Two Years' Residence on the English Prairie of Illinois by Woods, John; Angle, Paul M. (editor) - 1968

Lakeside Press / R. R. Donnelley & Sons, 1968. First thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Without dust jacket. Originally published by Longman, Hurst et al, London, in 1822. 12mo 6 7/8" tall, xxxv + 242 pages, gilt top fore-edge, gilt titles on decorated blue cloth. A very good, clean, neat, hardcover with little shelf wear but foxing to the cloth at the top cover edge and to fore-edge, binding tight, paper cream white. Issued without dust jacket.

The Lakeside Press, R. R. Donnel, 1968-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 1.0000 7.0000 5.0000.

Chicago: Lakeside Press/ R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company, 1968. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. First thus, very good in blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine and publisher's colophon in gilt on front board. The blue cloth is a little spotted; there is faint evidence of an erasure on the front endpaper. Includes an appendix, an index, and a four page list of all the 66l titles in this series from 1903 to 1968; 242 pages.

Lakeside Press, R. R. Donnelley & Sons Co, 1968. Hardcover. fine. NOT an ex library book. Dark blue cloth covered book has gold print on spine. Cover has publisher's crest and lines on edge in gold. Gilt on top edge. Clean pages.

Lakeside Press, R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company. Used - Like New. 1968. The Lakeside Classics. Hardcover. Cloth. Octavo. xxxv & 242 pp. Top edge gilt. Fine. (Subject: Chicago, Illinois, & Midwest).

Lakeside Press, R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company. Used - Very Good. 1968. Hardcover. Cloth. 8vo. 242 pp. Top edge gilt. Very Good. (Subject: Lakeside Classics).

Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1968. First Thus. Hardcover. Fine. 12mo. Pp. xxxv, 237, followed by three pages of publisher's titles. Facsimile of original title page. Illustrated with reproductions of historical prints. Index. Bound in blue cloth with publisher's emblem stamped in gilt on the front board, gilt lettering on spine. Top edge gilt. With the publisher's blindstamped gift card laid-in, "With the Compliments of the Season / H. W. Tribolet". A bright, fresh copy that appears unread. The publisher's annual Christmas book, offered here in presentable condition with fine shelf appeal.

Chicago, IL: Lakeside Press, R. R> Donnelley & Sons Company, 1968. Presumed first edition/first printing thus. Hardcover. Very good in good dust jacket. Compliments card from Gaylord Donnelley laid in. Waxed paper dust wrapper present/folded.. xxxv, 242 p. 18 cm. The Lakeside classics. Illustrations. Index. First published in 1822 under title: Two years' residence in the settlement on the English prairie. For perhaps a dozen years a tract of land in southeasten Illinois, containing no more than 100 square miles (near the junction of the Wabash and Ohio rivers), was known to more people in the United States, Great Britain, and western Europe than almost any other place in North America. Called the English Prairie or the English Settlement, it was the principal subject of seven books published between 1817 and 1830, and received extended treatment in at least ten others in the same period." As a contemporary account of the heyday of this famous settlement, Wood's book is unsurpassed.

Chicago: Lakeside Press 1968. (Hardcover) 242pp. Very good plus, no dust jacket. Navy blue cloth with gilt cover device and gilt lettering to the spine. Top edge gilt, notes, diagrams, index. The spine is lightly cocked. "For perhaps a dozen years a tract of land in southeastern Illinois, containing no more than 100 square miles (near the junction of the Wabash and Ohio rivers), was known to more people in the United States, Great Britain, and western Europe than almost any other place in North America" - from the Historical Introduction. Originally published as Two Years' Residence in the Settlement on the English Prairie in the Illinois Country, United States. With an Account of its Animal and Vegetable Productions, Agriculture, &c. &c.. Time Period 19th Century. Edited by Paul M. Angle. Locale: English Prairie of Illinois; Illinois--United States. Series: Lakeside Classics. (History--United States, Agriculture--United States, History--United States, Settlement--United… Read More

Lakeside Press; R. R. Donnelley & Sons, 1968. Hardcover. As New. Blue cloth with gilt top edge. Has been (and still is) housed in original cardboard box, thus in new condition. Gaylord Donnelley's complimentary presentation card laid in. Box in fine condition. A collector's copy to be sure. . Lakeside Classics. 8vo. 242 pages Professional bookseller for 20 years. Orders shipped daily in cardboard bookfolds.