Guy Harris the Runaway
A.L. Burt, 1898. Hardcover. This is an early reprint of the popular juvenile adventure novel. Some chipping around top and bottom of spine. Binding is sound and interior is pristine. More
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Death Comes for Archbishop
New York: Knopf, 1942. 6th printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth with pastedown on spine and front cover. 343 pp. Lacks jacket. Excellent condition. This is an early printing of Cather's classic novel with illustrations. More
McGillivray of the Creeks
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1938. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's cloth. With 2 facsimiles of letters from McGillivray. 385 pp. Minor edge wear and bumping to corners. Ex-library with sticker residue on spine and cover, stamp on top and bottom block edges, bookplate inside front cover, and card..... More
Chicago by the Book: 101 Publications That Shaped the City and Its Image
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2018. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 4to. Red cloth with silver lettering and Chicago star device. Dust jacket. Color photographs throughout. 273 pp. Very minor shelf wear. This is a first printing of Caxton Club's history of Chicago publishing, highlighting influential books and documents throughout..... More
Manhood for Amateurs; The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father, and Son
New York: Harper Collins, 2009. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Illustrated boards. Illustrated dust jacket. 306 pp. Signed by Chabon on publisher's page, bound in. Sticker on front cover. Very minor shelf wear. Black marker on bottom block edge. This is a signed first printing of Chabon's first memoir. More
The Jerusalem Windows
New York: Park Lane, 1988. Reprint. Hardcover. 4to. Cloth. Dust jacket. Full color plates. 210 pp. Minor shelf wear to jacket. This is an annotated reproduction of Chagall's legendary stained glass art. This large item may require additional shipping costs. More
Letters from Basil Hall Chamberlain to Lafcadio Hearn
Tokyo: Hokuseido Press, 1936. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Slipcase. Publisher's cloth. Gilt lettering on spine and cover. Gilt top edge. Deckle edge. Frontispiece and 11 illustrations. 158 pp. Minor rubbing to slipcase edges and one corner bumped. Two cards from publisher taped in. This is a limited first edition collection..... More
Letters from Basil Hall Chamberlain to Lafcadio Hearn
Tokyo: Hokuseido Press, 1936. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Dust jacket. Publisher's cloth. Gilt lettering on spine and cover. Gilt top edge. Deckle edge. Frontispiece and 11 illustrations. 158 pp. Hinges have been professionally repaired. Minorwear to jacket edges and a strip torn at jacket spine header. Chips to top and..... More
Detained; 283 days in Jamaica's detention camp, struggling for freedom, justice and human rights!
Kingston, Jamaica: Kingston Publishers Limited, 1977. First Edition. 8vo. Red faux leather with gilt text. Dust jacket. 207 pp. Association copy. Signed by the author to Cecil Charlton, former mayor of Mandeville, Jamaica. Book is signed multiple times with different pens, and there are scribbles on the front free endpaper..... More
Borderless Wars; Civil Military Disorder and Legal Uncertainty
New York: Cambridge University Press, 2015. First Edition. Paperback. 8vo. 8.5"x5.5". Red decorative wraps. 204 pp. Inscription on title page. This is an inscribed first edition of Toni Chayes' scholarly assessment of U.S. international politics. More
The Barefoot Maid at the Fountain Inn
Chicago: Chicago Literary Club, 1912. First Edition. Pamphlet. 7"x4 3/4". Grey wraps. 41 pp. Wrap edges overhang text block, resulting in some curling and closed tears. Stains on spine. Pages unopened. This is a paper printed for members of the Chicago Literary Club, limited to 660 copies. The decorations on..... More
A King of France Unnamed in History
Chicago: Chicago Literary Club, 1902. First Edition. Pamphlet. 7"x4 3/4". Grey wraps. Facsimile historical charter fold-out pasted in. 86 pp. Wrap edges overhang text block, resulting in some curling and chipping. Stains on spine. Pages unopened. Bookplate on front free endpaper of F.W. Gookin. Stamp in gutter of dedication page..... More
A King of France Unnamed in History
Chicago: Chicago Literary Club, 1902. First Edition. Pamphlet. 7"x4 3/4". Grey wraps. Facsimile historical charter fold-out pasted in. 86 pp. Wrap edges overhang text block, resulting in some curling and chipping. Chip to top left corner of front cover. Stains on spine. Pages unopened. Bookplate on front free endpaper of..... More
The Second Norman Conquest of England
Chicago: Chicago Literary Club, 1907. First Edition. Pamphlet. 7"x4 3/4". Grey wraps. Facsimile map of England fold-out pasted in. 50 pp. Wrap edges overhang text block, resulting in some curling and closed tears. Stains on spine. Pages unopened. Stamp in gutter of preface page: "A gift from Mrs. F.W. Blatchford..... More
Physics Notebook of a Chicago High School Student in 1911
Boards. NICHOLS, Fred R. Notes in Physics; For the Use of the Pupils of the Richard T. Crane Technical High School. Chicago: Fred R. Nichols, 1910. 8vo. Quarter cloth boards tied with brown string. Pastedown on front cover. Mixed pagination. Significant rubbing to boards. As this is a high school..... More
Holocaust Project; From Darkness into Light
Viking Press, 1993. First Edition. Boards. Inscribed by both Chicago and Woodman on title page. This book comprises the paintings and prose of legendary artist Judy Chicago with photographs from her husband Donald Woodman from their 8 year (1985-1993) exploration of the Holocaust and their Jewish heritage. The Holocaust Project..... More
Book From the National Palace Museum, China, Paintings, in Celebration of 60th Anniversary
China National Palace Museum, 1985. Cloth. In Chinese and English. Jewel box binding with navy cloth and gilt lettering. Previous owner's name on second page. This is a lovely decorative art book of Chinese paintings and details with dual language captions. More
South Pass, 1868; James Chisholm's Journal of the Wyoming Gold Rush
University of Nebraska, 1960. First Thus. Hardcover. Large 8vo. Quarter leatherette over boards. Gilt lettering on spine and cover. 244 pp. Very minor bumping to edges. Signed by Homsher on half title. An excellent copy. This is an uncommon signed first edition of the annotated journals of pioneer Chisholm. More
The Illustrated History of Magic
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1973. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Large 8vo. Grey cloth. Pictorial dust jacket. Many photographic and illustrated plates throughout. 452 pp. Small chips along top jacket edge and a 1" closed tear on rear cover. Some sunning to top edge and a dark scuff..... More
Two Anti-Communist Newsletters
Evanston, IL: Church League of America, 1950s. Pamphlet. This is a lot of 2 pamphlets from the early 1950s published by the right wing Church League of America based out of the Chicago suburbs from 1937-1984. Both pieces are in fine condition. THOMPSON, Dorothy. "What Is Behind the Immigration Furor?";..... More
The Calumet Region; An American Place
Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Oblong 4to. Cloth. Dust jacket. Black and white photographic plates. 118 pp. Damp stain at footer of jacket. This is a photographic tribute to the Calumet region of Illinois. More
Ciuca: Ravenna Chiostro Di Dante
Venice: 1976. Wraps. In Italian and English. Illustrated wraps. Many plates and a foldout. Unpaginated. Incribed by the artist to the great bookseller Paul Rohe, this copy's former owner, alongside an original hand-drawn portrait. Shelf wear to wraps and lower right corner of front cover is creased. Wraps are partially..... More
Last Waltz in Vienna; The destruction of a family 1842-1942
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1980. Uncorrected Proof. Paperback. 8vo. Wraps. 274 pp. Minor shelf wear. This is an uncommon uncorrected proof of Clare's biography of his Jewish Austrian family, most of whom were murdered in the Holocaust. More
How We Live; A simple dissection of the economic body
New York: D. Van Nostrand Company, 1944. First Edition. Cloth. 4to. Illustrated cloth. Woodcut illustrations and diagrams throughout. 39 pp. Minor sunning to spine. Attractive bookplate inside front cover. A fine copy. This is a young person's primer of Capitalist economic theory with a decidedly anti-Communist, anti-Labor perspective. More
Handbook of Mathematics; For Engineers and Engineering Students
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1906. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Navy cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Diagrams and illustrations throughout. 708 pp. Minor scuffing to edges. Hinges overopened. Ownership stamps of Clarence T. Brewer inside covers and on title page. Index tabs inserted by previous owner on right edge of many..... More