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Gem of the Prairie: An Informal History of the Chicago Underworld by ASBURY, HERBERT - 1940

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Gem of the Prairie: An Informal History of the Chicago Underworld

by ASBURY, HERBERT

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New York: Knopf, 1940. First Edition, First printing. Hard Cover. Stated First Edition. NEAR-FINE IN NEAR-FINE DUST JACKET WITH $3.50 PRICE. NO WRITING OR NAMES. A pretty copy.
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  • Place of Publication New York
  • Date Published 1940

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Gem of the Prairie: An Informal History of the Chicago Underworld

Gem of the Prairie: An Informal History of the Chicago Underworld

by Asbury, Herbert (Author); Duis, Perry R. (Introduction By)

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DeKalb, IL: Northern Illinois University Press, 1986. Softcover. Good+/No Jacket. Used Book: Trade Paperback Standard used condition. Reading copy or better.
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Gem of the Prairie

by Herbert Asbury

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Alfred A. Knopf. First Edition. hardcover. Good/Missing. 8x5x1. First Edition; 1940. Illustrated paper covered boards; purple cloth spine with darkened spine titles; edges worn with boards exposed at corners; 8vo, 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; no jacket. Previous owner's name on front pastedown; Interior is clean and unmarked; illustrations in black and white; 377 pages.
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New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1940. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. An informal History of the Chicago Underworld First Edition Stated. Book is in good condition. Boards are clean, bumping noted, spine sun fades - some discoloration noted on spine edges. Red Spray on top edges. Not remaindered. No dust jacket All-ways well boxed, All-ways fast service. Thanks..
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by Asbury, Herbert

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Northern Illinois Univ Pr, 1986. Soft cover. New/As New. STORED NEW PRISTINE CONDITION SANITIZED THEN WRAPPED
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by ASBURY, Herbert

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940. 8vo. [10], 377, [1], xix, [1] pp. Frontispiece, illustrations (many full page). Quarter-purple cloth over illustrated boards (minor shelfwear, some offsetting from binding glue on endpapers), w/ d.j. (very minor chipping head & foot of spine, edgewear, minor dustsoiling), still VG/VG copy. First edition, stated, of this fascinating history of the Chicago Fire, prostitution, gambling, bootlegging, racketeering, and more.
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 377p +19p index, octavo, illustrated. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket spine darkened.
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Gem of the Prairie: An Informal History of the Chciago Underworld

by Herbert Asbury

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Garden City, New York: Garden City Publishing Co, 1942. Hardcover, [octavo], maroon cloth boards, black spine titles, pictorial dust jacket, 377 pp., xix. Very good book; very good dust jacket, wraps worn and soiled.
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Gem of the Prairie: An Informal History of the Chicago Underworld
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Gem of the Prairie: An Informal History of the Chicago Underworld

by Asbury, Herbert

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Northern Illinois University Press, 1986-06-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!
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by ASBURY, Herbert

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1940. ASBURY, Herbert. Gem of the Prairie: An Informal History of the Chicago Underworld. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940. 1st ed. 8vo. [14], 377, [1], xix (index), [1] pp., frontis., illus. In orig. cloth-back pictorial boards with d/j. Near fine in non-price clipped d/j.
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