Street Signs Chicago Neighborhood and Other Illusions of Big City Life Tapa dura - 1982

Chicago: Chicago Review Press, [ 1981 ]. First edition. hardcover. Fine/fine. Richard Younker's photos. 8vo, 198 pages, black cloth NOT about street signage. "Their basic proposition is that there never have been any neighborhoods in Chicago, and that the effort to think about the city's history and present condition in those terms is at best misguided and at worst a tool of manipulation used by the people who exercise centralized power - Foreword." "This book ... has the power of a good heavyweight's wallop. It knocked me out - Studs Terkel." Bowden's second book.

Chicago Review Press, 1981-01. Hardcover. Good.

Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.: Chicago Review Pr, 1981. [1981]. Near Fine in a Very Good dustjacket. Bound in full black cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. Octavo. 198pps. There is a bump to the head of the spine, otherwise Fine: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The textblock is immaculate; no apparent reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has a faint touch of soiling to its interior (not visible externally) and a a couple of small nicks. A presentable, collector's-quality copy of the author's second book. ".This provocative and beautifully written book will challenge every one of your assumptions about the past, present and future life of big city neighborhoods. Indispensable not only for Chicagoans and those interested in Chicago history, but for everyone who wishes to understand the growth, prosperity, conflicts and problematic future of American cities." Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and… Leer más

Chicago, IL: Chicago Review Press, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Younker, Richard. Signed by Bowden on the first free endpaper. First Printing. 198 pp. Dust jacket clean with bumps to top corners, now in mylar cover. Black cloth boards with bump to top corners of covers, clean and crisp within. [Bartholomew A4].

Chicago Review Press, 1981-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 1981. Signed by Chuck Bowden. First edition / First printing. Black paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.

Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.: Chicago Review Pr, 1982 Slightest wear to book and dust jacket; o/w NF/NF; special copy with inscription from Lew Kreinberg which reads, "David and Linda Richard is a real resourse and for that we are all richer. Get home before dark. Lew Kreinberg", and an inscription by Richard Younker which reads, "David and Linda You have been down all these streets and met all these folks, maybe a different name, but you know. Enjoy the stories, and the choice observations of Lew who hand to struggle to sit down to write it instead of live it. Merry Christmas Dick 1981". Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Chicago: Chicago Review Press.. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1981. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0-914091-05-0 . SIGNED by Charles Bowden on the title page. Fine in dust jacket. Author's SECOND book. 1500 copies printed. (B) ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 198 pages; Signed by Author .