Chicago: The History of Its Reputation (in fine binding)
Published by Blue Ribbon, New York, 1929
- Used
Seller: Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABAA, ILAB), Bordentown, NJ, U.S.A.Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABAA, ILAB)
AbeBooks seller since December 12, 2003
Condition: Used - Fine
US$ 50.00
Quantity: 1 available
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Bound in three-quarter dark brown leather, hubbed spine, spine lettered in gilt. Patterned supplied endpapers. The "Centennial Edition 1833-1933" xii+ 518 pp. with short source list, index. Fronis and three additional full page photographic plates. Binding and text block fine. A slightly newer edition of the full original 1929 work that was reissued in the city's centennial in 1933 to coincide with the opening of the Century of Progress. Part One recaps Chicago's first 100 years with chapters on the decades before the1833 incorporation, Lincoln's election in 1860, the Civil War years, railroad and commerce expansion. Part two picks up the story, covering the "White City" World's Fair of 1893, through preparations for the 1933 exhibition.
Seller Inventory # E34119
Bibliographic details
- Title
- Chicago: The History of Its Reputation (in fine binding)
- Author
- Lloyd Lewis; Henry Justin Smith
- Publisher
- Blue Ribbon, New York
- Publication year
- 1929
- Condition
- Fine
- Binding
- Leather_bound
- Seller catalogs
- American History
Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABAA, ILAB)
Bordentown, NJ, U.S.A.
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Over 25,000 books in all areas. When in the cental New Jersey area, please visit our shop. Hours Wed.-Sun. 11-5. Easily accessible from New York City and Philadelphia, just off NJ Turnpike Exit 7. Visit historic Bordentown City, founded in 1682 and an important location during the American Revolution. (Visit www.downtownbordentown.com)
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Seller's business information
Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABAA, ILAB)
200 Farnsworth Avenue
Bordentown, NJ U.S.A. 08505
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