Mar 01, 2012 - Sale 2271

Sale 2271 - Lot 201

Price Realized: $ 600
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 800
(CHICAGO.) ROBB, FREDERIC H.[AMMURABI] H. The Negro in Chicago 1779-1929 Volume 1-2 Next Edition World's Fair. [cover title]. The Book of Achievement. The World Over Featuring the Negro in Chicago. 312 pages. Profusely illustrated from photographs and original art by Robert Pious, Arthur Logan and others. Large 4to, original gilt-pictorial green cloth; extremities lightly rubbed, archival paper repair at leaf 39-40. Chicago, 1929

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first edition. An extraordinary compilation of the history and achievements of the people of African descent in the state of Illinois. With wonderful illustrations, some by Chicago artist Robert Pious, who at this time was 20 years old. quite scarce, oclc locates only two copies.