Wisconsin Its History and Its People: 1634-1924. Biographical Volume IV ONLY by Quaife, Milo Milton - 1924

Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing Co, 1924. Half Leather. Very Good with no dust jacket. Vol. I written wholly by Quaife traces the chronological evolution of Wisconsin, the 2nd written by specialists in their several fields gives a comprhensive view of the 1924 commonwealth, the 3rd and 4th are biographical. Shipping will be extra for this heavy set. Black leather spine area and corners, gilt lettering, top edge gilt, raised bands, marbled paper on covers and endpages. Scuffs to bottom cover edges and a few scars on 2 volumes.; 4 Volume Set; 7 3/4 x 10 3/4

S.J. Clark. Used - Good. 1924. Quarter leather over marble paper covered boards. Quarto. Four volume set. 608 pp, 599 pp, 678 pp, 682 pp. Illustrated. Some shelf wear, scuffing, and significant edge wear to boards. Moderate chipping to heads of spines. Corners significantly bumped and frayed. Gilt stamped lettering on spines clear and bright. Bindings are sound. Moisture trace along lower portion of pages of second volume, slight dampstain to lower corner of third volume. Previous owner's stamp to page following ffep of fourth volume. Overall moderate natural toning to pages which remain otherwise clean and unmarked. Altogether a complete set in Good condition. (Subject: Americana & Regional History.)

Chicago: S. J. Clark, 1924. Hardcover. Fine condition. Bound in publisher's original green cloth with spine stamped in gilt. Blind stamped covers and spine. Marbled end papers and edges.

Chicago: The S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1924. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 4 vol. Large 8vo. [2], 5-608, [2]; [2], 3-599, [1]; [4], 5-678; [4], 5-682 pp. Green publisher's cloth (reinforced with green cloth at the gutters) with a border in blind on each board, the spines in five compartments, gold lettering on the spines; all edges marbled. Marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author in volume one, volume one also with several full-page illustrations. Volume two is also illustrated with several full-page images and a color frontispiece of the state flag. Volumes three and four with several full-page black and white photographs, the photographs depict the subjects in the short biographies included in the volume. The history begins with a chapter on the Native people of Wisconsin, contines with the first European exploration of Wisconsin, and concludes at the early twentieth century. The illustrations depict the driftless area, buffalo, the… Read More

Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1924. Hardcover. Very good +/None. Hardcover. Four volume set. All 1/2 leather, marbled end papers. Bumps to corners, some shelf wear. There is some scuffing on the fronts boards and Vol I - on page 18 the spine becomes detached.