ILLINOIS AND THE WEST, WITH A TOWNSHIP MAP CONTAINING THE LATEST SURVEYS AND IMPROVEMENTS.
Jones, A.D.
Boston: Weeks, Jordan & Co.; Philadelphia: W. Marshall and Co., 1838. 12mo. 255, (1)pp. Folding map with hand-colored outline. Original gilt-stamped purple ribbon-embossed cloth (faded). Scattered light foxing, but a very good copy. (Item ID: 33676)
$1,000.00
First edition. Howes J-184: "500 copies printed." Streeter III, 1465: " An honest and optimistic New England description of the Illinois frontier. Jones recommends immigration to the industrious, but warns that the original southern settlers of the state are a different breed and can be astonished at the New Englander's natural attention to pennies in money matters."