Illinois as It Is; Its History, Geography, Statistics, Constitution, Laws, Government, Finances .. This item is unavailable.Illinois as It Is; Its History, Geography, Statistics, Constitution, Laws, Government, Finances .

20.2x14.2 cm. Original cloth, spine gilt, boards embossed with logo of Keen & Lee publishers, Chicago. Front endpapers lightly soiled, otherwise very good condition. 451, 6 pp., 3 small folding maps, 3 plates, including one of Chicago in 1820. The folding map of the Geology of Illinois is lacking 1 cm. at the top, apparently from poor folding into the book. A fine description of frontier Illinois, published in Chicago but printed in Philadelphia. Buck 556: "It is a onvenient and generally reliable collection of information, much of which is not elsewhere readily accessible." Flake 3546, Chicago Ante-fire Imprints 259. Byrd 2662.