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Chicago: Printed at the office of the Chicago American, Corner of Lake and South water-Streets., 1839. 8pp, folded but spine loosened. Some dusting and mild toning, untrimmed, generously margined with some blank margin tears. Good+. McMurtrie originally called this rare Sermon "the first work of a literary character printed in Chicago." His later edition renders it probably the… Read more about this item

Chicago: George H. Fergus, Book and Job Printer, 1864. pp [2], vi, [5]-60 [as issued]. Disbound, else Very Good. The case has particular interest because it illuminates the detection methods of the famed Pinkerton Agency. "Early in the summer of 1863, the President of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, being satisfied that the Company were being defrauded… Read more about this item

Chicago: Chicago Times Book and Job Printing Establishment, 1862. Original printed front wrapper, disbound. 20pp. Good+. A rare Chicago imprint. The proposed 1862 Illinois Constitution provided for changes in Chicago's Board of Police and for home rule. However, the Constitutional Convention did not require submission of that Section "to the people of the State for their adoption… Read more about this item

[Chicago?, 1860. Folio sheet, folded to 8.25" x 11", 4pp. Caption title [as issued]. Old folds, couple of small holes cost about a few letters. Good+. This rare and evidently unrecorded item exposes a serious rift in the Protestant Episcopal Church in Illinois. The first Letter, entitled "A New Episcopal Church," is signed by "A. Churchman." It… Read more about this item

Chicago: T. Ellwood Zell & Co., 1868. Original cloth, with title stamped and decorated in gilt on front cover [rear cover detached, spine ends chipped]. LACKS the folding map. Numerous advertisements, frequently illustrated. 195, [1] pp plus engraved illustrations. Except as noted, Good+. The engravings depict, among other notable landmarks, the Court House, the University of Chicago,… Read more about this item

Chicago, 1872. Original printed wrappers [lightly worn], stitched. [1], [1 blank], 3, [1 blank], 4 pp. Lightly foxed. Very Good. The Company was incorporated in 1867 as the Land Improvement and Irrigation Company. "The Company owns very valuable central real estate in the City of Chicago, Illinois, part of which is improved and producing income, and part… Read more about this item

[Chicago?, 1899. 34pp. Original printed wrappers [light foxing, bottom corner creased with a short closed tear at edge of fold], two staples. Text clean. Very Good. "...The pleas for imperialism consist mostly of those high-sounding catchwords of which a free people, when about to decide great questions, should be especially suspicious.

Chicago: Fergus Printing Company, 1881. 31, [1 blank] pp. Stitched in original printed wrappers. Lightly dusted, Very Good.

Chicago: Dunlop, Sewell & Spalding, 1858. Original printed salmon wrappers [inscription, spine wear, small light rubberstamp]. 32pp, stitched, five folding tables. Very Good. The Report describes the "very large" business of the Road, the stock, and the financial success of the Company. Included is a copy of the contract between the CB&Q and the Galena & Chicago Union… Read more about this item

Chicago: Published by S.C. Griggs & Co.. "Democratic Press" Print, Clark Street, 1852. Disbound and light scattered foxing. 19, [1 blank] pp. Good+ or so. "The sermon is a lamentation on the deaths of Webster and Clay." Byrd. Richardson eulogizes them as men who stood against "fanaticism" in order to "preserve intact the laws and constitution of… Read more about this item

[Chicago?, 1857. Caption title [as issued], disbound without wrappers, 8pp. Very Good. This is the legal memorandum prepared by Chicago lawyers Gilbert, Kearney & Nelson. They represent Chicago auctioneers who challenge a Chicago ordinance "imposing a duty of one per cent on the sale of all personal property sold at auction." That tax violates the Illinois… Read more about this item

Chicago: Sterling P. Rounds, Premium Steam Book and Job Printer, 1863. 28pp. Disbound without wraps, else Very Good. Haven sketches Emerson's life, from his birth in New Hampshire in 1787 to his education at Yale and the Andover Theological Seminary, his ministry in Connecticut, and his teaching career at Andover. His final years were spent in Rockford, Illinois, to… Read more about this item

Chicago: Bulletin Printing Co, 1879. 31, [1 blank] pp. Original printed wrappers [moderate wear]. Untrimmed. Stitched. Illustrations on back wrap: Cook County Hospital [inside wrap] and Rush Medical College [outside wrap]. Light to moderate wear. Good+. [with] 44th, 47th, 48th, 49th, 50th Announcements. [1887, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893]. Variously paginated [19-45 pp]. Original printed wrappers [illustrated, label on one… Read more about this item

Chicago: Dunlop, Sewell & Spalding, 1865. 19pp. Original printed wrappers, disbound, partly loosened. Minor wear, Good+. [bound with] THE PRESENT AND PROSPECTIVE SCARCITY OF MINISTERS. Broadside, printed on bright yellow paper, signed by EG Hammond and E W Blatchford, urging the importance of the Appeal. Our national life, civilization, and faith have "all been assailed by the… Read more about this item

[Chicago, 1872. Two pages of text on a folded sheet. margin-soiled. Good+. Probably a component of the 1872 Liberal Party, which contested Republican hegemony in a run for the Presidency with Horace Greeley as its candidate. The Republicans have lost their moral authority: "No faction governing a party by a vaste and intricate political machinery, should be… Read more about this item

Chicago, 1870. 16pp Caption tile [as issued], printed in double columns, stitched. Light dustsoiling of outer leaves, light waterstain running through bottom margin, minimal foxing. Good+. An unusual magazine, published from 1869 through 1872, devoted to the themes of commerce and protectionism FIRST EDITION OCLC 40971612 [1], 36515033 [3] [the series] Not in Lomazow, Ante-Fire Imprints, Eberstadt,… Read more about this item

Springfield: D. Lusk, State Printer and Binder, 1877. 36pp. Original printed wrappers, stitched. Near Fine. [offered with] ELEVENTH BIENNIAL REPORT...OCTOBER 1, 1878. Weber, Magie & Co., State Printers. 1879. 44pp. Original printed wrappers. Stitched. Near Fine. [offered with] FIFTEENTH BIENNIAL REPORT...OCTOBER 1, 1886. H. Rokker, Printer and Binder. 1887. Plate of the Infirmary on verso of title… Read more about this item

Chicago: Church, Goodman & Donnelley, 1865. Original printed wrappers [light wear] with wrapper title [as issued], stitched. 16pp. Very Good. [with] Roy, Joseph: THE FRUIT OF HOME MISSIONS. nd. Broadside, 5" x 8" pasted to blank rear wrap. Very Good. Ink inscription on front wrap, 'Respects of E.B. Turner Hannibal Missouri.' "Previous to 1841, what is now… Read more about this item

Chicago: Thompson & Day, 1860. Original printed wrappers [old institutional stamp], stitched. 55, [1] pp. Light wear, Very Good. "The Bishop has been here upwards of a month, and yet no demonstration has been made on his part of a desire for reconciliation with his Clergy here, and that there has been an estrangement, no one, of course, pretends… Read more about this item

Chicago: Published by the Board, 1860. 61pp. Disbound, minor chipping to top corner of first leaf. Else, Very Good. Much information on length of sewers laid, locations, costs, engineer's report, health issues, pumping works, relocation of the Canal. FIRST EDITION. Ante-Fire Imprints 452.