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Sat, Jan 27, 2018 11:00AM EST - Sun, Jan 28, 2018 11:00AM EST
Lot 306

Group of Five Volumes Related to the City of Chicago.

Estimate: $200 - $300

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[Chicago] Group of Five Volumes Related to the City of Chicago. Including Walks About Chicago (1869) by Wilkie; “Chicago Album” (ca. 1876), disbound accordion-format souvenir book of views of notable sites in the city; John Kinzie: Chicago’s Pioneer (1910); Chicago in Picture & Poetry (1903) by Fiske, with a pair of Mayor and Citizens’ Committee Centennial Celebration of the settlement of Chicago invitations (1903) laid inside; and Child’s First Drawing Book (Chicago: A.H. Andrews, 1846), lower wrapper pictorial pub.’s ad. for school supplies, based in Chicago. Various sizes and condition.

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