Chicago: A. T. Andreas, 1884, 5, 6. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. maps, woodcuts, engraved portraits. Quartos, 648, 780, 875 pages, original most deluxe of the bindings in full morocco, extra-gilt spine and both covers, a.e.g. (sets were done in quarter, 3/4 and full morocco) ; edgeworn, vol. 1 rehinged.

The Standard History of Chicago through the 19thC - and not since superseded in its usefulness. [Jewell A18]. Andreas' work is fundamental to the study of Chicago [ Howes A243]. "The great mine of Chicago history ... undoubtedly the three volumes were the biggest and most important project ever undertaken and completed by Chicago printers [to that time] -Paul Angle." Andreas assembled this unparallelled reference work by employing platoons of researchers. In addition to the historical accounts, there are 2236 complete biographies within. " [THE HISTORY OF CHICAGO] is still recognized as the best historical record of Chicago in the nineteenth century -Walter W. Ristow." Collated and complete with 38 (not 36 as stated by Howes) plates and 3 maps, including .This set has the full set of 38 quality plates, including the long, multi-fold photo plate of the Great Chicago Fire. Also abundantly illustrated with woodcuts, maps, and facsimile autographs of notable Chicagoans. [ CHICAGO BY THE BOOK 101 Publications That Shaped The City and Its Image, 11].

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Bookseller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 0008779
Title: THE HISTORY OF CHICAGO.
Author: ANDREAS, Alfred T
Illustrator: maps, woodcuts, engraved portraits
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First edition
Publisher: A. T. Andreas
Place of Publication: Chicago
Date Published: 1884, 5, 6
Keywords: CHICAGO FIRE, Chicago, Illinois, American Civil War, Civil War 1861-1865, Cyrus Hall McCormick,
Bookseller catalogs: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical;
Note: May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.

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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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