Chicago: Lakeside Press, 1913. First Edition. Small Octavo. 137p. A remarkable association copy inscribed by two prominent Chicagoans: Thomas E. Donnelley, President of Lakeside Press to William A. Dyche, who became Mayor of Evanston and was instrumental in getting the elevated train from Chicago to that city. His huge contributions... More about Reminiscences of Chicago During the Forties and Fifties (with an Introduction By Mable McIlvaine

Chicago: W.B. Keen, 1858. Octavo. 189p. Elijah Haines (1822-1889) was born in New York but removed to Illinois in 1836 where at age 16 he bought a farm which became the town of Hainesville. He was admitted to the bar in 1851 and was elected to the Illinois House of... More about Laws of Wisconsin Concerning the Organization and Government of Towns; and the Powers and Duties...

Chicago: Rhodes & McClure, 1880. First Edition. Octavo. First printing. 197pp., [10]pp. ads. with illustrations. An interesting work describing the Chicago area long before it became a city and any buildings were erected. Stories from those who settled the land living miles from their nearest neighbor, in the wilderness along... More about Stories and Sketches of Chicago, an Interesting, Entertaining and Instructive Sketch History of...

Chicago: Regan Publishing, 1910. First Edition. Octavo. 359 pages, index, appendices and illustrations. Though a longtime Chicago police officer who rose to Chief of Police in 1901, he is best remember for being the leading expert on traditional Irish music. Many scholars have written on his influence on the Irish... More about Irish Folk Music, a Fascinating Hobby with Some Account of Allied Subjects Including O'Farrell's...

Chicago: Rand, McNally & Company, 1893. Octavo. 224p. map, index, profusely illustrated with full page and textual illustrations. This copy belonged to F(rank) J. Doodeck who was an engineer in Chicago who worked in the 1920's for the Chicago and Northwest Railway. It later belonged to Edward J. Doodeck in... More about Handbook of the World's Columbia Exposition

New York: Dutton, 1947. First Edition. Octavo. . First printing. 320 pages, index. A marvelous inscription by the author: "For Ginny, with a little autobiographic music….to help her remember Florence, Tallulah and a Sunday night in the Empire Room, Oct. 19, 1947." John Tebbel. After a long run in September... More about The Marshall Fields; A Study in Wealth (Inscribed with Memories of Tallulah Bankhead and Florence