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Hardcover. Condizione: Poor. No Jacket. owner's signature on flyleaf and a small pencil scribble on next blank sheet. Otherwise no marks or underlining in text. The pages are in tact, but the binding is exposed in areas and tentative. There is something that borders on magical about having a 125 year old Illinois History book in your hand (that looks its age.) The text is written in a voice such that the modern reader feels as if he is listening to an old wise friend who has seen the state when it was young. Fun. All for only $17.50 deliverd to you free.

Duodecimo, illus. tan cloth (hardcover), 270 pp + [i] pp ads.,+ [ii] pp. handwritten penciled notes. Fair, with broken interior upper hinge; edgewear that includes chipping. Illinois, Americana, American History, U. S. History, United States History, U.S.-iana. xslic.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A PREVIOUS OWNER'S SIGNATURE IS ON THE FIRST FREE END PAGE. THERE IS MODERATE WEAR OF THE CLOTH AT THE SPINE ENDS. THERE IS MODERATE BUMPING OF THE CORNERS OF THE BOOK'S COVERS. THE TITLE IS BLIND STAMPED ON THE FRONT COVER. THERE IS MILD TO MIDERATE FADING OF THE GILT TITLE ON THE SPINE. THE BOOK HAS 29 ILLUSTRATIONS PRIMARILY OF THE EARLY EXPLORER ERA OF ILLINOIS AND CHICAGO. THERE ARE 25 CHAPTERS INCLUDING THE EARLY EXPLORERS , THE MEXICAN WAR, NAUVOO AND THE MORMONS , LINCOLN IN ILLINOIS, THE CIVIL WAR PERIOD, STATE INSTITUTIONS, AND EDUCATION IN ILLINOIS. THERE IS A 26 PAGE APPENDIX AND A LIST OF THE GOVENORS OF ILLINOIS PLUS A SIX PAGE INDEX.