Titles in the American Lakes Series
Arranged alphabetically by title.


The American Lakes Series

This series was started in 1944 by The Bobbs-Merrill Company.  Its initial focus was to provide a comprehensive history of the five Great Lakes.  As the series progressed it appeared to the editor, Milo M. Quaife, and the publisher that there was a demand from the public for more titles devoted to other American Lakes.  As a result, five additional titles were added.

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    Morgan, Dale L.:  The Great Salt Lake.  Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1947. First Edition, Limited Edition. Near fine in dark green cloth covered boards with modest rubbing to the cloth at the ends of the spine. An octavo of 9 3/8 by 5 7/8 inches. In a very good+ unclipped dust jacket with light rubbing and wear to the ends of the spine area. A special limited edition signed by the author on the decorated, tipped-in, second free end page. The 8th volume in The Lakes of America Series and one of the more difficult ones to locate. 432 pages including an index. Overall a beautiful copy! (Fitzgerald, AL2a)
    TB32992  $165.00



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    Van de Water, Frederic:  Lake Champlain and Lake George.  Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1946. First Limited Edition. Near fine in decorated green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and on the front board with map end sheets. An octavo of 8 3/8 by 5 3/4 inches. In a very good+ unclipped dust jacket with shallow chipping across both ends of the spine area and several small chips to the edges of both boards. A special limited edition signed by the author on the decorated, tipped-in, second free end page. The seventh volume in The American Lakes Series edited by Milo M.Quaife. 381 pages containing an index and bibliographical notes. (Fitzgerald, AL1a)
    TB32983  $135.00



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    Hatcher, Harlan:  Lake Erie.  Indianapolis: The Bobb-Merrill Co., 1945. First Edition, Limited Edition. Near fine in green cloth covered boards with map end papers. An octavo of 9 3/8 by 5 7/8 inches with light rubbing to the corners of the head and heel of the spine. In a very good-, unclipped dust jacket with a one inch deep chip across most of the upper edge of the spine area,1/4 inch deep chips across the lower end of the same, three small chips from the upper edge of the front panel and a 3 inch long closed tear to the lower edge of the front panel. A special limited edition signed by the author on the decorated, tipped-in, second free end page. The 5th volume in The American Lakes Series. 416 pages containing an index and bibliographical notes.
    TB32991  $40.00



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    Landon, Fred:  Lake Huron.  Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1944. First Editioni, Limited Edition. Fine in decorated green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and gilt text and decorations on the front board. with only hints of rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine. In a very good+, unclipped dust jacket with light wear and rubbing to the ends of the spine area and to the lower edge of the front panel with a 1/4 inch closed tear. Signed by the author on the special, tipped-in page immediately after the first free end sheet. The first volume in The American Lakes Series edited by Milo M. Quaife. 398 pages containing an index and bibliographical notes. Illustrations on plates from black and white photographs. (Fitzgerald, AL3a)
    TB32994  $80.00



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    Landon, Fred:  Lake Huron.  Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1944. Reprint. Fine in decorated green cloth covered borads with gilt text stamping on the spine and front board. In a poor, price clipped dust jacket with the lower 2" missing from the spine area and the upper 1/2" missing from the spine area and with much of the fold to the front flap missing. The first volume in The American Lakes Series edited by Milo M. Quaife. 398 pages including an index.
    TB23248  $25.00



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    Quaife, Milo:  Lake Michigan.  Indianapolis: The Bobb-Merrill Co., 1944. First Edition, Limited Edition. Very near fine in decorated green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and gilt text and a gilt outline of the lake on the front board and with map end sheets. An octavo of 8 3/8 by 5 3/4 inches with light rubbing to the cloth at the corners of the head and heel of the spine and at the fore corners of the boards. In a very good+, unclipped dust jacket with very light wear to the top edge of the spine area and with two shallow chips to the lower edge of the same.and wear and the fore corners over the tips of the boards. Signed by the author on the special, tipped-in page immediately after the first free end sheet. The third volume in The American Lakes Series. 384 pages containing an index and bibliographical notes. Illustrated from black and white photographs throughout. (Fitzgerald, AL5a)
    TB32993  $95.00



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    Pound, Arthur:  Lake Ontario.  Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1945. First Limited Edition. Very good+ in decorated green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and front board and with map end sheets. A small quarto of 8 3/8 by 5 7/8 inches with a very slight lean to the spine. In a very good+ unclipped dust jacket with light wear and rubbing to the ends of the spine area and with small chips at for fore corners of the panels over the tips of the boards. Signed by the author on the special, tipped-in page immediately after the first free end sheet. The fourth volume in The American Lakes Series edited byMilo M. Quaife. 384 pages including an index and bibliographical notes. (Fitzgerald, AL7a)
    TB32996  $75.00



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    Roberts, W. Adolphe:  Lake Pontchartrain.  Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1946. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in decorated green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and front board. In a very near fine, unclipped dust jacket with only hints of rubbing and wear to the ends of the spine area. The sixth volume in The American Lakes Series. Edited by Milo M. Quaife. 376 pages including an index, bibliographical notes, appendices and text. (Fitzgerald, AL8)
    TB32985  $60.00



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    Nute, Grace Lee:  Lake Superior.  Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1944. First Edition, Limited Edition. Near fine in decorated green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamped on the spine and on the front board and with map end sheets. An octavo of 8 3/8 by 5 3/4 inches. In a very good, unclipped dust jacket with A special limited edition signed by the author on the decorated, tipped-in, second free end page. The second and rather uncommon volume in The American Lakes Series. 376 pages containing an index and bibliographical notes.
    TB32986  $75.00



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    Nute, Grace Lee:  Lake Superior.  Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1944. First Edition. Near fine in decorated green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamped on the spine and on the front board and with map end sheets. An octavo of 8 3/8 by 5 3/4 inches with light rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine. In a very good, unclipped dust jacket with a 1/2" deep by 1/2" wide chip from the upper edge of the front panel, rubbing and wear to the ends of the spine area and 1" closed tear to the fold from the spine area to the front panel. The second and rather uncommon volume in The American Lakes Series. 376 pages containing an index and bibliographical notes.
    TB30507  $60.00






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