B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good- condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book covers have some edge wear, rubbing and fraying to the spine ends and corners. The rear cover has ground-in post of discoloration and there are several small spots of foxing. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name and date on the front pastedown page. "“In 1917, the Old Salem Lincoln League was formed at Petersburg, to carry on research work (on the pioneer village site) and keep alive the interest already aroused, ” says 1934 state records about New Salem’s restoration. “The Chautauqua association, with Mr. Hearst’s consent, conveyed the site to the State of Illinois to be used as a State Park, and in 1918 the League, with funds raised by popular subscription, erected several cabins on original sites, built a road, marked other cabin sites and in celebration of the occasion, gave a pageant depicting scenes of pioneer days. ” "