Chicago: H. F. Kett & Co. 1876. First edition. Hardcover. Good. lithographed portraits. 8vo 342 pages later blue buckram. Rare. <br/><br/>Buck 772. With a two-page hand-colored map of the county and lithographed portraits of notables such as Shabbona the Marsh brothers inventors of the Marsh Harvester and the inventors of barbed wire. H. F. Kett & Co. hardcover
Chicago: Pioneer Publishing Company 1910. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 4tos original 3/4 black morocco rebacked with most of original spines laid down. 2 volumes will require extra postage. <br/><br/> Buck 847 . Photogravures. Kiner was from Geneseo Henry County Illinois. " This is a history of Henry county written to be read it is hoped. It is not a compilation of musty records a gazetteer of places or a tabulated census report - Preface." Indeed this record is very chatty very anecdotal including the 1893 burial of a giantess at the town of Mineral: she was calculated at 700 pounds. Pioneer Publishing Company hardcover
Chicago: William Le Baron 1878. First edition. Hardcover. Poor. county map. Thick 8vo 826 pages original cloth coverslacks spine and title-page <br/><br/>A History of the County Its Cities Towns &c. a directory of its citizens war record of its volunteers gen. & local stats. Buck 872. With the map of the county. William Le Baron hardcover
Springfield Illnois: Continental Historical Co. 1885. First edition. Hardcover. Fair. 4to 1156 pages half leather hinges broken the first 32 pages are detached 2-inch puncture in the leather spine the coth on the top cover is wrinkled from dampness: offered only "as is" Not returnable but I can get this repaired for you at a very reasonable cost which would be payable in advance at cost. Inquiries invited. Ex libris Spencer G. Russell 1885 who was a contributor from Greene County; also a lawyer farmer and postmaster at Bluffdale. Note: these were/are small counties with small populations so original copies of this are notably scarce. <br/><br/>Jersey County was formed out of Greene County in 1839. This is the first book-length history of either and both counties. Buck 822 & 863. Includes lengthy chapters on the people of these counties in the Civil War. With a full-page portrait of nurseryman Henley Wilkinson. Also Hiram Keach and Cary Ann Keach Benjamin Baldwin Henry R. Spencer George Y. King Nelson M. Lurton Continental Historical Co. hardcover
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