Lot of 4. Peck, J.M. A Gazetteer of Illinois. Philadelphia: Grigg & Elliot, 1837, 2nd. ed. 24mo, embossed brown cloth with applied title labels; no map, but not clear there ever was one; 328pp. Spine sunned, front edge split; corners of boards worn. Reynolds, John N. A Kansas Hell, or Life in the Kansas Penitentiary. Atchison (KS): The Bee Publishing Company, 1889. 12mo, green cloth with gilt front and spine, 255pp. Boards rough, spine sunned. Several pages loose, but present. Boynton, C.B. and Mason, T.B. A Journey Through Kansas: with Sketches of Nebraska. Cincinnati (OH): Moore, Wilstach, Keys & Co., 1855. 12mo, embossed cloth, gilt spine, folding map frontis, 216pp. Water damage throughout, which has slightly warped the front board, wrinkled pages, but other than the water stains, very little toning. Mechem, Kirke, ed. The Kansas Historical Quarterly. Topeka: Kansas State Historical Society, 1935, vol. IV. Kansas Historical Collections, Vol. XXI. 8vo, blue cloth with gilt spine, 463pp. Number 2 (pp. 115-148) has an article on A Journey Through Kansas (above), which the author calls "the second book on Kansas." Shelf wear and corner bumping; slight sunning of spine and soiling. Very light toning of leaves. Overall very good.
Lot of 4. Peck, J.M. A Gazetteer of Illinois. Philadelphia: Grigg & Elliot, 1837, 2nd. ed. 24mo, embossed brown cloth with applied title labels; no map, but not clear there ever was one; 328pp. Spine sunned, front edge split; corners of boards worn. Reynolds, John N. A Kansas Hell, or Life in the Kansas Penitentiary. Atchison (KS): The Bee Publishing Company, 1889. 12mo, green cloth with gilt front and spine, 255pp. Boards rough, spine sunned. Several pages loose, but present. Boynton, C.B. and Mason, T.B. A Journey Through Kansas: with Sketches of Nebraska. Cincinnati (OH): Moore, Wilstach, Keys & Co., 1855. 12mo, embossed cloth, gilt spine, folding map frontis, 216pp. Water damage throughout, which has slightly warped the front board, wrinkled pages, but other than the water stains, very little toning. Mechem, Kirke, ed. The Kansas Historical Quarterly. Topeka: Kansas State Historical Society, 1935, vol. IV. Kansas Historical Collections, Vol. XXI. 8vo, blue cloth with gilt spine, 463pp. Number 2 (pp. 115-148) has an article on A Journey Through Kansas (above), which the author calls "the second book on Kansas." Shelf wear and corner bumping; slight sunning of spine and soiling. Very light toning of leaves. Overall very good.
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