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Ex-library. light wear to tips, corners and edges of the book, no jacket, usual library markings: call number on spine, bookplate, perhaps a card pocket ghost to the rear endpaper. First printing, no others noted. Herman Kogan (1914 - 1989) was an American journalist who spent fifty years covering the city of Chicago, many with the Chicago Daily News and Chicago Sun-Times. At the tiime of this books publication the venerable Encyclopaedia Britannica had become a Chicago institution published by the University of Chicago which owned a half share in the work. Books and other items ship promptly with a tracking number and (generally over $15.00) jacket protectors if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!