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[CHICAGO]. GILBERT, Paul and BRYSON, Charles Lee. Chicago a...

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[CHICAGO]. GILBERT, Paul and BRYSON, Charles Lee. Chicago and Its Makers. A Narrative of Events from the Day of the First White Man to the Inception of the Second World?s Fair. Chicago: Felix Mendelsohn, Publisher, 1929. Thick 4to. Profusely illustrated. xvi, [1]-1085, [1, blank] pp. Publisher?s full black cloth, front board and spine ruled in blind and lettered in gilt, marbled endleaves, publisher?s limitation plate on rp. (spine toned and edgeworn, some soiling, light wear to boards, some occasional thumbsoiling in text). Very good. FIRST EDITION, #673/2,000 COPIES. This copy of this unusually heavy tome is in better condition than generally found.