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1871002189C F Vent 1871 Bound in dark green cloth with gilt spine decorations 528 pp. This copy with front board lightly rubbed gilt darkened and a closed tear to the front fold out map. Otherwise an unusually nice copy of a book found worn and read to death. C F Vent hardcover
18713Cincinnati & New York: C. F. Vent 1871. First Edition. Decorated cloth. Good /None. Chapin & Gulick. Small 8vo green embossed cloth with gilt on spine 36 stereotyped illustrations by Chapman & Gulik with the scarce foldout map of Chicago 528 pages. Scarce classic study of the CHICAGO FIRE with numerous contemporary engravings from photographs taken on location. With the Scarce 4to foldout map of Chicago showing burnt area slight 2" tear along one fold. Covers corners & upper cap rubbed with a 3" thin stain across the upper cover; all plates are present & have considerable browning; light foxing throughout as is typical. Overall an important and very readable study of this enormously destructive historical catastrophe. C. F. Vent hardcover
1871008287New York: C. F. Vent 1871. 528pp/illus/maps. Some foxing.Folded Maps.Illustrations made from actual photographs.Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. On October 8 1871 at around 9pm on a Sunday evening a fire began in a barn outside Chicago owned by Mrs. Katherine O'Leary. Driven by a strong wind out of the southwest the flames headed straight for the center of the city with branches of flame shooting in several directions. The fire spread quickly because of plank sidewalks high winds and the Chicago River itself igniting from the massive amounts of pollution in the greasy river. By 1:30am it reached the Courthouse tower; the watchman barely escaped by sliding down the banisters through the burning stairway. Original blind stamped cover. Light edgewear at spine. . 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket - Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. C. F. Vent hardcover
1867000181Paris France: Didier et Cie. 1867. Buckram. Fine. 12mo x 373 pages. Though apparently ex-library this copy is virtually unused; bound in red library-quality buckram with white stamping including Dewey decimal system call no. Interior is clean and bright except for first and last ten pages which appear to have been printed on paper of somewhat lower quailty 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex-Library. Didier et Cie. hardcover
1832204371832 IMPRIMERIE ROYALE septembre 1832,IN4 broché,23p.,a grandes marges,un peu jauni,traces de mouillures claires
1871P-18737Cincinnati: C.F. Vent 1871. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Original green gilt cloth with gilt spine ornamentation and large foldout map. One of the best contemporary histories of the Great Chicago Fire. A clean bright tight copy in a Mylar jacket well preserved. C.F. Vent hardcover
1871132Cincinnati: C. F. Vent 1871. 15 x 9 3/4 inches. Fair condition with the map trimmed on the bottom left as normally found. Two spots dot the lakefront on this one hundred and fifty year old map. See the pic please. This map comes from a hot-off-the-press book chronicling the destruction and quick response to the Chicago Fire. The book has many illustrations with the most prominent being this map by Elias Colbert and Everett Chamberlin. The map is a very early visual presentation of the swath of the Chicago Fire.The tragedy was well reported to those who opted to buy this tome. Two page introduction to the book attached. C. F. Vent unknown
181332259Poughkeepsie: Paraclete Potter 1813. Leather. Good. 1813 Poughkeepsie. A Good copy. 8vo. 278 pp. bound in full calf leather. Leather is rubbed and worn with chips to top and base of spine. Previous owner signature inside front cover. Light scattered foxing throughout text is unmarked and binding is sound. An early American book on the art of dyeing cloth one of the basic works of American arts and crafts from this early period. Includes instructions on how to prepare and use dyes. Paraclete Potter unknown
1872019331Chicago: University Publishing Company 1872. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. 110 pages of text. A collection of articles by various authors. Original green beveled cloth binding is rubbed at the extremities lightly shelfworn with minor flecking tiny spots of diminished coloration; protected in archival mylar. Contains 11 in-text illustrations. The front endpaper is creased the text has minor soiling to the page edges and the previous owner's name in pencil on both endpapers. First edition. University Publishing Company Hardcover books
1872019330Chicago: University Publishing Company 1872. Book. Good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. 110 pages of text. A collection of articles by various authors. Original hardcover binding is heavily worn with discoloration fading chipping with loss and staining; protected in archival mylar. The title page has a large piece torn off the bottom corner taking with it part of the publisher's name. The remainder of the text has some soiling foxing scuffing creasing but remains intact. Contains 11 in-text illustrations. Lacks one of two front blank endpapers. First edition. University Publishing Company Hardcover books
1872019331Chicago: University Publishing Company 1872. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. 110 pages of text. A collection of articles by various authors. Original green beveled cloth binding is rubbed at the extremities lightly shelfworn with minor flecking tiny spots of diminished coloration; protected in archival mylar. Contains 11 in-text illustrations. The front endpaper is creased the text has minor soiling to the page edges and the previous owner's name in pencil on both endpapers. First edition. University Publishing Company Hardcover
1872019330Chicago: University Publishing Company 1872. Book. Good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. 110 pages of text. A collection of articles by various authors. Original hardcover binding is heavily worn with discoloration fading chipping with loss and staining; protected in archival mylar. The title page has a large piece torn off the bottom corner taking with it part of the publisher's name. The remainder of the text has some soiling foxing scuffing creasing but remains intact. Contains 11 in-text illustrations. Lacks one of two front blank endpapers. First edition. University Publishing Company Hardcover
187013330Tours Alfred Mame et Fils 1870 GRAND In-8 358 pp, frontispice et une planche hors-texte ; toutes tranches dorées, dos orné de caissons dorés, estampe dorée d'une école sur le 1er plat. Faibles manque de cuir sur coiffe en tête, coins légèrement émomussés. Cuir et percaline de même couleur ; quelques rousseurs en début et fin de volume.
1874116884Tours Alfred Mame et Cie 1874 1 vol. relié grand in-8, demi-chagrin rouge, dos à nerfs orné de motifs et encadrements dorés, fer doré du lycée Stanislas sur le plat supérieur, tranches dorées, 350 pp., frontispice. Dos et plat inférieur un peu passés. Bon état.
1874116884Tours Alfred Mame et Cie 1874 1 vol. relié grand in-8, demi-chagrin rouge, dos à nerfs orné de motifs et encadrements dorés, fer doré du lycée Stanislas sur le plat supérieur, tranches dorées, 350 pp., frontispice. Dos et plat inférieur un peu passés. Bon état.
186336904Reliure demi-chagrin rouge. Dos à nerfs richement orné de caissons dorés. Tranches mouchetées. Mouillures claires. Avec cartes dépliantes.3 tomes sur 5.
188263422Garnier frères | Paris 1882 | 12 x 19 cm | 3 volumes reliés
188263422Paris: Garnier frères 1882. Fine. Garnier frères Paris 1882 12 x 19 cm 3 volumes reliés Second edition. Bradel bindings in half cloth. Ink ex-donos from a former owner on the half-title pages occasional foxing. Rare. Garnier frères hardcover
187020379Rouen, Auguste Le Brument, 1870 ; 2 tomes in-quarto (texte 313 mm et planches 320 mm), demi-chagrin marron foncé, dos à nerfs, roulettes, fleurons et titre dorés, non rogné (reliure de l'époque) ; XII, 420 pp., [4] pp. Liste des souscripteurs (pour 200 exemplaires au total), portrait ovale de l'auteur gravé par L. Merval en frontispice et atlas de LVIII planches en couleurs, imprimé par Silbermann à Strasbourg.