The Great Conflagration. Chicago: Its Past, Present and Future. [SICKLES FORGERY - MARK TWAIN]

Shehan, James and George Upton

Published by Union Publishing Company, Chicago, 1871

About this Item

8vo. - (4),458 pp. - Original green cloth with pictorial decoration on front cover stamped in gilt (City Hall of Chicago burning). - Covers worn at extremities, spine somewhat faded, some foxing on endpapers, else very good. - First Edition. - Profusely illustrated with engravings (many full- page), and a folding engraved map, showing the bounderies of the fire. - Signed on inside front cover in ink "S.L. Clemens (Mark Twain)", and on front free endpaper "Eugene Field / Chicago, Sept. 14, 1895". - A note in pencil on front free endpaper states: "Autographs of Field and Twain are believed to be the work of notorious forger, Henry Dayton Sickles. Authority: Ralph Newman, Abraham Lincoln Book Store. - Newberry Library has a collection of Sickles' forgeries. Sickles worked in Chicago. 8/12/69.".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Great Conflagration. Chicago: Its Past, Present and Future. [SICKLES FORGERY - MARK TWAIN]
• Publisher: Union Publishing Company, Chicago
• Publication Date: 1871
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: not applicable
• Seller catalogs:
  • Forgeries - Chicago