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HAND-BOOK OF CHICAGO'S CHARITIES [Illustrated with a fold-out map of Chicago]
by Visher, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good- condition
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Chicago, IL: Illinois Conference of Charities and Corrections, 1892. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). 180 pages of text. Original hardcover brown cloth binding with moderate shelfwear; title stamped in gilt on front cover; protected in custom stiff archival mylar. No dustjacket [doubtful that it was issued with a dustjacket]. Darker brown gilt-lettered spine label added at a later date (circa 1990), providing readable title and date from shelf. Illustrated with a fold-out map in red, green, blue and black, moderately darkened from offsetting from endpaper. Map titled "Map of Chicago's Charitable Institutions." Additionally illustrated with 18 black & white photographs, and 21 line-drawings or sketches of the buildings in which various institutions resided. Also, about a dozen illustrated advertisements, and several additional unillustrated. The photograph and early text pages are printed on excellent quality paper, but the remainder of the text is printed on highly acidic paper, which has been affected by moderate uniform browning, and is brittle and requires careful handling. All of these pages are detached from the binding, and several have minor chipping to page edges, with no loss of text. A rare Chicago item..
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- Bookseller
- Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006599
- Title
- HAND-BOOK OF CHICAGO'S CHARITIES [Illustrated with a fold-out map of Chicago]
- Author
- Visher, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good- condition
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Illinois Conference of Charities and Corrections
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, IL
- Date Published
- 1892
- Size
- Octavo (8vo)
Terms of Sale
Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
For most items, media mail shipping will cost $3.95 and Priority $7.95, and insurance is available for an additional cost. Books guaranteed to be as described; condition guaranteed if sent insured. Authenticity guaranteed on autograph and manuscript material. All items returnable within 10 days; notification of return is required; a small restocking fee may apply if return is due to customer error. Shipping rates are for normal octavo (8vo) titles; heavy, oversize (folio and quarto 4to), multi-volumes sets and special services such as insurance are extra.
About the Seller
Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
Biblio member since 2003
Chicago, Illinois
About Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
Primarily mail-order and shows; open bookstore only by appointment or invitation; select inventory of 30,000+ books, ephemera, autographs, maps and manuscript material. Most dustjackets protected in archival mylar. Many books without dustjackets protected in custom archival mylar. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB), The Manuscript Society, and the Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association (MWABA) (formerly the Midwest Bookhunters or MWBH). Proprietor: Kurt Gippert.
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Octavo
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- Edges
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- Spine Label
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- First Edition
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- Remainder
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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