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Chicago and New York: Rand McNally & Co, 1905. 1905 edition. Original Wrappers. Good. (18)pp, including several ads. Full-color map opens to 21" x 13.5". Folds into tan card covers, printed in black; spine worn, tip chipped from cover, map is clean and bright. 6.5" x 4

1873. Original manuscript. Hardcover. 48pp of handwritten sentiments from friends and family; four engraved plates, tissue guards, title-page vignette. Bound in red morocco, blind-stamped decorations, chrome-litho floral pieces on both covers, gilt cover lettering and spine decorations, all edges gilt. 8.25" x 6.5". Pieces of spine covering chipped from both ends; internally in very good condition. Many of the entires in this album were written at Tiskilwa, Mt. Carroll, and Rochelle, all in Illinois, and a few others are from Boston, Orange NJ, and St. Louis. Most are in ink, a few in fading but readable pencil. Several contain richly calligraphed phrases or titles within their text, while one woman offers three animal sketches (2 dogs and a buck). Some of the non-calligraphic hands are nevertheless beautiful and flowing, illustrating the importance of penmanship in the school curricula of the day. Many entries contain short poems, and some of these appear to be original, since they mention "Mary" or… Read More

NY: Burt Franklin, 1971. Second Edition. Hardcover. Fine. pp: xi, 514, extensive index. Bound in green cloth, gilt lettering on spine. 8.25" x 5.25" First published in 1914, this remains the standard bibliography of books, pamphlets and ephemera regarding travels in the Illinois Territory.

La Salle: Tribune Press, 1900. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. (20)pp; ads illustrated from photographs and drawings. Locke's Art Palace offers wall paper, paints, lamps, bicycles, etc. T. Lucey & Bros. shows a photo of the firm's founder, and one of his storefront, offering carpets, lace curtains, textiles and clothing. Riverside Mills features their Big Joe Flour, while Henry Gatiss offers a 100-piece dinner set as a prize. N. Strauss shows the latest fashions in men's and boys' clothing. B.N. Rhodes, Photograher, is ready to take everybody's picture, and other merchants offer jewelry, musical goods, footwear, etc. Grand prize for best display is a Schuttler Wagon, shown on the back cover. Printed self-wrappers, sewn. 8,25" x 5.5" [Unrecorded by WorldCat.].

Chicago and New York: Rand McNally & Co, 1909. 1909 edition. Original Wrappers. Very Good. Full-color map opens to 26" x 17", statistics printed on verso. Folds into tan stiff wrappers, printed in black. 5.5" x 2.5

Chicago: Wright Howes, 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 112pp; illustrations depict 17 broadsides and title-pages. Bound in blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine; title-page and headpieces printed in blue. 9.75" x 6.5" Contains 227 entries. "Of this edition, there have been printed in June, 1944, two hundred copies only.

Dakota, Illinois: College of Northern Illinois, 1892. Original manuscript. Very Good. Printed form, accomplished by hand, reporting Bobb's grades in Algebra, American History, Greek, Latin, and English History, for the term ending 29 November 1892. Signed by H.L. Beam, President. Accompanied by seven (7) excuses from compulsory Chapel, the reasons written in pencil and signed by Dwight Bobb. In the original mailing envelope addressed to Dr. D.B. Bobb of Dakota, Illinois. "The Interior Academy of Northern Illinois, formerly known as the Northern Illinois College, was founded in Dakota in 1881, under the leadership of the Rev. Frank C. Wetzel, pastor of the Reformed church of Dakota. Rev. Wetzel conducted the work for six years and then left ... The academy has since been presided over by Professor W. W. Chandler, Rev. H. L. Beam...." (History of Dakota Township by Addison Fulwider, 1910). Dr. D.B. Bobb emigrated from Pennsylvania to Illinois with his parents in 1845, was graduated from Chicago… Read More

Chicago: Wright Howes, 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 112pp; illustrations depict 17 broadsides and title-pages. Bound in red cloth, gilt lettering on spine; title-page and headpieces printed in blue. 9.75" x 6.5" Contains 227 entries. "Of this edition, there have been printed in June, 1944, two hundred copies only.

Portland, Maine: Chisholm Brothers, 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 28 panels of views, including a double one at front. Accordion-fold (leporello) format. Views include: a panoramic birdseye view of Chicago and the lakefront; Post Office & Custom House; City Hall & County Court Buildings; Exchange Hall, New Board of Trade; Tacoma Building; Owens Building; Auditorium Building; Palmer House; Grand Pacific Hotel; Marshall, Field & Co.; Columbia Theater; Wells St. Bridge; Union Depot; Chicago & Northwestern Depot; Grand Central Station; Masonic Temple; North Side Water Works; Libby Prison; Cook County Hospital; numerous private residences in Victorian style; Washington Park Club; Aldine Square; Yachting on Lake Michigan; Drexel Boulevard; Beach at Jackson Park; Lincoln Park; Union Park; Union Stock Yards; World's Fair Views (Machinery Hall, Horticultural Building, Agricultural Building, many State Buildings); &c. Folded into embossed red boards; cover soil, clean and tight inside. 6.25" x… Read More

Chicago: Univ of Chicago Press, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. pp: xxv, 601. Bound in brown cloth, gilt lettering on spine, printed dust wrapper. 10.5" x 7.5" Contains 3,089 annotated entries and an index.

Madison County, Illinois, 1858. Original document. Very Good. 4pp, partly printed, accomplished by hand. Conveys "the North East quarter of Section Twenty three (23) in Township Three, North Range No. Nine (9) West of the third principal meridian, containing One hundred and sixty acres." Signed by William T. Brown, Sheriff of Madison County. Docketed on verso. Form printed by Advertiser Print, Edwardsville, Illinois. Pale blue paper. Dated 27 December 1858. 12.5" x 7.75" The 1866 Madison County Directory locates Isaac Harkleroad residing in the town of Venice, situate in southwestern Madison County, just east of the Mississippi River.

1930. Original photographs. Clear-cover binder. Very Good. Black & white photographs: seven (7) measuring 2.5" x 3.5" and nineteen (19) approximately 2" x 2". Many of the photographs have brief captions on the versos. Housed in clear sleeves and a report cover, 11.5" x 9" Images include: Parade of the Painted Elephants in Mysore; street scenes; sidewalk merchants; snake charmer; Hindu shrine; railroad station; government gardens; burying the dead; Indian fakir; Desarha celebration; temples; sacred bull; &c.

1904. Original document. Very Good. One page, quarto, sepia ink in a bold, legible hand. Addressed to A. Nicodemus, G.R., Norman, Oklahoma, approving the Med[ical] Ex[amination] of Bro. T.H. Smith, sending a $1.00 check for a Ben[eficiary] C[ertificate], etc. Dated Feb. 12, 1904. Signed, "Yours in C.H.& P. / I.W. Saunders." The C.H. & P. in the signature stands for Charity, Hope & Protection, motto of the A.O.U.W.

Afton, I.T.: Jeremiah Hubbard, 1894. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. 4pp, printed in a small and legible typeface. Self-wrappers. 9" x 6". The first 2-3/4 pages recount Quaker missionary Hubbard's train trip with his wife and young son from Afton, I.T. to Oakland, California, including a visit to the Midwinter Fair in the Bay Area. The route led from Afton through Peirce City, Missouri, then on to Burrton, Kansas, and then via Santa Fe to California. He tells of an encounter with Pueblo Indians in Arizona; of landing at 16th Street in Oakland; of preaching at Friends Meetings; &c. Of the Mid-Winter Fair, he states: "...in many respects it outstripped the World's Fair [Columbian Exposition]. Here we had the privilege of visiting the village of Honolulu and saw the natives in their costumes...of seeing the South Sea Islanders...people from Ceylon...visiting Cairo street in the fair grounds where the Jews have a fine display...." They travel to Golden Gate, Cliff House, the Florence Mission at San… Read More

1813. Original manuscript. Very Good. One page, folio, written in sepia ink. Sheriff's bond in the "penal sum of fifty six Dollars & seventy-five Cents with Interest thereon from the Twenty second day of March 1809 for the true payment whereof we do bind our selves and each of our heirs....This Third Day of August in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred & Thirteen...." Written below in another hand is an order for William Huff to "appear before the Judges of our Court of Common pleas at Brookville on the first Day of their term in this present Month of August..." to enter a plea to vacate the bond. Signed by William Huff and Patrick McCarty, Attested by David Richardson. 12.75" x 7.5". Original folds. Franklin County, Indiana Territory was formed in 1811, with Brookville as the county seat. Early settlers (Primitive Baptists) had built a log church there in 1805. Patrick McCarty "apparently came to Indiana in 1806, when he had a land entry in Franklin Co, IN. He was in the 1807 census in Dearborn… Read More

Chicago: Rand McNally & Co, 1933. First Edition. Very Good. Printed in green and red, the Indiana map opens to 26" x 19". On the verso are a US road map with sketches indicating points of interest, and a 9" x 19" panel featuring a Sinclair gas station, a train, airplance, and battleship (all using Sinclair oil), an open car of Sinclair Minstrels (heard on NBC radio), and a dinosaur captioned "Sinclair Brings Dinosaurs to Life - See Them at the Chicago World's Fair.

Canal Dover, Ohio: Seibert Printing, 1907. Original document. Softcover. Fine. (8)pp. printed in sepia ink; vignette illustrations. Bound in pictorial, embossed card covers, tied, 5" x 3.5". On the front is a photo of the teacher, with an American flag, books, globe, and lamp of learning. The memento of the 1907 school year lists Gertrude Elwood as Teacher, names 29 students, etc. A Longfellow poem, "The Close of School," occupies 2-1/2 pages along with decorations.

Washington DC: US Senate, 48th Congress, 1885. First Edition. Printed self-wraps. Very Good. 45pp. Spine archivally reinforced. 9" x 5.75" Identifies 329 leases of land on the Crow reservation, naming each of the Native Americans involved: Long Otter, Alligator, Shell on the Neck, Pretty Gutts, Crazy Sister-in-law, Bear in the Water, Fire Fish, &c., &c.

Baltimore: Sands & Neilson, Printers, 1831. First Edition. Very Good. 44pp. Neatly removed from a nonce volume, and spine reinforced with archival paper. 8.5" x 5.5" Includes a five-page list of members, listed by state. William Wilkins was president of the group. [American Imprints 7163].

NY: Netherlands Information Bureau, 1941. First Edition. Pictorial Paper Covers. Very Good. 20pp; cover and three full-page illustrations after Louis Raemaekers, many illus from photographs. 11.5" x 8.5" "Liberty torn and trampled" by the German occupation is the theme.