[Chicago Fire]. A group of 27 works about Chicago and the Fire, including:

1) Chicago. A Strangers and Tourists' Guide to the City of Chicago... Chicago: J.S. Thompson for Relig. Philo. Pub. Association, 1866. 23 plates (lacking folding map). Chicago Ante Fire 1031; Howes C-365.

2) Chicago Before the Great Fire Containing Elegant Photogravures of the Principal and Most Prominent Scenes in Chicago Prior to the Great Fire of 1871. Chicago: Transcontinental Pub. and Ptg. Co., [1871]. Oblong 4to. Original cloth gilt (front cover detached, lacking spine, significant rubbing).

3) Final Report of the Proceedings of the Masonic Board of Relief of the City of Chicago. Chicago: Hazlitt & Reed, 1872. 8vo. Original blue cloth gilt (light rubbing).

4) Andreas, A.T. History of Chicago from the Earliest Period to the Present Time. Chicago: A.T. Andreas, 1884. 3 volumes. 4to. Original half calf gilt (rubbing, all hinges starting).

5) Colbert, Elias and Everett Chamberlain. Chicago and the Great Conflagration. Cincinnati and New York: C.F. Vent, 1871. 8vo. Folding map showing burnt district with additional illustrations throughout. (Spotting throughout.) Original brown cloth (rubbing, sunning to spine). [With]: Another copy. Salesman's dummy sample.

6) [Foster, John Wells, et al.]. The Lakeside Fire Memorial. Chicago: The University Publishing Company, 1872. 8vo. (Occasional spotting.) Original orange cloth gilt (rubbing, soiling). WITH 12 ORIGINAL MOUNTED ALBUMEN PRINTS. The book was also issued without these photos. VERY RARE: The last copy we could trace at auction was at Swann Galleries in 1965.

7) Roe, Edward Payson. Barriers Burned Away. New York: Dodd & Mead, 1872. 12mo. (Lacking title page.) Original red and cream pictorial cloth (rubbing, soiling, hinges starting.)

8) Sewell, Alfred L. "The Great Calamity!" Scenes, Incidents, and Lessons of the Great Chicago Fire. Chicago: Alfred L. Sewell, 1871. 8vo. 1 folding map (small hole in upper portion of map.) Original green cloth gilt (some rubbing).

And 19 others. Together, 27 works in 29 volumes, Various 8vo and 4to sizes, primarily original bindings, condition generally good.

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