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Boss

by Mike Royko

This is the story of the late Richard J. Daley, politician and self-promoter extraordinaire, from his inauspicious youth on Chicago’s South Side through his rapid climb to the seat of power as mayor and boss of the Democratic Party machine. A bare-all account of Daley’s cardinal sins as well as his milestone achievements, this scathing work by Chicago journalist Mike Royko brings to life the most powerful political figure of his time: his laissez-faire policy toward corruption, his unique... Read more about this item

Making a New Deal

by Lizabeth Cohen

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Lost City

by Alan Ehrenhalt

Lost City is a 2004 novel by Clive Cussler. It tells of Kurt Austin's dealings with the Fauchard family, which has dominated the weapons industry for several thousand years, their secret past, the monsters they have created, and the plague they have unleashed on the worlds oceans, all in a quest for immortality.

Eagle Forgotten

by Harry Barnard

The biography of John Peter Altgeld whose courage makes him an inspiration to those who still believe in the American dream.

Chicago Confidential

by Jack and Mortimer, Lee Lait

Fabulous Chicago

by Emmett Dedmon

Black Metropolis

by St Clair Drake and Horace R Cayton

'Lincoln'

by David Herbert Donald

Emergence Of Lincoln

by Allan Nevins

Bloody Williamson

by Paul M Angle

If Christ Came To Chicago

by William T Stead

The Outsider

by Richard Wright

Lost Chicago

by David Garrard Lowe

Chicago's Left Bank

by Alson J Smith

The Seven Stairs

by Stuart Brent

There Are No Children Here

by Alex Kotlowitz

Trails To Rails

by Carlton J Corliss

Captive City

by Ovid Demaris

Sugar Creek

by John MacK Faragher

Lincoln's Herndon

by David Donald

Old Chicago Houses

by John Drury

Chicago Houses

by Janet Bailey

The Jungle

by Upton, Illustrations By Fletcher Martin and A New Sinclair

Illinois Books & Ephemera

Great Britain and The Illinois Country, 1763-1774

by Carter, Clarence Edwin

Battle For Chicago

by Andrews, Wayne

The Midwesterner

by Douglas, Robert J Casey and W a S

Constructing Chicago

by Bluestone, Daniel

Psycho-Analysis. A Course of Lectures in Theory and Application. [First to Seventh Units]

by [Edward N. Schoolman and Daniel H. Bonus]

Chicago: American Institute of Psycho-Analysis,1921. Seven quarto titles in wrappers, continuously paginated, viz., pages 1-244 pages. All titles with lower right hand bumped corners to covers and text within. Overall, bright and clean and Very Good. The first seven units (244 pages) of apparently 13 total units (459 pages) published by this Chicago-based entity seeking to train and any all who wanted to become psychoanalysts. Edward N. Schoolman, M.D. and Daniel H. Bonus, General Director, were the... Read more about this item

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A$348.62

Perrin's History of Illinois

by Perrin, J. Nick

J. Nick Perrin. Mustard cloth with black lettering. Very lightly soiled. Strong copy with no markings. 231 pages including index. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1904.

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A$37.11

MY CHICAGO

by BYRNE, Jane

NY: W.W. Norton, 1992. First Edition, first printing. Signed by Byrne on the half-title page. Byrne not only writes about her tern as Chicago's mayor but also about 150 years in the history of Chicago. Tall 8vo., cloth & boards in dust jacket; 384 pages. Illustrated.. Very Good (covers nice; contents clean & tight with small stain to top edge of about 30 pages); nice d/j.

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A$54.23

The Seven Stairs: An Adventure of the Heart

by Brent, Stuart

Touchstone Books, 1989. Paperback. Very Good. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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A$14.55

Letters from Illinois

by Birkbeck, Morris

Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms / Taylor and Hessey. Strong, crisp binding. No markings. 114 pages. Reprint of the 1818 edition. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1968.

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A$34.01

Life in Prairie Land, 1855

by Farnham, Eliza W

Life in Prairie Land, by Eliza W Farnham. New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1855.Poignant description of the harsh life of women on the Illinois prairie written by an early woman activist.
Condition: NOT a library book. Re-backed as pictured. Please review photos and ask for more if necessary to make your best buying decision!
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A$222.73

First Annual Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Georgetown Seminary. Georgetown, Illinois, For the Year ending March 5, 1850

by [Georgetown Seminary]

Danville: J. Hollingsworth - Citizens office. 1850. [1-3], 12pp. Pamphlet; removed; without wrappers; soft vertical crease; light foxing. Very Good. Rare first catalog for the Georgetown Seminary located in Georgetown Township, Vermilion County. We find no material specific to this institution on OCLC. Byrd 1576 notes one copy at Harvard and states: "This coeducational school was founded in 1845 under the offices of the Methodist Conference. It flourished until the 1860s when the building was rented... Read more about this item

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A$193.68

CHICAGO PROTESTS A Joyful Revolution

by Jordan , Vashon

Independently Published. Near Fine. 2020. Softcover. Square 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 100 pages .

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A$21.69

The Welcome Guest [1903 Chicago Patent Medicine]

by [F.J. Smith Co., Inc.]

Portland, Me.: Published by F.J. Smith Co., Inc., 1903. Vol. XIV, No. 11 (November). 16pp. Periodical. 16½ x 11 inches. Illustrations; advertisements. Horizontal fold; tears at fold and some losses there and in fore-edge margins; Good only. Unrecorded Portland, Maine pulp magazine, perhaps a one-off, i.e., essentially a vehicle for advertising novelties, cheap household goods, and patent medicines-many of the latter from Chicago. The original content of the Welcome Guest are four dime novel-like... Read more about this item

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A$131.70

Rock Island Plow Co., Rock Island, Ill. [cover title of trade catalog]

by [Rock Island Plow Co.]; [Phil. Mitchell, Pres.]

Cincinnati: Achert Litho. [c.early 1900s]. [56]pp. Trade Catalog. 6 x 3 inches. Chromolithographic stiff paper wrappers, rear wrapper with fold-out panel; stapled. Illustrated. Text printed in blue ink. Near fine. A humorous and quirky trade catalog with chromolithographic covers for agricultural plows manufactured by the Rock Island Plow Co. of Rock Island, Illinois: "This memorandum book is a handy thing, and you will find a hundred uses for it during the next twelve months, but there is practically... Read more about this item

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A$193.68

New and Startling Facts for Those Afflicted With Nervous Diseases [cover title] [with laid in ephemera]

by Dr. Miles Medical Co

Elkhart, Indiana: Dr. Miles Medical Co. (1893). [1-4], 5-35, [36]pp. 9½ x 6¼ inches. Illustrated, self-wrappers. Brief staining; loss at lower right margin, not affecting text; fair. What didn't the Dr. Miles Company cure? Illustrated patent medicine trade catalog from the Dr. Miles Medical Co. of Elkhart Indiana with the additional inclusion of the advertising blow-ins still present. The text promotes Dr. Miles' full line of "Restorative Medicines" with particular emphasis on his patent medicine... Read more about this item

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A$116.21

[Chicago:] Official Program, 21st Annual National Convention, The American Legion, Chicago, September 25-28, 1939 [cover title]

by [The American Legion]

[Chicago]: Pontiac Press, [1939]. 64pp. Pamphlet. Approx. 8¾ x 5¾ inches. Vibrant color-lithographed pictorial wraps; stapled. Numerous half tone portraits and illustrations; maps. Ephemera laid in include a printed circular letter and two 4-page convention brochures. Near fine. Official illustrated program of the 1939 annual convention of the patriotic military veterans' organization, The American Legion. Held in Chicago, the convention brochure by artist Joe E. Sewell depicts the iconic Chicago... Read more about this item

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A$232.41

Illinois: The Story of the Prairie State

by Humphrey, Grace

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company. Blue cloth with gilt titles. Strong and square copy with no markings. Lightly rubbed at the corners. Illustrated. 267 pages including index. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1917.

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A$20.06

The Emergence of Lincoln : Prologue to Civil War, 1859-1861

by Allan Nevins

Scribner, 1950. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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A$10.40

General Catalogue Number 39. Electrical Supplies. Central Electric Company

by [Central Electric Company]

Chicago: Central Electric Company, [1917]. 1405pp. + [10] color plates. Thick 4to. Original blue cloth with yellow titling. Numerous illustrations, appearing on virtually every page. Some wear and staining to binding and with some very small looses or separations along joints; a few weakened hinges, yet a remarkable copy whose fragile pulp paper leaves are clean and fresh. Electrical supply trade catalog from the Central Electric Company whose offices and showrooms were located in Chicago. Extremely... Read more about this item

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A$464.82

My Chicago

by Byrne, Jane

Ex-library book has usual marking, stamps, stickers, writing, card holder. DJ has slight bumping, on the top, spine, edges, corners. Outer edges has slight tanning, browning, stains and foxing. Little blue remainder dot on tail outer edges by spine. A twenty-six-year-old widow with no experience in practical politics, Jane Byrne was puzzled when Chicago's autocratic Mayor Richard Daley, Sr., brusquely asked her to stop by his office in early 1964. In the surprising scene that ensued, she gained unusual... Read more about this item

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A$13.79

Tomb of Abraham Lincoln, at Springfield, Ill. Guarded by Vet. Res. Corps 1865. [caption title]

by [Abraham Lincoln]

[Springfield, Illinois, 1865]. Photographic image: 7½ x 9 inches, on mount with handwritten caption. Period deep-set walnut and gilt frame, glazed, 9¾ x 11¼ inches, overall. Evenly-lightened with the image likely taken on a bright, sunlit day. Unpublished and previously unknown. A rare photographic print created from a large format albumen photograph taken in 1865. The image captures Lincoln's tomb being guarded by the Veteran Reserve Corps. The Reserve Corps were active from May to November, 1865... Read more about this item

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A$2,324.10

The Lost City: Discovering the Fogotten Virtues of Community in the Chicago of the 1950s

by Ehrenhalt, Alan

New York: Basic Books, 1995. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. As New in As New dust jacket. First Edition; First Printing. Sound binding and hinges. Clean, bright pages. Cloth over boards is clean with no visible wear. DJ is clean with only the most minor shelf wear. ; Examines the integrity and cohesiveness of various Chicago neighborhoods in the mid-20th century. 8.75" tall; 310 pages.

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A$37.19A$29.75

Minutes of the Illinois Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church held at Belleville, September 13, 1848

by [Illinois Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church]; [Erastus Wentworth (1813-1886)]

Saint Louis: Charles & Hammond, Book and Job Printers, 1848. 23, [1 (blank)]pp.7½ x 4¼ inches. Removed; without wrappers. Presentation inscription on title page: "U. P.[?] Library from E. Wentworth 1850". Soft horizontal crease; trimmed at top edge, just touching inscription; scattered foxing; Good. Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Illinois Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The conference was held at Belleville, Illinois, close to St. Louis, Missouri where the pamphlet was printed.... Read more about this item

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A$77.47

STORY OF ST. PAUL'S PARISH Embodying Numerous Reminiscences of the Social and Political Life of the Town of Peoria Illinois from 1834 to 1882. Church Events--1882-1928. Briefly Sketched in Appendix

by Cowell, Benjamin

Morrison B. Bourland. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1929. Hardcover. Six pages of "Reproductions": Facsimile of the first page of the parish record, plus the 1929 bulletin. Some discoloration to the covers. Owner's name on top of inside front cover, same last name as author. Front panel of DJ laid in. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 152 pages .

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A$15.49

[Racist Caricatures] I'm Granpa at Last, eh? [Set of five illustrated cabinet cards]

by [John McGreer]

[Chicago: John McGreer, Copyright 1882.] Five mounted albumen photographs, numbered 1-5 within image. Oblong; mounts 4¼ x 6½ inches; images 4 x 5¼ inches. Light soiling in margins; first mount and photo toned; very good. Complete set of five photographic reproductions from the Cartoon Printing Co. published by Chicago cartoonist John McGreer, based on Solomon Eytinge's racist African American caricatures from his "Blackville" series published by Harper's Weekly. The images show a stereotypical... Read more about this item

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A$387.35

Mrs. O'Leary's Comet: Cosmic Causes of the Great Chicago Fire

by Waskin, Mel

Chicago: Academy Chicago Publishers, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. A book that explores the idea that a comet colliding with the earth could have caused the Great Chicago Fire in 1871. This is the scarce hardcover version (there was a simultaneous issue in paperback). First edition (first hardcover printing). A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket.

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A$139.45

Philosophian Fraternity, Dedicated to the Friends and Former Members of the Philosophian Society, By the Class of 1850

by [Leo P. Hamline et al., Publishing Committee]

St. Louis: Printed at the Republican Office, 1850. 16pp. Pamphlet. Sm. 8vo. Removed; without wrappers. Scattered stains and scattered foxing; Very Good. Membership directory of an undergraduate literary society at McKendree College, the oldest college, now university, in Illinois. Affiliated with the Methodist church, the school is located in Lebanon, Illinois, 20 miles east of St. Louis, Missouri where this pamphlet was printed. In addition to listing the members (by year of initiation, beginning in... Read more about this item

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A$116.21

West Coast Plays #1-9: nine volume set

by Foster, Rick, Robert Valine, editors, David Rudkin, Michael McClure, Sam Shepard, Murray Mednick, Robert Patrick, Ron Sossi & Frank Condon, Botho Strauss, Ed Bullins et al

Berkeley: California Theatre Council/West Coast Plays, 1981. Paperback. Nine volume set, various pagination, essays, interviews, play scripts, production stills, light soiling & wear else very good trade paperback originals in printed wraps. First nine volumes. WCP started a quarterly anthology then a bi-annual that ran for 22 volumes (though volumes 11-22 were all double volumes). Plays include Ashes, And, The Last of the Marx Brothers Writers, Judas, Dinosaur, The Chicago Conspiracy Trial, The Coyote... Read more about this item

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A$147.19

Boss: Richard J. Daley of Chicago

by Royko, Mike

Dutton Books, 1971. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.