Chicago: City on the Make.
Garden City: Doubleday, 1951. 92p. 16mo, cloth backed boards, d.w. (lightly chipped at the edges, but price intact) . Garden City: Doubleday, 1951. First Edition. Signed on the flyleaf. More
ILLINOIS
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
Main Street on the Middle Border.
illus. 423pp. 8vo, cloth, Bloomington: Indiana UP, 1954. Small town life in the Midwest. More
The Stevensons: A Biography of an American Family
New York: Norton, 1996. Illustrated in black and white. xii, 577 pages. Thick 8vo, blue cloth-backed boards, d.w. (price clipped). New York: Norton, (1996). First Edition. Gift inscription at fly-leaf, otherwise internally clean and tight. Very good(+) in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1858.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1928. Illustrated throughout. 2 volumes. Thick 8vo, blue cloth. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (1928). Very good. More
Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1858.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1928. Two volumes. Frontis. portrait each volume. Illustrated. xxviii + 607 pages and 741 pages, thick 8vo, blue cloth with gilt lettering; inscription on front free endpaper of volume I and rear free endpaper of volume II, covers lightly rubbed with minor bumping to corners and spine ends, minor staining to covers. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1928. Internally clean, a very good solid copy. 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
Prairie Albion; An English Settlement in Pioneer Illinois.
illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w. Southern IL UP, (1962). vg. More
The Birds of Illinois
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1989. Illustrated in color throughout with original paintings by William Zimmerman. 219 pages. 4to, brown cloth, d.w. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, (1989). A fine copy in a lightly sunned near fine dust wrapper. 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: or, The Murderer's Doom.
A Tale of the Mississippi Valley. illus. 8vo, boards;; (rubbed). Univ. of Oklahoma Press, (1963). 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 Old Northwest, Pioneer Period, 1815-1840.
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1951. Illustrated. 2 volumes. Very thick 8vo, red cloth (spines darkened), internally fine, worn slipcase. Bloomington: Indiana UP, 1951. Very good(+). More
The Old Northwest, Pioneer Period, 1815-1840.
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1951. Illustrated. 2 volumes. Very thick 8vo, with cloth with red labels, worn slipcase. Bloomington: Indiana UP, 1951. Second printing. Fine in good slipcase. More
A True Picture Of Emigration.
New York: Citadel Press, 1968. Ed. by Milo Quaife. Illus. 8vo, brown cloth, d.w. New York: Citadel, (1968). More
My Chicago.
illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Norton, (1992). vg Presentation copy. More
The Illini; A Story of the Prairies.
20 ports. 468pp. 8vo, cloth; (inner hinge weak). Chicago: McClurg, 1904. First Edition Historical novel set in pre-Civil War Illinois. More
The Midwesterner; The Story of Dwight H. Green.
illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w. Chicago: Wilcox & Follett, (1948). vg. More
Architecture and Planning of Graham, Anderson, Probst and White, 1912-1936
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1992. With b/w photos throughout. 325 pages. 4to, pictorial blue boards, d.w. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1992). A very good(+) copy with light dampstain to top outer edge, previous owner bookplate on fly; in a very good dust wrapper, edgeworn with a couple minor scratches to front panel. More
Facts and Speculations on the Origin and history of Playing Cards.
London: John Russell Smith, 1848. 33 inserted plates, 8 in full color, 17 text illustrations; rubricated title. pp. [viii], 343 pages (many pages un-opened). Thick 8vo, original purple cloth (neat but crude rebacking in blue cloth with original gilt spine title preserved), yellow coated endpapers. London: John Russell Smith, 1848. First Edition. A very good copy. Contents include: Gypsies, fortune-telling, tarots, plus a bibliographical references and index. More
Chicago; A Pictorial Guide
Stillwater: Voyageur Press, 1995. Many color photo Illus. 95pp. 4to, blue cloth, cloth lightly soiled. (Stillwater): Voyageur Press, (1995). One of 1150 copies. More