Some Background Information on the Lakeside Classics

The collection of Lakeside Classics are the longest, continuously running series of Americana. Every year since 1903 their publisher, The Lakeside Press an imprint of R. R. Donnelley & Son, has produced these carefully bound books as Christmas gifts to their employees, stockholders, vendors and business associates. The books in the series have never been sold by R. R. Donnelley, so their sale only occurs when the books have entered the secondary market.

Until recently the aim had been to reproduce a book which has been long out of print, extremely uncommon and only known to historians of the early West. Additionally, the book had to cover a subject matter which provides the reader with an accurate, first person narrative of events, times or places of the pioneering period of the U.S. All of the books in the series have been produced in a 16mo format with a uniform depth. With only a few exceptions, the volumes are roughly the same width as the publisher changed the weight of the paper employed to make appropriate adjustments.

Every twenty-five years the color of the binding has changed. From 1903 to 1927 the publisher used a dark green cloth to cover the boards (now often referred to as the "greenies".) From 1928 to 1952 there was a red cloth covering; from 1953 to 1977 a dark blue cloth was employed; from 1978 to 2002 a dark brown cloth was employed. In December of 2003 the publishers again changed the cloth binding to a blue turqoise color to mark the 101st year of Lakeside Classics. All have gilt text stamping on the spine and the front boards have always shown the then current seal for the Lakeside Press.

Reliable sources have informed us that The Lakeside Press produced approximately 1,000 copies of the 1903 edition. However, for the years 1904 through 1910 the number of printings was reduced to approximately 600 copies for each year. Reprints of only the first five books in the series were produced for sale under the Reilly & Britton Company imprint. They were printed and bound in the same format by The Lakeside Press but released under the general heading of the Patriotic Classics.

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Titles in The Lakeside Classic Series
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Roll over Image to expandInaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the United States from Johnson to Roosevelt by: John Vance Cheney (Editor), First thus Published by: The Lakeside Press in Chicago: 1905. Very near fine in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt borders on the front board and gilt text on the spine with modest rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine. The gilt text and decorations are only slightly worn and are free from any scratching or rubbing. The second free end page is signed: "With the compliments of | Thomas E. Donnelley" who was the owner and publisher at the time. This is the smallest of the Lakeside Classics in terms of width being only 125 pages. The third Lakeside Classic issued at Christmas time in 1905. Quite uncommon and seldom seen in such nice condition. With no markings (other than listed above) names, dates or prior owner's book plates. Additionally, the volumes which has been signed by Thomas Donnelley are quite scarce making this an extremely unusual item. TB21932 $1500.00
Roll over Image to expandMemorable American Speeches III Slavery by: John Vance Cheney (Editor), First thus Published by: The Lakeside Press in Chicago: 1909. Good in dark green cloth covered boards with a gilt border on the front board and gilt text on the spine. The gilt text on the spine is somewhat tarnished and faded. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is worn and rubbed, the front end sheets are soiled and show the evidence of a removed book plate and a prior owner's name. The front hinge is going and the rear hinge is cracked. The fly title page is almost loose. The remainder of the text block is tight. Overall, a marginally collectible copy. The seventh Lakeside Classic from Christmas, 1909. 309 pages of text. TB21933 $500.00
Roll over Image to expandThe Autobiography of Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard by: Gurdon Hubbard, First thus Published by: The Lakeside Press in Chicago: 1911. Very good in dark green cloth covered boards with a gilt text stamping on the spine and gilt decorations on the front board. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is rubbed and worn with the cloth beginning to fray at the head of the spine. There is also two prior owner's names on the front fixed end paper. The gilt decorations and text on the spine are bright and clean. The ninth Lakeside Classic from Christmas, 1911. The book is a reprinting of the author's original diary which first appeared in print in 1888 for only the immediate friends and family of Hubbard. It provides a unique history of the Northwest. TB21811 $450.00
Roll over Image to expandReminiscences of Chicago During the Forties and Fifties by: Mabel McIlvaine, First thus Published by: The Lakeside Press in Chicago: 1913. Near fine in dark green cloth covered boards with a gilt border and logo on the front board and gilt text text on the spine which is just slightly tarnished. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is slightly rubbed. There is a small 1/4" hole rubbed through the upper right corner of the first free end page. The eleventh Lakeside Classic issued in 1913 and rather uncommon. Overall, a very collectible, tight and clean copy with no names, dates or prior owner's markings. TB21935 $450.00
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by: Benjamin Franklin, Reprint of 1915 Published by: The Lakeside Press in Chicago: 1915. Very good+ in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt borders on the front board and gilt text on the spine with scuffing of the cloth to the lower half of the spine and to the front board and with a stamped prior owner's address on the first free end page and the last free end page. The gilt stamping on the spine remains bright and clean. 264 pages of text illustrated with a frontispiece of portrait of Benjamin Franklin. This is the 1915 reprint of the first Lakeside Classic which was originally issued during the Christmas season of 1903. This printing was "complimentary to the members of the eleventh annual convention, the associated advertising clubs of the world: Chicago, June 20-24, 1915". TB24135 $350.00
Pictures of Illinois One Hundred Years Ago by: Milo Milton Quaife, First thus Published by: The Lakeside Press in Chicago: 1918. Very near 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 bright and clean. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is very lightly rubbed. The 16th volume in the Lakeside Classic series printed in December of 1917. 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. TB23965 $375.00
Roll over Image to expandA Woman's Story of Pioneer Illinois by: Milo Milton Quaife, First thus Published by: The Lakeside Press in Chicago: 1919. Near fine in green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine, a gilt top edge to the text block with gilt text and decoration and borders on the front board. With only very light rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine. The gilt text on the spine is quite bright and very readable and the gilt borders and decorations on the front board are also quite bright and free of tarnish. The 17th volume in the Lakeside Classic series which was released in 1917. The book reprints "The Memoirs of Christina Holmes Tillson" which was originally only circulated to her family and her close friends and describes her life in early Illinois. A very handsome copy! TB22121 $425.00
Roll over Image to expandA True Picture of Emigration by: Milo Milton Quaife, First thus Published by: The Lakeside Press in Chicago: 1936. 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 fore edge of the text block and the end sheets are spotted with foxing. The gilt text on the spine remains only slightly tarnished. A Lakeside Classic release of 1936. With the fold-out map intact following page 42 in fine condition. Edited by Milo Milton Quaife. Laid in is a compliments of the season card from Herbert P. Zimmerman, Vice President. 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." TB21806 $50.00
The Border and the Buffalo by: John R. Cook, First thus Published by: The Lakeside Press in Chicago: 1938. Very good+ in decorated red cloth covered boards with a gilt top edge to the text block and with the gilt text stamping to the front board which is bright and untarnished. The cloth on the spine is only slightly faded and there is a prior owner's address stamp on the front paste down. A Lakesides Classic released in the Christmas season of 1938. 480 pages including an index and illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author. Originally published in 1907 and sub-titled: An Untold Story of the Southwest Plains. It records the disappearance of the Buffalo on the high plains and the development of the west. Edited by Milo Milton Quaife, secretary of The Burton Historical Collection. TB24136 $45.00
Roll over Image to expandThe Early Day of Rock Island and Davenport by: J. W. Spencer & J.M.D. Burrows, First thus Published by: The Lakeside Press in Chicago: 1942. Fine in decorated red cloth covered boards with a gilt top edge to the text block and with gilt text stamping and decorations on the spine and front board with mild, light scuffing to the front board. The text stamping on the spine remains clean and bright. Laid-in is a complimentary gift card from Thomas E. Donnelley of R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company. A Lakeside Classic of 1942. Edited by Milo Milton Quaife. The collection of two narratives about early life in Illinois and in Iowa. 315 pages including an index. An extremely clean and handsome copy! TB21993 $50.00
A History of Illinois Volume II by: Gov. Thomas Ford, First thus Published by: The Lakeside Press in Chicago: 1946. Very near fine in red cloth covered boards with gilt tooling on the front board and gilt text stamping on the spine and a gilt top edge to the text block with only hints of rubbing to the cloth at the head of the spine. The Lakeside Classic for 1945. Edited by Milo Milton Quaife. The original publication of this book was in 1854 after the author's death. Volume I of the book was published by the Lakeside Press in 1945. 369 pages including an index, text and two fold-out maps which are both in excellent condition. A very clean, crisp and handsome copy! TB23540 $55.00
Roll over Image to expandThe Western Country in the 17th Century by: Lamothe Cadilac & Pierre Liette, First thus Published by: The Lakeside Press in Chicago: 1947. Very good+ with top edge of the text block in gilt with the boards covered in red cloth and with gilt text stamping on the spine the cloth of which is mildly faded. Sub-titled: "The memoirs of Lamothe Cadillac and Pierre Liette". The memoir by Cadillac evidently was never published and the memoir of Liette was published in volume XXIII of the Illinois Historical Collections under the title "Memoir of De Gannes Concerning the Illinois Country" in 1934. TB21702 $45.00
Roll over Image to expandAcross the Plains in Forty-nine by: Reuben Cole Shaw, First thus Published by: The Lakeside Press in Chicago: 1948. Very good in red cloth covered boards with gilt text and decorations and a gilt top edge with the cloth on the spine slightly faded. The gilt text stamping remains bright and clean on the spine and front board. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is very slightly rubbed. 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. TB21828 $40.00
Roll over Image to expandThree Years Among the Indians and Mexicans to Advocates and Adversaries A complete unbroken set of 25 volumes of the Lakeside Classics by: Various authors, First thus Published by: The Lakeside Press in Chicago: 1953 to 1977. All 25 volumes are in fine to near fine conditions in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stampings on the spines and a gilt top edge to the text block. A complete collection of all of the "blues" issued by The Lakeside Press for the years 1953 to 1977. Due to the cumulative weight for all 25 volumes our standard shipping costs can not be applied. The books can be shipped within the U.S. via Book Rate delivery for a charge of $15.00 or via Priority Delivery for a charge of $45.00. TB22441 $450.00
Uncle Dick Wootton The Pioneer Frontiersman of the Rocky Mountain Range by: Howard Louis Conard, First thus Published by: The Lakeside Press, Western Americana in Chicago: 1957. Near fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and with a gilt top edge to the title block with faint rubbing to the heel of the spine. 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. TB21086 $25.00
Among the Indians Eight Years in the Far West 1858-1866 by: Henry A. Boller, First thus Published by: The Lakeside Press in Chicago: 1959. Near fine in blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine with gilt top edge to the text block. Edited by Milo Milto Quaife. Originally published in 1868 in Philadelphia by T. Elwood Zell; but, evidently it saw an earlier release prior to November 1867. In the later chapters of this book the author describes his two trips to Montana. The first during the initial gold mine discoveries of Montana and the second in 1864 for a trip to both Montana and California. TB22766 $25.00
Outlines From the Outpost by: John Esten Cooke, First edition Published by: The Lakeside Press in Chicago: 1961. Near fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and with a gilt top edge to the text block with faint rubbing to the edge of the spine. Edited by Richard Harwell. This book was not previously published but is from the original manuscript Cooke was preparing for publication. TB21977 $20.00
Colorado Volunteers in New Mexico 1862 by: Ovando J. Hollister, First edition Published by: The Lakeside Press in Chicago: 1962. Fine in navy blue cloth covered boards with gilt top edge and gilt text stamping on the spine. Edited by Richard Harwell. This was the Lakeside Press' third book to appear dealing with the Civil War during their centennial commemoration of that event. TB18044 $30.00
Dakota War Whoop by: Harriet Bishop McConkey, First thus Published by: The Lakeside Press in Chicago: 1965. Near fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text and decorations with a gilt top edge. The gilt text stamping and gilt decorations are clear and bright. The upper fore edge of the text block shows minor spots of foxing. A Lakesides Classic released in 1965. Laid-in is a complementary gift card from Gaylord Donnelley. Sub-titled: Indian Massacres and War in Minnesota. Edited by Dale L. Morgan and consists of a personal narrative of the Sioux uprising of 1862 in Minnesota. It was first published in 1863. 391 pages including an index and followed by a list of the previously issued Lakeside Classics. TB22343 $30.00
Honolulu by: Laura Fish Judd, First thus Published by: The Lakeside Press in Chicago: 1966. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text and decorations on the spine and front board. The top edge of the text block is in gilt. The upper fore edge of the text block shows very minor spotting from foxing. The Lakeside Classic issued in 1966. The author and her husband, Dr. Gerrit Parmele Judd, first arrived in Hawaii in 1828 to serve as missionaries. Both were quite involved in life on the Islands and this narrative provides revealing information of life at that time. 375 pages including an index followed by several pages which list previous titles published in the Lakeside Classic series. TB22482 $40.00
Three Years in the Klondike by: Jeremiah Lynch, First thus Published by: The Lakeside Press in Chicago: 1967. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and with a gilt top edge to the text block. There is minor foxing to the upper fore edge of the text block. Laid-in is a complementary gift card from Gaylord Donnelley. Edited by Dale L. Morgan. The Lakeside Classic for 1967. This title was originally published in 1904 in London. 372 pages including an index followed by a listing of other titles previously published in this series. TB22340 $30.00
Two Years' Residence on the English Prairie of Illinois by: John Woods, First thus Published by: The Lakeside Press in Chicago: 1968. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and with a gilt top edge to the text block. The fore edge of the text block shows minor spots of foxing. Laid-in is a complimentary gift card from Gaylord Donnelley. This title was originally published in 1822 in London by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown. Edited by Paul M. Angle. TB22347 $25.00
John D. Young and the Colorado Gold Rush by: Dwight L. Smith, First thus Published by: The Lakeside Press in Chicago: 1969. Fine with top edge gilt and with the boards covered with dark blue cloth with gilt text stamping on spine. A Lakeside Classic issued in 1969. Laid-in is a complementary gift card from Gaylord Donnelley. From an unpublished manuscript titled: "A Trip to the gold regions of the Rocky Mountains in the summer of 1860" by John D. Young. Edited by Dwight L. Smith. TB22342 $30.00
Narratives of Colonial America 1704-1765 by: Howard H. Peckham, First thus Published by: The Lakeside Press in Chicago: 1971. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text and decorations and a gilt top edge. The Lakeside Classic release of 1971. A collection of eight personal narratives of colonial life in America. Laid-in is a complimentary gift card from R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company. 314 pages including a list of other titles previously published in the Lakeside Classics series. TB21083 $30.00
Pioneers Narratives of Noah Harris Letts and Thomas Banning 1825-1865 by: Paul M. Angle, First thus Published by: The Lakeside Press in Chicago: 1972. Very good with top edge gilt w/ boards covered with dark blue cloth with gilt text stamping with first 185 pages dampness wrinkled. A Lakeside Classic issued in 1972. The "narrative of Noah Harris Letts and Thomas Allen Banning" between the years of 1825 to 1865. There is also a white 1/4" spot on the gilt top edge. TB05185 $15.00
Excursion Through America by: Nicolas Mohr, First thus Published by: The Lakeside Press in Chicago: 1973. Near fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text and decorations with a gilt top edge. The gilt text on the spine and front board is slightly tarnished; but, still easily read. The Lakeside Classic release of 1973. Originally published in German in 1884. This volume contains two fold-out maps just before the frontispiece. Edited by Ray Allen Billlington and translated from the German by La Vern J. Rippley in collaboration with Klaus Lanzinger. 391 pages including an index followed by a listing of other titles previously published in this series. TB22356 $25.00
A Frenchman in Lincoln's America (Vol. I) by: Ernest Duvergi de Hauranne, First thus Published by: The Lakeside Press in Chicago: 1974. 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. The Lakeside Classic release of 1974. The first English publication of the Journal and letters of the author's eight month travels through the US at the start of the Civil War. 525 pages including an index followed by a list of previous titles published in the series. TB21103 $30.00
A Frenchman in Lincoln's America (Vol. II) by: Ernest Duvergi de Hauranne, First thus Published by: The Lakeside Press in Chicago: 1975. Fine with top edge gilt & boards covered with dark blue cloth with gilt text stamping. The Lakeside Classic release of 1975. The first English publication of the Journal and letters of the author's eight month travels through the US at the start of the Civil War. 628 pages including an index followed by a listing of other titles previously published in this series. TB16703 $30.00
Narratives of the American Revolution by: Hugh F. Rankin, First thus Published by: The Lakeside Press in Chicago: 1976. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with the top edge of the text block in gilt and with gilt gilt text stamping on the spine and a gilt logo on the front board. The narratives of "a young sailor, a home-sick surgeon, a French volunteer and a German general's wife" edited by Hugh R. Rankin. Bicentennially appropriate as this is the Lakeside Classic release for 1976. TB22480 $35.00
Advocates and Adversaries by: Robert T. Rose, First thus Published by: The Lakeside Press in Chicago: 1977. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text and decorations and a gilt top edge. The Lakeside Classic release of 1977. A never before published account of the activities of Robert R. Rose during the eight years he practiced law in Kenmmerer, Wyoming. 322 pages including an index followed by a listing of other titles previously published in this series. TB18038 $25.00
Hell among the Yearlings by: Edmund Randolph, First thus Published by: The Lakeside Press in Chicago: 1978. Fine in dark brown cloth covered boards with gilt text and decorations to the spine and to the front board and with a gilt top edge to the text block. The Lakeside Classic release of 1978. Laid-in is a complimentary gift card from George W. Nadeau of R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company. Originally published in Great Britain in 1955 under the title: Don't Fence Them In. 400 pages including an index and followed by a list of the previously issued Lakeside Classics. TB21106 $25.00
A Frontier Doctor by: Henry F. Hoyt, First thus Published by: The Lakeside Press in Chicago: 1979. Fine in dark brown cloth covered boards with gilt text and decorations with a gilt top edge. Originally published in 1929 by Houghton-Mifflin. The Lakeside Classic release of 1979. TB23232 $30.00
Skyward by: Richard Evelyn Byrd, First thus Published by: The Lakeside Press in Chicago: 1981. Fine in dark brown cloth covered boards with gilt text & decorations with a gilt top edge. The Lakeside Classic release of 1981. First published in 1928 by G. P. Putnam's Sons. This reprinting covers Byrd's early career to include his flight over the North Pole. TB19403 $20.00
Buckskin and Blanket Days by: Thomas Henry Tibbles, First thus Published by: The Lakeside Press in Chicago: 1985. Fine in dark brown cloth covered boards with gilt text & decorations and with a gilt top edge. The Lakeside Classic release of 1985. Subtitled: "Memoirs of a friend of the Indians". Originally published in 1957 by Doubleday & Company. TB15445 $25.00
Autobiography of an English Soldier in the U. S. Army by: George Ballentine, First thus Published by: The Lakeside Press in Chicago: 1986. Fine in dark brown cloth covered boards with gilt text & decorations and with a gilt top edge. The Lakeside Classic release of 1986. Edited by William H. Goetzmann. This book provides a first-hand account of a Scottish private in the US Army during the invasion of Mexico in 1846. TB19397 $25.00
My Life East and West by: William S. Hart, First thus Published by: The Lakeside Press in Chicago: 1994. Fine in brown cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. The autobiography of Williams S. Hart which was originally published in 1929. This is the first reprinting of the book. TB22366 $20.00
The Logbook of the Captain's Clerk by: John S. Sewall, First edition Published by: Lakeside Press in Chicago: 1995. Fine in decorated dark brown cloth covered boards with gilt decorations and a gilt top edge to the text block. Still within the publisher's original shrink wrap. The Lakeside Classic release of 1995. Sub-titled: Adventures in the China Sea. The first book in the series to begin to explore the narratives of Americans to travel outside of the borders of the US. TB16451 $15.00
Arctic Explorations by: Elisha Kent Kane, First thus Published by: The Lakeside Press in Chicago: 1996. Fine in dark brown cloth covered boards with gilt text & decorations with a gilt top edge. The Lakeside Classic release of 1996. Initially published in 1856 by Childs and Peterson of Philadelphia. The book became a best seller in its time and then fell into relative obscurity by the turn of the century. It is the story of the second Grinnell Expedition in search of the famous Franklin Expedition which was lost without a trace in 1845 while in search of the Northwest Passage. TB22363 $20.00
Fighting the Flying Circus by: Capt. Edward V. Rickenbacker, First thus Published by: The Lakeside Press in Chicago: 1997. Fine in decorated dark brown cloth covered boards with a gilt top edge and with gilt text on the spine and gilt decorations on the front board. Without a dust jacket as issued. Within the publisher's original shrink wrap. With a forward by Laurence La Tourette Driggs and edited by W. David Lewis. Based on the 1918 diary written by Captain Edward Rickenbacker with some of the modifications made by the ghost writer, Laurence La Tourette Driggs. TB21443 $35.00
Revolutionary Days by: Princess Julia Cantacuzene, First thus Published by: The Lakeside Press in Chicago: 1999. Fine in decorated brown cloth covered boards with a gilt top edge. The Lakeside Classic release of 1999. Edited by Terence Emmons. The author, originally an American, married a Russian Prince in 1899 then moved to that country for the next 18 years to raise her family. This is her account of the Russian Revolution. TB14678 $25.00
The Americanization of Edward Bok by: Edward Bok, First thus Published by: The Lakeside Press in Chicago: 2000. Fine in decorated brown cloth covered boards with a gilt top edge. A Lakeside Classic release of 2000. Sub-titled "The Autobiography of a Dutch Boy Fifty Years After." Originally published in 1903 later winning the Pulitzer Prize in 1921. Contained within the publisher's original shrink-wrap protection. TB16421 $22.00
Roll over Image to expandThe Rough Riders by: Theodore Roosevelt, Published by: Lakeside Press in Chicago: 2003. Fine in blue-green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine, gilt borders on the front and rear boards, decorated end papers (a first for the Classics) and bright gilt applied to the top edge of the text block. The 101st volume in the Lakeside Classic series, the first of the fifth binding color given to the books in the series. In the publisher's original shrink-wrap protection. 317 pages including a list of the books in the series, an index, text and illustrated with photographs maps and reproductions of contemporary art. Edited by Marifeli Perez-Stable. Originally written by Roosevelt immediately upon his return from Cuba and published in 1899. This book continues the goal of the series to offer first person narrative accounts of personal experience. TB22484 $30.00
The Life of Olaudah Equiano by: Joanna Brooks (Editor), First thus Published by: The Lakeside Press in Chicago: 2004. Fine in blue-green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and gilt borders on the boards and with decorated end papers and a gilt top edge to the text block. Without a dust jacket as issued; however, the book remains incased in the publisher's original shrink wrap. "The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, The African, Written by Himself." The Lakeside Classic edition for 2004. 406 pages of text which includes a list of the Lakeside Classics published as of this date which is followed by two pages of image credits. Illustrated with 58 engravings (some in color) and maps. Originally written and published in 1789 in London the author, who experienced the horrors of slavery as a young boy, wanted to publish this book to help dismantle the practice of slavery. TB22905 $30.00
Roll over Image to expandInaugural Addresses Of The Presidents Of The United States From W. H. Taft To G. W. Bush by: Henry F. Graff (Editor), First thus Published by: The Lakeside Press in Chicago: 2005. Fine in blue-green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and gilt borders on the boards and with decorated end papers and a gilt top edge to the text block. Without a dust jacket as issued. However, the book remains it the original shrink wrap applied by the publisher. The Lakeside Classic edition for 2005. 392 pages of text which includes a list of the Lakeside Classics published as of this date which is followed by two pages of image credits. Illustrated with photographs (some of which are in color). A continuation of the Lakeside Classics of 1904 and 1905 which were devoted to the Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents. TB22907 $30.00
Roll over Image to expandTwenty Years Before The Mast by: Charles Erskine, First thus Published by: The Lakeside Press in Chicago: 2006. Fine in blue-green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and gilt borders on the boards and with decorated end papers and a gilt top edge to the text block. Without a dust jacket as issued. The Lakeside Classic edition for 2006 edited by Thomas Philbrick. 382 pages of text including an index and a list of the Lakeside Classics published as of this date which is followed by two pages. of image credits. Illustrated with six pages of colored maps which highlight the exploration voyages taken by the author between 1838 and 1842 and reproductions of engravings and lithographs some of which are in color. TB24033 $30.00
Roll over Image to expandNarratives of Barbary Captivity by: James Leander Cathcart, Jonathan Cowdery and William Ray, First thus Published by: The Lakeside Press in Chicago: 2007. Fine in blue-green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and gilt borders on the boards and with decorated end papers and a gilt top edge to the text block. Without a dust jacket as issued. The Recollections of James Leander Cathcart, Jonathan Cowdery, and William Ray. The Lakeside Classic edition for 2007. 322 pages of text including an index and a list of the Lakeside Classics published as of this date which is followed by two pages of image credits. Illustrated with 40 reproductions of engravings and lithographs some of which are in color. TB24034 $30.00

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