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History of Chicago. From the Earliest Period to the Present Time (3 volumes complete)

By: Andreas, A.T.

Price: $900.00

Publisher: Chicago, A.T. Andreas: 1884

Seller ID: 55187

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Bindings edgeworn, spine ends chipped with a small amount of loss, previous owner's bookplates, ink stamp and penned name, neat tape repair to rear side of one fold of Chicago fire foldout; Full gilt-worked brown leather bindings, 5 raised bands, beveled edges, marbled endpapers, AEG. Numerous B&W illustrations, including many maps (including color map) and 4 panel foldout photo of aftermath of Chicago fire, indices. Vol I: Ending with the Year 1857, 648 pp; Vol II: From 1857 until the Fire of 1871, 780 pp; Vol III: From the Fire of 1871 Until 1885, 876 pp. Photos available on request; 4to
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Illionois State Historical Society: Transactions for the Year 1936. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting Papers Presented At the Time, and Contributions to State History (Illinois State Historical Library, Publication No. 43)

By: Angle, Paul M. (ed. )

Price: $5.00

Publisher: NP, Illinois State Historical Library: 1936

Seller ID: 46498

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Ex-library; Blue cloth hardback. B&W photos. Index; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 194 pages
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Chicago Public Works: a History

By: Author Unknown

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Chicago, Rand McNally: 1973

Seller ID: 6846

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket

In lightly edgeworn pc DJ; Black cl. B&W photos. Appendices, index; 4to; viii + 238 pages
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1893 guide to chicago world's fair

By: Author Unknown

Price: $12.00

Publisher: NP, Unknown: 1893

Seller ID: 53471

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

Map of Chicago glued on title page obscuring bibliographic information, backstrip missing, binding edgeworn, previous owner's neat notes on front endpapers and innotes section, newspaper ads glued to page 11, map of downtown Chicago glued to page 13, train schedules glues to pages 72 & 73 ; Black flexible leatherette covers . B&W illustrations, maps. Guide to Chicago during 1893 World's Fair ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 232 pages
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On and Beyond the Mississippi: Essays Honoring Thomas Tredway

By: Blanck, Dag and Michael Nolan

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Rock Island, IL, Augustana Historical Society: 2004

Seller ID: 26541

ISBN: 0910184461

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Paperback. xvi + 125 pp. B&W illusts. Essays by various authors honoring President of Augustana College on his retirement; Small 4to; xvi + 125 pages
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Navy Pier: A Chicago Landmark

By: Bukowski, Douglas

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Chicago, Metro Pier & Exposition Auth: 1996

Seller ID: 26287

ISBN: 1566631157

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good+

Paperback. 88 pp. B&W & color illustrations. History of Chicago landmark; 4to; 88 pages
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The Thing of it Is: With Reflections on Chicago and the Problem Society

By: Callaway, John (Forward by Eugene Kennedy)

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Ottawa, IL, Jameson Books: 1994

Seller ID: 29238

ISBN: 0915463652

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

In VG DJ; Signed/inscribed by author. Hardback (maroon cloth spine/blue boards) . xxvi+292 pp. Collection of writings by Chicago newsman; Small 8vo; xxvi + 292 pages; Signed by Author
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Churchill Corner Dedication, October 27, 1977

By: Clarke, Robert

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Chicago, City Of Chicago: 1977

Seller ID: 20221

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good+

Paperback. 16 pp. Program for ceremony designating Chicago historical site where early environmentalists (Oekologists) met; 12mo; 16 pages
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Chicago Public Works: A History

By: Department of Public Works

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Chicago, Rand McNally: 1973

Seller ID: 15201

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good+ dust jacket

In lightly edgeworn DJ; Black cl. Viii + 238 pp. B&W photos. Appendices, index; Small 4to; viii + 238 pages
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What We Saw in the General Motors Exhibit Building at a Century of Progress

By: General Motors

Price: $8.00

Publisher: NP, General Motors: 1933

Seller ID: 16234

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good+

Souvenir brochure from 1933 Chicago World's Fair. 4.5" x 9" folded, 18" x 18" unfolded. B&W photos
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Benjamin S. Bloom: Portraits of an Educator

By: Guskey, Thomas R. (ed.)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Lanham, MD, R&L Education: 2006

Seller ID: 50418

ISBN: 1578862434

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good+

Paperback. CD in rear pockest. Collection of writings by various authors on life and work of University of Chicago educational psychologist; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xxx + 178 pages
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Chaos, Creativity, and Culture: A Sampling of Chicago in the Twentieth Century

By: Heise, Kenan

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Salt Lake City, Gibbs-Smith Publisher: 1998

Seller ID: 33079

ISBN: 0879050543

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket

In DJ, DJ starting to delaminate; Gray cloth hardback. 1st printing. 192 pp. B&W illustrations. Index; 4to; 192 pages
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Kendall County Illinois, from the Earliest Discoveries to the Present Time

By: Hicks, E. W.

Price: $175.00

Publisher: Aurora, IL, Knickerbocker & Hodder: 1877

Seller ID: 55105

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Corners lightly rubbed ; Green cloth hardback. Illustrated frontispiece, decorative initial letters. Unsigned note from author tipped-in ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
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Aaron Montgomery Ward, Entrepreneur, Environmentalist, Consumerist

By: Illinois Special Events Commission

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Chicago, Illinois Special Events Commission: 1971

Seller ID: 47532

Binding: Hardback

Condition: Very Good

Light foxing to cover label of slipcase, very light soiling to slipcase ; In Slipcase. "Kit" commemorating Aaron Montgomery Ward, founder of famed mail order business. Box in slipcase contains several soft cover documents including: short history of company; facsimiles of early Montgomery Ward items including Catalogue No. 13 (1875) ; and signed 2 page letter from chairman of Illinois Special Events Commission which prepared the kit; 4to 11" - 13" tall
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Peoria Industry: A Pictorial History

By: Klein, Jerry

Price: $31.00

Publisher: St. Louis, G. Bradley Pub. Inc: 1997

Seller ID: 48929

ISBN: 0943963591

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket

In VG+ DJ; Brown gilt-worked hardback. B&W photos. Bibliography, index. Limited edition No. 994 of 3000 copies, History of industry in Peoria, IL ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 151 pages
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The First Century: The Chicago Bar Association

By: Kogan, Herman

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Chicago, Rand McNalley: 1974

Seller ID: 3737

ISBN: 0528819747

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Good dust jacket

In chipped DJ; Red cl. B&W photos. Biblio, index; 8vo; 320 pages
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Voices of Barrington

By: Kostick, Diane P

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Chicago, Arcadia/Tempus: 2002

Seller ID: 26413

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good+

Signed/inscr by author. Paperback. 128 p. B&W illus. Residents' memories of Barrington, IL. Part of Voices of America series; 8vo; 128 pages; Signed by Author
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Landrum's Quincy, Volume 1

By: Landrum, Carl & Shirley

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Quincy, IL, Justice Publications: 1996

Seller ID: 55202

ISBN: 1884177506

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with No dust jacket as issued

No DJ as issued ; Blue hardback binding with tipped-in B&W photo cover illustrations. B&W photos ; Small 4to (10.1 X 8.0 X 0.8 inches); 200 pages
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Wheaton, Illinois: A Pictorial History

By: Moore, Jean

Price: $75.00

Publisher: St. Louis, MO, G. Bradley Pub: 1997

Seller ID: 55387

ISBN: 0943963362

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket

In VG+ DJ (in protector) ; Gilt-docorated green hardback binding. B&W photos, maps, index. History of Illinois city; 4to (12.1 X 9.3 X 0.9 inches); 208 pages
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Sparland: Crossroads of the Illinois River Valley, 1855-2005

By: Riddell, Clarabel and Jim and Gail Frank (eds.)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Sparland, IL, Sparland Sesquicentennial: 2005

Seller ID: 27752

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good+

Paperback. 222 pp. B&W illustrations. History of Illinois community; 4to; 222 pages
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Category: Americana - Illinois