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    Bidwell, John:  Echoes of the Past About California & In Camp and Cabin.  Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1928. First thus. Very good in decorated red cloth covered boards with a gilt top edge to the text block and with very light rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the boards. The cloth on the spine is faded as is the gilt text stamping. There is a Christmas gift notation and a prior owner's name on the first free end page. The fold-out map which precedes page xv is present and in wonderful condition. A Lakeside Classic issued in 1928. The book is protected by a clear mylar cover. In Camp and Cabin was authored by John Steele. Both books were combined and edited by Milo Milton Qauife. This is the first year that the Lakeside Press changed the binding color to denote the end of the first 25 books in the series.
    TB33529  $45.00




  • Bush, George C.:  Bible Baptism Never Immersion.  Philadelphia: The Jas. B. Rogers Printing Company, 1888. First Edition. Very good+ in its original light brown, blind embossed cloth covered boards with gilt text on the front board. A 24mo of 5 7/8 by 3 3/4 inches with fraying to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine, light rubbing to the lower fore tips of the boards and two prior owner's names to the first free end page. A prior owner has inserted red pencil under linings on many pages throughout. 93 pages of text. The only copies of this title currently available are "print on demand" reproduction copies. OCLC locates only 32 genuine copies of this title by this publisher.
    TB33545  $200.00



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    Carson, Kit:  Kit Carson's Autobiography.  Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1935. First thus. Near fine in decorated red cloth covered boards with a gilt top edge to the text block and with slight fading of the cloth over the spine and very light rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine. Without a dust jacket as issued. A Lakeside Classic release of 1935. The book is protected by a clear mylar cover. Edited by Milo Milton Quaife. Originally published under the title of "Kit Carson's Own Story of His Life as Dictated to Col. and Mrs. D. C. Peters about 1856-57 And Never Before Published".
    TB33527  $55.00




  • Conard, Howard Louis:  Uncle Dick Wootton The Pioneer Frontiersman of the Rocky Mountain Range.  Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1957. First thus. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and with a gilt top edge to the title block. There is a prior owner's signature and date on the first free end page. Edited by Milo Milton Quife. This book was originally published in Chicago in 1890. 462 pages including an index and followed by a list of titles previously published in the Lakeside Classics series. Illustrated with a frontispiece, photographic facsimiles, engravings and a map.
    TB33542  $25.00




  • Finerty, John F.:  War-Path and Bivouac The Big Horn and Yellowstone Expedition.  Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1955. First thus. Fine in blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and front board and with a gilt top edge to the text block. With a minor spots of foxing to the fore edge of the text block. Edited by Milo Milto Quaife. The narrative of the personal experiences of the author while he was on the staff of The Chicago Times while covering the military campaign of the Sioux war of 1876. 379 pages including an index and followed by a list of previous titles published in the series. Illustrated with maps, photographic facsimiles and engravings.
    TB33541  $30.00



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    Gillett, James B.:  Six Years with the Texas Rangers.  Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1943. First thus. Fine in red cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping and decorations to the spine and to the front board and with the top edge of the text block gilt. A fine, tight copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind. Edited by Milo Milton Quaife. The book is protected by a clear mylar cover. A Lakeside Classic issued in 1943. The original publication of this book was privately printed in Texas in 1921. It was later reprinted by Yale in 1925 when it was edited by Quaife. A very handsome copy with the gilt text stamping on the spine very clean and bright and with no names, dates, notations or prior owner's book plates.
    TB33528  $50.00




  • Heard, Isaac V. D.:  History Of The Sioux War and Massacres of 1862 and 1863.  New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1863. First Edition. Very good in its original blind embossed, brown cloth covered boards with gilt text and the image of a Native American on the spine. A small octavo of 7 1/2 by 4 7/8 inches with front hinge cracked, but holding; the lower edge of the rear board has two shallow gouges through the cloth and board; There is a prior owner's name and address stamped and the same owner's name in pencil on the first free end page; the cloth at the ends of the spine is worn and rubbed; and, a faint dampness stain to the lower fore edge of the text block from the title page to page 319. There are a few red pencil marks and under linings scattered within the text. 354 pages of text followed by two page of ads by the publisher. Illustrated with a frontispiece General Sibley in uniform from an engraving and 19 black and white plates from engravings and 23 vignettes. (Howes, 378a; Sabin, 31178; Field, 675; Rader, 1838)
    TB33546  $500.00




  • James, General Thomas:  Three Years Among The Indians and Mexicans.  Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1953. First thus. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text and decorations on the spine and front board with a gilt top edge to the text block with hints of fading to the corners of the spine and tips of the boards and there is a child's scribble mark on the tissue guard to the frontispiece portrait. The Lakeside Classic release of 1953. The collective narratives of the author who took part in two major explorative operations. One in 1809-1810 to gain additional knowledge of the Upper Missouri and a second as a trader to Santa Fe in 1821-1823. 297 pages including an index.
    TB33540  $25.00



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    Kendall, George Wilkins:  Narrative of the Texan Santa Fe Expedition.  Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1929. First thus. Near fine with top edge gilt with boards covered with red cloth and with gilt text stamping and tooling. The end sheets show foxing a result of a reaction with the glues used in binding. The fore edge of the text block also shows spots of foxing. Despite these minor flaws this is a beautiful, tight and clean copy. A Lakeside Classic release of 1929. With an historical introduction by Milo M. Quaife. The book is protected by a clear mylar cover. Originally issued in a two volume set in 1844 and consisted of 900 pages. It was reprinted in 1846 by Harper. This volume is somewhat less wordy, the editors having deleted the text regarding soils, climate, etc. in Mexico.
    TB33522  $125.00



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    Larpenteur, Charles:  Forty Years a Fur Trader on the Upper Missouri.  Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1933. First thus. Very good+ in decorated red cloth covered boards with a gilt top edge to the text block. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine show rubbing and there are three prior owner's name and addresses lined out on the first free end page. The gilt text on the spine is slightly tarnished. The end sheets are foxed due to a reaction with the glues used in binding. With an historical introduction by Milo M. Quaife. The book is protected by a clear mylar cover. This narrative was first published in New York in 1892. It describes in broad detail the treatment of the Indians by the fur traders operating in the Northwestern frontier from 1833 to 1871.
    TB33530  $45.00



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    Leonard, Zenas:  Narrative of the Adventures of Zenas Leonard.  Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1934. First thus. Very good+ in red cloth covered boards with gilt text and decorations on the spine and front board. The gilt text on the spine is slightly faded and the cloth at the corners of the head and heel of the spine are very slightly rubbed and there is the glue stain on the front paste down from the probable removal of book plate. A Lakeside Classic issued in 1934. Edited by Milo Milton Quaife. The book is protected by a clear mylar cover. First appearing in a newspaper in 1835 and reprinted in book format in 1839 and again in 1904 this narrative by Leonard recounts his years as a fur trapper in the American West between 1831 to 1835. The fold-out map is in place behind the first free end paper and is in near perfect condition.
    TB33518  $30.00



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    Mackenzie, Alexander:  Alexander Mackenzie's Voyage to the Pacific Ocean in 1793.  Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1931. First thus. Very good+ in red cloth covered boards with gilt decorations with a gilt top edge to the text block. The gilt text on the spine is slightly tarnished. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine shows several areas of rubbing and ware. There are no prior ownership markings of any kind. The book is protected by a clear mylar cover. Edited by Milo Milton Quaife. Illustrated with a tipped-in, fold-out map preceding page 3 which is intact and undamaged. A Lakeside Classic issued in 1931. The original publication of this book was printed in England in 1801 and contained significantly more text some of which included a history of the fur trade. 384 pages including an index.
    TB33521  $55.00



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    Pattie, James O.:  The Personal Narrative of James O. Pattie of Kentucky.  Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1930. First thus. Very near fine in decorated red cloth covered boards with a gilt top edge with the cloth on the spine slightly faded and with the cloth at the head and heel of the spine lightly rubbed and worn at the corners. The front hinge is starting, but has been professionally reinforced. A Lakeside Classic release of 1930. With an historical introduction and footnotes by Milo Milton Quaife. The book is protected by a clear mylar cover. Edited by Timothy Flint. The original of this title was first published in 1931 in Cincinnati and reprinted in 1833. It provides the narrative of the author's travels through the Plains to Santa Fe starting in 1824. A very clean and tight copy with no prior ownership markings.
    TB33525  $60.00



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    Quaife, Milo Milton:  Pictures of Illinois One Hundred Years Ago.  Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1918. First thus. Fine in green cloth covered boards with gilt decorations and with a gilt top edge to the text block. The gilt text stamping on the spine is extremely bright and clean on both the spine and on the front board. The 16th volume in the Lakeside Classic series which was released at Christmastime in 1917. The book is protected by a clear mylar cover. It provides three eye-witness accounts of the early history of Illinois. 186 pages including an index, appendix, text and illustrated with a frontispiece engraving. A beautiful, tight and clean copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB33538  $250.00



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    Quaife, Milo Milton:  The Indian Captivity of O. M. Spencer.  Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1917. First thus. Near fine in green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine, a gilt top edge to the text block and gilt borders and publisher's logo on the front board. The gilt on the spine remains quite bright and free of tarnish. There is only a hint of rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine. The Lakeside Classic release of 1917 edited by Milo Milton Quaife. With a tipped-in fold-out map after page 66 of the area which is now the state of Ohio. That map is in perfect condition. The second free end page is signed "With the complements of Thomas E. Donnelley". 188 pages with index, text, map and a frontispiece illustration of Fort Washington. A very handsome, clean and tight copy without any prior ownership markings.
    TB33535  $225.00



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    Quaife, Milo Milton:  The Commerce of the Prairies by Josiah Gregg.  Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1926. First thus. Near fine in green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and with gilt decorations to the front board and the top edge of the text block gilt. The cloth at the head of the spine is lightly rubbed as are the corners at the heel of the spine. The Lakeside Classic release of 1926. Following ten years on the Santa Fe trail, Josiah Gregg first published this book in two volumes in 1844 when it was released in London and New York simultaneously. The book is protected by a clear mylar cover. 343 pages including an index, text and illustrated with a frontispiece and a three color, fold-out map which shows no wear or damage. A narration of the frontier west and a classic in the study of trade taking place along the Santa Fe Trail.
    TB33532  $125.00



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    Quaife, Milo Milton:  John Long's Voyages and Travels in the Years 1768-1788.  Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1922. First thus. Very good+ in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt borders on the front board, gilt text on the spine and a gilt top edge to the text block with rubbing and wear to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine. The gilt text on the spine is very slightly tarnished, but still very readable. The Lakeside Classic release of 1922. The fold-out map is in place and in fine condition. Originally published in London in 1791 this volume reprints the narratives of Long who spend many years in his youth living with Indians. His journals describe his adventures traveling through Canada and the Great Lakes region.
    TB33534  $90.00



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    Quaife, Milo Milton:  A True Picture of Emigration.  Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1936. First thus. Very good+ in decorated red cloth covered boards with a gilt top edge to the text block and gilt text stamping on the spine and on the front board. The gilt text on the spine is slightly faded as is the cloth covering the spine. A Lakeside Classic release of 1936. With the fold-out map present following page 42 in fine condition. Edited by Milo Milton Quaife. The book is protected by a clear mylar cover. Originally published anonymously in England in 1848 as a pamphlet, it describes the life of a woman and her family who left England in 1831 to settle in "the wilds of western Illinois."
    TB33524  $35.00



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    Ross, Alexander:  The Fur Hunters of the Far West.  Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1924. First edition. Near fine in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and bright gilt decorations on the front board, a gilt top edge to the text block with minor rubbing to the cloth at the head of the spine. The 22nd volume in the Lakeside Classic series issued in 1924. Edited by Milo Milton Quaife. A continuation of the narratives started with the volume of 1923 which was titled: Adventures of the First Settlers on the Oregon or Columbia River. 317 pages including an index illustrated with a frontispiece.
    TB33537  $125.00



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    Shaw, Reuben Cole:  Across the Plains in Forty-nine.  Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1948. First thus. Fine in red cloth covered boards with gilt text and decorations and a gilt top edge to the text block. The gilt text stamping on the spine is remarkably bright and free of any tarnish. The book is protected by a clear mylar cover. The Lakeside Classic release of 1948. The text of the book was originally published in 1896 in a limited, private run. This is the narrative of Reuben Cole Shaw who joined a band to traverse the continent from Boston to California in 1849. A beautiful copy with the gilt text stamping clear, bright and crisp. There are no prior owner's names, dates or notations within the book.
    TB33519  $50.00




  • Stephens, Alexander H.:  A Constitutional View Of The Late War Between The States, Presented In A Series of Colloquies At Liberty Hall..  Philadelphia: National Publishing Company, (1868). First Edition. Both volumes of this complete, two volume set are in good condition in their original brown, pebbled cloth covered boards with blind embossed borders and the oval impression of the publisher's logo on the front board. Both are octavos of 9 by 5 3/4 inches with 3/4 inch deep chips to the upper edge of spineback to volume I and heavy wear and rubbing to the cloth at the heel of the spine for that volume. Basic repairs have been professionally applied to the head of the spine to prevent further degradation. The cloth is worn through at the lower fore tips of the boards of volume I. The rear hinge for volume I is cracked, but holding. The second free end page holds a 1891 gift inscription to a prior owner. Volume II is in better shape. The cloth at the ends of the spine are well worn and rubbed. The cloth at the upper rear joint is cracked a distance of 3 inches and the cloth over the lower board tips is worn through. The same gift inscription appearing in volume I is rewritten on the second free end page. Volume I contains 654 pages including an index, extensive appendices and text all followed by a one page ad by the publisher. Illustrated with a frontispiece image of Liberty Hall from an engraving and seven plates. Volume II contains 827 pages including a general index, an extensive appendices and text all followed by four pages of ads by the publisher. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author from an engraving of a 1866 photograph and nine plates. Howe's in his bibliography U.S.Iana: "Most elaborate - and best - argument for the constitutional validity of the doctrine of state sovereignty and the right of secession.:(Howes, S-938)
    TB33547  $550.00






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