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Chicago, IL: The Prairie Farmer Publishing Company, 1941. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, blue cloth boards show minor handling wear along with toning (sunning) to the edges and spine. Edges and corners show bumping. The internal binding is good and text pages are tight, like book was barely read. No signatures or bookplates present, no library markings, no handwriting, no underlining, no remainder marks etc. Pages are toned due to age and there is some foxing present, though this is mainly limited to the end pages, pastedowns, and pages around the illustrations. The gutters at the boards show the worst of the toning and foxing.

Prairie Farmer Pub., 1941. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Chicago: Prairie Farmer Publishing Company, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 215p octavo, illustrated. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket

Chicago: Prairie Farmer Pub. co., 1941. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 6 x 9 in. Cloth boards. Condition is NEAR FINE ; minimal shelf wear, covers very clean. Binding tight and text unmarked. Bio. Stax.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2006-07-25. Paperback. Good.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2010-09-10. Paperback. Good.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2006-07-25. Paperback. Used:Good.

Chicago: Prairie Farmer Publishing. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1941. Hardcover.

Chicago: Prairie Farmer Publishing. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1941. Hardcover.

Paperback / softback. New.

Chicago: The Prairie Farmer Publishing, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Octavo. Photographs. COMPLIMENTARY COPY FROM AUTHOR and from Burridge D. Butler, publisher, with card laid in. Jacket has small closed tear at foreedge, else is vg in a Mylar jacket cover. Scarce in jacket. Limited run of a well-researched, readable early Chicago history.

Chicago: The Prairie Farmer Publishing Company, 1941. First edition; 8vo; pp. viii, 215; 30 illustrations; very good in good dust jacket.

Chicago: The Prairie Farmer Publishing Company, 1941. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. viii, 215pp. Illustrations, map endpapers. Very good. A tight, clean and superb first edition of this biography of the noted Chicago business and civic leader (1815-74) -- and bearing a scarce signature and inscription from Lewis (1891-1949), reknowned Chicago journalist, editor and historian, in black ink on half-title page: "For Joe Ryerson / in whose great collection / of Chicagoiana I am very / proud to have this little / volume stand. / Lloyd Lewis / Jan 30, 1941." Opposite this is the custom Chicago bookplate of Joseph T. Ryerson, of the old-time Chicago steel company. Wright founded the "Prairie Farmer," the highly influential Midwest agricultural force, in 1841. Inscribed copies of this volume are very seldom encountered.

Chicago: The Prairie Farmer Publishing Company, 1941. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth with gilt lettering, pictorial dust jacket. viii, 215pp. Illustrations, map front endpaper. Near fine/very good. Jacket mildly edgeworn, with spine somewhat age toned. A tight and superb first edition of this biography of the noted Chicago business and civic leader (1815-74) -- and a choice presentation copy, bearing a bold presentation inscription and signature from Lewis (1891-1949), renowned Chicago journalist, editor and historian, in black ink on half-title page: "For Ellen and Adlai / from their prairie / neighbor and friend. / Lloyd / April 11, 1942." Lewis (1891-4949) was a remarkable Chicago journalist who authored a number of books about Chicago, Lincoln and the Civil War. He was long-time close friend of Stevenson, as well as Carl Sandburg, Sinclair Lewis, Sherwood Anderson and Frank Lloyd Wright. Stevenson (1900-65) was the Illinois governor, two-time Democratic presidential candidate and U.N.… Read More