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SCHARF, John Thomas (1843–1898). History of Saint Louis City and County, From the Earliest Periods to the Present Day… Philadelphia: Louis H. Everts & Co., 1883. 2 volumes. Large 8vo. FIRST EDITION. Profusely illustrated with woodcuts, steel engraved portraits, and two maps. Original pebbled cloth boards stamped in gilt, rebacked in modern half faux leather, beveled boards, all edges gilt, endpapers renewed. CONTENTS FRESH AND TIGHT. Howes S-146 (“aa”). [Together with:] Annals of St. Louis in its Territorial Days from 1804 to 1821 by F.L. Billon. St. Louis: printed for the author, 1888. Large 8vo. Illustrated with frontispiece and full-page plates. Original cloth titled in gilt, rebacked with original spine laid down.