A Plan for the Improvement and Extension of Jacksonville, Illinois
by West, Myron Howard; for American Park Builders
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Jacksonville, IL: City Plan Commission, 1924. Plans for zoning & developing this west-central Illinois city, once larger than Chicago. Includes ideas for zoning, new roads, rail road freight terminal, street car lines, parks, schools, and a civic center. Hardcover, as pictured; no jacket, likely as issued. Light wear to bumped corners, faint scratches on front board; stamped number on front end sheet; some cockling to page edges. Text clean; 69 pages; maps, b/w photos, eight color plates, four of which fold out. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Quarto.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 999380
- Title
- A Plan for the Improvement and Extension of Jacksonville, Illinois
- Author
- West, Myron Howard; for American Park Builders
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- City Plan Commission
- Place of Publication
- Jacksonville, IL
- Date Published
- 1924
- Size
- Quarto
- Keywords
- Urban Planning, Zoning, Urban Studies, Development, Public Works, Transportation
Terms of Sale
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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