Reminiscences of Chicago During the Forties and Fifties
by William Bross; Charles Cleaver; Joseph Jefferson; Mabel McIlvaine (Intro)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: R. R. Donnelley & Sons / The Lakeside Press. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1913. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full green cloth, gilt lettering on spine, gilt border and publisher's medallion, gilt, on cover, t.e.g., fore-edge deckle. Illustrated with tissue-protected frontispiece drawing of Chicago in 1853. Includes: Introduction; William Bross - extracted from "What I remember of early Chicago", a lecture delivered Jan. 23, 1876; Charles Cleaver - extracts from articles which appeared first in the Chicago tribune; Joseph Jefferson, Chicagoan - reprinted from "The autobiography of Joseph Jefferson"; and Chicago's first railroad systems - reprinted from Andraes's "History of Chicago." . Head and heel of spine show very slight shelf-wear, very modest fading to gilt on spine, else pristine, unmarked, tight, square, and clean. NEAR FINE. . The Lakeside Classics Series. Vol. 11. B&W Illustrations. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. xxxiii, 137 pp .
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- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19987
- Title
- Reminiscences of Chicago During the Forties and Fifties
- Author
- William Bross; Charles Cleaver; Joseph Jefferson; Mabel McIlvaine (Intro)
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued
- Edition
- First Edition Thus. First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- R. R. Donnelley & Sons / The Lakeside Press
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1913
- Keywords
- Lakeside Classics;, Rare Books;, Chicago;, Chicago History;, Early Chicago History;
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Palatine, Illinois
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- Tight
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- Gilt
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- Fine
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- 12mo
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Heel
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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