The Chicago Club: 1960-1994
by WITTEBORT, Robert J., Jr
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- Hardcover
- first
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- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0965060004
- ISBN 13
- 9780965060004
- Seller
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Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: The Chicago Club, 1995. Hardcover. 8vo. Burgundy cloth with gilt spine lettering and decoration. 133pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Near fine. Minor spotting to outer page edges. Handsome, tight first edition of this 125th anniversary history of this exclusive club's most-recent 35 years. From the collection of Adlai E. Stevenson III (1930-2021), Illinois senator (1970-81) who was a member and appears briefly in these pages -- a sheet of his engraved Chicago letterhead is laid in.
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- Bookseller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 49036
- Title
- The Chicago Club: 1960-1994
- Author
- WITTEBORT, Robert J., Jr
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0965060004
- ISBN 13
- 9780965060004
- Publisher
- The Chicago Club
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1995
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books; Chicago;
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