Newton Bateman and Paul Selby, eds.

HISTORICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ILLINOIS, Vol. I.

Chicago: Munsell Publishing Company, 1918. 3/4 leather. 621p. A 3/4 leather, green cloth hardcover book in good condition. Edges of leather are heavily rubbed. Front cover lightly stained. Sticker on a blank front endpaper. Otherwise clean and tight. Item #144606

Vol. I only. Frontis is a black and white portrait of Abraham Lincoln. Marbled page edges. Gilt-decorated endpapers. Contains many black and white plates. Most entires are for either places or prominent citizens of Illinois, although there are miscellaneous entires about aspects of the state's culture and business.

Price: $75.00