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Abt, Jeffrey. THE BOOK MADE ART.
Chicago The University of Chicago Library 1986 square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (36) pages.
A catalogue from the exhibition held at the University of Chicago which represent an evolution of the book's use. Illustrated.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 61328

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ADVERTISING OUTDOORS.
(Chicago Outdoor Advertising Association of America) 1930 4to stiff paper wrappers 110 pages
November 1930 edition of the magazine featuring the "Best Posters of the Year," designed for outdoor advertisements. Includes essays on selection criteria, design, art and aesthetics, and electrical advertising. Some color, mostly black and white illustrations of winning entries. Wrappers faded at edges.
Price: $ 75.00 other currencies Order nr. 109331

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(Americana) RARE AMERICANA.
Chicago Kenneth Nebenzahl (1959) 4to. stiff paper wrappers 68 pages
Nebenzahl Catalogue 1. 150 books relating mostly to early American history. Black and white illustrations. List of references. Wrappers bent at corners.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 115902

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(Americana) Storm, Colton A CATALOGUE OF THE EVERETT D. GRAFF COLLECTION OF WESTERN AMERICANA.
Chicago Newberry Library 1968 thick 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 854 pages.
First edition. Over 4,700 entries described in detail. With indices.
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 209

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AMERICAN BOOK COLLECTOR (THE).
Chicago W.B. Thorsen 1956-1970 4to. self paper wrappers.
Vi (10), vii (9), ix (4,5.6.7.8), x (3), xiii (4-8,9/10), xiv (1-10), xv (1-10), xvi (1-10), xvii (1-6, 8, 10), xviii (1-4, 5/6, 7, 8), xix (1-7, 8/9, 10), xx (1-8), xxi (1-8), xxii (1-8), xxiii (1-6), xxiv (1-6), xxv (1,2,4,5,6), xxvi (1-6)
Extras: 98 assorted issues
Xxvi (6), 5); xxv (6(2), 5); xxiv (2); xxiii (5); xxii (7(2), 6(2), 5, 4, 3(2), 2(2), 1(2)); xxi (8(2), 7, 6, 5(2), 4(3), 3, 2(2), 1(2)); xx (8(3), 7(2), 6(2), 5(2), 4(3), 3(3), 2(2), 1(3), xix (10, 8/9, 7(2), 6(2), 2(2)); xvii (6(3), 4, 2(2), 1(2)); xvi (10(3), 9(3), 8, 7(3), 5, 4(2), 3(2), 1(3), xv (9(2), 7, 6(2), 5(2), 3); xiv (9), xiii (9/10)
Price is per issue.
Price: $ 5.00 other currencies Order nr. 42091

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AMERICAN PRINTER.
Chicago Maclean Hunter 1983 4to stiff paper wrappers 288 pages
(Union List 1, 307). Centennial issue of the magazine. (Vol. 192, No. 1). Articles include historical and contemporary issues. Rear wrapper torn at edge.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 108866

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Anania, Michael THE COLOR OF DUST
Chicago The Swallow Press 1970
Fine in dust jacket rubbed at the extremities, with two short closed tears. First edition. Author's first book.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 112300

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(Anderson, Sherwood) SPECIAL SHERWOOD ANDERSON NUMBER OF THE NEWBERRY LIBRARY BULLETIN
Chicago Newberry Library 1971 8vo. stiff paper wrappers 71 pages.
Vol.VI, No.8. Entire issue on Anderson. Includes bibliographical information.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 6838

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Angle, Paul M. ON A VARIETY OF SUBJECTS.
Chicago The Caxton Club (1974) 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xxiii, 192 pages.
First edition. A collection of essays by journalist, historian and Lincoln expert Paul Angle, which first appeared in the ATLANTIC MONTHLY. Includes essays on Lincoln and a number of autobiographical sketches. Jacket spine faded; price clipped.
Price: $ 5.00 other currencies Order nr. 35709

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Archer, H. Richard (editor) RARE BOOK COLLECTIONS, SOME THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS FOR USE BY LIBRARIANS AND STUDENTS.
Chicago American Library Assoc. 1965 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. viii, 128 pages.
Articles by Wynne, Wolf, Peckham, Baughman, Alden, Storm, French and others. Bookplate.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 16470

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(Art) Arntzen, Etta and Robert Rainwater GUIDE TO THE LITERATURE OF ART HISTORY. With GUIDE TO THE LITERATURE OF ART HISTORY 2. By Max Marmor and Alex Ross.
2 volumes. Chicago American Library Association 1980, 2005 small 4to. cloth. xviii,616,(2); xviii,899 pages.
First editions of both volumes. (Sheehy BE1). Complete revision and update of Mary Walls Chamberlin's Guide to Art Reference Books. Well-annotated descriptions arranged by General Reference Sources, General Primary and Secondary Sources, The Particular Arts (painting, sculpture, etc.), and Serials. Includes major exhibition catalogues. Volume 2 is a supplement volume. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson.
Price: $ 250.00 other currencies Order nr. 97913

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(At the Sign of the Gargoyle) Templeton, Richard H. THE QUICK BROWN FOX, A CHAP BOOK With an Introduction by R. Hunter Middleton. Cover Engraved on Wood by Philip Reed.
Chicago At the Sign of the Gargoyle 1945 tall 12mo. cloth-backed boards. (46) pages printed French fold.
Limited to 450 copies. Being the second Chap Book issued by this press. Robert Middleton engraved the decorations. Cloth spine rubbed at spine extremities. With the small private ownership stamp of Elizabeth and Ben Lieberman in corner of front pastedown.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 13036

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Atwater, Richard SECRET HISTORY OF PROCOPIUS
Chicago Pascal Covici 1927 4to cloth, top edge gilt, other edges uncut (xii), 286 pages
Limited edition of 760 copies. Typography and design by Douglas McMurtrie. Gold stamping to cover. Signed by author and type designer. Translated from the Greek and introduction by Richard Atwater. Comtemporary account of intrigue during the reign of Byzantine emperor Justinian (527-565). Glossary. Slight wear to edges of spine and corners of boards. Endpapers and pages tanned.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 106995

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(Ayer, Edward E.) Butler, Ruth Lapham A CHECK LIST OF MANUSCRIPTS IN THE EDWARD E. AYER COLLECTION.
Chicago Newberry Library 1937 8vo. cloth, leather spine label. ix, 295+(1) pages.
Limited to 500 copies. Divided into eight regions and including North America, Indian Languages and Hawaii. Ink stamp of private collector (Austin Craig) on front pastedown and small embossed stamp of this collector on title page.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 276

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(Balzac) Royce, William Hobart A BALZAC BIBLIOGRAPHY.
Chicago Univ. of Chicago Press (1929) 8vo. cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. xviii, 464 pages.
First edition. Jacket worn. Presentation from Royce on free endpaper dated 1929.
Price: $ 55.00 other currencies Order nr. 526

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(Balzac) Royce, William Hobart INDEXES TO A BALZAC BIBLIOGRAPHY
Containing an Index to Periodicals and a Topical Index to Items in This Bibliography. Chicago Univ. of Chicago Press (1930) 8vo. cloth. xii, 190 pages.
First edition. Presentation from Royce dated 1931 on free endpaper.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 529

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Bay, J. Christian THE FORTUNE OF BOOKS ESSAYS, MEMORIES AND PROPHECIES OF A LIBRARIAN.
Chicago Walter M. Hill (1941) tall 8vo. cloth, top edge gilt, dust jacket. xi, 442 pages.
First edition, printed by the Torch Press. With 30 illustrations. Has three major sections; Bookmen and Scientists, Library Life, and Books and Literary Events. Also includes the index to Bay's Three Handfuls of Western Books. Excellent reading for the collector. Jacket is tape-repaired along front hinge and tape-reinforced along inside edges.
Price: $ 100.00 other currencies Order nr. 374

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Bay, J. Christian SECOND HANDFUL OF WESTERN BOOKS
Chicago Privately printed at the Torch Press 1936 small 8vo. cloth-backed boards, paper label. 56 pages.
First edition, limited to 400 copies. Faded along spine.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 97320

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Bay, J. Christian SECOND HANDFUL OF WESTERN BOOKS
Chicago Privately printed at the Torch Press 1936 small 8vo. cloth-backed boards, paper label. 56 pages.
First edition, limited to 400 copies. Ex library copy with markings including the library name perforated on the title page.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 107730

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Becker, Joseph (editor) PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONFERENCE ON INTERLIBRARY COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION NETWORKS
Chicago America Library Association 1971 4to. cloth (iv), vi, 347(+1) pages
This fascinating book documents an early conference envisioning the internet, including papers on "Broad Bandwidth Telecommunications Systems" and "World-wide Information Networks." Sponsored by the American Library Association and the U.S. Office of Education, Bureau of Libraries and Educational Technology, held at Airlie House, Warrenton, Virginia, September 28, 1970 - October 2, 1970. The epilogue consists of a poem entitled "Hiawatha's Network" written during the conference by a participant. The exterior of this copy shows minor wear and soiling. Inside, approximately one-third of the leaves are lightly stained in the lower fore-edge corner (margin only). There is also a small dark spot on the lower portion of page 28 and page 29.
Price: $ 65.00 other currencies Order nr. 90702

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Beijbom, Ulf "THE PRINTED WORD IN A NINETEENTH CENTURY IMMIGRANT COLONY: THE ROLE OF THE ETHNIC PRESS IN CHICAGO'S SWEDE TOWN."
Chicago, IL The Swedish Pioneer Historical Society 1976 8vo. stiff paper wrappers pp. 82-96
An article in "The Swedish Pioneer, Historical Quarterly", Vol. XXVIII, No. 2, April 1977. Spine and head of front cover faded, minor wear.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 100891

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Belitt, Ben NOWHERE BUT LIGHT, POEMS 1964-1969
Chicago University of Chicago Press [1970]
Fine in fine dust jacket. First edition.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 112381

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Belitt, Ben THE ENEMY JOY: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS
Chicago & London University of Chicago Press [1964]
Fine in dust jacket. First edition.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 112379

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Berkman, Brenda (compiler) and Robert W. Karrow, Jr. (editor) INDEX TO MAPS IN THE CATALOGUE OF THE EVERETT D. GRAFF COLLECTION OF WESTERN AMERICANA.
Chicago Hermon Dunlap Smith Center for the History of Cartography, Newberry Library 1972 4to. self paper wrappers 17+(1) pages
An index of the library's map collections. Introduction, explanation of geographical names. Brochure about lamination laid in.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 115759

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(Bibliography) Beetle, Clara(editor) A.L.A. CATALOGING RULES FOR AUTHOR AND TITLE ENTRIES
Chicago American Library Association 1949 large 8vo. cloth. xxi, 265+(1) pages.
Revised from the 1908 edition. Corners bumped. Ownership inscription in pencil.
Price: $ 5.00 other currencies Order nr. 18647

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