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Waterfalls of the Mississippi : the story of eight waterfalls found in Saint Paul & Minneapolis, descendants of the late, great River Warren Falls, and the only waterfalls along the entire Mississippi River

Title
  1. Waterfalls of the Mississippi : the story of eight waterfalls found in Saint Paul & Minneapolis, descendants of the late, great River Warren Falls, and the only waterfalls along the entire Mississippi River / conceived & written by Richard Fred Arey ; with color wood engravings by Gaylord Schanilec.
Published by
  1. Saint Paul, Minn. : Minnesota Outdoors Press, c1998.
Author
  1. Arey, Richard Fred.

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Additional authors
  1. Schanilec, Gaylord.
  2. Minnesota Outdoors Press. prt
  3. Campbell-Logan Bindery. bnd
Description
  1. [7], 72, [1] p., [1] folded leaf of plates : col. ill., map; 27 cm.
Subject
  1. Waterfalls > Minnesota > Twin Cities Metropolitan Area
  2. Waterfalls in art
  3. Twin Cities Metropolitan Area > In art
Genre/Form
  1. Typefaces (Type evidence) – Garamond.
Contents
  1. In the beginning -- Water into wood : a few thoughts from the artist on making this book -- River Warren Falls -- Bridal Veil Falls -- Hidden Falls -- Ivy Falls -- Lilydale Ice Falls -- Minnehaha Falls -- Shadow Falls -- Saint Anthony Falls -- Sources of the Mississippi.
Call number
  1. *KP (Minnesota) 05-55
Note
  1. "Twenty-six lettered copies ... [and] two hundred numbered copies were printed letterpress"--Colophon.
  2. "Printed ... at Gaylord Schanilec's studio ... above Stockholm, Wisconsin ... Composed in Garamond type and hand-printed on Zerkall paper using a Vandercook press. Each image is printed in three to five colors from engraved end-grain maple blocks"--Colophon.
  3. Illustrations: 2 double-page (each from 2 blocks) and 6 full-page col. wood engravings.
  4. Binding: Numbered copies bound by the Campbell-Logan Bindery in custom handmade paper boards or dark brown cloth with leather label on spine. Housed in dark brown cloth and paper covered slipcase, with repeat of col. wood engraving for the Minnehaha Falls mounted on front of case.
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 69-72).
Author
  1. Arey, Richard Fred.
Title
  1. Waterfalls of the Mississippi : the story of eight waterfalls found in Saint Paul & Minneapolis, descendants of the late, great River Warren Falls, and the only waterfalls along the entire Mississippi River / conceived & written by Richard Fred Arey ; with color wood engravings by Gaylord Schanilec.
Imprint
  1. Saint Paul, Minn. : Minnesota Outdoors Press, c1998.
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 69-72).
Local note
  1. NYPL copy is no. 65; signed by the author and the illustrator.
  2. NYPL copy is bound in cloth.
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Added author
  1. Schanilec, Gaylord. Illustrator. Wood engraver
  2. Minnesota Outdoors Press. Printer
  3. Campbell-Logan Bindery. Binder
Research call number
  1. *KP (Minnesota) 05-55
  2. *KP (Minnesota Outdoors) 05-55
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