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Swift, Louis F. . THE YANKEE OF THE YARDS THE BIOGRAPHY OF GUSTAVUS FRANKLIN SWIFT
Chicago 1927 Shaw. 218p. Index. VG. (a16695)
$35.00Meyer, Isador. POEMS
Chicago 1951 first edition. Author. Photo illustration picture of Meyer as frontispiece. Hardcover octavo. 58pp. Good , light cover wear; uneven cover fading; hinges secure and uncracked. no DJ. (a27728)
$45.00Haywood, Charles. THE GENTILE NOTE IN JEWISH MUSIC
Chicago 1946. Chicago Jewish Forum, Volume 4, No. 3, Spring 1946. 4to., pp.167-173, wraps. Single complete issue. VG plus. No ownership marks. (a32684)
$25.00 (labor unions) . MEN'S CLOTHING INDUSTRY CHICAGO MARKET - DECISIONS OF THE TRADE BOARD AND BOARD OF ARBITRATION (3 volumes)
Chicago 1923-1931. 3 large hardcover volumes. Volume IV, Nos.3-449, New Series and Index, May 17, 1922-October 12, 1923; Volume V, Nos. 452-905, New Series, October 2, 1923-April 30, 1925 and Index, May 1, 1922-April 30, 1925; Volume VI, Nos. 906-1275, New Series and Index, May 1, 1925-April 30, 1931. Over 1200 decisions provide a fascinating look into factory conditions and labor relations in the Chicago garment business during the 1920's. 4to., mimeo on rectos only, bound in buckram. Numbers on spines. Institution bookplate in each volume. VG, slight soiling. Set of 3 volumes: (a37152)
$400.00Sears, Hon. Nathaniel C.. ABRAHAM LINCOLN POLITICAN AND PATRIOT AN ADDRESS
Chicago 1920. Union League Club, February 12, 1920. 8vo., 8pp., printed wraps. 8p. VG. (a37361)
$25.00 McPherson, Aimee Temple . REVIVAL CHICAGO COLISEUM
Chicago n.d. (1921). Promotional brochure, announcing Revival at the Chicago Coliseum, June 16-July 10, Twice Daily. 4to. (9.5 inches by 12.5 inches), 4 pp., illustrated, wraps. Good, light wear. (a37487)
$36.00(zionism). SIXTIETH JUBILEE OF THE LABOR ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA POALE ZION CHICAGO
Chicago 1965. 8vo., about 500pp., some monochrome photo illus., wraps. VG. (a41754)
$45.00 Thompson, James Westfall . CAIN
1926 The Chicago Literary Club. Limited to 400 copies. A Play in verse on the Biblical theme. 8vo., 35pp., wraps. Unopened. Good, a bit soiled, a few light stains, some foxing. (a43901)
$25.00Carswell, John (introduction). CROSS SECTIONS - RECENT ADDITIONS TO THE COLLECTION
Chicago 1986. Miscellaneous Publications of the David and Alfred Smart Gallery, the University of Chicago, No. 4. 4to., 100pp., stapled wraps. VG+. no owner marks. (a44387)
$29.00Bulliet, C. J.. MASTERPIECES OF ITALIAN ART INFORMALLY DISCUSSED BY C. J. BULLIET
1939. Loaned by the Royal Italian Government and exhitibited at the Art Institute of Chicago. Works by Fra Angelico, Caravaggio, Bronzino, Mantegna, etc. 4to., 28 works photo illustrated and discusse, wraps. Good, top corner of front chipped. (a46812)
$29.00 (John Crerar library) . THE JOHN CRERAR LIBRARY THIRTY SIX ANNUAL REPORTS 1895-1915, 1917, 1918, 1920-1936
Chicago 1897-1936. Annual Reports from the First to the Twenty-Ninth (lacking the Twenty-Fifth and the Twenty-Second), Thirtieth to the Thirty-Eighth. Each octavo, about 25-40pp., wraps. 1895 report lacking front wrap. Institution stamp and numbers on all front wraps, and occasional label. Each report has 4 holes for ring binders at left margin. Good, occasional tears in wraps, spines chipped for several issues, sometimes the holes have broken through to the spines, and there is residue of glue on some spines (where the reports were bound together). 36 Reports ,almost a complete run ( lacking only 2 issues.) (a48827)
$59.00Daniels, Warren S. and Malcolm D. Hale. FLOODS OF OCTOBER 1954 IN THE CHICAGO AREA ILLINOIS INDIANA
Washington 1958. U.S.G.S Water-Supply Paper 1370-B. 8vo., pp.107-197, photo illustrations, wraps. A few ink numbers on front. VG. (a50237)
$29.00 Norris, J. W. . GENERAL DIRECTORY AND BUSINESS ADVERTISER OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO FOR THE YEAR 1844 WITH A HISTORICAL SKETCH AND STATISTICS EXTENDING FROM 1837 TO 1844
Chicago 1902. Reprint by Bohan of 1844 Ellis & Fergus Edition. 8vo., 116pp., hardcover. VG, light spotting on cover. (a51625)
$39.00 Steadman, Robert F. . PUBLIC HEALTH ORGANIZATION IN THE CHICAGO REGION
1930 1st University of Chicago. 8vo., 279pp., index, hardcover. Near Fine, extremely light paperclip effects on end paper and initial few pages, no DJ. (a52657)
$40.00 Moore, Edward . FORTY YEARS OF OPERA IN CHICAGO
NY 1930 1st Liveright. Sm.4to., 530pp., lovely creamy white cover cloth with attractive bright blue corners. VG, rear hinge tender,text very clean and bright; in Good DJ, light fraying on top edge, some closed tears. (a55363)
$35.00 (caxton club) . THE CAXTON CLUB 1965
Chicago 1965 Lakeside Press. This edition of the Caxton Club Yearbooks cover the period from 1958 to Januagry 1965 and consists of 500 copies. 12mo., 110pp., green cloth. Light paperclip rust residue on top of initial pages. VG, no DJ. (a55633)
$20.00 Fryxell, F. M. . THE PHYSIOGRAPHY OF THE REGION OF CHICAGO
Chicago 1927 1st University of Chicago. 4to., 55pp., 17 photo illustrations and diagrams, 4 folding color maps in text and one large folding map in rear pocket (light wrinkling on corner of this map), original brown printed wraps. All maps present. VG, light stain on half of rear cover. (a55901)
$145.00 Thomas, Charles B . SERMON FOR THE HOUR PREACHED ON SUNDAY, FEB. 23, 1862, IN THE FIRST UNITARIAN CHURCH OF CHICAGO
Chicago 1862 Dunlop. 8vo., 19pp., removed and rebound in later wraps. Good. (a59162)
$25.00 Lopata, Helena Znaniecka, Debra Barnewolt and Cheryl Allyun Miller . CITY WOMEN WORK, JOBS, OCCUPATONS, CAREERS - VOLUME 2: CHICAGO
NY 1985 1st Praeger. TLg.8vo., 551pp., original printed green cloth hardcover. VG, short closed tear at head of spine. (a60115)
$34.00 Klekot, Wladyslaw . LOOK TO THE SKY (signed)
New York 1946 first edition Hobson book Press. A sociological novel of Chicago's neglected and impoverished Polish West Side. Hardcover. Octavo, 249pp., cloth. **Inscribed and signed by Klekot. Near Fine in VG DJ, a bit browned on spine, light wear on edges. Scarce. (a62482)
$175.00 Kahn, Melvin A. and Frances J. Majors . THE WINNING TICKET DALEY, THE CHICAGO MACHINE AND ILLINOIS POLITICS. ISBN 0-03-069298-9.
NY 1984 1st Praeger. ISBN 0-03-069298-9.Octavo, 280pp., hardcover. Near Fine, very slight cover wear, no DJ. (a66886)
$150.00 McCaul, Robert L. and Peter De Boer . ANNOTATED LIST OF CHICAGO TRIBUNE EDITORIALS ON ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION IN THE U.S. 1852 - 1971. ISBN 0-7734-9595-9.
Lewiston 1992 1st Mellen Press. ISBN 0-7734-9595-9. Octavo, 312pp., hardcover. VG, front cover slightly warped and some light spots on front, no DJ. (a67446)
$125.00 Grant, Genevieve Grahame . GENEVIEVE GRAHAME GRANT
Chicago 1895 Privately Printed at the Lakeside Press. Grant was a writer and the founder of Chicago's Twentieth Century Club. Octavo, 138pp., frontis portrait of Grant, faux vellum binding with gilt trim. Top edge gilt. VG plus. (a67449)
$95.00 (chicago) . IN MEMORY OF ZUINGLIUS GROVER OUR BELOVED PRINCIPAL
Chicago 1893 1st Alumnae Association of Dearborn Seminary. Octavo, 88pp., portrait frontis, hardcover. VG. (a67677)
$35.00 Harper, Fred . THE ELKS NATIONAL MEMORIAL
1951 4th printing. 4to., 70pp., full page color illustrations, monochome photo illustrations, green cloth hardcover with full gilt picture of memorial on front. Fine in Fair Box, worn and torn. (a68008)
$25.00 Turbyfill, Mark and Samuel Putnam . EVAPORATION A SYMPOSIUM (signed)
Winchester 1923 first edition Modern Review. Prose and poetry "of a 'new school' among the young poets of Chicago. 'Mystical', 'metaphysical', 'fourth-dimensional', etc. are some of the adjective we have heard applied to this group, said to be the left wing of the subjectivists." (note on jacket). Hardcover. 12mo., 59pp., black cloth. **Signed "Mark" in presentation to Abigail Bradbury-Hawes. Near VG, lightly worn, gilt lettering on front cover faded. Portions of jacket laid in. (a68013)
$150.00Jackson, H. C. L.. GRAND CIRCUS PARK U. S. W. (inscribed and signed by Jackson)
Detroit 1938 1st Arnold-Powers. Stories. Copy No. 403 of a limited edition. Octavo, 127pp., illustrations by Minge, hardcover. ***Inscribed and signed by Jackson. Good, occasional small lightly browned areas on cover and in text. (a68098)
$34.00 Lopata, Helena Znaniecka with Cheryl Allyn Miller and Debra Barnewolt . CITY WOMEN WORK, JOBS OCCUPATIONS, CAREERS VOLUME I: AMERICA; VOLUME II: CHICAGO (2 VOLUME set, complete)
NY 1984, 1985 first edition Praeger. ISBN 0-03-069246-6. ISBN 0-03-069247-4. 2 volumes. Hardcovers. Large octavos, 302pp., 551pp., original matching green and gilt printed cloth. Fine, no DJs. 2 volume set. no marks. (a68116)
$80.00 (chicago) . FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS TO THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1876
Chicago 1877 Clark & Edwards. Octavo, 255pp., . one foldout map, engine diagrams, road diagrams, wraps. Good, light worming on initial and final pages, some small chips on cover. Scarce.. (a69476)
$300.00 Crow, Martha Foote . THE MINISTRY OF A CHILD A BOOK OF VERSES
Chicago 1899 1st Wind-Tryst Press. Hardcover. 12mo., 94pp., cloth. VG, light cover soiling. (a71718)
$55.00 Noble, Alden Charles . SCOTT WHO WAS NINE, A TALE OF THE JOYOUS UNIVERSE
Chicago 1901 1st The Blue Sky Press. Copyright by Langworhty & Stevens. Hardcover. Copy No. 39/200 printed on Ruisdael handmade paper.12no., 23pp., attractive color illustration and lettering on front. Initialled by Langworthy. VG plus, slight spotting and browning of end papers. (a71739)
$130.00 Mason, Amelia Gere . MEMORIES OF A FRIEND
Chicago 1918 1st Woodworth. Encomium to MacVeagh, wife of Secretary of Treasury under President Taft, etc. Hardcover. Small 4to., 168pp., frontis portrait of Emily Eames MacVeagh, text portraits, cloth. VG, spine a bit browned, light cover wear. (a71858)
$175.00 Hotel ephemera . SERVICE GUIDE HOTELS WINDERMERE CHICAGO
c. 1920. 16mo., 23pp., original wraps. All text, no illustrations. Helpful hotel information porter, laundry, valuts, garage, dining, etc, plus travel suggestions for Chicago - museums, motion pictures theatres, horse back riding, etc. VG, light cover stains. (a73654)
$23.00 (banks) . SIEGEL COOPER AND CO. STAMP SAVINGS BANK, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
Brochure advertising bank and its services. Lists bank locations and all places - mostly pharmacies - where the savings stamps could be purchased in Chicago. 5-1/2 x 3 1/4 inches, 8pp., original printed pale green and pale red wraps. Henry Siegel, Frank H. Cooper and Isaac Keim, Bankers. VG. (a73684)
$24.00 Wald, W. . BOKSTUGAN ORGAN FOR STUDIEFORBUNDET VERDANDI - NUMRO 38
Chicago 1925. Swedish radical socialist group journal. This issue has articles on Carl LIndhagen, Lenin, Da Jorden Skulle Forgas, Erik Heden and more. In Swedish. Sm.4to. 34pp., photo illustrations, original salmon-colored printed wraps. VG. (a74317)
$45.00 Seymour, Morris W. et al . CONNECTICUT AT THE WORLD'S FAIR REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS FROM CONNECTICUT OF THE COLUMBIAN EXHIBITION OF 1893 AT CHICAGO
Hartford 1898 1st Case Lockwood & Brainard. Hardcover. Large octavo, 367pp., photo illustrations, dark brown cloth with gilt lettering and floral end papers. VG, one inch long chip from edge of spine. (a76525)
$60.00 Musham, H. A. . EARLY GREAT LAKES STEAMBOATS, THE CHICAGO LINE 1838-1839
1958. Article at pp. 273-300, illustration in single issue of The American Neptune, Other articles on other topics in same issue as well. Sm.4to., original illustrated wraps. VG. (a77667a)
$24.00 MacShane, Frank . THE LOG OF JAMES SUTHERLAND
1958. Article at pp. 306-324, illustration in single issue of The American Neptune, Other articles on other topics in same issue as well. Sm.4to., original illustrated wraps. VG. (a77667b)
$24.00 Phelps, Henry P. . THE WORLD'S FAIR VIA BALTIMORE & OHIO R. R. THE SIGHT-SEEING ROUTE TO CHICAGO THROUGH THE GREATEST CITIES, OVER THE GRANDEST MOUNTAINS, WHERE RAILWAY TRAVEL REACHES THE SUBLIME
Baltimore 1893 Passenger Department, Baltimore & Ohio RR. Square octavo, 92pp., maps and numerous text illustrations, original printed wraps. Good, edges a bit frayed, many corners bumped, most pages have crease line where corner was turned down. Complete, binding secure, and no ownership marks. Very Scarce in this original edition. (a77702)
$160.00Harrison, Mrs. Carter H.. STRANGE TO SAY RECOLLECTIONS OF PERSONS AND EVENTS IN NEW ORLEANS AND CHICAGO (signed)
Chicago 1949 1st Kroch. Hardcover. Octavo, 188pp., photo illustrations, cloth. Signed by Mrs. Harrison. Good, no DJ. (a81076)
$29.00 (photography) Laughlin, Clarence John . CLARENCE JOHN LAUGHLIN PHOTOGRAPHS OF VICTORIAN CHICAGO
Washington 1968. Exhibition Catalogue, Corcoran Gallery of Art, March 2 - April 14, 1968. 4to. 8pp., 7 plates, original wraps. VG some residue on cover from 3 removed price tags. (a81146)
$22.00 (chicago review) . THE CHICAGO REVIEW. AMS REPRINTS (EXCEPT FOR VOLUME 13). VOLUMES 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13 BOUND IN EIGHT MATCHING BUCKRAM VOLUMES WITH INSTITUTION STAMPS ON FORE-EDGES
NY 1966, AMS Reprints of this very important quarterly journal, spanning 1946 to 1959 with the stated gaps. Volumes 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13 bound in eight matching volumes as follows: Volumes 1-2, 4-6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13. The four issues in Volume 13 (1959) are the original printings with covers, which have been trimmed at the right margin for binding. The issue for Winter 1959 is not the suppressed issue with the William Burroughs section. Also included is the index to volumes 1-11, and volumes 12, 13. Octavos, illustrations, matching institution buckram with black lettering on spine. Institution stamps on all fore-edges, a few marginal number stamps, no other markings. Near Fine. 44 issues in 11 volumes. (a84302)
$165.00Minstrel Broadside. EMERSON'S MEGATHERIAN MINSTRELS!
Chicago c.1879. Original broadside advertising Chicago Minstrel Show. 10 inches tall by 4-1/2 inches wide. Printed on one side only. Program for minstrel show under management of Mr. R. M. Hooley of Hooley's Theatre, Chicago. 65 lines of text. Actors listed include Geo H. Coes, Billy Emerson, Burt Haverly, J. G. Parks, Chas V. Seamon, Luke Schoolcraft, Wally Gibbs, L. E. Leary, Ed Girard, C. F. Shattuck, others. Good, small stain on lower end. Paperback ephemera. Picture available on request. Guranteed original edition. (a84441)
$100.00Sawyer, Mrs. H E. ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN TRAVEL DIARY OF MRS. H. E. SAWYER OF CHICAGO ILLINOIS (c. 1898)
Neatly written ink, very legible. Small octavo, 158pp., green cloth spine. Begins Wednesday June 16 and ends Friday August 27. From dates mentioned in the text of which 1870 is the latest, the date of the diary was most likely written either in 1886, r 1897 or, less likely, 1909 - it is clearly pre WW1. Diary begins with Sawyer in Italy, travels to Switzerland and ends in France. There are no blank pages. The diary is self-titled on front end paper "An Old Womans Travels". Sample entry: "Went to Mrs. Perkins to get the package of gloves for Mrs. Richmond. Not at home. left a card and then went to the Tomb of Napoleon It is in the Eglise des Invalides. It is a very beautiful building and was built by the architect Mansart. Finished in 1706...(etc)" VG. (a84627)
$425.00Stereocards. A TRIP THROUGH SEARS ROEBUCK & CO
Set of original stereograph views in ORIGINAL printed box. ALL 50 views are present. c. 1907. 7-1/4 x 4 inches. Views of Sears Roebuck retail store in Chicago, Illinois, inside and out beginning with a portrait of R W Sears, president, sitting at his desk. All views identified and explained with detailed description on rear of each card. Descriptions almost sing with pride with Sears' modern machinery, efficiency, gardens, new business methods. Views are VG (just one has light wrinkle). Box is Near Good, solid but folding lid is splitting on all corners. Seldom found complete with all cards and in original box. (a90853)
$55.00