The Conquest of The Illinois (The Lakeside Classics)
by Clark, George Rogers; Milo Milton Quaife, ed
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Like New
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Lakeside Press, R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company. Used - Like New. 1920. Hardcover. Dark green cloth, 16mo, 190 pp, with frontispiece and 2 illustrations. T.e.g. A very small dampstain on lower portion of spine. Very slight shelf wear. Gilt is extremely bright - spine and board. Previous owner's bookplate on fpep (and offset on ffep). Text is clean, bright, and tight. Fine. Howes C 433. (Subject: Lakeside Classics.)
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- Bookseller
- Powell's Bookstores Chicago
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- S33366
- Title
- The Conquest of The Illinois (The Lakeside Classics)
- Author
- Clark, George Rogers; Milo Milton Quaife, ed
- Book Condition
- New
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Lakeside Press, R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company
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Chicago, Illinois
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- Gilt
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- Shelf Wear
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