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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… Read more about this item

Chicago: Arcadia Publishing, 2001. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 160pp.Extensive illustrations (some color). Near fine/near fine. Wonderfully tight and bright first edition of these essays chronicling this residential style unique to Chicago.

Ottawa, IL: Jameson Books, Inc, 1994. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter burgundy cloth with silver spine lettering and blue paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xxv, 292pp. Near fine/fine. Front flyleaf ever-so-faintly toned from long ago newsprint contact. Handsome and tight first edition of this "best of Callaway" essay collection by the award-winning Chicago journalist, radio and television personality, interviewer and… Read more about this item

Chicago: The Chicago Club, 1995. Hardcover. 8vo. Burgundy cloth with gilt spine lettering and decoration. 133pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Near fine. Minor spotting to outer page edges. Handsome, tight first edition of this 125th anniversary history of this exclusive club's most-recent 35 years. From the collection of Adlai E. Stevenson III (1930-2021), Illinois senator (1970-81) who was a member and… Read more about this item

Chicago: The Prairie Farmer Publishing Company, 1941. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth with gilt lettering, pictorial dust jacket. viii, 215pp. Illustrations, map front endpaper. Near fine/very good. Jacket mildly edgeworn, with spine somewhat age toned. A tight and superb first edition of this biography of the noted Chicago business and civic leader (1815-74) -- and a choice presentation copy,… Read more about this item

Garden City: Anchor Press / Doubleday, 1977. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth spine with gilt lettering and black paper over boards. 399pp. Illustrations. Very good. Faintest of binding edgewear; lacks dust jacket. A tight, attractive first edition of this examination of The Windy City, its people and places, as seen through the eyes of this popular late 19th/early 20th century… Read more about this item

Chicago: The Chicago Historical Society, 1946. Hardcover. Small 4to. Grey cloth with black and red lettering and decoration, pictorial dust jacket. 83pp. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. Jacket a bit edgeworn and rubbed, with spine rather sunned. Tight, clean, attractive first edition of this well-illustrated standard account, being contemporary accounts of the fire written by Jonas Hutchinson, Mary Fales, George… Read more about this item

Chicago: Chicago's Neighborhoods, 2009. Hardcover. Introduction by Van Cliburn. Wide 8vo. Blue cloth with silver lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xii, 233pp. Extensive illustrations (many color). Fine/fine. Perfectly pristine first edition of this superbly-illustrated chronicle of this three-quarter's of a century old music festival -- with choice presentation inscription from Macaluso in black ballpoint on title page: "Dear Senator Stevenson,… Read more about this item

Miami: E.A. Seemann Publishing, Inc, 1976. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red paper over boards with gilt spine lettering. 204pp. Extensive illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Near fine. Lacks dust jacket. Tight and sharp first edition of the 22nd volume in the "Seemann's Historic Cities Series." From collection of Adlai E. Stevenson III (1930-2021), U.S. Senator from Illinois -- whose father, two-time presidential… Read more about this item

Urbana: University of Illinois Press and The Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, 2004. Hardcover. Blue cloth with silver spine lettering. xii, 223pp. Maps, tables. Fine. Possibly, presumably (but unverifiably) published with dust jacket and here lacking. Handsome, bright and tight first edition of this essay collection featuring nine contributors, heavily but not entirely business focused. Richard C. Longworth, Chicago… Read more about this item

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1993. Hardcover. Photography by Hedrich-Blessing. 4to. Red cloth with blind-embossed spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 256pp. Extensive illustrations (many color). Fine/fine. Pristine first edition of this lavishly-illustrated study, boldly signed by co-author Pridmore in blue fineline on front flyleaf.

Chicago: Fergus Printing Company, 1884. Hardcover. 8vo. Green bevel-edged blind-ruled cloth with gilt lettering. 56pp. Frontispiece. Very good. Binding a tad rubbed, darkened and edgeworn (mainly at corners and spine head/tail); tight and internally nice, with old but neat green cloth tape to rear inner hinge. Attractive first edition of this volume of the Proceedings of the Chicago Historical… Read more about this item

Chicago: The Lincoln Park Conservation Association, 1963. Hardcover. 4to. Green cloth with gilt lettering, clear printed mylar wrapper (as issued). 64pp. Extensive illustrations. Fine/very good. Jacket a tad rubbed and age toned. Handsome first edition, wearing the often-absent clear printed mylar wrapper, of this pictorial survey of residences in this northern Chicago neighborhood. Heavy stock 3½" X 2" "Compliments… Read more about this item

Chicago: Central Electric Railfans' Association, 1995. Hardcover. 8vo. Green paper over boards with gilt lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 305pp. Extensive illustrations, maps, pictorial endpapers. Fine/fine. Absolutely pristine first edition of this delightfully thorough, heavily pictorial history of Chicago's famed "L" system -- Bulletin 131 of publisher CERA.

Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1941. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth with gilt lettering and decorations. xv, 218pp. Numerous full-page illustrations (one foldout). Very good. Spine lightly sunned, else tight and internally fine; bookplate on front pastedown. Attractive first edition of this well-regarded history and survey.

Chicago: The Chicago Historical Society, 1904. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff pale green wrappers. Pp. 89-117. Near fine. Very faintest of age toning to outer wrappers only. First edition, a lovely and tight copy of this uncommon piece.

Chicago: The Institute for Economic Research, 1930. Hardcover. 8vo. Burgundy ribbed cloth with gilt lettering. xix, 287pp. Numerous tables and charts, 2 maps. Very good. Faintest binding wear only, else internally tight and near fine. Handsome first edition. Rather uncommon and a lovely copy.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1933. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown cloth with orange spine lettering, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 364pp. Pictorial endpapers. Near fine/good plus. Jacket complewte and fairly decent despite edgwear and small edge chips. A tight and nice first edition.

Chicago: The Chicago Literary Club, 2001. Hardcover. Both small 4to. First is green cloth spine with paper label and pale green paper over boards; second is green cloth with gilt spine lettering. xiii, 141pp; xii, 129pp. Illustrations. Fine. Lovely, pristine first editions of the centennial and quasquicentennial histories of one of Chicago's oldest literary clubs, founded in 1874. Second… Read more about this item

Chicago: R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, 1913. Hardcover. 16mo. Green cloth with gilt rules, spine lettering and front board device. ix, 137pp. Top edge gilt. Frontispiece with captioned tissue guard. Very good. Faintest edgewear, with upper corner bumped but all gilt bright and sharp -- tight and internally fine. Quite nice copy of this early "Lakeside Classic," the annual… Read more about this item