Morgan Dale Editor Milo Quaife (3 results)

First Edition. no dustjacket. Very Good condition.

Cloth. First Edition 432 pp, Photographs With Editorial Introduction, Bibliographical Notes, Index. V.G., dw worn with some chipping at top edge and fold. Exlibris on 2nd blanc.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. Two smart first edition volumes from the American Lakes Series, with illustrations throughout. Two volumes. First edition. The American Lakes Series. Edited by Milo Milton Quaife, an American historian of Michigan and the Great Lakes region. This set contains: Lake Ontario, 1945. Illustrated with forty-two images across twenty-two plates. Collated complete. Cut off from the other Great Lakes by the barrier of Niagara Falls, Lake Ontario, smallest of the five, has kept its picturesque shores and deep waters somewhat aloof from the commerce of the Upper Lakes. This work explores the history and formation of the beautiful lake. Written by Arthur Pound, an American journalist and author. The Great Salt Lake, 1947. Illustrated with twenty-seven images across twenty-two plates and six maps. Collated complete. Moody and withdrawn the Great Salt Lake clings to its air of mystery, and it is in this fascinating past that the writer begins his remarkable account of America's mountain sea. Written by Lowell Dale Morgan, an American historian, accomplished researcher, biographer, editor, and critic. Previously held in the library of John Byrne Cooke, an American author, musician, and photographer who was the son of English-born writer and broadcaster Alistair Cooke, and the great-grandnephew of Ralph Waldo Emerson. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor wear and bumping to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrappers are smart with light wear and the odd small closed tear to the extremities. Sunning to the spines with the odd small crease. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Very Good Indeed. book.