[Chicago. ca. 1846]. pp.[89]-96. Dbd. Light soiling and wear. Good. A scarce printed letter from John Quincy Adams to the anti-slavery committee in Bangor, dated July 4, 1843, followed by a report from the Monroe, New York DEMOCRAT about Adams' recent journey through the state. In his letter to the.....
Paris: A. Hennuyer, [ 1884]. [4],291,[9]pp. including illustrations and advertisements, plus thirteen engraved plates. Frontis. Titlepage vignette. Original red pictorial cloth, gilt, a.e.g. Cloth a bit toned, corners bumped. Spine slightly sunned, worn at head and toe. Contemporary gift inscription on front fly leaf, ink ownership signature on half title.....
London: Taylor and Hessey, 1818. xv,[1],114,[10]pp. Contemporary boards. Spine perished, new endpapers. Internally very clean, and in very good condition, untrimmed. In a green slipcase, black gilt morocco label. First London edition, after the first American edition of the same year. "These letters were written to friends and inquirers in.....
London: Taylor and Hessey, 1818. xv,[1],114pp. Dbd. Internally clean. Very good. Self-styled second London edition, after the first London and first American editions of the same year. "These letters were written to friends and inquirers in England and contain a wealth of information about economic and social conditions in the.....
Dublin. 1818. xv,112pp. Early 20th-century brown cloth, spine gilt. Head and foot of spine rubbed, small gouge out of cloth at edge of spine. Bookplate on front pastedown. Internally quite clean. Very good. In a blue half morocco and cloth slipcase, spine gilt. Birkbeck, who encouraged British settlement in Illinois.....
Chicago: The Lakeside Press R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co., 1918. [2],xxiv,186,[4]pp. plus portrait with printed tissue guard. 12mo. Original dark green cloth, spine gilt, front board gilt-ruled with gilt-stamped publisher's logo center, t.e.g. Light shelf wear, rear board lightly rubbed. Ex-library, with glue residue and scratched out pen signature on.....
New York. 1848. viii,[9]-299pp. Portrait, engraved title. Decorated cloth, spine gilt extra. Cloth spotted and faded, edgeworn, some minor scattered foxing, a few leaves creased. A good, sound copy. Portraits of Black Hawk, the West, and the massacre at Chicago, drawn in verse.
London: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1824. [4],511pp. plus folding frontispiece map of the United States (with states outlined in color), folding chart of the straits of Niagara, folding table, and other tables in text. Modern three-quarter leather and marbled boards, gilt label. Two bookplates on front pastedown. Small tape repair.....
Chicago. 1908. 267pp. plus maps. Folding map in rear pocket. Cloth, printed paper spine labels. Rubbed, front hinge tender. Very good, unopened. Includes an extensive bibliography.
Chicago: W.B. Conkey Company, [ca. 1890]. 248,[4]pp. Original printed pictorial wrappers. Front cover detached and heavily chipped. Spine and rear cover chipped. Titlepage detached, first few leaves chipped. Fair. A later printing of one of the rarest of outlaw narratives, first printed in Chicago in 1850. The author describes the.....
New York. 1868. 45pp. Original printed wrappers. Chipped and torn along spine, else very good. A day-by-day account of Brainerd's trip from New York across the Mississippi by steamer and train, including descriptions of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Indiana, and Illinois, with much on the cities he stayed in and the sites.....
Plano, Il. Published by the Church of J.C. of L.D. Saints, 1869. 48pp. Original printed yellow wrappers. Some slight dampstaining in upper margin of rear wrapper. Generally clean and fresh. In a folding marbled boards case. The third edition of this pamphlet, the first having appeared in 1864 in San.....
New York. 1844. x,492pp. plus large folding map and [8]pp. of advertisements. Original blindstamped cloth. Spine silked and still rather shaky, extremities frayed and worn, quite heavy foxing, small tear in map. Else a good copy. The handsome detailed folding map by J. Calvin Smith is dated 1844 and was.....
Chicago: The Lakeside Press R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co., 1944. xxxii,265,[6]pp., including map. Portrait. 12mo. Original dark red cloth, spine gilt, front board gilt-ruled with gilt- stamped publisher's logo center, t.e.g. Spine slightly faded, otherwise nearly free of wear. Interior unmarked; no toning. Publisher's card and tissue guard laid in.....
Chicago. 1918. xxvi,362pp. plus illus. and folding map. Frontis. Original gilt cloth. Some edge wear, scattered foxing, else very good. Inscribed by author/historian Carl [Van Doren] to his brother Frank. Portrait of the state during the year of its admission to the Union, including sections on Indians and the fur.....
London. [ 1848]. 62pp. 12mo. Original printed wrappers. Very good. "The greater part of the pamphlet is devoted to the trials and experiences of the first few years in Pike County, Illinois...and it is an excellent picture of frontier life" - Buck. The family arrived in Illinois in 1832, travelling.....
Chicago: The Lakeside Press R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co., 1936. xxxi,167,[8]pp. plus frontispiece portrait, two plates, and one folding map. 12mo. Original dark red cloth, spine gilt, front board gilt-ruled with gilt-stamped publisher's logo center, t.e.g., publisher's card laid in. Spine slightly faded, interior entirely clean and unmarked. A near.....
Stuttgart. 1854. Two volumes. [6],390; [6],381pp. Modern three-quarter calf and marbled boards, spines gilt, leather labels. Light scattered foxing. Very good. An important travel narrative by a learned German who was keenly interested in American customs, religions, politics, and folklore. The author's training in theology explains his interest in American.....
Chicago: The Lakeside Press R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co., 1947. xxx,181,[4]pp., plus one plate. Frontispiece map. 12mo. Original dark red cloth, spine gilt, front board gilt-ruled with gilt-stamped publisher's logo, t.e.g. Spine lightly faded. Interior clean and bright; text block warped along bottom edge. Very good. Lakeside Press edition of.....
[N.p., likely Chicago. 1882-1944]. 190pp. Folio. Contemporary black pebbled cloth boards with later red leather corners and backstrip, gilt title on front board. Endpapers renewed. Minor rubbing and soiling to boards. Light thumb-soiling to text. Very good. An extensive and informative company ledger listing the assets, properties, profits, losses, and.....
Bloomington, Il. Pantagraph Stock-Printing Company, 1888. 128pp. plus two plates (including frontispiece). Errata slip tipped in, additional sheet laid in. Original printed textured wrappers. Minor scuffing, rubbing, and dust-soiling to wrappers. Minor thumb-soiling and some pencil annotations to text. Very good. A substantial and unrecorded cattle auction catalogue advertising the.....
Milwaukee. 1862. Folding color map, 28 x 21 inches. 16mo. Original printed boards. Rubbed. Map with four-inch rough tear along one fold. Overall color bright and clean. Good. Covers Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, and parts of associated states. An unusual wartime and local issue. "Rare, he made few regional.....
Galena: The Gazette Publishing Company, 1899. 304pp. Frontispiece portrait. Original green cloth, gilt title on front board and spine. Light edge wear. Very good. Chetlain, who had a long personal connection with Ulysses S. Grant, held a variety of assignments during the Civil War, eventually rising to the rank of.....
Chicago. 1946-59. 144 issues (many duplicates), as noted below. Quarto. Mimeographed and printed self- wrappers, stapled. Very good. Many addressed to Herbert Brayer. Includes the following numbers: II:11-12 (double number); III:5; V:3; VI:1,2,4- 12,index; VII:1-12; VIII:1-3,8-12; IX:1-3,8- 12; X:1-12; XI:1-5,7-9,index; XII:3,10; XIII:6,9,11; XIV:3-12,index; XV:1-12,index; XVI:1- 5. As stated above, many.....
Chicago: T. Ellwood Zell & Co., 1868. 197pp. (pastedowns are paginated), plus folding map and [26] leaves of plates. 12mo. Publisher's brown cloth, title in gilt on front board and in blind on rear board, expertly rebacked, retaining original backstrip. Ownership inscriptions on front pastedown and p.5. Two very small.....
