Letters from Illinois

by Morris Birkbeck

$350 · Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books

London: Taylor and Hessey, 1818. 8vo. xv, i , 114 pp., plus leaf of publisher’s advertisements. SECOND ENGLISH EDITION. Original boards, rebacked; interior excellent. Ownership signature of Ralph R. Ritzman on the fly-leaf. Item #16936 Second English edition. Birkbeck’s Letters from Illinois was a follow-up to his wildly popular Notes on a journey in America, from the coast

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