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THE GREAT CHICAGO FIRE
by Cromie, Robert
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/very good
- Seller
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Deerfield, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1958. first, limited edition. hardcover. Fine/very good. Special Gift Edition Limited to One Hundred and Ten numbered copies. This is #90, signed by the author. Also, a first edition, as stated on copyright page. Introduction by Paul M. Angle. Black and white illustrations, map on endpapers. Octavo, green cloth covers xi [1] 282 pages. Dust jacket has a little chipping at edges, spine a tad sunned, very good. Studio
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- Bookseller
- Alkahest Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000019606
- Title
- THE GREAT CHICAGO FIRE
- Author
- Cromie, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first, limited edition
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Book Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1958
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Alkahest Books
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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.
Glossary
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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