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Lawrencevill, Lawrence County, Illinois: [circa 1855]. Unbound. Printed broadside, 22 x 10 ½ inches, employing a number of sizes and styles of type, including large display types (to two inches). One small chip extending to, but not taking, text, rather uniform age-toning, a very good example. It reads, "The Subscribers..... More
Chicago: Woodworth's Book Store, 1915. Softcover. Octavo. 40, [4]pp. Vignette illustrations. Stapled photographically illustrated wrappers. Modest stain on front wrap, small dog-ears, a good or better copy. Catalogue of textbooks and other bookish supplies from a large book store "near the University of Chicago." More
Baltimore: Joseph N. Lewis, [circa 1830s - 1840s]. Hardcover. Thick quarto. [iv], 787, 277, 139, 281-600. Illustrated with engraved plates. Contemporary binding with tan leather boards decoratively stamped in gilt with an ornate boarder stamped in dark brown, spine decoratively stamped in gilt creating four compartments each with a gilt..... More
![Item #629641 [Metal Plaque]: The S-A Vibrator Screen. Stephens-Adamson Mfg. Co. Aurora, Illinois](https://betweenthecovers.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/629641.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1791298855)
Aurora, Illinois: Stephens-Adamson Mfg. Co., [circa 1930?]. Unbound. Enameled metal plaque. Measuring approximately 6" x 4". Light to modest wear, very good or better. Stamped Serial Number "503" and Rotor Size "1." According to a circa 1930 ad we viewed online, "The suspension of the Vibrator Screen by four forged..... More
Kewanee, Ill. Kewanee Printing & Publishing Co., 1910. Softcover. First edition. 16mo. [16]pp. Stapled printed pale brown wrappers. Slightest wear, about fine. This original schedule primarily served as a vehicle for advertisements of local Kewanee businesses: movie theatre, billiards room, cafes, cigars, political ads, photographers, and boilers (Kewanee was an..... More
Chicago: The University Press, (1935). Hardcover. First edition. Octavo. 505pp. Complete with all illustrated photographs and folding plates. Tiny bit of bumping at the spine ends, else fine in good or better toned dust jacket with chipping mostly to the topedge, a few small tears and tiny scattered stains. A...... More
(Chicago: The Numero Group, 2009). Hardcover. First edition. Introduction by Nick Hornby. Oblong quarto. 132pp. Illustrated with beautifully reproduced black and white photographs, as well as a color Appendix of ephemera from the era. Fine in pictorial boards, with 2 LPs in fine printed sleeves and fine pictorial gatefold jacket..... More
Chicago & New York: Herbert S. Stone, (1897). Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated by John T. McCutcheon. 16mo. Decorative green cloth. Tiny bookseller ticket (Brentano's) on rear pastedown, modest foxing on endpapers, lightly toned spine with tiny nicks at the ends, very good. Series of sketches that use street language and..... More
Antioch, Illinois: The Author, 1965. Softcover. First edition. Octavo. A-E, 64pp. With several illustrations. Stapled wrappers foxed and cover with a light diagonal crease, nicks at the spine ends, neat inked notes and (mostly) corrections throughout, very good. More
Princeton, (New Jersey): Princeton University Art Museum, (2014). Hardcover. First edition. Small quarto. 271pp. Heavily illustrated. Boards with cloth spine. Binding a trifle cocked and worn, about fine. Published in conjunction with the 2014-15 show of the same name that exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Princeton..... More
Chicago: The Chicago Tribune, (1928). Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated with hundreds of photographs. 16mo. 790pp. A bit of bumping to the corners, the spine gilt rubbed and a blue wax pencil notation to the front pastedown, very good. An exhaustive and eye-opening A-to-Z guide walking reader's through every step of..... More
Cincinnati: C.F. Vent, 1872. Hardcover. Later printing. Green pebbled cloth, blind-stamped boards, gilt-stamped spine. Illustrated by Chapin & Gulick. With folded map of Chicago. Owner's name penned on label affixed to front pastedown, pages foxed, spine ends modestly worn, minor stains on a few pages, still very good. More
Cincinnati: C.F. Vent, 1871. Hardcover. First edition. 528pp. Green pebbled cloth, blind-stamped boards and gilt-stamped spine. Illustrated by Chapin & Gulick. Folded map of Chicago. Large bookplate of former Cleveland Mayor Hermon M. Chapin on the front pastedown, spine gilt a bit dulled, and corners rubbed with a touch of..... More
[Philadelphia]: [no publisher], [1932-1945]. Hardcover. Small quarto. Blue cloth gilt, entitled *Book Shelf Scrap Book*. Very good condition, with some yellowing to newspaper clippings and occasional loose items. A book compiled by William James Conlen's wife, Jean, focused on the years 1932-1939, which contains newspaper clippings, 32 gelatin silver photographs..... More
Cape Girardeau. Missouri: Southeast Missouri State University, (2011). Hardcover. First edition. 636pp. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the author to noted scholar of African-American history Graham Hodges on the title page. More
(New York): Signet / New American Library, (1958). Softcover. First Signet edition. Mass market paperback. Pages lightly toned, creases on wrappers and spine, tape repair at the crown, very good. Signet T1518. More
Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1939. Softcover. First edition. Small quarto. 64, [2 photographic plates] pp. Illustrated wrappers. Wraps toned and soiled, nicks at the spine ends, last couple pages with light foxing, very good. More
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Chicago: Stephen Daiter Gallery, (2001). Softcover. Exhibition catalog. Essay by Peter C. Bunnell. Slim small quarto. 68pp. Illustrated. Fine in French-folded wrappers. Briefly Inscribed by Helen Gee on the title page. A handsome catalog honoring the founder of New York's Limelight Gallery; when it opened in 1954 it was the..... More
Geneva, IL: Nit & Wit, 1986. Softcover. Periodical. 48pp. Illustrated. Stapled pictorial wrappers. Fine. Chicago-based literary arts magazine that includes: "Jean-Luc Godard: What is the 'Hail Mary' Moral Issue?" an interview with Godard by Allen Barra, fiction by B.S. Jones, June Rachuy Brindel, Philip Graham, and Musa Mayer, and more..... More
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1904. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo. 276pp. Illustrated. Blue cloth gilt. Binding has moderate wear at extremities, and some spotting and small stains on the boards, else a very good copy. More
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1904. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo. 276pp. Illustrated. Blue cloth gilt. Ex-library copy with older label, spine label, and pocket, and with a later discard stamp, thus a sound but fair only copy. More
[Chicago]: The Phoenix / Morgan Park High School, 1973. Softcover. Issue of Spring, 1973. Cover by Jan Griggas. 135, [8 local ads] pp. Reproduces illustrations by 18 student artists. Stapled wrappers with general rubbing and wear, staples oxidized and one is just a bit pulled at the front cover, very..... More
![Item #617922 [Magic]: The Doodlebug: For and of Chicago Assembly S.A.M. [A Broken Run of 33...](https://betweenthecovers.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/617922-1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1766432124)
Chicago: Chicago Assembly S.A.M., 1948-1955. Softcover. Bound, broken run of 33 issues of the monthly periodical for the Chicago Assembly of the Society of American Magicians. Founded in August, 1919, it is also called Assembly #3 because it was founded after those in New York and Philadelphia. The majority of..... More
Urbana, Illinois: Tales Press, (2001). Softcover. First edition. Introduction by John Bowers. Afterword by Judith Everson and J. Michael Lennon. 191pp. Fine in pictorial wrappers. More
(New York): Scribner, (1997). Softcover. First edition. Trade paperback. 203pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Foxing on page edges, corners flared, very good. More