Birkbeck, Morris. Letters From
Illinois, Illustrated By A Map Of The United States, Shewing
Mr. Birkbeck’s Journey From Norfolk To Illinois And A Map Of
English Prairie And The Adjacent Country, By John Melish... M.
Carey. Philadelphia. 1818. 12mo, 154 p. incl. initial ad. leaves
of Carey’s "The Olive Branch". Rebound in black cloth, entirely
uncut, with original front wrapper laid down. First editon. Howes
B467; Sabin 5567. Map in fine state, slight foxing. A leading
Quaker and agricultural innovator, Birkbeck is best known for his
travel books. Early and important Illinois material.
I.D.#00031.
The Illinois Central
Depot Grounds. 1860. Original albumin
photograph showing the building, neighboring buildings and the
Chicago River, including the lakefront warehouses of Sturges
Buckingham & Co. 7.5 x 16 in. Matted, with calligraphic title
beneath. Few small inked notations on surface. Lower left corner
gone. Professionally repaired. I.D.#07907. SOLD.
Chicago Album.
[cover title] Chisholm Bros. Portland, ME. 1870? Oblong 8vo. only
foldout views. Embossed red cloth, cord tied. Shaken, with some
plates loose. Makes no mention of the Great Fire and is thought to
be immediately previous to it. I.D.#03865.
Ormando W. Gray. Classified
Directory Of The Patrons Of The Atlas, Comprising The Principal
Business Firms And Professional Men Of The State Of ILLINOIS.
Stedman, Brown & Lyon. Philadelphia. 1873. Imp. 4to. 6+ p. Portion
of the directory from his Atlas of the United States that covers
these cities. I.D.#09869.
Illinois Railroad And Warehouse
Commission. Ninth Annual Report For The Year Ending November
30, 1879. Weber & Co. State Printers Springfield. 1880.
8vo,xxxii,312+ p. Fold. tables. Black cloth. bookplate.
I.D.#02539.
Illinois Railroad and Warehouse
Commission. Tenth Annual Report. Railroads, For The Year Ending
June 30, 1880. Grain Inspection, October 31, 1880. W.H. Rokker.
Springfield. 1881. 8vo, 557 p. large fold. col. R.R. map of
Illinois. Black cloth, bookplate. Frontispiece lacking, map fine. I.D.#03792.
Illinois Legislative
Directory. Compiled From Official
Records Under The Direction Of George H. Harlow, Secretary Of
State, For The Use Of The Members Of The 32d General Assembly. H.W.
Rokker. Springfield. 1881. 8vo, 248 p. Tables (1 folds). Black
cloth. I.D.#07404. SOLD.
Eleventh Annual Report
Of The Railroad And Warehouse Commission Of Illinois...1881...
H.W. Rokker. Springfield, Illinois. 1882. 8vo large fold. Rand,
McNally railroad map of Illinois (mended), tables. Black cloth.
Tipped in presentation slip from the commission.
I.D.#00328.
Illinois Railroad and Warehouse
Commission. Twelfth Annual Report. Railroads, For The Year
Ending June 30, 1882. Grain Inspection, October 31, 1882. 8vo,
xxii,385 p. lacks fold. map. Black cloth. I.D.#03793.
J. F. Martin. Martin’s
World’s Fair Album-Atlas And Family Souvenir. C. Ropp & Sons.
Chicago. 1892. Oblong 4to. unpaged (288 p.) many illus. Brown
cloth, gilt. Some rubbing and lightly stained. A pre-fair view
book showing the proposed fair buildings and pre-opening civic
events. Of greater importance for its views of Chicago. The rich
and powerful of the city preferred castles then and the
architectural imagination for which the city is so noted had not
yet come into full flower. Has a section of small colored maps of
the states and Canadian dominions at the back. Dybwad & Bliss 1630
cites four variants of this volume but not this one in brown
cloth. Scarce variant Chicago view album & atlas.
I.D.#07562.
The Chicago Live Stock
Exchange. Certificate of Membership.
Certificate Number 1679. F.F. Pettibone & Co., engr. Chicago.
1901, April 16. Attractive engraved certificate, filled in in
manuscript, granting membership to William E. Malen. Signed by the
president of the exchange and the secretary. Vignettes of cattle,
railroad at top. Endorsed on back transferring membership. Lightly
browned. Margins chipped. I.D.#10147.
Labor Relations. Seventh
Annual Report Of The State Board Of Abritration Of Illinois. July
1, 1902. Phillips Bros., state printers. Springfield,
Illinois. 1902. 8vo, 275 p. Black cloth. Contains a reprint of
Governmental arbitration in the United States. Digest of state and
national laws... Report of U.S. Industrial Commission, 1901, vol.
17, Part 3, Chap. 3. With business card of board chairman Chauncey
B. Geiger. Turbulent period for labor in the U.S.
I.D.#07403.
U.S. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Report Upon Survey, With Plans And Estimates Of Cost, For A
Navigable Waterway 14 Feet Deep From Lockport, Ill., By Way Of Des
Plaines River, And Thence By Way Of The Mississippi River To St.
Louis, Mo., ... GPO. Washington, DC. 1905, December 19. 8vo,
544 p. 15 large col. fold. maps Original legal sheep, new
endpapers. Fine copy (59th Cong., 1st sess.
House. Doc. No. 263). I.D.#07282. SOLD.
Illinois State
Geological Survey. Bulletin No. 1. The
Geological Map Of Illinois by Stuart Weller. University of
Illinois Urbana. 1906. 8vo, 26 p. large fold. geological map.
Maroon cloth, neat. Stamp on title. (Bulletin No. 1).
I.D.#00189. SOLD.
Rand McNally & Co.'s.
New Street Number Guide And Complete City Railway Directory Of
Chicago Showing The Location Of Any
Given Corner Number On Any Street Or Avenue. ... 54th Edition.
Chicago. 1923. 12mo, xxxiii,344 + p. Yellow pictorial wrappers,
worn. Published without a street plan. I.D.#10055.
Ross, B. M. The New & Old Way
Of Travel. The Latest Chicago Street Guide... B.M. Ross, M.D.
Chicago. c1928. 16mo, unpaged. ports. Col. pict. wrappers. While
seemingly an innocuous tourist guide, the booklet is an
advertising brochure for Dr. Ross, a noted specialist in venereal
diseases. With calendar for 1929, the year the Stock Market
crashed. I.D.#10054.
Buck, Solon Justus. Travel
And Description 1765-1865. Together With A List Of County
Histories, Atlases, And Biographical Collections And A List Of
Territorial And State Laws. [Deals Only With ILLINOIS.
Burt Franklin. New York. 1971. 8vo, xi,514 p. few facsims.
Green cloth. Reprint of the rare 1914 edition. I.D.#01493.
W.S. Morris, L.D. Hartwell, J.B.
Kuykendall. History 31st Regiment Illinois
Volunteers organized by John A. Logan... With a foreword by
John Y. Simon. Crossfire Press. Herrin, Il. c1991. 8vo, 237 p.
ports. Ppd. Reprint by Gordon R. Pruett of the rare original of
1902. New. I.D.#07005. |
