[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: Beeson-Payne Co., 1904. Cloth. Large 8vo. Publisher's cloth. Illustrations, maps, photographs, and advertisements throughout. 272 pp. Minor shelf wear, with somewhat faded cover and spine. Slight cock to spine. Tight and clean, interior perfect. This is an uncommon reference to all registered steam and commercial vessels in the Great Lakes region..... More
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 tablet..... 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
Evergreen Park, IL: State Department of Celestia. The following items are included in this sale: -2 copies of Report to the Universe (1956) pamphlet. Extremely scarce, the only known copies. -State of the Sky (1958) pamphlet. -Passport to the Moon (1955). -Official license for “Banking on the Moon,” issued to Beverly Bank (1966). -You Ought..... 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
Chicago: Independent Publishing Company [self-published], 1909. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's illustrated cloth. Gilt top edge. Frontispiece and several illustrated plates. 461 pp. Very minor edge wear. Previous owner's name inside front cover. Excellent condition. Author's note laid in. This is an odd semi-autobiographical, allegorical novel written by Irish-American bookseller James Howard Mortimer. Mortimer..... 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: 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: Newberry Library, 1968. First Edition. Boards. 4to. 11"x8.75". Decorative boards with blue cloth spine stamped with gilt lettering. Many illustrative plates. 56 pp. Top right corner of front cover is bent, else fine. Presentation copy. This copy is inscribed by Wells "For Paul, with thanks." This copy also comes with a...... More