History of Chicago: from the Earliest Period to the Present Time Volume I: Ending with the Year 1857
by Andreas, A T
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E-378: A T Andreas. Good. 1884. First Edition; First Printing. Leather. Leather. 4to. Published by A. T. Andreas, Chicago, IL. 1884. 648 pgs. Illustrated with portraits and maps. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in 3/4 brown leather and matching cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (boards are scuffed and worn to the edges of the boards). No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. There Is A Special Index Section With The Names Of Over 4000 Early Chicago Resident Pioneers. The Page Numbers Where Their Role In Early Chicago Is Indicated Is In The Index, Allowing Easy Access. There Are Over 100 Illustration Views Including Photographs And Over 25 Maps Of Early Illinois And Chicago. The First Section Of 112 Pages Is About The Explorers Of The Frontier, Fort Dearborn And The Fort Dearborn Massacre. A Second Section Starts With A Two Page Map Of Chicago In 1830. Thompson's Plat Map Is Included. This Is An Amazing Compilation Of Early Chicago's History. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 648 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Last Exit Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 68711
- Title
- History of Chicago: from the Earliest Period to the Present Time Volume I: Ending with the Year 1857
- Author
- Andreas, A T
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- A T Andreas
- Place of Publication
- E-378
- Date Published
- 1884
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana;
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