Geo p upton (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 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". 2 folding maps, 44 woodcuts (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 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. 2 folding maps, 44 woodcuts (illustrator). …