Search Results: Freedom's Champion--Elijah Lovejoy by Paul Simon

Southern Illinois University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1994. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0809319403 . Signed and dated by author on second page. First edition, first printing of this edition published by Southern Illinois Univ. Press in 1994. Tan covers with black lettering on spine. Book is in very good condition. Dust jacket is faded along spine, has some creasing along top edge and is in good plus condition. 206 pages, 1.1 lbs.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 206 pages; Signed by Author .

Carbondale, Illinois, U.S.A.: Southern Illinois Univ Pr, 1994. Gift inscribed to author Lila Perl on free end page by Paul Simon. Second edition.. Signed by Author. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1994. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition. The interesting biography of the early nineteenth century abolitionist and possibly the first American martyr to freedom of the press, discussing his upbringing, education, his political, philosophical, and religious views, his business enterprises, how his views and activities were received in his native slave-owning state of Missouri, his move to Illinois and his press activities there, much more, his life culminating in his ultimate and unsolved murder in 1937 at the young age of thirty-five. Hardcover with dust jacket, illustrations, notes, indexed, 206pp. A very nice copy, the jacket neatly encased in an acid-free archival plastic protector. Very rare in this condition and original printing. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.