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Midway Book Store

Midway Book Store

1579 University Ave, St. Paul, MN 55104 USA 651-644-7605
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Used, Rare and Out-of-Print books and select vintage magazines New, used and rare comics Featuring Art, History, Literature, Military and Children's Classics

Established in 1965, Midway Books is still one of the midwest's largest, successful independent used bookstores. Proudly operated by the current owners for 32 years! VOTED BEST USED BOOKSTORE OF THE TWIN CITIES BY CITY PAGES

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Elements of Geology

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Very Good. 12mo. [xix] (1) 543 pgs. Frontispiece color diagram of volcano and many black and white woodcuts throughout text. Rebound in brown leather with "The Society of Writers to the Signet" embossed stamp. 5 raised bands and red spine label. New endpapers, though the original are preserved. Smuding to foredge. Scratching to the leather. Elements was written as a supplement rather than an abridgement of Lyell's magnum opus, Principles of Geology.


The Pirate Twins used book

The Pirate Twins

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$1,505.00

Edition: First American Edition Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Jersey City Printing Co Date published: 1929

Description: Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Oblong octavo. 32 pages. Yellow boards with color illustrations on front and rear cover. Full page color illustrations on every page by Nicholson. In the original dust jacket with price of $1.50 present. 1/'4" closed tear at top edge of jacket and some light chipping to the edges of the jacket. Edges of boards lightly rubbed. Rare in this condition. Read More

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Book: Fine/Like New

 

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The Shadowy Third used book

The Shadowy Third

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$1,755.00

Edition: First edition Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Doubleday, Page and Co., Garden City Date published: 1923

Description: A fine copy in near fine dust jacket. Octavo. 291pp. Color frontispiece by Eleanor Abbott. Faint crease to rear endpaper. Light chipping at head of jacket. Read More

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Book: Fine/Like New

 

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Drawings of the North American Indians used book

Drawings of the North American Indians

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$115.00

Edition: First edition Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Doubleday and Co, Garden City Date published: 1984

Description: Very good/very good. Quarto. 215 pp. Brown leather spine. over gray cloth boards, Gilt lettering on spine, In slipcase. Small sticker has been removed from top corner of front endpaper and has left a light stain. Slipcase bumped at edge with some sunning. Read More

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Book: Very Good

 

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The White World; Life and Adventures Within the Arctic Circle Portrayed By Famous Living Explorer used book

The White World; Life and Adventures Within the Arctic Circle Portrayed By Famous Living Explorer

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$755.00

Edition: First edition Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Lewis, Scribner & Co, New York Date published: 1902

Description: Near Fine. Octavo. Blue cloth with photo paste-on to front cover. 386 pages. This copy SIGNED, inscribed and dated June 11th 1902 by David Brainard. Brainard wrote the work "Farthest North with Breely" which appears in this anthology. Brainard was a first sergeant with the Greely Expedition. He was one of only six survivors rescued by Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley in 1884. Bookplate of former owner, scientist and explorer, Robert Lloyd Lillestrand. Lillestrand was a modern polar explorer ... Read More

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Book: Very Good

 

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Going to the Sun used book

Going to the Sun

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$105.00

Edition: First edition Binding: Hardcover Publisher: D. Appleton and Co, New York Date published: 1923

Description: Good+ 8vo, 201 pp. Black cloth gold lettering SIGNED card laid in, "Christmas Greetings" "With the Compliments of the author Mr & Mrs Vachel Lindsay. Rubbing and small tears at head and tail of spine, pages faded. First Edition. Fading to spine. Booksellers stamp inside back cover. Read More

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Book: Good

 

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Degas and America: the Early Collectors used book

Degas and America: the Early Collectors

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$25.00

Binding: Hardcover Publisher: High Museum of Art, Minneapolis, MN Date published: 2000 ISBN-13: 9780847823406 ISBN: 0847823407

Description: Nf/nf dj. 4to, 263 pp. A bright, tight copy in equally fine dust jacket. Lavishly illustrated in 144 full-color and 25 b/w plates. Read More

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Book: Very Good

 

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Politics and War: European Conflict From Philip II to Hitler used book

Politics and War: European Conflict From Philip II to Hitler

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$17.00

Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA Date published: 1990

Description: Vg+/vg+ dj. Sm4to, 435 pp. A bright, tight copy in equally fine dust jacket. Read More

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Book: Very Good

 

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Medicine Women used book

Medicine Women

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$21.00

Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Pomegranate Books, San Francisco Date published: 1993

Description: F/f dj. 4to, 93 pp. Hardcover in dust jacket and protective mylar cover. A fine copy. Read More

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Book: Fine/Like New

 

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Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities used book

Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities

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$69.00

Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Syre & Spottiswoode, London Date published: 1931

Description: Good plus. 8vo. Red cloth with fading to spine and covers. Very nice, bright interior; 15 deeply colored illustrations by Henry Alken. Some foxing/discoloring to end pages. Limited to 976 numbered copies. Paper label to spine off. Read More

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Book: Good

 

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