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Illinois, Historical and Statistical, Volume I; Comprising the Essential Facts of its Planting and Growth as a Province, County, Territory, and State [FIRST EDITION]
by MOSES, John
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: Fergus, 1889. First Edition. Cloth. Fair. 8vo. Navy cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Illustrated plates and maps throughout. 551 pp.
Front hinge splitting and threatening to detach. Rear cover detached. Cloth covering of spine loose on left edge but attached on right. Attractive bookplate of previous owner (Chalkley Jay Hambleton of Aurora, IL) pasted inside front cover. Pages through p. 12 loose and laid in.
This is a scarce first edition of the first volume of Illinois politician and historian Moses' magnum opus, a comprehensive work which took the author 11 years to complete. (Howes M-856).
Front hinge splitting and threatening to detach. Rear cover detached. Cloth covering of spine loose on left edge but attached on right. Attractive bookplate of previous owner (Chalkley Jay Hambleton of Aurora, IL) pasted inside front cover. Pages through p. 12 loose and laid in.
This is a scarce first edition of the first volume of Illinois politician and historian Moses' magnum opus, a comprehensive work which took the author 11 years to complete. (Howes M-856).
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- Bookseller
- Uncharted Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1590
- Title
- Illinois, Historical and Statistical, Volume I; Comprising the Essential Facts of its Planting and Growth as a Province, County, Territory, and State [FIRST EDITION]
- Author
- MOSES, John
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Fergus
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1889
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- Hinge
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