GAZETTEER OF THE ST. JOSEPH VALLEY, MICHIGAN AND INDIANA, WITH A VIEW OF ITS HYDRAULIC AND BUSINESS CAPACITIES
by Turner, T.G
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About This Item
Chicag: Hazlitt & Reed, Printers, 1867. 166,[2]pp. including one plate. Frontis. Original cloth, spine neatly rebacked with binder's cloth tape. A very good, clean copy. Includes descriptions of the Valley and its counties, with many illustrated advertisements for local businesses, mostly from South Bend, but some from other places in Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio (pp.88-166). Full of interesting local historical sketches about settlement, businesses, etc. With a full-page illustration of the Studebaker Brothers' carriage and wagon factory in South Bend, and a frontispiece depicting the residence of Schuyler Colfax, Speaker of the House. HOWES T427. CHICAGO ANTE-FIRE 1263. DECKER 32:382.
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- Bookseller
- William Reese Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- GAZETTEER OF THE ST. JOSEPH VALLEY, MICHIGAN AND INDIANA, WITH A VIEW OF ITS HYDRAULIC AND BUSINESS CAPACITIES
- Author
- Turner, T.G
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hazlitt & Reed, Printers
- Place of Publication
- Chicag
- Date Published
- 1867
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We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Rebacked
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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