64 pp, large 8vo, hard cover in dust jacket. B&w photos, reproductions. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE HALF-TITLE PAGE, "HERMA CLARK ("MARTHA FREEMAN ESMOND") JAN. 14, 1940." A collection of letters the author wrote for Chicago Sunday Tribune for a series titled 'When Chicago was Young'. In the letters, which cover the period from October 1954 to August 1879, Martha Freeman (soon to become Mrs. Esmond) writes to her friend Julia Boyd of New York, telling her of the social, political and other events she experiences in early Chicago. Very light browning to board edges and edge of endpapers, area of light foxing to last page and adjacent pages, light edge wear, light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, small bump to top edge of b o a r d s . D u st jacket has light foxing - mainly on inside, small chips and tears with creases, large chip at top of front panel, all corners of flaps are clipped, darkening to spine and flap-folds, light to moderate rubbing/soiling, protected i n my la r sl ee v e. Good/Fair

CHICAGO LETTERS CORRESPONDENCE HERMA CLARK MARTHA FREEMAN ESMOND JULIA