Pictures of Illinois One Hundred Years Ago
by Quaife, Milo Milton
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- Hardcover
- first
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Deep River, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1918. First thus. An ex-library copy in very good condition in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt decorations and with a gilt top edge to the text block. There are several short closed tears to the cloth at the head of the spine and the cloth is rubbed through at the tips of the boards and there is a narrow mark on the front board. Library stamps appear on the paste downs. The 16th volume in the Lakeside Classic series which was released at Christmastime in 1917. It provides three eye-witness accounts of the early history of Illinois. 186 pages including an index, appendix, text and illustrated with a frontispiece engraving. Other than what is noted above, there are no prior ownership markings of any kind.
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- Seller
- Town's End Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- TB29646
- Title
- Pictures of Illinois One Hundred Years Ago
- Author
- Quaife, Milo Milton
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Lakeside Press
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1918
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