Chicago: R. R. Donnelley & Sons / The Lakeside Press. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1920. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full green cloth, gilt lettering on spine, gilt border and publisher's medallion, gilt, on cover, t.e.g., fore-edge deckle. Illustrated with Tissue-Protected engraved portrait frontispiece and facsimile of the first page of George Rogers Clark's account.. Head and heel of spine show very slight shelf-wear, else pristine, unmarked, tight, square, and clean. NEAR FINE.. The Lakeside Classics Series. Vol. 18. B&W Illustrations. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. xx, 190 pp .

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Bookseller: Round Table Books, LLC (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 15959
Title: The Conquest of the Illinois
Author: Clark, George Rogers; Milo Milton Quaife (ed)
Format/Binding: Hard Cover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued
Edition: First Edition Thus. First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: R. R. Donnelley & Sons / The Lakeside Press
Place of Publication: Chicago
Date Published: 1920
Keywords: Lakeside Classics;, Rare Books;, TRAVEL;, Adventure;, Exploration;, United States;, Illinois;, American Mid-West;, Native Americans;

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