[CHICAGO]. A group of 10 works in 10 volumes, including:
Sale 741 - Books and Manuscripts including Americana
Jun 23, 2020
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
Estimate
$500 -
$700
Sold for $625
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[CHICAGO]. A group of 10 works in 10 volumes, including:
BEECHER, Edward. Narrative of Riots at Alton. Alton: George Holton, 1838. FIRST EDITION -- SHEAHAN, James W. UPTON, George P. The Great Conflagration. Chicago: It’s Past, present and Future. Chicago: Union Publishing Co., 1871. FIRST EDITION. -- MCCLURE, J. B. Stories and Sketches of Chicago. Chicago: Rhodes & McClure Publishers, 1880. FIRST EDITION. -- SPARKS, Edwin Erle, editor. The English Settlement in the Illinois. London and Cedar Rapids, Iowa: The Museum Book Store and The Torch Press, 1907. FIRST EDITION. -- MOODY, Walter D. Wacker’s Manual of the Plan of Chicago [Chicago]: Chicago Plan Commission, 1911. Early edition. -- And 5 others. Together, 10 works in 10 volumes, most FIRST EDITIONS, most in original publisher's or later cloth, condition generally fine. Complete list available on request.
Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery
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