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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 …

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 Lamps.
Adams Westlake Company, Chicago, Illinois
THE ADLAKE NON-SWEATING LAMP CHICAGO is in raised letters on the top of each lantern. One of the lamps has …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Special Catalogue E No. 317: Buggies, Surreys, Phaetons, Spring Wagons, Carts, Road Wagons, Harness, …
by Chicago, Illinois Cash Buyers' Union
First edition. 8vo. Pictorial wrappers, 128 pp., illustrated. Laid-in is an order form and single sheet offering select products at …

Taylor Trunks For The Profession
C.A. Taylor Trunk Works, Chicago, Illinois/New York, New York
11-3/4" x 9" colorful front pictorial wrapper showing an active city scene along with two men driving a truck loaded …

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 …

The Burlington ... / (Title Page) Souvenir Of The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad …
Burlington & Quincy Railroad, The Burlington Route, cag
*Published for the occasion of A Century of Progress Exposition, Chicago, 1933.* 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" in black and …

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 …

Cram's Pocket Map And Hotel Guide Of Illinois [Indiana] With Railways In Colors. Completely …
by George F Cram
*Publisher's error in attaching the incorrect map to rear wrapper .... Map is of INDIANA, NOT ILLINOIS! Information and statistics …

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, …

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, …

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 …

Reign In Hell.
by William. Diehl
First edition. Signed. Fine in fine dust jacket. A terrorist attack on a military convoy leaves many soldiers dead as …

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 I. D. & W. Railway Industrial Guide. Containing A Brief Review Of The …
Samuel Griffin [Compiled By]
First edition. 8vo. 9" x 6" printed wrappers, 88 pp., frontispiece [map], illustrated, portraits, maps, advertisements, Brief descriptions of towns …

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" yellow 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" tan 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 Deep Waterway From The Great Lakes To The Gulf Of Mexico.
Lyman E. Cooley, Isham Randolph, The Western Society Of Engineers James A. Seddon [The Illinois River Valley Association]
9" x 6" printed wrappers. 80pp. including wrappers. Introduction. Numerous charts. Black and white photographs. Maps. Black and white folded …

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 …

Proceedings At A Meeting Of The Debenture & Shareholders Of The Company, Held At …
Wabash Railroad
13" x 8 1/4" *original manuscript* sewn into brown marbled wrappers with the original paper label mounted on the back …

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 …