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Publicado por Odhams Press Ltd, 1940
Librería: Shore Books, London, Reino Unido
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Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 96 pages. Illustrated. Antony Field "Wars That Never End" / P A Pollock "The Flying Submarine" / James Small " Roots With Wings" / W H Miller "Million Volt X-Ray Tube" / Francis Rocket "Cartoon Film (Shell Film Unit)" / Science Foils The Spy / Upton Sinclair "The Technique of Telepathy" W J Mackey "A Glass of Water is Dynamite" (SL#98).
Publicado por The Church Book Room Press, 1933
Librería: Anybook.com, Lincoln, Reino Unido
Condición: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,350grams, ISBN:
Publicado por Union Publishing, Chicago, IL, 1871
Librería: Voyageur Book Shop, Milwaukee, WI, Estados Unidos de America
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Hardcover. Condición: Poor. 458pp. Green cloth, gold stamp. The cover is worn, and is detached . Numerous illustrations. Some foxing. Some of the early pages are detached but resting in place. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall J6.
Publicado por Forgotten Books, 2018
ISBN 10: 1332014933ISBN 13: 9781332014934
Librería: Forgotten Books, London, Reino Unido
Libro Impresión bajo demanda
Paperback. Condición: New. Print on Demand. Excerpt from The Great Conflagration; Chicago. About the Publisher, Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. This text has been digitally restored from a historical edition. Some errors may persist, however we consider it worth publishing due to the work's historical value. The digital edition of all books may be viewed on our website before purchase. print-on-demand item.
Publicado por Union Publishing Co., 1872
Librería: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, Estados Unidos de America
Miembro de asociación: IOBA
Libro
Hardcover. Condición: Good. 27 p., [24] leaves of plates : 2 maps ; 23 cm. Publisher's green cloth. Gilt embosed flaming city hall on front cover. Gilt spine. Good binding. Moderate shelfwear. Tanned, unmarked pages. One fold out map split, but complete.
Librería: Jürgen Patzer, Konstanz, Alemania
Detaillierter Bericht über die verheerende Feuerkatastrophe, die Chicago 1871 heimsuchte. Wahrscheinlich fehlt ein Diagramm. - Auch innen stärkere Gebrauchsspuren: durchgängig fingerfleckig u. tlw. gebräunt.
Librería: Rosemary Pugh Books, SALISBURY, WILTS, Reino Unido
Thynne and Jarvis Thynne and Jarvis c1920's 45pp paperback, cover marked, front cover almost detached, outside edges foxed, but unmarked text Good.
Publicado por Union Publishing Co.
Librería: Powell's Bookstores Chicago, ABAA, Chicago, IL, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Used - Good. 1871. Leatherbound. 8vo. 458 pp. Notieable shelf wear, rubbing, and scuffing to boards. Significant wear and tear to joints, chipping to spine. Corners frayed. Both hinges cracked. Foxing and toning to pages. Altogether a copy in Good condition.
Publicado por Union Publishing Co, Chicago, Philadelphia & Cincinnati
Librería: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición
Condición: Fair. First edition copy. . Reading copy only. Front hinge cracked, nearly split. Stamped on front endpapers. Rear endpage and ad at rear of text missing. (Chicago, Fires, History).
Publicado por Union Publishing Co. January 1871, 1871
Librería: Dunaway Books, St. Louis, MO, Estados Unidos de America
Novelty. Condición: Acceptable. ex library; good green gilt decorated front cover and spine; spine ends frayed; site map detached; very good text.
Publicado por Union Publishing Co., Chicago, 1872
Librería: Lawrence Jones Books, Ashmore, QLD, Australia
Hard Cover. Condición: Near Very Good. Second Edition. 527pp, appendix, 46 bw ills (including map, folding plate). Or green cloth with picture of City Hall ablaze on front in gold, title to spine in gold. Some rubbing to cloth , corners rubbed through cloth to boards, some toning to pages, join splitting at title page. Title continues: Origin, Progress and Results of the Fire. Prominent Buildings Burned, Character of Buildings, Losses and Insurance, Graphic Description of the Flames, Scenes and Incidents, Loss of Life, The Flight of the People. Also, A Condensed History of Chicago, Its Population, Growth and Great Public Works. And A statement of all the Great Fires of the World. Comprehensive account of the Chicago fire of 1870, with all its consequences. Size: 8vo.
Publicado por Union Publishing Co.
Librería: Powell's Bookstores Chicago, ABAA, Chicago, IL, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Used - Acceptable. 1872. Leather. 8vo. 527 pp. Noticeable shelf wear and scuffing to boards. Significant chipping to extremities of spine, severe splitting to joints. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown. Front binding is cracked, with pages loose but present. Moderate foxing and toning to pages which remain otherwise clean and unmarked. Altogether a sound working copy.
Publicado por Union Publishing Co.
Librería: Powell's Bookstores Chicago, ABAA, Chicago, IL, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Used - Acceptable. 1871. Gilt-stamped cloth covered boards, octavo, 458 pp. Spine cocked. End-papers missing. Front hinge starting. Edge-wear to boards and spine. Corners slightly bumped. A sound reading copy, sold with all faults.
Publicado por William Heinemann Ltd.,, London, 1936
Librería: Rosley Books est. 2000, WIGTON, Reino Unido
Libro
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good Plus. First British Edition. FIRST BRITISH EDITION. LONDON : 1936. [ First published the previous year in America.]. Original grey cloth; gilt lettered spine. No owner name or internal markings. Tight, bright and clean. Minor wear only. VERY GOOD INDEED. (xviii), 291 pages. CONTENTS: The white horses of Vienna by Kay Boyle -- The home place by Dorothy Thomas -- John the Six by Josephine W. Johnson -- The brothers' house by Nelson Algren -- The professor's punch by Stephen Vincent Bene?t -- Leora's father by Katherine Hamill -- Silent grow the guns by MacKinlay Kantor -- Little Elise by Dorothy McCleary -- A writer interviews a banker by Louis Mamet -- Country doctor by Don Marquis -- Jesus knew by E.P. O'Donnell -- Lay me low! by Louis Paul -- Water by Ross Santee -- Five ripe pears by William Saroyan -- "When spring brings back ." by Edward Shenton -- First day by Richard Sherman -- Long distance by Upton Terrell -- My father sits in the dark by Jerome Weidman -- Only the dead know Brooklyn by Thomas Wolfe. 8vo. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ]. SCARCE.
Publicado por Union Publishing Co., Chicago - Cincinnati - Philadelphia, 1872
Librería: Voyageur Book Shop, Milwaukee, WI, Estados Unidos de America
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Leather Bound. Condición: Poor. 520pp. German language book. Tan leather, the leather of the boards is heavily chipped and the spine leather is missing, the boards are attached by the cords. Tital page is free of the text. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall I6.
Publicado por Union Publishing Co., Chicago, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, 1871
Librería: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, Estados Unidos de America
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Hardcover. Condición: Fine. 2 folding maps, 44 woodcuts Ilustrador. First edition. Octavo, 450, [ii] pages; embossed original green cloth; lacks gilt on top edge ( suggesting a later printing, I think) One of the two contemporary, popular, book-length accounts of the fire of October, 1871, known as The Great Chicago Fire. Written by two journalists. [Jewel V25]. "Fortunately the basin, which is formed on the lake shore . afforded a convenient dumping place for the immense quantities of rubbish taken from the ruins. Is some such place were not afforded, the expense attending the removal would be increased incalculably. This rubbish, though worthless in itself, is of great value to the city, since it is making land for the city at the rate of $1000 a day - p.338." 2 folding maps, 44 woodcuts. Includes a poem, "Chicago" by John Greenleaf Whittier: "Men said at vespers: All is well ! / In one wild night the city fell".
Publicado por Union Publishing Co., 1872
Librería: ROBIN RARE BOOKS at the Midtown Scholar, Harrisburg, PA, Estados Unidos de America
Libro
Hardcover. Condición: Fair. No Jacket. The Great Conflagration. Chicago: Its Past, Present and Future. Embracing a Detailed Narrative of the Great Conflagration in the North, South, and West Divisions: Origin, Progress and Results of that Fire. Prominent Buildings Burned, Character of Buildings, Loss and Insurance, Graphic Description of the Flames, Scenes and Incidents, Loss of Life, The Flight of the People. Also, a Condensed History of Chicago, Its Population, Grown and Great Public Works. And a Statement of all the Great Fires of the World. By James W. Sheahan and George P. Upton, with Numerous Illustrations, Union Publishing Co., 1872, 527 pp, folding map, illustrated, half leather, 8vo. In fair condition. Front board detached. Moderate wear to extremities with scuffing to corners and edges. Scuffing and light scratching to surface of marbled boards. Spine abraded with light crushing at ends. Interior lightly toned with scattered foxing and instances of age stain. Lacking part of folding map on leaf 62. Folding map in rear complete and in working order. Free of known markings. Binding tight and intact. Please see photos. An account of the fires that devastated the city of Chicago October 8-10, 1871. The Great Chicago Fire killed 300 people, destroyed nearly 3 miles of the city, destroyed 17,000 buildings and left 100,000 people homeless. This work details and illustrates the prominent buildings that were burned, the victims and accounts and includes a map.
Publicado por Union Publishing Co., Chicago, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, 1872
Librería: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, Estados Unidos de America
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Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 2 folding maps, 44 woodcuts Ilustrador. First German-language edition. Octavo, 520 pages; embossed original green cloth One of the two contemporary, popular, book-length accounts of the fire of October, 1871, known as The Great Chicago Fire. Written by two journalists. [Jewel V25], this translation has nearly 60 more pages, including a thirty-page section itemizing rescue funds donated from around the country and around the globe, spearheaded by George M. Pullman. Includes the anecdote of the policeman who saved his house by showering it with apple cider ! 2 folding maps, 44 woodcuts + 2 more not in the English edition. Includes a poem, "Chicago" by John Greenleaf Whittier: "Men said at vespers: All is well ! / In one wild night the city fell". The first 498 pages are in Deutsch, the remainder, mostly poetry, is in English. This edition was printed in Philadelphia, and has Germanic type fonts used.
Publicado por Union Publishing Co., Chicago, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, 1871
Librería: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 2 folding maps, 44 woodcuts Ilustrador. First edition. Octavo; 450 [irregular pagination], [ii] pages; embossed original green cloth One of the two contemporary, popular, book-length accounts of the fire of October, 1871, known as The Great Chicago Fire. Written by two journalists. [Jewel V25]. Includes the anecdote of the policeman who saved his house by showering it with apple cider ! 2 folding maps, 44 woodcuts. Includes a poem, "Chicago" by John Greenleaf Whittier: "Men said at vestpers: All is well ! / In one wild night the city fell".
Publicado por Union Publishing Co., Chicago, 1871
Librería: Good Old Books, Milwaukee, WI, Estados Unidos de America
Libro Original o primera edición
Leather. Condición: Very Good. First Ed. 458 pages, gutters are cracked with some wear to leather boards. Pages are clean.
Publicado por CHIZINE PUBN, 2015
ISBN 10: 1340226219ISBN 13: 9781340226213
Librería: moluna, Greven, Alemania
Libro
Gebunden. Condición: New.
Publicado por Union Publishing Co, Chicago, 1871
Librería: APPLEDORE BOOKS, ABAA, WACCABUC, NY, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición
Decorative Cloth. Condición: Near Fine. An especially sharp copy of the 1871 1st edition of this impressive history of the Great Chicago Fire of Oct. 8th-10th, 1871, killing approximately 300 people. Clean and Near Fine in its gilt-titled and decorated front panel and spine. Light foxing to the preliminaries, small, neat former owner presentation at the front free endpaper. Thick octavo, a number of full-page engravings, fold-out map complementing the text. (From the title page: "Embracing a Detailed Narrative of the Great Conflagration in the North, South and West Divisions: Origin, Progress and Results of the Fire. Prominent Buildings Burned, Character of Buildings, Losses and Insurance, Graphic Description of the Flames, Scenes and Incidents, Loss of Life, the Flight of the People. Also, A Condensed History of Chicago, Its Population, Growth and Great Public Works. And a Statement of All the Great Fires of the World.".
Publicado por Union Publishing Co., Chicago, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, 1871
Librería: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, Estados Unidos de America
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Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 2 folding maps, 44 woodcuts Ilustrador. First edition. Octavo, 450, [ii] pages; embossed original green cloth, top edge thickly gilt ( suggesting the first printing, I think) One of the two contemporary, popular, book-length accounts of the fire of October, 1871, known as The Great Chicago Fire. Written by two journalists. [Jewel V25]. "Fortunately the basin, which is formed on the lake shore . afforded a convenient dumping place for the immense quantities of rubbish taken from the ruins. Is some such place were not afforded, the expense attending the removal would be increased incalculably. This rubbish, though worthless in itself, is of great value to the city, since it is making land for the city at the rate of $1000 a day - p.338." 2 folding maps, 44 woodcuts. Includes a poem, "Chicago" by John Greenleaf Whittier: "Men said at vespers: All is well ! / In one wild night the city fell".
Publicado por Union Publishing Co.,, Philadelphia:, 1871
Librería: Nicholas D. Riccio Rare Books, ABAA, Florham Park, NJ, Estados Unidos de America
Chicago> Its Past, Present and Futureâ ¦ Philadelphia: Union Publishing Co., 1871. 8vo, original green cloth, gilt illustration on top cover, and gilt lettering on spine, illustrated, 458 pp. Binding slightly tilted, minor extremity wear, bottom hinge somewhat weak, normal aging; otherwise very good or better.Most of the content is focused on the "Great Chicago Fire", but includes discussion of some other major fires. There is a considerable amount of eye witness information, and a folding map of the 'fire line.' Also included is a lot of background information on insurance, population by ward, and the status of the fire department. Sabin 800031.
Publicado por Union Publishing Co., Chicago, 1871
Librería: Rivertown Fine Books, McGregor, IA, Estados Unidos de America
Miembro de asociación: MWABA
Libro
Dec Cloth. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. Forest green textured cloth over bds w/ still bright dec gilt & lettering on cover, & muted gilt lettering on Union Pub Co., 1871, VG hc, now in archival Brodart. Forest green pebbled cloth over bds w/ gilt dec on cover & spine. Approx 46 wonderful illustrations, incl 2 foldouts. Light fading, light spotting, light scuffing to bds, also light bumping & edgewear. Internally very nice. 458 pp. Book is square, straight, tight & clean except as noted, overall VG cond. Really a very nice copy. Please email any questions.
Publicado por Union Publishing Co, Chicago; Philadelphia; Cincinnati, 1872
Cloth. Condición: Very Good. Various Ilustrador. The second edition of this fascinating study on the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, a devastating fire, illustrated throughout, including with two folding maps. The second edition.A fascinating work on Chicago, exploring the past, present, and future of the great city.In particular this volume focuses on the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, a vast fire that burned from the 8th to 10th October, killing approximately 300 people, and destroying around 17,500 buildings.Illustrated with two frontispieces, two folding maps, and twenty-four plates.By James W. Sheahan and George P. Upton, who were both Associate Editors of the Chicago Daily Tribune.Two pages of adverts to the rear.Collated, complete. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart, with a little light rubbing to the boards and spine. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Some light marks to the boards, a little heavier to the front board. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are age-toned and clean. Small chip to the folding map facing page 63. Very Good. book.
Publicado por Union Publishing Co., Chicago, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, 1871
Librería: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 2 folding maps, 44 woodcuts Ilustrador. First edition. Octavo, 450, [ii] pages; in the scarcer contemporary full sheep, rebacked with new leather, with original black morocco spine label. One of the two contemporary, popular, book-length accounts of the fire of October, 1871, known as The Great Chicago Fire. Written by two journalists. [Jewel V25]. Includes the anecdote of the policeman who saved his house by showering it with apple cider ! 2 folding maps, 44 woodcuts.
Publicado por World, 1946
Librería: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición
First Edition. AND THE DARKNESS FALLS, World, 1946, first edition, just about fine in in near vg color pictorial dust-wrapper with some wear and tear. Contributions by Maurice Level, Oliver Onions, E. F. Benson, Guy Du Maupassant, Lafcadio Hearn, Ambrose Bierce, Arthur Donan Doyle, John Buchan, Algernon Blackwood, August Derleth, F. Tennyson Jesse, L. P. Hartley, H. R. Wakefield, Dorothy Sayers, Somerset Maugham, John Collier, William Butler Yeats, Edgar Allan Poe, Upton Sinclair, Cornell Woolrich, Walter de la Mare, W. W. Jacobs, Thomas Burke, Stephen Crane, Lord Dunsany, Clark Ashton Smith, H. P. Lovecraft, Joseph Conrad, et. al.
Publicado por Union Publishing Co., Chicago, 1872
Librería: By Books Alone, Woodstock, NY, Estados Unidos de America
Original Cloth. Condición: Very Good. Second Printing (first 1871). Spine ends repaired; new rear endpaper.
Publicado por University Publishing Company, Chicago, 1872
Librería: Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA), Chicago, IL, Estados Unidos de America
Libro Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Good+ condition. First Edition. 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.