Annual Report of the Board of Directors of the Chicago Public Library (First Annual Report (June 1873)-Fourteenth Annual Report (June 1886))
by Hoyne, Thomas & Daniel L. Shorey, William J. Onahan, John B. Walker, Harry Rubens, Bernard Callaghan
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Lakeside Press, R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company. Used - Good. 1873. Three quarter leather and cloth covered boards, indiviual reports rebound as a single volume. 4to. Discontinuous pagination. Some shelf wear and heavy rubbing and scuffing to boards, especially along joints, edges, and corners. Front binding is somewhat damaged, with a tear to attached page. Ex-Library bookplate to front pastedown. Pages are unmarked and overall clean and bright. Altogether a copy in Good condition. (Subject: Chicago, Illinois, & Midwest.)
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- Seller
- Powell's Bookstores Chicago
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- Seller's Inventory #
- Q13395
- Title
- Annual Report of the Board of Directors of the Chicago Public Library (First Annual Report (June 1873)-Fourteenth Annual Report (June 1886))
- Author
- Hoyne, Thomas & Daniel L. Shorey, William J. Onahan, John B. Walker, Harry Rubens, Bernard Callaghan
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Lakeside Press, R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company
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Powell's Bookstores Chicago
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Chicago, Illinois
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