Cincinnati, OH: Fleuron Press, 1978. First edition. Hardcover. Number 146 from a privately printed limited edition of 150. A fine copy with in a very near fine slipcase with minor edge wear. Item #134015 More
Price: $30.00
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000. Later printing. Hardcover. 211 pages. Includes numerous black and white illustrations. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Item #155934 More
Price: $10.00
Chicago, IL: The Chicago Historical Society, 1946. First edition. Hardcover. Introduction and notes by Paul M. Angle. A clean and tight near fine copy in an very good price clipped dust jacket that has some small edge tears, chips and minor wear. Item #166944 More
Price: $10.00
Kingsport, TN: The Kingsport Press, 1958. First edition. Hardcover. 77 pages. The third in a series of Keepsakes from Kinsgsport Press. Features text by Angle about the Library of Congress. Eagle illustration by Fritz Kredel. A fine copy in a fine acetate jacket in an about very good slipcase that has some wear and with laid in publisher presentation sheet. A very nicely printed book. Item #146609 More
Price: $20.00
New York: Facts on File, 1987. Later printing. Oblong softcover. 192 pages. Includes numerous black and white images. An about very good copy in wrappers with a vertical crease to the front cover but internally a clean copy. Item #129572 More
Price: $8.50
Athens, GA: The University of Georgia Press, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 582 pages. Includes numerous black and white illustrations. A tight near fine copy in a close to near fine dust jacket with a crease to the rear panel. Item #130315 More
Price: $15.00
New York: Random House, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. A well received book from this Chicago based historian who was a professor at the The University of Chicago and who went on to be Librarian of the United States Congress. A clean and tight near fine copy an about very good dust jacket with some sunning to the spine and front panel and some other minor wear as well. Signed and inscribed by Boorstin on the front free endpaper: "For Lois and Wayne Wille from Daniel J. Boorstin Chicago Oct 21, 1965." A nice copy as one of the recipients, Lois Wille, was a two time Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author. Uncommon signed. Item #166948 More
Price: $200.00
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. Bowden's acclaimed non-fiction account of the war in Mogadishu. A finalist for the National Book Award and the basis for a movie of the same name that starred Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Eric Bana and Tom Sizemore. A near fine copy with a former owner's blindstamp to the title page in a very near fine dust jacket. Item #165947 More
Price: $20.00
New York: The American Past - Book of the Month Club, 1986. Book of the Month Club edition. Hardcover. New introduction by Henry Steele Commager. Illustrations by Warren Chappell. A fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket and in a very near fine slipcase. Item #124379 More
Price: $15.00
New York: Princeton University Press, 1997. First edition. Oblong hardcover. 102 pages. Includes maps of 40 cities from throughout the world. A clean and tight near fine copy in a very good dust jacket that is lightly soiled and with a tear to the top of the rear panel near the spine. Item #172992 More
Price: $15.00
New York: A.S. Barnes and Company, 1937. Popular edition. Hardcover. Includes an introduction, art section and illustrations by Ernst Thomas Seton. A very near fine and tight copy in a very good plus dust jacket that has a faded spine, numerous tears, a crease to the rear panel and some soiling. Still, a very presentable copy of this attractive book. Item #108846 More
Price: $100.00
New York: Public Affairs, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 451 pages. A biography of this institution of Chicago journalist. A clean near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Signed and inscribed by Ciccone on the front free endpaper: "To Lois, and Wayne whose contribution to this book was invaluable and immeasurable and I will always be Grateful F. Richard Ciccone." A terrific association copy as the recipient was Loise Wille who was a two time Pulitzer Prize winning Chicago journalist who was a life long friend and colleague of Royko. Ciccone mentions and thanks Wille in the printed acknowledgments in the front of the book as well. Item #166990 More
Price: $50.00
New York: Random House, 1953. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. Includes numerous illustrations. An about very good copy in illustrated boards with a couple of small tears to the top of the spine in an about very good dust jacket that has some tears, wear and the spine is very faded. Signd and nicely inscribed by Dedmon on the half title page. The recipient was Lois Wille, was a two time Pulitzer Prize winning Chicago journalist. Item #166975 More
Price: $12.50
Chicago, IL: Chicago Jewish Historical Society, 1991. First edition. Softcover. 66 pages. Introduction by Laurence Minsky. Features "Chicago's Jewish Street Peddlers, Toehold on the Bottom Rung" by Carolyn Eastwood and with illustrations by Peter Eastwood. Also includes "Memories of Lawndale" by Beatrice Michaela Shapiro. A clean very near fine copy in wrappers. Item #165472 More
Price: $10.00
Cincinnati, OH: Fleuron Press, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. Number 32 from a privately printed limited edition of 165. A very near fine copy with in a near fine slipcase that has slight rubbing around the opening. Item #134023 More
Price: $30.00
San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 151 pages. Includes numerous black and white images. A near fine copy in a very good price clipped dust jacket with some edge wear. Uncommon in the cloth. Item #161282 More
Price: $25.00
Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2004. First edition. Softcover. 126 pages. Features text by John Paulett and Ron Gordon. Includes numerous black and white images, most of which are by Ron Gordon. A clean near fine copy in wrappers with some sunning to and along the spine. Signed and inscribed by Ron Gordon: "For Wayne and Lois Thank you for your wonderful book on Dearborn Park Ron Gordon." Additionally signed by John Paulett as well. A nice copy as the recipient, Lois Wille, was a two time Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author. Uncommon signed. Item #166947 More
Price: $25.00
Hanover, NH: Dartmouth Publications, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. 357 pages. A look at the history of this Ivy League school. Includes numerous black and white illustrations. An about very good copy with some slight bumping to the bottom rear corner and some slight mottling to the boards in a close to near fine dust jacket with some very slight wear. Item #137847 More
Price: $12.50
Hobart, Tasmania: Hobart Ports Corporation Pty Ltd., 2000. First edition. Softcover. 461 pages. A clean very near fine copy in wrappers. Item #173625 More
Price: $35.00
Chicago, IL: The Lakeside Press, 1992. First edition thus. Hardcover. 355 pages. The 90th entry in the longstanding series of books issued by the R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company as a Christmas gift for employees and friends of the press. Edited by Ben Procter. Includes a number of black and white images. A fine copy in brown cloth boards and top edge gilt. A very fresh copy. Item #160891 More
Price: $10.00
New Haven, CT: Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art by Yale University Press in association with the Australian Academy of the Humanities, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. 274 pages. Includes some color and numerous black and white illustrations. A clean very near fine copy in a very good plus dust jacket with some minor wear and a scratch to the rear panel. Item #136909 More
Price: $100.00
Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 257 pages. A very near fine copy in a very good plus dust jacket that is lightly soiled. Signed and inscribed by Karl on the front free endpaper in 1996. Item #126953 More
Price: $20.00
London: The Folio Society, 2005. First edition thus. Hardcover. 302 pages. Includes numerous color illustrations. A fine copy in a very near fine illustrated slipcase. No dust jacket as issued. Item #174053 More
Price: $20.00
Paris: Robert Laffont, 1966. First edition. Softcover. 543 pages. Text in French. A very good copy in French style wrappers with some minor wear. Item #128331 More
Price: $45.00
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1890. Hardcover. 295 pages plus 8 pages of ads. The second issue with the retraction. A collection of stories by King accompanied by 10 illustrations. A tight very good plus copy in blue cloth boards with some minor wear and a former owner signature to the front free endpaper. No dust jacket. Item #160907 More
Price: $35.00