PAST & PRESENT BOONE COUNTY ILLINOIS 1877
by Kett - H.F. Kett & Co. Publishers
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+/No Jacket
- Seller
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Poplar Grove, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: H.F. Kett & Co., 1877. Brown hardcover decorated cloth binding with gilt titles. Library spine stickers, no other library markings, name in pencil ffep of person who donated it to the library. Pencil note ffep. Inlaid color county map precedes title page. Interior clean and tight. Good hinges. 414 pages detailing history of this Illinois county; its cities towns and townships; a biographical directory of its citizens; war record of its volunteers in the late rebellion; portraits of early settlers and prominent men; general and local statistics; history of the Northwest; History of Illinois; Constitution of the United States; Miscellaneous Matters; etc.. Illus. by illustrated. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good+/No Jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Deja Vu Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012532
- Title
- PAST & PRESENT BOONE COUNTY ILLINOIS 1877
- Author
- Kett - H.F. Kett & Co. Publishers
- Illustrator
- illustrated
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- H.F. Kett & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1877
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Bookseller catalogs
- Non-Fiction - Adult, General; IDA Library Inventory;
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