Publisher:
Springfield, Illinois: The Illinois State Historical Society, 1938.
Seller ID: 1572gls
Octavo, charcoal cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, ix + 241 pp. Good+, with former-ower signature, fading to lower spine, rubbing to edges. View More...
Publisher:
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1939.
Seller ID: 3372bd
Octavo, blue cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, xi + 451 pp. Very Good+, with age darkening to page edges and endpapers; in a Fair, mylar protected dust jacket with edgewear that includes chipping. View More...
1st edition. Octavo, green cloth, 347 pp. Illus. Very Good; cloth is beginning to discolor a bit, in a spine-faded and chipped dust jacket. View More...
Publisher:
Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, [1974]. First Edition, First Printing.
Seller ID: 70627s
Octavo, red cloth (hardcover), gilt letters and deccoration to upper cover, 320 pp. Fine, in a Very Good, mylar protected dust jacket with edgewear that includes several small chips. ÒThe First Century is the story of the Chicago Bar Association's initial hundred years. it records the Association's triumphs and disappointments, the conflicts within and without the organization. It cites the Association's efforts in causes that included cleanups of divorce shysters and jury bribers in its earliest years, in pioneering legislation to establish the world's first Juvenile Court, in battles aga... View More...
Publisher:
Chicago: Marshall Field & Company, 1946.
Seller ID: vas694
Duodecimo, pictorial wrappers, stapled, [64] pp. Photos, maps. Showcasing various departments of the department store and greater Chicago. ÒA book for our out-of-town visitors and our friends in Chicago who want to know mo0re about our organization including, as well, many facts about places of interest in and around Chicago and some pictures of the city and the store.Ó Very Good. View More...
Publisher:
Berkeley: University of California Press, (2000). First Edition.
Seller ID: 5624fd2
Square quarto, black boards (hardcover), xv, 112 pp. Photographic plates. Very Good; lower corners of cover bumpbed, in a slightly soiled dust jacket. View More...
Publisher:
St. Louis: G. Bradley Publishing, (1991).
Seller ID: 3346bd
First Edition. Of an edition of 2,000, this is No. 323. Folio, cloth (hardcover), 200 pp. Photos throughout. Near-Fine in a slightly chipped dust jacket. View More...
Quarto, paperbound (stiff, stapled, illus. wrappers), iv + 36 pp. Map and Street Guide of Northbrook, Illinois at rear. Very Good+, with light foxing (age darkened spotting) to covers. Photographs, essays, some genealogy. From Preface: This is a book commemorating the 75th anniversary of the incorporation of our Village as Shermerville in 1901... View More...
Publisher:
Chicago: Olendorf Graphics, (1988). First Edition.
Seller ID: 4567bd
Signed by the artist on front endpaper. Oblong quarto, slick illustrated boards, Line-drawing illustrations throughout. Fine in a Near-Fine dust jacket. View More...
Publisher:
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, (1981).
Seller ID: 18198scs
Quarto, black cloth (hardcover), xii, 339 pp. Fine, in a Very Good+ dust jacket with light edgewear. From jacket: The first definitive study of its kind, over a dozen years in preparation, Chicago Sculpture is a blend of cultural history, description, and critical analysis. Scholarly, as well as highly readable, its text is enriched by more than 300 photographs of the city's publicly accessible sculpture. Riedy's study reveals these works as an integral part of an evolving mosaic of streets and open places in Chicago's dynamic urban environment. View More...
Publisher:
Elmhurst, Illinois: Irvin A. Ruby, 1948. First Printing.
Seller ID: 61405bd
Octavo, gray cloth (hardcover), xxvii, [i], [1] - 253 pp. Large fold-out map tipped-in at rear, illustrations, photographs, maps. Near-Fine, with former-owner signature, in a badly torn and chipped dust jacket. View More...
