[Chicago]: August 22 and 29, 1959. Two issues, each 11pp. Original pictorial cover and loose sheets, stapled, as issued. [with:] Promotional plastic comb in original glassine wrapper. Soft vertical creases, moderate wrinkling and edge wear, minor soiling, a few short closed edge tears. A pair of issues of Achievement, issued..... More

[Chicago: 1935]. [20]pp. Original tan wrappers, printed and illustrated in black, stapled. Minor toning to wrappers. An advertising program for a political fundraising event sponsored by a Republican organization in Chicago. The text of the work is actually wholly comprised of advertisements for African American businesses and political supporters, amounting..... More

Great Lakes, Ill. 1945. Two panoramic photographs, 10 x 19.25 and 8 x 18.25 inches. Minor wear at corners; lower left corner of larger image partially stripped. Minor toning and dust soiling. A striking set of two panoramic photographs that comprise official portraits of African-American Naval Company 771 at the..... More

Alton: Published by George Holton, 1838. 159pp. 12mo. Publisher's cloth, rebacked. Minor wear. Presentation copy of the first edition, inscribed by the author, Edward Beecher. Beecher was the brother of Harriet Beecher Stowe, and like all of his family, a passionate opponent of slavery. He was president of Illinois College..... More

[Cary, Ill. 1960]. Approximately [50]pp. of typescript material, forty original photographs, plus numerous printed ephemera. Housed in a quarto three-ring binding in plastic sleeves. Light tanning. Minor wear at some edges. A terrific agricultural service and training manual, which compiles advertisements, forms, service techniques, and instructional documents for "herd technicians"..... More

Chicago: [ca. 1863]. [2]pp., printed on the same side of a quarto sheet and folded, sheet size 8.25 x 11 inches. Original mailing folds, light foxing. With original transmittal envelope addressed to A. Kingsbury in Cassopolis, Michigan. An ephemeral advertising flyer touting insurance against the military draft during the Civil..... More

[Chicago? ca. 1920]. [4],132pp. plus chromolithographic plate. Original light grey cloth, cover printed in black. Extremities rubbed, minor soiling. Contemporary ownership inscription on front flyleaf. Text moderately but evenly tanned, some minor wear. A scarce community cook book compiled by the East End Circle Woman's Guild for the benefit of..... More

New York: Newcomb Publishing Co., 1913. 16pp. Oblong quarto. Original pictorial self wrappers, stapled. A few small scuffs and edge chips, moderate dust-soiling to wrappers, short tears to spine. Internally clean. A rare viewbook of the city of Chicago ostensibly seen at night by printing scenes from around the city..... More

Portland, Or. Metropolitan Press, 1909. 46pp. Original green wrappers, printed paper label on front cover. Wrappers lightly chipped. Small ink stamp on verso of title page, letter from Copyright Office paper clipped in. Internally clean and fresh. An odd biographical work, recording the author's life with a heavy dose of..... More

[Various locations in and around Chicago, Il. likely early November, 1960]. 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..... More

[Various locations: 1918]. Four letters and one photograph, plus an additional adoptee card and two integral envelopes. Minor wear and soiling. The organization "The Fatherless Children of France" was established in 1916 to provide American financial support to the children of fallen French soldiers during the Great War. The goal..... More