Description: ARCTIC EXPLORATIONS: The Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, 54, 556.75 x 4.5 with 448 pages. With note to shareholders. All Lakeside Classics have the same, elegant format: gilt top pages, spine and Lakeside’s logo on cloth covers. Beautifully designed text. All Lakeside Classics have the same, elegant format: gilt top pages, spine and Lakeside’s logo on cloth covers. Beautifully designed text.The Lakeside Press Classics series was started in 1903 by Thomas E. Donnelley, then president of RR Donnelley & Sons Company and son of the founder. Thomas E. Donnelley believed that a simple book, dignified and well designed, would be an appropriate holiday gift. The collection of Lakeside Classics is the longest, continuously running series of Americana. Every year since 1903 their publisher, The Lakeside Press an imprint of R. R. Donnelley & Son, has produced these carefully bound books as Christmas gifts to their employees, stockholders, vendors and business associates. The books in the series have never been sold by R. R. Donnelley, so their sale only occurs when the books have entered the secondary market. Every twenty-five years the color of the binding has changed. From 1903 to 1927 the publisher used a dark green cloth to cover the boards (now often referred to as the "greenies".) From 1928 to 1952 there was a red cloth covering; from 1953 to 1977 a dark blue cloth was employed; from 1978 to 2002 a dark brown cloth was employed. In December of 2003 the publishers again changed the cloth binding to a blue turquoise color to mark the 101st year of Lakeside Classics. All have gilt text stamping on the spine and the front boards have always shown the then current seal for the Lakeside Press. Reliable sources have informed us that The Lakeside Press produced approximately 1,000 copies of the 1903 edition. However, for the years 1904 through 1910 the number of printings was reduced to approximately 600 copies for each year. Reprints of only the first five books in the series were produced for sale under the Reilly & Britton Company imprint.See my other auctions of museum catalogs, antiquarian books, photography books, art deco and Chicagoana.
Price: 14 USD
Location: Chicago, Illinois
End Time: 2025-01-08T16:36:53.000Z
Shipping Cost: 6.63 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Collector's Edition, Illustrated
Author: Elysha Kent Kane
Publisher: R R Donnelley Lakeside Press
Topic: Arctic Exploration
Character Family: Not Applicable
Subject: Biography
Original/Facsimile: Original
