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Early Lakeside Classics, "Greenies"
Early Lakeside Classics, "Greenies"
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Description
Includes 16 volumes of early Lakeside Press books, known as the "Greenies." R. R. Donnelley began printing one classic book each year for Christmas, beginning in 1903. The present collection contains 16 of these classics, printed between 1905 and 1927, including the 1906 volume (one of the most sought after). 9 of the 16 volumes are signed by Thomas E. Donnelley, with his compliments. All of the books are uniform in binding (original green cloth) and size (6.75" x 4.5"), and all are under the following imprint: Chicago: Lakeside Press, R. R. Donnelley & Sons. Titles include: ** Penn. Fruits of Solitude (1906) ** Inaugural Addresses (1905) ** Memorable Speeches, II (1908) ** Memorable Speeches, IV (1910) ** Quaife. John Long's Voyages and Travels (1922) ** Quaife. Pictures of Illinois One Hundred Years Ago (1918) ** Quaife. The Conquest of Illinois (1920) ** The Southwestern Expedition of Zebulon M. Pike (1925) ** Adventures of the First Settlers on the Oregon or Columbia River (1923) ** Reminiscences of Chicago During the Great Fire (1915) ** Death Valley in '49 (1927) ** Reminiscences of Chicago During the Civil War (1914) ** The Autobiography of Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard (1911) ** The Indian Captivity of O. M. Spencer (1917) ** The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (1915) ** The Commerce of the Prairies (1926) ************** Total 16 volumes.
Condition
Most volumes with some light spotting of cloth, contents clean upon general inspection, none fully collated but appearing complete, all ranging Good to Very Good. Sold as a group, as-is.
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Early Lakeside Classics, "Greenies"

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