Author: FORD, GOV. THOMAS; MILO MILTON QUAIFE (ED)
Title: A History of Illinois from Its Commencement As a State in 1818 to 1847 (Two Volumes, Complete)
Description: Chicago: The Lakeside Press / R. R. Donnelley & Sons, 1945-6. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full red cloth, gilt lettering on spines, gilt medallion and borders on covers, fore-edges deckle, t.e.g. Illustrated with large color fold-out maps and additional fold-out B&W maps and tissue-protected sepia frontispieces. Edited by Milo Milton Quaife. First published in Chicago in 1854 by S. C. Griggs & Co, this history by a former governor of Illinois is noted for its coverage of such events as the Black Hawk War, early Mormon history (including the death of Joseph Smith) and the murder of abolitionist Elijah Lovejoy in Alton, Illinois. Volume One was published in 1945 and Volume Two was published in 1946. Spines only mildly rubbed, some foxing on fore-edge of Vol. 1 only, else fine. NEAR FINE. The Lakeside Classics Series. Vol. 43-44. Color and B&W fold-out maps. 16mo 6" - 7" tall. xliii, 374; xi, 371 pp. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued .
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Title: A History of Illinois from Its Commencement As a State in 1818 to 1847 (Two Volumes, Complete)
Description: Chicago: The Lakeside Press / R. R. Donnelley & Sons, 1945-6. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full red cloth, gilt lettering on spines, gilt medallion and borders on covers, fore-edges deckle, t.e.g. Illustrated with large color fold-out maps and additional fold-out B&W maps and tissue-protected sepia frontispieces. Edited by Milo Milton Quaife. First published in Chicago in 1854 by S. C. Griggs & Co, this history by a former governor of Illinois is noted for its coverage of such events as the Black Hawk War, early Mormon history (including the death of Joseph Smith) and the murder of abolitionist Elijah Lovejoy in Alton, Illinois. Volume One was published in 1945 and Volume Two was published in 1946. Spines only mildly rubbed, some foxing on fore-edge of Vol. 1 only, else fine. NEAR FINE. The Lakeside Classics Series. Vol. 43-44. Color and B&W fold-out maps. 16mo 6" - 7" tall. xliii, 374; xi, 371 pp. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued .
Keywords: Lakeside Classics; New Mexico Memoirs; History American West; Western History Military Campaigns Military History Mexico Military, Military History & Weapons Biography & Memoir
Price: US$ 100.00 Seller: Round Table Books, LLC
- Book number: 28226
- Book number: 28226
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