OLIPHANT, Laurence (1828-1888). Minnesota and the far west.Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1855. 8vo. Lithographed frontispiece. Original tan cloth stamped in blind, stamped in gilt with central canoe motif. Condition: toned, some foxing; extremities, lightly rubbed, corners bumped. Provenance: Jarrold & Sons Bookseller's Norwich (bookseller's stamp). first edition. Graff 3091; Howes 064; Lande 1371; Sabin 57183 [With a collection of 9 others on Minnesota:] EASTMAN, Mary H. Dahcotha; or Life and Legends of the Sioux around Fort Snelling. New York: 1849. 8vo. 4 plates. Original green cloth stamped in blind, gilt-title to spine, stamped in gilt with centerpiece of a Native American figure. first edition. Beckner Wagner-Camp 167; Field 478. [With:] SEYMOUR, E. S. Sketches of Minnesota, the New England of the west...New York: 1850. 8vo. Engraved folding map frontispiece. Original purple cloth stamped in blind, gilt title to spine. first edition. Bradford 494; Buck 190; Howes S313. [With:] FARRAR, Maurice. Five years in Minnesota. Sketches of life in a Western State. London: 1880. Original green cloth stamped in gilt. first edition. Bradford 1633; Brook, p.43. [With:] three other cloth bound titles and three pamphlets, one bound in paper boards. Sold as a group not subject to return. Full contents list is available upon request.(10)