Uniroyal exists today thanks to this Rhode Island industrialist, who in 1887 took a floundering rubber company, reshaped and merged it into the United States Rubber Company, largest producer of rubber goods in the world. Large, bold signature in brown ink on an irregular (corner clipped) 4" X 2" slip... More
This New Hampshire railroad magnate earned the name "robber baron" for such tactics as cheating one Native American tribe from New York out of 10,000 acres he need and other unsavory actions. Closing portion of a Letter Signed, 5" X 2 3/4", n.p., n.d. Very good. A bit age toned... More
New York: Benziger Brothers, 1900. Hardcover. Arranged by St. Jane Francis Fremiot de Chantal. 16mo. Black pebble-grain leatherette with gilt spine lettering. 202pp, (16pp ads). Very good. Faint abrasion near foot of spine, else tight and handsome, with spine gilt bright. A sharp first of this edition. "This copy belongs... More
Quebec: Librairie Garneau Limitee, n.y. Hardcover. 12mo. Full black pebble-grain limp leatherette with gilt spine lettering and blind-embossed rules. 329pp, (5pp). Frontispiece, decorative endpapers. Near fine. Head of spine a tad rough, else tight, bright and lovely. "Nouvelle Edition" of this primer. Small convent name/address inkstamp on copyright page and..... More
Slough, Buckinghamshire: The Mercury Press of Archer & Co., 1947. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Brown cloth with black spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 188pp. 5 full-page plates. Very good/very good. A handsome and tight first edition of this privately published memoir of an 88-year-old British gent penned by his daughter --... More
Paris: E. Plon et Cie, Imprimeurs-Editeurs, 1874-79. 6-volume set (out of 8?). Small 4to. Quarter calf with gilt spine lettering and rules and brown pebble-grain cloth. xxiii, 601pp; xiv, 549pp; xxx, 632pp; 688pp; 716pp; 722pp. Very good overall. Minor binding edgewear, with rear board of last two volumes starting and... More
Roehampton, U.K. Privately Printed, 1867. Hardcover. Small 4to. Quarter black calf with gilt spine lettering and black pebble-grain cloth. x, 130pp, pp. 211-307, 2pp, 110pp, 14pp; pp. 131-210. 2 engraved plates, 2 foldout plates. Very good to near fine. Tight, handsome first edition of this how-to manual for the enclosed... More
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, [1998]. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff pictorial wrappers. ix, 273pp. Illustrations. Fine. Handsome and tight first edition. More
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, [1987]. Hardcover. Cartography by Miklos Pinther. 4to. Glossy green decorative paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xv, 224pp. Numerous illustrations, color maps. Fine/very good. Jacket faintly edgeworn. Quite tight and most handsome first edition of this important study. Uncommon in such... More
Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, [1998]. Hardcover. Foreword by Studs Terkel. Small 4to. Black paper over boards with silver lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xiv, 458pp. Illustrations. Fine/fine. Superbly pristine and tight first edition of this hefty, broad anthology -- articles reprinted from the Chicago Historical Society's quarterly journal. More
Oak Park: Oak Park Bicentennial Commission, [1976]. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glossy brown wrappers. 96pp. Illustrations, maps. Near fine. A tight and attractive first edition of this oft-reprinted study of the many Wright homes that dot this suberb west of Chicago, the hometown that Hemingway called "the city of broad lawns... More
Chicago: Contemporary Books, [1982]. Paperback. Illustrations by Bill Stebbins. Foreword by Mike Royko. 4to. Stiff glossy blue pictorial wrappers. 64pp. Line drawings, illustrations. Very good. Quite minor edgewear. A tight and attractive first edition of this amusing how-to on Chicago dialect -- "Translated Into English for the First time... Plus... More
Chicago: Bonus Books, [1990]. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. xii, 291pp. Illustrations. Fine. Pristine, tight first edition. Heise signs the title page in black ballpoint, adding "Enjoy," while Baumann signs ("Ed") in black fineline, adding "Tom -- / Here's paying you one back! / 10-27-90." (Tom Hollatz was a.... More
Chicago: Gunthorp-Warren Printing Company, 1911. Hardcover. Small 4to. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering. 399pp. Illustrations. Very good. Some mild overall "flecking" of the cloth binding, else tight and internally near fine. Tight and nice third printing of this seminal soup-to-nuts 1910 study, overseen by a "Who's Who" committee ("A... More
Totowa, NJ: The Bedminster Press, 1965. Hardcover. Small 4to. Light blue cloth with dark blue spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xxii, 616pp. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. Faintest bit of jacket edgewear. Quite handsome and tight first edition of this hefty study. More
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, [1991]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Dark yellow cloth spine with brown lettering and light yellow paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xiv, 279pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Near fine/near fine. Faint spotting to page edges. A tight, quite attractive first edition. Amusingly, Tom Hollatz -- Chicago crime... More
Lombard, IL: Owen Memorial Fund, [1934]. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth with gilt lettering and rules. 312pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Very good. Faint binding wear, with spine gilt lightly rubbed. A tight and nice first or "Sponsors' Limited Edition" of this uncommon history -- and NOT ex-library as are most copies. More
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1986. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth spine with gilt lettering and blue paper over boards, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. x, 276pp. Very good/very good. Faint jacket edgewear. Handsome, quite tight first edition of this account of Chicago's wealthiest -- as jacket front panel proclaims, "They... More
New York: The Dial Press, [1980]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Beige cloth spine with blue lettering and red paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. viii, 244pp. Illustrations. Very good/very good. Mild binding and jacket edgewear. Tight, quite nice first edition of this account of Chicago's one and only female mayor --... More
Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, [1952]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Franklin McMahon. 8vo. Black cloth with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 193pp. Line drawings, pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. Jacket a bit rubbed and edgeworn, with old but neat paper reinforcements on verso. Tight and quite nice first edition of this... More
Neshkoro, WI: Sportsbook Publishing Co., 1990. Hardcover. 8vo. Full blue leatherette with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 285pp. Illustrations. Very good/very good. Bit of age toning in gutters of both endpapers, with front flyleaf as tad worn; mild jacket edgewear. Tight, nice first edition. Front flyleaf inkstamp notes this... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1929]. Hardcover. 8vo. Burgundy cloth with silver lettering. xii, 508pp. Very good. Binding lightly edgeworn, with spine faintly sunned, else tight and internally near fine. Early (not first) printing of this popular account, with Lewis providing Part I and Smith the intro and Part... More
New York: Crown Publishers, [1951]. Hardcover. 8vo. Tan paper over boards with blue spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xii, 302pp, (6pp). Map endpapers. Near fine/good plus. Jacket quite edgeworn and rubbed, with spine sunned and edge chips. A tight and nice later (10th) printing of this popular and gossipy (to... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, [1962]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Pauline Baynes. 8vo. Blue textured paper over boards with burgundy lettering. vii, 208pp. Frontispiece, line drawings. Near fine. Text block lightly age toned as usual. Lacks jacket, else a tight and nice later (4th) printing of the 1953 fourth volume in... More
New York: Arrowhead Books, 1955. Hardcover. Illustrations by Jacquelin Taliaferro Smith. Small 4to. Orange cloth with black lettering. vii, 228pp. Line drawings. Very good. Mildly edgeworn, with spine and top edge sunned. Tight and nice first edition of this collection of the Founding Fathers thoughts about freedom in their own... More