Twenty Years at Hull-House with Autobiographical Notes.
New York: Macmillan, 1912. Illustrations by Norah Hamilton. 462pp. 8vo, brown cloth, colored pictorial label, edges of corners lightly worn, spine ends rubbed. New York: Macmillan, 1912. More
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The Chicago Historical Society, 1856-1956; An Unconvential Chronicle.
illus. 8vo, cloth, boxed; (ex-lib). N.Y.: Rand McNally, (1956). More
Illinois; Guide & Gazetteer.
illus. 718pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w. Chicago: Rand McNally, (1969). vg. More
The Great Chicago Fire; Described in Seven Letters by Men and Women Who experienced Its Horrors.
illus. 85pp. 8vo, cloth. Chicago Historical Soc., 1946. vg. More
City in a Garden; Homes in the Lincoln Community
Chicago: Lincoln Park Conservation Association, 1963. Many photo Illus. 4to, green cloth, glassine d.w. Chicago: Lincoln Park Conservation Association, 1963. More
Armour and Company, 1919
Chicago: Armour and Company, 1919. Color Illus. by Joseph Pennell. Very thin 8vo, pr. wrs., front wrapper chipped, wrs. lightly soiled. (Chicago: Armour and Company), 1919. Yearbook on Armour and Company, the meat producer, for the year 1918. More
Main Street on the Middle Border.
illus. 423pp. 8vo, cloth, Bloomington: Indiana UP, 1954. Small town life in the Midwest. More
Chicago On Foot; An Architectural Walking Tour
Chicago: Follett Publishing, 1969. Many photo Illus., several maps. 4to, brown cloth, d.w. slightly chipped. Chicago: Follett Publishing, (1969). Very good. More
Chicago's Famous Buildings. Third Edition
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1980. Many photo Illus. Small 8vo, pr. wrs. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1980). Near Fine. More
Capone; The Man and the Era.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994. Illus. 701pp. 8vo, 1/2 blue cloth, d.w. New York Simon and Schuster, (1994). Very good. More
Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1858.
illus. 2 vols. 8vo, cloth. Boston, (1928). More
Notes on a Journey in America
Readex Microprint, 1966. Map. 8vo, brown cloth. N.p. Readex Microprint, (1966). Very good(+) Facsimile of the London, 1818 edition. More
Three Nights in August; Strategy, Heartbreak, and Joy, Inside the Mind of a Manager
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2005. 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (2005). Very good(+) Study of the actions of St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa during a three day series against the Chicago Cubs. More
Columbus and Columbia; A Pictorial History of the Man and the Nation
New York: Hunt & Eaton, 1892. Chromolithographs, one folding. Over 500 b/w Illus. Folding street map of Chicago. 832pp. 4to, original decorated blue cloth, folding chromolithograph with a few small tears near edge, with no loss of text, cloth lightly soiled on back cover, corners lightly worn on edges and bumped. New York: Hunt & Eaton, 1892. First Edition Four books in one volume that embrace a review of our country's progress, a complete history of America, a new life..... More
The Uses of the Gothic: Planning and Building the Campus of the University of Chicago, 1892-1932.
Chicago: University of Chicago Library, 1983. Photo Illus. 262pp., Oblong 4to, beige cloth, d.w. chipped, some pages at end of book are slightly wavy on bottom margins. Chicago: University of Chicago Library, (1983). More
Prairie Albion; An English Settlement in Pioneer Illinois.
illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w. Southern IL UP, (1962). vg. More
History of the Second Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, from Organization to Muster-Out
Chicago: R. R. Donnelley, 1899. Many photo Illus. 444pp. 8vo, handsomely bound in modern full brown morocco with gilt decorated spine. Chicago: R. R. Donnelley, 1899. First Edition. Near Fine The second regiment Illinois volunteer infantry fought in Cuba during the Spanish-American War. The editor, H. W. Bolton, was the chaplain of the regiment. More
The Banditti of the Prairies; A Tale of the Mississippi Valley
Chicago: W. B. Conkey. 248pp. + 4pp. of publisher's ads. 12mo, decorated red cloth, some margins lightly dampstained, bottom of back cover lightly dampstained. Chicago: W. B. Conkey, (1890). "Sensational account of the tracking down of these confederated criminals, mostly Mormons, who murdered Colonel Davenport at Rock Island and terrorized the upper Mississippi valley, from 1843 to 1848." Howes B-606. Flake 590. Adams, Six-Guns 112. More
The Banditti of the Prairies; A Tale of the Mississippi Valley
Chicago: W. B. Conkey. a few Illus. 248pp. + 2pp. of publisher's ads. 12mo, decorated pr. wrs., wrappers lightly soiled, front wrapper creased on left side. Chicago: W. B. Conkey, n. d. circa 1890. "Sensational account of the tracking down of these confederated criminals, mostly Mormons, who murdered Colonel Davenport at Rock Island and terrorized the upper Mississippi valley, from 1843 to 1848." Howes B-606. Flake 590. Adams, Six-Guns 112. More
The Banditti of the Prairies; or, The Murderer's Doom.
A Tale of the Mississippi Valley. illus. 8vo, boards;; (rubbed). Univ. of Oklahoma Press, (1963). More
Growing Up with Southern Illinois, 1820 to 1861, from the Memoirs of Daniel Harmon Brush
Chicago: Lakeside, 1944. Ed. by Milo Milton Quaife. Frontis., map. 16mo, red cloth. Chicago: Lakeside Press, 1944. The Lakeside Classics. More
The Magic City; A Massive Portfolio of Original Photographic Views of the Great World's Fair and Its Treasures of Art.
New York: Arno Press, 1974. 300 plates. Oblong 4to, tan cloth, portion of d.w. stuck to front flyleaf and last blank page, otherwise very good. New York: Arno Press, 1974. Facsimile of the St. Louis, 1894 edition. More
The Magic City; A Massive Portfolio of Original Photographic Views of the Great World's Fair and Its Treasures of Art.
256 plates. 16 issues. thin, oblong folio, original pr. wrs.; (lacks parts 6 and 18; wrs. detached on parts 1 and 14; front wr. and title page of part 1 dampstained in margins, otherwise very good). Philadelphia: Historical Publishing, 1894. Issued in weekly parts from January 15 to May 14, 1894. Each issue contains 16 plates of the Columbian World's Fair of 1893. More
The Old Northwest, Pioneer Period, 1815-1840.
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1951. 2 vols. Illustrated. Very thick 8vo, red cloth (spines darkened), internally fine, slipcase. Bloomington: Indiana UP, 1951. Very good (+). More
A True Picture Of Emigration.
Chicago: Lakeside, 1936. Ed. by Milo Milton Quaife. Frontis., folding map. 16mo, red cloth. Chicago: Lakeside Press, 1936. Very good Lakeside Classics. More