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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...
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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.
Illinois Books & Ephemera
CHICAGO CELEBRITY CHEFS.
by Compiled by Lakefront Partnership. Foreword by Mike Ditka
Seattle WA: Peanut Butter Publsihing, (1989). softcover. Very good. Paper covers, quarto (approx. 8 1/2" wide by 11 1/8" tall), xviii [2] 237 [3] pages. Recipes from various Chicago politicians, celebrities, media people, business owners, etc. Cookbooks Studio
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SGD 22.06
A Century of Progress: Come to Chicago and You'll See More in '34
by Chicago Association of Commerce
Chicago: Chicago Association of Commerce in Cooperation with Chicagoans, Inc, 1933. Softcover. Very Good with a few creases, edge wear and small splits.. 18" x 24" tabloid format. Folded horizontally. Contains photos and advertisements throughout. Rare. **OCLC** lists two copies at the Wisconsin Historical Society Library.
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SGD 68.94
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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SGD 124.08
TO THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF ILLINOIS
by [Young, Richard M.]
[np, 1843. Caption title [as issued], untrimmed, uncut. 14, [2 blanks] pp. Light soil, Very Good. Signed by Young in type at the bottom of page 8, and dated January 16, 1843. A rare pamphlet, not found in the standard references. Young became a U.S. Senator from Illinois in 1836. At the end of his term, rather than renominating him, the Illinois Senate named Richard Breese as his successor. As perhaps a consolation prize, Young was made a Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court. Abraham Lincoln would...
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SGD 689.35
Good Times: universal life/ bulletin of the Church of the Times; vol. 2, #40, Oct. 16, 1969: Get Out!
by Windcatcher, Robert Altman, Saul Landau, Peter Schneider, Alec Dubro, Sam Silver, Sandy Darlington et al
San Francisco: The Trystero Co./Good Times Commune, 1969. Newspaper. 20p., folded tabloid underground newspaper, news, opinion, reports, actions, psychedelia, ads, illustrations, photos, lightly-worn and creased newsprint. Dynamiting the Haymarket Square Police Monument, the Last Christmas Before Castro in Havana. Fanny Lou Hamer at Sproul Plaza. San Francisco's longest lasting underground paper. Originally San Francisco Express Times.
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SGD 27.57
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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SGD 13.79
THE EMERGENCE OF LINCOLN (Volume II)
by Nevins, Allan
Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1988. First edition thus. Leather. Near Fine/No jacket as issued. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Easton Press 1st edition thus. A Fine copy. 8vo., viii, (1), 524pp., portrait frontispiece and numerous b&w drawings & maps. Bound in full blue leather, with raised bands and boards decorated in gilt. Title in gilt on spine. Moire silk end papers. a.e.g. Silk book mark. Blank Easton press book plate laid in. One small (5mm) scratch near the binding on the...
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SGD 55.15
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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SGD 33.02
Sentry of the Four Golden Pillars
by REDMOND, Eugene
[East St. Louis, IL: Black River Writers, 1970]. Third (1972) printing. Octavo (21.5cm.); original yellow staplebound pictorial wrappers; 32pp. Fine. Second collection by the Black Arts Movement poet Eugene B. Redmond.
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SGD 27.57
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Election 1960 [cover title]
by [Presidents]. [Election of 1960]
[Various locations in and around Chicago, Il: likely early November, 1960. Very good plus.. Title leaf, plus [25] leaves, illustrated with forty-seven silver gelatin photographs, pasted one per leaf or page, all about 5.5 x 7.5 inches, plus five loose images (two duplicates and three other images not pasted in). Square quarto. Contemporary tan cloth custom photograph album, metal-hinged spine, front cover printed with title reading, "ELECTION 1960." Minor wear and soiling to album. Light occasional...
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SGD 1,723.38
War of 1812 Soldiers Buried in the State of Illinois, Compiled by Illinois Society, National Society United States Daughters of 1812
by NA
NP: National Society United States Daughters of 1812, ND. Softcover. Very Good in wraps.. 8 1/2" x 11." Valuable reference and research resource.
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SGD 48.25
Hurlyburly, Goodman Theater, Chicago
by David Rabe; Mike Nichols, Director; Dallas Saunders, Design
Chicago: Goodman Theatre, 1984. Backed, Matted and Franed. Fine. 21" x 28 3/8." Professionally matted and framed printed on a satin coated heavy weight poster stock. Poster designed for the original production of Hurlyburly at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, which depicts the intersecting lives of several low-to-mid-level Hollywood players in the 1980s. Fueled by large quantities of drugs, they attempt to find meaning in their isolated, empty lives. Written by David Rabe, Directed by Mike Nichols....
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SGD 172.34
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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SGD 12.95
Andy and the IQ: A Guide to Intelligence for Correctional Workers.
by BROOKS, Robert J
Publisher's stapled gray wrappers, octavo, pp. 47. Illustrated. Shelf and handling wear on edges. Two blemishes similar to old coffee stains on rear. GOOD withal.
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SGD 25.44
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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SGD 17.85
HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF QUINCY ILLINOIS
by Landrum, Carl A
Quincy, IL: The Historical Society of Quincy and Adams County, (1986). revised edition. softcover. Fine. Octavo, trade paperback, xvi + 252 pages. Includes black and white illustrations. "This new edition of 'Sketches of Quincy' contains some revisions of the earlier material and some new material not previously published in this form." Green covers, white titles, uncreased spine, near Fine. 021210E
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SGD 20.68
Chicago: Growth of a Metropolis
by Mayer, Harold M. and Richard C. Wade
Chicago: University Of Chicago Press, 1973. Ninth Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good +/No Dust-jacket As Issued. In Wraps; Covers are clean and bright; corners are very lightly rubbed; book has a very slight waviness from improper storage in the past that should ultimately go away; book interior is clean and tight; illustrated; 4to; 510 pages
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SGD 20.61
Prairie Avenue
by Meeker, Arthur
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1949 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full blue cloth bronze ink titles & ornament on spine, blind decoration on front board, top edge dyed orange, ix, 308 pp. Titles dull, corners bumped, note in ink on ffep. Historical novel set on Prairie Avenue in Chicago. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. Early printing. . VG-/No dj. 21 X 14 cm.
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SGD 28.94
Folk Sayings and Beliefs of the Illinois Ozarks
by Carter, Kay and Bonnie Krause
Carterville, IL: Illinois Ozarks Craft Guild. Staple bound red stiff paper wraps. Bright and crisp copy. 36 pages. Book Two in the series. . VG+. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1978.
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SGD 17.85
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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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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SGD 198.19
Illinois Trivia Illustrated
by Bill Nunes
Corley Printing. Nice bright and strong copy with no markings. Very slightly bumped at the bottom corner of the front covers. Otherwise there are no creases or tears. Over sized softcover. 286 pages. Illustrated. . Very Good. Soft cover. 2005.
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SGD 21.99
AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED 12 MARCH 1861, TO JAMES PECKHAM OF MISSOURI, CONGRATULATING PECKHAM ON HIS FIERY DEFENSE OF THE UNION DELIVERED IN THE MISSOURI LEGISLATURE AND REPORTED IN THE MISSOURI DEMOCRAT ON 9 MARCH 1861
by Finkbine, Reverend Tobias
Shelbyville, Illinois, 1861. Single leaf, written in ink manuscript on recto only. Old folds. Water damage deletes several words, Good+. Described as a "strident" Unionist, Peckham was a Missouri State legislator before the War. "He left the legislature and organized the 8th MO Regiment. Peckham served as the 8th MO Regiment's Lt. Col. and led the regiment at Shiloh and Pittsburg Landing, TN, and at Jackson, MS. He later went on to lead the 29th MO. After the war he published a book on the history of...
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SGD 379.14
Stark County and Its Pioneers
by Shallenberger, E.H
Cambridge, Illinois: B.W. Seaton, Printer, 1876. Octavo. 327(1) pp. An early history of a county which was less than 40 years old when this book was issued. There is much on the early pioneers, schools, churches, benevolent societies, and many ways in which the county grew and was deeply affected by the Civil War (especially pages 307-327). The appendix p. 299ff provides many fascinating details on early elections and political issues. Bound in black linen stamped in blind, rebacked, paper spine label...
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SGD 186.12
