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CHICAGO'S LEFT BANK
by Smith, Alson J
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- fine/very good
- Seller
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Deerfield, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: Henry Regnery Co., 1953. first edition. hardcover. fine/very good. Octavo, tweedy maroon cloth covers, [6] + 173 pages. Includes section of black and white photos of some of the movers and shakers in the "then" arts scene. Index. Dust jacket has some wear at head and foot of spine and corner; spine sunned. "Almost," wrote Henry Mencken in the 1920s " one fancies the world bumped by a flying asteroid and the Chicago River turned into the Seine." "Smith sees Chicago as the Florence to New York's Rome." Studio
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- Bookseller
- Alkahest Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000019742
- Title
- CHICAGO'S LEFT BANK
- Author
- Smith, Alson J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first edition
- Publisher
- Henry Regnery Co.
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1953
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About the Seller
Alkahest Books
Biblio member since 2012
Deerfield, Illinois
About Alkahest Books
Alkahest Books was established in1984. We started as an open shop on Central St. in Evanston, IL, and sold books there until 2002 and later were part of Chicago Rare Book Center which closed in 2017. We are members of the Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association, and IOBA and sell both online and at book fairs. International customers should ask for a shipping quote before ordering as the rates given are only for smaller books.
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- Sunned
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- Octavo
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- New
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- Cloth
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