Letters From Illinois

Philadelphia: M. Carey and Son. Good. 1818. First Edition. Hardcover. An early description of Illinois by Morris Birkbeck, an Englishman who settled there. Paper boards have significant wear with a few tar-like soil spots and paper loss from margins. Brown repair tape over spine. Missing the United States map. Pages have toning, light foxing, and old … Read more about this item

Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms / Taylor and Hessey. Strong, crisp binding. No markings. 114 pages. Reprint of the 1818 edition. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1968.

8vo later quarter morocco and cloth, 112 pp. Morocco rubbed, internally fine and mostly untrimmed. Birkbeck was the son of a Quaker who was born in Settle England. In 1817 he settled in Edward’s County Illinois, which was pretty much the frontier at that point in time. In 1817 he published his first book, Notes On A Journey To America,… Read more about this item

London: Taylor and Hesse, 1818. xv,[1],114,[10]pp. Contemporary boards. Spine perished, new endpapers. Internally very clean, and in very good condition, untrimmed. In a green slipcase, black gilt morocco label. First London edition, after the first American edition of the same year. "These letters were written to friends and inquirers in England and contain a wealth of information about economic… Read more about this item

London: Taylor and Hessey, 1818. SECOND ENGLISH EDITION. Original boards, rebacked; interior excellent. Ownership signature of Ralph R. Ritzman on the fly-leaf.

8vo later ¼ calf 114 pp. Title and last page show a fair amount of foxing, but only very minor foxing to balance of text. Very good or better. Birkbeck was the son of a Quaker who was born in Settle, England. In 1817, he settled in Edward’s County Illinois, which was pretty much the frontier at that point in… Read more about this item

London: Taylor and Hesse, 1818. xv,[1],114pp. Dbd. Internally clean. Very good. Self-styled second London edition, after the first London and first American editions of the same year. "These letters were written to friends and inquirers in England and contain a wealth of information about economic and social conditions in the West" - Buck. The London edition was published without… Read more about this item

Dublin, 1818. xv,112pp. Early 20th-century brown cloth, spine gilt. Head and foot of spine rubbed, small gouge out of cloth at edge of spine. Bookplate on front pastedown. Internally quite clean. Very good. In a blue half morocco and cloth slipcase, spine gilt. Birkbeck, who encouraged British settlement in Illinois, gives substantial advice on emigration, costs of land, travelling… Read more about this item

London: Taylor & Hessey. Cover worn with upper board becoming detached. Part of page 15 torn and repaired. Ex.-lib. 1818. Third Edition. Brown hardback half-leather cover with marbled boards. 220mm x 130mm (9" x 5"). xv, 114pp. .

London: Printed for Taylor and Hessey. Used - Acceptable. 1818. Hardcover. Quarter cloth and paper covered boards, library rebinding with handwritten title and author info. Octavo. xv & 114 pp & unpaginated publisher's catalog. Ex-Library with extensive markings and labels. Significant shelf wear to boards, with chipping along edges. Hinges repaired with library tape. Tearing to ffep. Foxing… Read more about this item

London: Taylor and Hessey. Used - Good. 1818. Three quarter leather with marbled paper covered boards. 8vo. xv & 114 pp. Howes 467. Significant shelf wear, scuffing, and rubbing to boards, especially along edges and joints. Head of spine chipped away, title label on spine mostly missing. Relatively faint toning and slight foxing to pages. Some pencilled margin… Read more about this item

1818. BIRKBECK, Morris. Letters from Illinois. London: Printed for Taylor and Hessey, 1818. 1st English ed. xv, 114pp. plus publisher's catalogue dated July 1818.Orig. paper-backed boards, housed in custom cloth slipcase, inner cloth chemise. Light wear to corners, small amount of faint scattered foxing, else very good or better. HOWES B-467. Issued in the same year as the Philadelphia… Read more about this item

Taylor and Hessey, 1818. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo in recent brown cloth, spine title in gilt, new endsheets, page edges untrimmed. Light scattered foxing.

London: Taylor and Hessey Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 3rd Edition. 1818. Third London Edition, xv, 114pp. Newly rebound in simulated leather, very light foxing, else VG. Sabin 5566. Graff 303. (The American edition, 1818). Howes 467. Coleman 3314. The letters contain a great deal of important information about social and economic conditions in the Illinois country, and the author describes… Read more about this item

GB: Taylor and Hessey, 1818. Six page catalogue (Taylor and Hessey September 1818) at end. Clean tight text but minor spotting/stains mostly to early and late leaves. ?Contemporary marbled boards with leather spine. Leather margisn of covers atmped READING SOCIETY in blin (no library marks). Spine with twin rules is simly lettered LETTERS. Spine a little worn. Book is in… Read more about this item

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Hardback. New.