flap)

    Book ID: 87575
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  • THE COLOR OF MESABI BONES. by Caddy, John.
    Caddy, John.
    THE COLOR OF MESABI BONES.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original, not issued in hardcover.

    Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions, (1989). First edition - A collection of poems and short prose pieces about surviving a violent childhood in the decaying mining towns of the Mesabi Range in northeastern Minnesota. Illustrated with woodcut decorations by R. W. Scholes. Cover praise from Tom Clark and David St John, among others. 128 pp. plus index and final woodcut. ISBN: 0-915943409.

    Condition: Ex-library with the usual markings, but overall tight and clean.

    Book ID: 81243
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  • GLORY GOES AND GETS SOME: Stories. by Carter, Emily.
    Carter, Emily.
    GLORY GOES AND GETS SOME: Stories.

    Edition: First printing.

    Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, (2000) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first book , a collection of interrelated short stories. Publishers Weekly called this "An intense, edgy, boldly candid and irrepressibly sardonic voice drives the 21 inter-linked stories in this collection, mainly narrated by the eponymous Gloria Bronski. Exiled from Manhattan to a recovery community in Minnesota, Glory minces no words in confessing that she is a former drug addict and alcoholic. She's also HIV positive , chronically depressed, and aching for sex, love and connection." The title story was included in Best American Stories for 1998. SIGNED on a blank preliminary page. Winner of a Whiting Writers' Award 2001. 239 pp. ISBN: 1-566891019.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 81670
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  • PEACE LIKE A RIVER. by Enger, Leif.
    Enger, Leif.
    PEACE LIKE A RIVER.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Atlantic Monthly (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's very highly praised first novel - the story of a father raising his three children in 1960s Minnesota and the story of a road trip in search of a son charged with murder, through the Badlands in their Airstream trailer, as told by 11 year old Reuben. Comments on the back cover from Jim Harrison, Rick Bass and others. Received the Borders Original Voices Award, SIGNED on the title page. 311 pp. ISBN: 0-87113795X.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 82270
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  • PEACE LIKE A RIVER. by Enger, Leif.
    Enger, Leif.
    PEACE LIKE A RIVER.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Atlantic Monthly (2001). SIGNED first edition - The author's very highly praised first novel - the story of a father raising his three children in 1960s Minnesota. Comments on the back cover from Jim Harrison, Rick Bass and others. Received the Borders Original Voices Award, SIGNED on the title page. Publisher's material laid in. 311 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 80559
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  • Gray, James.
    PINE, STREAM & PRAIRIE: Wisconsin and Minnesota in Profile,

    Edition: 2nd printing before publication.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945. Hardcover - Illustrated with many photographic plates. Frontispiece of a fold-out map of Minnesota and Wisconsin. The 'heartland,' agriculture, fishing, creativity (including Frank Lloyd Wright) are just some of the topics covered. Index. 312, x pp.

    Condition: Very good in tan cloth with gilt lettering, no dj (front flap of dustjacket laid in).

    Book ID: 35991
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  • Hassler, Jon.
    THE LOVE HUNTER.

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    New York: Morrow, 1981. dj. Hardcover - Third novel by this highly praised Minnesota writer. This story is one of suspense, as a man plans to murder his best friend who is terminally ill with cancer - but also, a story of love, of friendship, and of decent people caught by circumstances they cannot control. ISBN: 0-688-004830.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (glue remnants under dj flaps.)

    Book ID: 27015
    Keywords: Fiction, minnesota
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  • LAKE WOBEGON SUMMER 1956. by Keillor, Garrison.
    Keillor, Garrison.
    LAKE WOBEGON SUMMER 1956.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: The Viking Press, (2001.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A somewhat satirical, sometimes hilariously funny, but also sympathetic novel of growing up in small town Minnesota in the fifties, and coming of age as a writier, by the humorist who is the host and writer of PBS's 'A Prairie Home Companion.' 291 pp. ISBN: 0-670-030031.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 41209
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  • LAKE WOBEGON DAYS. by Keillor, Garrison.
    Keillor, Garrison.
    LAKE WOBEGON DAYS.

    Edition: Later printing.

    New York: The Viking Press, (1985.) dj. Hardcover - A somewhat satirical, sometimes hilariously funny, but also a sympathetic portrait of life in a small town Minnesota, by the humorist who is the host and writer of PBS's 'A Prairie Home Companion.' Illustrated. 337 pp. ISBN: 0-670-805149.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (usual toning to the pages.)

    Book ID: 46853
    Keywords: Fiction, minnesota, radio
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  • SULFUR SPRINGS. by Krueger, William Kent.
    Krueger, William Kent.
    SULFUR SPRINGS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Atria / Simon & Schuster, (2017) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The 17th novel in the series featuring Cork O'Connor - in this book, he and his new wife, Rainy Bisonette, travel from Minnesota to a small town in the Southern Arizona desert in July in search of her son. SIGNED on the title page. Winner of the Lefty Award for best mystery novel. Went fairly quickly into later printings. 306 pp. ISBN: 978-1501147340.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 72068
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  • DESOLATION MOUNTAIN. by Krueger, William Kent.
    Krueger, William Kent.
    DESOLATION MOUNTAIN.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Atria / Simon & Schuster, (2016) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A novel in the series featuring Cork O'Connor, set in Minnesota's Boundary Waters. SIGNED on the title page. 320 pp. ISBN: 978-1476749266.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 75240
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  • WINDIGO ISLAND. by Krueger, William Kent.
    Krueger, William Kent.
    WINDIGO ISLAND.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Atria (Simon & Schuster), (2014) dj. Hardcover first edition - The fourteenth thriller in the award winning Cork OÕConnor series. "When the body of a teenage Ojibwe girl washes up on the shore of an island in Lake Superior, the residents of the nearby Bad Bluff reservation whisper that it was the work of a deadly mythical beast, the Windigo, or a vengeful spirit called Michi Peshu. At the request of the Arceneaux family, Cork OÕConnor, former sheriff turned private investigator, takes on the case and puts enough information together to find a possible trail. He learns that the old port city of Duluth is a modern-day center for sex trafficking of vulnerable women, many of whom are young Native Americans." 339 pp. ISBN: 978-1476749235.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (lower corner of front board bumped with tear to dj)

    Book ID: 88861
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  • MANITOU CANYON. by Krueger, William Kent.
    Krueger, William Kent.
    MANITOU CANYON.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Atria / Simon & Schuster, (2016) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The 15th novel in the series featuring Cork O'Connor, set in Minnesota's Boundary Waters. SIGNED on the title page. 328 pp. ISBN: 978-1476749266.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 73373
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  • MANITOU CANYON. by Krueger, William Kent.
    Krueger, William Kent.
    MANITOU CANYON.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Atria / Simon & Schuster, (2016) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The 15th novel in the series featuring Cork O'Connor, set in Minnesota's Boundary Waters. SIGNED on the title page. 328 pp. ISBN: 978-1476749266.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (remainder mark)

    Book ID: 72810
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  • SULFUR SPRINGS. by Krueger, William Kent.
    Krueger, William Kent.
    SULFUR SPRINGS.

    Edition: 3rd printing.

    New York: Atria / Simon & Schuster, (2017) dj. SIGNED hardcover - The 17th novel in the series featuring Cork O'Connor - in this book, he and his new wife, Rainy Bisonette, travel from Minnesota to a small town in the Southern Arizona desert in July in search of her son. SIGNED on the title page. Winner of the Lefty Award for best mystery novel. 306 pp. ISBN: 978-1501147340.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 72156
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  • SULFUR SPRINGS. by Krueger, William Kent.
    Krueger, William Kent.
    SULFUR SPRINGS.

    Edition: 3rd printing.

    New York: Atria / Simon & Schuster, (2017) dj. Hardcover - The 17th novel in the series featuring Cork O'Connor - in this book, he and his new wife, Rainy Bisonette, travel from Minnesota to a small town in the Southern Arizona desert in July in search of her son. Winner of the Lefty Award for best mystery novel. 306 pp. ISBN: 978-1501147340.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 72147
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  • Manfred, Frederick Feikema (1912-1994.)
    ARROW OF LOVE.

    Edition: First printing.

    Denver: Allan Swallow, Publisher, (1961.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Three novellas, all set in Manfred's "Siouxland" (the area where the borders of Minnesota, Iowa, South Dakota, and Nebraska meet). In addition to the title story (described as 'a romance'), this contains "Lew and Luanne" (a comedy) and "Country Love" (a pastoral). As a "maverick" writer Manfred was always an outsider in terms of the literary establishment, although some of his books were best-sellers and his novel 'Lord Grizzly' was a finalist for the National Book Award in 1954. Reportedly only 500 copies of this book were printed. 220 pp.

    Condition: Good in very good dust jacket (the rather inexpensively produced binding has cracked before the title page and is "over-opened" at the end of the book, Dustjacket has a little toning to the spine, minor wear - still a quite presentable copy.

    Book ID: 32978
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  • LEAVE NO TRACE. by Mejia, Mindy.
    Mejia, Mindy.
    LEAVE NO TRACE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Atria / Emily Bestler Books, (2018). SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's third novel, a thriller set in northern Minnesota in the Boundary Waters area. "Ten years ago a man and his son trekked into this wilderness asnd never returned, until now." SIGNED on the title page. 319 pp. ISBN: 978-1501177361.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 79326
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  • SHOW STOPPER. by Pulver, Mary Monica.
    Pulver, Mary Monica.
    SHOW STOPPER.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Walker, (1992.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A Peter and Kori Brichter mystery, set in Minnesota. "When Kori Brichter brings five of Tretower's finest to the Lafite County All Arabian Horse Show, someone kills trainer Keith Bulward and all evidence points to Kori's friend Brit Morgan as the murderer." 210 pp. ISBN: 0-8027-32100.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 57939
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  • HIDDEN PREY. by Sandford, John (pseudonym for John Camp.)
    Sandford, John (pseudonym for John Camp.)
    HIDDEN PREY.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Putnam, (2004) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The sixteenth Lucas Davenport mystery, set in Minnesota. SIGNED on the title page with "aka John Camp. " 393 pp. ISBN: 0-399-15180x.

    Condition: Fine in a very near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 80512
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  • INVISIBLE PREY. by Sandford, John (pseudonym for John Camp.)
    Sandford, John (pseudonym for John Camp.)
    INVISIBLE PREY.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Putnam, (2007) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The eighteenth Lucas Davenport mystery, set in Minnesota. SIGNED on a special preliminary page. Author's note. 388 pp. ISBN: 0-399-15180x.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 80513
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  • SECRET PREY. by Sandford, John (pseudonym for John Camp.)
    Sandford, John (pseudonym for John Camp.)
    SECRET PREY.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Putnam, (1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A Lucas Davenport mystery, set in Minnesota. SIGNED on the title page. 392 pp. ISBN: 0-399-143823.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 60510
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  • WINDFALL AND OTHER STORIES. by Sanford, Winifred M.
    Sanford, Winifred M.
    WINDFALL AND OTHER STORIES.

    Edition: First printing.

    n.p. By the author, (1980) dj. Hardcover first edition - Privately published true first edition of this collection of short stories by this Minnesota-born author, originally published in The American Mercury and The Woman's Home Companion between 1925 and 1931. Includes the author's memorable classic story of Texas oil fields "Windfall" as well as other stories of the gypsy life of the oil boom of the 1920s. Also includes some previously unpublished pieces on a family doll and her grandmother and a biographical introduction by Emerett Sanford Miles. Photograph. xi, 134 pp.

    Condition: Fine in a very near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 69698
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  • WINDFALL and Other Stories by Sanford, Winifred M.; introduction by Emerett Sanford Miles; afterword by Lou Halsell Rodenberger,
    Sanford, Winifred M.; introduction by Emerett Sanford Miles; afterword by Lou Halsell Rodenberger,
    WINDFALL and Other Stories

    Edition: First printing.

    Dallas, TX: Southern Methodist University Press, (1988) dj. Hardcover first edition - First trade edition of this collection of short stories by this Minnesota-born author, originally published in The American Mercury and The Woman's Home Companion between 1925 and 1931. Includes the author's memorable classic story of Texas oil fields "Windfall" as well as other stories of the gypsy life of the oil boom of the 1920s. Includes a biographical introduction by Sanford's daughter Emerett Sanford Miles and an afterword by Lou Halsell Rodenberger. Frontispiece and chronology of Sanford's publications. A title in the Southwest Life and Letters. xviii, 179 pp.
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    Winifred M. Sanford, Emerett Sanford Miles (fwd.) r (afwd.)
    Published by , 1988
    ISBN 10:. ISBN: 0-87074268X.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 88944
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  • KUNU: Winnebago Boy Escapes. by Thomasma, Kenneth
    Thomasma, Kenneth
    KUNU: Winnebago Boy Escapes.

    Edition: 5th printing, a trade paperback..

    Jackson, WY: Grandview Publishing Co., (2003, c 1989). SIGNED - Story for older children based on the story of the forced relocation of 2000 Winnebago Indians in 1862 after a Sioux uprising. Many died from the inhumane conditions on their journey from Minnesota to the Crow Creek reservation in South Dakota, and more died there. SIGNED on the title page. Illustrated by Jack Brouwer. A title in the Amazing Indian Children Series. 183 pp. ISBN: 1-880114-038.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 67860
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  • PAUL BUNYAN, THE WORK GIANT. by Turney, Ida Virginia.
    Turney, Ida Virginia.
    PAUL BUNYAN, THE WORK GIANT.

    Edition: Early printing.

    Portland, Oregon: Binfords and Mort, (ca 1950, c 1941) dj. Hardcover - Stories recounting some of the feats of this American legend as he moved West from the woods of Maine to the Great Lakes and Minnesota and finally considers a move to the pine forests of the Northwest. Colorfully illustrated by Norma Madge Lyon and Harold L. Price. Large format, unpaginated. Colophon notes that the first edition consisted of 3000 copies, with 500 numbered copies and that the (blue) text was handset. No indication of printing, but the rear flap lists through a book published in 1950. Map endpapers. Laid in are 4 pieces of ephemera - a large postcard from Minnesota's Paul Bunyan Vacationland, a small postcard…

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    Portland, Oregon: Binfords and Mort, (ca 1950, c 1941) dj. Hardcover - Stories recounting some of the feats of this American legend as he moved West from the woods of Maine to the Great Lakes and Minnesota and finally considers a move to the pine forests of the Northwest. Colorfully illustrated by Norma Madge Lyon and Harold L. Price. Large format, unpaginated. Colophon notes that the first edition consisted of 3000 copies, with 500 numbered copies and that the (blue) text was handset. No indication of printing, but the rear flap lists through a book published in 1950. Map endpapers. Laid in are 4 pieces of ephemera - a large postcard from Minnesota's Paul Bunyan Vacationland, a small postcard of the statue Paul and his blue ox in Bemidji and a photograph of the same topic, and a giant Minnesata Bucks - 'Paul Bunyan Heap Big Wampum.'

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    Condition: Near fine in illustrated boards (previous owner's name) in a very good dust jacket with some toning, especially to the spine and front flap, and a few small chips to the edges. Laid in ephemera is fine.

    Book ID: 85573
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  • HEARTS ARE THE FIELDS. by Turngren, Ellen.
    Turngren, Ellen.
    HEARTS ARE THE FIELDS.

    Edition: Family Bookshelf edition.

    New York: David McKay Company, (1962.) dj. Hardcover - The author's third book. "Set in the farm country of Minnesota in the early 1900s, this is a novel about a domineering father and the interplay of his will and the wills of his children, who turn out to have minds of their own." Illustrated with decorations by Vera Bock. 183 pp.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 74170
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