Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1969. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth, dust jacket. 718pp. Illustrations, maps. Very good/very good. Some jacket edgewear and mild rubbing. Tight, attractive first edition of this hefty state overview -- with a choice autograph addition: Tipped to an inner flyleaf is a Typed Note Signed..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, [1985]. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth with silver spine lettering, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. xiv, 300pp, xiv. 4 maps. Near fine/very good. Jacket faintly edgeworn only. Tight, attractive later (15th) printing of this uncommon 1952 study, described on front jacket panel "A chapter in American lawlessness"..... More
New York: Rand McNally & Company, 1954. Hardcover. Illustrations by Edward A. Wilson. 8vo. Dark blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. xiv, 427pp. Frontispiece, line drawings. Very good. Faintest of binding wear and spine well sunned, though tight and internally fine. Sans jacket, but a tight and attractive first edition..... More
New York: Rand McNally & Company, [1956]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Grey and blue cloth with giltstamped medallion, pictorial slipcase. 256pp. Map frontispiece, illustrations. Near fine/very good. Slipcase lightly edgeworn and a bit age toned, but attractive and colorful. A tight, clean, superb first edition of this institutional history by the..... More
New York: Rand McNally & Company, [1956]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Grey and blue cloth with gilt lettering and medallion, pictorial paper over boardsslipcase. 256pp. Map frontispiece, illustrations. Near fine/very good. Slipcase mildly edgeworn and faintly soiled, but attractive and colorful. A tight, clean, superb first edition of this institutional centennial..... More
Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1963. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue blind-embossed cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 291pp. Illustrations. Very good/very good. First edition with variant dust jacket. Detailed chronicle of this pivotal year in American culture. More
Chicago: The Chicago Historical Society, 1946. Hardcover. Small 4to. Grey cloth with black and red lettering and decoration, pictorial dust jacket. 83pp. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. Jacket a bit edgeworn and rubbed, with spine rather sunned. Tight, clean, attractive first edition of this well-illustrated standard account, being contemporary accounts of..... More
New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, [1950]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth with gilt lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 313pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, foldout map. Very good/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. Handsome, tight second printing of this important 1935 study. Choice autograph addition: Tipped to front flyleaf is a Typed Letter Signed from..... More
Springfield: Illinois State Historical Library, 1940. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff tan wrappers. 21pp. Illustrations. Very good. Tight and nice first edition of this slim summary of the state's Lincolniana holdings. More
Springfield: The Abraham Lincoln Association, [1929]. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff tan wrappers. 57pp. Very good. Outer wrappers (only) lightly age toned and soiled, else internally fine. Tight, attractive first edition of this interesting first attempt to pin down Lincoln's location and activity for every single day. More
Springfield: The Abraham Lincoln Association, [1930]. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff tan wrappers. 57pp. Very good. Outer wrappers (only) lightly age toned and soiled, else internally fine. Tight, attractive first edition of this interesting first attempt to pin down Lincoln's location and activity for every single day. More
Springfield: Springfield Marine Bank, 1931. Paperback. Small 8vo. Stiff pictorial wrappers. 21pp. Line drawings. Near fine. Outer wrappers slightly age toned. Probable sole edition, tight and attractive. More
Springfield: Brown, Hay and Stephens, 1928. Hardcover. Small 4to. Tan buckram with paper label. 53pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Very good. Faint binding wear, else tight and internally fine. Attractive first edition of this history of the law firm that published it, descended in a convoluted way from Abraham Lincoln's law firm..... More
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, [1967]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Pictorial paper over boards. 242pp. Extensive illustrations, map endpapers. Very good. Binding very slightly edgeworn, but overall tight and quite nice. Later printing of this well-illustrated overview. More
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, [1967]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Pictorial paper over boards. 242pp. Extensive illustrations, map endpapers. Very good. Binding rather edgeworn and a bit rubbed. Ownership signature on front pastedown of Ralph Gordon, noted medical book and military history collector. Tight and decent later printing of this well-illustrated..... More
Chicago: Chicago Historical Society, 1961. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff grey wrappers. (2pp), 18pp. Very good. First edition. More
New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1947. Hardcover. 8vo. Grey cloth, pictorial dust jacket. xii, 564pp. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear and several small edge chips, with jacket spine slightly sunned as usual. Just a book club edition of this fine standard anthology -- but bearing a choice autograph..... More
New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1947. Hardcover. 8vo. Grey cloth, pictorial dust jacket. xii, 564pp. Illustrations. Very good/good plus. Binding mildly edgeworn with spine a bit soiled; jacket edgeworn, with several large edge chips and old tape mends, but complete and overall presentable. A tight and decent first edition of..... More
Springfield: The Illinois State Historical Society, 1940. Hardcover. Small 4to. Grey cloth. ix, 179pp. Map, illustrations. Very good. First edition, tight and nice, of the third volume in this annual series. Contents include H. Gary Hudson's "The Compensations of an Historian," William J. Petersen's "Floating Namesakes of the Sucker State,"..... More
Springfield: The Illinois State Historical Society, 1941. Hardcover. Small 4to. Dark grey cloth with gilt lettering. ix, 217pp. Illustrations, foldout map. Very good. Gilt a bit rubbed, else near fine. Tight, attractive first edition of the fourth volume in this annual series. Contents include Barbara Burr Hubbs' "Rivers That Meet..... More
Springfield: The Illinois State Historical Society, 1941. Hardcover. Small 4to. Dark grey cloth. ix, 217pp. Illustrations, foldout map. Near fine. Tight, attractive first edition of the fourth volume in this annual series. Of greatest interest is that this was the copy of Adlai E. Stevenson II (1900-65), Illinois governor and..... More
Springfield: The Illinois State Historical Society, 1944. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth. vii, 115pp. Very good. Slight scuffing. First edition of the sixth volume in this annual series. Contents include Avery Craven's "Southern Attitudes Toward Abraham Lincoln," Ernest G. Hildner's "Colleges and College Life in Illinois One Hundred Years Ago,"..... More
Springfield: The Illinois State Historical Society, 1944. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth. vii, 115pp. Near fine. Tight, clean, attractive first edition of the sixth volume in this annual series. Contents include Avery Craven's "Southern Attitudes Toward Abraham Lincoln," Ernest G. Hildner's "Colleges and College Life in Illinois One Hundred Years..... More
Springfield: The Illinois State Historical Society, 1944. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth. vii, 115pp. Very good. A tight and nice first edition of the sixth volume in this annual series. Contents include Avery Craven's "Southern Attitudes Toward Abraham Lincoln," Ernest G. Hildner's "Colleges and College Life in Illinois One Hundred..... More
Springfield, IL: Brown, Hay and Stephens, 1978. Hardcover. Small 4to. Burgundy cloth, gilt. 84pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Fine. First of this revised edition of a 1928 text, bearing a choice autograph addition: Tipped to an inner flyleaf is a Typed Note Signed from Angle, 1p, 8½" X 11", Springfield, IL, 1944..... More