The History of Jo Daviess County, Illinois: Containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, etc., a biographical directory of its citizens, war record of its volunteers in the late rebellion, general and local statistics, portraits of early settlers and prominent men, history of the Northwest, history of Illinois, map of Jo Daviess County, Constitution of the United States, miscellaneous matters, etc.
by (ILLINOIS)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: H.F. Kett & Co., 1878. First edition. Thick octavo. 845, [1, ads] pp. including numerous full page plates. Double -page color map of the county at the front. Publisher's beveled brown cloth with gilt spine and cover lettering. Previous owner has written his name at the end of the Contents. Some minor extremity wear and lightly cocked. Old bits of info pasted in at rear pastedown. A very clean and attractive copy.
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- Bookseller
- Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 71603
- Title
- The History of Jo Daviess County, Illinois: Containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, etc., a biographical directory of its citizens, war record of its volunteers in the late rebellion, general and local statistics, portraits of early settlers and prominent men, history of the Northwest, history of Illinois, map of Jo Daviess County, Constitution of the United States, miscellaneous matters, etc.
- Author
- (ILLINOIS)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- H.F. Kett & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1878
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About the Seller
Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
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Portland, Oregon
About Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Nat DesMarais Rare Books specializes in books on the Sierra Nevada (particularly Yosemite), the Mojave, and California books in general. We also deal in the art of the American West, voyages and travels and nineteenth century literature.
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- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Cloth
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- First Edition
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