Early Illinois Railroads. A Paper Read Before The Chicago Historical Society, Tuesday Evening, February … by Wm. K Ackerman First edition. 8vo. *Fergus Historical Series Number Twenty-Three.* Printed yellow wrappers, 174 [1] pp., chapter end notes, appendix, index. The …
Two Adlake Non-Sweating Lamp. Adams Westlake Company, Chicago, Illinois THE ADLAKE NON-SWEATING LAMP CHICAGO is in raised letters on the top of each lantern. One lamp has the word …
Our Penal Machinery by John P Altgeld First edition. 8 7/8" x 6" in gray printed wrappers. 118 pp., preface, contents. An essay arguing that rather than …
Photograph Album Of Travel To California, Colorado, Arizona, Idaho, Wyoming & Illinois by Anonymous 5 1/4" x 8 3/4" x 2" in limp faux black calf post-binder with title (PHOTOGRAPHS) stamped in gilt on …
A History Of Winkler County. Kathryn Eva Ball [Foreword By] First edition. Stiff printed wrappers, 52 pp., many illustrations. A number of chapters compiled by various women of the Wink …
Stolen From The Enclosure Of The Subscriber, On The Night Of July 25th, 1856, … by P. M., S. L. Brettun First edition. 32.8 x 24 cm (12 3/4" x 9 3/4") wanted poster announcing the theft of a span of …
Hand-Written Three-Page Letter About Trapping, Dated 1835 by John Brown 9 1/4" x 8." Three pages. Hand-written. In a letter home to his parents in northern New Jersey, John Brown …
Pioneer Letters Of Gershom Flagg Solon J. Buck [Edited With Introduction And Notes By] First edition thus. Reprinted from the Transactions of the Illinois State Historical Society for 1910. 8vo. Original brown wrappers, titles …
Prairie Farming In America. With Notes By The Way On Canada And The United … by James Caird First Edition. Original Cloth, viii, 128pp. Folding Map. A general description of farming in the 1850's in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, …
Milton Caniff Letter Dated May 9, 1945 by Milton A Caniff Letter containing four typed paragraphs and 125 words on Milton A. Caniff's personal stationary. Also included is the envelope to …
Album Of Chicago by Charles Frey Original Souvenir Albums Of American & Canadian Cities & Sceneries First edition. 5" X 6" embossed red boards, gold gilt cover title, 14 panels of views including a double-page one …
Picturesque Chicago. Accordian Style Viewbook. Chicago Engraving Company 7 1/2" x 5" oblong cloth accordian style viewbook, red cloth stamped in gold gilt and black, 20 panels, illustrated. …
Chicago Live Stock Commission Co. Engraved Two Sided Prospectus And Trade Card by Inc Chicago Live Stock Commission Co. 5 3/8" x 3" two-side pictorial trade card. On the front side is printed the address of the Chicago Live …
Chicago Pictorial Historical Chicago National Bank 5 7/8" x 8 3/4" in light green pictorial wrappers and showing an illustration of the Chicago National Bank. Tied …
Galena Division. Suburban Time Table In Effect March 30, 1884 Chicago & North-Western Railway Form 95. 6" x 10" sheet folded to 6 panels. Printed in pink. 3 panels of time tables to and …
Children's Ticket Circular For The Chicago & North Western Railway Co Chicago & North Western Railway Co. *Circular No. 153-07. "Honoring Certain Commutation Tickets for Children."* 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" sheet. A document distributed to conductors …
Fishing On The Line Of The Great Rock Island & Albert Lea Routes (Cover … by Rock Island & Pacific Railway Chicago First edition. 5 3/4" x 4" oblong, color, pictorial wrappers, 16 pp., black & white engraved view of the *"Hotel …
Scenes Of Earlier Days In Crossing The Plains To Oregon And Experiences Of Western … by C. H. Crawford First edition. Cloth-covered boards. 186 pp. Preface. Portrait and illustrations. The author traveled overland from Illinois to Oregon in 1851, …
Western Portraiture, And Emigrants Guide: A Description Of Wisconsin, Illinois, And Iowa; With Remarks … by Daniel S. Curtiss First Edition. Original Black Cloth, xv, 351pp.+18 pp. of advertisements. Large Folding Map. A very well-written and popular work. Buck …
Frank Dart. Union Stock Yards, Chicago, March 8, 1895. Broadside by Frank Dart 8 1/2" x 11 1/2" broadside printed in black on yellow paper. Frank Dart, who had recently left the Campbell …
Galena Guide. American Guide Series. John T. Frederick [State Director] First edition. 8vo. Decorated wrappers, 79 [15] pp., maps including one folding in color affixed to inside rear wrapper, frontis., …
The Illinois by James Gray First edition. 8vo. Maroon cloth, titles stamped in gold on the spine, pictorial endpapers, x, 355 pp., illustrated, map, acknowledgments, …
The Illinois by James Gray First edition. 8vo. Eleventh book in the "Rivers of America" series. Maroon cloth, blue label on spine, gold stamping on …
The Open Road by Douglas Hall First edition thus. 8vo. Original pictorial, orange, stapled wrappers, [2], 20 pp., illustrated with two original photographs, preface. This story …
Notes On The Western States; Containing Descriptive Sketches Of Their Soil, Climate, Resources And … by James Hall First edition thus. 12mo. Inked presentation inscription from the author on the front fly leaf. Graff 1735 says "A slightly …
Haworth's Check Rowers Haworth & Sons, Decatur, Illinois 7 3/4" x 5 3/4" in color printed wrapper. 16 pp., illustrations, color lithograph view on inside front cover of …
Jim Bludso Of The Prairie Belle, And Little Breeches by John Hay First edition. 7" x 4 3/4" printed orange wrappers. 23 pages with 7 full-page illustrations by S. Eytinge, Jr. Two …
The Illinois Central Railroad Company Offers For Sale Over 1,500,00 Acres Selected Farming And … Illinois Central Railroad 9" x 5-1/2" pictorial wrapper. 84pp. including wrappers. Two black and white maps. The first map is 9" x 5-1/2" …
The Illinois Central Rail-Road Company Offers For Sale Over 2,000,00 Acres Selected Farming And … Illinois Central Railroad 9" x 5-1/2" tan printed wrappers. 64pp. Two black and white frontispiece maps. The first map is 9" x 5-1/2" …
The Illinois Central Rail-Road Company Offers For Sale Over 2,000,00 Acres Selected Farming And … Illinois Central Railroad 9" x 5-1/2" yellow printed wrappers. 64pp. Two black and white frontispiece maps. The first map is 9" x 5-1/2" …
A Guide To The Illinois Central Railroad Lands. The Illinois Central Railroad Company, Offer … by Illinois Central Railroad Company First edition. 9" x 6" original pictorial wrappers, [4], 60 pp., engraved illustrations, two frontis. maps, one of Illinois showing …
The Illinois Central Railroad Company Offers For Sale Over 1,500,000 Acres Selected Farming And … by Illinois Central Railroad Company First edition. 8vo. 9" x 6" pictorial wrappers, 80 pp., illustrated, maps, frontispiece (prairie scene in Illinois), back cover is …
A Review Of The International Live Stock Exposition. A Great Movement For Improvement Of … International Live Stock Exposition, Chicago, Illinois First edition. 5 3/4" x 8 1/4" in burgundy cloth boards with title in black. 290 pp., illustrations, advertisements, index. …
My New Home In Northern Michigan, And Other Tales by Charles W Jay First edition. 8" x 5 1/2" in original brown cloth stamped in gilt. dark brown front and rear endpapers, 180 …
John Deere Spreader. The Spreader With The Beater On The Axle John Deere, Moline, Illinois 9" x 12" sheet folded to 8 panels in bright color pictorial cover with rear-view illustration of spreader and showing …
King's Pocket-Book Of Cincinnati John Shillito & Co. 6 1/2" x 4 1/2" yellow pictorial wrappers with a view of their building on the back cover. 96 pp., …
The American-Hispano Pocket Guide To The World's Fair, 1893: Guia De Bolsillo Hispano-Americana Par … Knox, "The Hatter," New York City, New York First edition. 6 5/8" x 4 1/2" in blue cloth boards with black lettering on covers and spine. [32] 138 …
Chicago: Her History And Her Adornment by Mabel Mcilvaine First edition. 12mo. Two-tone decorated wrappers, 56 pp., illustrated. The illustrations are sketched from figurines and relics of The Chicago …
A Souvenir. 1902. A Few Of The Champions We Have Sold M. H. Tichenor & Co., Chicago, Illinois 5" x 21" cardboard sheet, accordion-folded to 5" x 3" and printed on both sides. On front cover is a …
The Chinese Lama Temple. Potala Of Jehol. A Century Of Progress International Exposition. Chicago … by Gosta And Sven Hedin Montell 9 1/4" x 6 1/4" in gilt pictorial wrappers. 64pp. Date and decorative inscription on front free endpaper. Preface. This …
Advertising Trade Card For New Brunswick Bicycle Tires New Brunswick Tire Company, New Brunswick, New Jersey 5 3/8" x 3 1/2" sepia-finished trade card showing a young man riding along and carrying a young woman on …
Oxweld: Oxy-Acetylene Equipment For Welding, Cutting, Brazing, Lead Burning, Heating, Decarbonizing. Oxweld Acetylene Company First edition. 8vo. Dark green wrappers,titles stamped in gold gilt and black ink on the front cover, 51 [1] pp., …
The New Departure. Two Horse, Straddle-Row Tongueless Cultivator! Pattee Plow Company, Monmouth, Illinois 6" x 3 1/2" in pictorial wrappers. 27 pp. including wrappers and 9 ruled pages for notes. In 1861 James …
Kewanee Pneumatic Water Works Outfits For Supplying Water To Farms, Country Residences, Public Buildings, … Pneumatic Water Supply Company, Kewanee, Illinois 9" x 6" moss green wrappers with cover title *A City Water Supply for Country Homes." * 40 pages, introduction, …
Reliable Incubator And Brooder Co. 11th Annual Catalogue / [Title Page] Eleventh Annual Guide … Reliable Incubator And Brooder Co., Quincy, Illinois First Edition. 7 1/2 x 5" in colorful pictorial wrappers. 96 pp. + (60). Contents. Illustrations. Tables. Testimonials. Information on …
Cities Of The Mississippi. Nineteenth-Century Images Of Urban Development. by John W. Reps First edition. Oblong quarto. Green cloth, titles stamped in gold on the spine, dark green endpapers, [8], 342 pp., double …
The Name Is Malone by Craig Rice First edition. PBO. Pyramid Books G350. Former owner's inked name and date on inside front cover, a faint reader's crease, …
Trial By Fury. by Craig. Rice First edition. Signed on the front flyleaf by the author. Two-tone boards lightly rubbed along bottom edges and corners, else …
The Great Resources, And Superior Advantages Of The City Of Joliet, Illinois Hopkins Rowell [Compiled By] 9" x 6" printed wrappers. 40pp. including wrappers. Introductory. Table. Map of Northeast Illinois showing rail connections, Lake Michigan, location …
8" X 10 3/4" Typed Letter On The Folding Sawing Machine Co. Inc.'S Stationery, … Frank S. Smith [Secy. & Treas] 8" x 10 3/4" typed letter on The Folding Sawing Machine Co., Inc.'s stationery written to Mr. Samuel A. Hayward …
Our Last Season's Log Book. Notes Here And There Along The Upper Mississippi St. Louis & St. Paul Packet Company First edition. 10 1/4" x 6 3/4" in color pictorial wrappers. Illustrations. Advertisements. A 9-day log aboard the steamship "Gem …
Caberfae Hereford Auction. Thursday, Oct. 11, 1923 At 12:15 Noon (C.T.). Union Stock Yards, … T.F.B. Sotham, Sale Manager, St. Clair, Michigan First edition. 7 1/2" x 5" in pictorial wrappers. 80 pp. Illustrations. Index. *The Caberfae Herefords at auction are the …
A Century Of Progress In Junket The Junket Folks, Chr. Hansen'S Laboratory, Inc 6" x 19" sheet folded to 8 panels plus a perforation allowing customer to remove and send for a trial …
A Little More Moonlight by Illinois The Moon Mfg. Co. Chicago 6 1/4" x 14" sheet on yellow stock, printed in green, folds to 6 1/4" x 3 1/2," 8 panels, …
A Century Of Progress In Cooking The National Pressure Cooker, Chicago, Illiinois 6 1/4" x 13 1/2" sheet, folded to 8 panels. Printed in red and blue. Illustrations. One cover panel, one …
Rock Island Arsenal: In Peace And In War. With Maps And Illustrations by Benjamin Franklin Tillinghast 9-1/2" x 7-1/4" printed wrappers with a map of the Illinois & Mississippi Canal on the back cover. [xxxii]. Advertisements …
Rubber. The Modern Miracle United States Rubber Company 6 3/8" x 4 3/8" in pictorial wrappers. 28pp. During the *1934 Century of Progress Exposition,* the United States Rubber …
Our Summer Wisconsin Central Lines First edition. 7 3/4" x 5 3/4" in light blue printed wrappers. 64pp. Illustrations. Maps. Advertisements. Discusses various towns and …
Set Of 6 - 1907 Mardi Gras Postcards Each of the six postcards measures 3 1/2" x 5 1/2." Beautiful color scenes include "Rex" Passing Up Camp Street; …
The Winters Art Lithographing Company's Popular Portfolios Of The World's Colombian Exposition 6 1/4" x 9 1/4," missing front wrapper and with rear gray wrapper not attached and showing an advertisement for …
Why People Enjoy Living In Chicago And Northern Illinois 11" x 9 3/4" in bright, colorful pictorial thick covers. 52 pp., foreword, illustrations, map. *Profusely* illustrated with sepia-colored photographs …
