Click for full-size.
Invitation Serieuse Aux Habitants Des Illinois: Reprinted in facsimile from the original edition published at Philadelphia in 1772 with an introduction by Clarence Walworth Alvord and Clarence Edwin Carter
by Un Habitant des Kaskaskias; (Clarence Walworth Alvord and Clarence Edwin Carter - Introduction)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
-
Rocky River, Ohio, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Providence, RI: (Club for Colonial Reprints), 1908. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo, 53pp. A crisp, clean, very good copy, with notable but shallow scuffing to the white vellum spine. Bottom corners very gently rubbed. Most pages unopened; a lovely copy internally. Scarce and handsomely produced reprint of a vanishingly rare 1772 narrative of modern-day Illinois, long predating significant European-American settlement in the region. See Howes I11, which states that there is only one known copy of the original edition. This may still be true, and it must be in private hands, as an OCLC search reveals no library holdings for that first edition. As such, this fine press facsimile reprint is the first and best obtainable edition. Quite scarce, with the last easily traceable commercial appearance in 1979.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Cleveland Book Company
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9223
- Title
- Invitation Serieuse Aux Habitants Des Illinois: Reprinted in facsimile from the original edition published at Philadelphia in 1772 with an introduction by Clarence Walworth Alvord and Clarence Edwin Carter
- Author
- Un Habitant des Kaskaskias; (Clarence Walworth Alvord and Clarence Edwin Carter - Introduction)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- (Club for Colonial Reprints)
- Place of Publication
- Providence, RI
- Date Published
- 1908
- Keywords
- American history
Terms of Sale
Cleveland Book Company
All books are returnable within ten days if returned in the same condition as sent. All books in my inventory are authenticated and described to the industry's highest standard of professionalism. Payment should accompany order if you are a new customer. Current customers will be invoiced with payment due in 30 days. Institutions billed per their requirements. ALL ITEMS SUBJECT TO PRIOR SALE. Books sent via US Postal Service unless other arrangements are requested. INTERNATIONAL PURCHASES WILL BE SHIPPED AT THE EXACT COST. NOTE: USPS NO LONGER SHIPS SURFACE MAIL TO OVERSEAS. Where possible, we will ship GLOBAL PRIORITY, minimum charge of $23.95, maximum weight 4 pounds. For packages over 4 pounds, you will be contacted with exact charges. Ohio residents please add 5.75% sales tax. We accept VISA, MASTERCARD, DISCOVER, and AMERICAN EXPRESS.
About the Seller
Cleveland Book Company
Biblio member since 2017
Rocky River, Ohio
About Cleveland Book Company
We are proud members of the ABAA.
As a small, independent bookseller in Cleveland, Ohio, I deal in general used, rare, and antiquarian books, autographs, manuscripts, pamphlets, and personal and family papers in all subjects. My family has been in the antiquarian book business since 1971. Are you moving, downsizing, or doing some spring cleaning? Did you inherit or otherwise come into some old books? Or, maybe you've collected modern novels from the last thirty or fifty years. No matter what kinds of books you have, we'd love to take a look at them! We travel throughout Ohio, western Pennsylvania and New York, southern Michigan, and eastern Indiana, and will travel farther in some cases to look at whole libraries or even just a few particularly interesting books. Give us a call at (216) 352-3940 and we can talk more about the kinds of books you have.
As a small, independent bookseller in Cleveland, Ohio, I deal in general used, rare, and antiquarian books, autographs, manuscripts, pamphlets, and personal and family papers in all subjects. My family has been in the antiquarian book business since 1971. Are you moving, downsizing, or doing some spring cleaning? Did you inherit or otherwise come into some old books? Or, maybe you've collected modern novels from the last thirty or fifty years. No matter what kinds of books you have, we'd love to take a look at them! We travel throughout Ohio, western Pennsylvania and New York, southern Michigan, and eastern Indiana, and will travel farther in some cases to look at whole libraries or even just a few particularly interesting books. Give us a call at (216) 352-3940 and we can talk more about the kinds of books you have.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
This Book’s Categories
Collecting Disneyana
Welcome to the wonderful world of collecting Walt Disney! From letters signed by Disney himself to classic children’s books or ephemera, be sure to check out some of the collectible Walt Disney books on Biblio!
Beat Poet Michael McClure
From the fateful reading at Six-Gallery in 1955 to his novels, poetry, and stage productions, Michael McClure was right in the thick of the Beat Generation as it was born. See his books and art and learn more about the works of Michael McClure.
