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Title: Illinois Central Directory. Contaning brief Historical Sketches of the Various Towns located on the Lines of the Illinois Central Railroad Author: Crawford, James Place: [Chicago?] Publisher: Jas. P. Crawford & Co. Date: 1869 Description: 12 ad, 399 pp. including ads. Insurance advertiser bound in. Map of Illinois. 8¾x5¼, period leather-backed boards with first and last pages pasted to covers. With descriptions and advertisements of the stations on the line. An evocative glimpse at what it would have been like to travel Illinois by rail in the mid-19th century. Lot Amendments Condition: Binding edges worn and a little stained; mild toning; very good. Item number: 165646