Lakeside Press Classic: Narratives of Barbary Captivity (  2007) New

"Thomas E. Donnelley believed that a simple book, dignified and well designed, would be an appropriate holiday gift. 

In the introduction to the first Lakeside Press Classics, he wrote, "If, in a modest way this volume conveys the idea that machine-made books are not a crime against art, and that books may be plain but good, and good though not costly, its mission has been accomplished".

The basic format of the Lakeside Press Classics has remained the same for more than 100 years, testifying to the sound design of the first volume. Every 25 years the cover material is changed and type style adjusted to keep pace with current developments in fine book making. Production methods are updated as book manufacturing improvements are introduced. Current editions use electronic page composition, digital scanning and state-of-the-art computer-to-plate technologies.

Many of the early volumes consisted of the speeches and writings of noted Americans. With the publication in 1911 of The Autobiography of Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard, the series took its present character: first-person narratives of American history, usually taken from books long out of print and not easily obtainable. Through the 1980s, the volumes emphasized history on the North American continent, including titles on the Civil War, the American Old West, early exploration and everyday frontier life. During the 1990s, as the company extended its business internationally, the series was expanded to include narratives by Americans with experiences beyond our borders.

 
Today, the volumes are still produced with the utmost honor, dignity and respect as when they were started in 1903. The Men and Woman of RR Donnelley still take great pride in producing this great book, even with its simplest design. I know of no other series that have such pride and enjoyable meaning behind them as The Lakeside Classic does. "

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