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Morris BirkbeckLETTERS FROM ILLINOIS.
London: Taylor and Hessey, 1818. xv,[1],114pp. Dbd. Internally clean. Very good. Item #WRCAM28924
Self-styled second London edition, after the first London and first American editions of the same year. "These letters were written to friends and inquirers in England and contain a wealth of information about economic and social conditions in the West" - Buck. The London edition was published without the maps found in the first two American editions. HOWES B467. BUCK 105.
Price: $200.00