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
St. Louis: C.B. Woodward Co, 1893. Oblong Octavo. 35 images of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. An unusually bright copy bound in brown pictorial cloth accented in rose, black and gilt, ribbon bound. More
Chicago: The Faithorn Company, 1924. First Edition. Octavo. Limited to 1000 copies. The present copy is number 381 specially made for Rev. Lewis B. Fisher and signed by the author, 137 pages, his work has humorous look at the area before its settlement and displacement of native Americans. It moves..... More
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
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
Philadelphia: Compania Del Ferrocarril De Pennsylvania, 1892. Octavo. 139p. 7 maps (as called for in most editions, some apparently have only 6). Spanish language. The Pennsylvania Railroad made an extraordinary effort in corporate image making to produce editions both in English and Spanish. Maps included are: Pennsylvania RR, New York..... More
New York: for the Author, 1881. First Edition. Octavo. First issue, 636pp., prefaced by home scenes in the Fatherlands; or, notices of it founders before emigration. Also, sketches of numerous families and the recoveed history of the land-titles. Illustrated with maps (one folding) and several illusrations. The author writes about..... More
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