8vo. [2] (pages of publisher's advertisements), [5], viii-xxvi, [1], 2-404, [2] pp. Green cloth with copper lettering on the spine. With a folding color map laid in (detached but in good shape). Other illustrations include a few full-page wood engravings, a second folding map bound in the center of the book, and a few in-text illustrations. The Caxton Club, Chicago by the Book #5. Wright's book is filled with financial statistics of the city, a guide to the city, and some political philosophy. Wright himself led a troubled life, going bankrupt through multiple investment failures. However, the author is remembered as a significant urban booster of the city and a predictor of several societal changes that Chicago witnessed during the nineteenth century. Minor rubbing to the board tips; the errata slip is partially torn-away. Seller Inventory # 000010162

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Title: Chicago; Past, Present, Future

Publisher: Sold by the Western News Co, Chicago

Publication Date: 1868

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: First edition.

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