Chicago: Lakeside Press, [1938]. First Thus. Cloth. 12mo. Publisher's navy cloth with gilt lettering on spine and cover. Gilt top edge. Deckle edges (fore and bottom). 60 pp. No jacket as issued. Fine condition. This is a limited edition (number 182 of 500) fine reprint of an essay on oration by former..... More
[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
University of California, 1984. First Edition. Cloth. Association copy. Inscribed on title page: "For Victor Cassidy -- I'm glad this introduced us. Mary Barnard, September 26, 1987." Barnard was a celebrated poet, biographer, and translator. Her tutelage under Ezra Pound and friendship with William Carlos Williams, Marianne Moore, and other..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1962. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. 8.5"x5.75". Beige cloth. Pictorial dust jacket. 205 pp. Edge wear to jacket, including 1/2" chip at footer of jacket spine. Price clipped. Signed on front free endpaper. This is a signed first edition of legendary Chicago bookseller Brent's memoir. Brent was the proprietor..... More
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 the cover..... More
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: "A..... More
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 F.W...... More
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, Chicago." This..... More
Chicago: Chicago Medical Book Co., 1923. Pamphlet. 12mo. Staple-bound pamphlet. 15 pp. including a tearaway order blank. Mild edge wear. In excellent condition. This is a promotional pamphlet by the Chicago Medical Book Co., a defunct academic bookstore formerly located at Congress and Honore in Chicago, promoting new titles by the..... 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
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
University of Knowledge, 1941. Cloth. In protective overwrap. Jacket has some tears along edges and a larger tear at top of spine. This is an early edition of this accessible history of primitive humans written by the Coles, distinguished anthropologists at the University of Chicago. With many fine pen illustrations..... More
Chicago: The Fair, 1915. First Edition. Boards. 8vo. Decorative boards. Many illustrated plates. Decorative borders. 46 unnumbered pp. Some scuffs and shelf wear to boards. Minor toning to endpapers. Tight and clean. This is a scarce, limited run history of Chicago's first department store, The Fair, privately printed in celebration of the..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1946. Cloth. 8vo. Tan cloth. Pictorial dust jacket. 272 pp. Price clipped. Some shelf wear and minor scuffing to jacket. Signed by author on first free endpaper. This is a signed copy of the first book and only novel written by long-time Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago Daily News editor..... 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
Champaign, IL: Sports Publishing, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Black boards with gilt lettering on spine. Pictorial dust jacket. 192 pp. Minor shelf wear. Inscribed by both authors on first free endpaper. This is a memoir signed by legendary Chicago Bears football coach Ditka and his co-author. More
Chicago: Academy Chicago, 1983. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Black boards. Pictorial dust jacket. 331 pp. Edge wear to jacket, some small tears at header and footer of jacket spine. Inscribed on front free endpaper: "To Alice, A successful fugitive from the journalistic profession (Professionz) - Dornfeld." Owner's name on..... More
Cambridge University Press, 2004. Paperback. This is a socological study of grassroots feminist activism among Africa-American women in Chicago public housing. Fine condition, appears unread. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1955. First Edition. Boards. 8vo. Illustrated paper-covered boards. Dust jacket. 43 pp. Shelf wear to jacket, with several small chips and closed tears to edges. Book is in excellent condition. This is a first edition of the first book by poet Isabella Gardner, cousin to Robert Lowell and relative..... More
Chicago: Rand McNally, 1955. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine and cover. Pictorial dust jacket. Photographic plates. 352 pp. Minor scuffing and chipping to jacket edges. Pasted-in presentation plate signed by author and club president. This is a first printing special signed edition of veteran..... More
Seabury Press, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. This is a first edition of Chicago social scientist Greeley's out-of-print study of neighborhoods, both in the abstract and practical sense. In protective overwrap. More
London: Octopus Books, 1974. Cloth. Folio. Publisher’s illustrated cloth boards. Many color illustrations throughout, including photographic plates. 144 pp. No jacket. Light wear to edges. Ex-library with sticker on spine and front cover and card pocket pasted on front free endpaper. Tight and clean. This is a lushly illustrated children's book about..... More
Chicago: Hyde Park Art Center, 2016. First Edition. Boards. 4to. 12"x10". Boards with gilt lettering and decoration. Color plates. 107 pp. Minor edge wear. This is an exhibition catalog of the works of many young Chicago artists. More
Springfield, IL: Illinois State Chamber of Commerce, [1930s]. Wraps. 8vo. Original printed wrappers. Photographic plates throughout. Pocket pasted inside rear cover containing large fold-out road map. 269 pp. Torn on top edge of spine on front wrapper and lower edge of spine on back wrapper. Last leaf has some holes and..... More
Chicago: City of Chicago, 1947. Wraps. 8vo. Paper wraps. Many illustrations and photographic plates. 372 pp. Ex library. Scuffs and stains to wraps, and some tearing to header and footer of spine. Bookplate inside front cover and several withdrawal stamps from Hackley Public Library, Muskegon, MI throughout. Front hinge overopened. Top..... More