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Wilsonville, OR: Beautiful America Publishing Company, 1984. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. 72pp. Numerous color illustrations. Very good. Second edition of this largely pictorial tribute. More
Wilsonville, OR: Beautiful America Publishing Company, 1984. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. 72pp. Numerous color illustrations. Very good. Second edition of this largely pictorial tribute. More
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1950. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown cloth with gilt lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 274pp. Very good/good plus. Jacket a bit edgeworn and spine-sunned, with a few small edge chips -- overall still attractive. Uncommon first edition of this memoir of growing up in southern Michigan. More
Litchfield, IL: The Sunshine Press, 1950. Hardcover. Small 4to. Maroon leatherette spine and brown paper over boards. 94pp. Color frontispiece. Fine. "First Limited Edition" of this historical novel of the early French settlements by "Colonel Davis." Bookplate of Sunshine Press publisher Garth Henrichs on front flyleaf. KILPATRICK AND HOSHIKO 22..... More
Litchfield, IL: The Sunshine Press, 1950. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth spine, brown paper over boards. 94pp. Color frontispiece. Very good. First, limited edition of this novel based on actual Illinois history. KILPATRICK & HOSHIKO 22. More
New York: Random House, [1953]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Green pictorial cloth. xxi, 359pp. Numerous illustrations, map endpapers. Near fine. Tight, clean and handsome first edition of this "sprightly social history of Chicago from 1820 to the present day." More
New York: Rand McNally & Company, 1957. Hardcover. 8vo. Red cloth, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 383pp. Illustrations. Near fine/good plus. First edition, bearing a nice presentation inscription from a YMCA official on the front flyleaf. More
Sauk City, WI: Stanton & Lee, 1969. Hardcover. 8vo. Yellow cloth, pictorial dust jacket. xxiv, 307pp. Near fine/near fine. Wonderfully tight and bright first edition of this superb, broad statewide anthology, a worthy sequel to Derleth's 1937 "Poetry Out of Wisconsin." A few of the contributors attained wider fame –..... More
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, [1964]. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth with gilt rules and green lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 471pp. Map endpapers. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. A tight and quite nice second printing of a fictionalized biography of Wisconsin's first governor, Nelson Dewey. More
N.p. N.p., n.y. Paperback. Folio. Stiff glossyt decorative wrappers. (80pp). Extensive illustrations. Very good. Mild wear to outer wrappers (only). A tight, nice copy of this collection of noteworthy front pages ranging chronologically from 21 August 1849 to 3 November 1976 ("Carter Wns Cliffhanger") and covering all the expected major..... More
Springfield: Illinois State Museum, 1968. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff red pictorial wrappers. 80pp. Numerous illustrations, tables, line drawings. Very good. Faint sunning to spine, else tight, clean and handsome. Second printing of this 1958 survey, the ninth title in the "Story of Illinois Series." Rather uncommon. More
Springfield: Illinois State Museum, 1958. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff red pictorial wrappers. 76pp. Numerous illustrations, tables, line drawings. Very good. Spine lightly sunned, else tight and internally fine. Attractive first edition of the ninth title in the "Story of Illinois Series." Though not so marked, from the collection of Adlai E...... More
Springfield: Illinois State Museum, 1955. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff black pictorial wrappers. 40pp. Illustrations. Near fine. Near-perfect second printing of the sixth title in the "Story of Illinois Series." More
N.p. [Washington, DC]: N.p., n.y., [1854]. Paperback. Small 4to. Self-cover. 8pp. Good plus. Moderate age toning and foxing throughout. Detailed discussion of the necessity and benefits of major engineering projects to secure the banks of the Mississippi River and the shores of Lake Michigan. First edition. SABIN 20693 note. More
Washington, D.C. Government Printing Office, 1861. Paperback. Small 4to. Original tan printed wrappers. 92pp. Good plus. Almost, but not quite, rates a "Very good" -- just a mild bit of edgewear and couple of tiny chips at extremities. Many of Douglas' Illinois colleagues -- Isaac Arnold and Orville H. Browning..... More
[Springfield]: General Assembly State of Illinois, 1913. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff wrappers with heavy white silk cord. (18pp). Illustrations (1 color). Very good. Outer wrappers (only) slightly age toned and lightly soiled. Tight and attractive copy -- internally a "Near fine" -- of this over-the-top elaborate "Programme of Exercises of..... More
Chicago: The Chicago Public Library, 1976. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff tan wrappers. (18pp). Fine. Probable sole printing of this exhibition catalogue, which profiled 90 choice Douglas-related letters, pamphlets, books and artifacts. Not a bibliography, to be sure, but a useful "high spots" reference. More
New York: Harper & Row, 1966. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. xii, 288pp. Illustrations. Very good/very good. Bookplate and circular blind-embossed stamp on front flyleaf. First edition, tight and handsome. More
Minneapolis: The University of Minnesota Press, [1947]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Pictorial cloth, pictorial dust jacket. x, 246pp. Map frontispiece, numerous illustrations, maps. Very good/fair. Jacket heavily edge chipped and worn. Tight, nice first edition. More
Minneapolis: The University of Minnesota Press, [1947]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Pictorial cloth, pictorial dust jacket. x, 246pp. Map frontispiece, numerous illustrations, maps. Near fine/good plus. Jacket heavily edge chipped and worn and usual, but complete and fairly attractive. Handsome, tight nice first edition of this notable residences survey, sorted into..... More
New York: A.A. Wyn, [1948]. Hardcover. 4to. Black and brown cloth. 176pp. Extensive illustrations. Very good. Spine rather sunned. Tight and attractive first edition of this heavily pictorial collection of "Hundreds of Old Engravings," to cite the title page, mainly chronicling 19th century life in the Midwest. Circular ownership inkstamp..... More
Dubuque: W.A. Adams, 1857. Hardcover. 8vo. Original printed paper over boards with modern black cloth tape spine. Pp. 75-204, (1p). Advertisement endpapers. Good only. Boards quite edgeworn, scuffed and rubbed with rounded corners and rear board showing a mended horizontal crack; first couple leaves likewise edgeworn. A tight and decent..... More
N.p. N.p., n.y. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff white pictorial wrappers. 27pp. Fine. Cryptic bibliographically, but presumably first published in 1948, the year stated on the title page -- although this unidentified reprint certainly comes from a later decade. More
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1982. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth spine and tan paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 224pp. Near fine/very good. Jacket a bit edgeworn, with spine faintly sunned; small blind-embossed Galena ownership name/address on front flyleaf. Tight, nice first edition, boldly signed by Eberle in black..... More
Springfield: State of Illinois, [1982]. Hardcover. 8vo. Black blind-embossed cloth with gilt lettering, rules and device. 656pp. Color frontispiece, numerous illustrations, map, color pictorial endpapers. Fine. Pristine first edition, with recipient's name (Robert H. Malott) gilt-embossed on front board and boldly inscribed and signed by the editor in black fineline..... More
Springfield: H.W. Rokker, 1882. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering. xxxi, 343pp. Good plus. Mild edgewear and tiny chips at head and tail of spine, with spine gilt rubbed; expertly, discreetly rebacked, with new endpapers. A tight and nice first edition of this useful and scarce Black..... More