Chicago: Press of J. Barnet, 1865. First Edition. Octavo. Black and white frontispiece, tinted engraved title and regular title page, xvi (9-283). illustrated with 65 engravings, Includes the biography of Abraham Lincoln and, Colonel Julian E. Bryant, who took over the 46th regiment of black soldiers and unlike his predecessor..... More
(Oak Brook, Illinois; 1990): Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. Square Quarto. xi, 59 pages, illustrations, portraits. The Society of Military Engineers notes that it is the most important dredging company in the U.S., it operates the largest fleet of dredges flying the U.S. flag: 27 dredges, eight tugs, 48..... More
Winnetka, Illinois: Printed at the North Shore Country Day School [Elm Presas], 1932. Limited Edition. Small Octavo. Limited edition. Small octavo.31 pages, Printed in a small limited edition (this is number 25). The book is "designed for the instruction and pleasure of those whose mother-tongue is German. To that it..... More
Saint Louis: Missouri Historical Society, 1916. Limited Edition. Octavo. A facsimile reprint of the 1846 Waterloo, Illinois edition, limited to 365 copies. The present copy is number 265, edited with notes and biographical sketches. Ex-library copy with their bookplates and perforated stamp to title page and plates. 316, (1)pp. publisher's..... More
Cambridge, Illinois: B.W. Seaton, Printer, 1876. Octavo. 327(1) pp. An early history of a county which was less than 40 years old when this book was issued. There is much on the early pioneers, schools, churches, benevolent societies, and many ways in which the county grew and was deeply affected..... More