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
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
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
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
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
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: Bonus Books, 1988. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. 9.25"x6.25". Black boards with gilt lettering on spine. Pictorial dust jacket. Many photographic plates. 304 pp. Front jacket flap slightly bent. This is a signed first printing of Irv "Kup" Kupcinet's memoir in fine condition. Kup was a prolific Chicago journalist whose..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1972. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. 8.75"x5.75". Grey boards and white spine. Pictorial dust jacket. 832 pp. Jacket quite worn around edges, including a 1/2" loss at header of spine. Price clipped, and both jacket flaps are bent. Inscription on front free endpaper. This is an..... 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
Cuneo Press, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed and numbered 84 of 250. Strip of spine is peeled, and corners are frayed. Pages 38-40 bear the extensive notes of the previous owner. This is a curious limited run book, both a history of early printing presses in Chicago and a sampling..... 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: Fergus, 1889. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Navy cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Illustrated plates and maps throughout. 551 pp. Front hinge splitting and threatening to detach. Rear cover detached. Cloth covering of spine loose on left edge but attached on right. Attractive bookplate of previous owner (Chalkley Jay Hambleton..... More