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The following rare books are available--misc. "hodge-podge" that do
not fit Univ. of South Dakota collection scope.  Condition for these
rare books ranges from "fair" to "bad."  Please check description for
each book.  Many of them need repairs or must be placed in phase
boxes.  These books have never been cataloged for the University of
South Dakota. Please include return mailing address in reply.  Any
takers?  Thanks Gayla Koerting

1)       The Miscellaneous Works, in Verse and Prose, of the Right
Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq; Vols. 1-4; : London:  Printed for J.
and R. Tonson, MDCCLXV(1765).  {USD has all 4 volumes} {Front cover
boards are missing from all volumes}

2)       The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus, By Washington
Irving, Abridged and Arranged by the Author, Expressly for the Use of
Schools, New York:  Collins, Keese, & Co., 225 Pearl Street.  W. E.
Dean, Printer, 1838.  {Boards are loose; spine is torn off}

3)       The New Universal Letter Writer; or Complete Art of Polite
Correspondence, Containing a Course of Interesting Letters, on the
Most Important, Instructive, and Entertaining Subjects;
Particularly.....To Which is Added Dr. Johnson's Essay on Letter
Writing.......Eighth Edition-Improved, Philadelphia:  Towar, J. & D.
M. Hogan, 255 Market Street. 1830. {fair condition}{boards and spine
are intact}

4)       Letter of Junius, in Two Volumes. Boston:  Published by N. H.
Whitaker, 1829.{USD-Vol 2 only} {fair condition; water stains, pp.
1-15}{boards and spine are intact}

5)       Wisconsin:  Its Geography and Topography, History, Geology,
and Mineralogy:  Together with Brief Sketches of Its Antiquities,
Natural History, Soil, Productions, Population, and Government.  By I.
A. Lapham.  Second Edition, Greatly Improved.  Milwaukee:  I. A.
Hopkins, 146 U. S. Block.  New York:  Paine & Burgess, and Saxton &
Miles.  St. Louis:  Nafis, Cornish, & Co., 1846.    (Also includes a
colored fold-out map){fair condition; spine and boards are
intact}{fold out map is torn, but still intact in gathers of book}

6)       Cowper's Milton, in Four Volumes.  Chichester:  Printed by W.
Mason, For J. Johnson & Co., St. Paul's Church-yard, London, 1810.
{USD has Vol.I-IV} {front cover board and spine are torn off-Vol. III}
{Vol. II-front cover board off; spine is torn off} {Vol. IV-Back cover
board torn off; spine is torn off} {Vol. I-front cover is torn off;
spine is torn off}

7)       The English Reader: or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected
from the Best Writers.  Designed to Assist Young Persons to Read with
Propriety and Effect; To Improve Their Language and Sentiments; and to
Inculcate some of the Most Important Principles of Piety and Virtue,
with a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good Reading.
By Lindley Murray, Author of an English Grammar, From the Latest
Edition, Albany:  Printed and Sold by E. & E. Hosford, No. 100,
State-street, 1822. {poor condition; paper has water stains; boards
and spine are intact but coming lose from gathers)

8)       The History of Scotland During the Reigns of Queen Mary and
King James VI.  Till His Accession to the Crown of England:  With a
Review of the Scottish History Previous to that Period; and an
Appendix Containing Original Papers. By William Robertson, D. D.
Principal of the University of Edinburgh, and Historiographer to His
Majesty for Scotland. The Eighteenth Edition, with the Authors last
Emendations and Additions, To Which is Prefixed, An Account of the
Life and Writings of the Author, by Dugald Stewart, F. R. S. Edin. In
Three Volumes. London:  Printed for T. Cadell and W.
Davies...........1809   {USD has Vols I and III) {Cover boards are
torn off both volumes}

9)       Memoirs of Andrew Sherburne:  A Pensioner of the Navy of the
Revolution.  Written By Himself.  Second Edition. Enlarged and
Improved.  Providence:  H. H. Brown...Market Square, 1831.
{fair condition}{spine and boards are intact}

Special Collections/Archives
Dr. Gayla Koerting
ID Weeks Library
Rm. 305
University of South Dakota
Vermillion, SD 57069

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