Chicago Association Commerce Editor (3 results)
Published by Chicago Association of Commerce, ( 1909 ), Chicago 1909
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.Thomas J. Joyce And Company
Contact seller2-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good plus. First edition. Sixteenmo, 256 pages, red cloth, silverfish tracks on covers, bright gilt stamping. The torn rear pocket has only the color map of the Business Portion of Chicago, by Geo. F. Cram, with many businesses identified, most prominently (with a large red arrow) the Chicago Association of… Commerce. The front cover is stamped "National Peace Congress Edition". It was the 2d Congress, and held May 3-5, 1909. This new work is "for the dual purpose of properly guiding and assisting in the entertainment of visitors to Chicago, and, to instruct Chicagoans themselves in subjects of civic interest .It may be accepted as a compendium of reliable information regarding the city. A departure is made from the usual scheme of such publications in arranging a series of street car rides about the city. . The index at the back of the book is a complete key to everything in the Guuide." - Preface. IMPORTANT: Under the caption "Street Names and Numbers" will be found instructions for finding the location of the streets and avenues of the city under the new numbering plan adopted in a recent [1908] ordinance. The two maps accompanying the Guide also will prove of value for this purpose to the stranger.".
Published by Chicago Association of Commerce, ( 1909 ), Chicago 1909
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.Thomas J. Joyce And Company
Contact seller2-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good plus. First edition. Sixteenmo, 256 pages, red cloth, silverfish tracks on covers, bright gilt stamping, presentation stamp on front pastedown. Two very fresh folding maps in the rear pocket. . This new work is "for the dual purpose of properly guiding and assisting in the entertainment of visitors to…Chicago, and, to instruct Chicagoans themselves in subjects of civic interest .It may be accepted as a compendium of reliable information regarding the city. A departure is made from the usual scheme of such publications in arranging a series of street car rides about the city. . The index at the back of the book is a complete key to everything in the Guuide." - Preface. IMPORTANT: Under the caption "Street Names and Numbers" will be found instructions for finding the location of the streets and avenues of the city under the new numbering plan adopted in a recent ordinance. The two maps accompanying the Guide also will prove of value for this purpose to the stranger.
Published by R. L. Polk & Co. [ 1923 ], Chicago 1923
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.Thomas J. Joyce And Company
Contact seller2-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. First edition. Folio, yearbook cloth, spine repaired. R.L. Polk & Company's 1923 buyers' guide of the city of Chicago" : p. [301]-856, [A]-X, 857. Prepared for the Chicago City Directory And Supplement. Extensively illustrated. The first 153 pages are Chicago's history, then begins Polk's Chicago City… Directory 1923. Chock-a-block with business ads. NOTE: This should not be confused with the book by the same name issued by Marshall Field & Co.