Books on Local History
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Local Community Fact Book: Chicago Metropolitan Area, 1960.
345p spiralbound volume rather worn, binding with defects, text seems complete, some notes in ...
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Historic City: The Settlement of Chicago.
ix 118p large format paperback, A4 format, white cover, illustrated throughout, very large folding ...
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Suburban Landscapes: Culture and Politics in a New York Metropolitan Community.
xi 333p hardback, fresh dustjacket, this copy with some ink markings to about a dozen pages, also a ...
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Social Register Chicago 1974. Volume 87, No 4, November 1973.
2226p black cloth with red lettering fresh, a tight and clean copy, firm, includes Married Maidens ...
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Social Register Chicago 1964. Volume 78, No 4, November 1963.
208p black cloth with red lettering fresh, a tight and clean copy, firm, fresh, includes Married ...
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The Chicago Club 1954: Charter; Articles of Association; By-Laws; House Rules; Officers and Members of the Chicago Club. February 1954.
150p small format burgundy cloth with gilt lettering to cover, nice clean copy, no names or stamps, ...
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Jane Austen and Bath.
54p slim paperback, portrait to front, illustrated, library markings, front inner hinge opening, ...
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The Pig and the Skyscraper: Chicago: A History of Our Future.
472p hardback, fresh dustjacket, nice clean copy, name to endpaper, foreword by Mike Davis
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Passionately Human, No Less Divine: Religion and Culture in Black Chicago, 1915 - 1952.
xxi 250p excellent hardback copy with fresh orange dustjacket, as new, never used
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The One-Room County Schools in Illinois. Issued by the Department of Public Instruction.
92p paperback, front cover detached, printed notice from County Superintendent inserted, many ...
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Hollywood Cinema and the Real Los Angeles.
336p hardback, fresh dustjacket, clean and tight copy, name in ink to top edge, no other traces of ...
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Down an Indian Trail in 1849: The Story of Roseland.
xvi 255p original terracotta cloth with black lettering binding tight, many plates throughout, a ...
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Chicago History. The Magazine of the Chicago Historical Society. Volume 28, No 1, Summer 1999.
72p large format journal, illustrated throughout, excellent fresh copy: Strong Medicine; People ...
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Chicago History. The Magazine of the Chicago Historical Society. Volume 27, No 1, Spring 1998.
72p large format journal, illustrated throughout, excellent fresh copy: Time is Money; Chicago's ...
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Chicago History. The Magazine of the Chicago Historical Society. Volume 25, No 3, Fall 1996.
72p large format journal, illustrated throughout, excellent fresh copy: The Brotherhood; Great ...
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Chicago History. The Magazine of the Chicago Historical Society. Volume 25, No 2, Summer 1996.
72p large format journal, illustrated throughout, excellent fresh copy: Chicago's Hope; Jun ...
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Chicago History. The Magazine of the Chicago Historical Society. Volume 25, No 1, Spring 1996.
72p large format journal, illustrated throughout, excellent fresh copy: America Remembers Lincoln
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Chicago History. The Magazine of the Chicago Historical Society. Volume 23, No 3, Winter 1994/95.
72p large format journal, illustrated throughout, excellent fresh copy: Land und Learning; The ...
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Chicago History. The Magazine of the Chicago Historical Society. Volume 19, No 4, Winter 1989/90.
102p large format journal, colour illustrated throughout, excellent fresh copy: Building a better ...
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Chicago History. The Magazine of the Chicago Historical Society. Volume 8, No 1, Spring, Summer 1979
72p large format journal, blue cover, colour illustrated throughout, excellent fresh copy: Chicago ...
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Chicago History. The Magazine of the Chicago Historical Society. Volume 20, No 1 & 2, Spring, Summer 1991.
72p large format journal, colour illustrated throughout, excellent fresh copy: The Social Gospel ...
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Chicago Daily News Almanac and Year Book 1933. With World's Fair Guide and Buyer's Classified Directory.
lxvi 892p cloth binding with gilt lettering, a firm and tight copy, solid volume, sharp corners, ...
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Personnel, Policies and Practices (1970); Hartford Clergy Personnel Study (1969); Insight: Our Faith Today (1971); 1970 Attitudes on Parish Councils (1971)
Collection of four stapled booklets, Include "Research Reports" Nos 1, 2, 4, name stamp to cover, ...
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The Palfrey Notebook. Records of Study in Seventeenth-Century Cambridge.
xiii 802p large heavy hardback, laminated beige boards, like new condition, no noticeable wear, ...
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Surrey Archaeological Collections, Relating to the History and Antiquities of the County. Volume XLVII.
lxiv 148p sturdy hardback, dark green cloth with bright gilt seal and title, a little light wear to ...
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Bagden Hall.
96p small neat paperback, white cover with b&w photographs, very good condition, no significant ...
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East Anglian Buildings. An Exhibition at the Castle Museum, Norwich, August 1956.
60p stapled booklet, lemon-yellow card cover with illustration, very good condition, a bit of light ...
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Sociology in Cambridge. Inaugural Lecture.
26p stapled booklet, very good condition, light blue card cover with tanned spine, binding intact, ...
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A History of the College of Corpus Christi and the Blessed Virgin Mary in Cambridge. Revised Edition.
28p booklet in crimson card cover, very good condition, stapled binding, little to no wear, pages ...
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Colonsay and Oronsay.
38p stapled booklet, white covers with map on back cover, very good condition, minimal wear, light ...
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A Short History of Medicine at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, 1538 - 1999.
113p small neat paperback, white and grey covers with college crest, very good condition, minimal ...
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The Medieval Walls of Hull. Kingston upon Hull Museums Bulletin, Nos 3 & 4.
28p museum bulletin, very good condition, staple binding intact, pages clean and neat, diagrams and ...
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Moskovskaia Buzhuaziia v Nachale XX Veka. Predprinimatel'stvo i Politika.
436p hardback, original blue boards fresh and tight, with illustrations in the text, a nice clean ...
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Filadelfia. Viaggio nella memoria e nel presente di un paese della Calabria.
47p booklet produced by Associazone Nazionale Famiglie Emigrate, very well preserved copy with two ...
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Guida de Procida. Storia, Arte e Folklore.
165p white paperback with harbour photograph to front cover, very good condition with plenty of ...
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Tarnowskie Judaica.
118p large format paperback, black cover, many illustrations, square format, inscription (?) to ...
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Dadapolis. Caleidoscopio Napoletano.
404p pale grey paperback, only very light wear to cover, pages fresh, binding firm
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Christianity in Northamptonshire
87p red hardback with gilt titles, extremely fresh copy, as new
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A Look Back at Lough Eske (The Western Shore: A Chronological Miscellany).
364p large paperback with photographic cover featuring the Lough, excellent copy, first edition, ...
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Crime in Sheffield - From Deer Poachers to Gangsters, 1300 to the 1980s
149p red paperback, well preserved, clean copy, no names or stamp, from the library of a deceased ...
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Man of Steel.
124p slim paperback, red illustrated cover, clean copy, from a cigar smoker's library
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A Guide to the Wetland Heritage of the Vale of Pickering.
56p slim booklet, many illustrations, very good
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Dinmore Manor and the Commandery of the Knights Hospitaller of St John of Jerusalem at Dinmore, Herefordshire.
32p large format booklet, white cover with red and back arms to front, many illustrations, clean ...
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Early Man in Hallamshire.
xii 307p large format hardback, red cloth, frontispiece and many plates, illustrations, maps, nice ...
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Place-Names of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Edited and Published by a Grandson.
xiv 610p hardback volume tightly bound with gilt lettering to front and spine, includes colour ...
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Piccadilly Line. Extension to Heathrow Airport. Progress Report.
12p oblong booklet, stapled, colour illustrated throughout, a fresh clean copy, prestige bird ...
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Prehistoric Yorkshire. Journal of the Prehistoric Section of the Yorkshire Archaeological Society. Volume 48, 2011.
122p spiral bound, A4 format, light brown cover, many illustrations, a well preserved copy, very ...
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Prehistoric Yorkshire. Journal of the Prehistoric Section of the Yorkshire Archaeological Society. Volume 56, 2019.
116p spiral bound, A4 format, many illustrations, also in colour, a well preserved copy, light ...
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Prehistoric Yorkshire. Journal of the Prehistoric Section of the Yorkshire Archaeological Society. Volume 55, 2018.
116p spiral bound, A4 format, many illustrations, also in colour, a well preserved copy, light ...
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