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
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
illus. 8vo, cloth, boxed; (ex-lib). N.Y.: Rand McNally, (1956). More
illus. 718pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w. Chicago: Rand McNally, (1969). vg. More
illus. 85pp. 8vo, cloth. Chicago Historical Soc., 1946. vg. More
Chicago: Lincoln Park Conservation Association, 1963. Many photo Illus. 4to, green cloth, glassine d.w. Chicago: Lincoln Park Conservation Association, 1963. More
New York: Dover, 1980. Illustrated in black and white. 116 pages. 4to, pictorial paper wrappers, lightly edgeworn and bumped at head. New York: Dover, (1980). Very good. More
New York: Asher & Adams, 1873. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 22 1/4" x 16" Classic double-page map of Illinois with special focus on the state's developing railroad system. Counties are hand-colored, and black lines depicting rail lines are labeled with the railroad name. Cities, towns, major routes, waterways, post offices, and other geographical features are noted. Parts of Missouri, Kentucky, Indiana, Iowa, and Wisconsin are included. Many cities along the coastline of Lake Michigan are labeled..... More
illus. 423pp. 8vo, cloth, Bloomington: Indiana UP, 1954. Small town life in the Midwest. More
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
Washington: National Photographic Library, 1907. Rotogravure. Sheet measures 22 1/2" x 28" Large black and white photograph of the Monks Mound in Cahokia, Illinois. Published by the National Photographic Library, founded by Dr. Henry Mason Baum. Embossed seal below title, N.P.L. X in lower left image corner. This print is in very good condition with minor wear at margins. Hard to find. The National Photographic Library was founded in 1906 by Dr. Henry Mason Baum and was among the first..... More
illus. 2 vols. 8vo, cloth. Boston, (1928). More
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
illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w. Southern IL UP, (1962). vg. More
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
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
A Tale of the Mississippi Valley. illus. 8vo, boards;; (rubbed). Univ. of Oklahoma Press, (1963). More
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
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
Boston: Bradford, Thomas Gamaliel, 1835. Map. Engraving with original outline coloring. Image measures 10" x 8". Charming map of Illinois and Missouri Territory, divided into counties showing town, geographical features and Indian tribes. Light scattered foxing. T.G. Bradford (1802-1887) was a Boston based publisher. He worked as assistant editor of the American Encyclopedia before entering the field of map making. More
Boston: Bradford, Thomas Gamaliel, 1835. Map. Engraving with original outline coloring. Image measures 10" x 8". Charming map of Illinois and Missouri Territory, divided into counties showing town, geographical features and Indian tribes. Light scattered foxing. T.G. Bradford (1802-1887) was a Boston based publisher. He worked as assistant editor of the American Encyclopedia before entering the field of map making. More
Boston: Bradford, Thomas Gamaliel, 1835. Map. Engraving with original outline coloring. Image measures 10" x 8". Charming map of Illinois and Missouri, divided into counties. Shows town, geographical features and Indian tribes. Light scattered foxing. T.G. Bradford (1802-1887) was a Boston based publisher. He worked as assistant editor of the American Encyclopedia before entering the field of map making. He was best known for his 1835 "A Comprehensive Atlas: Geographical, Historical & Commercial" and his 1838 "Illustrated Atlas Geographical, Statistical..... More
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
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
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
New York: Citadel Press, 1968. Ed. by Milo Quaife. Illus. 8vo, brown cloth, d.w. New York: Citadel, (1968). More
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