John Long's Voyages And Travels In The Years 1768-1788 (1922) by John Long, Milo Milton Quaife (Editor) - 2010-09-10

Chicago: The Lakeside Press, Christmas, 1922.. 16mo. xxx+238 pp. Fold-out map frontis. Green cloth; spine lettering and cover vignette gilt. Light rubbing to spine tips, inner leaf split at front hinge; binding firm. Else a near fine copy, bright and clean..

Chicago: Lakeside Press; R. R. Donnelley & Sons, 1922. First Thus. 16mo (18cm). Black cloth stamped in gilt on front and spine, top edge gilt; plain endpapers; xxx,238ipp; folding frontispiece map. A bright copy with minor spots to front board, internally clean: Very Good. 20th in the Lakeside Classics series, which reprinted uncommon Americana texts in handsome editions. The series was never sold to the public; instead, copies were presented to R. R. Donnelley employees as Christmas gifts. For the first edition of 1791, see HOWES L443.

Chicago: The Lakeside Press for R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, 1922. Hardcover. First Edition. The Lakeside Classics. 4.5 x 6.75in. xxx. 238pp. Publisher's cloth boards. NEAR FINE. Shows the slightest hint of rubbing to the gilt of the letter "T" at the spine, otherwise remains Fine/As New. An exceptionally maintained copy. As pictured.

Lakeside Press, R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company. Used - Very Good. Small 8vo. Cloth, no dj. Dark green cloth with gilt decorations, title. 238 numbered pp., fold-out map frontis. Minor shelf wear overall; very light creasing at ends of spine, corners of boards. Else fine. A handsome copy with bright, clean internals, pristine fold-out map. Very Good.

Chicag: The Lakeside Press R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co., 1922. xxx,238,[6]pp. plus frontispiece folding map. 12mo. Original dark green cloth, spine gilt, fron board gilt-ruled with gilt-stamped printer's logo center, t.e.g. Very minor shelf-wear with minor foxing to the outer corners of a few leaves. Very good plus. Lakeside Press reprint of Long's TRAVELS, with historical introduction from editor Milo Quaife. This is number twenty in the Lakeside Classics series. Long worked for the Hudson's Bay Company beginning in 1768 and travelled extensively among the Canadian Indians for nineteen years as a fur trader. "His knowledge of the character, customs, and domestic life of the Indians was therefore...thorough and intimate. His relations are characterized by candor and intelligence" - Field. "An excellent account of the customs and manners of the Indians among whom the author lived [largely the Algonquin and Chippewa] as a representative of the Hudson's Bay company" - Graff. This edition without the… Read More