[Springfield, IL]: H.W. Rokker, 1887. Cloth. 8vo. Brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine and cover. Portrait illustrations. 726 pp. Ex-library, with sticker on spine, library bookplate inside front cover, card pocket pasted onto first free endpaper, and embossed stamp on title page and p.726. Front hinge splitting at top, threatening..... More
Chicago: Rand, McNally & Company, 1893. Boards. 8vo. Flexible boards. Profusely illustrated, including text illustrations, advertisements and a folding map of the fair. 268 pp. Wear to boards, particularly edges. 1.5" loss at header and footer of spine. Front free endpaper loose and laid in. Library card pocket inside front cover..... More
1934. Hardcover. First page has a nameplate: "Ex Libris Roland H. Bradley" and is stamped twice: "R.H. Bradley" and "APR 9-1934". Light pen marks in pages 111-118 where previous owner bracketed and underlined several passages, mostly dealing with the ACLU. Self-published in 1934, this rare 352-page title details the organizations and..... More
New York: Putnam, 1933. First Edition. Cloth. 4to. Publisher's cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Hand-pressed rag paper. Deckle edge. 364 pp. Signed by Masters on colophon. Ex-library with a mark on spine, bookplate on verso of front free endpaper, card pocket pasted on facing page, and an embossment on title..... More
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Chicago: Fergus, 1889/1892. First Edition. 8vo. Navy cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Illustrated plates and maps throughout. 1316 pp. across 2 volumes. Vol. I: Scuffing to edges. Corners bumped. Ex-library, with sticker on front cover, catalog number written on spine, and card pockets pasted inside front cover and front free..... More
Chicago: Fred R. Nichols, 1910. Boards. 8vo. Quarter cloth boards tied with brown string. Pastedown on front cover. Mixed pagination. Significant rubbing to boards. As this is a high school tablet, many of the pages consist of handwritten notes. Pen notations throughout. Signed by author and owner. Loose ephemera including notes..... More
Chicago: Caxton Club, 1916. First Edition. Boards. 4to. Original binding of vellum-backed boards. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Uncut handmade Italian paper. 290 pp. Minor shelf wear to boards, with a 1/2" chip to the paper backing along right edge of front cover. Interior is perfect. Most pages are unopened. This is a...... More
Chicago: self-published, 1903. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's cloth with pastedown on spine and gilt lettering on front cover. Gilt top edge. Numerous photographic and text illustrations. 323 pp. Corners bumped. Spine pastedown rather rubbed. Right edge of cloth spine covering torn from footer about halfway up. Ex-library with a stamp..... More