Uriah Harris (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very good+ condition. First Edition. A collection of publications about early Chicago history, some being reprints of earlier editions, bound in one volume. Some earlier editions are listed in Sabin. All publications except one have their own title page. The binding is quarter leather, with hinges repaired, and moderate shelfwear. Minor foxing to some pages. 1) THE ANNALS OF CHICAGO: A Lecture Delivered Before The Chicago Lyceum, January 21, 1840, by Joseph N. Balestier. Republished from the Original Edition of 1840. Second edition. 48 pages. 2) Wentworth. EARLY CHICAGO: A Lecture, Delivered Before the Sunday Lecture Society, at McCormick Hall, on April 11, 1875, with Supplemental Notes. With an engraved frontisportrait of the author. 48 pages. 3) Wentworth. EARLY CHICAGO: A Lecture, Delivered Before the Sunday Lecture Society, at McCormick Hall, on May 7th, 1876. Illustrated with an engraved frontisportrait of the author. 56 pages. 4) W.H. Brown. AN HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE EARLY MOVEMENT IN ILLINOIS FOR THE LEGALIZATION OF SLAVERY, Read at the Annual Meeting of the Chicago Historical Society, December 5th, 1864. Printed on light pink paper. 30, [i] pages. 5) Caton. THE LAST OF THE ILLINOIS and A Sketch of the Pottawatomies. Read Before the Chicago Historical Society, December 13, 1870. 30 pages. 6) Caton. ORIGIN OF THE PRAIRIES. Read Before the Ottawa Academy of Natural Sciences, December 30th, 1869. 55 pages. 7) H. Brown. THE PRESENT AND FUTURE PROSPECTS OF CHICAGO. An Address Delivered Before the Chicago Lyceum, January 20, 1846. 32 pages. 8) Martineau. CHICAGO IN 1836. STRANGE EARLY DAYS. No title page. 48 pages. 9) FERGUS' DIRECTORY OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO, 1839. With City and County Officers, Churches, Public Buildings, Hotels, etc. Also, List of Sheriffs of Cook County and Mayors of the City Since Their Organization. Illustrated with an engraved frontisportrait of the author. [ii], 68, [ii] pages. 10) W.H. Brown, Raymond, Scammon, Walker, Church. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF SOME OF THE EARLY SETTLERS OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO. Illustrated with an engraved frontisportrait of W.H. Brown and B.W. Raymond. 48 pages. 11) Smith, Maxwell, Wilson, Harris, Davis, Brown, Kerchival, Clarke, Lowe. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF SOME OF THE EARLY SETTLERS OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO. Part I. 48 pages.

First Edition. Original Printed patent disbound with printed front blue wrapper present but not the back wrapper (both often lacking in early patents) About 27cm by 18cm some wear and tear due to the disbinding.

First Edition. Original Printed patent disbound with printed front blue wrapper present but not the back wrapper (both often lacking in early patents) About 27cm by 18cm some wear and tear due to the disbinding and some damp staining.