[LAKESIDE CLASSICS]. A collection of 28 titles published in R.R. Donnelley's Lakeside Classics series. Chicago: R.R. Donnelley Press, 1922-1923, 1953-1977, 1978. Together 28 volumes. Uniform octavo size. Many with plates and maps, some folding. Original gilt-lettered cloth bindings, generally in fine condition.
Comprising: Green Lakeside Press Classics. 1922-1923. – Blue Lakeside Press Classics. 1953-1977. – Brown Lakeside Press Classics. 1978. A complete run of the Blue Lakeside Classics. This is the longest running continuous series of books in the world, a unique publishing venture spanning more than a century. The firm has published one volume a year at Christmas since 1903, and changed the color of the cloth binding nearly every 25 years.
[LAKESIDE CLASSICS]. A collection of 28 titles published in R.R. Donnelley's Lakeside Classics series. Chicago: R.R. Donnelley Press, 1922-1923, 1953-1977, 1978. Together 28 volumes. Uniform octavo size. Many with plates and maps, some folding. Original gilt-lettered cloth bindings, generally in fine condition.
Comprising: Green Lakeside Press Classics. 1922-1923. – Blue Lakeside Press Classics. 1953-1977. – Brown Lakeside Press Classics. 1978. A complete run of the Blue Lakeside Classics. This is the longest running continuous series of books in the world, a unique publishing venture spanning more than a century. The firm has published one volume a year at Christmas since 1903, and changed the color of the cloth binding nearly every 25 years.
![[LAKESIDE CLASSICS]. A collection of 28 titles published in R.R. Donnelley's Lakeside Classics series. Chicago: R.R. Donnelley Press, 1922-1923, 1953-1977, 1978. Together 28 volumes. Uniform octavo size. Many with plates and maps, some folding. Original gilt-lettered cloth bindings, generally in fine condition.](/lot-images/6018657/2016/NYR/2016_NYR_12190_0411_000(lakeside_classics_a_collection_of_28_titles_published_in_rr_donnelleys073543).jpg?maxwidth=3840)