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Lincoln
by Richard Carwardine
An original and deeply insightful biography of Abraham Lincoln, already awarded the prestigious Lincoln Prize.As a defender of national unity, a leader in war, and the emancipator of slaves, Abraham Lincoln lays ample claim to being the greatest of our presidents. But the story of his rise to greatness is as complex as it is compelling. In this superb biography, the highly regarded Oxford University historian Richard Carwardine examines Lincoln both in his dramatic political journey and in his...
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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.
Sin In the Second City
by Karen Abbott
Step into the perfumed parlors of the Everleigh Club, the most famous brothel in American history--and the catalyst for a culture war that rocked the nation. Operating in Chicago's notorious Levee district at the dawn of the last century, the Club's proprietors, two aristocratic sisters named Minna and Ada Everleigh, welcomed moguls and actors, senators and athletes, foreign dignitaries and literary icons, into their stately double mansion, where thirty stunning Everleigh "butterflies" awaited their...
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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.
Illinois Books & Ephemera
Boss
by Royko, Mike
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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Sin in the Second City madams, ministers, playboys, and the battle for America's soul
by Karen Abbott
Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 356 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade.
Signed by previous owner.
Signed by previous owner.
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£4.08
ADLAI E. STEVENSON OF ILLINOIS
by Noel F. Busch
NY: Farrar, Straus and Young, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. Red cloth spine with black cloth boards, black lettering on spine. Condition is VERY GOOD ; no edge wear, corners great, very clean covers. Binding tight, text clean with toning to top edge of text block and mild foxing to title pgs. Bio. Stax.
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£12.25
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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£73.48
The Emergence of Lincoln : Prologue to Civil War, 1859-1861
by Allan Nevins
Scribner, 1950. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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£5.49
The Seven Stairs
by Brent, Stuart
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1989. Later printing of eccentric & beloved Chicago bookseller's memoirs, apparently SIGNED by him in a very shaky hand. Paperback. General wear, light creasing. Text clean; xi, [5], 231 pages; b/w photos, list of 100 recommended books.. Signed by Author. Later Printing. Paperback. Good. 5½" by 8½".
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£12.25
Lost Chicago
by Lowe, David
Boson: Houghtom Mifflin Company. As New in Near Fine dust jacket. 1975. First Printing. Hard Cover. 0395207266 . First Edition, First Printing. Publisher's full brick cloth, gilt lettering on spine and cover, reproduction of drawing of early (1853) Chicago on endpapers. Profusely illustrated with 200 B&W drawings, prints, and photographs. Includes Sources and Notes on Illustrations, and detailed Index.. This volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, tight, square and clean. The...
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£32.66
Chicago: A Pictorial Souvenir
by Highsmith, Carol M.; Ted Landphair
New York: Crescent Books. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1997. First Edition. 1. Hard Cover. 0517201445 . Publisher's glossy pictorial boards. Profusely illustrated with color photographs. . The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, tight, square and clean. The unclipped dust jacket show mild shelf-wear including small closed tear on front panel. FINE/NEAR FINE . Square 4to 9" - 11" tall. 64 pp .
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£6.53
Lincoln
by David Herbert Donald
From back cover: "In his beautiful inimitable prose, Donald had composed a thoroughly new biography of Abraham Lincoln. He has reexplored the major manuscript sources as well as the older and newer published writings on Lincoln...The end result is a genuine masterpiece - easy to read and delightfully informative." - Wayne C. Temple, Chief Deputy Director, Illinois State Archives.NOTE: When I look up the ISBN from the back cover, it says it's a hardcover book - BUT THIS BOOK IS A SOFTCOVER BOOK.Book...
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£16.33
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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£19.55
Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, Volume XLIII, Number 3, Autumn, 1950
by Dilliard, Irving; W.H.G. Armytage; Otto Eisenschimel
Springfield, IL. Strong binding. Lightly rubbed. The text is bright and unmarked. See photo for articles. . Very Good. Soft cover. 1950.
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£7.76
Illinois Negro Historymakers
by Hodges, Carl G. and Helene H. Levene
Chicago: Illinois Emancipation Centennial Commission. Illustrated staple bound covers. Slight wear. No creasing. Previous owner's name on the back of the front cover. No other markings. 91 pages. Illustrated. . Very Good. Soft cover. 1964.
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£12.21
Ravinia The Festival at Its Half Century
by Fannia Weingartner
Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 10.80 X 9.40 X 0.90 inches.160 p.
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£20.41
Eagle Forgotten: The Life of John Peter Altgeld
by Barnard, Harry
Seacaucus, NJ: Lyle Stuart. As New with No dust jacket as issued. 1973. First Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full green cloth, black lettering on spine. John Peter Altgeld (1847 – 1902) was an American politician and the 20th Governor of Illinois, serving from 1893 until 1897. He was the first Democrat to govern that state since the 1850s. A leading figure of the Progressive movement, Altgeld signed workplace safety and child labor laws, pardoned three of the men...
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£16.33
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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£8.16
The Chicago Blackhawks: A Sixty Year History 1926-1986
by PFEIFFER, Gerald L
Chicago: Windy City Publishing Co. Inc, 1986. Hardcover. 4to. Full black leatherette with gilt lettering and decoration, pictorial dust jacket. 352pp. Extensive illustrations. Fine/fine. Pristine, tight first edition of this chronicle of the Chicago hockey team's storied history -- and this exceptional, unique copy bears choice autograph additions: Tipped in are twenty-one -- that's right, 21 -- fine, matching heavy stock 5" X 3" cards boldly signed and dated at upper right by twenty-one Blackhawk...
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£322.48
My Chicago
by Byrne, Jane
Ex-library book has usual marking, stamps, stickers, writing, card holder. DJ has slight bumping, on the top, spine, edges, corners. Outer edges has slight tanning, browning, stains and foxing. Little blue remainder dot on tail outer edges by spine. A twenty-six-year-old widow with no experience in practical politics, Jane Byrne was puzzled when Chicago's autocratic Mayor Richard Daley, Sr., brusquely asked her to stop by his office in early 1964. In the surprising scene that ensued, she gained unusual...
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£7.27
Chicago History: The Magazine of the Chicago Historical Society (Spring 1994, Vol. XXIII, No. 1)
by The Chicago Historical Society
Chicago: Chicago Historical Society. As New with No dust jacket as issued. 1994. 1st Edition. First Printing. Magazine. 0805095365 . Publisher's illustrated stiff card wraps. Profusely illustrated with photographs. Includes articles by Dennis E. Hoffman, Paul Eli Ivey, and Jerold J. Savory.. The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, unread, tight, square, and clean. AS NEW.. Number 1 Series. Photographs. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 72 pp .
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£12.25
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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£117.36
Chicago
by Irving, Gary; Stephen G. Parker
Toronto: Skyline Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1986. First Edition (?). 1. Hard Cover. 0195406095 . Publisher's full brown cloth, gilt lettering on spine, price-clipped dust jacket, orange endpapers, fully illustrated with color photographs of various Chicago locations.. Slight shelf-wear to dust jacket, former owner's inscription on ffep, boards slightly warped, else fine. NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Unpaginated pp .
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£13.06
MY CHICAGO
by BYRNE, Jane
NY: W.W. Norton, 1992. First Edition, first printing. Signed by Byrne on the half-title page. Byrne not only writes about her tern as Chicago's mayor but also about 150 years in the history of Chicago. Tall 8vo., cloth & boards in dust jacket; 384 pages. Illustrated.. Very Good (covers nice; contents clean & tight with small stain to top edge of about 30 pages); nice d/j.
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£28.57
An Element of Love: A History of the Children's Memorial Hospital of Chicago, Illinois
by McCausland, Clare
Chicago: Children's Memorial Hospital. As New with No dust jacket as issued. 1981. 1st Edition. First Printing. Soft Cover. 0960740007 . Publisher's illustrated card wraps. . The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, unread, tight, square and clean. AS NEW.. B&W Photographs. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. xiii, 225 pp .
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£40.82
Biographical Sketch of Hon. Joseph Duncan, Fifth Governor of Illinois
by Blatchford, Eliphalet Wickes
Chicago Historical Society. Original booklet stapled at the spine into heavy card stock with cloth spine and paper label. Author's business card and invitation to event included. . Good. Soft cover. 1905.
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£9.80
