Chicago, Cincinnati, Philadelphia: Union Publishing Co., 1871. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 folding maps, 44 woodcuts. Octavo, 450, [ii] pages; embossed original green cloth, top edge thickly gilt ( suggesting the first printing, I think)

One of the two contemporary, popular, book-length accounts of the fire of October, 1871, known as The Great Chicago Fire. Written by two journalists. [Jewel V25]. "Fortunately the basin, which is formed on the lake shore ... afforded a convenient dumping place for the immense quantities of rubbish taken from the ruins. Is some such place were not afforded, the expense attending the removal would be increased incalculably. This rubbish, though worthless in itself, is of great value to the city, since it is making land for the city at the rate of $1000 a day - p.338." 2 folding maps, 44 woodcuts. Includes a poem, "Chicago" by John Greenleaf Whittier: "Men said at vespers: All is well ! / In one wild night the city fell".

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Bookseller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 0008854
Title: THE GREAT CONFLAGRATION.
Author: SHEAHAN, James W. & Geo. P. UPTON
Illustrator: 2 folding maps, 44 woodcuts
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First edition
Publisher: Union Publishing Co.
Place of Publication: Chicago, Cincinnati, Philadelphia
Date Published: 1871
Keywords: Chicago fire, Peshtigo fire, John G. Whittier, firefighting, bret harte, Great Chicago Fire, chicago, Illinois, fire, john greenleaf whittier, mrs. o'leary's cow, Bret harte, rush medical college, chicago tribune, Field & Leiter,

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Joyce And Company has been in business as a professional rare bookseller and appraiser since 1975. Owner Thomas Joyce was the regular book appraiser on Home & Garden TV\'s \"The Appraisal Fair\\\" program, on international broadcasts. Thomas Joyce was the co-discoverer of George Washington's personal copy of William Leybourn's 1679 edition of THE COMPLEAT SURVEYOR, from which young Washington learned some of his surveying skills at age 16. The book had vanished for nearly a century until its re-discovery in 2017. It is now back at Mt. Vernon.

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