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Lot 263
Sale 741 - Books and Manuscripts including Americana
Jun 23, 2020
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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[CHICAGO -- PRE-FIRE]. A Guide to the City of Chicago. Chicago: T. Ellwood Zell & Co., 1868.
12mo. Folding map, 188pp. text (paginated 9-196), 8pp. advertisements (paginated 1-8, 197); 26 plates. (Some spotting or soiling.) Original publisher's grey cloth gilt (some wear to joints, slight fading).
RARE PRE-FIRE GUIDE TO CHICAGO. Howes notes two issues of the 1868 edition: the present issue and an abridged issue with 108pp. only. Howes C368 (calling for 24 plates only); Sabin 12655 (calling for 24 plates only).
Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery