Wisconsin from Parker's Rare Books

Milwaukee: Burdick & Armitage, Printers, 1877. First Edition. HB. Light brown beveled cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, 12 mo, 310 pp. No marks in book, binding tight. Covers show the slightest edge wear. A handsome copy. Contains detailed Civil War roster rolls from the county. Book condition VG+.

La Farge, Wisconsin: Kickapoo Printing, [1976]. Wraps. Blue illustrated stapled wraps, 4to, 44 pp. History of Rockton, Vernon County, Wisconsin. Rockton is an unincorporated village on the Kickapoo River in the Driftless Region of southwestern Wisconsin. Book profusely illustrated with photographs, map. No marks in book, binding tight and covers clean. Book condition VG.

Aurora, Illinois: Caroline House Publishers, 1982. HB. Maroon cloth, silver lettering on spine, 8vo, 250 pp. Account of the campaign for Wisconsin governor by Lee Sherman Dreyfus in 1978. The author was campaign chairman. Signed by both the author and Lee Sherman Dreyfus, who wrote the foreword, on the ffep. No marks in book, binding tight and covers… Read more about this item

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1948-1956. Wraps. Legal decision made in Federal Court in 1956 regarding the ownership and timber rights of the "Swamp Lands" of the various Chippewa Reservation lands in northern Wisconsin. Details the legal transference of lands by the several treaties between the Chippewa Bands and the United States Government in the early 19th century. Plain white… Read more about this item

Milwaukee: Northwestern Publishing House, 1951. HB. Red pebbled cloth, black lettering on spine, 8vo, 268 pp. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. No marks in book, binding tight and covers clean. In a nice white dust jacket with publisher's ads on rear panel. Dust jacket shows light chipping top rear panel. Book condition Near Fine in VG DJ.

No Publisher, 1952. Wraps. Orange stiff paper stapled wraps, black lettering on front cover, 8vo, 7 pp. Statistical and financial information of this county run hospital in Sparta, Wisconsin. No marks in book, binding tight. Front cover creased, very light soiling. Book condition VG.

Sauk County Historical Society, 1076. HB. Red cloth, silver lettering on front cover and spine, 8vo, 168 pp. , frontis map of the county. Illustrated with photographs. Previous owners name on ffep, a few marginal notations of the owner within text, evidently by a resident of Rock Springs. Clean book with binding tight. Book condition VG.

: By Author, Instantpublisher, 2010. Wraps. Illustrated trade paper, black lettering on front cover and spine, 8vo, 314 pp. Biography of the author's life in Altoona, Wisconsin, located just east of Eau Claire. Signed and warmly inscribed by the author on title page. No marks in book, binding tight. Remnants of old sticker bottom of front cover. Book… Read more about this item

Mosinee, Wi: Pause Publishing Company, 1999. Wraps. Trade paper, black lettering on front cover and spine, 8vo, 119 pp. Signed and warmly inscribed by the author, a veterinarian for 25 years in Mosinee, Wisconsin. No marks in book, binding tight. Book condition Near Fine.

No Publishers Noted, (1999). Wraps. Blue stiff paper wraps, black lettering and drawing of the church on front cover, 4to, 32 pp. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. No marks in book, binding tight and covers clean. Remnant of old sticker on rear cover. Book condition VG+.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1929. Second Printing. HB. Blue cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, 12mo, 214 pp. Signed and inscribed by the author as follows: "To Fola La Follette-She knew and was near to "Father" and Eliza Beers. Zona Gale, Portage, Wisconsin, November, 1929." Eliza Beers was Zona Gale's mother. and Fola La Follette was… Read more about this item

Minneapolis: Augsburg Publishing House, 1927. First Edition. HB. Black cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, 8vo, 236 pp., frontis photo of the Coon Prairie church, many photographs within text.History of the Lutheran Coon Prairie congregation in celebration of their 75th anniversary. Coon Prairie is located in South-Western Wisconsin approximately 20 miles from the Mississippi River and was… Read more about this item

Madison, Wi: University Press, 1879. HB. Green cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, 8vo, 233 pp. Covers show edge wear, some soiling. Stain to ffep and title page not affecting text. Internally clean. Book condition Good.

Madison: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1911. Second Edition. HB. Green cloth, gilt lettering on spine, 8vo., 591 pp. X-reference library with usual flaws, hinges reinforced, wear top of spine. Good reading copy.

La Crosse, Wisconsin: The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Foundation, 1981. Wraps. Trade paper, white lettering on front cover and spine, 8vo, 258, xxvi pp. plus index. Illustrated with photos, some in color. Clean, unmarked book, binding tight. Covers show slight wear. Book condition VG.

Madison, Wi: Cantwell Printing Co, 1904. First Edition. HB. Report of the State Board of Managers of the Saint Louis World's Fair, 1904". Maroon cloth, gilt lettering on front cover, small 4 to, 85 pp. Complete history of Wisconsin's participation in the fair. Presentation copy, SIGNED and dated (2/10/06) on ffep by Grant Thomas, secretary to the Board. A… Read more about this item

Madison, Wis: State of Wisconsin, 1929. HB. Green blindstamped cloth, 8vo, 279 pp. Bulletin 71, Economic Series #24. Foldout maps + 3 in rear pocket. Hinges loose but holding, owners name ffep, text clean. Fraying top and bottom of spine. Book condition Good.

Madison, Wi: Democrat Printing Company, 1929. HB. Limp red leather, gilt lettering on front cover, 16 mo, 218 pp. "Rules of the Senate, and Joint Rules with Extracts from Jefferson's Manual, Precedents of the Senate, and Notes." O. (Oliver) G. (Goldsmith) Munson (1856-1933) was Chief Clerk of the Senate. Presentation copy, signed by the author. Munson was editor of… Read more about this item

Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press, 1972. HB. Black cloth, gilt lettering on spine, 8vo, 340 pp. Stamp of textbook rental service on ffep and bottom of text block, no other marks in book, binding tight. In unclipped dust jacket that shows minor shelf wear, one 1/4" closed tear. Book condition VG- in VG DJ.

Madison, Wi: Democrat Printing Co, 1907. HB. Red blindstamped cloth, gilt lettering on spine, 8vo, 306 pp. text plus index to ads and 13 pp. ads at rear. Bulletin Number 21, "A Report of the Twenty-First Annual Closing Farmers Institute Held at Mauston, Wisconsin, March 12, 13,14, 1907." Owners name ffep, no other marks in book, binding solid. Covers… Read more about this item