Author: FORD, Thomas
Title: A History of Illinois from Its Commencement As a State in 1818 to 1847
Description: Chicago, The Lakeside Press, 1945. Hardcover. Edited by Milo Milton Quaife. 16mo. Maroon cloth with gilt spine lettering and decoration. liv, 374pp; xi, 371pp. Top edges gilt. Tissue-guarded frontispieces, tissue-guarded full-page plates, 2 folding maps (one color, both in Volume I). Near fine. Superb, tight, handsome pair of "Lakeside Classics" titles -- the 43rd and 44th in this annual Christmas keepsake series. Reprint of the Illinois governor's noted early state history, first published in 1854. BYRD 2105 (note). HOWES F 254 note. .

Keywords: Illinois & Midwest


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