Growing Up With Southern Illinois ( 1820 - 1861 ) : From the Memiors of Daniel Harmon Brush by Quaife, Milo Milton ( ed) ( Brush, Daniel Harmon ) - 1944

Lakeside Press R. R. Donnelley, 1944. Hardcover. Very Good. maroon book with gold trim in FINE condition

Chicago: The Lakeside Press, R. R. Donnelley & Sons Co., Christmas, 1944. First Edition. Octavo, burgundy cloth (hardcover), gilt letters and decoration to upper cover, top edge gilt, tissue-protected frontis., xxxii, 265 pp. Fine. From Publishers’ Preface: For the first time an unpublished manuscript furnishes the subject matter. The manuscript is the memoir of Daniel Harmon Brush who, at the age of 8, migrated from New York state to southern Illinois in 1820. The memoir was apparently written during his old age for the younger members of the family and their descendants, and not for publication. There is no information as to how the manuscript drifted out of the possession of of Brush’s descendants. All that is known is the statement of the dealer in rare books from whom it was purchased that it had been in their stock for the past dozen or more years. The manuscript is far too long for our format, and many deletions have been necessary. The method followed in deleting was to preserve… Read More

Literary Licensing, LLC, 2011-10-15. Paperback. Good.

Southern Illinois Univ Pr, 2016. Paperback. New. 304 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.00 inches.

Chicago: R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company, 1944. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo. Pp. xxxii, 265. With frontispiece and map. Maroon cloth with gilt device to the front board and gilt frame, with gilt lettering to the spine. Corners and spine ends lightly rubbed and bumped. Top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. Neat ink name to the top right corner of the front endpaper. Clean and unmarked throughout and in a tight and square binding. A very good copy.

Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1944. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Very Good Hardcover with no DJ. Light Shelfwear and soiling to covers. Inside covers starting to darken with age. Pages clean and tight in binding. Pictures Available Upon Request.

Chicago, Ilinois: R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company, 1944. First Limited Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine+. Volume itself has sharp gilt top edge. In the front of the work there is a portrait of David Harmon Bruch that is tissue guarded; tissue is fine with no tears. Emblem on the front cover and lettering and lines are sharp and bright on the cover and spine. No underlining, no highlighting, no bookplates, no owner names, no remainder marks, not ex libris, no folded or dogeared pages, no foxing, no smudges. A quite nice copy of an increasing scarce work to find in high quality condition to augument someone's effort to collect a set of Lakeside Classics.

Crossfire Press, 1992. Book. As New. Hardcover. Large Octavo.